A bunch of other good players are going to be playing in this too, so I'm pretty excited for it. I think the Kanagawa team is scarier though lol. The Fukuoka team has players like Pugera, Pepedai, and Darui, but the Kanagawa team has players like Yossan, Reiketsu, and Zangitan.
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A bunch of other good players are going to be playing in this too, so I'm pretty excited for it. I think the Kanagawa team is scarier though lol. The Fukuoka team has players like Pugera, Pepedai, and Darui, but the Kanagawa team has players like Yossan, Reiketsu, and Zangitan.
Exactly, this is my biggest problem with Zhi, he takes away hype from the match with his jokes. I mean the chat was hyped for the match, then Zhi started making racist jokes and the chat started talking about the racist jokes, when the twitch chat is behaving better than the commentator you know there's something wrong.
And again, one thing is making clever jokes, another thing is making stupid jokes.
Arabs = terrorist jokes
Asians = something yellow
Smash = autism
Mexicans = running across the border
Women on stream = something creepy
Those are twitch chat level jokes and I would be fine even if he made them once or twice, but repeating them again and again is not funny nor clever.
Huw_Dawson
Member
It's not actually racist if he's making fun of everything, you know. He'd only be racist if he only made fun of certain ethnic groups in a particular and derogatory way.
Shooting the breeze and cracking jokes is not racist, and it's the centre of his commentary style - he knows a lot about the Asian scene and SF4 and he adds a lot of colour via his jokes. Zhi has one of the more polished styles in the FGC and that's something to commend him for, not deride him for. More people should try and have a unique style.
Shooting the breeze and cracking jokes is not racist, and it's the centre of his commentary style - he knows a lot about the Asian scene and SF4 and he adds a lot of colour via his jokes. Zhi has one of the more polished styles in the FGC and that's something to commend him for, not deride him for. More people should try and have a unique style.
toddhunter
Member
... Nah.
Dark Ninja
Member
Zhi is great brings hype, jokes and more importantly knowledge
TGS this year matched up to how hype it was last year when Infiltration and Daigo got taken out early and Haitani went through a shitload of stressful sets in top 8 to win everything. A lot of really good matches and just crazy stuff in general. ; u ;
Really wish that they did more American coverage of overseas events, Markman said on stream they wanted to do more throughout the year than just a TGS thing so fingers are crossed.
Really wish that they did more American coverage of overseas events, Markman said on stream they wanted to do more throughout the year than just a TGS thing so fingers are crossed.
Rice-Eater
Member
Pepe was more than ready to take on straight forward characters like Evil Ryu and Sagat. I think the only characters that would have given him trouble were more mix up heavy characters like Rufus. And that's why I think Inco did the best among everybody that we saw Pepe face. Inco could get in his face more easily and capitalize off of his mistakes where as Pepe was running circles around Kim, Daigo, and Bonchan. Bonchan should have sacrificed himself to get Kazunoko into GF's, he had the better character to chase down Fuerte.
As for Zhi, I enjoy his commentary and I find him funny. It's like a game trying to understand all the little references he throws out at us, the audience. But I also think he goes a little too overboard with some of the stuff. It wouldn't be that big of a deal if it was just a community event. But it's probably not appropriate for larger events or sponsored events like this one.
Don't even know if this is the right section, sorry guys...but is this thread worthy? Its DOA5 info
- DOA5 last round more advanced skin shaders and soft body physics exclusive to next gen
- TGS build at 65% completion
- Character models have been refined, much reduced jagged polygons and limb clipping
- 1080p/60fps for next gen versions
- Team Ninja's next game to focus much more heavily on PS4/Xbox One advancement
http://www.inside-games.jp/article/2014/09/20/80748.html
Interview Courtesy of Inside-Games
- DOA5 last round more advanced skin shaders and soft body physics exclusive to next gen
- TGS build at 65% completion
- Character models have been refined, much reduced jagged polygons and limb clipping
- 1080p/60fps for next gen versions
- Team Ninja's next game to focus much more heavily on PS4/Xbox One advancement
http://www.inside-games.jp/article/2014/09/20/80748.html
Interview Courtesy of Inside-Games
BumblebeeCody
Member
Sounds like I missed a lot last night. Time to catch up.
