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Doctor Faust, welcome! I don't know where you live, but perhaps you can make it out to Vernon, CT one of these days for ACT (yet to be announced), or our neighborly Fight Night held every Friday if you are interested in playing some casual matches/tournaments. Also, to make a note on our matches, you were not bad. However, what you had working against you is that I have a fair amount of experience fighting Faust's, so I know my theoretical situations very well for that particular match-up. However, you will find success as you learn how to zone with Faust, since Slayer is zoned easier than most characters (lack of projectile/short-range normals). Just keep with it and you'll get better, trust me! P.S. The worst thing you can do as a Faust player is be predictable with item-tosses. Learn to mix those up with your normal keep-away game and know how to press the advantage with your items. I can't tell you how many times I get hit out of a combo because of a mini-Faust/Robo-Ky/Potemkin.

You got to earn it! However, if I don't get the HCL 6FRC6 in a combo by the end of our matches, I'll just give you the money. I want an alt that can explode faces, not drop combos and hover dash into gold bursts. Are you coming down this week? If not, just make sure to tell me when you are so that I can bring my equipment. A couple of things you could check for yourself before I have at it are loose wires between the 360 PCB and the Cthulhu board and disconnected QD's. All you need to do is remove the top panel with an allen key, of which you can buy sets at any hardware store for around $5. It's a good investment. Fraga ought to have it. Let's start getting some videos up!

There's no feeling like playing in a tournament final, hit-confirming into 2D, and going into IK mode when you were just thinking about how much you were going to rape the opponent's lifebar. I've since then switched to RC'ing with KSH for that particular use so that doesn't happen again. Anyway, does anyone have a consistent midscreen air-combo for Baiken off of a 2S (or 5P if you get lucky). The most I've managed to figure out is dependent on how high you hit her. 2S/5P -> (j.P if low) -> j.K -> j.P -> j.K -> j.c j.K -> j.D -> j.2k -> j.D for knockdown, since Baiken's are made for smart okizeme and throwing . I have yet to experiment with possible 5H rebounces.

Well, also the fact that the PS2 port for AH2 was terrible. Don't worry, when Arcana Hype 3 comes to console I'll be throwing down with mad steez. I also won't need to mod my PS3 to play import titles.

Just bring it this Friday...? Furok: I should have your stick done by Friday. I apologize for the wait.

Sengoku Basara X is in Tougeki, so by no means is it a poverty fighter. Also, Battle Fantasia obviously had far too much of a budget to be a poverty fighter. They had a target demographic (teenage women) and everything! Why hasn't anyone suggested Rainbow Edition yet? Let's take a second to speculate the kinds of people who played it. If we assume that bootleg products are generally cheaper than official products, we can surmise that the Jamma board for Rainbow Edition was much cheaper than the official board for SFII:CE. If an arcade operator knew this and willingly bought the board knowing of its status as a bootleg product (not necessarily its contents), we can assume that the operator did not have a lot of money to spare on a new board/cab. Considering that this is when arcades were much more popular than they are now, an arcade's success can be merited towards the amount of people who would visit said arcade. If there aren't very many people who visit the arcade, that means the people who would visit this arcade would not have access to a better one. However, since America thrives on the automobile, we can also conclude that if one were affluent and had the means and finances required for transportation, they would do so in lieu of frequenting aforementioned arcade. Therefore, we can consequently determine that the people who played this version were of a lesser financial status, much like the arcade operator(s). Taking into account the extreme popularity of SFII during its heyday, the passion poured into this seemingly broken version of SFII: CE is THE VERY ESSENCE OF FIGHTING GAME POVERTY! Thank you for your time. Zoob is employed, so he's going to Anime Boston

You can give it to me, since I actually visit the person's homestead out in yonder woods. I'll be arriving Friday afternoon/evening. In other news, I'm glad that there's a KoF XII tournament, since I'll have barely any money coming into this convention and I want to buy things. Hopefully my new Hori will blind the competition when I come out strong in FABULOUS!

I have an interview in a couple of weeks with regards to becoming a driver for UConn Transportation Services. The catch is that I'll have to start next semester... Anyway, we should all remember that this Friday just so happens to be the last Friday of the month! Unless everyone want to get bodied in GG again, you guys better step it up!

AND MY AXE! ...Just PM me the information.

While Springfield and most other regulars were not able to attend, there were probably around 5-10 people whom I haven't seen before playing Melee and Brawl in the back. Since I'm now back at UConn, I'll be sure to pass the word onto the Melee/Brawl players in our VGO as well. In other news, it seems that the ball is rolling in terms of GG and MB. New and old people interested in learning these games seem to be popping out of the woodwork every week. I met Jamstunna for the first time (who had a surprisingly solid Baiken from playing with the Hartford crew eons ago), and a Smash player who was (re)learning Kohaku with LordPangTong. If we keep this momentum going into the summer, BG will be the place for competition in NE. Also, there's a Rita's in the same plaza. Once it gets hot, that will be god-tier refreshment. We're talking Eddie triple-unblockable kinds of broken...IF ONE FRAME JUMPS DID NOT EXIST. Also, if anyone else needs their stick dual-modded, I'll be more than happy to help...or do it for you. People shouldn't be barred from playing a game just because their stick is not compatible with an older/newer system. There are many options available, and people should be aware of them.

