Alex073088

catherine has to be the most gay+femmine character to date on a fighting game. I love that attack wear he's puts on a pink dress and stomps the ground..while quickly pull back down the dress. He actually has alot of personality. And Bravo im very sad but happy to admit, its the coolest grapple character i have ever seen before. I wonder what the advantages are of having a step over using a run?

the thing is should it matter if one character is horrible? Does one character being horrible determine the entire game? Noel wasnt even the worst character in cs1. She did damage, and now that cs2 is here they claim better pokes are making her overpowered when she is greatly unchanged compared to her cs1 self. And to be completely fair and honest with you, from when we played in ct, you could use a bit more practice in actual blazblue match-ups. Sometimes i feel as though players say oh well i lost because my character is crap and then blame the character or the top tier character who beat them. Sometimes its the player too. I still win a whole shit load of my matches against evey character going against alot of players i faced online and offline. The only time it matter if your character sucks or not is when you actually run into a player of even or greater skill level and game understanding then you do. Even then i manage to pull out a win here and there against players using better characters( essentially every character was better then rachel). When playing against lord knight i did well, and he even told me so. And lord knight wins a large majority of blazblue tournaments held on the east coast. Heck i play bridget who is listed bottom 2 worst characters. Sometimes(if not alot of the time) i lost because i had poor understanding of the game and match-ups. But, just because bridget sucks doesnt make guilty gear suck as a game. There many great things to be said about blazblue that out way that things that people may try and say to make it seem like a bad game. I really really cannot say the same for streetfighteriv. Its simplicity, and lack of options for most of the cast is what makes it way more user friendly and popular amongist many of its free to beat players.

just because your not good in a particular game doesnt mean its not good. Just because a few dumbass in the scene may have said it's not a good game doesnt mean " oh well he said it wasnt good, now i think it too although i dont even play the game myself ", and just because blazblue is not boring simple and basic like streetfighter iv doesnt mean its a bad game either. Because truth be told streetfighter iv sucks ass on many levels and stills has a bunch of players playing that. heck bout 85% of the players truely suck at it but still play it because its much more simple then other games.... PAT, yup 3 dollars a gallon its pretty fuckin fail. i wonder how in the last two weeks did gas go up 15 cent =/. Cs2 is looking mighty good, Tarnish: i do set-up and ask people to go. but like i said it seems that all bb players are way to busy to show up. there been times where i have sat there and played in training mode while there because no one comes out. Im more then happy to help any persons who live a bit out of the way of baltimore get to xanadu for blazblue like other players in the scene have done. Zeth: coming at xanadu's about say 7 or 8 then leaving at 11 or 11 30 to get home at 12 30, then get at 5am on some weeks isnt too bad. I get at 5 45am for work every morning.

i never post in this thread or any other thread non gameplay related..but it seems that i checked on this thread at the right moment. Myself and brandon(tager player) came to xanadu's several times many times evvery wednesday or eery other wedensday for blazblue. However....it was just me and brandon and one weekend i invited a carl player who did make it out one sunday. Thats it within the last few months since that tournament took place. 3 true bb players. Those that claim omg get offline arent showing up to help improve the usual 2 players that show up. So i asked myself why come pay 5 dollars, and sit here and play this same tager for 4 to 5hours straight? When we can just play offline at my or his house and have internet access to have halo reach as an alternate option. So i stopped coming. It so funny how streetfighter iv players can make it out. But every single blazblue player claims to be soooooo busyyyy all the time and can never clear one night out there week to enjoy a game without lag interference.(may have spelled that wrong for the grammar and spell check whores online, i apologize). Infact, im available yet again me and brandon both but once again i rather play at home then come and play against the same player and pay a fee. Not have internet access for halo or other online co-op games, and then have to drive him home from there. I mean honestly what could every blazblue online player being doing this late wednesday evenings?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NQ7AQtE-WU vs hakumen and bang( how many times must i combo into bbl and you live???) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYtWPDNxmEs i was doing some really wicked pressure strings! and tager gets owned!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04GU-EPGaDY kumaa ( rachel ) vs izayoi matoi ( taokaka ) 0:01 Butler's Rebellion 5:15 kumaa (rachel) vs ari (valkenhayn) This wasnt posted yet, and our girl got her ass wipped!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47yzCZexJws part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFlCKXrlWgU part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGxjhQpqRkU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGxjhQpqRkU All winning, and previously posted but possibly not viewed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8Quv5cqpak http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf9Msg05-7o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaMNw9weFFo All losing to the saem arakune player. im alot better now, and i understand tsubaki and arakune alot more so i generally do not lose to either of them now. Hopefully soon i can get 184 dollars to upload matches against much better players on xbox live then these. hopefully before people stop caring about cs1.

You know im looking at that video that sonti has posted and in the first thousand mins of it they have not normal cancelled j.2c yet. making it look like you cant so far. lobelia +a pushes back very far on block.

dude if j.2c remains not an overhead im really really finally thinking about dropping rachel. I use j.2c now as an overhead on frog corner blocking into more reseting, i also use it during block strings and it gives you a little a bit of options. i love using it as an unthrow attack against tager when he tries to 720 me or throw me. I also do j.b+2d>then jump cancel> j.2c and mix that between j.b+2d>2b. If j.2c isnt an overhead it will become more useless then it already is in cs1.

Maybe this is a good thing...no one will still use rachel because of horrible conecting combos =D

i think when it says j.2c is raised higher that it means that you have to be a certain distance above the ground inorder to use it...like the same with lobelias, and jumping forward with j.b. that way you can somewhat react to j.2c instead of straight guessing.

k2, i love you! And i love your post! espically the part where it says hes not goign to keep letting you hit him with 1.5k. And for the valkenhayn player posint in here, if the match is that hard due to zoning alone then quite honestly i think the rachel player may just be alot better then you right now.

