#Fighting Freaks: The Freakquel

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true needle
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For those who want to talk about things related to fighting games! Guilty Gear, Tekken, Street Fighter, Smash Bros, things like that.
NOTE: Things like spoilers for certain games’ story modes or leaks for future characters may be discussed - peruse on your own discretion.

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figured i’d remake the thread since i noticed the new forum changes :3c hope all itemlabel fighting fans enjoy

misty cedar
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I'm a big fan of King of Fighters! I'm not very good, but I adore fighting games.

honest geode
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ive been thinking about GG more lately,, i should play strive again

misty cedar
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GGX2 was the game that really got me into fighting games. I miss Zappa. :C

true needle
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zappa is cool but freaky lol, he showed up in Xrd’s campaign which was pretty cool, also i love kof too but know next to nothing about it LOL i’m rlly into the character designs tho

as for getting back into gg i highly suggest it, ggst is in a pretty good spot balance wise + more ppl playing recently cus new character, so it’s a pretty nice time to hop in again

misty cedar
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Okay, let's have some fun.

What's your favorite fighting game character? Any game, any reason. Could be because you're really good with them, could be because you like their story or aesthetics, just your number one face you hope shows up in whatever sequel.

Give me your favorite character and all the reasons you like 'em.

true needle
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without a doubt slayer lol, i think his design is like peak guilty gear character design
if/when he comes back into strive, i hope they do what they did with johnny and only slightly change his design because frankly idk how you could improve it

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though you could probably guess by my actual username LOL

misty cedar
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Hugo from Street Fighter for me. I love grapplers, but Hugo is a level beyond. Most grapplers are large, but Hugo is a GIANT. And his animations portray this so well. His wrestling style isn't showy, but sloppy and brute force meant to get you under his weight. His rush moves are wild, stampeding charges and he manages to make pink look terrifying.

But his story's what adds the icing to the cake. An ex-villain who went bad simply because it was so hard to find any work at his size. And in SF4 when you really got to see his past, you could see how badly he was mistreated. But with the help of someone else who's been misunderstood, he turned his life around and finally found a place he belongs. And that's what really makes him special. This massive, terrifying lug...is just doing his best so he and his friend can be happy.

...Also successfully catching someone with his anti-air Megaton Press super is satisfying beyond words.

true needle
misty cedar
# true needle without a doubt slayer lol, i think his design is like peak guilty gear characte...

If I'm being honest, I'm surprised Slayer isn't in Strive yet. But at the same (and I'm curious how YOU feel since you're a big fan of his), I wonder if they don't know what to do with him. In X2, he was so powerful that he pretty much only existed as a 'I'm going to watch and guide people from afar'. It felt so weird seeing him lose to Bedman in the story of Xrd, but they couldn't have him as the 'super powerful background watcher' since That Man took a more active role.

I don't know, what do you think?

true needle
# misty cedar If I'm being honest, I'm surprised Slayer isn't in Strive yet. But at the same (...

that could very well be the case. judging by past popularity polls and the like, slayer has ALWAYS ranked high, so it’s not like he has a shortage of fans. i’m honestly thinking either him or jam are the next dlc tho, since those are some of the last two big names that i hear ppl wanting from the former games that aren’t in yet
there could be a few ways they deal with his story i feel. since he was finally beaten by bedman, the only guy who could hold a candle to him, maybe he could be on some sort of soul-searching thing in strive, or maybe just looking for another powerful person who could best him. that, or we get a more assassin’s guild-centric storyline, i honestly can’t say. also curious about how he’d react to nagoriyuki, since i’m pretty positive slayer thinks he’s the last vampire alive that he knows about. but that is one thing i haven’t rlly considered when thinking about slayer coming to strive. gameplay (or rather, meta-wise), it could also be something arcsys is worried about. this entire season it’s been the big players from Xrd’s meta coming in (johnny and elphelt both reigning supreme basically, notoriously so), and slayer was also really damn good in that game, so it could be balancing concerns? i’m not sure. great question tho!

misty cedar
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Maybe I'm just being an old-head. I liked X2's version of Slayer much more in terms of story. I think giving more spotlight to That Man made him infinitely less interesting. That Man was most fun and intriguing when he was a recluse who was ashamed at what he'd done, trying to avoid the world for his sins. When storylines led to him, it meant something because of just how rare he was.

