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Skullgirls DLC Crowdsourcing - Completed, $829,829 raised, 4+1 characters funded
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Troubled Bat
Member
With having 60K one day, and being at 670k, it is possible! We just need that jump and we can get through it!
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
OF COURSE WE CAN BE FUCKING CRAZY, WE'LL REACH IT!
NinajHeartless
Member
This will make the $725,000 easy!
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
50k on the last day of kick...I mean indiegogo campaign? easymode
I think Isaac sounds "cool" on paper but I don't like his time mechanic after seeing Mike demo it. Im concerned about the potentially high skill ceiling for making Isaac actually useful. You really have to cut your combos short, cover them with an assist or pre-emptively null a teleport with a super earlier in the match. So, solo Isaac seems absolutely terrible when you compare it to an Isaac with an assist. His specials and supers could of course remedy this. Yet, since his mechanic basically centers around frame data, it's actually kind of boring when you compare it to the other characters being proposed :x
GraveHorizon
poop meter feature creep
Stop making so much sense, you're ruining Isaac's coolness!
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
you're right, but he's awesome ;__;
Isaac is cool. =) Making it work is what will be interesting, what's on paper or what has been shown is far from definitive (which is the case with all characters). Time travel is nuts, if he can summon himself from various periods of his life, it will still be a visual spectacle.
Badass baby Isaac summon?
shaowebb
Member
The thing to remember about Isaac is that when moves come out the startup is severely shortened on the move since you dont have to have startup frames for it occur till he teleports later in the match. They also have no recovery until after the teleport and you can both BLOCK and ATTACK at the same time due to this.
If you are worried about a mixup that is either gonna be a throw or strike on Oki you could simply pop one of these and cover all your bases.
For his combos the rhythm seems like it should be simple.
Do combo with a time travel move, timer counts down and instead of going for a normal hit on zero you ALWAYS hit assist to cover your teleport's startup and recovery. In other words instead of figuring out when the best time to add an assist to a combo is by yourself ISAAC TELLS YOU YOUR TIMING. Thats easier in my eyes. Plus anyone with next to zero startup on a move who is totally safe during it is dangerous as hell. Think how scary a good rekka is as a starter. Thats how I envision using Isaac's time travel specials...as super fast punishes to start combos.
I really dig Isaac's gimmick. The thing that will make him interesting is the paradoxes of being knocked out of teleports to the past that reward folks with the return of health or when they punish his future self and that makes him comeback in hitstun later from his teleport.
High risk high reward. He's either super fast or suffering huge recovery. I'm betting tagging him with Double's booty dive or Valentines dash would be good though. Those tags might buy him some time and push folks out. Of course anything that stays out for a lot of frames or that induces a lot of block stun or pushback is ideal for Isaac combos and coverage IMO.
God he is a hype concept.
If you are worried about a mixup that is either gonna be a throw or strike on Oki you could simply pop one of these and cover all your bases.
For his combos the rhythm seems like it should be simple.
Do combo with a time travel move, timer counts down and instead of going for a normal hit on zero you ALWAYS hit assist to cover your teleport's startup and recovery. In other words instead of figuring out when the best time to add an assist to a combo is by yourself ISAAC TELLS YOU YOUR TIMING. Thats easier in my eyes. Plus anyone with next to zero startup on a move who is totally safe during it is dangerous as hell. Think how scary a good rekka is as a starter. Thats how I envision using Isaac's time travel specials...as super fast punishes to start combos.
I really dig Isaac's gimmick. The thing that will make him interesting is the paradoxes of being knocked out of teleports to the past that reward folks with the return of health or when they punish his future self and that makes him comeback in hitstun later from his teleport.
High risk high reward. He's either super fast or suffering huge recovery. I'm betting tagging him with Double's booty dive or Valentines dash would be good though. Those tags might buy him some time and push folks out. Of course anything that stays out for a lot of frames or that induces a lot of block stun or pushback is ideal for Isaac combos and coverage IMO.
God he is a hype concept.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
it's been AMAZING, tell us a month ago that we'd be getting 4 NEW CHARACTERS? we would have all called Bullshit.
