Chrome Homura

1.The best option is always gonna be something that ends with a mist setup into unblockable. If you can't get the standard corner carry, consider trying the upcoin xx mist setup. Of course there's always the good old raw damage combo (no recoin) if you can't do either of those. If you're a low execution player like me, I especially recommend the latter route for situations where you know their guard bar is up and/or if the opponent is on the lower end of the defense spectrum (Millia, Baiken, Buri, Eddie, etc) 2. I could be wrong (I'll check to make sure) but I think (contrary to prior iterations) the new DB arc allows Johnny to not be terribly unsafe on block if you input the attack as late as possible, so in theory it has a use in pressure strings. Realistically though, FRCing the DB (as IIRC it gained auto jump install status in +R) allows you to airdash afterward, creating all kinds of potential for pressure and/or mixup shenanigans. 3.I exclusively use MF (K) for mist canceling, as X is the closest button to circle (HS) on the controller. I could maybe use triangle (S), but the thumb movement for X to circle is easiest. If you're on stick I'd imagine the input is more flexible, but for pad play (Assuming you're holding it normally instead of claw style) I recommend using whatever button makes for the easiest thumb movement. With the default pad layout, that's probably going to be X (K).

^People still cry "netcode"? Firstly, where do you live man? Sure, the game said it was 3 bars but there's still distance to fight through. Second, there's also the fact that connection quality that has to be good on both ends. I have comcast, but I'm playing wireless with an old router... I.E my opponent's setup is probably gonna have to pick up the slack. If yours is anything less than rock solid, you'd better believe it's gonna give you trouble.

Day 1 of +R for me and everyone else who waited... hella GGs today! Shoutouts to Dr. Stormlocke (I'd really like to play you again sometime, your level of play is astounding) Dropped Inputs, BeastOfFire, MacBlunts, Desmon Delaghetto, hursh191, and jrnnn. I had to shake off some rust when the day started, and started out playing the Sol MU (Shoutouts to 80% consistency with dustloops, and what felt like 95% with other combos... that's some crazy solid execution man, good stuff) I got bodied pretty hard for the better part of the day before falling into sets with some newer players, I should probably stop doing Jackhound at neutral and making other ill-conceived choices (mostly neutral or defensive game stuff) that just don't do the job... which is gonna take some work, but I'm up for it. Looking forward to playing lots more +R!

Well damn, I guess now I know what I'm doing today.

Link seems dead, what was it linking to?

I imagine this will be an option that can be toggled in the console release, but I look forward to hearing it a lot none the less. Well, with my main out I'm not sure who I'll be playing when this game comes out. Sol, Faust, and Slayer are all characters I'm familiar enough with that I could adjust easily to their new styles, but I'm considering trying out Zato. I've been mashing Eddie a lot in my AC+ survival runs lately, and it seems like an interesting challenge to master the button hold/release technique required to play him efficiently...

I'm more at fault here than you, but I appreciate the apology. I got you to be honest, and that's good enough for me. Edit: in regard to "being cryptic", I was referring to the fact that I had absolutely no idea how to interpret your post when I first read it, as it didn't contain the edit. all I got to see was "hashtag thug life" before writing my reply, and frankly I don't like it when I see something I can't figure out. At that point, that one line of text was a riddle I could never hope to solve. So mentioning my willingness to do irrational things in order to find out the truth was the play I decided to make, even if it had meant uncovering that you actually hated me or something. Whatever it was, I just wanted to know... that's basically it. I just prefer honesty to vagueness most the time, I'd say that concept is a considerable chunk of my core as a human being. Your points are valid, throwing around words about it isn't going to get me or anyone else closer to our goals. But consider this as well: you might have read my post as being sour, but it included a joke about wanting sexual favors from fictional characters and look what happened: at least two people appreciated the joke, and one of them replied hinting that they wanted to immortalize it by carrying it in their signature. I'd consider that worth the effort, regardless of how others might read the post. So while I can respect that you probably want to be reading more relevant topic information and feel like the complaints are a waste of your time and everyone else's, it couldn't hurt for you to recognize that this is something people (myself included, unfortunately) are just gonna do, and that trying to force the "bitching" to a halt is likely just as futile an effort as the perceived goal behind the complaints themselves (that said, I'll do my best to keep your words in mind when making future comments here.) I for one, don't make these posts with the intent of blaming someone else for my problems. It's possible some other folks have different opinions on that, but I doubt most of us who are salty about the issue are really so brazen. You might see it as a waste of precious forum space, I see it as the collective trying to keep themselves from blowing up on their IRL friends, or their parents, or whoever it is they care about besides themselves. That's why it doesn't bother me when I check this thread and there's only another re-iteration of the same frustration to read.

