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KidA Seven · (05-17-2012, 06:10 AM)

Originally Posted by Infinite:

Chris is also really good in 3rd strike. I give him the odds over Justin in that game.

I give the odds to Chris in UMVC3 as well.

Chris can't beat Justin at 3rd strike. Hell, they played at Final Round and Justin won 3-0 in grand finals.

Anth0ny · (05-17-2012, 06:14 AM)

Originally Posted by Crocodile:

I'm glad to see that Sony is taking their All-Stars game seriously. I'd like to see some Smash talent on the next Smash game :)

Also, this is the first I'm hearing of this Rolento glitch. Sounds serious 0_0

Sakurai should totally fly Mew2king and Mango out to Japan to help balance Smash 4.

AHAHAHAHA

Nintendo...the community...interaction? that's rich.

N4Us · (05-17-2012, 06:15 AM)

Man, Bala actually isn't too bad at SFXT.

Rice-Eater · 06:34 AM

Ok, I'm kind of confused. I get home and all of a sudden I find out that Wolfkrone is following me on Twitter. I created a Twitter account just to see what kind of interesting stuff some players had to say and maybe ask a question once in a while. But I don't tweet about myself, period. So I'm dumbfounded as to why Wolfkrone would suddenly decide to follow me(he is my 1st follower) as there is very little evidence out there that my account even exist. I feel the only rational explanation is that it was either accident or he thinks I'm the Canadian Blanka player who actually goes by "Riceta" instead. Oh well lol, I just thought that was interesting enough to post about.

AAK · (05-17-2012, 06:36 AM)

This doesn't make sense, why are the developers allowed to play their own game in tournament? There's a conflict of interest where the play testers can balance the game to their advantage.

Professor Beef · (05-17-2012, 06:40 AM)

Originally Posted by AAK:

This doesn't make sense, why are the developers allowed to play their own game in tournament? There's a conflict of interest where the play testers can balance the game to their advantage.

Just because you helped develop the game doesn't mean you're going to be good at it/win every tournament.

Example: David Sirlin and HDR tournaments.

Conceited · (05-17-2012, 06:43 AM)

Originally Posted by Rice-Eater:

Ok, I'm kind of confused. I get home and all of a sudden I find out that Wolfkrone is following me on Twitter. I created a Twitter account just to see what kind of interesting stuff some players had to say and maybe ask a question once in a while. But I don't tweet about myself, period. So I'm dumbfounded as to why Wolfkrone would suddenly decide to follow me(he is my 1st follower) as there is very little evidence out there that my account even exist. I feel the only rational explanation is that it was either accident or he thinks I'm the Canadian Blanka player who actually goes by "Riceta" instead. Oh well lol, I just thought that was interesting enough to post about.

Better start tweeting out Blanka strats. :P

AAK · 06:47 AM

Ignoring individual skill, there's a conflict of interest. The playtesters can balance the game to have their characters have the upper hand for themselves.

I don't know about Capcom games, but I know the playtesters hired by Sega and Namco for VF and Tekken are not allowed to enter into tournaments for the games they playtest to make sure there is complete transparency and they can't take advantage of their positions as developers in the game.

I understand that it doesn't mean you'll be better, but it's the principle that you're setting up.

EDIT: Don't worry I think Wolfkrone just randomly followed everyone, he even started following me even though I've never tweeted about anything SF4 related.

Professor Beef · (05-17-2012, 06:47 AM)

Originally Posted by Conceited:

Better start tweeting out Blanka strats. :P

"Mash P like a moron, because you'd have to be to use this dumb character."

sleepykyo · (05-17-2012, 06:47 AM)

Originally Posted by AAK:

This doesn't make sense, why are the developers allowed to play their own game in tournament? There's a conflict of interest where the play testers can balance the game to their advantage.

Because it's Skullgirls and the player is MikeZ. No one thinks he is going to let his personal experience in tourneys distort his suggestions to balance the game.

Professor Beef · (05-17-2012, 06:51 AM)

Originally Posted by AAK:

Ignoring individual skill, there's a conflict of interest. The playtesters can balance the game to have their characters have the upper hand for themselves.

I don't know about Capcom games, but I know the playtesters hired by Sega and Namco for VF and Tekken are not allowed to enter into tournaments for the games they playtest to make sure there is complete transparency and they can't take advantage of their positions as developers in the game.

I understand that it doesn't mean you'll be better, but it's the principle that you're setting up.

