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TSUBAKICOPTER http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm10494550 lol at the comments, too, people are saying stuff to the effect of: "is this really Shadow?! he usually misses his combos..."

i'm actually not quite sure what this thread is for. doesn't the spam report button occupy the same function as this thread?

c'mon now, you know that winning in a mirror match doesn't mean that "X johnny is better than Y johnny".

lol, "that could be said about the majority of the cast." i mean yeah, this *is* GG, everyone's hard to learn, etc. etc. but the question "did I make a mistake choosing ABA as my main?" is not well-defined -- if the point of picking a main is to pick the "easiest to learn character", then yes; but if the point is something else, like "playing with an interesting looking character", for example, then of course we can't tell you if it was a mistake or not.

for what it's worth, this thread is supposed to be about "reviving tournaments", not "my list of top tier players in Japan".

we had this discussion earlier in the thread (i think?...), he goes by Watanabe or Chin, as well, but as far as CS vids go, he's only been recorded in Tachikawa Oslo tournaments AFAIK. oh in CT, there were quite a few of him, mostly on Nicovideo, though.

but how would you know it's those 2 for sure?

sorry, i was thinking of the wrong set of matches. he's up first in these vids: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm10260896 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMCzFtH0LqI I thought I saw him in another vid, but I couldn't find it in my lists, so I guess that's all. ========================= did anyone post these combo vids? the first one is supposed to be practical, the second is just for fun: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm9358001 http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm9358196 they're from January, though, so i guess they're slightly outdated?

sorry, i was sorta aiming that at Matt since he mentioned it. (that's not to say you wouldn't know, of course!)

actually i was curious, do you have a rough estimate of how often some of those guys go to arcades in a week? like every day, several hours (almost like a part-time job), or something like that?

no, there are a few matches with 0 in it. i think ryokoalways posted a set of tournament matches from... Mikado (?) with 0 playing earlier on.

it's more a question of where he plays. not every arcade records matches all the time -- the only reason you see Shadow a lot is because GameChariot (in Goi) records, and then I think Kaqn goes through the vids and just uploads whatever he thinks is "interesting" or something. so if A-92 decides to start playing at Goi GameChariot all the time, then we might see him more often.

i'm not sure "Kelowna" merits its own thread. and i don't hate BB :O

stick players will always say stick's better, but there's nothing seriously wrong with using pad. you could argue that, given the fact that much of Slayer's combos involve links, the importance of double-tapping your attack inputs to minimize dropping your combos becomes more noticeable compared to other characters -- so that's one thing the pad is lacking, unless you have a pad that allows you to hold your hand over the buttons (like one of those Sega Saturn pads, I think it was). but imho that's not a strong enough reason to give up on pad; rather, i think that shows personal preference for how much time you're willing to spend practicing your combos (and i'm not saying someone's lazy if they prefer to use stick for that reason, btw!). that's just my 2 cents, though. (i wonder if there is a consensus.) (edit: talk about revival of ancient thread!)

just post in the West Coast Canada....?

Although it partly depends on when the opponent bursts during your combo or attack string, some characters have variations of combos that allow them to maximize the chance of blocking a blue burst without dropping the combo. In the video you linked to, for example, Slayer's j.P and j.K just happen to be really burst-safe. in general, i guess the only "sure" way to react to the burst is by RCing and holding back. that's not to say you SHOULD do that, though -- actually, if you notice the burst before it hits and you can jump-cancel whatever attack you threw out, then go for that, because air blocking has very little guard stun and you might be able to recover fast enough to punish the opponent. and depending on the situation, or even what character you're using, it may not be worthwhile to blow tension on reacting to the burst. it's the same idea, more or less, for blocking DAAs -- if you're pressuring someone, some attack strings are more "DAA-safe" than others, because of the amount of recovery on the moves. If you can react to it, then either jump-cancel and air guard the DAA -> punish, or RC mid-attack if you feel it's worthwhile. (And of course, just like with blue bursts, it also depends on when the opponent DAAs.)

Chin! (who's Tenchi?)

yeah that was a good match. that tournament was great, but what's funny was that there were TWO (2!) Hakumen mirror matches! what're the odds. anyways, i strongly recommend everyone to download and watch the matches from: ttp://gamechariot.com/g3.html => ttp://gamechariot.com/g3_100321_1st.html the ranbat matches are up, too, but there're only two matches with a Hakumen: ttp://gamechariot.com/g3_100321_2nd.html

it's classified as frame data because it's... frame data? and if you have the mooks, that's how the data is organized, as well: character data, then general system data, then other notes. (although some of the notes about system features come before the character data, like about Slashback, Burst, etc.)

ah so i did, i guess i'll fix that. sorry!

i couldn't see if there was a rule about it on the website, but you'll notice that one of his teammates is already playing HOS, so maybe they compromised somehow and 0 ended up playing Chipp?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIx8hDZtiQ0&feature=PlayList&p=B674720A50797767&index=4 you may like the rest of the playlist, too, just btw.