...And yet, for all that's changed I still can't figure out on my own whether you're just being funny or actually mocking me. Internets, right? However, I'm not who I was then. The me of '09 would have continued to treat you as a wall and aimlessly broken his skull in search of a mere understanding between two people (it's weird how we like, care about things, I'd toss every possession I own out my bedroom window just to get you to stop being so damned cryptic) but I have different ideas now. I may not be practicing what I preach at this point (I mean, I'm bitter. You probably have no idea how much that one-liner affected me) but in spite of my defensive attitude here, I'd still give you the benefit of the doubt in person. I'd trust you anyway, no matter how stupid that sounds... So I'll leave it at that. It would seem I haven't had anything to post here about in forever aside from being salty. But that's a privilege I can afford, because why not? People don't need reasons to complain on the internet, I was using those expressions to let go because I was pissed at something else. Just because I said all that up there doesn't mean I'm not gonna blow the 40$ or whatever it'll cost to get +R on my PS3... it just means I'm gonna be angry about it when I do. But sadly I've got more important issues on my plate than GG, so it might be a while before I end up doing that. Edit: Well nevermind, it seems I still indeed am terrible at communicating. I just re-read my previous post and noticed it's missing a coherent point. I put a lot of reminiscing in there to see what you'd say, mostly because I'm curious about your opinion of me as a person I suppose. I was also wondering aloud when it came to discerning the cause behind my success against Randy's Chipp (though if I had to guess, I'd say we traded hits and my character still takes more of them to die) but in all honesty I think I was just seeking recognition, however crude my methods were. I wanted to say that I had reasons for being stubborn about this particular thing, but lost myself along the way.

You're right, but while I'm not incapable of swallowing my pride it's a tough pill to take. I mean, do you remember that conversation we had about driver's licenses the first time we met? I still have no idea how to drive... I feel like I've been so busy struggling to learn how to interact with people that I have no time for figuring out how to earn a living, or otherwise gain influence in the world. I'd still drop anything to play GG if anyone who mained it ever dropped by my local venue, but it's difficult to seek other possibilities when there's so little to seek from where I am. Without the aforementioned resources I can't even buy a good router to play online without lagging my opponents to death, and nobody here ever drives to Portland. The last time I got to play a real person was against Randy in Salem a couple weeks ago, and we're both rusty as fuck. Yet for some reason I was winning, and it occurred to me that this was happening despite the fact that he was the one crushing me that one day at Mark's, along with everyone else I played against... But hey, so many other great memories of that day right? Getting salty at you for no reason, forgetting that a 2 hour ride should've been arranged when I got there instead of right when it was time to leave, having a fucking breakdown at pita pit, leaving my backpack in the trunk after... And probably not even bothering to say thanks for any of it. Good times, ne?

We've waited this long. I think practically everyone who didn't bite the bullet and get a JP psn account by this point can empathize when I say that if I were to do so and buy it tomorrow, the thought of it coming out at any given point afterwards is so insulting that I would literally dehydrate and die from all the salt. Even if it didn't, nothing could ease the pain of having suffered this long without it short of Daisuke himself handing me the singular copy of a special-edition version of the game with a function where I could get free blowjobs from the female character of my choice at any point by inputting 632146D. In other words, it'd feel dumb to cave in. By now, who on earth wants to admit that?

