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I don't know, I feel j.D leaves barely to no hitstun which would make sense considering the hitstun decay on an increased number of hits. I'm more curious as the uses for drill management. When you're in their face, you can keep your drill up as easily as this allows you while maintaining pressure. Plus if you hit them with that mixed with this low hitstun, you end up in a situation where you can go for grab mixups which have some of the best rewards on the character. Just after posting this: I fall on this Just my 2 cents, but 5D right here with the amount of Barrier used wouldn't have done any damage. This is less reactable, more in your face and doesn't reset your pressure to neutral game. It's godlike

At least we know this time it's a fuck up on their part unlike other times that calling them resulted in a flipped bird.

I don't think you'd ever see a GG only affair (even if we're running a tournament for it). Don't worry about that I miiiiiight do just that. No high hopes on my part.

Anybody knows if j.D needs to be blocked high (like the C moves) Just fell on this beauty and I'm wondering if instant overheads for like 1-1.5k is a thing. In any case it's still an interesting way to pressure.

you just reminded me I'm an idiot... it was dl speed zzzz

when we set up the internet connection on my PS3 to sync with Foonzo's wireless (before the wired test), the connection was already at 8MB/s.

Gore

Since I got back from NY, the last hour of my trip I thought I could use this opportunity to share my trip experience with everyone. Somethings went right, somethings could have gone better and if you are planning on traveling to UMAD, you might wanna read this as it'll also be really insightful once you get to Montreal. Note, this info is really just based on my experience of a trip from NY's Manhattan island to Montreal. Feel free to skip points if you consider yourself knowledgeable, I'm really sharing this for those who have never travelled by bus before. Tickets and schedules Crossing the border Arriving in Montreal To sum it up 1. Tickets and schedules When I checked the bus schedules online, I was under the impression that I could buy myself tickets but it doesn't seem that way sadly. I've just checked again and they don't always seem to offer the possibility to buy online. What does it matter at the end of the day? Well you can save a certain amount by ordering tickets way ahead of time. I don't recall what it was, but something along the lines of 10-15%. Pretty neat. Add to this certain "possible discounts" such as student discount and you could score yourself a pretty nice deal. So how much does a round trip cost from NY's Port Central bus terminal all the way to Montreal? 140 Canadian dollars (Probably less or more 135 USD) This isn't the cheapest option available, but it's a good compromise in between a 350$ (and above) round-trip flight and driving there for yourself at a smaller cost. But it sure has it's advantages as you can leave pretty much whenever you feel like it. Schedules are very flexible in that regard. You don't have to exhaust yourself so much with driving or anything of the sort, just kick back and try and enjoy the ride. How do tickets work exactly? You do not purchase a ticket for a set schedule I learned. The idea is more first arrived, first served. When I went to buy my ticket, they simply told me "Go to this gate and the next one is at this time". When I called for info, they recommended me I arrive an hour ahead of departure time and I should be fine. They give you tickets for the ride and they will be valid no matter what time you leave at. Since there's no schedule written on the tickets, they will be valid whenever you show up at the proper departure gate. It was that way in NY and in Montreal. Where do I look for schedules? Greyhound. From what I understood, there are multiple companies acting as one entity (Adirondack Trailways, Greyhound and Peter Pan). Reason I say this is because I took Adirondack on the way in and Greyhound on the way back with the same round trip tickets. But only Greyhound offered a proper online service regarding schedules. You can look up the departure times, arrival times, where the bus will take breaks to eat or for just a quick walk, etc etc. I kinda fucked up that part. I planned taking a transfer bus to Brooklyn (with an extra hour of break in between transfers), so I was under the impression the trip would round up to 9 hours. I only ended up taking Montreal straight to Port Central in New York. The bus ride took 1 hour less than expected. This is why I ended up arriving at 5AM rather than the estimated 9AM. This is probably the part I fucked up the most. Do plan your arrival time accordingly so you don't end up with 7 hours ahead of you. Travel by night - Pros and cons Pros : You don't have to take a day to travel, you arrive and your day starts. That means you save money on hotel fees. Plus the trip is shorter because there are no lunch breaks. Also the bus offers nice features. There are electrical outlets in the bus as well as Wi-Fi. You get to grind that twitter PSR on the go. That or just sleep... oh wait. Cons : Assume you will share a seat with someone and that the bus will stop on 2 occasions minimum : One break and the customs. That means that you have to mind the person next to you and she's kinda of in your personal space. If you don't have a pillow or something similar, good luck trying to be comfortable. Not only that, but since the bus will take breaks, you will wake up at some point because the driver will warn the whole bus there's a break, the lights will turn on, the bus will stop and the people will get off. That means unless you have rock solid sleep capacities, expect to be a little sleep deprived. Nothing out of this world though if you've ever been to tournaments, but still worth mentioning. Next time I travel by bus, I'm bringing myself these little neck pillows. Personal belongings You have enough space in the bus for a backpack. Really that's about it. It was all I had and I kept carrying it through the whole trip. If you don't plan on having more, really minimize what you are bringing. It'll help. There's of course a little designated place in the bus above the seats to leave your stuff there, otherwise it's all accessible when the bus stops. Make sure you know what you need DURING the trip. 2. Crossing the border (and general travel tips I guess) Crossing the Canadian border It's pretty straightforward, everyone will get out of the bus and take their belongings with them while going through the procedure. Simple stuff, if you've never crossed the border before, they'll ask you where you are going, when you are coming back and what you will be doing exactly. Their job is to make sure you're just not saying bullshit. As simple as it gets. The canadian border had nothing noteworthy besides how dull it is when you compare it to the american border. Have