EDIT: Don't worry I think Wolfkrone just randomly followed everyone, he even started following me even though I've never tweeted about anything SF4 related.

...There's no conspiracy in place to let MikeZ make a game just to win tournaments.

MarkMan · (05-17-2012, 06:55 AM)

Uhhh. Some of the balance/dev people that worked on TEKKEN still enter tournaments. It's actually encouraged.

GabbyJay · (05-17-2012, 07:00 AM)

So a lot of people hate this game and a lot of people talk mad shit about it.
... they're right it's boring as shit.

AAK · (05-17-2012, 07:01 AM)

Originally Posted by MarkMan:

Uhhh. Some of the balance/dev people that worked on TEKKEN still enter tournaments. It's actually encouraged.

I haven't seen Mishimastar enter since he got employed by Namco.

SolarPowered · 07:40 AM

Originally Posted by AAK:

Ignoring individual skill, there's a conflict of interest. The playtesters can balance the game to have their characters have the upper hand for themselves.

I don't know about Capcom games, but I know the playtesters hired by Sega and Namco for VF and Tekken are not allowed to enter into tournaments for the games they playtest to make sure there is complete transparency and they can't take advantage of their positions as developers in the game.

I understand that it doesn't mean you'll be better, but it's the principle that you're setting up.

They said the Skullgirls tournament for WNF would be casual from the start. I see no reason why he should not be able to compete in casuals or in small tournaments with familiar faces and friends.

He won't be competing at official tournaments any time soon for example, but he is totally free to play in the side tournament that fans are organizing for EVO.

Originally Posted by Professor Beef:

Just because you helped develop the game doesn't mean you're going to be good at it/win every tournament.

Example: David Sirlin and HDR tournaments.

Not the best rebuttal.

Mike is going to be good at it and he will win a lot if given the chance. :P

MarkMan · (05-17-2012, 07:43 AM)

Originally Posted by AAK:

I haven't seen Mishimastar enter since he got employed by Namco.

He entered a tournament a few months ago at Game Carrot Sugamo. Bando aka Jackler, also entered.

Ricky Ortiz (employed by Namco at one time) also entered T6 tournaments.

MrNaps and Bronson Tran, while employed by Namco (as QA) also entered T6 tournaments.

sdz also entered a few tournaments recently.

Just saying.

N4Us · (05-17-2012, 07:52 AM)

Originally Posted by SolarPowered:

but he is totally free to play in the side tournament that fans are organizing for EVO.

Wow, good luck with that.

Parallax Scroll · (05-17-2012, 08:41 AM)

Originally Posted by Rice-Eater:

Ok, I'm kind of confused. I get home and all of a sudden I find out that Wolfkrone is following me on Twitter. I created a Twitter account just to see what kind of interesting stuff some players had to say and maybe ask a question once in a while. But I don't tweet about myself, period. So I'm dumbfounded as to why Wolfkrone would suddenly decide to follow me(he is my 1st follower) as there is very little evidence out there that my account even exist. I feel the only rational explanation is that it was either accident or he thinks I'm the Canadian Blanka player who actually goes by "Riceta" instead. Oh well lol, I just thought that was interesting enough to post about.

Did you follow Wolfkrone? Some people just follow everyone back who follows them.

Stabby McSter · (05-17-2012, 10:43 AM)

I didn't expect to be consumed by Diablo III. Marvel tournament this Friday and I'm thinking I probably shouldn't enter. D:

Aedile · (05-17-2012, 11:03 AM)

Originally Posted by Rice-Eater:

Ok, I'm kind of confused. I get home and all of a sudden I find out that Wolfkrone is following me on Twitter.

Krone started following me on Twitter yesterday too. I think he's following people who are following anyone relevant from the fighting game community, since I don't follow him and haven't posted a tweet in years.

Touch · (05-17-2012, 11:17 AM)

Originally Posted by I-hate-u:

Clockw0rk Joins Playstation All-Stars Battle Royal Developer as Community Manager

http://shoryuken.com/2012/05/16/clow...unity-manager/

Clockw0rk = Seth Killian of PASBR?

This kind of makes me excited to see what the game becomes. At the moment, I'm not really excited for the game itself, but now I can say there is an interest.

would be a larger interest if my ps3 worked :(

Nyoro SF · (05-17-2012, 12:14 PM)

Originally Posted by Touch:

This kind of makes me excited to see what the game becomes. At the moment, I'm not really excited for the game itself, but now I can say there is an interest.

would be a larger interest if my ps3 worked :(

He's the CM, doesn't impact the game directly.