Okay just a few helpful things i noticed in the video that would have helped make the match much better for you.(Jason.d) *Against ragna: .at 1:26 you could have easyly did airdash j.b>j.c>swordiris and would have had enough for bbl to put down oki and then go for a mix-up. instead you did swordiris>aircombo which always leaves rachel at a disadvantage. After aircombos players generally come down after reset and attack rachel alot of times you are forced to block due to very poor anti air and too much recovery+too little hit stun on lobelia aerial+a. .There were alot of times where you didnt perform jb>jc>2d>jc>land bbl, like at 1:55 and would have also helped put you at a greater advantage then normal combo enders. Even if you land on the opposite side, just reverse the input for bbl and it will connect. This takes time and alot of training mode practicing execution and its well worth i perform that combo all the time and its very useful. .At 2:05 you had 4 winds, you could have did a much greater mix-up then 4b>2b>5b>5c>3c>inputed inferno divider. .Against ragna and lamada you never used pumpkin to approach. i know its not that good...but its her best tool and still gets the job done. During neutral game whenever possible you always wanna get it out. .When ragna dash cancels you can always 2a, him before he is able to throw. dash canceling is punishable on block and you never once punished him. .6:37 was accidental? come on now tell us. lamada: . once again use pumpkin it will knock out a sowrd, preventing her from sword canceling on your block and gets you in on her recovery. .Everytime you see lamada dash forward and breaks go for a throw, you gotten thrown from this setup very often. .7:30 you dropped bbl because you inputed it to early, resulting in an aerial bbl. .At 8:00 you coulda linked bbl after swordiris, or just nailed bbl the first time through..what happened?

honestly all you really have to do is keep approaching and block. And if you approach from the air(high above the ground) you can get past her zoning. Espically if you jump over the arc of a lobelia and strike her in the recovery form, or just block. Its not hard getting in on rachel. i Know valkenhayn lacks a run or an easy anti zone tool(slegde/sparkbolt/makotos super/a barrier or void/ nails/guardpoints/) but he can still get in. the match-up is not no 6-4 rachel favors. Mu-12/lamada/arakune/carl/hazama/ all have better zoning then rachel. And somehow every one is claiming that valkenhayn is overpowered.....

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO i was playing against tsubaki today and she did the unblockable move( i jumped away everytime.) and she was sitting on top of 3 rods when doing it, i activated them and she guard pointed them and took no damage or even recognition of the shock. Also throw tempest dailha at her, and she guard pointed through most of it. So as i said before it had some kinda of defensive resistance, and that resistance is that its invunerable to projectiles. They will simply be guard pointed like bands d moves.

the game is a waste of money, i mained sakura. And did very well. However, the game doesnt catter to characters who need to attack up close. Pressure on block is unsafe, and you can warp during block strings and oki right behing the opponent for free. YOU dont even have to intelligently press the guard button to warp. You can fuckin mash it, and then rasengan right behind you! making it very difficult to play characters like sakura and chiyo.

rachel, and the fighting game engine. Every character being nuthin like any other character in the same game. The sprite works, backgrounds, music, and pretty colors. The fact that the characters are really unique between the next character appeals me, melty blook acrana heart, and guilty gear are make sure of this. This is why i really stay away from streetfighter games, and kof titles.. alot of the characters play the same or dont have a unique likeness regarding playstlye(excluding 3d strike)

it may just be american tagers. i honestly dont see hardly any tagers using him well in america anymore. And i never seen any makotos against tournament tagers.

do u think that the rachel match-up is accurate? 6.5 tgaer favor. almost like last game where it was 7-3 rachels favor?

i love the rachel match-up chart numbers. I knew arakune and hazama were higher then even espically arakune omg. hakumen maybe a bit eagerated. ^.^ im happy at this match-up chart.

cannon goes away as soon as rachel is hit, meaning that the lasers prevent cannon fire. What you just posted pulsr is going against what we all have agreed upon. You must rush down mu-12 not fire cannons. However you must also somehow prevent mu-12 from just straight rushing you down as well.

mu-12 2a is pretty decent, compared to rachels 2a no it isnt as good, but 3c as nu-v13 did is godlike when a lobelia a is thrown out. Lets forget ct because nu into lamada was a fair translation. rachel in cs r.i.p rachel was over nerfed. Fighting against lamada is alot easier then fighting against mu-12 and i considered that match-up a 6-4. the reason being is that is alot easier to dash over, or under one sword right into lamada's opening. however it is not easy getting around the lasers. that cover much more space much quicker then lamada's projectiles. This is why i personally consider the match-up 7.5 to 2.5 or 6.5 to 3.5. Plus lamada does not always even have a "reversal" always available like mu-12 does. YOu still have to give mu-12 dp respect because if you dont you will be full screen again. Also YOU ALL are forgetting that mu-12 can also rush your down too. And while shes rushing you down she can put out steins(lasers) in the process. Yes i posted before, when you block the overhead on instant block you are able to 5a/2a it before any other attack is allowed, but mu-12 can also dp. Also mu-12 overheads are not super slow, they are much faster then rachels 28 frame 4b. Suggesting that you can block them(mu-12's two overheads) is completely unrealistic. when knockdown or grabbed there are tricky laser beam set-ups that will confuse you into more set-ups. so simply saying oh i can block or avoid all her up close game is being very unrealistic. Its possible but at somepoint you would like to attack also. As i have mentioned before she also has stable moves/projectiles that take off guard primers. And rachel has only 4, 2 if you happen to need a burst.