your passport handy Crossing the American border This part is mad hype. You get out of the bus and leave EVERYTHING inside the bus. Then they'll take everyone's luggage from the bus and have dogs try and find w/e they can while you do the checkup inside. Speaking of which, you see border agents over border agents over border agents all over the place. It's so much more serious about it while the Canadian border has 5 people in the whole office. Have your passport handy Planning on taking something back? Since I've started traveling, I've also wondered how border taxes and all that stuff worked. The only homework I ever did was for bringing alcool across the border. Since we generated interest in our local brewing company Unibroue, I'm assuming some of you might consider stocking up a bit. When you go from Canada to the US with alcool, you have a limit of 1L per person that will not be taxed when declared. I don't know the costs, but this is what is written online on info sites regarding crossing the border. Just thought I'd share this little part. This could maybe apply to more than beer, but if you're bringing back something minor that is not alcohol, you shouldn't have to worry. Currency I'm guessing it works the same in the US regarding this, but you can change money for canadian currency (FUNNY MONEY) at your local bank. Good idea to do so ahead of time. You can always find offices for that downtown, but you'd probably have to pay an extra fee for it. Lastly, I'm not sure exactly if this would even work, but you could always change it in banks here. I don't recommend it as you might be shit out of luck, but I guess that it's still an "option" as a true last resort. Just plan ahead of time regarding this. 3. Arriving in Montreal I was wondering how it'd be for someone to come from the US and arrive in MTL by bus. You'd arrive and everything is now visually in French. All signs and all that stuff, you can now never read. Fear not, even though this province is French, Montreal is more of a bilingual thing. You will find more people that can perfectly help you than those who don't speak a word of English. Plus, the public transportation is pretty damn kickass. If you're coming to Montreal for fighting games via plane or bus, you have great options. And these options are probably your best bet as otherwise I'd say this isn't the most intuitive town. When you arrive in New York, streets are named with a number in a grid system, it's so easy to know where you are and where to go. Not here, everything is sort of a grid but street names don't follow any said logic. Arriving by bus You will be arriving at the "Gare centrale d'autocars de Montréal". This place is literally the centerpoint of all public transportation in Montreal. It's awesome. When you get out of there, you will be on Berri St. Just go to your left and find the subway. You can't miss the subway in MTL as there are clear signs everywhere for it. You wanna look for these, these will lead you to the subway: You can't miss it, it's about a few hundred feets away from the bus terminal. Heck, you can even walk inside the bus terminal to that place. It shouldn't be a problem to find. Else just ask the peeps at the bus terminal and they'll point to you the right way. Once you reach the subway, you'll have to buy tickets and there are booths for that. Pricing is about 5.50$ for 2 tickets and if I recall, there is also these tickets for a full day/3 days/week. It's also not shown anywhere on their site. One important detail to note : Keep your subway tickets for the whole ride. They don't check often, but if you throw away your ticket, you don't have a valid proof that you paid your ticket and they can fin you for it. Wouldn't want to get caught in this trouble. Though, I've never seen that myself, I just know it's a possibility. So what will you be looking for? You are the central station and multiple choices are offered to you nor do you want to be lost. Assuming you just want to reach the venue AKA the Foonzo, you'll want to take the green line towards Angrignon. Here's a crude sign of what the look for once you're in the subway station. Once you're set on this line, you'll want to get off at Peel. Which is only 4 station later. If you really don't want to miss it, Peel has this very particular design where the ads are surrounded by big colored dots. Really hard to miss Get off at peel and you'll be 2-3 blocks away from the Venue. From there, just ask directions towards Sainte-Catherine Street and Drummond. Foonzo will be visible from this intersection. If people don't know where that is after asking directions, you can always ask directions for Centre bell as it's more known and can be seen from Drummond Street 2 blocks away from the Venue. Of course, if you're planning on coming, you can always just give us your phone number or ask for mine and I know I'd be glad to try and be available to make this easier on you. Someone else might too. For reference here is a map of the subway and trains offered in MTL : Arriving by plane Depending on how much you'll be carrying, you can take the 747 bus shuttle from the airport to the "Gare Central d'autobus" which pretty much will lead you exactly where you would have arrived if you took the bus in the first place. Meaning you can just read the instructions above and manage. Other options are available like the train, but you sadly cannot take the subway straight up from the airport. I wouldn't know the details, but everything is nicely outlined on their site for you if you want information on how to travel around. http://www.stm.info/English/info/a-touristes.htm Quick update: The 747 shuttle has a stop on corner Drummond street and Rene levesque, which is a few hundred feets from the venue. Arrival by train (ADDED) You can apparently also take the train. Some players have done that last year and the train station is about 15 minutes walking distance from Foonzo, I don't know anything about trains though. Just stating it's a possibility to really list all options. 4. To sum it up Do try and take a yolo trip like this once. Really I recommend it. Seeing other places, talking with peeps, viewing how other communities and venues work, eating food after events, be left with your own thoughts on the way back. You will have time to take notes on yourself, your gameplay, re-evaluate stuff, etc. This will literally give you time to think about all this stuff and to really feel one of the best FGC experiences I've had, at least one of the more uniques. It's so surreal and uplifting to have nothing but your backpack with a stick and a change of clothes in it, to go to the central bus station alone, walk up to the counter and ask straight up : "I want to buy a ticket for the next ride in direction of New York". Really, find some time to do it once. It's worth it. If you have any questions, please do ask them. I kind of did this on a whim and I tend to not re-read myself. I don't want to leave any stuff out.

