It'd be so funny if it was terry bogard
#Fighting Game Chat
covert void
late frost
There's a building desire for it to be Tifa
vivid furnace
i mean if we're going dreams for tekken guests, majima or kiryu is always a good option
gaunt cloud
Dbfz goku 
marble gate
Akuma is a solid pick
I doubt it, he's likelier to be s2
Tifa, Terry, and Kiryu are all solid picks tbh
Watch them add pikachu just so we have another mishima
late frost
Kiryu is off the table
The creator says Kiryu wouldn't fight a woman
marble gate
Majima it is
vivid furnace
or
keep kiryu in, but costume swap him to the fat fake kiryu whenever he fights a woman
faint ice
hoping it's kiryu and he changed his mind
ik tifa is likely but I just dont see it happening
late frost
You don't see it being Tifa?
paper notch
Incredible picture
https://x.com/MarkMan23/status/1865707778976915544
Twitter
lunar depot
Incredible picture
https://x.com/MarkMan23/status/1865707778976915544
Gives rap album cover energy.
pearl burrow
Twitter
paper notch
worthy crystal
The hnk one is crazy
Ok having sol j.d and zooey j.u when they’re the same normal should be illegal
marble gate
VIRTUA FIGHTER??????
faint ice
vivid furnace
turns out a buddy of mine plays mvc3 and he wants to fight me in it
its his main game but he doesnt take it seriously, its not my main game but i also play more fighting games than him
gonna learn the doom tac infinites just to stunt on him
cosmic forge
play hsien ko
vivid furnace
nah imma play ghost rider dorm doom and zone him tf out
combos? nah, stay away from me
late frost
smh moko doesn't have the fly-unfly down
where is your carpal tunnel
north latch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPU9DEoWvAw
Soul calibur ass character, but I’d be lying if I said he doesn’t look amazing
late frost
the mechanics seem like a traditional 3D fighter
not an arena fighter
mellow palm
Seems like a solid “wait for a sale” game
worthy crystal
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1689620/BLEACH_Rebirth_of_Souls/
If only it was an arcsys game… then it would be peak…
I never watched bleach but the roster looks really cool
balmy parrot
legit do you even like bleach
worthy crystal
For fighting games
balmy parrot
lol
worthy crystal
balmy parrot
I'll give a quick rundown on what to expect
expect ToD's and supers that take your entire healthbar
shrewd furnace
Yeah bleach fighting games are infamous for being kuso no matter which one
small furnace
not surprising
balmy parrot
they call him tite kuso for a reason
Byakuya is a very Mistycore character though
shrewd furnace
Typical install combo
worthy crystal
but can hop on hour ish
I have to go out in like 1.5 hours
faint ice
I've heard good things about xbox dpads tbh
worthy crystal
Dpads are good
Sticks are not
Buttons are not bumpers are not
Xbone controllers can literally get stick drift from nothing
And the buttons jam/dislodge pretty often
balmy parrot
I was interested in getting a hitbox for my birthday but it appears to be a bit out of the budget
unfortunately
faint ice
If ps5 functionality is not a concern of yours Haute42 and their adjacent leverless are budget options that work fine on any other platform (and with converters ps5 too)
balmy parrot
oh shit
worthy crystal
Twitter
small furnace
unfort i cant see threads on twitter
late frost
small furnace
my favorite little war criminal
vapid lake
Twitter
vivid furnace
yeah im not gonna bother learning how to plink dash in umvc3
the only character on my team who'd benefit from it would be ghost rider and i dont plan on entering any tourneys anytime soon
worthy crystal
Any gamers wanna talk about the strive patch where they forgot to nerf nagos damage
balmy parrot
nope
worn rivet
Any gamers wanna talk about the strive patch where they forgot to nerf nagos dam...
Fun honest character that can deal half a hp bar of damage with a 5H (it hits fullscreen)
faint ice
Any gamers wanna talk about the strive patch where they forgot to nerf nagos dam...
bedman unchanged 
worthy crystal
He needs it
faint ice
I was watching pools earlier and didnt realize they came back on
lordknight had an unfortunate loss to blood pop
worthy crystal
lordknight had an unfortunate loss to blood pop
Crazy how they buffed what’s supposed to be the disadvantaged lose the round mechanic
Back in my day overheat mechanics were all downside no upside
gaunt cloud
blame hotashi 
worthy crystal
I’ll blame hotashi for every problem in guilty gear
late frost
I love fighting games
faint ice
I thought nu wasn't top tier and monarch was just different @worthy crystal
worthy crystal
Nu isn’t top tier and monarch is just different but monarch plays lambda
What happened
Was there a major
faint ice
Was there a major
ceotaku happening rn and nu just won
faint ice
llon nu13 from KR
worthy crystal
Holy
Ya Asian nu players are on demon shit
Was it 3/0??
