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Who does everyone think will win the tournament today?

I just recently picked up GG and a stick. So far it's difficult because I'm literally trying to learn two things at once. Even though I can do most things with relative ease, it seems like on the stick I'm constantly hesitating; while on pad things just feel more organic. I still have issues with some things on both of course, like instant air dashing, but I can't help to think I'd be better served dropping the stick all together. Should I just give it time, or focus on learning the game on the pad first and go back to the stick later if I feel the need?

As a newbie to this whole competitive fighting game world, I found Guilty Bits did a good job raising my curiosity and getting me interested in playing the game in general. I'd heard of Guilty Gear before, but when I saw the trailer for Xrd I was immediately enthralled. So I quickly started searching for more information on the series and found Guilty Bits. Like I said, it did a great job of increasing my already growing interest in the game, but I honestly didn't really learn that much. Maybe that's because the series isn't neccesarily intended for novices like me who do not really understand things like spacing and defense in fighting games, and is more directed at existing players coming from other games. Overall, I think White is absolutely correct in his sentiment that the series comes off as far more "edutainment" than legitimate training guides. It's not to say I didn't enjoy them, I watched them all despite really only being interested in one character, because I found the production and commentary so entertaining, but it basically just gave me a very baseline understanding of all the charracters in PLUS R. I'm not particularly interested in BlazBlue, but with the lack of a good online community due to the bad netcode for GG, I had considered giving it a shot in hopes that I could carry over experience their to Xrd. When I heard about Blazbits I was immediately excited...until I saw the goal. It's really nothing against the Chemical Lovers team; like I said I'm a big fan of Guilty Bits for what it is, but I just didn't see the justification -- based on that series -- in the 9K goal. I assumed when it went live that it would likely not meet it's goal, which is very, very disappointing to say the least, because the potential for an Xrd version Guilty Bits was what I was most excited about, but the stretch goals for it were even more outrageously presumptious. I honestly hope that the community can figure it out and get both BlazBits and Guilty Bits Xrd out for public consumption, because the original series is fantastic and I think any new players like me who want to learn airdashers -- thanks to new games like CP and Xrd -- would really benefit from them, be it from simply striking their interest, or actually teaching them in-depth gameplay mechanics. Also, I want to shoutout Klaige, because his video series IAD-TV is really, really informative and concise. If there are any other new GG players out there, I would highly reccomend giving his stuff a watch. There hasn't been anything new for awhile, but what he does have up on YouTube is hours worth of useful information.