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Merry Christmas guys Fresh Melty Footage: Reign of Full Nrvqsr: http://youtu.be/LJtzANKnzAI?t=7m38s I swear this guy is the Potemkin of zoners. Crescent Aoko: http://youtu.be/LJtzANKnzAI?t=25m44s The 666 beasts are slain :http://youtu.be/LJtzANKnzAI?t=32m38s Very vicious play by H-Nanaya For Brice, my first race in Kinetica, uncut. http://youtu.be/hX9jiam8byk I have no idea what was going on. Seems fun though. We'll have to see how good this game gets.

Je viens ce soir

Damn, I would have come but I've already planned to go on Friday. I'm not going to be there tomorrow either.

I thought we already knew that Jesus was Pedro

If anyone finds an empty black converse messenger bag at Foonzo, don't throw it out please.

Insupportable. Mes condolences. Ton ordi était godlike.

I'm there

Same here, but I'm setting up fighting games at my work Christmas party !

Just bought myself an evo monitor for Black Friday. Now I'll have a hype lagless setup wherever I go!

I'll have one with me

Man, what a frustrating night. I probably should have done some more matches especially after Sam had me completed DLed, but I was feeling way too steamed. I'm sure there has to be a way to beat Kokonoe's shit. I know I probably didn't express myself properly back there, but theres no way koko j.2C is that fast, has that big of a hitbox and and is a safe jumpin. Mu has basically the same move but with worse hitboxes and is punishable on block. Koko's move has to have some flaw.... I also don't have an answer to reacting to the graviton being moved back and forth. Sam tried to show me how to handle it, but his play was way too oppressive to let the setup even happen to him. There also has to be a way to avoid needing to block the giant ball super. Blocking it means that he gets a hidden unreactable mixup when the ball obscures us. The setup can exist but there has to be a way to avoid it...

I'm probably dumb for thinking it's possible, but I'd rather convince and unify the community so that we can develop better systems or practices for everyone in a casual environment like Foonzo. As it stands, we don't really have a good system for me not to get shit on if I were to say "Okay Brice, that's enough. You should let the rest of us face each other". No one wants to say it. After all, under the current system, Brice in this case would be entitled to keep going, the game doesn't even let him unselect his character in arcade mode. Everything seems to be enforcing the status quo right now, and the only real solution in place is to do some social pleading. Even that is sometimes "socially dangerous" and most people just won't bother if their standing isn't strong enough. I'm interested in the 11 matches thing or more rounds to win. I could also start bringing my setup too. We can explore different approaches to resolving the discontentment of the current situation with some of the members. Foonzo might not be the best place to discuss it either just because the focus will always be split with games that are already going.

Long post incoming @D4rkWolF11 Your Arguments: 1. Rotation provides maximal opportunities to play. 2. Dominating players deserve to keep playing. 3. Playing against dominating players is the best experience for improving. 4. Losing inspires improvement. Counter Arguments: 1. Spacing out matches where very little experience is gained is not helpful for anyone. 2. More games means more experience. Dominating players don't need as much experience as losing players. Dominating players are less deserving. 3. The benefits of playing against stronger players increases as you get closer to their skill level. Weak players do not benefit very much from being locked out. 4. Losing inspires improvement only when the player feels like theres a possibility for him/her to have won. Elaboration: Here's something I hope won't come off as too controversial. Playing matches as a weak player against very strong players (for instance: Canada's finest) is next to useless. Strong players will punish nearly every experiment you have time to try, then force you to watch a combo, then mix you up, and then the round will be over. Do that twice and leaving you confused about if you didn't execute properly or if the game didn't allow what you tried. (If you even got the chance to try anything). Now, wait a good 10+ minutes watching a different matchup and see if you've absorbed any of the previous match experience at all. On top of that, add in the fine Arcsys Denial Mechanics. [rant] Finally landed one of your moves? Ready to try a combo? NOPE, get bursted. Sorry you should have been blocking right after your first hit confirm in 10 games. Did they do something unsafe? Did you react in time to punish it? Doesn't even matter, they RC'ed it and you let your guard down. Need a cherry on this beginner unfriendly cake? Sure, have a humiliation super to top it off. [/rant] The point is, if you get many tries in quick succession, you're going to figure out faster what works and what doesn't. That said, if you're an experienced player and you already know what the options are and how to do them and you can do them on demand in stressful situations, and games have become and exercise of how well you can read your opponent, then waiting a little longer probably won't bother you. You think of the at a high enough level that after that losing match, you're assimilating how that player reacted in a certain situation, and you already know how to beat it for next time, and you're looking forward to catching him off guard next time. Maybe. Mind games. Dominating players deserve to keep playing because that's the reward for playing better right? If playing more is the prize, then you're absolutely right on with point #2. But I'd argue that playing more shouldn't be the reward, but playing better matches should be. This probably isn't the case for everyone, but I hate stomping people in games, and I hate being stomped in games. In both cases, playing is just a waste of time. If I'm dominating someone (it happens but not often), I stop playing seriously and I focus on giving them the tools to stand a chance against me. Otherwise, every time in my experience, the person I'm playing against will just lose interest and you'll be playing a competitive game alone. I argue that the fun only starts when you and your competitor are on that "experienced player" level I described earlier. For me the journey sucks, let's speed through it and get to end so I can start enjoying it. Another way of looking at #2 is that dominating players are already plenty experienced compared to the other players and that those other players are in greater need of more experience, with players that can give you actual valuable matches (not being completely stomped). You could say that I'm wrong in shifting what deserving means in this case, but if you value leveling up your community instead of your top player, this seems pretty relevant to consider. Salt spurs growth? Sure, but I'd say that applies more on close matches. If you feel like you had a real chance at winning and you can just barely taste it, then yeah it's very very motivating. Being in blockstun or hitstun all match then getting astral'ed + perfected? Complete opposite. Yes this post goes against some of the advice I've been given from some of the community's favorite members. I encourage further discussion. Please point out where you think I'm wrong.

I'll see if I can coax some of my family to spend some holiday mashing time

I'll be there.

It's in your sankishin pm.

Daisy, si tu lis ce message pourrais tu m'appeler sur mon cellulaire? Je serai prêt à partir plus tôt que prévu alors si tu es prêt aussi on pourra se rendre là tout de suite.

Lol, you'd think it would work like that but yesterday only one ps3 was being used for matches and the other 2 were combo practice. The one ps3 had a rotation of art least 6 players. Great matches yesterday by the way. Mu-12 pressure is even more hit ambiguous than litchi.

Come try out against my Mu-12! It's much less punishing than Hakumen.

I'm going tonight

Je serai là. Watch out Brice si tu viens. Je t'aurai aujourd'hui !

I would buy a ps2-2 if it existed. Works out of the box without Internet and is backwards compatible? Sign me up

I certainly haven't heard of any. Their launch lineup looks pretty lame too. http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/11/xbox-one-game-extravaganza-hands-on-with-10-launch-exclusives/

Is anyone planning on becoming an xbowner?

Oops, demain soir.