[Jay Shadow]

MLG 8 player event going on now http://www.twitch.tv/mlgfighters

Soulcalibur V Pool A
Keev
Something-Unique
wing_zero
ilTokyoli (Hawkeye)

Soulcalibur V Pool B
RTD
Shin_RyuJin
LostProvidence
Kayane

Round-robin pools with the top 2 in each going into single elimination.

[Doomshine]

Get in the thread SC players, it's like a wasteland right now: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=472015

[Freshmaker]

Natsu much the ending most were expecting.

[Doomshine]

There's still some SCV going on in the other stream:

http://www.twitch.tv/mlg_drpepper

[ApolloJoh]

Some silliness that happened with some friends lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPTgyRQ_cJA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9Hsow82Gus

[Freshmaker]

MLG's offering free to enter PSN tournament with cash prizes. (There's this other game called Mortal Kombat too, but who plays that?)

http://8wayrun.com/threads/may-2-201...n.13191/page-3

1st Place: $2,500
2nd Place: $1,500
3rd Place: $750
4th Place: $250

[Flying Wonkey]

http://s1259.photobucket.com/albums/...incePaul1361/?

kewl.

[Mista Koo]

So was Xiba nerfed heavily or did I just get good with the game?
I probably tried all characters, currently I mainly use Pyrrah Omega. Still I'm barely decent at using her.

The thing I spend most time on is still the CaS mode. Too bad that thread is dead and no one saw my creations :<

[Doomshine]

I've only made one CAS so far:





Making the golden eye was a pain in the ass.

[Mista Koo]

Dude that's one sick Zasalamel. I'm so stealing it promoting it on Xbox Live.
I tried making him but he stayed incomplete for ages lol.

Here are my latest CaS: (click to enlarge)

Pyrrah Omega

Now that's someone who looks evil, not just a goth school girl.
That's how she looks when the armor breaks:

I spent way too much time on it and it still doesn't look right.
Stupid Project Soul made her shirt get removed completely even though it doesn't in her default costume. Also for some reason you can't use her skirt under the fauld but you can use other skirts.

Setsuka

I like the hand placement in the first pic :P
I went for something between her appearance in SC3 and SC4. Her kimono is in the game but they removed the obi/sash (I think there were more than one in SC4).

SC2 Siegfried

This was inspired by Nightmare's 2P costume from SC2, I never used his 1P because SIEGFRIED.

SC3 Siegfried

Sieg's 2P from SC3 is my favorite costume in the series. I tried to make it but failed. Again I blame Project Soul for the stupid DLC handling (can't change that blue and can't use any other upper body pieces).

As a bonus here are 3 older ones: ugly face, Kratos and Simon Belmont (respectively)

[DoctorWho]

I need that Kratos in my game.

[Mista Koo]

I need that Kratos in my game.

I can give you the formula. But mainly it's just a raccoon tail for the beard and 2 diamond shapes for the face paint (one red one white).

[Freshmaker]

I'm thinking that Mitsu has some major limitations vs step. I was killing so many mixups from a good player simply by stepping left.

Kills 2kb & 8wr8_2b which is kinda bad for Mitsu to whiff...

[DoctorWho]

I can give you the formula. But mainly it's just a raccoon tail for the beard and 2 diamond shapes for the face paint (one red one white).

Thanks. I can work with that. Great job.

[SiegfriedFM]

They keep adding new costume parts. Today they had a first set of new hairpieces (Taki-like ponytail, a mullet and a buzzcut) and also a complete skeleton body. I don't see any use of these pieces myself but they should be useful for some, if nothing else to make a million Death characters and possibly Revenant.

Does anyone know if these pieces add any new pre-made figures?

[Lyte Edge]

They keep adding new costume parts. Today they had a first set of new hairpieces (Taki-like ponytail, a mullet and a buzzcut) and also a complete skeleton body. I don't see any use of these pieces myself but they should be useful for some, if nothing else to make a million Death characters and possibly Revenant. Does anyone know if these pieces add any new pre-made figures?

They added everything to make Xianghua (including her hair) and also added Ivy's SC5 1P and 2P costumes. The latter cannot be customized, apart from one or two different sets of gloves or waist clothing, but now you can expect to see lots of "Ivys" with different fighting styles all over the place!

Haven't tried but am assuming a decent Taki can be made now.

[Nori Chan]

I know there's a guy on youtube, think his name is bloodbath, that reviews the DLC items. Like you see them on a character.

But I think you can put them on characters already in game.

[Doomshine]

French tournament going on right now:

http://www.twitch.tv/hazuSC

[GrayFoxPL]

Shoutouts to SneakyBlackCat on PSN. Awesome Zwei player. Pure skill.

Great matches against him. I got owned but learned a lot more and matches were mostly close.