I'm guessing you could go sight seeing on Mont-Royal, nice sight of all MTL up there Walking around Old town is also some nice sight seeing Check out a few food joints I guess. (Schwartz, la banquise are all I can think of though) I don't know... what else?

Don't make me wanna comeback right now... damnit. It's a hard life being in the fgc.

I assume I can manage since I'll be at a bus terminal, there's gotta be plenty of ressources there -,- Also interested in this, we don't have these up north and I've never went to any on any of my trips

Not to confuse with never block at all. I'd say something mean in a friendly manner, but I'll just give a shoutouts to Akira-Shiro instead

Speaking of which, when will those concerned be done with the current semester at school? I'm guessing it would be easier to set up something beyond our usual meetups by then (like Gore (shameless plug (I hope I'm not too annoying about it) ) )

Alright, so I just called to see how the ticket procedure worked for buses in my area. I can only book tickets towards the NY area (island of Manhattan) and not Brooklyn directly. I also have much more flexibility in terms of schedules when going to this same area. I've checked a bit the bus schedules/directions on google to see how feasible this would be. My only question is... do you have any advice/recommendation/info that I should really know before considering this option. I want to go to NY over going straight to Brooklyn via Greyhound. Just juggling my options because I am really late on planning Other than that... could I have maybe someone's phone number just in case shit hits the fan or w/e. For the record, I'd arrive fairly early (for a saturday morning). In any case, here's mine 514-839-1834 just in case anyone wants to contact me before I reach Next Level let alone Brooklyn. Just don't abuse on phone calls while I'm in the states. I just don't want my phone bill increasing for a pointless reason. Thanks

We need some canadian level biased commentary though. Usually goes like this: "I like this guy better" Over here you'd be lucky to say this and not be called rude.

We're honestly spoiled to have the foonzo and the people behind it. They revamped these cabs from the old like... 2 weeks ago. All with their own custom art from SF to marvel to MK to BB to KOF and a few others

I've got myself a hotel room with 2 double beds 3 blocks away from Next Level and I'm alone in it, It's not like I'll use the other bed... Though the hotel looks sketchy as fuck. By sketchy I mean, staff apparently has trouble speaking english and the rooms are apparently crazy small

Yeah I'm like that, I was the one who spent the evening hiding behind the main counter and stalking the rest of the community and/or reading dragonball mangas

You were the Hazama player I assume? If yes, I feel bad for not talking to you at all yesterday and get introduced properly

I don't mind doing it more than once and by that I mean this summer or something along these lines.

Just throwing that out there, for the month of April, if you guys want to go to Gore, this would be a pretty sweet time. A lot of tournaments/events happen right after this month that some of us will attend. So, who is available for the weekend of april 6th (after the easter weekend)? If we're not enough or a small number, I don't mind going, but it would be nice to maybe aim for something like 6+ ppl coming. I'm thinking 9 available spots with what we have available unless some of you don't mind sleeping on the floor. Even there, the double beds will be fairly small. If that is not feasible, then we will push the date to the week afterwards. And so on and so on and so on

Shiet new blood and an improvised Nedel. Sweet evening ahead :D

Hotel booked on saturday evening. I'll be there for a full day instead of the initial ~8 hours

I had a slight conversation yesterday with Kirbster and Heartless about Amane. I then realized the huge ass knowledge barrier when it comes to talking about the character or certain matchups vids. So since every conversation ends up with me saying "I could just link you my notes about the character on DL or via PM if you're interested" and because I like sharing this kind of stuff, this is the lengthy reason as to why I'm sick of Ragna

It never was an invitation IMO, makes it sound like we're a special club or something. You'll always be welcome whenever you feel like dropping by. We'll see you at UMAD and come talk to us there, going to a tournament strictly for watching the games is a bit lonely. So make sure we can match your name with a face whenever you'll be there, I know I would appreciate it.