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Tsubasa. I need to confirm with you right now. Are you CERTAIN your stream is in HD? What do you use? Do you have mics? Do you have a mixer? Etc., etc.

BAD NEWS. Haunts cannot make it. He has something to take care of, which I cannot specify. I'm sorry, but Magz, can we please put your stream on Iplaywinner? It would be really appreciated.

YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL IN EVERY SINGLE WAY. YES, WORDS CAN'T BRING YOU DOWN. SO DON'T MAPQUEST BRING YOU DOWN TODAY!!! *jumps up on a desk. *sings

BBCS and GGAC got mixed up for some reason. Fixed.

Edit: Let's just let Haunts take over this stream, since the event was already publicized on IPW. You'll get more views this way. Sorry, Magz.

I'm calling in Haunts to return a favor when I helped him out with a 1Up article. So, he offered to stream one event for free, and I thought it would be fair to have him stream a small event (rather than a big one for free, since he needs the money, too). No money needed for this one. Also, the reason why I chose this event was, even though money isn't exactly rolling in for me at the moment, I do expect to regularly stream the NCI ranbats. Yes, with my soon-to-be budget streaming setup.

Haunts is coming. He has a ride with Rogerdodger. Have fun.

What's the internet situation at SJSU. Is the internet good (how many megs of upload?)? Does it require a student password? Can we directly connect? Answer all these questions, please, or Haunts might not be able to make it.

The scene in Davis for bb is pretty much non-existent. I'm getting a streaming setup just to get it out there that some people play though. Looks like I will be playing with Van later, too. On occasion, I play with Spirit Juice and the fairfield cats. But in Davis... I think we only have... three people who play BBCS that I know of (including myself, sadly).

All right. I will re-edit the flier.

From the looks of it, we're good, starting times and everything. Go ahead, sir.

Wtf? You guys are in Davis dorms now? Don't be scrubs and play me. Also post on the srk forums in the UCD muga thread.

Here's the flier for Norcal Install 2: http://img819.imageshack.us/f/norcalinstall2flier.jpg/ I'm tired, so I probably won't be editing anymore for it tonight. You do not necessarily need to print this out, but it would be cute if you would. If you do, print it out and post it on SJSU campus and maybe svgl. Ideally in color. Just a small paper would be nice. Okay, I got a question. Tournament Entry: $6 [$3 for each additional tournament entry] - $3 dollar community fee <--------------------------------- Okay, so let's say I'm entering BBCS only. I pay 6 dollars + 3 dollars for the community fee? Or are you taking dollars from the pot to add to the community fee?

Oh, okay. If that's the case, then I will only bring my Asus monitor.

Rin, how did you record off of Haunts's setup last time? Because the players were on Spirit Juice's ASUS monitor, and I have an ASUS as well. I thought you could connect only through composite cables. I see only an hdmi in the back of here.

I figure you already know this, but all HD monitors lag. Asus monitors lag, but it's not noticeable. I'm not sure how much they lag though. I've heard from half a frame to 2 frames.

You're covered. I got my new asus monitor. I believe it can run composite cables. Let me check. Nope. Sucks for you. I will bring my other monitor, which lags by 2 frames, according to Spirit Juice; that's pretty standard. Anyway, I got school later today. I'll have to focus on that. I've got a few images I can use for the photoshop idea, and I will try to bounce ideas in my head for a decent promotional flier. I don't need this to be printed or anything. Just something to commemorate the event.

Will be photoshopping an image for norcal install tonight. I cannot afford an artist to make the poster, so you're going to have to bear with me. SRK thread will be made at night, too. SChool tomorrow, yada, yada.

You thought people in Davis play Blazblue? Loooooooooooool.

Take me with you. (:

Okay, looks like my place is SOLELY a SSF4 session. Fuck my life.

Although I agree every type of grappler needs to take risks, great grappler players know how to minimize them either through defense, time and read, or abuse of system. Vance, for one, minimizes risks using option selects in his style, canceling out misreads with percentage options in SSF4. Galileo uses a read and defense. Jan uses defense, Hayao uses his execution (parry, parry in 3s) to open up a mistake from his opponent. I'm not playing down the risk that Tager has to use to win, but relying on risks and reads only go so far. Sometimes the opponent is just someone new AND good; you can't expect 2 matches will give you enough time to figure out how to apply appropriate risks, which leads into... What happens with Tager: 1) You take a risk and it either gives you a reward or it gets you punished. OR 2) You count on your opponent cracking under pressure that's safe or semi-safe so you can capitalize off of their messup or opening to cause damage. Thing is with 2, you are taking advantage of Tager's natural eminence. He spews out that grappler aura, and whether people recognize it or not, everyone, and I mean, everyone gets scared of a good grappler on offense. Just by being close to the opponent, the opponent has to be nervous. This is an option that Tager has. Noel, sadly, doesn't make people nervous when she's close. If you have good reaction, you can block her overheads, block her lows, tech her throws, blah, blah, blah. She doesn't force you to do ANYTHING. With Tager, if you are within grab range, you always have to make a decision: reversal, continue blocking, jump/back dash. Thus, when it comes to risk, I believe Noel definitely has it harder because of shitty hitbox on her normals, bad priority, and useless overall D-drives that SHOULD go punished every time she tries to use them. Although Noel gains more meter than Tager per combo, she needs to use it to rapid a bad risk and get out of there. For Tager players, we have options that can be negated through 4d or simply stopping our blockstrings, which, although gives pressure back to our opponent, doesn't leave us getting punished. 6a 2c (delay) 4d is a relatively safe block string that baits out pokers and trains opponents into blocking further. 5a 5b 2b 5b 2b is the safest blockstring Tager has: it stops reversals, back dashes, and jumps. This is your testing blockstring that helps supplement the risk and the read. If they keep getting hit by the block string, you know they are scared and a jumper. If they don't, then you know you can tick throw them.

Going to reannounce my session today at 6pm (Tuesday). Come and bring a setup and a ps3. I don't know how many people will actually come. I really don't know. But if you want to call me for directions, my number is ________________. Session over. Edit. I'm going to clean this place like no one has cleaned before. If no one comes, I'm going to just watch Higurashi again. Also, I've contacted Jenkins, and he's checking his schedule. I plan to host a Drom's BBCS tourney in Davis sometime this month or early next month. Just to put you guys on notice. Edit: My session today at 6pm is going to be a semi-party. Bring food or something. I got the booze covered. Like, really covered.

Sick. That's two people.