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(temporary banner) Hi, just letting you guys know our brazilian anime tournament series will happen again this year. We are in our 5th consecutive running year and as celebration we are having a few special guests. The community managed to bring for Guilty Gear the famous Bridget player Ruu. For Melty we talked things over with Rakuchan, the world's top Len player, and he convinced Akkii, Sushi and Rosha to come as well. The lineup: - Guilty Gear Xrd - Blazblue Chronophantasma Extend - Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike - Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code 1.07 - GGXXAC+R and Dengeki FC side tournaments Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/x_revolution Important We have a donation drive going on to help us afford the tickets for Rakuchan and Ruu. If you would like to help us donating any amount of money follow this link: http://bit.ly/1xOZedF

I'm no expert but I'll give the tips I can. You gotta understand a little about how she works to counter her stuff properly so here goes a little basic knowledge: - Usually she needs to put her staff on the ground before she can send it flying through the screen, so that's two moves before she gains advantage on neutral. - The staff starts moving either close to the ground OR into the air when she commands it. What decides which way it goes is the move used to ground the staff (DP, 6D, etc), so pay attention and learn to recognize what the trajectory will be. Avoid it if you can, as she will use the staff to cover her advances. - She can activate the staff but hold it in place for a while. - If she is touched (hit or block) after having activated the staff, the staff will stop and go back to her. Unless she uses Four Winds (the one where the staff spins harder and travels less), in which case you better throw her or block. You'll know when, the activation is longer. - She can not DP while staffless. If you manage to catch her without her staff, pressure her with all you got. Bait guard cancels. - Outside of certain situations like RC or CH, she can only combo her overhead (6A) when she activates the staff, so look for it when she can or you will eat a combo as it is hard to react to. Matchup notes: - Unless you're in range for a throw or 2B/3C, respect Itsuu (her stance that has Guard Points). The safest option is jumping forward with barrier to make the followups whiif, in which case you should punish. If you feel like calling it, run up CH 3C > CT into a long combo should make her thing twice before spamming it. - Her j.B hits both sides, dont feel like youre in a good position just because you outmaneuvered her. Buffer the motion and be ready with 623B when you think she will come from the air. - She can stay in the air for ages, her super jump goes higher than yours, she can ground the staff and/or activate it to stay afloat, so be patient and precise with your antiairs. Air throws are a good option too if you can read her position. - If she likes to super jump to set the staff too much you can try punishing with 612346D. It works, but mostly near fullscreen. - Learn to Instant Block her 6D's second hit at all times to make the situation neutral, otherwise you'll be at frame disadvantage while she sets her staff in your face. - I dont recommend holding too much barrier on her regular pressure because most of her normals move her forward, so I'd suggest you keep it for when there is already some space between you. - It might be a good idea to use your burst to avoid being stuck in the corner. That is pretty much all the solid info I can give you. PS I hate her guts too =)

Letting you guys know that I'll be there again, and maybe with a bigger crew to represent Brazil. Hope I get to see those same faces that were there last time, like the midwest guys that were so nice to me. Also looking for people that can kick my ass and teach me stuff in GG, BBCP or P4U. Be seeing ya!

Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/x_revolution Pools on saturday, top8 on sunday, starting 2pm both days (GMT-3) Official Line-up: (by order on sunday) Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code Persona 4 Arena Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike BlazBlue Continuum Shift EX Guilty Gear XX Accent Core+ There is also an Arcana Heart 3 side tournament scheduled for sunday morning, but I can't confirm if it will be streamed or not. Organized by Hitconfirm and supported by Melty Brasil.

Yeah, the ones I mentioned focus specifically on 0 fate situation, you might wanna do something else entirely for a combo hitconfirm.

Oh, I see, that's too bad. Thanks for the reply, Diarmuid. Anyway, the only mixups I managed to come up with for that situation are empty jump 2A, delayed airdash j.A/B, or jump > air turn > air backdash > miss j.A/B > 2A. EDIT: Oh yeah, there is also run up AoA or run up Aim > B shots.

Regarding mixups after 236A~Ax5 > Hamaon to get a 0 fate counter instant kill, I could swear I saw a fuzzy guard in a japanese video but I failed so hard when I tried coming up with something of the sort. You don't have time to use j.C, Hamaon seems to reset the blocking stance if you try to do it right away causing j.A to miss, and some of the variations I found easier to do are too slow and don't connect with Hamaon (like j.AB > dj.A or j.BA > dj.A). Is there any easy/guaranteed fuzzy to go to in that situation or did I imagine things and be grasping at straws here?

- ShinSyn, Miller and Axis, you guys are chill as fuck, and just listening to you realtalking overnight inspired me to try persona for real. Thanks again for letting me stay with you and sharing your stories and info on the game, I felt like I was part of a bigger community than that of any game or nation. Hope I get to see you guys again. Keep representing the midwest. - Shin, I was expecting you to body me at the tournament, even cheering for you to do so actually. If you channel 100% of what we know you can do, I have no doubt you'll succeed. Good luck on your major, and keep leading the Narukarmy, sir! - Axis, thanks for lecturing me on all the subtle discrepancies of the american culture, like "nigga time". And good shit falling on top of me for a drunken hug and then asking me to get off you. You're just hilarious, dude. Even your trashtalk/trolling is awesome. Thanks for giving a scrub matchup experience, and good luck with Narukami. - LK, congratulations on taking BB, MB and P4! For such an accomplished player you'd be a great voice actor. I'd totally use that sonic dub as my ringtone, and I'd love to have you back in Brazil, anytime. Hope we get to play more. - Setsuna, your meta stuff is off the charts. Smartest joke I've seen in a long time. - Bluelink, thanks for being my traveling partner and guiding me through Atlanta. Also, good shit paying for free internet =x - LKG, somehow you make your way into people's hearts, no homo. You level up pretty quickly sir, can't wait to see how you improve over time. And thanks for teaching me how to make that drink. I just think you should value your money more, lol - Ludwig, great stuff beating me with Naoto S2 Hope you keep rocking her for all of us slackers. Guy with a crossdresser girl cosplay....that's too good. - Chosen, the Yukiko hero! I think your gameplay was the one I liked to watch more out of everyone there. - XCross and MadScientist, thanks for teaching me the Liz matchup. Xcross and I actually managed to glitch the game, lol. - ZomB, Eshi, Reptar, DC, Amadeous, Dollar, Generic, Yohoe and all the dudes that I played/talked to but was too overwhelmed to remember names, so nice meeting you and thanks for everything! It's been a pleasure. Oh, and the most important thing you should always remember: don't fuck with Amadeous' waifu. Ever.

Just letting people know that I'm coming from Brazil to enter FR. Althought I'm a Melty Blood player, I'm up for some P4, AH3 or UMVC3 (ye, srsly) matches, just hit me up if you wanna chill and play whatever.