That’s monarch I assume
faint ice
oh my ss sucked
faint ice
That’s monarch I assume
worthy crystal
Holy
balmy parrot
I'm getting UNI2 for Christmas along with a leverless
I was thinking of playing Hyde and/or Kuon
maybe Wagner too
small furnace
every day ppl wake up and play wagner
balmy parrot
she's cool as FUCK
faint ice
why did I watch a uni game won with double timeout @worthy crystal
worthy crystal
marble gate
ARMOURED KARA????
gaunt cloud
Correct
We got to keep karas AND the season 4 overhauls
The drawback? Slightly less damage, that's it
wicked quarry
Anything noteworthy beyond the Pot stuff?
worthy crystal
Damage reduction across the board
Dizzy 236k is now a hard knockdown
Ram bigly nerfed but probably still good
Goldlewis slightly less bigly nerfed probably also still good
Kapel has less recovery rainwater is less cringe elphelt bomb super got changed a little bit
I think that’s it for non damage related changes
Oh actually Leo can now threaten crossup no matter what off H flash kick
I believe
wicked quarry
How's Millia doing?
worthy crystal
I mean damage nerfs don’t particularly affect her
And the kapel buff sounds very nice though I haven’t actually seen the numbers
vivid furnace
We got to keep karas AND the season 4 overhauls
LESGOOOOO
armored karas command grabs with increased range with insane startup n still great damage
fuck your blockstrings, fuck your mashing, fuck your pressure, to the heavens with you
vivid furnace
Twitter
gaunt cloud
kBMF + on block??????
vivid furnace
apparently
worthy crystal
https://x.com/SQuirrel147/status/1871308698804732281?t=n5y1P-m3umq9AZRrMCKKAg&s=...
This patch sounds unplayable
worthy crystal
Kapel now recovers fast enough that she can link 2p off extremely low to the ground kapel hits
Not that that’s relevant but just for a frame of how fast it recovers
vivid furnace
yo this actually looks fucking sick???
a few weird animations (his command throw is kinda weird) but its a fanmade mod
also the dude just made the account today and dropped the trailer same day
and the moves are pretty much completely accurate to jjba asbr, plus he modded in fucking flash cancels
faint ice
they gave her dust back
worthy crystal
But I’m pretty sick with neutral…
faint ice
the world is your oyster
worthy crystal
It still won the game if she hit it last patch idk
faint ice
sure she was playable but it was CHEAP
worthy crystal
She still got servant + meaty off it
98% of players do not know how to deal with that
faint ice
I’m sick of interacting on offense
shes probably the most nonsense offense character I support
the rest deserve banishment
worthy crystal
Personally I think jacko has been a very villainous character since the first time they really buffed her
But she’s always been hiding in someone else’s shadow
Normally GL
She (and Bridget) are what a good version of millia would look like imo
worthy crystal
Who’s
Well literally anyones
That’s every character between xrd and strive
Besides slayer I guess
shrewd furnace
Faust especially 
worthy crystal
Bedman's kinda cool
Completely different character in strive than xrd
Like more than normal discourse xrd bedman is a zoner
Because if u counted stuff like that jacko is infinitely cooler in strive
worthy crystal
Faust especially <:NotLikeThis:619060735099797515>
Good actually he deserves it
Imagine how funny it would’ve been if they made Faust a stance character in strive instead of an item throw character
Really bringing him back to his roots
balmy parrot
I'm getting a leverless so I may return to strive
worthy crystal
Leo is also like godlike is he not @faint ice
I thought this character was really nasty last patch too and then they buffed him
faint ice
always has been
worthy crystal
always has been
Yeah but sometimes when I say that ppl get weird and pretend he’s fine
gaunt cloud
its actually crazy
worthy crystal
I guess that was only like one patch
He was still kinda nasty though
Also idk dizzy seems fine
faint ice
Yeah but sometimes when I say that ppl get weird and pretend he’s fine
its so crazy
worthy crystal
She seems a little on some sin shit though where she’s just a patch behind everyone else
faint ice
he literally does so much damage off otg super
gaunt cloud
yea she's like
faint ice
I get surprised every time it hits
gaunt cloud
bottom mid tier, realistically
worthy crystal
Well the worst character in strive is bottom mid tier realistically
gaunt cloud
but it really makes you question why are you not playing literally anyone else
worthy crystal
It’s that kind of game
gaunt cloud
Well the worst character in strive is bottom mid tier realistically
zato 
(according to zato players)
(liars)
worthy crystal
Zato at his worst in this game was infinitestimally more playable than zato is in xrd or +r (relative to the roster)
Mostly xrd he’s kind of in the same boat in +r actually
faint ice
but it really makes you question why are you not playing literally anyone else
no1 else really plays like dizzy tbf
gaunt cloud
actually zato is not playable in +r
worthy crystal
Gonna ban you for that one
worthy crystal
I get surprised every time it hits
Also they randomly gave him some juice that I don’t think was intended
I’ve seen the slide let him do some actual sick combos
gaunt cloud
also, is it just me or is nago's nerfs kinda downplayed?
faint ice
in what way
gaunt cloud
"no you dont understand, he does less chip now, he's so much worse now"
worthy crystal
also, is it just me or is nago's nerfs kinda downplayed?
After 4 seasons people are done talking about it when we know he’s still good
Oh you mean the other way
faint ice
I do not think I've seen sentiment that way
worthy crystal
Nago players do that
worthy crystal
Nago players complained that he was unplayable when they nerfed his health in blood
gaunt cloud
"no you dont understand, he does less chip now" cool???
worthy crystal
Nago players do that
.
It is in a strive players genetics to downplay their character as much as possible
gaunt cloud
speaking of getting away with murder
worthy crystal
Which is why u saw Anji players go apeshit when they nerfed nagiha despite the character still being rlly good
gaunt cloud
how much bribery is daisuke receiving from johnny players?
worthy crystal
Pretty sure he’s canonically daisukes favorite character
gaunt cloud
yea checks out
worthy crystal
I’ve been wondering that about Ram though
Crazy how that character has managed to stay top of the roster for literally the entire games lifespan and then not only did they just buff her but they reverted nerfs from 3 seasons aho
Maybe after new patch she’ll finally be tolerable, probably not though
They literally removed her biggest and arguably only real flaw and the downside is that you don’t have the best neutral poke in the game all the time (only while you’re on offense and don’t need it)
worthy crystal
You say that like he’s ever gonna be bad
They clearly want that character to never not be some type of playable
Worst he’s been since the first big buffs they gave him (in season 2) was mid high tier lol
gaunt cloud
fair enough lmao
shrewd furnace
Imagine how funny it would’ve been if they made Faust a stance character in stri...