I hope when you play +R You'll remember our games. I tip my hat to you, teef.

Alright, I'll send you a PM shortly.

I have a YT account and the file on my HD. Should I upload it myself, or send it to you?

I will lag all your asses to death and not even play my main. Count me the fuck in!

*sigh* good sir, I give more fucks about Guilty Gear than most humans throw away in a lifetime of debauchery. As a PS3 owner with no budgeting skills or friends, I made my decision to wait in July. If someone had informed us it would take half a goddamn year for them to localize a fucking patch, I would have made a JP account at the speed of Kusoru's DI VVRC whiffed wild throw back then. But somebody (I forget who) convinced me to keep my funds in check, saying that a JP account wasn't worth the money. Whoever that person was, they deserve to die.

I can't answer for anyone else, but I still have faith in GG enough to play it at any given opportunity. I don't have access to +R atm (let alone the internet connection necessary for quality games with people) but I'm still hungry for glory. Who's with me?

I played at Gameclucks (Seattle Slugfest) There was a dude there who claimed GG was best game, he played Slayer and we had fun. Threw my first upcoin, played like ass because GG doesn't exist where I live... but all was well. Does anyone in PNW play KOFXIII and take it seriously? KOF is my second favorite game, sometimes I feel salty about not having GG competition but KOF has been so good to me that I usually don't mind. Just recently I made a big execution breakthough, and after years of shipping King/Mature/Vice (without telling anyone) I can finally play them as a team and not fail terribly! :D

This actually makes a lot of sense to me, and comes off as one of the most relevant observations I've ever read about competitive fighters.

Bedman feels more like a BB character to me, and that makes me very sad :/

I can see Arcsys doing that for Order Sol since he can't be in the game without lol time travel, but no love for the dysfunctional robot? That's pretty harsh, man >_> Robo Ky has a legitimate personality to call his own, despite being mass-produced (You know what would be crazy awesome? If his story in Xrd was that there was literally only one Robo-Ky left, and his goal was to find all the wrecked RK units in order to collect their data and become the ultimate mecha, thereby finally surpassing "the defective original". Can you imagine how cool that'd be?) Besides, he's friggin hilarious, I'd be hella sad if they tossed him out for someone else.

Don't get me wrong, I'm pretty damn hardcore for a dude solely motivated to play by weaboo-ai, but while I would undoubtedly be hella salty if my main doesn't make it for arcade (let alone the console release) I'm still gonna play the game. Hell I might even transition to stick for this game, after being a devout Dualshock purist since the PS2 was NEW. Nobody here knows me, so I'd need to write a long fucking post to fully express the magnitude of such a statement, but let me put it this way: In the midst of the insane hype train this game is gonna bring ([/Heavy Day]) I won't have a moment to spare hesitating over something as frivolous as character loyalty. I feel sincere empathy towards those who won't be able to run their OG main come Xrd's release, but it's small potatoes when you look at the big picture... and the big picture is that this game is gonna be so goddamned beautiful the entire FGC will be forced to turn their heads. To not give it a good shot will literally ruin your reputation as a person, so don't be surprised if an offhanded comment post-release about your favorite character not being in the game gets you fired or something.

I also find this topic to be of interest.

So who is this Defure guy running through Acho events like he's some top player? Anyone know what his career history looks like? If I had to guess by the GGX Palette he picks for Faust that would make him quite the OG, but the only videos I can find with his name appear to be from the day 1 AC era. I'm not sure how to assess his switch to Eddie for the most recent event (Also DC playing Kliff!? wtf) without knowing how long he's been active in GG...

Wait, so it puts Chipp into the air and it's safe? Seems legit...

From my understanding of it the post a few pages back explained it fairly clearly. The most notable point IMO was the fact that there's a very low chance of danger time occurring at all... as such, given that this is something that can only happen off a clash (clashes don't happen all that much to begin with) I don't see it being a problem.