...And in turn, Slayer had the role of getting to be the mysterious figure who seemed to know everything about everything and appeared from every corner. Both chars had separate and unique places in the story.

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Now both chars are less compelling. That Man went from a hyper mysterious shadow to a (weirdly) named character with an eye flower, and Slayer didn't really have a place in Xrd except for getting beaten to show how powerful Bedman is.

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All of that to say I think Slayer's a great char who deseves better writing.

bleak gyro
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anyways hi fighting freaks

misty cedar
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Howdy. 😄 Who's your favorite fighting game char?

bleak gyro
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faust guilty gear! because hes funny but also has good story (and hes my main)

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i did a cosplay of him last year, don't remember if i shared to the original fighting freaks thread but i can send it here

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also munmun cosplayed with me for the itemlabel halloween contest haha

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mun mun is forever in mini faust gear bc its too hard to get the costume off of him lol faust is always in my house

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btw faust is basically what got me into guilty gear, someone in a server im in kept posting gifs of him and they were so silly i just had to play

misty cedar
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Oooooooh, good call. How do you feel about the direction he's taken in Strive?

bleak gyro
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its kinda strange that he changed out of nowhere but i still like it! i like that even tho he looks totally different theres still references to the way he was in his moves

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im also a little biased as a certified Scary Character Design enjoyer lol

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but my favorite design is still the older one

misty cedar
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I think I would have loved the reversion back to the Doctor Baldhead theme if there was more story behind it. Faust has some serious demons of his past to overcome. He turned into a serial killer because he botched an operation. If they're gonna play with dark themes with Faust, I hope they go into the idea that he might relapse!

true needle
# misty cedar All of that to say I think Slayer's a great char who deseves better writing.

i think my favorite parts of his story are when he’s interacting with millia, it’s an interesting dynamic to me, but i can see what you’re getting at lol
yes, he doesn’t have much of a like refined role in xrd’s story, but his personality is rlly just what makes it redeeming for me
albeit my knowledge on gg lore is really rusty so i don’t remember everything, i still am a big fan of slayer in xrd tho, he has his own charm to me :3

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also let’s go faust fans unite!! YEAHHHH faust’s design pre-strive is the best i luv it
also he’s just a silly guy

misty cedar
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You're not wrong that he has his charm. His interactions? Amazing. You're 100% on the money. I just wish he had a better role in the grand canonical story plot.

...But to be fair, I also think that's an issue that Guilty Gear has dealt with since it got rid of its old format of story mode in favor of a long movie. The main chars have a LOT of plot while the side characters sometimes just exist.

true needle
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oh yeah 100%, the old form was admittedly better, but i think the changing of it was almost inevitable, seeing as it’s a very arcade-y concept i guess? i think xrd really was the turning point in that line of thinking cause they really wanted to flex the new animation work, from how i see it
don’t get me started on how i have yet to watch xrd’s story tho,,,, that’s a herculean task that i do not have time for DonutsViolentCry

misty cedar
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Old Guilty Gear's story mode made everyone have their own plot and they all intersected. Everyone had lots of development and time in the sun. And Slayer popped through everyone's routes like the Cheshire Cat. I don't think the new mode was inevitable. I just think it was a bad decision. Guilty Gear X2 managed to do more story with less resources. The fact that it's too long for you to watch (and I don't blame you) is the biggest strike against it for me. You're right. It just...isn't FUN.

bleak gyro
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i like the older story mode better too

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havent really tried it out much in the newer games, mostly watched videos and mostly play strive with friends, but from what ive seen i prefer the older style

misty cedar
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Tekken did the same thing in 7, and it was even worse. Any of you play that one?

bleak gyro
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i havent played any tekken

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is it fun?

misty cedar
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A lot more moves to memorize and combos are more reliant on things like knocking your opponent up or bouncing them off the ground. I'd look at some of the movelist videos on youtube, maybe the sample combo things.

