Novix

How not to play against Tager: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBTpdR2AiWw Mike_Z(TA) vs Pulsr(HA)

Opponent can still hit you until you tech and you can't block on wakeup if you don't tech. When I first picked up the game I couldn't figure out why I couldn't block boss nu's million sword super.

SE-R3 Info http://dustloop.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4878

I'm planning on coming but my level of play isn't near that of yours or FranktheTank's. I know Moroha would destroy me and I haven't seen any vids of Funkdoc. Ugh. I haven't been practicing lately because of the first week of school but I'm trying to find time.

Against Johnny, do NOT 6P when you expect him to use his super on wakeup. He'll recover faster than you and do dirty, dirty things to you. If you can hit him out of it, I haven't succeeded yet in doing so. I've had the 6p and the super wiff each other from the invincibility frames on both but he recovers so much faster than you do. Also speaking of Johnny, what do you do if he decided to play it safe with spamming 5H on the ground and using j.H for air to ground and j.S (long range) for air to air. When the Johnny in my area plays like this the only time I can manage to get in is when he gets bored and starts being aggressive or botches his timing. I've been slowly getting used to his mixup (blocking wise. I'm having trouble finding gaps where I can get away or get in his face. Though once he runs out of coins its a lot easier but then he starts jumping like crazy.) so now he's starting to turtle a little more against me.

As you say it comes down to reflexes. I see a lot of stuff coming but my hands don't react fast enough most of the time. And me doing 5K 2D SHD or SVD a lot comes from me not knowing (or remembering) all my options. But I'm not real sure how to speed up my reflexes. Just playing more against new opponents?

So I've got some casual matches recorded of me playing against the only two GG players within short driving distance. I will warn you ahead of time that I suck, but I'm striving to get better. Any critiques would be great. Chris (DI) vs Novix (MA) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XJnC27xDtY Aganea (DI) vs Novix (MA) 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE0OlOpRkEU Aganea (BA/DI) vs Novix (MA) 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcHoGYhBGBI Aganea (DI) vs Novix (MA) 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N09IVKZC7E Vandal (JO) vs Novix (MA) 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPVjZOh4c_M Vandal (JO) vs Novix (MA) 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t-FIye7Oks Vandal (JO) vs Novix (MA) 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtRHKGi3dRY

I'm planning on going to SER3. Going to register when I can get enough funds in the next couple of weeks or so. So if you can't find enough May action count me in. I'm going to try to practice my ass off in the mean time.

Even so, I've only seen the one vid on Moriyama. I just want more exposure.

Sad that Kedako didn't make it, but I'm glad Moriyama did. I've been searching all over for vids of him playing but I've only found one of him vs Nemo, so now hopefully we'll be able to see some new stuff eh?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBKDsp2zCBk Suppose I should post this here as well. Has all of the practical (I think) setups into May's lame loop. The video has audio of the guy tapping away on his arcade stick, so you should be able to get a feel for how you can do all of these. And as Kyle mentioned in the combo thread the guy doesn't jump install on any of the loops, so take with a grain of salt.

Quickly input 5S 5H (Just gatling the move as fast as possible. If you do it too fast then the game won't recognize both inputs) then hold down. Just try to do it standing first. If you need more help, watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBKDsp2zCBk The vid has all (AFAIK) of may's common methods to starting up her lame loop, and the video conveniently has sound, so you can hear him tapping on his arcade stick.

Its all about timing. I suggest picking Sol and using OHK starting out. First thing you have to time/eyeball is how high they are before inputing 5S© 5HS [2]. When you hit them with 5S© you should notice that most characters will flip up and their feet should be at about May's waist. Next is how long the delay is. Usually even though the inputs are uneven, I've noticed that a proper delay has the same rhythm as the 5S© 5HS. It'll sound steady, bam bam bam. When they come back down though is a different thing entirely. You'll just have to experiment till you get it right. Try to time it so that the 5S© hits them at about the same height as you did before. Too early and you'll end up doing 5S(f). Too late and either you'll hit them with 5S© and they'll be knocked away before you can hit them with 5H or 5S won't come out at all and you'll hit them with 5H. Comments anyone?

Alright, so I'm going through the whole cast, trying to learn OHK > Lame Loop, and her other setups into lame loop, but same characters I'm having trouble figuring out what height to start them at, should I run, etc. pulsr had a good post about this (shown below) This has helped me a lot with the characters listed that arn't quite the same as some of the easier members of the cast to loop. Anyone have any other further pointers for this kind of stuff? In particular I'm looking for tips on looping Johnny. I've found a couple vids of him getting looped after OHK but I still can't figure out the timing. EDIT: So I played with it a bit more and found out how to loop Johnny, but I'm sure this would be worthwhile data to collect. So I'll offer my piece of advice. When you land from the OHK, hold 6 to walk and loop normally.

Fuujin is Anji's special where he rushes forward then does some other move depending on the second button pressed, such as a sweep, jumping up and launching fans, his force break that bounces if it hits, etc. His HS Fuujin is invincible to strikes on startup as well.