He doesn’t need stances, all he needs is his drill cancel back
worthy crystal
Personally let Faust j.2k die
The kids don’t know what that button can do to people
worthy crystal
I was aware of what you were talking about
But my statement stands
Faust was not meant to have an instant overhead
shrewd furnace
Needs it
vivid furnace
gaunt cloud
late frost
hmm
do I purchase the MvC Collection
late frost
fighting games are so good
vivid furnace
they are
gaunt cloud
They hate us cause they ain't us
velvet wren
I wonder who was the last schmuck to bring out the grappler haterade
Well for grapplers getting the “grapplers shouldn’t be good” treatment
worthy crystal
https://vxtwitter.com/Shreglo/status/1872677242301821084
Swap giovanna and ky and this chart is accurate sigh
worthy crystal
I wonder who was the last schmuck to bring out the grappler haterade
Ladiva
Pot in season 1 lol
Wald
Literally every game with a playable grappler
Since 2018
They haven’t really been putting out super ass ones
The most vile of the hater energy prob has been directed at gief
In recent times
People want that character removed from the game
vapid lake
Twitter
vivid furnace
The most vile of the hater energy prob has been directed at gief
meanwhile i kinda like fighting grapplers
i dont have too much experience against them yet but its a lot slower paced, which i like
just a shame akoomer blows up after 2.7-3.6 SPDs
late frost
poggers
can we run sets in SF6
vivid furnace
im down to run a few, im just at the store rn
vivid furnace
poggers
can we run sets in SF6
ive got time for a few rn, just dont expect any good akuma gameplay
i know exactly One combo
vivid furnace
i do gotta go tour an apartment in like an hour n a half so
around 3pm pst i'd be down
vivid furnace
ah well
if theres no one for sets when i get back i might just play some blade n sorcery
teal pebble
i will be around
balmy parrot
I have small hands
vivid furnace
playing through my first placement matches
so far, im at uhhh
2-5?
and the two wins were against zangief
teal pebble
im new to this as well
vivid furnace
pretty sure its battle hub, gotta sit through forced tutorial tho
teal pebble
there is a option for a custom room in the regular fighting mode just created a room
need to add you as a friend on steam first though
vivid furnace
usernames BulkierSphinx12
teal pebble
sent
vivid furnace
and accepted
teal pebble
wait accutall y looks like the it needs to add you as a friend through sf6
vivid furnace
so far, very predictable results 
i got a couple rounds off and a lvl 2 so im happy
teal pebble
its like that in the beginning for all of us
going to take a break
was playing for good 2 hours before this
vivid furnace
kk
teal pebble
butt sits from sitting down so long
vivid furnace
might go play that blade n sorcery i mentioned earlier then
teal pebble
GGs
teal pebble
same with me and cammy
late frost
Yo fellow cammy player?
teal pebble
Yo fellow cammy player?
👋
gaunt cloud
Why did they have dio burst
balmy parrot
I'm getting UNI2 for Christmas along with a leverless
update:
I have fallen in love
wicked quarry
CHESTOOOO
worthy crystal
@faint ice gaming?
late frost
are we hitting the streets
faint ice
<@199566048750469120> gaming?
im recovering from all day on mh ill have to think about it
worthy crystal
are we hitting the streets
Me personally I’m striving
worthy crystal
im recovering from all day on mh ill have to think about it
teal pebble
faint ice
MY ADORING FANS
vivid furnace
taunt to get bodied is a true combo
velvet wren
YEAH BOI
late frost
mains Cammy, Gold
secondary Zangief, Gold
does Ryu placement matches on a whim
Platinum
worthy crystal
I was dreaming of millia combos and they were sick but I think she had fafnir in my dreams @faint ice
Also speaking of sol is sick as fuck this patch sorry
faint ice
Also speaking of sol is sick as fuck this patch sorry
Don't tell the sol mains
But also that's not a dream but a trip
shrewd furnace
Guilty gear players 🤝 underrating their characters
worthy crystal
Sol players complaining that their character has too much sauce and requires actual effort instead of hitting s s h super and doing 50%
It’s like the reverse Nago effect
Instead of doing actual routes he just hits 5h and you die now
Also he now gets unholy reward off of literally every button
shrewd furnace
Yep sounds like sol lol
worthy crystal
Like idk sol is still kinda cracked
5k nerf sucks but he still has a 4f and a dp
And the godlike 2k
shrewd furnace
Real sol gamers remember when you can infinite off 5k
worthy crystal
His damage is still high and he still has sol pressure
vivid furnace
> mains Cammy, Gold
> secondary Zangief, Gold
> does Ryu placement matches on a ...
god i love shotos so much
covert void
Finally figured out how to do tekken 8 customs
worthy crystal
@faint ice gaming?
worthy crystal
@faint ice?
faint ice
<@199566048750469120>?