...But if you're just a casual sort? Yeah, it's fun. Though Tekken 7 has a sadly lacking amount of single player modes, so online is where it's at.

bleak gyro
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i see

misty cedar
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😄 What about you? Got any favorite fighting games other than Guilty Gear?

bleak gyro
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not really, the only other fighting game i play is smash brothers and i only play that at other peoples houses because i dont have the game haha

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i wanna get more into different fighting games tho

misty cedar
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Would you like any recommendations?

bleak gyro
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sure!

misty cedar
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Personal favorite of mine is King of Fighters XV (15). 2D fighting game just like Guilty Gear and an absolutely MASSIVE roster. Currently 59 characters with more DLC likely on the way. All sorts of fun.

bleak gyro
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yeah ive heard good things about king of fighters but wasnt sure where to start, i'll check that one out!

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...in the morning bc im going to sleep, good night fighting freaks

misty cedar
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Niiiight!

coral furnace
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Phighting is a fun roblox game

misty cedar
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That seems more like a shooter game than a fighting game. Like an Overwatch knockoff. Or am I thinking of the wrong one?

coral furnace
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oh

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guilty gear is a fun game

misty cedar
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So I see we're all very familiar with Guilty Gear. Does anyone want a few other 2D fighting game recommendations they might like? I know a LOT of fun ones.

true needle
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sadly i think i’m also familiar with most of the popular/semi-obscure fighting game titles :( but i do think we need to spread the gospel on this one game i discovered called Hinokakera, there’s a great video by GuileWinQuote (great older fighting game youtuber) that talks about it, it’s like anime fighter mixed with 3d fighter sensibilities and mechanics? idk how i’d describe it. i think a lot of ppl in here who enjoy guilty gear would also appreciate it :3 i can find the link to the video since it goes into it far better than i do but still it’s rlly cool

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ONE DUDE DEVELOPED THIS!!!

Join the Hinokakera discord:
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Check out Reddish Region's old site here:
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Thank you to @OldEra_Kamekaze, @goosenos, and @PAPIO for script + info help!

Shout outs to @eagle_epsilon for the Ashley combo I stole even though the version I did was an easier combo route.......

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honest geode
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ooo ill have to watch that later!!

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hmm it’s a beat-em-up, but i played river city ransom a while ago!!! it’s a fun little game teeheemmm

misty cedar
true needle
bleak gyro
true needle
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i believe so yeah

feral lichen
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BrungusSecret 🤜 💥Cubepy

bleak gyro
true needle
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me when the freaks are fighting

bleak gyro
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i learned the bass part to potemkin's xx theme a while ago, today i figured i should write it down

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maybe one day i will record a cover

true needle
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i’d love to hear it omg

bleak gyro
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i will send here when i do it 👍
i wish i had done it earlier because now i have school again on monday 😭

honest geode
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been playin tekken 8, my first tekken game

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very fun to play!!! i lov buttonmashing ❤️

misty cedar
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My first Tekken was Tekken! Been a Jack fan ever since. Who's your favorite?

honest geode
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ive been playing law, hes awesome x)

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i like azucena too!!

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and i wanna learn leo

misty cedar
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Great choices. I'm just hoping they stick with Azucena. They had Katarina and Josie as similar female newcomers last time and both just disappeared.

honest geode
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aww thats upsetting :-( i hope so too!!

misty cedar
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To be fair though, Tekken's a game that has a lot of DLC, so they might not have made the initial cut, but they could show back up later. And Azucena seems -way- more well recieved than either of them were.

honest geode
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yeee shes cool!!! and character dlcs are expected ya, heres to hopin they return!

misty cedar
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I'm curious who your favorite's gonna be in a week or a month. You have three winners there, I want to know who ends up as your main once you've had time to learn Leo.

honest geode
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ill let u know for sure >:3c

daring turtle
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I'm guilty for gear

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I got the game like a month or so ago, was going to play with a Polish friend but his piece can't run the games anymore