Apparently the hitbox for rest was nerfed in too. That's pretty amazing.
Apparently the hitbox for rest was nerfed in too. That's pretty amazing.
if Mad Catz put out a statement apologizing before it hits a gaming site it could help. Zhi does push it to the limit for what he says.
The latter, the game they ship after DOA5 last round. Hayashi said earlier that because DOA5 and previous recent games were based in PS3 and 360 development, they couldn't do all the things they wanted to do, but now they don't have to worry about that.
KidA Seven
Member
I like Zhi's commentary and I find him funny. It's obviously easy to understand why others don't like him though.
BumblebeeCody
Member
In all honesty I don't mind Zhi because I like that style of humour. As other have stated he is very knowledgable on the game and has a good confident level of speech. But I understand why people don't like him.
That being said, only 3 hours in and it's been a damn good show so far. That Zangief at the beginning. Justin Wongs Rufus. Daigo. This Nemo Rolento.
*back in another 2 hours*
That being said, only 3 hours in and it's been a damn good show so far. That Zangief at the beginning. Justin Wongs Rufus. Daigo. This Nemo Rolento.
*back in another 2 hours*
sixteen-bit
Member
DoA mode in 1080p kreygasm. Looking forward to their proper current gen spec game in the future too.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Have you learned NOTHING
Also Zhi is funny for about ten minutes and then he becomes JaHa tier of awful
sixteen-bit
Member
Ninja Gaiden 4 will be a musou game and after you beat it Hayashi will shit directly into your mouth.
RockTurtle
Member
If i had a company and needed someone who was as eloquent and well-versed in language and culture, i would hire Zhi on the spot.
Sure some of the things he says some people have a problem with, but from what i have seen zhi has a mastery of being able to come up with different topics on the spot.
everything from pop, classical, historic, and even scientific. i don't see someone who is going out of his way to offend. on the contrary, i see someone who is either well read or keeps up with current world events and tries to add a comedic flair to his commentating style.
you going to tell me that a singaporan videogame commentator who speaks 3 languages should even know about ferguson, us border issues, or french current events?
come on son, relax a little.
EDIT: although i do admit he has some next level thirst and needs to dial it down sometimes
Sure some of the things he says some people have a problem with, but from what i have seen zhi has a mastery of being able to come up with different topics on the spot.
everything from pop, classical, historic, and even scientific. i don't see someone who is going out of his way to offend. on the contrary, i see someone who is either well read or keeps up with current world events and tries to add a comedic flair to his commentating style.
you going to tell me that a singaporan videogame commentator who speaks 3 languages should even know about ferguson, us border issues, or french current events?
come on son, relax a little.
EDIT: although i do admit he has some next level thirst and needs to dial it down sometimes
MikeBreezy92
Member
I think he was saying its fortunate that they were there despite all the strife in the world.
Basically
Valkerionseven
Member
Agreed.
As someone who defends James and David's commentary, while usually dry... we get good talk about the actual game, their are few alternatives to people like Zhi, who knows the game, and knows multiple cultures enough to make these funny, but his problem is he does not know when to stop. First time its like "heh, I got that joke" 50th time.... "ok thats enough."
I would rather not be like the events that let on randoms and we get people talking about completely unrelated personal shit on stream for hours that no one but the commentator and like 2 other people know about while matches play out.
I love Zhi's work. I do. He translates articles, that we would not other wise get and much more. But the guy is not a good commentator. If he could turn on the part of his brain that stopped his references from going to far, I would dare say he is the perfect co-commentator, but he can't and that's what makes him a problem for big events.
Sadly this comes up every time he is on stream, if people are going to let him on they really need to lay down the law on him if they feel its going to far.