make lunch
worthy crystal
No
faint ice
but for reals just doing a little favour and can game in a while
worthy crystal
Sigh
faint ice
I can boot up
worthy crystal
Oh my lord
gaunt cloud
Ngl kinda wish johnny's combo routes were a bit more varied
Rn its just "fit as many ensengas as possible because for some reason it does 80 damage"
shrewd furnace
You should try the other games with Johnny then (other than xrd, that variant was boring af)
Tk ensenga go brrrr
shrewd furnace
Mist finer cancels were cool but after a while it’s just muscle memory, no need to get too fancy
In strive they removed tk ensenga so +r is the only one played nowadays you can do that iirc
faint ice
Rn its just "fit as many ensengas as possible because for some reason it does 80...
this got nerfed right
faint ice
this the same patch as pot karas
balmy parrot
BOOOOOOO
austere garnet
Bro is mad peak is at evo 
worthy crystal
Marvel 2 but no 3
That’s a pretty good lineup though
Whenever mk is a current game its kinda rough though
I enjoy the gameplay but dear god the advertisements are horrible
austere garnet
Yeah mk1 is probably only getting more entry’s then undernight again
But I’m so glad it’s there despite all the doubt
And I’m gonna be extremely annoying about it being at evo in other places
worthy crystal
Don’t 
balmy parrot
it's crazy that UNI2 DID NOT GET A GAME AWARDS NOMINATION
LAST YEAR
I gotta grind this game more bro
worthy crystal
The award for biggest fumbled release
balmy parrot
it's funny because I lowkey think UNI2 is one of my favorite FG's right off the rip
worthy crystal
The award for most insane sentences by the dev
Uni2 is a godlike game but it’s the way it is because of how awful its release week was
austere garnet
I should like watch under night gameplay never seen it
worthy crystal
It’s sick
Especially new game
Is so much more barbaric than uniclr
In a good way
balmy parrot
hopefully they can just announce a new DLC that's like Bridget Neco-Arc and it'll get 500 million entrants at EVO
worthy crystal
The dlc for the rest of the year is already planned no
austere garnet
What’s another major fighter it’s closest to? Based off the name I’m guessing it’s an arc sy game?
austere garnet
Ah shucks
balmy parrot
it's an arcsys published game but it's french bread yeah
worthy crystal
But it’s very different from mbtl
I guess it’s like a pseudo fusion of aacr and xrd but it really isn’t that similar to either
It just has somewhat analogous mechanics
People used to call it the street fighter of anime which I have a very negative opinion of
balmy parrot
it's got no (real) airdashes
worthy crystal
But the comparison between drive gauge and vorpal are actually semi sound compared to what it used to be like
worthy crystal
it's got no (real) airdashes
Asterisk
vivid furnace
https://x.com/fgc_daily/status/1877072094485193023?s=46
congrats to justin wong for winning mvc2 at evo 2025!
worthy crystal
@austere garnet as a very basic description of core mechanics it has a shield mechanic that rewards good guessing on defense, every character has rebeat and a universal shorthop, and the central defining mechanic of the game is a resource system called vorpal that does like way too much to describe
faint ice
I was wondering if they could throw a curveball in there with rivals but I remembered the game probably has to run on ps5
worthy crystal
But basically if you play proactively you get rewarded by becoming a much better character
As well as access to more system mechanics that do very good things
The roster is very diverse in gameplan so can’t really call it neutral/aggressive/defensive etc
austere garnet
The curveball was mk1
worthy crystal
I think top 1 is still a zoner but haven’t checked in in a while
mk1 isn’t really much of a curveball
austere garnet
I think top 1 is still a zoner but haven’t checked in in a while
That’s very scary
worthy crystal
What else could they have done
worthy crystal
I used to play her
And then they changed all her stuff lol
So now I play nana
Maybe I’ll pick up one of the dlc characters though
Or kuon
balmy parrot
I love akatsuki so much it's so surreal doing tatsu inputs and flying across the screen in an anime fighter where everyone has swords or fucked up magic
austere garnet
I wish 2xko would’ve released soon enough to appear at evo
worthy crystal
I love akatsuki so much it's so surreal doing tatsu inputs and flying across the...
Tsurugi has the same vibe
Just a guy punchin real hard with an Elden ring shield
austere garnet
Is zoning an issue in undernight?
worthy crystal
Not really
faint ice
I think 2xko will technically release in time for evo but they're not actually pushing for it
austere garnet
Did they announce anything more specific than 2025?
worthy crystal
I think the fact that it’s not on the lineup confirms that it won’t be out before then
If it was evo would def be shilling out for it
austere garnet
Yeah I don’t see the game releasing until late 2025
shrewd furnace
no way yuzu is top 1 again 
welp regardless uni2's a game where character specialization is more valuable
balmy parrot
so I can one-trick akatsuki and not feel bad over it?
faint ice
definitely
like mudkip said, it's def a game that rewards character mastery
Idr the name of the uni focused major but idt yuzu even top 8d it
marble gate
https://x.com/fgc_daily/status/1877072094485193023?s=46
Yeah ok so we have a solid fgc big 3 now huh
Wierd to think about
faint ice
It's been pretty concrete for a while imo
vivid furnace
sf6 tekken 8 n ggst, yeah?
worthy crystal
Idr the name of the uni focused major but idt yuzu even top 8d it
Frosty?
Yuzu is a relatively rare character
And unlike vat in uniclr most people find her pretty boring lol
worthy crystal
Uniclr she was
Still good but much less
She was actual top 1 in that game and it was a big gap between her and yuzu
shrewd furnace
I don’t remember people thinking vat was hype at all lmao
crude imp
shrewd furnace
Yuzu at least looked cool flying around
austere garnet
sf6 tekken 8 n ggst, yeah?