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Currently I'm using Ky though I wanted to take a look to Chipp, Chaos, and uuuuh idk

bleak gyro
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nice, too bad your friend cant play tho

daring turtle
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yeeah

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still, if any of you want to add me, just send me a friend request through Steam

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the Id is 1224386361

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send a message saying "goof goop is real" so I know it's one of you

bleak gyro
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will do next time i get on o7

rapid ice
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Who here plays Smash Bros? I was thinking of playing some rounds with some people here

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Also, who here has Skullgirls? I want to buy it either my Switch or PS4, and I was wondering if there’s any crossplatform or online multiplayer

bleak gyro
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i still need to get smash bros, i always play it at my friends houses and think its fun and then forget to buy it lol

bleak gyro
rapid ice
bleak gyro
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no

rapid ice
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Do you or your friend play Skullgirls?

bleak gyro
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no

bleak gyro
daring turtle
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I pretty much never take random invites

bleak gyro
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i forgot i wanted to say something here, slayer in strive! yay!

misty cedar
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Yay indeed. 😄

true needle
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as the one petitioning for slayer in strive since forever i’m so happy he’s here and he looks so good!!!

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since i want to gush about slayer in strive everywhere possible here’s some screenshots from his trailer that are very important to me dopple

daring turtle
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3 weeks left from today

bleak gyro
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exciting

daring turtle
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haven't played him on Xrd, I have XXAC+R put I don't play the game anyway

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can't wait for Pilebunker x 13 into win

hybrid anvil
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howdy, didn't know this was a thread but I love fighting games 7C

daring turtle
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hello

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fighting games are goofy but strategic in some way

hybrid anvil
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I usually prefer the goofy characters but strategy is fun too

bleak gyro
hybrid anvil
bleak gyro
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faust and robo ky

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i've definitely forgotten how to play robo ky by now tho haha

hybrid anvil
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maybe robo ky will come back in season 4 lol

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I play bedman 7C

bleak gyro
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nice

true needle
# hybrid anvil maybe robo ky will come back in season 4 lol

if robo ky comes to strive i’ll explode
genuinely like i think it’s unlikely but he was on the character popularity polls so he has a chance
and if they got aba in then he can maybe, just maybe, somehow get in
he’s the only other character i want now that slayer’s in lol

hybrid anvil
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Strive is my first GG game so I don't know all the characters, but I'd like to see Zappa come back

bleak gyro
bleak gyro
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ive never fought an actual person playing zappa but i remember having a really hard time playing against the bot in arcade mode lol

hybrid anvil
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I remember trying over 100 times to beat the hidden arcade boss for the trophy

daring turtle
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to be fair, bots in fighting games are cracked when they are set on a high difficulty. They literally know what buttons you're pressing

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I'm sure the only thing that you can get them with is more modern techs, frame traps or stuff like that

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If they want to, developers can make them unbeatable

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I'd be up to play Strive if anyone wants

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let me know and I can set up a room

misty cedar
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Zappa is one of my favorite characters in anything ever.

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He's horrific and hysterical in equal measure.

bleak gyro
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real

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i was away from home earlier, now i can search for my old zappa fanart

misty cedar
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Go for it!

bleak gyro
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havent found it yet but heres testament and sin from last year (testament) and two years ago (sin)

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fouund it
this was also from 2022, time flies... i should draw zappa again

misty cedar
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Fantastic. 😄

hybrid anvil
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those are great!

hybrid anvil
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I'll at least add you

daring turtle
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1224386361

daring turtle
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steam code

hybrid anvil
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do any of you play streets perchance 7C

daring turtle
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Nope

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not my kind of footsies

hybrid anvil
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that's fair

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I really like it to be slow and methodical

daring turtle
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@hybrid anvil let me know whenever you're up to Strive

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I'll be in the vc once we begin

hybrid anvil
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I probably wouldn't vc because I'm sick right now but I can get on in a minute

daring turtle
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Oh sure sure

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lmk

hybrid anvil
daring turtle
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omw

hybrid anvil
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I play on console so you can drop the room code here if you make one

daring turtle
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code is 789789

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good luc

hybrid anvil
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good luck 7C

daring turtle
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k

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actually quite nice we're of similar level and floor

hybrid anvil
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yeah

daring turtle
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oh no

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so good

hybrid anvil
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those super confirms were so cool

daring turtle
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yeeeah, I was just trying to get damage done

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you have any other mains?

