Sophisticat

GGs, Eb! Sorry for the abrupt departure, I had to leave before the 1am curfew on the street. I was visiting my bro's place, so didn't have the luxury of time there. Good games nonetheless. :3 As for the HD, I put in 500gb @5600RPM. Cost was listed at $66, but came out to $85 with shipping & taxes. Good deal, imo. We'll do some more matches next time. :]

Yay, more epicness last night. ------- So I'm in this completely fabricated Original Map in a Dark Souls-ish world. The castle is located near a meteor crater, so given this was a dream, I figured the objective was to head down as far as possible. Now, this I really can't describe. The castle was full of the usual traps, enemies, and Dark Souls stuff you'd encounter except with a "this is Hell" setting. It would take too many words to describe all of it. Anyway, I kill everyone (that was awesome, btw) and rescue this one guy who scampers off without a word. Then I jump down to this sort of Infernal Pedestal and I rock the mountain as I land in a keeling position (you so boss, Nolan). The IP activates and I get teleported to the next stage. Now I find myself in a semi-developed jungle setting on top of one of those houses that go on the water, except really dilapidated. There's a giant yacht that seems anchored at a port in the distance. The only thing I can think of right now is... BOSS STAGE! So I make my way over to the yacht and meet up with the guy I rescued on the way. Turns out he's The Chosen One, but doesn't know it. Once at the yacht, I tell the guy he's hot shit and needs to stay put in his room because Bad Things want his soul. Or something. Anyway, he doesn't believe that and escapes at night. Having perfectly anticipated that, we send out a search party. Since there's a full moon out, we don't need that much extra light. Unanticipated though, was the massive crocodile sleeping in the nearby lagoon. Big red bar fills up... Ok, so a lot of guys die by being eaten and/or trampled over and it's down to us to manage this guy with flashlights as our only weapon. We somehow find ourselves in an empty camping ground and we decide to use the tents to good effect by setting up decoys. We leave a flashlight in each with the sleepings bags shaped just so you'd think a person was in there. Big Croc buys it and we run the hell out. And I'll stop there and say it's a Happy Ending (which it was, for that Stage) because this post is getting too big. There was more, but that involved Neo New York City and lots of people getting eaten by Big Croc as I try to escape with a cat on my head who just won't leave me alone. I woke up around then. ------- So yeah. Dream to be continued tonight, I guess. xD

Whoa?! What happened? You can't leave us hanging like that!

^ For free? That could be cool. He could send over a couple different designs and see if we like anything! --------- Ok, more epic dreamin' last night. I seriously don't know how I come up with this stuff. So we're (meaning close, immediate family) on a trip to British Columbia and we decide to go by plane. But there are problems and the next one won't be there for another hour. It finally arrives and it turns out there are only 5 places and it's random pick who gets to go. We're all wtf over that and decide to go by medium-sized RV instead. We pick up random people on the way, and one of e'm had kids with SuperSoakers. We don't think anything about it. We stop at a gas station after dark, then head to a nearby abandoned hangar. The kids start getting jittery and tell us we should be here. Suddenly! ZOMBIES! My bro and I are outside and hear the kids yelling at us they throw us their SuperSoakers. Turns out zombies are totally vulnerable to water and melt like nothing! We gun our way back to the RV through tentacle-like things. Lot's of shootin' ensues as we hit the pedal to the metal and gtfo. I'm sort of waking up by now, but turns out we were all really part of a Battle-Royale-ish tournament thing without knowing, and my bro and I get crowned MVPs of the event. Hot shit! Just goes to show you have to listen to kids when they tell you there's monsters out there, eh? Man, that was so cool. Would dream again. Epic. :D

That, I would be against. We're not like the Cap crowd where playing games with only a few viable characters is accepted. We'll simply have to take a stand on the matter and be respected for that.

Not necessarily. This is partly why I think waiting for TSB and CEO results would be a good thing. If it does indeed turn out that Koko is bannable, then we have a valid reason for a ban. Then we can be all solemn-like and say "since it has been proven beyond all doubt that Kokonoe enjoys a significant advantage over the rest of the cast, to the point where a fair match's integrity and competitive value is compromised, the community has collectively come to the unanimous decision that she is to be banned from all future major tournaments until she is patched". Now even the Capcom crowd would have to be all "yo guys, you totally made a decision that we would make!" If it's PR problem, then it has a solution.

Congrats, mon ami! :D

I've seen the video. I still find that more manageable than getting cursed. Or claplooped by Carl. Or infinite-string guard broken by Rachel. Etc. Yes, I agree it's broken and ban-worthy, but I'd still take that over what CT had to offer. And no, it's not going anywhere because we don't have tourney results yet. Let's wait until TSB and CEO show us their stuff before concluding anything. EDIT: Actually, Heartless is going to be there tomorrow at Foonzo to show us the blockstring. We'll have a better idea then.