No
austere garnet
No it wasn’t at evo 2024
gaunt cloud
Oh yea right it was at the side events
worthy crystal
I don’t remember people thinking vat was hype at all lmao
To play I mean
Yuzu is broken but they nerf her every version so she just feels really not as fun as she used to
worn rivet
https://x.com/fgc_daily/status/1877072094485193023?s=46
Catch me at evo 2025 maining cr7 in city of the wolves
vivid furnace
finally finished my placement matches as akuma, got rookie
my first few matches have been wins though, so we'll see if that keeps up
queue is taking ages though
marble gate
Is sf6 in a good state rn
vivid furnace
it seems fine from my end but im also very new to it
from what i hear its pretty well balanced
n for what its worth, TNS's weekly tourneys seem to have a good variety
faint ice
A few system mechanics are polarizing such as throw loops & how universal drive rush is, but it's great otherwise
late frost
I've really been enjoying my time with SF6
if anyone wants to play sets I should be free for a couple hours
vivid furnace
im gonna be going to sleep in a few
marble gate
What’s your idea of a good state
Do people willimgly want to play the game
late frost
yeah
I think SF6 has the least "ugh this game sucks" discourse of the major fighting games right now
marble gate
Nice
worthy crystal
Do people willimgly want to play the game
Extremely
Most entrants at evo still no?
faint ice
yeah
marble gate
True
late frost
street fighter is so good
unfortunately I am not very good
but I ended higher ranked than I started
vivid furnace
street fighter is so good
it really is
teal pebble
indeed
austere garnet
Maybe
late frost
she looks sick
austere garnet
The fire stuff looks awesome
late frost
February 5th release date
austere garnet
Too far away 😫
dreamy mason
cosmic forge
The fire stuff looks awesome
i was not looking at the fire
vapid lake
i was not looking at the fire
south lantern
I love the fire = blood aesthetic with the Ryu battle there
faint ice
@worthy crystal so I understand pot being strong from the balance changes made, but why am I seeing this character 2 touch Nago??
worthy crystal
shrewd furnace
Strive
austere garnet
Evo announcements today super exciting fr fr
late frost
poggers there is a great level of suspense about which games will make it in
austere garnet
Still gonna pop when mk1 shows up
late frost
When is it scheduled for?
austere garnet
Now 😎
late frost
Sunday separate ticket?
TOP 8 COMING BACK
oh shit official tournaments for non-main stage games
vivid furnace
any mahvel 3?
austere garnet
Top 8 being back is so peak omg
late frost
SETH KILLIAN
austere garnet
This is a great evo lineup
late frost
NON-ARENA OFFICIAL EVO TOURNEYS
Rivals of Aether 2
Virtua Fighter 5
KOF XV
Blazblue CF
Killer Instinct
(more games to be revealed at The Evo Awards)
austere garnet
Mvc2 being back means we gotta wait even longer for Sonic fox to beat justin wong record
worn rivet
NON-ARENA OFFICIAL EVO TOURNEYS
Rivals of Aether 2
Virtua Fighter 5
KOF XV
Blazb...
wait they just killed kofxv like that?
late frost
I think CotW is main stage
vivid furnace
seriously though congrats to justin wong for his 80th mvc2 win
shrewd furnace
CotW seems interesting
idk if i want to play it since it so far looks very hostile to defensive play
faint ice
top 8 back is the best news
faint ice
idk if i want to play it since it so far looks very hostile to defensive play
idk seems like one of the more def friendly games since uni2
shrewd furnace
true but that's not saying much since we're still in a system where you get punished for blocking and have many ways to bypass abare without changing game plans
late frost
played a 15-game set against a JP from China (?)
faint ice
I kinda want to play axl since he isn't charge anymore
@worthy crystal
gaunt cloud
Yea his conversions are pretty cheeks now
worthy crystal
I mean they’re fine
Just boring idk
C.s 5h rainwater 5p 6k rensen or whatever
Or you can do WA > bomber and get full screen carry
gaunt cloud
I guess, but it is pretty underwhelming compared to everyone else
On another note, considering picking up baiken
Altho i'm not sure if i could get used to the tether
faint ice
He’s not charge anymore? How does that feel
It only affects rensen so it's not huge, rainwater is a bigger change
faint ice
Idk he feels so dry now without rainwater vacuum
axl or bed, I gotta lock in for evo france
worthy crystal
Bed
worthy crystal
I guess, but it is pretty underwhelming compared to everyone else
Well that’s nothing new
Axl has had to get 3-4 good conversions in a game where most characters only need 2
And they seem unable to figure out a way to reconcile that difference that doesn’t just involve giving axl way higher damage
It’s an issue he shares with Faust
gaunt cloud
Yea
shrewd furnace
I miss faust
Would it really be that bad to give him fdc
That way that’s the reconciliation of needing extra openings
late frost
Fighting games are so good
worthy crystal
Would it really be that bad to give him fdc <:nyaruhodo:873056991973634078>
Yes
I’m pretty sure Faust is actually Jesus Christ if you make his buttons just not bad
shrewd furnace
Damn, my Faust propaganda not working
worthy crystal
idk but probably the single biggest buff Faust ever got besides getting a whole new move (lol) is when they made his 5h actually good
So if they could do that for like his other buttons too
Idk
Making axl good is a lot weirder though
If you don’t just buff his damage
Like he’s broken in +r but he’s also basically a different character
Not basically he is literally a different character
if you gave him actual good mix in this game though it would probably be a good start
faint ice
if you gave him actual good mix in this game though it would probably be a good ...
how do you give strive axl mix without something silly like making snail a high or something
shrewd furnace
make snail a bit slower and make it an overhead yep
bring back the fear of full screen overheads
faint ice
we have testament though
shrewd furnace
let's just port in zappa
worthy crystal
how do you give strive axl mix without something silly like making snail a high ...
