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Ah! I see! Hmmm may I have an example of what kind of combo you would do and what kind of oki you get? Forgive me if these are silly questions. I been playing Ragna since CP but CF is the first game where I been actually observing, exploring, trying really hard to up my game. Sent from my KYOCERA-C6745 using Tapatalk

I been watching and played a few really good Ragna players and I noticed something that I really don't understand. It seems that Super jump j.A is very common especially in some higher level arcade footage. What are that main reasons to use it? Why is it used pretty frequently when initiating a jump? Sent from my KYOCERA-C6745 using Tapatalk

Anyone of you guys going to Summer Jam? Should totally compete in Pokken. Sent from my KYOCERA-C6745 using Tapatalk

Welcome to the forum, @raddley ! A good bit of the Philly players have stopped playing because the spot where most of them played closed. However, since you're looking to get better at GG, you're in luck! A few players are trying to rebuild the anime scene via Discord! Let me know if you want the link! For now, alot of the players organize sessions at each other's houses however if you feel uncomfortable going over to stranger's houses to play, Big E Gaming's assistant, Kyle, is trying to organize an Anime bi-weekly tournament series at Devnuts! As to when the first session is? Still up in the air. He's just trying to make it happen but you'll be the first I'll let know since no one else is active in this board much anymore... My main games are Guilty Gear, Vampire Savior, and Pokken!

Revelator and Pokken at EVO? Definitely going now. Besides it's pretty much my only chance before college. Anyone else planning on going to EVO?

Sounds like fun. Joined the chat. I'll see if I can join.

Ayyeeee Flipnote! I had no idea you were from around here! Welcome to the Philly thread!

I was looking through old recordings from before I stopped playing BB and found this. Not sure if it's useful. 5B > 5C > 2C > 623D~236C~236C > wall splat > 66 > 2C > 5D >236D > 5B > 5C > 5D > 22C > 623C~236C~214D Mid-screen. Depending on the character hitbox may have to be a little bit towards corner but overall VERY near mid-screen. Probably can be done in corner. 4000 dmg exactly. Meterless.

I've haven't been posting here lately because of winter break and alot of new things have happened. Firstly, Sceptile has been added to the cast with new assists (Not much of a surprise) The official cover art for the standard game as well as the bundle box has been revealed (For JP version): https://sickr.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/pokken_tournament_small_box_art.png?w=840 If you live in Japan and if you pre-order from a Pokemon Center store, you will receive a figure based on Lucario's P2 color. Info: http://www.pokemon.co.jp/info/2015/12/151218_p01.html and probably the most exciting news is that HORI is making a controller based on the arcade controller AND it's releasing to the US as well. Pre-orders on Amazon can be found here: http://www.amazon.com/Pokken-Tournament-Limited-Controller-Nintendo-u/dp/B019QB4SL0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1451920802&sr=8-1&keywords=HORI+pokken No US official release date has yet to be announced. I'll try to update as much as possible

Hi Daramue. Some of the players do play regularly and meet up at their homes. The players used to play at Classic Game Junkie's game lounge in Glenside but unfortunately the store got rid of the gaming lounge to have more store space as far as I know. Since the change, it's only occasionally they play. Unfortunate because I never got the chance to come out for one of the meet ups at Game Junkies. Alot of the players here play Arcana Heart 3 competitively and play BBCP on occasion. I used to play BB but not much anymore. My main games are GGxrd and Vampire Savior but if you would like to netplay sometime, let me know.

Anyone here going to NEC, getting there Friday night, and would be down for playing some Xrd and Vsav? I have other games we could play too. VF5FS, VF2, Skullgirls, Fighting Vipers, Sonic the Fighters, +R, and a few other titles I don't remember on the top of my head. My one buddy is bringing his Wii U so we can play SSB4 too. On the night of, just contact me on Twitter or this thread and I'll send you my room number so we can play some sets for some games.

If you enjoy Blazblue, play Blazblue. The games you'll see more improvement in are the ones that you actually enjoy. I play Vampire Savior and almost no one in my community plays the title besides me. A few pick it up but don't necessarily enjoy it. Pretending to like a game and getting competitive level is indeed possible. However, actually liking the title and learning it seems to see more progress and overall is just more fun. I tried "forcing" myself to play again and sometimes I ended up enjoying it in the end while others I just have zero care for. If you have zero care/enjoyment for the game, don't play it. Put the time your using into playing a game you don't enjoy but has a community in your area and use it for a game that may not be popular in your area (In this case, BB)and you actually enjoy so when (if) the time ever comes you decide to compete in a major, you'll have fun and have the chance at doing well along with also learning things from other players. Like @Mumm-Ra said, it's just a video game and video games are meant to be fun. Both casually and competitively.

As some of you may know (or don't), the official Pokken twitter announced that a new character would be revealed on December 10th. This in particular may be old news but something interesting has come to surface. A recent photo one of the Pokenchi (A talk show about Pokemon. Sorta like the BLAZBLUE RADIO series but on Television as well) posted on Twitter might already have revealed the new character as well as new assists, Sceptile as the new character and Electrode and Farfetch'd for the assists.

Pre-orders, both Physical and Digital, are now available on GameStop's website: http://www.gamestop.com/wii-u/games/pokken-tournament/126796?cid=fds_10000777&CAWELAID=120192760000034196&CAGPSPN=pla&catargetid=120192760000015274&cadevice=c&gclid=CNTv-6aUoMkCFYEdHwodhN4JbA I wonder if that means you can now pre-order it in stores as well... Best-Buy has it up now too: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/pokkn-tournament-nintendo-wii-u/4737862.p?id=bb4737862&skuId=4737862 For now that's pretty much it until we hear a set release date for the NA release which I think will be soon since everyone is preparing the Europe pre-orders. Even the official Pokemon website's Pokken section changed slightly. My guess is we'll hear something regarding the NA/EU release dates next week or sometime next month

After getting bodied by a JP Jedah and watching a few in lobbies on PSN, I learned a few new things that haven't been discussed here much. Firstly, the importance of approaching using his float. After a dash on the ground, Jedah ascends into the air for a few seconds. (Everyone likely knows that part. Lol) If you set the stick back into neutral, he descends. During this time, he can press a normal (j.MP if you are further away from the other player. j.MK If you are closer.) to float slightly forward. You can even link the two together ( j.MP > j.MK / j.MK > j.MP) while descending to land back down on the ground and can do one of his grounded strings. Though, the timing for chaining the two seems wonky. It's probably safer to do j.MP while descending, land, then play from there but if you can learn it, It's very good. Some of the Japanese players do a neutral jump after landing and try to hit with j.MK to start a combo. I only started seeing Jedah's do it recently. Characters with solid anti-airs though can beat it out. I think after awhile players will know to beat it out or dash out and it will become useless. They will likely go back to continuing the blockstring when they land. I think a good variation of the reset/open-up to possibly to experiment with would be to jump and do j.236P (Depending on you position on screen, that would determine which variation of the scythe you would throw out. I would probably do j.236MP at mid-screen and either j.236MP/HP in corner depending on character size) Maybe you can connect j.MP after and confirm a combo if your luck with the IAD. Another thing I saw is semi impractical but rewarding. EX 236P whiff combos are a thing. They aren't set-up often because of how unlikely you can confirm into depending on your spacing but if someone challenges 5MK, there is a chance they can get knocked into it and you get a free combo. I don't think it's practical outside of novice/semi-intermediate play.