AAK · (05-17-2012, 02:30 PM)

Originally Posted by MarkMan:

He entered a tournament a few months ago at Game Carrot Sugamo. Bando aka Jackler, also entered.

Ricky Ortiz (employed by Namco at one time) also entered T6 tournaments.

MrNaps and Bronson Tran, while employed by Namco (as QA) also entered T6 tournaments.

sdz also entered a few tournaments recently.

Just saying.

I gladly eat crow. Sorry for being misinformed.

RellyRell28 · (05-17-2012, 02:39 PM)

Originally Posted by SailorDaravon:

Chris G resets the bracket against RayRay with his off team

Somewhere Fanatiq is smiling

Hope Fanatic knows that Chris G is miles ahead of him

Infinite · 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by KidA Seven:

Chris can't beat Justin at 3rd strike. Hell, they played at Final Round and Justin won 3-0 in grand finals.

Chris beat justin at major before. I forget which one it was though.

Masaki_ · (05-17-2012, 03:51 PM)

I saw a viewer spike last night during SFxT's broadcast and thought something interesting was going on, maybe someone was using Rolento against a fireball character. Nope, just the SG grandfinals. Highly suggest you guys watch the archives if you missed it, because Severin was godlike, and so was Mike showing how to deal with Double assist.

Also his salt face when he lost.

Busaiku · (05-17-2012, 03:56 PM)

Originally Posted by SolarPowered:

They said the Skullgirls tournament for WNF would be casual from the start. I see no reason why he should not be able to compete in casuals or in small tournaments with familiar faces and friends.

He won't be competing at official tournaments any time soon for example, but he is totally free to play in the side tournament that fans are organizing for EVO.

Not the best rebuttal.

Mike is going to be good at it and he will win a lot if given the chance. :P

The main reason Mike will easily win these things is because the majority of people that play it at these bigger events are not anime players.
Guys like Severin are though, and look at that, he won the whole thing.

jbug617 · (05-17-2012, 04:11 PM)

Don't know if it was mentioned yesterday but Spooky put his schedule for the rest of the year on his Twitch page. He is doing Summer Jam in August, then Season Beatings in September and NEC in December.

Grecco · (05-17-2012, 04:15 PM)

Originally Posted by jbug617:

Don't know if it was mentioned yesterday but Spooky put his schedule for the rest of the year on his Twitch page. He is doing Summer Jam in August, then Season Beatings in September and NEC in December.

Isnt that what he did last year?

vulva · (05-17-2012, 04:35 PM)

Got 2nd place in my weekly ranbats/casuals. Lost to Killacam after beating him earlier on. Feeling a bit ready for Toryuken now.

jbug617 · (05-17-2012, 04:37 PM)

Originally Posted by Rice-Eater:

Ok, I'm kind of confused. I get home and all of a sudden I find out that Wolfkrone is following me on Twitter. I created a Twitter account just to see what kind of interesting stuff some players had to say and maybe ask a question once in a while. But I don't tweet about myself, period. So I'm dumbfounded as to why Wolfkrone would suddenly decide to follow me(he is my 1st follower) as there is very little evidence out there that my account even exist. I feel the only rational explanation is that it was either accident or he thinks I'm the Canadian Blanka player who actually goes by "Riceta" instead. Oh well lol, I just thought that was interesting enough to post about.

Krone just followed me.

Rice-Eater · 04:58 PM

Originally Posted by jbug617:

Krone just followed me.

So he's just following everybody on GAF now? LOL, careful FGC-GAF, Krone is hot on your heels.

Infinite · (05-17-2012, 04:54 PM)

Krone is following me too but I was never following him to begin with.

darkblade77 · (05-17-2012, 05:00 PM)

Originally Posted by Rice-Eater:

So he's just following everybody on GAF now? LOL, careful FGC-GAF, Krone is hot on your heels.

You're all being pre-downloaded just in case.

Infinite · (05-17-2012, 05:03 PM)

Originally Posted by darkblade77:

You're all being pre-downloaded just in case.

Viper players don't need to download anything; I'm sure his left-right mix ups works on neogaf too.

h3ro · (05-17-2012, 05:03 PM)

Originally Posted by darkblade77:

You're all being pre-downloaded just in case.

I can't hear him, I have my headphones on.

