Jackie Chandler

Now that's awesome. You should inform the Teddie section.

I agree, but since Shadow Labrys (and as such, Asterius) was one of the last additions to the arcade release, maybe programmers didn't think it'd be possible to surpass eight with the cast they had done at the time of programming Teddie. Assuming this is actually what it is, of course. And I'll try to get as much as I can done this afternoon so I can show up to Minion's dorm this evening, but I probably won't stay for long. I seriously have a bunch of homework, and it's all due tomorrow. D:

Interesting. I haven't done any testing yet, but if I had to guess, I'd say it might be caused by having the eighth hit connect with Asterius and Shadow Labrys at the same time, thus causing the counter to jump from seven to nine. But because it's supposed to stop once it hits eight, well... :P Maaaaan, this would be the night I have a shit ton of homework.

If there are anime games to play at it, count me in. I'm sure Accent Core +R will be out by then, and as long as there are other people playing it, I'll keep playing Persona myself. Also, it might be worth noting that Chronophantasma could be out by then - I'm not sure how many people are interested in it in MTN, but I'd love it if we all came together like we used to when CS1 was a thing, and play CP like that~. But yeah, thanks for the heads-up Dax~. I'll bring as many folks from the Cookeville crew as I can. Also, I totally wouldn't turn down free food. :3

Naimat was talking well about Injustice at Final Round, so I decided to look into it a bit. And I have to admit, it's pretty impressive. The idea of having interactive stages that function differently depending on which character you choose is really neat, albeit a difficult mechanic to judge from a balance perspective before the game is released. The combos seem to be a decent length from what I've seen - I'd probably compare them to GG combo length. One of the best aspects I've seen from the game so far, though, is the fact that you can view frame data from the move list. For the people who get into it competitively, I'm sure that'll be one of the most welcome additions, and I hope that becomes a standard for fighting games in the future.

MORE SPEED SHOUTOUTS ACTIVATE. A.X.I.S. for not being a real member of the Axis forces. Also, for being a hilarious dood. ZomB for the wonderful friendlies at Eshi's, and for bodying me in 90% of them. Psykotic for being a really, really helpful and friendly guy. Seriously, thanks. Nobody.exe for wearing a horse head and beating me twice on stream. GreatReptar for being great and hosting BB. Jyosua for streaming BB 'n stuff. Watch out for run up Cross Slash~. VR-Raiden for pulling off da bes Yu oki I've ever seen. ShinSyn for GAWDAMMIT WE DIDN'T TALK LIKE AT ALL. Setsuna and Zenosuke for saving the TN crew Friday night. AB Stone for being a strong Chie and eliminating MarlinPie. Lord Knight for the friendly. I reeeeeally wanted to play your Mitsuru, though. ; n; SKD for GET OFF DA BEECH AND COME TO FR NEXT YEAR DAMMIT Kurushii for WHERE WERE YOOOOOU And everyone else for making it out~. If I forgot you and you feel like you deserve a shoutout, let me know and I'll give you your own personal message for it~.

SPEED SHOUTOUTS GO. Milln for driving me and being Milln. Mellis for being super knowledgeable about games and stuff. Klein for nearing god status in GG. Star for being a 17th place bro. Astaroth for the converter and placing fantastically in Mahvel/SC. Uri for pulling off SMP loops in BB in a tournament setting. Volpe for being alive. Eshi for letting us stay at his place and also being a 17th place bro. Skeletal Minion for the balls of steel money match against Abegen. Tad for doing ridiculous Ky shit I've never seen in GG on stream. Naimat for talks about stuff and fun games in BB. Kyle for winning Vampire Savior. Cookeville for definitely showing up next year. >:3 Other non-TN peeps shoutouts in the Final Round thread.

Final Round was the best fighting game experience I've had in my entire life. Great games, hype turnouts, and best of all, fantastic people. It was great to meet and hang out with so many awesome folks. I'm so glad I was able to use a substitute for my converter. Big thanks to Milln for driving the MTN crowd down and being himself, to Eshi for letting us stay at his house, and to Astaroth for letting me use his converter. Also to Klein, Mellis, and Star for being cool doods and chilling with me, to Zenosuke/Setsuna for letting us sleep in their hotel room the night we (thought we) got locked out of Eshi's, to Psykotic for the great Aigis advice, and to GreatReptar for running the BB side tourney. I'll definitely be making it to next year's, and hope everyone else and more will, too!

