Dark Ranger88

Sometimes I'm aggressive, sometimes I'm defensive, sometimes I'm in your face, sometimes I run away, sometimes I just go ham and do stupid stuff. It changes from hour to hour. I really like keeping people under pressure though, so my ideal style would be aggressive/in your face (it's just that this isn't possible in every matchup). I honestly think it would be better to have people who have played against us a lot to judge our styles.

GGs to errybody I played today.

GGs Surefeit88 and onecrazymofo (probably got your name wrong). Surefeit you've got a really good Kagura. I hope I never face a Kagura offline. Is is possible to just flash kick whenever you see an overhead? If so, anyone with good defense would be ridiculous with him offline.

Got another question dudes. How do you guys deal with barrier blocking? You get pushed out so fast that it easily makes most of your moves whiff during a blockstring. And if you try to use dashes to reset pressure they either jump or mash when they feel that your pressure is about to end. I feel that this affects Makoto especially, seeing that all off our normals have suck range (5...freaking...C... <.<). So, how do you guys stop people that use barrier from getting out for free.

This is how most people become Tager mains.

If this is still happening, I'm in. As long as I don't have to play in Giovanni's The King's Games thingy.

I'm a scaredy little bitch. As soon as I realized there was a fire I stopped caring about the game. You should have heard the girly yelps I let out lol. And don't worry it wasn't THAT big of a fire. It just melted off all of the knobs on the stove. Also I wasn't mad at the guy beating me to a pulp, it's understandable on a ranked match. I just wish I had put out the fire in time to burst out of his last combo and run it all the way back. Would have been hype as fuck. Edit: Edit 2:

One time in college my idiot friends started a huge grease fire in the kitchen. I had to drop the controller to help put out the flames. It was pretty scary.

Me and a friend who plays Melee will be there. Who all is entering the BBCP side tournament? (I know it's kinda late to ask this lol, but I'm curious)

At the end of corner combos instead of doing 5D > 66 > 6C > PF, I've been doing 5D > 66 (dash all the way up to them) > PF. Assuming you hit the opponent with 5D while they were on the ground it gives you plenty of time to land the PF. I was having trouble with PF connecting after 6C. Sometimes the first hit of PF would whiff. And against Plat and Mu the last hit would occasionally miss and leave me high and dry. Plus if you dash all the way into the corner you can do PF(2 hits) > (They cross over you) > PF for some extra damage. If you still have OD you can do PF(2hits) > OD > PF. What do you guys think about this, and how do you end your corner combos when you need to hit distortions?

The sad thing about all of this is that Kokonoe was such an awaited and popular character. Seriously, the fanfare on this board when she was announced was ridiculous. Like half of the board said they were going to main her before they even knew what her gameplay was like. She was in everyone's avatar and sigs. Now we have this controversy...sigh. It makes me feel really bad that some people are going to get shit on and called tier whores for playing a character that they enjoy immensely. I'm willing to bet that there are tons of people who would still main Kokonoe even if she was bottom tier.

I think Makoto should be in the moderate tier. Her drive timings would give any newbie fits. You would be surprised at how terrible people are if they have never played a fighting game before. My college roommates sat down and seriously tried to learn this game once. For a few HOURS they all tried to do the basic combos of their respective characters. One guy was stuck on 5B > 5C > Hell's Fang for like 30 minutes ...5B...5C...Hell's Fang..........He never, ever got the followup attack to hit. I remember thinking to myself, "What the hell is wrong with you people? This stuff should be easy." I think we are all seriously overestimating the aptitude of a BRAND new player. My roommates even played games like Smash Bros., CoD, and LOL. You would think they would have at least some aptitude, but no. Ragna is the first character any new blood should learn, for their own sake. The only one who had a decent time learning combos was the guy who played Starcraft.

Ragna has always looked awesome when fighting. Ahh I fondly remember my Ragna time during Continuum Shift: *Corner combo > Cross under > 5D > Carnage Scissor them across the screen > Make Ragna slowly walk towards them as if to say, "Yeah...You just got fucked up."* And yes he was very easy to use. Although now you can't mash the DPs in his combos like I used to.

Uhhh there's a tournament this weekend, so I'm gonna be unavailable on Saturday. Sunday should be good though.

Makoto is solid, yes. But in a game where every character has something exceptionally good (or broken) about them, being solid in every category makes you the worst. Although she might be better than Bullet, her matchups with the rest of the cast are still bad (although they are manageable). She is outranged by most of the cast. She's not as mobile as Tao/Hazama/Valk. Doesn't have the excellent defensive options that other characters like Ragna have (most people can just 2B her wakeup DP). Her mixup is actually weak. You pretty much have to get your opponent to block a close range 2A to have decent mixup options (Valk/Rachel/Koko/Izayoi have way better mixup). Has problems vs zoners too. Just because she can approach them quickly, it doesn't mean she can approach them safely. Also her short air dash combined with the fact that she has no long reaching air moves like Ragna or Mu's j.C makes approaching zoners even more difficult. The only outstanding things Makoto has are good damage and excellent corner oki, but because of the above reasons it can be really difficult take advantage of this.

Can I join too?

The online scenes usually migrate to the new game when it is released. My friend had CS during Extend's reign, and there was only one person online that he could play against. You'd be much better off getting CP or P4U. I can say, from experience, that there are always people online for BBCP unless you are playing at like 6am or something. Good luck in whatever you decide to do.

GGs ChronoVex. I...cannot...block...GH...tosavemylife.

Getting online now if anyone wants to play message me on PSN. I only have one ethernet cable, so I can't be on BB and use my computer at the same time.

GGs to the STLBarWar room.

I have barrier/throw tech mapped to R1 precisely because the action is faster. It takes longer to press R2 in and I don't really know what level of depression activates the input. I used to have it on R2, but it was always sooo slow and awkward using my middle finger to tech throws.

"What's the matter? Are you afraid to taunt your opponent like a true shinobi!?" Just be careful about taunting against another Bang. They can whiff punish by also taunting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyFvbrKWk-Y

Japan vs America Persona Video Thank you. That was some of the funniest commentary I've ever heard. Who the hell were those two guys? Were they high? I want more. "He's doing everything he possibly can to avoid looking at her!" LMFAO On topic: I hate it when people go out of their way to try and astral me...then end up losing because of it. I wanna fight you at your fullest, not when you are playing defensive to look for an astral opening.

Oh lol sorry, I tried to write your name from memory. Also we can do mirror matches later. It was my first time playing in like over a month; I just want to get it in with my waifu for a few days straight.

The Event Announcements board: http://www.dustloop.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?4-Event-Announcements and the Match Finder board: http://www.dustloop.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?36-Match-Finder Would be the best places to look as far as I know. For smaller local stuff, I have no idea, but if you find a thread that's close to your area then you can probably ask them. There are a ton of people that are from NY that play this game. Certainly more than in Hicktown, Tennessee.