SloaneRisette
Member
Although I've only watched the Mike Ross vs Mago match so far, I have to say that while I liked some of Zhi's commentary on the game, I wasn't a fan of his commentary overall, it just felt too unfocused and him trying to be too referential and what-not, as others were saying. If he could be more focused on game commentary he could be really great, but I feel like he's trying to pander to the stream monsters sometimes and his commentary on the game is hurt because of it.
http://www.twitch.tv/NYCFurby is live for GUTS3. They'll be starting off with KI top 4 I think.
Coffeeling
Member
We already have Fuerte.
EarlyEarly
Member
It's that time of the month for commentary tier lists?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
* > JaHa
Karsticles
Member
Oh, he can teleport?
Immortal Technique
Member
Loved the tournament, loved the commentary. Super high level of play. Single elim was hype. Moar pls
Killing at 40%? Dayum.
I need this game. Wii U version can't launch soon enough.
Iunno, JaHa is so ridiculously off kilter that I can't help but like him.
MarkMan
loves Arcade Sticks
Thank YOU everyone who tuned in/shared the info and enjoyed the weekend's events at TGS. I am extremely exhausted and just settled into my hotel room (1:30 AM). It's been a long week. There's a lot of work that goes on here and it's not just the production you see. I was stuck in meetings/interviews and other things throughout the weekend. I am extremely proud of my team that helped make this happen. Sp00ky, Cameraman, Zhi and everyone else. GOOD SHIT.
This is ON MarkMan? Please, Zhi is a big boy. He has an account here I think. If you have issues with him bring it up, just don't put shit on me. I was busy doing other things.
This is ON MarkMan? Please, Zhi is a big boy. He has an account here I think. If you have issues with him bring it up, just don't put shit on me. I was busy doing other things.
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Retro_
Unconfirmed Member
Skullgirls people
With Eliza, has Lab Zero finally delivered on all their crowd funding promises?(She's out right?)
Or is there more to go
All these kickstarter failures have made me curious how the big fighting game one turned out. Seems like it was one of the better planned/manged ones all things considered
With Eliza, has Lab Zero finally delivered on all their crowd funding promises?(She's out right?)
Or is there more to go
All these kickstarter failures have made me curious how the big fighting game one turned out. Seems like it was one of the better planned/manged ones all things considered
"God's Beard!"
Member
Fixed
I posted this last night, but it got buried.
According to Fooblat on Twitter, there were some pool/bracket shenanigans going on at GUTS this weekend.
Fooblat's feed: https://twitter.com/fooblat/
Tweets:
https://twitter.com/Fooblat/status/513388130440069120
According to Fooblat on Twitter, there were some pool/bracket shenanigans going on at GUTS this weekend.
Fooblat's feed: https://twitter.com/fooblat/
Tweets:
https://twitter.com/Fooblat/status/513388130440069120
https://twitter.com/Fooblat/status/513431424167596032
https://twitter.com/Fooblat/status/513433186005950464
https://twitter.com/Fooblat/status/513450093828390912
https://twitter.com/Fooblat/status/513450441003524097
They still have two more characters to go (Beowolf and Robo-Fortune), although they did throw in one unplanned (clone) character as well.
It really drives me nuts that most Kickstarters seem to intentionally underestimate costs, hoping they can get an early funding win (since no one wants to back a loser) and play games with stretch goals. I also suspect that Lab Zero did it the way they did because there really was no way the extra character(s) were happening without those funds.
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Retro_
Unconfirmed Member
One of the best things to come out of the campaign was how transparent they were about the cost of developing fighting game characters. A cost I don't think many people realize when playing them. I mean even after the fact among you still see people trivialize what it means to add new characters to these games. Even among enthusiasts.( Three Arc announcements at TGS?? MUST BE THREE NEW CHARACTERS FOR XRD GET HYPE!!!)
I didn't back it because I'm not a fan of the game and am skeptical of crowd funding, but if they did something like this again for further development of the game I'm pretty sure I'd back it just based on how they've handled it the first time. They knew what the needed and don't seem to be calling it quits because it's taking longer than expected and things are getting hard.
Still two characters left, but it all seems on track. People were going crazy saying that no way a 2D character costs so much but after all these failures I wonder if people will finally understand that games are expensive to make, even indie ones.
R