[Roto13]

At some point, did someone link to a gallery of all of the different CAS parts or am I imagining that?

[DR2K]

Heads up SC fans.

$20 coupon in this months (June) Gamer magazine. Netting the game at $20.

[Doomshine]

I've been playing this online quite often recently, I usually start a player match room called "3+ bars only". Feel free to join.

PSN ID is Doomshine.

[shaowebb]

I was maining devil Jin Groose before but after playing around today with Maxi I got the perfect idea of what I needed to main instead.

MANLY PICTURE TIME!



Best part is Maxi's special move ends in what looks like Iron Fist's lvl 3 "one inch punch" hyper. Plus the bouncey stance...its perfect. I even got the dragon tattoo really close.

[ExMachina]

MLG Spring Championships and East Coast Throwdown both have SC5 this weekend!

MLG: http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/live#fighters

Just watched Kayane beat RTD. She was on point Just Guarding those Mitsu 4Bs, awesome match.

ECT: http://www.twitch.tv/8wayrun

Not sure exactly when ECT's gonna air Calibur... They're playing VF right now, SonicFox's Eileen doing work. xD

[Sir Garbageman]

Anyone still playing this? XBL was a ghost town last two times I've played it.

[Freshmaker]

I haven't had any trouble getting matches. Even got some good quality ones.

http://youtu.be/RhbVLccoMq4

[Hellix]

Just decided to get this for PS3. Hopefully it isn't too hard to find matches online.

[Shouta]

So Evo brackets are up for SCV, about 500 folks are competing. I'm paired up with Sousuhi, a JP player in my first match in my pool. I think the dude's won some JP tournaments. It's like, no matter how long away from Japan I've been, I gotta compete with them still.

[Skilletor]

I'm looking to get some practice in for EVO. Anybody up for a games? I'm going to try to be on every night this week around 8 (mountain time).

Skillzilla81 on either PSN or XBLA

[Shouta]

I play on the PS3 so I'll add you Skille, I need heavy practice in this more than my two other games for Evo.

[Degen]

I'll play you guys. I'll try to be a challenge lol

PSN: Dragon17013

[Archon473]

I bought this today and am having a bit of trouble. I am familiar with Soul Calibur 2 but this game is a bit different. After being knocked down (whether I quickly rise with Ukemi or not), I will get hit despite holding guard. After reading some info on wakeup animations, am I to assume I must hold crouch+guard to block attacks after being knocked down until I am vulnerable to high attacks? If I am reading the data correctly, it seems one is only vulnerable to lows from frames 1-17 after Ukemi and vulnerable to both low and high attacks from the 18th frame onward. Wakeup attacks seem slow in general and I have been stuffed out of most wakeup attack attempts. Foregoing Ukemi and trying to roll to the side seldom works either, which makes it frustrating when even after teching a knockdown I cannot guard. Any clarification is appreciated.

[Freshmaker]

Sometimes it's best to do nothing when you're knocked down. A lot of attacks will whiff if you stay neutral vs trying to tech or roll. If you know you're going to eat something, the safest option is to hit G or G plus down to rise right where you landed.

Rising attacks can be useful, but you have to pick your shots. You can also cancel rising by hitting forward or backwards to do normal standing attacks from wake up.

[Shouta]

I'll play you guys. I'll try to be a challenge lol PSN: Dragon17013

I'll add ya when I'm on next. I only ended up playing a little bit tonight before getting off.

[Archon473]

Sometimes it's best to do nothing when you're knocked down. A lot of attacks will whiff if you stay neutral vs trying to tech or roll.

I understand. If I roll backward or sideways, my opponent may use a ranged or sweeping attack to track my roll.

If you know you're going to eat something, the safest option is to hit G or G plus down to rise right where you landed.

This is where my problem lies. If I am knocked down and do not tech, my opponent can OTG me. My incentive to tech is to avoid such an attack, but it seems even holding guard after teching leads to my getting hit. It is possible I am simply being hit low or overhead and not realizing the attack hits a specific level, but I have read that after a successful Ukemi a player is vulnerable for certain frames... which seems odd since my incentive to Ukemi is to avoid further attacks! It's as if my options are A) Do not tech and suffer an OTG attack, or B) Tech but sacrifice the ability to guard for a number of frames.

One thing I was not recognizing is that I was being counter hit a lot resulting in my being stunned. If I'm stunned, my character crumples with a yellow electric glow and I cannot Ukemi afterward (I think). I recognize what's happening in that regard and will be more mindful to not get counter hit and stunned. My problem lies in not being able to guard after normal knockdowns.

I read a post on 8WayRun saying juggle attacks and trip attacks can only be teched neutrally, while regular knockdown attacks and stun can be teched in any direction. I'll have to test my wakeup options in training and figure this out 'cause even the computer is wrecking me once I'm floored.