Air snail overhead idk
Or make it so j.h ioh into snail combos meterless
Or if you just give him better + frames to strike throw with
late frost
hmm
Kinda wanna pick up Ken for a day
shrewd furnace
That’s all you’ll need to master Brazilian Ken
late frost
Gold 5 on Cammy baybee
late frost
lol
placed Plat 1
but then immediately lost and so now I'm in Gold 5 with Ken
late frost
okay
I think I get Ken better now
but he doesn't feel fully comfortable in my hands
marble gate
worn rivet
lmfao bridget is the new protagonist
covert void
Luna goodguy
vivid furnace
i, for some godforsaken reason, am messing around in bbct again
vivid furnace
carmine deals so much damage holy shit
almost 9.5k for a corner loop n its super easy
vivid furnace
sorry bbtag autocorrects to bbct in my brain because it goes 'blazblue cross tag'
and that sounds close enough to what it is
balmy parrot
ct is calamity trigger which is its own flavour of jank
vivid furnace
re: carmine in bbtag
this is piss easy and deals absurd damage, albeit corner only
inputs are (5a 5b 214a)*4 5aa 5bb 236bc
meanwhile neo deals no damage and has very finicky timing for combos
vivid furnace
wont stop me, but yeah
vivid furnace
looking at some community opinions, it seems to be a 'has good stuff, but requires a lot of work and is a very selfish point'
worthy crystal
She’s a decent character in a broken game
Having bad assists is really bad when other characters are better points and anchors than she is
vivid furnace
unfortunate
faint ice
gaming
late frost
lunar depot
So I'm tryna play Tekken 6...
late frost
fighting games are so good
slowly climbing up in Plat 1
this is feels like my current skill level
I need to improve cashing out to close out games
worthy crystal
To be fair sf6 is a game where it’s extremely hard to know when to cash out or not
Because of all the implications of super/drive etc
vivid furnace
i am pleased to say that after like 3 total hours of labbing neo in bbtag
i have FINALLY done her basic bnb
(5aaa > jcb delay bb)*2 > 5aaa > 5bb > 5c
it genuinely feels like that delay is maybe a couple frames?
any less and it drops while you're in the air, any more and you only get one hit (and the combo drops anyways cos fuck you)
late frost
hmm
perhaps I will purchase SF6 Season 1
austere garnet
X
I wonder if these numbers are up to date I would’ve assumed tekken would’ve sold more by now 🤨
gaunt cloud
As a reminder, mk1 is the only one of the 3 that runs on the switch
pearl burrow
Ohhhh
mellow palm
As a reminder, mk1 is the only one of the 3 that runs on the switch
“Runs”
worthy crystal
As a reminder, mk1 is the only one of the 3 that runs on the switch
Mk is also mk
It’ll always sell no matter how much people talk shit
And like
We’ve seen bad mk sell
As long as it’s 2D it’s fine
vivid furnace
hmm
perhaps I will purchase SF6 Season 1
play akuma 
i should get back to playing sf6, but i need to work on anti-airs n confirms other than 5hk
late frost
Tekken 8 has also gotten maligned by some older players for it's game feel direction
a larger emphasis on escaping and reversing situations by counter-pressing rather than by movement
and a heavy shift towards favoring offense
austere garnet
As a reminder, mk1 is the only one of the 3 that runs on the switch
As a reminder mk is banned in major Asian countries also sf6 is on ps4 and Xbox one
Countries where fighting games are so popular they got their own evo
haughty zodiac
I wonder if these numbers are up to date I would’ve assumed tekken would’ve sold...
eh tekken feels more niche tbh, like i'm not a dedicated fighting game player i sort of watch some stuff on sidelines after playing a few FG's randomly but yeah its the least friendly so i can imagine that
haughty zodiac
It’ll always sell no matter how much people talk shit
i would've expected street fighter above it but switch explains that
faint ice
i would've expected street fighter above it but switch explains that
this does not happen without divine intervention
faint ice
hmm
perhaps I will purchase SF6 Season 1
all the s1 characters are sick
im lowkey waiting on an s2 sale cuz I don't see myself maining terry or mai
late frost
I got S2 from a resale website
So I got it for a little less
austere garnet
this does not happen without divine intervention
Maybe if nrs releases like 3 more bad fighting games sf will outsell one of them
late frost
paper notch
X
faint ice
The schedules bad ngl
A year for a whole new wave of costumes is unheard of
Hopefully after outfit 4 they figure something out
late frost
whew
spend the whole night rage queueing
ended lower than I started
but only like 10 points lower
so I'll take it
worthy crystal
Can sindel still unblockable loop
austere garnet
She’s still top 2 arguably top 1 and yes
worthy crystal
Holy
austere garnet
Idk how long ago you played but she does it with tremor instead of lao now
worthy crystal
Idk how long ago you played but she does it with tremor instead of lao now
Based…
austere garnet
worthy crystal
Sick
austere garnet
It was made by a very talented friend because I dont think any known pros made a post conan list
worthy crystal
I remember on release ppl thought nitara was cheeks
austere garnet
She was she got buffed
worthy crystal
Tanya is 
but she’s a weirdo in this game anyways
I liked her in mk10 but she seems a bit whack now
austere garnet
Tanya is the only character I think has nothing strong what so ever in this game they killed her
worthy crystal
Did she get nerfed
austere garnet
Nrs loves to make characters go from top 5 to bottom 5 or vice versa
worthy crystal
Oh ya
MK10 moment 
Idk if it happened a lot in 11 bc I didn’t play that one
But it was also a big theme in ij2
austere garnet
Did she get nerfed
She was top 5 because of her armor move and mid string and they made her mid string more minus and slower and reworked her armor move animation gutting her
austere garnet
Yes I think every character is strong except Tanya
austere garnet