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I use Ky but sometimes I've used Sol, Faust and some others

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at smaller scale

hybrid anvil
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not really any at this level but I know a few characters

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I'd say maybe Anji and Testament

daring turtle
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yeah, same

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maybe my Sol is of similar level but it's Ky who gets me to higher floors

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it now should let us rematch

hybrid anvil
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I haven't really tried any ranked in strive yet

daring turtle
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eeeh, fair

hybrid anvil
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most of it is skill carrying over from street fighter and blazblue

daring turtle
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you can see that I don't have that much experience against bed

hybrid anvil
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yeah that's understandable

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I am getting away with a few things but for the most part you're doing well

daring turtle
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di into lose

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I know it's not optimal but I like doing so

hybrid anvil
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that's valid lol

daring turtle
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lol yeah I've never used di but I love the meme

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di wins because it's cool or loses because it's the true intended combo

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exploded

hybrid anvil
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first time that install has ever done anything for me lol

daring turtle
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Zonerman

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let me try some Nago

hybrid anvil
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kk

daring turtle
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haven't played this guy in a bit

hybrid anvil
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want me to switch characters?

daring turtle
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if you want

hybrid anvil
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alright I can do that after this match

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that was really close

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nago seems like a hard character to play

daring turtle
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eeeh, a bit

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not more than bed, I feel

hybrid anvil
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oh it's sol bedguy

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forgot the second hit lol

daring turtle
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is it okay if we do best of 5 in this one? probably play another day

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I mean, first to 5

hybrid anvil
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yeah all good 7C

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ggwp!

daring turtle
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ggs

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probably next time we get more people in

hybrid anvil
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yeah that'd be fun

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I'll join vc in the future I just have a sore throat today DonutsViolentCry

daring turtle
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fair fair

daring turtle
true needle
bleak gyro
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super mappa hunch is funny

true needle
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mappa has always been a funny move
im just sad that 13 pilebunkers in one combo probably wont be possible ☹️

bleak gyro
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whfbssjjk yeah

misty cedar
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What kind of loving god would allow such a thing...

true needle
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that's what i'm sayin

hybrid anvil
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Slayer's theme is so dandy teeheemmm

true needle
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REAL!!!

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of all his themes it’s probably like
lower than jack-a-dandy but higher than haven’t you got eyes in your head

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imo

hybrid anvil
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I really need to listen to the older music

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I've had Ups and Downs on repeat all day though it's so good

true needle
hybrid anvil
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something about strive's ost really resonates with me but jack-a-dandy is objectively amazing

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whoever was on saxophone absolutely slayed

true needle
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real as hell

bleak gyro
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just listened to ups and downs its great

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trumpet solo 🔥🔥🔥

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i havent heard jack-a-dandy i will listen now

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i said that and immediately got distracted, anyways ive now listened to it that was great

true needle
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jack-a-dandy propaganda has been administered

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now everyone will play xrd instead of strive

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just like i planned YEAHHHH

bleak gyro
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haha

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i do have xrd, i wanna play it more

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in a couple weeks when summer starts i will be free to guilty gear YEAHHHH

true needle
bleak gyro
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hope you can get it!

true needle
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HAPPY SLAYER DAY EVERYONE

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partytime 🎊

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hoping and praying i can get slayer
if not, that’s fine i guess
i’ll be happy just to play strive with my buds (and maybe some people here)

hybrid anvil
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Slayer Day! DinkleLetsGo

hybrid anvil
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he's so hot I mean cool 7C

true needle
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holy shit this gif is so good LMFAO

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picmix my beloved

bleak gyro
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stopped in the middle of what i was drawing to draw slayer bc a guy on the perry mason epsiode im watching has a goatee and mustache (i always watch perry mason and go “haha that guy looks like slayer” to random side characters hwhdhsjkak)