Chavelo · (05-17-2012, 05:03 PM)

JEEZ, I HOPE THAT WOLFKRONE WON'T FOLLOW ME (Twitter tag @Chavelo). I SURE DO LIKE TO POST HERE AND ON TWITTER ABOUT MY SUPER SECRET ANTI-VIPER TECH.

/cough

Infinite · (05-17-2012, 05:05 PM)

Originally Posted by h3ro:

I can't hear him, I have my headphones on.

omg

biosnake20 · (05-17-2012, 05:09 PM)

Yeah wolfkrone is following me as well. Maybe he's a fan of neogaf lol.

Infinite · (05-17-2012, 05:12 PM)

Can someone remind me how this Fanatiq Rayray money match started?

h3ro · (05-17-2012, 05:17 PM)

Originally Posted by Infinite:

Can someone remind me how this Fanatiq Rayray money match started?

Yipes listed his top Magnus players. Some players listed caught feelings over rank/exclusion and it all spiraled from there. Fun!

Infinite · (05-17-2012, 05:23 PM)

Originally Posted by h3ro:

Yipes listed his top Magnus players. Some players listed caught feelings over rank/exclusion and it all spiraled from there. Fun!

lol wow. After watching last night Big 2 I can't see how Ray Ray isn't a better mags than Fanatiq but I don't see how a money match would prove otherwise.

Lazy vs Crazy · (05-17-2012, 05:25 PM)

Originally Posted by Busaiku:

The main reason Mike will easily win these things is because the majority of people that play it at these bigger events are not anime players.
Guys like Severin are though, and look at that, he won the whole thing.

Yeah but Mike Z was sandbagging picking only solo Filia.

Masaki_ · (05-17-2012, 05:35 PM)

Originally Posted by Lazy vs Crazy:

Yeah but Mike Z was sandbagging picking only solo Filia.

He wasn't sandbagging as much as trying to prove a point: you can deal with Double assist even without an assist of your own.

Speaking of Skullgirls and current events.

Infinite · (05-17-2012, 05:38 PM)

^ lol

Famicom · (05-17-2012, 05:53 PM)

I barely post or tweet and Wolfkrone is following me (I don't follow him).

Azure J · (05-17-2012, 06:03 PM)

Originally Posted by Famicom:

I barely post or tweet and Wolfkrone is following me (I don't follow him).

Same here. My twitter is fucking depressing looking with an ancient pic of myself.

On the other hand, Yipes follows me too so that's kinda cool. :P

Rice-Eater · (05-17-2012, 06:04 PM)

Info on the Sega hosted VF5 tournament at EVO

http://shoryuken.com/2012/05/17/sega...formation-evo/

The thing that really stuck out to me was the pay out. They are distributing the cash very evenly. It's not top heavy like most pay out structures. Good for those who pretty good at the game and have a shot at top 16, not so great for top internationals who will have to pay there own way to get here(if any fits the bill). Personally I'm not a fan of this pay out structure. I would have preferred 1st getting at least double compared to what they're actually getting in this tournament. This also puts more significance on the importance of winning 1st place. This feels like a "everybody gets a award" system. But if that's what they want then more power to them, it's there money. I just prefer high stakes events where not only the title is on the line, but also the majority of the money.

~Devil Trigger~ · (05-17-2012, 06:06 PM)

Originally Posted by Masaki_:

He wasn't sandbagging as much as trying to prove a point: you can deal with Double assist even without an assist of your own.

Speaking of Skullgirls and current events.

lol Perfect

Busaiku · (05-17-2012, 06:08 PM)

Originally Posted by Rice-Eater:

Info on the Sega hosted VF5 tournament at EVO

http://shoryuken.com/2012/05/17/sega...formation-evo/

The thing that really stuck out to me was the pay out. They are distributing the cash very evenly. It's not top heavy like most pay out structures. Good for those who pretty good at the game and have a shot at top 16, not so great for top internationals who will have to pay there own way to get here(if any fits the bill). Personally I'm not a fan of this pay out structure. I would have preferred 1st getting at least double compared to what they're actually getting in this tournament. This also puts more significance on the importance of winning 1st place. This feels like a "everybody gets a award" system. But if that's what they want then more power to them, it's there money. I just prefer high stakes events where not only the title is on the line, but also the majority of the money.

Fuudo can't enter anyways.
Only eligible for US residents.

Looks like this is gonna be a wash.