Maaaaan, if I wanted to learn stick, I would have done it by now. I just don't like the feel of the stick part of the stick. That said, the Hitbox is something that's always interested me, so if I learned anything aside from 360 controller, I'd want that to be it. But I don't really have any motivation to do that, and even if I did pay out the butt to get one, I'd still need to get it dual modded or find a converter so I could, ironically, play it on 360. XD

Awesome. Thanks for doing that for me, ZomB~. Actually, I'd like to take the time to thank everybody for their support. I've been admittedly troubled about this whole situation, from the time I started saving money for it, to the time it was looking like I'd have to be making the trip by myself, to the point where I wasn't even sure I'd be able to compete any more... You guys have been supporting me every step of the way. I really don't know what to say. I hate it when people have to go out of their way to do something for me, but that doesn't mean I'm not grateful when they do. So, truly and sincerely - thanks guys. <3 you all. ; w;

That's one of my biggest complaints with this - I have been able to find ZERO proof of this claim, regardless of the testimony or possibilities. But here I was, about to be unable to participate in the event because of a "he said/she said." When I get back from Final Round, I intend to do some extensive tests with this, with video evidence showing all the different variables and how it does or doesn't lag. Riiiiiight after I catch up on my schoolwork. XD

I realize that too, but this isn't just a matter of me being butthurt 'cause "I don't like iiiiiiit." Yeah, of course I don't like it. A spontaneous decision on the tournament organizers' parts almost cost me my ability to compete, AFTER I made an effort to check the rules, AFTER I paid to enter before the deadline, AFTER they neglected to do anything about their suspicions until now, and AFTER I've been using this converter for more than half a year and have yet to notice any issues with. I have every right to vote with my money and presence whether or not Final Round organizers made the right decision with this. Unfortunately for my willingness to make a statement, Astaroth has been gracious gawdlike enough to allow me to use his differently-branded converter since he's only competing in Marvel on Saturday, and that's 360 anyway. So that, along with everyone's persistence in telling me I should go anyway... Has convinced me I should go. :P I'm still unhappy with the situation, and I want to bring it up to Larry before I leave the venue so we can hopefully avoid situations like this in the future - because if anything like this DOES happen again and I'm so drastically effected, there WON'T be any second chances. Now, regarding the legitimacy of this claim... Well, at least that makes more sense than what I initially thought. If that's the case, assuming it might be possible with a USB splitter or something of the source, couldn't I theoretically connect the Cronus to an external power source as well so it doesn't cause as much of a strain on the PS3? Assuming it even causes that much of a strain on the PS3 by itself in the first place, that is.