You can also cancel rising by hitting forward or backwards to do normal standing attacks from wake up.

I will practice this. It may allow me to step back after teching and get a bit of breathing room. Wakeup attacks are super slow (waking up adds at least 15 frames to your attack) so being able to cancel rising into a normal attack would be helpful.

[Doomshine]

Letting yourself hit the ground and then hit G to stand up in place (not ukemi) is probably the safest way, but there are situations where you'll want to ukemi to avoid certain attacks. The direction you want to ukemi also depends on the situation.

If you're getting CH a lot it might be because you're moving around too much. It can be quite dangerous, especially after the backdash nerf.

[Skilletor]

Ggs, Shouta. Sucks that our connection was so bad. :(

We need to meet up at EVO and play IRL.

[Shouta]

Yeah, that connection was really bad. Everything was coming out late, blocking was impossible too. Not sure why it was terrible either. I connected to a guy in I think Georgia right after and it seemed to be fine at 4 Bars.

[Skilletor]

Yeah, that connection was really bad. Everything was coming out late, blocking was impossible too. Not sure why it was terrible either. I connected to a guy in I think Georgia right after and it seemed to be fine at 4 Bars.

What ISP do you have? I have shitty connections with people who have comcast even in the same state.

[Shouta]

I've got comcast too so.

[Freshmaker]

This is where my problem lies. If I am knocked down and do not tech, my opponent can OTG me.

Not a lot of characters can do this. Mitsu, Nightmare, Maxi, and... Siegfried that I can think of off the top of my head.

Nightmare's OTG BE is tricky because it's a mid so ducking that first hit is never a good idea.

Maxi's can be teched to the left IIRC. (In fact, the only thing Maxi has that tracks to the right in a tech situation is his CE.) Mitsu's CE is evil.

My incentive to tech is to avoid such an attack, but it seems even holding guard after teching leads to my getting hit.

You can't block after teching. That's why teching isn't always a good idea.

t's as if my options are A) Do not tech and suffer an OTG attack, or B) Tech but sacrifice the ability to guard for a number of frames.

Teching is very situational. It's a lot like stepping. If you know you can evade something nasty, ok. If it doesn't insure safety, better to just rise guarding rather than teching at all.

I will practice this. It may allow me to step back after teching and get a bit of breathing room. Wakeup attacks are super slow (waking up adds at least 15 frames to your attack) so being able to cancel rising into a normal attack would be helpful.

Yeah, it's been a staple from SC1 onwards. It's also handy since you can simply do something like a 6A attack from grounded, pop up standing and smack 'em.

[Archon473]

I played last night and had much more success. Just hitting the ground without teching and beginning to block worked a lot better. So, I need to be more particular with when I tech. I understand it will be based on how my opponent will follow their knockdown attack. I also read that you cannot block immediately after a quick step; this was another problem I corrected. Finally, a few moves were forcing me into crouching guard after I blocked them standing, and I kept retaliating with a while-rising attack. Turns out, pressing forward while in crouching guard returns me to a standing state so I can retaliate with a standing attack. I felt a lot better fighting last night, so thank you for all your help.

[thechristoph]

Just picked this up a few days ago and played a bit of it...and it just makes me nostalgic for SC3. I entered the create mode all ready to create a bunch of rad characters, and then get sad when I realize they didn't keep the bonus move sets. I realize I'm probably the only person alive who considers SC3 to be the best game in the series, but it really did have the best creation mode.

I read an article about how the story mode wasn't close to what they planned to make, and that really is apparent. The story mode goes from a pretty cool in-engine cutscene to storyboards. How cheesy.

But hey, the core game seems to be just as good as any other version of Soul Calibur.

[Freshmaker]

The character creation is actually quite versatile outside of using wonky styles.

See? I've created Amingo.

http://youtu.be/rTMRRPDa3bw

[Skilletor]

lol.

I've fought really good Astaroth, IFBPwnStar, on XBL several times tonight. Each time has been a ranking battle for him, but he hasn't beaten me. :/

[Freshmaker]

lol. I've fought really good Astaroth, IFBPwnStar, on XBL several times tonight. Each time has been a ranking battle for him, but he hasn't beaten me. :/

Judging by SRK, he's using a hitbox.

[nilbog21]

Picked up thsi game for 10$ at Best buy yesterday :D

how do i unlock algol o_O

[Freshmaker]

Picked up thsi game for 10$ at Best buy yesterday :D how do i unlock algol o_O

Beat Legendary Souls, or beat him in Quick Battle.

[Degen]

and you do not want to try and beat legendary souls.

[nilbog21]

looks like they nerfed some characters i used to play, like Asteroth and cervantes no?

I assume algol got a nerf too?