I NEED ROBO FORTUNE
Oh lord. That is too amazing.
Honestly his design is a bit eh, but the world needs more dancing characters.
Although if Adam is really Dan-like then I'll have to vote for him instead.
More like shallowness for choosing characters based on design and love for joke characters, but thank you
The cool characters will get picked in the end, so I'll delay my votes for them until later.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
That's beautiful. Adam ftw
lazybones18
Banned
Adam pls
NinajHeartless
Member
Annie front and center as she should be.
shaowebb
Member
Shoutouts to Mike Z stating his ideas for some stuff he wants Beowulf to do.
Paraphrased because its like 4 am and I can't remember verbatim.
"I really want him to just unfold his chair and sit on it and then spank someone."
"He could throw the chair like Cap's shield then he could have to go pick it up, but if he does a throw or something and they hit the chair it could do more damage."
"He could have top rope moves like if he did the move off the chair."
"I reaaaaally like the idea that if you choose him as a tag partner that he doesn't go offscreen. That he is on screen sitting on his chair and you have to go over to him and like actually tag him and he could all do the high five tag in and stuff."
Paraphrased because its like 4 am and I can't remember verbatim.
"I really want him to just unfold his chair and sit on it and then spank someone."
"He could throw the chair like Cap's shield then he could have to go pick it up, but if he does a throw or something and they hit the chair it could do more damage."
"He could have top rope moves like if he did the move off the chair."
"I reaaaaally like the idea that if you choose him as a tag partner that he doesn't go offscreen. That he is on screen sitting on his chair and you have to go over to him and like actually tag him and he could all do the high five tag in and stuff."
Hours Left
Member
Sabu inspired moveset? I like it.
Arabian Facebuster (Leg Drop with the chair beneath his legs), Triple Jump Moonsault (jump onto the chair, leap into the side of the screen and backflip off of the side onto the opponent) and even just running towards the chair and using it to catapult himself into the opponent should work.
Heck, let him do an El Generico style Brainbuster onto the chair while its unfolded.
And his theme song should be a knockoff of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nnEi1hHSCo
Again, can anyone behind the scenes confirm to me that Beowulf is partly inspired by a Japanese tag team called GET WILD. I see a lot of similarites.
SolarPowered
Member
HolyBaikal
Banned
I love that Umbrella is so tense, and that Adam is holding a sign pointing at her.
SolarPowered
Member
Also, Brain Drain being the ultimate creeper.
Mike Z just lets the knowledge gush all day. It's crazy how many questions he answers at each Salty Cupcake.This stream has been far too entertaining.
I feel bad for not coming out today
toastyToast
Member
Oh shit!
He should have a level one where he puts out a table and a level 3 where if you perform it close enough to the table they go through the table. If you win with that JR comes out of the side of the screen and says "As God as my witness, he is broken in half!!!"
Lee Chaolan
Member
Shame it doesn't look like we'll get to 825/50, but everything that's been accomplished is awesome. Who knows, they still may add more of these mystery characters later.
Haven't pledged, but just wanting to say that Beowulf is probably the most epic dude along with Kanji. I always preached that a folding chair is the mightiest weapon in existence.
I hope that either he, Brain Drain or Panzerfaust wins. Out of the female characters I only really like Juju.
I hope that either he, Brain Drain or Panzerfaust wins. Out of the female characters I only really like Juju.
CrazyTank940
Member
$690K
Guys, I think this might actually happen
Guys, I think this might actually happen
There was a Yu-Wan bro who posted some time back. You missed him!
Salty Umbrella is the greatest. I never want her voted into the roster. Annie on the other hand, well, they sure know who I'm most vested in seeing win the vote.
Holy shit. Okay, I think I'm starting to break ranks. #TeamBeowulf is looking better and better the more I hear about him.
As for 690k?
HolyBaikal
Banned
Almost 700,000.
Almost.
The dollars we need per minute is actually going down.
Almost.
The dollars we need per minute is actually going down.
It's a close race but I'm getting hopeful as well.
That's good news. I was unsure about which type of wrestling moves Mike was interested in emulating but so far he isn't disappointing and I'll have to look over my first picks again.
