Assassin Cross

If it's complete decimation, then that person isn't actually at your level. Profile resets, new accounts, console switches, etc are a thing. Never trust a person's level and PSR. I frequent ranked and most of the time there's at least one person to fight. Don't use quick match, use custom search, since you can actually see everyone also doing ranked. If there's no one that you're able to fight, keep refreshing - someone's bound to pop up eventually. But if you've been searching for a while, then either take a break and try again later, or go to player matches. I always alternate between ranked and player matches. I understand that feel. I have a level 0 connection to everyone but Australians (to whom I'm a solid level 3 connection), which means that I'm not able to enter 70% of the rooms. And even if I can get into a room, if I lag horribly then I'm kicked. But that's why ranked matches are so useful, since people are more inclined to actually fight you. And the people are always changing, so even if someone keeps rejecting you afterwards, then there's usually someone new to fight. Now about your friend, how about you ask him to fight you using someone other than Ragna or Noel; someone new that he wants to learn? Surely that'll put you two in a more even playing field. And if that fails, then you can always make a beginners room, and advertise it here on the PSN or XBL threads. Good luck

Just got Extend for PS3 two days ago. Any Australians, or anyone up for some epic Aussie lag, want to fight? :3

where can you import bbcp from, and how much extra does it usually cost? :S

Good thing I bought a PS3 for The Last of Us xD

Not really. Those who go to arcades with not that good regulars can reach higher dans easier, since the competition is easier. However, this should be alleviated online, as it is global, unless the player always plays under a specified region.

Oh right...the 360 version still hasn't been announced yet TT^TT

By independent projects, I'm referring to the anime where their contribution was listed as Animation Production here: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/company.php?id=8584 So these anime are: Aki-Sora, Fantatista Doll, HoriMiyamura, Manyuu Hikenchou, Nazo no Kanojo X, Seikon no Qwaser, Vanquished Queens And the only ones that aren't ecchi are HoriMiyamura and Fantatista Doll. Dragon Crisis kind of annoyed me tbh. I dropped it after the second last episode and still haven't bothered finishing the single last episode lol. As for the rest, admittedly I haven't watched any of them, and am just judging from their MAL rating which is probably a bad idea. But meh.

Hoods Entertainment has done in-between animations on some good anime, but their independent projects are pretty much limited to ecchi and shit. TeamKG is even worse, having only done one anime prior to this, which was apparently bad as well. As for the directors, the lead director is absolutely crap, having only directed 3 anime, which were also very bad. However, I have high hopes for his co-director Seiji Mizushima, as he directed OFMA and Gundam 00. I don't expect much from the anime, but I'm still hyped for it nonetheless.

If it's an anime, I really want it to be about the Ikaruga Civil War :D

Maybe it just cause I don't follow Tao anymore, but I thought this OD combo was pretty cool. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=awW1MqEhci0#t=657s

Do you guys have trouble beating Hell U.Hazama, or is that just me? His rising fang and that unlimited dd is so cheap omfg. It takes me like 10 tries to beat him every time :/

They look so cool though >.< I should really get a stick :S I'm just trying to learn them cuz I'm so bored with just fighting AI all the time (since I have no XBL), so I figured I might as well learn some more combos lol. Btw, how do you do the backwards 5C? ._.

Am I the only one who finds 6C > 7.j > IAD > j.4C really hard?

More triple B nails :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=c_7wZpYCadI#t=214s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=IqdzSbLTeMk#t=748s Epic ending? Yep, epic ending. FUZAKENAYOOOOOO

I tele astral'ed litchi's staff as it was flying once lol

That bang loop has been known for a long time now, don't know why it's only causing a commotion now :/

I know that feel all too well >.<

Whenever I run out of XBL, I always practice against hell cpu's, but they're not nearly the same as human players. They're very exploitable once you know their patterns. E.g. using bang, most chars will backdash and get hit by cross-screen daifunka, and they'll always get hit by C Nail corner oki after daifunka. But conversely, they can also be really cheap with their instant inputs, e.g. tsubaki's dp's and unlimited hazama's rising fang (i get nightmares from them). After extended periods without XBL, I always develop bad habits, such as being overly aggressive since computers seldom block. But you should be fine since its only three days, and i guess you can practice hitconfirms and combos on them in the meantime.

Oh wow. Something actually happened. Pretty keen on trying out Terumi :D.

Would the stun from sledge be long enough to make the flop dd unavoidable?

this confirm :') http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=vjcOOuo2tPk#t=833s

Still can't get over how amazing double back kick is xD

guhhh....I want the release date and consoles already.... =_=

You can't block astral tho. :<