Like even pm is hitting you with a half way across the screen low poke that jails into his jab string then making you hold a 50/50
worthy crystal
I actually wanted to play him so bad
But idk I just don’t have the mental aptitude for a puppet character in an nrs game
austere garnet
Kenshi is still a terrible experience to face 
worthy crystal
Does noob still do the same shit he does in every game or did they change him
I only have season 1 so idk what any of the new characters do
But they make this character look super different every game and then give him the exact same kit it’s crazy
austere garnet
Ummm he has an install in this game that’s really cool but doesn’t get used all that much I think he’s probably top 2 best designed top tier character along with ermac im not sure how much he plays like mk11 because he was so boring in that game I didn’t play him
But he’s very interesting in mk1
Ghost ball is way better designed for sure
worthy crystal
In 11 (and 9 and all the retro games) he’s just like
Neutral god
Goat fireball goat teleport goat buttons
austere garnet
He is neutral god in this game yeah
worthy crystal
But his strings are all like not that good
His damage is kinda mid
Ish
That kinda thing
austere garnet
His strings in this game and damage are great
worthy crystal
He’s just a boring lame character in older games
austere garnet
His vortex bnb is hard tho
worthy crystal
Truly returning to kuso
austere garnet
I’m glad 2024 turned out to be such a heinous year for fighting games
Yeah I can’t buy anymore fighting games
Keep dropping bad ones to save me money 🙏
worthy crystal
I’m a fan of the insanity
austere garnet
The insanity in what?
worthy crystal
Fighting game design in the past year
covert void
How do i get the floyd fight?
Is there a challenge list, or is it a luck based thing?
austere garnet
Is there a challenge list, or is it a luck based thing?
It’s too much to explain over text I recommend a YouTube tutorial but it involves doing these challenges https://x.com/thethiny/status/1882219948745113629?s=46
X
There should be plenty of guides on youtube
worthy crystal
@austere garnet is there a way to reduce the input buffer in this game
Also is there a way to skip this stupid fucking intro cutscene
austere garnet
Also is there a way to skip this stupid fucking intro cutscene
I have no idea about the input buffer but which intro cutscene?
Like the one you see when you launch the game or the dialogues before fights?
Ooooo @worthy crystal did you turn off release check? I think that might be the input buffering in not sure tbh
austere garnet
Finally free from work to play mk for 8 hours
worthy crystal
I have no idea about the input buffer but which intro cutscene?
The khaos reigns one
worthy crystal
Ooooo <@364939622343507988> did you turn off release check? I think that might b...
thank you
austere garnet
The khaos reigns one
Yeah If you mean the one you load up the game to it only forces you to watch it the first time after that you can just mash any button to skip it
You can even choose to have the Khaos reigns background in the main menu or the original one in the settings
late frost
Broke into Plat II
austere garnet
Wonderful investment
worthy crystal
How does he convert into juggles without meter
Does he do that
Is that a privilege not a right kinda thing
austere garnet
You could use bf3 into s21 for a small combo or use Janet
And if you don’t have dlc assists then I have no idea who to play with noob
worthy crystal
I have Janet
worthy crystal
You can’t even do it with like sub zero or any of the other assists that force restand?
Also I assume the portal thing is like for setplay?
And combos ofc
austere garnet
You can’t even do it with like sub zero or any of the other assists that force r...
Sub zero does not restand if they’re juggled they’ll just freeze in the juggle state I think Janet is the only kameo that can restand at all
austere garnet
Also I assume the portal thing is like for setplay?
Yeah it can be
https://x.com/sonicfox/status/1850688242695446733?s=46 @worthy crystal this is the combo it’s a pretty hard combo but it’s a fun one
X
worthy crystal
Sub zero does not restand if they’re juggled they’ll just freeze in the juggle s...
Damn I misremembered how it worked
Sektor burn assist restands too though I believe
Unless it does the fall over thing
austere garnet
Oh yeah but it’s very hard to land that in a juggle state
Unless you do it very early in a combo
austere garnet
So I guess it’s sektor and Janet and shujinko sometimes that can restand
worthy crystal
Shujinko is crazy why is he even in this game
austere garnet
They buffed him to give him some like stun move he can do without assist meter which is cool but yeah he still bad ☹️
He’s cool as a concept of a counter pick kameo but the only matchup he actually gives worth while utility is against Kenshi and that requires you to learn a whole ass puppet for your character
worthy crystal
It’s just a crazy concept
Like the Shang tsung idea but like both worse and harder to actually use
Also wtf is ghostface doing this character looks way sicker than he has any right to
austere garnet
Like the Shang tsung idea but like both worse and harder to actually use
They gave Shang tsung a new move a few patches ago where he can steal a move from the opponents assist so they made Shang even more crazy
late frost
Today should be the first day of Multiversus' last season
if you wanna keep it forever, gotta install it and sign in from now to May 30
paper notch
X
paper notch
X
late frost
damn that win bonus compared to losing is kinda cracked
went like 8-12 in sets tonight but still ended (a little) higher than I started tonight
austere garnet
Mortal kombat 1 has the third highest entries at Texas showdown
vivid furnace
whats y'alls fav fighting game to see sauce combos in?
mines probably dbfz, theres just something about it that makes a good combo look sick
marble gate
whats y'alls fav fighting game to see sauce combos in?
