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^ Sweet loot, Gil! ------ Crap, if Vice is coming this Thurs, I might have a duty of attendance... He and I need some offline matches 'cause netplay revenge! I'm limited by time as always, though, and can't stay too late 'cuz I get up at ungodly hours of the wee 'morn.

Baltimore? The man's flyin' and gettin' paid! Good stuff, yo. Thanks for the link, Pedro. Yeah, I should come out to Foonzo one of these days. Test out my (non-existent) KOF skills and play some Blazdrunk!

Yo Gilbert! I just got KOF XIII on the cheap. How I KOF? I think I'll go King, Robert, and Mature/Vice because they look cool and Dustloop ads tell me cougars > 20-somethings.

Aww yeah. Colisee Kirkland is where I go. Great place to view movies. I love Nolan just for the fact we share the same name. Darn straight! Ya'll should get your licenses asap! He's boss like that.

^ Rain ain't that bad, actually. I was riding with some guys last Sunday and it suddenly started pouring like a mother. We just kept going anyway and the bikes were perfectly stable (provided you don't make sharp motions or anything). If you wear leather then it's more or less going to be impervious so long as it's not cheap leather or anything. It was pretty cool. Then you go 120+ on the highway and anything wet dries out in no time. :D

Ooooohhh... This reminds me. When would this TO trip be? If it's in September+ I could probably come over on my motorcycle. Or hell, if it's in August maybe I could team up with Kaeru and just ride all the way there. Like a boss. :D That sounds too cool. I have to do it!

Oh... Good God... My eyes... D:

Sure thing, hoss. I'd rather have a written convo, though, if that's ok with you. It's simply a better medium to collect thoughts, find and present evidence, facts, etc. For now, I'll just say I see where you're coming from in that companies/the rich/gov'ts/etc. fuck people over on a daily basis. Capitalism also has one big limitation to it. But overall, despite this, the financial system has been more beneficial than it has done harm.

Lol, you can rest your fingers as I really didn't say much at all... ------ As for the learning process, I think it's good that we share info, but at the end of the day the individual must develop his own style and methods to beat the competition. These are the non-mechanical aspects of FG play that are untransferable and provide the necessary competitive edge to consistently win time and again. So I'll play Devil's Advocate for a moment and say that as much help as you give someone to improve themselves it doesn't mean they'll ever find their groove. That's the frustrating aspect of competition, and also the reason why so many quit early.

@Eb: Not to nitpick, but... #4's wrong, lol. It's "Money is the root of all evil". So women = evil. I very much disagree. Without boasting, I doubt anyone in this thread has studied economics/finance as much as I have, and I can only say that money solves a lot more problems than it creates. The real root of the problem is twofold: 1) The structure of Capitalism is financial competition (or gambling, for short). 2) People. Money alone is just a tool. It's how it's used that creates the problems. But I can assure you that the invention of (paper) money was a huge driver in the exponential growth of civilization as we've seen it... Gov'ts everywhere simply don't understand its fundamental nature and massively mismanage it, etc. Anyway... *cough* ... [/Finance geek rant] :P

Hmm... All I can say is "poor guy". He'll never get to experience what we do in top play. Darn shame because that's where all the fun is. And damn straight, Kaeru! I agree with all you said. If we work as a community it's simply a better overall experience, and maybe that's why we're so gdlk. :D Btw, what's your cell # if you have one? Or are PMs better? We're planning a bike ride this Sunday and it would be awesome to have you!! :D

Hmm... Count me out of Summer Jam, but I might be down for NEC this year. I should be able to make it. ------ Also, BB is on stream and Spark's winning as far as I can tell. Go Spark! <3

Yo, that was an awesome meet! Lots of highlights, but I just really enjoyed the evening. Nedel, your Lamb is a beast. Respect! Eb, funny as ever. Kudos for not dodging! JF, good shit with Hakumen. Keep up the work. I'll need to plan how to take down your Rachel next time! Pedro and your DPgna Ragna, you've put in some good effort. Nice to see. Steb, long time no see! I still hate your Hazama. <3 Brice to getting salty at stream Tager. You should get over to Vegas and show e'm how it's done! Finally, shouts to JP getting beat by a Chou-fleur, Xie stream, Spark going in there, and the good food/staff of Foonzo. :D

Heya, I'll be there real early this time 'round -- anywhere from a couple mins from now to 4pm max. So get your bodies in there! It's going to be hype! :D

Sounds like interest is being gathered! Nedel, if you should appear it will be time to honour our duel predestined since the dawn of time! Prepare yourself! After I take down Mr. Kaeru "The Incandescent" Ru. I have a prior engagement there. ------ Also, new Jojo. I'm starting to think the FG market is getting saturated. I hope they don't kill already.

Oooh, EVO's this weekend, forgot about that. Not sure I'll watch since no BB, but I'll cheer for lvl69-chan! Hipster!

I finally got dat combo down. ([starter] -> Renka -> Kishuu -> Hop 2c -> j.B -> j.2a -> AD j.B -> j.A -> 2c -> sj.2a -> AD j.2a -> j.C) Ok, so here's the sequence. There are two important bits to nail it, but once you do, you'll get it right every time. 1) [Yadda, yadda] -> Hop 2c. This is to get the Renka(k) timing right so the hitbox is fully on the ground. 2) 2c -> j.B First important bit. You need to delay just slightly the j.B for the right height. Seriously, all that's needed is a very slight delay of any kind. So long as you don't immediately hit j.B right after 2c, it should be fine. 3) AD j.B -> etc. If #2 was done right, this is fairly lenient so long as you get both j.B and j.A to connect. The rest is cake. I can't believe I couldn't do this thing earlier. My execution sucks balls. Bonus: I think this combo works with almost any starter. I even did Throw -> Renka -> etc. and it worked, albeit a bit tight. It's actually a very flexible combo. Works in many situations and starters with great carry and damage.

I AM CRAVING FITE!! I haven't had my dose of offline meets at all in a good while and stuff keeps getting in the way. These online battles aren't enough! I'll be at the Uni this Friday to take care of some things. Will there be anyone at Foonzo that night?

Happy B-Day Level69!

AND HE DELIVERS!! I believe you're going to fit right in here.

I'm up for being down, provided stuff doesn't happen. I hear your Haku's getting better. I want to see how you're coming along, and whether you're worthy of the White Void!

Grahhhh! I hate this combo! Anyway, seems like the trick is to get max delay AD j.B to connect on a low hitbox. Rest is cake. I ghetto-ized it by going for [stuff] -> Renka(1) -> gurren -> IAD j.B -> j.A -> etc. instead. Much easier! (Or sometimes just [stuff] -> Renka(k) -> Hop 2c -> sj.B -> j.2a -> AD j.B -> j.2a -> j.C) ------ I think this combo is too frustrating for me. I'll go for this instead: [stuff] -> Renka(g) -> Hop 5b -> j.B -> j.2a -> AD j.B -> j.A -> etc. The hop 5b seems to make it easier to get a low initial j.B on the other's hitbox and it makes it just a tad easier. Or I may just stick to my ghetto version after all. It works, can't knock that. :<

Thanks guys, I'll give that stuff a shot. My execution downright sucks, but it's still the first time in a while Haku's given me trouble in training mode. ._.;

Frick, this is driving me nuts! Standard [stuff] -> Renka(1) -> Kishuu -> Hop 2c -> j.B -> j.2a -> AD j.B -> j.a -> etc. How I do the bolded? I've tried max delay on everything, it still doesn't work since I don't get low enough when landing or something. Halp!

I'd love to help, but I barely watch vids these days. I'll see about adding some good stuff if I see any.