Yep, March 22nd. They posted this notice literally a week before the tournament's start. I don't even know where to start. Okay, so according to the Facebook post, "The Chronusdevice converters are banned at FR16. Theres has been reports at past events that these converters cause input delay in both players controllers." I take a few major issues with this. First off, from a technological point of view, I don't see how a single converter could possibly have any impact on another controller's inputs. By simple definition of the word, converters are designed as devices for output. When I push a button on my 360 controller, the Cronus essentially converts those signals being transmitted to PS3 format, and the Playstation 3 interprets those as it should. The only thing I can see information being sent from the PS3 to the controllers themselves for is rumble, or perhaps Sixaxis - but neither of those are a factor in the great majority of fighting games, nor should that influence the rate at which inputs are received to the console itself, converter or not. I want to know where these guys are getting this information from, and I want to know it's from a credible source that performed reliable tests. Because as it stands, I can't help but feel like this converter was banned on a "he said, she said" basis. Next, if there were really reports from "past events" that there was something so seriously wrong with this converter, why was this not on the Rules pages since Day 1? It's not right for them to imply that they knew there were issues with a specific piece of technology well in advance, but not to tell anyone until a week before the event is scheduled to start. That's absurd. Again, where is this information coming from? What events? Who documented this? Who tested this? Who confirmed it? There are no facts present here - just a simple notice that the converter is banned, and a link to the converter's website. Lastly, this puts me in a really, really shitty situation. Whether what was posted on Final Round's Facebook page is true or not, I can't be a fair opponent either way. If I just throw my hands up and use a PS3 controller instead, I'll be putting myself at an automatic disadvantage because I'm not practiced with it. And if I use the converter anyway, assuming literally everyone I played with deemed it okay and none of the tournament officials noticed, I could never hope to do well because I'd just be known as "the guy who used the converter that fucked up everyone's inputs" to everybody else, simply because of the unsupported claims on Final Round's Facebook page regarding the matter. Now, to be fair, I came across an interesting piece of information when trying to determine the legitimacy of these guys's claims. According to the Cronus Device FAQs page, which has been updated since my initial visit to it: "The Cronus Device and Cronus X have almost ZERO input lag. All of our ongoing tests have placed input lag at 1.1 ms which is a negligible amount." Yes, I know these are fighting games we're talking about, but a single frame of input is a small price for me to pay to use the means of control I've become practiced in and feel most comfortable in - if I'm the only person it influences, of course. I still stand by what I said before - I don't see how MY device could influence the inputs on YOURS. If somebody can show me some cold, hard proof, I'll admit I was wrong. But with things the way they are now, right or wrong, it's too late to change people's minds. I find it incredibly unprofessional for Final Round's staff to make an announcement like this so late in the game, especially when they make it sound like they very easily could have known any possible problems with the device in question beforehand. I understand that they need to take precautions to ensure a fair atmosphere for as many players as possible, but jumping to conclusions and alienating a portion of the community like this after they had ample opportunity to inform people about this is simply unacceptable. Guys, I'm really sorry, but I'm not going to put up with this. The most respectable thing I can do in this situation is drop out and make a case for my money back. If I can successfully accomplish the latter, I'll do my best to make it to Final Round next year. But if I can't, I'll do my level best to make sure they never get another dime from me again. Words cannot describe how unhappy I am with this whole mess. @Astaroth - I'm not sure if you ever got your current converter functioning (or a replacement, for that matter), but assuming there IS anything seriously wrong with this converter, I'm really, really sorry. I've been using this converter since July of last year, and I've never experienced any problems with it. I've played countless numbers of games with people using it, and they've never said a thing about their inputs being delayed or anything like that, nor have I noticed anything of the sort myself. And now, I'm sure you're in a crappy situation like myself, too. At least Marvel is on 360, so you won't have to worry about that. And if there's another form of 360 -> PS3 converter that exists, maybe someone with one at the venue will be kind enough to let you borrow theirs for your games in SC. Really though, I feel like you took my words at face value, and now you're paying the price for it. I feel terrible. Maybe I oversold it, I don't know - but honestly, I think the FR staff is blowing their skepticism with the device out of proportion by outright banning it like this, too. I hope things work out for you.

Are you fucking kidding me? Tad, please tell me that you're joking. It doesn't say anything like that in the rules. If I can't play with my 360 controller, I can't compete. And if I can't compete because of some bullshit unwritten rule, I'm demanding my money back. Like, I really hope you're just making this up, and that I'm just overreacting. Because if you're not, I'm going to be seriously fucking pissed.

Ah, I gotcha. Thanks Tad. :]

Ah, nice! Will do. Most of the people who still play Persona in TN play on PS3, so we'll be waitin' on ya~.

Nah, that's kind of how I felt about Xbox 360 actually, haha. Maybe it just depends on your region.

I've been playing on PS3 with my converter recently, in the event that there are any minor differences playing with a 360 pad on it. Plus, people actually play Ranked on the PS3!

Thanks Pwnix! Good to have you with us. By the way... Hi, I'm Jackie Chandler. I'm the guy who's gonna make you hate DP's!

Awesome, it looks like Survival Mode is making a return as well. I hope that means Abyss Mode will be making a return in the console version of CP too.

Are we even sure people are running Gear at this point? The lack of info regarding that tournament is a little unsettling.

Oh, no. D: Make sure you get to the venue early so you can sign up for whatever open slots there are, then!

@Mellis - Yeah, you better watch out for LK and VR-Raiden especially, Mellis. Your pool looks like one of the toughest. D: You can do it, though! I believe in you! Also, text me back when you get the chance. @Uri - Nice job on getting the front page... again! XD I'll work on getting footage for our compilation video once we're back from Final Round. Speaking of which, I found this for you. I won't make any judgements here, but I will say that there's quite a bit you can glean playstyle-wise from watching the video, so I hope you do.

Awesome, I'll be looking forward to it. :] And what kind of question is that? Of COURSE I'll be entering the BB side tournament! My fundamentals in that game have all gone to hell, but I figure they were never exactly there to begin with, so I don't have much to lose. :P I expect you to wear those sunglasses well into the night.

Reynald was the only one I recognized, but I think Milln knew who a couple more were. And what are you talking about? Final Round's gonna be your chance to show everyone YOU'RE the Litchi everyone should be talking about! I won't be happy unless it's you and Lord Knight squaring off in Grand Finals. Don't let me down!