Something about sauce in umvc3 hits right idc if its basic
worthy crystal
whats y'alls fav fighting game to see sauce combos in?
Ac+r because it was a point in time where they wanted to make hits feel impactful but didn’t want to put 20 years of hit stop on things
So big hits just make the screen fucking rattle and blow out your speakers
Acr is also a game with very long combos which makes it more fun
pearl burrow
mines probably dbfz, theres just something about it that makes a good combo look...
Same
small furnace
i also go with +r
i think the series peaked there in terms of gameplay tbh
roman cancels and frc and yrc
u had the freedom to do some freeform combos out of nowhere
game audio was also extremely clean and crisp
balmy parrot
whats y'alls fav fighting game to see sauce combos in?
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
there's always some new sauce I haven't seen before
worthy crystal
i think the series peaked there in terms of gameplay tbh
I like playing xrd more
But +r is probably the most polished game
Which tbf is also a byproduct of being like the 20th version of xx
austere garnet
whats y'alls fav fighting game to see sauce combos in?
Mortal kombat 1
wicked quarry
Mahvel tbh
shrewd furnace
+r is probably the best game out of this entire list but idk I never found watching the combos as entertaining
Playing it though, unmatched
gaunt cloud
MvC3 for me
vivid furnace
yeah mvc3 is my second fav, theres always some bullshit tech someone finds
hayd3n on youtube is great for that
worthy crystal
+r is probably the best game out of this entire list but idk I never found watch...
If it’s just the visual presentation I agree
But the audio design
Makes me cum
pearl burrow
X
vivid furnace
the goat
vivid furnace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb8FUK_FTh8 these inputs look like hell
late frost
chat I've decided to vent a little about manon
woman's legs are too long
cut them off capcom
shrewd furnace
Skill issue
pearl burrow
Skill issue
late frost
teal pebble
Yeah Manon feels weird to fight
paper notch
X
late frost
Nakayama said something along the lines of
The Necalli essence could come back
though it wouldn't be in the same incarnation as Necalli
cosmic forge
Necalli was actually just so fucking wasted
Like if he got to do anything in the story
He’d be cool
covert void
Necalli coming back in SF6
austere garnet
Hopefully Justin Wong clutches up at the evo awards
austere garnet
I mean the tournament he’s playing in there’s a mvc2 tournament at the award show
Bout to be grand finales
Damn Justin got cooked before grand finales today is a sad day
late frost
smh codes scammed me
dang that's a weak class of memes for the year
we didn't have anything better?
late frost
oh shit game reveals confirmed
late frost
Ogre DLC of Under Night
late frost
GBVS Character Pass 2 teaser
Five more characters announced
Tekken 8 announcing there will be a Season 2
late frost
Hunter X Hunter Nen Impact trailer
marble gate
what's happening?
late frost
Season Pass 1 confirmed
Evo Awards
also on youtube
Alex Valle, John Choi, and Tokido the first inductees into the Evo Hall of Fame
vivid furnace
hit iron in sf6
the progress is slow, but im starting to learn not to rely on 5hk as much, which is important for akuma
still having problems consistently antiairing w/ dp, so i'll focus on that next
late frost
pog
climbing
vivid furnace
did raging demon a guy though, he wasnt expecting the completely accidental completely intentional 5lp confirm
and it killed, so i got the classic end screen
late frost
are you able to antiair with Akuma's normals consistently?
vivid furnace
i mean no, but arent his only antiair normals 4hk and 2hp
late frost
there's no shame in using his normals to antiair
vivid furnace
oh i know
but i might as well learn how to dp antiair, cos im gonna need to anyways
late frost
it's a process
recognizing in time to antiair is already a pretty difficult skill
and then having to do the input in time compounds the difficulty
I won't stop you from going on that journey of learning
but those antiair normals exist for a reason
I still struggle a lot with antiairing
City of the Wolves news
character announced
open beta test
Feb 20 to 24
Season 1 Pass (comes free with base game)
marble gate
late frost
holy seeing some of these people with greying hair and beards is wildin'
vivid furnace
apparently i plan on learning both the most used and the literal least used character in the game
cos i do wanna learn dhalsim when i get good
or better, anyways
austere garnet
Ken is gonna ruin fatal fury like he did sf6 😭
late frost
It is disproportionately funny that the Ken tutorial in SF6 tells you to not randomly throw out attacks
vivid furnace
taking a look at the bucklers bootcamp profile stuff
these in the 'questions' you can select for the lil qna section
capcom knows their audience
cosmic forge
Y’all know what I think they should do with SF6
If they ever decide to bring back Q
Just don’t even announce him
You update the game and he’s just there now
late frost
I wonder
what if they put in Q
but gave him a bunch of G's stuff like his projectile
cosmic forge
I wonder
what if they put in Q
but gave him a bunch of G's stuff like his projec...
That would be neat but you also do wanna keep him Q
The real question is whether he’d still have his taunt
late frost
they may turn it into one of his moves
When did they announce S2 for SF6? During Summer Games Fest?
That's so far away....
faint ice
S2 still isn't even finished
late frost
austere garnet
It’s so sad seeing great indie fighters but not having a pc to support them I really hope iron saga VS does well this game looks really cool
vivid furnace
god i hate playing against juris