Dagon

That's just machine-translation induced wackiness as far as I can tell, they just give a quick run-down of her drive on the Famitsu page. Should be more like: "Nu's drive Sword Summoner, shoots blades from thin air, allowing long ranged attacks. Using them you can keep your opponent away!?" Or some-such.

Does anyone have tips on how to get a reliable TK Crescent? I'm learning stick, and I can get it about three times in a row, then I won't do it again for five times. I seem to go either way of the sweet spot, getting spikes, or an aerial D, almost at random.

I'm available in Madison, on most weekends; though I'm *really* bad, so bare that in mind. This weekend wouldn't work however.

I would think that using the three japanese Lamba tutorial videos as a template would be a good start.

Unless someone knows something I don't, as long as both controllers are the same ie. both sony, both dual-shock 3s, etc., color makes no difference. I'd expect one wore differently than the other assuming that they are otherwise the same.

As a follow-up, I ended up buying a Panasonic 32u3 off of amazon in an inventory clearance-style sale. So far it seems fine, I'm no where near good enough to tell if it lags more than 1-2 frames but I've heard that it's supposed to be under 1 frame on avg.

I think Yoshiki is pissed about GodsGarden, lol. http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm16832634 (Yoshiki v. Ame (Lambda); Yoshiki v. Hane (Ragna); Yoshiki v. Pet (Tager)) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwOqpfi03G0 (YT mirror of ^, via pktazn) http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm16833278 (Yoshiki v. Anzu (Makoto); Yoshiki v. Takeyama (Noel); Yoshiki v. Memai (Rachel)) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx4JxcxrbX0 (YT mirror of ^, via pktazn) http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm16834179 (Yoshiki v. Asuraman (Bang); Yoshiki v. Shou (Valk); Yoshiki v. Doraheeta (Plat)) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAYOo3EENo4 (YT mirror of ^, via pktazn) That's right, Yoshiki had 3 OCV's in the one 3on3 tourney. Edit: Just noticed that his team had Kyaku (Ca), the guy who bumped him out of GodsGarden; plus a Hazama called Sekido. Edit x2, darn typos.

Looks like there is going to be a VF-FS tourney coming up on the 10th in San Fran. http://virtuafighter.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/314790/First%20North%20American%20VF5:FS%20To

That was an awesome vid. seems I'll have to look into this game a bit more.

I have to echo how awesome the stream was, though I slept through most of it the parts I saw were S-tier.

I'm looking at getting a small TV for BB, and unfortunately input lag isn't something which is commonly covered in reviews; however there are a couple of places which include it, though most seem to be British for some reason. http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1131464 <- is a really long thread, but covers a large number of tv's, if you can find them in there http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=21497668#post21497668 <-current 32-37" tvs w/ low lag http://shoryuken.com/forum/index.php?threads/sub-1-frame-hdtv-monitor-input-lag-database.145141/ http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1645885 <-is more geared towards pc gaming on a tv review sites: http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/ http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/ http://www.digitalversus.com/tv-television.html finding the same model # for the US is something I haven't figured out yet. After researching for a while I'm going to look for a LG lk450 in the area and see if it would be ok, and how much it'd cost. Also, as I understand it, the 360 does its own upscaling, but the ps3 doesn't, but that should have minimal impact on performance.

I seem to recall that he's playing Makoto as well, but I'm not sure if it's permanent, or what. At least Yoshiki is pretty good, and is in a decent amount of tourneys. Edit: Well, Yoshiki didn't have too good a showing at GodsGarden, getting rolled by Kyaku's Carl, though he is a strong Carl.

Lambda netplay: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm16767697 Also, I would think that the crit. would be better off in the critique thread, to keep things a little more orderly.

Short video showing 2 Gravity Fatal Counter-started combos: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm16717504 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2BF4fAnV7s

Part 2 of the Lambda tutorial, dealing with combo parts: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm16694138 Also has character-specific notes on Tager, Hazama, Haku, Jin, and Ragna.

I think that in order for things to actually happen, some goals have to be reached, with a time-table and someone to take point on getting them to happen. Things like videos, net-play tournaments, and the like are low-hanging fruit which could help in two ways: one, getting new people both looking at the game, and thinking about it in a competitive manner, and two, they are pretty easy to do and could help get the people involved confident enough to push through on the more taxing challenges. When I was lurking before, I saw talk within the various character forums of making intro/tutorial videos, but that seems to have withered on the vine; that idea should come back, updated for the changes in CS:E. Having an overview video which gives a break-down on character archetypes to help newbies pick a main, and a v2 of the Beginners Mode videos would be great. We should work on getting character specific tutorial videos as well as the introduction out *before* CS:E is released. Then there could be follow-up vids with advanced tactics and match-ups and whatnot. While I can't capture, I can edit, as well as art skills, and I'd be willing to help in that regard at the least. Also, how exactly is a decision on what to do going to be reached? A poll, or will St1kBuG or someone step in and say "ok let's do x," or what? Although the sentiment of wanting to evangelize is nice, there should be some method to ensure that this is more than big talk; I would favor a couple people, preferably from the major areas, trying to at least pin down a course of action. Smaller-scale things like local meet-ups, and videos can be done in any case but the type of action that many seem to want will take more coordination.

Thanks for the id, for future reference, how did you know it was H.H.?

A video showing a combo off of 6c which nets ~10100 dmg, uploaded by "ニッコニコ". http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm16679954

Some Lambda tutorials: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm16627856 : Part 1 http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm16632535 : Part 2 There's supposed to be a part 3 at some point.