Sophisticat

Windows is a virus. And it's ugly. /Windows hater. :<

This combined to your avi is gdlk. It's time, Hakubros. Embrace the Apple.

So how 'bout dat Reign: The Conqueror?

I liked Sayaka for the whole "knight" getup going on. But I think they're all good, really. Madoka/Homura are just on top of them.

Turns out I already have a Skype. Just needed to reset the password. :O H_Knight21 is the name.

What time? I was in the 4:30 train out of central station and we lost power for like 25 mins. Could that be related to the floods?

DerQ, Gore ca sound hype. Je serais down pour ca une fois que bike season is in (15 mars). Nooooon... Pas le chat. J'ai pas de Skype non plus. Je serai la jeudi. J'ai vaincu SSJ superbug aik SSJ2 immune system.

Yo, Gil, you should see my dad's place in Beaconsfield. The suburb is crawling with bugs, probably due to the proximity to the river. Natural result is that you get spiders all over the damn place. Beaconsfield is otherwise a pretty cool, posh neighbourhood.

Ctrlalt, where do you live? I'll make sure to avoid the area. In fact, as much as I'd like to live someplace sunny, I'll probably never cross the border for that because of the disproportionate size of spiders. I'll get cabin fever every winter not being able to ride my bike, but that's the price to pay for not crossing any spiders bigger than dinner plates.

Likely won't make it tomorrow. I managed to dodge MTL's recurrent sickness for months, but it seems I finally caught it and it's the version that mutated with everyone's DNA, so it's like the SSJ of superbugs.

Oh, and before I forget, Kaeru, this was the bike I was talking about: Honda CB1100 2013. It oozes old-school vibes like nothing. I'd seriously consider getting one if I hadn't gone down the path of the sportbike instead.

Mac, what colour was the Haku? If purple, then it's Kirby. Normal Haku is Eb, I'm the yellow/green one. Good stuff tonight, all. Nice to see the spirit of BB being kept alive. Pedro, I so need matches vs. you. You've obliterated me these past couple matches. Kaeru, WE NEED TO TALK MOTORCYCLES! Eb, I hope school will body you as bad as you bodied me! Just kiddding. That was some good stuff. :] Daisy, keep it up with that Plat. You've got some good stuff too! Brice, stay hype and keep doing non-hype (for us) Pot combos. Gil, I need to learn KOF so I at least won't be free. Heartless, I'll find a way to beat dat Tager tech. Sam, Steb, Wakeup, Level5, whoever else I'm forgetting, good matches and good stuff! :D And that's it for this mini-tourney's shoutouts aside from me who forgets at least one thing every time I go to Foonzo.

I'll be there Thursday.

Everyone needs to watch Yamato 2199. Masterpiece in the making, imo.

This sounds about right from what I experienced yesterday. Louis autopilots a bit on Stroke TBT, so backdash -> throw that. I nailed him a lot in the corner. xD

I was very surprised not to see any vs. I-No thread, so I went ahead and made one. :D Ok, so the local player is very strong with I-No. She seems to be heavily mixup-oriented and hard to deal with when she has you pinned down. My matchup knowledge is very limited so far, so I won't offer much as a first post here. My very basic advice would be to avoid her mixup, backdash everything, front dash notes, and don't let her get in your face. Opinions?

Skill level is def. on the rise. Watch your back, Mr. Louis. GGs, too. I think I'm starting to see I-No's gameplan. Her mixup is still a bitch and a half to deal with, though.

J'y serai!

:O You guys are amazing. Thanks for the info! Yes, learning Slayer has been quite frustrating. I thought that going through the process by mashing stuff out in GG, then trying to get pro with C. Viper in SFIV in the early days, and then switching to BB after and all its iterations would have provided me with the execution to handle GG. It did, in a way, but Slayer's taught me I've still got tons to learn! In any case, the good news is that I think Slayer's links have a rhythm to them once you get it, so you're less likely to drop them as you become more familiar with how he works. But they're still hard anyway (and I have no idea what sort of ungodly soul-selling contract Hase consented to for that sort of execution ability). ;_; Anyway, thanks again. I'll def. be doing stuff in the lab. :]

I think he likes money more than he hates P4. I'm willing to bet it's in the lineup. But yes, would be cool if EVO could be more inclusive of communities. There's money to be made out of those too, eh? #E$ports

Ok, so I'm trying to learn the following combos because they're awesome and do like 80% or something. Problem is, my execution sucks so I can't figure them out. Let's break this stuff down. 1st combo after 5h backdash punish: he does IAD j.P -> j.K -> 5h which I have no problem with (after much sweating and loss of blood). But then he does sj.IAD K -> j.K and I'm like "wtf, man?" Putting aside the fact that you need to sj.IAD, I can't get the second j.K to come out. I also can't tell if the last j.D is regular or super jump? help! Next, around 25s, he does [stuff] -> 2D RC -> IAD j.H. I can do IAD j.P -> j.K or plain j.K after a 2D RC, but not that IAD j.H. Does it simply need to be inputted very quickly? @40s: Dust combo into stuff -> sj.H -> j.D -> j.2k -> etc. How is the timing for the sj.H -> j.D -> j.2k? After playing with it, I get that sj.H needs to be done high so the rest comes out, but j.D is very inconsistent and I very rarely nail the j.K after j.2k as well. For the 6P FRC combo right after, I'm surprised he goes straight to sj.H -> j.D -> etc. I thought it was more optimal to do something like 6P -> 5h -> j.2k -> j.K -> 5h -> sj.H -> etc.? Note that I don't have any problem with the execution here, I'm just wondering which combo pathway is the better one. I guess that's about it for this vid, and I figure if I can nail these, then I'll have more understanding of optimal Slayer combos.

He could have countered the overheads or jump-ins as well, yes? For 5a, best spot I saw was when Tao did her overhead. You can react to it if anticipating.

Ok, well, I'm just happy it's been found. Milles mercis, Brice! J'te pogne un doujin gratis au prochain Otakuthon. <3 <3 <3

:O That's awesome! Where was it? Somewhere in the sofa, I presume?

Okay, so first off, and as mentioned previously, if anyone finds a cellphone at Foonzo, please advise me. Bibi, I might have to take you up on that cellphone offer after all. ----- That said, super awesome tourney! Pedro's really come a long way since first starting out. I don't think I'd be surprised if he became MTL's #1 player in the future. Shouts to... Foonzo/Organizers/Stick guys for the venue, getting stuff done, and providing repairs. You are all gdlk. The MTL crew for being awesome. Love you guys. You know who you are. :D The Toronto crew for making it out to MTL and being awesome. Sorry for bodying you twice in a row, right at the beginning of both tourneys, Linear. I blame DerQ's sadistic streak. D: Haku for SSS+++ tier in CP. Slayer combos being so hard, but so awesome at the same time. And finally Guilty Gear for being very frustrating, but also awesome to learn. Much thanks to all who've been willing to help out in developing my Slayer -- Brice, Pedro, Eb, you know who you are. More shouts later if I missed anything. I also won't be there tomorrow, so y'all have fun.