Well, I will be at Battlegrounds tomorrow, with both Kona and Danny's sick nasty sextuple-modded sticks. If you two would like to pick them up and try them out for a couple of hours just to make sure that they are properly working, this is where you want to be. Good luck to those going to Final Round. Make it free.

'Tis a melancholy state of affairs. However, there are four people who I know who are interested in learning GG that are not on that list. I'm dual-modding sticks for two of them, one lives a life of poverty, and the other one was not able to make it to ACT on account of work (not Vyers). So we can only expect the number of contestants to go up. On a positive note, I got the impression that the overall base level of skill of NE for GG has improved quite a bit since NEC. As long as we keep practicing and thusly improving our skills, surely we'll foster a strong and dedicated community. Good games to all, and I'll see you this Friday...you know, to play that game that we keep talking about.

My I-No vs. your Axl, FT5 $5 at ACT XIII. Land two reps of a Bomber loop that's not off of a throw (ex: TK Bomber, [2S, j.D, 623H] x2*, land, rensen, tap 2 (corner only)), and I'll give you $5.

But one of the advantages of using a stick is so that DOESN'T happen. My thumbs were a mass of calloused skin by the time I started using a stick, and I must say I quite enjoyed the fact that I could play for longer periods of time much more comfortably. I would say learning how to use an arcade stick for this very reason is by itself worth it. The fact that your execution becomes that much more consistent in the process makes me wonder how people could prefer pad in the first place (provided they have the means of getting a stick). It took me around 2-4 months to become somewhat proficient with a stick. However, I still don't believe I've mastered using it just yet (All in due time, I suppose). The most important thing is to constantly try out new grips/hand motions in order to figure out what is most comfortable/most efficient. Two games that I believe are essential to learning how to properly use a stick are ST and ::coughcoughGuiltyGearcough::. There is no bullshit, just precise motions and timing. GG is a little more lenient, but it makes up for that with various other concepts that require a good deal of execution (BDC'ing, charge-partitioning, jump-installing, etc.)

I'm still attending. I'm bringing the self-proclaimed best Ragna on the east coast (if that means anything), and the Balrog that took Springfield's fight money a couple of weeks ago.

If anyone is willing to pay $30 in labor, I could do the RJ-45 mod for you without sacrificing the select button. However, I will say that you do not by any means need a B.S. in Electrical Engineering to do this, it just requires a bit of forethought and proper equipment.

Because Meghan and I are going to this week's Fight Night/Club. Who else is planning on going this week? We must prepare for ACT so NerdJosh can stop saying hurtful things about being "easy" and "free."

Delayed Hyper Combo:

I'd suggest practicing GG, so next time we play I don't have to put you out of your misery with an IK. In any case, I'm only going to drop by for a little bit tonight in order to steal Fraga's money for his replacement microswitches. I'm saving my money/strength for the trip to IllogicalDreamr's meet-up tomorrow.

If Battlegrounds had taught me anything...it is that sleep is for the weak of heart.

I am highly interested in attending IllogicalDreamr's meet up along with La-Vierge. However, the exact location and parking situation concerns me just as it does everyone else. I know I'm in no position to be meting out another person's living space, and I'm certainly not trying to compromise anyone's meet up, but why don't we try and see if it would be possible to reconcile these separate meet-ups into one large one? I'm just throwing the idea out there because I know others (including myself) who play GG and MB, but unfortunately due to the laws of this pitiful dimension cannot exist in two places at one time.

He rocks that warui ne~ hardcore son. We should find out how to do this. I was looking on Youtube the other day, and there's absolutely nothing recent in terms of American GG.

Officially, they close at 11:00pm. However, they typically let us stay until 3:00am. I would suggest 10:00pm, since there are oftentimes transportation issues/job responsibilities which keep people from arriving earlier. However, since it is official, we shouldn't cater to those who arrive late for no other reason than laziness. If people are going to be late, it's most certainly courteous to call in advance just so each tournament organizer knows that they are on their way. Even Alex, quite possibly the most lethargic traveler I've ever met, called in advance to let me know that he was running late for Ucon@UConn. Everyone should take from his example and pay the same respect. However, I would say that it's a safe bet that the tournament should start no later than one hour after its scheduled time. Unless there's a really good reason (such as a car breaking down), the particular party didn't plan accordingly and are effectively late. I'm not calling anyone out, since I cannot think of anyone who hasn't called to let us know of their whereabouts to this date. I'm just stating the obvious so there are no discrepancies in our expectations. As far as my attendance is concerned, I'm only coming for Friday. Cheese doesn't like games where you can't air dash. His entire meta-game revolves around such, and general transportation by air-travel (which is actually a bit ironic).

It may not happen at this particular ACT (since Doomie and Quotes have already said they aren't attending), but we should all remember that there's a NE vs. NJ 5v5 that must take place sooner or later. I just checked it out. Your light punch button needs to be replaced. Problem is, Lizardlick is out of white/translucent Seimitsu pushbuttons, so you'll have to get them here: http://www.arcadeshop.de/Seimitsu-Buttons-Seimitsu-PS-14-DN-CP-white_925.html. Arcadeshop.de has an infinitely better selection than Lizardlick, but they're based in Germany. I'll see if I can scrounge up some money for parts so we can order together and save on shipping.

I will not be attending Final Round