Curse on block Ara into touch of death combo? Regardless, I'm bowing out. We've discussed this enough and it's not going anywhere.

Agreed, this is getting annoying. She's no where near CT's top and we never banned those guys.

TRB and CEO are specifically allowing Koko for tourney play to see what comes out of it and whether she's really ban worthy or not. I guess we'll know in a couple weeks, eh? As for me, who gives a shit? This thing has been blown way out of proportion. More playing, less whining.

I find Dora's argument(s) very compelling. Do we please the fans, or the competitors? Tough decision. But a ban on Koko is a competitive decision, and so should cater to competitors first and foremost. For this reason, I would be against banning Koko. If it does indeed turn out that Koko is, without a doubt, a notch above anyone else and shuts everyone down, then I would favour a ban. As it is, I don't. We don't have tourney results yet were she dominates the competition. It's too early in my opinion to make a stand either way. So I say she stays in as a ban would, on balance, negatively affect the community.

It can be a lot of fun. Any hit you land can potentially lead to 6k+ from anywhere. It's a crowd-pleaser.

He's certainly different, though still the Hakumen we all know and love to play. Mileage will vary, however. Compared to EX, I would say top dmg is up, though average dmg is down. Much more about burst dmg than before as opposed to an efficient use of stars to maximize dmg and corner carry. Slightly harder to lands hits due to nerfed options as well, though this is compensated by his dmg. Defence nerfed due to Hotaru and counter changes. No, he's not more flexible than EX. Offence was buffed (especially meter gain) and combo paths are more diverse, however, which may contribute to that idea. Overall, close game is nerfed, mid/neutral is buffed, and far game is buffed. Correlated to the previous, defence and options are nerfed, and offence buffed. So his buffs are mostly dmg-related and his nerfs are to his options, making him a less flexible character slightly more reliant on capitalizing on the hits he does land. Fortunately, he has OD, so capitalizing on hits shouldn't be tough, eh?

Lol, maybe. If I get this one job I'm applying for, I might be moving to Toronto. It's all up in the air, though. I've heard of Dogura. I thought he mained Robo-Ky? But yeah, dat spacing. Totally dominated the Ky. I've been praying at the altar of En lately, just because he's frequent in vids. It's got to be Hase for the execution. He's got ungodly execution at doing Slayer stuff.

Yeah, real sorry to hear about that too. Hang in there, man. I might be moving to Toronto as well, though that would be job-related. And lol, Slayer domination in that vid. I should take a few cues off that guy. He doesn't seem bothered by Ky's poking at all.

Actually, he uses late gatlings. They might as well be links by how they operate, but to use proper terminology, they are gatlings.

GGs tonight! GG was super hype, omg! Bonnes games, Brice. M'a essayer de te wreck la face un de ces jours, mais ton Pot est juste trop bon! Louis aussi, ton Johnny est quelque chose d'autre. Super de bonnes games! Kaeru, great discussing motorcycles tonight with you. I sincerely hope you'll be the happy owner of an EBR bike in the future. :P And holy shit, but Foonzo was PACKED tonight! Has it always been this way? Whatever the case, good shit, Foonzo. I'm happy for Phoun and Jin who have put in the effort to make it what it is today. It's come a long way since it opened back in... 2011? Time flies. Good shit!

GGs once again, Eb! That was intense! I keep dropping so many combos and links, though. Need to work on my shit execution, lol. Good stuff, though. Your Ky kills me nice and slow.

We're going to have to sit down and deconstruct the Ky v. Slayer matchup one of these days. It's the first time Ky's given me this much trouble! GGs, dude. You've gotten really good. That was some smart play overall. :]

1 Sweatshirt L, plz. Will be there Thursday.

GGs to you too, sir! Man, dat Ky spacing. I had a hard time dealing with your blockstrings. Never knew when it was right to jump out or counter. Good stuff!

Good question. I don't know for sure, but from experience it should be +0.

I'm down for Ottawa once motorcycle season starts again.

I think we should devise a fuck-o'-meter to read Kirby's mood when he's playing. The more he says "fuck [X character]", the more the needle will gyrate like on a seismograph. - "Look! It's wiggling!" - "Hmm... Low tier, then. He doesn't give many fucks." - "Oh wait, now it's OFF THE CHARTS!" - "S Tier. He must be playing Tager. Alright, I think this concludes our session. Let's compile the Kirby matchup chart." - "You said it, bro!" *Bro fist* It would totally work!! :D