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ok back to what i was already drawing LOL

true needle
bleak gyro
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thanks guys wowie

true needle
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slayer update (because i managed to get him woohoo!!)
he is SUPER fun so far, like really he’s so silly i love him in all his scottish vampire glory, BUT
i am so not used to playing this game again 😭 i haven’t played properly since elphelt was added and the game feels so weird to play
i’ve been tempted to just go back to playing bridget for a bit so i can get used to playing again but...,. i paid 3$ for slayer guilty gear so i feel obligated to play him lol
if anyone wants to play, however, i am available most of the time :3 just ping me and i’ll respond (eventually)

bleak gyro
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woooo slayer acquired

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i want to play but im banning myself from guilty gear until the school quarter is over whfhjsjak

hybrid anvil
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Been listening to these two songs all day and it makes so much sense
https://youtu.be/7t2heZozLXc?si=xP9mYhnFvbMgOCEX

Slayer's new theme, Ups and Downs, appears to sound quite similar to one of his previous songs.

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bleak gyro
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zappa if his shirt had a hole. i love drawing zappa hes funny

misty cedar
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My favorite GG char. The world's unluckiest Australian (and that's saying something).

bleak gyro
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haha

true needle
misty cedar
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...Do you want me to geek out and explain the hype? I will hype the Zappa.

true needle
misty cedar
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Zappa gets his name from Frank Zappa, one of the major inspirations of Weird Al. He was a very funny musician, but instead of parodies, he did original and strange pieces with a very funky style. Big fan, so points there. Look up the song 'Joe's Garage' or 'Montana'.

Zappa is a love letter to Japanese horror. He's possessed by a ghost who makes constant The Ring/Grudge references, and follows my favorite guiding principle of Japanese horror. The spirits are extremely strong and it makes no sense, the confusion adds to the horror. There's no 'beating' the spirit, it does what it does and mortals have to deal.

He is also a major Jojo's Bizarre Adventure reference. Like...everything about him. Highly muscular body suit, various articles of his clothing (Pillar men, Vanilla Ice, Dio), and his ghosts are allusions to Stands. The reason he strikes such wild poses isn't just because he's possessed, but because Jojo's is known for that!

But all of that pales in comparison to the reason I adore him. He's like Spiderman, but twisted. Zappa is a normal dude in a world full of weird demi gods. And this guy has been 'blessed' with the power to be able to take on ANY of them. And weirdly enough, his main spirit? S-Ko? She seems to be genuinely protective of him. Zappa is a normal dude who didn't ask for adventure, wants no part of adventure, and yet can (and probably has) put Potemkin through a building while bent into a pretzil upside down.

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He's the most creative version of the 'average joe who is suddenly super powerful'.

hybrid anvil
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You've reminded me of why I want him in strive so badly 7C

true needle
# misty cedar Zappa gets his name from Frank Zappa, one of the major inspirations of Weird Al....

very fair reasoning lol
you’ve convinced me he’s cool, i’m just a slight stickler for lore i guess and it doesn’t really occur to me how he could potentially get in strive seeing as he got unhaunted (i think?) in xrd’s story
which is also why venom (the other character i want in strive so bad it hurts) might not get in as well, he’s basically retired but not in the slayer “sorts retired but not really” way, like he’s settled down and made a shop and stuff
then again that doesn’t mean i DONT want him in i just think there’s other characters that have logical priority to my stupid brain like dizzy or jam

misty cedar
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'Regarding his status in Strive, Ishiwatari has stated that Zappa is still capable of using spirits to fight should be the need arise, and that S-Ko is still obsessed with Zappa.' - According to the wiki.

bleak gyro
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ive always wanted clothes with things written on them like guilty gear but turns out i had shoes like that already!

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they say free time on the tongues

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btw my finals are over on thursday so maybe i can get back to covering potemkins theme soon YEAHHHH

true needle
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woooo!!!!

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i feel a little bad that i’m not playing as much strive as i should but it’s literally only because i’ve fallen down the fallout rabbithole again 😭 i’ve been playing modded to all hell fallout 4 recently and have been wanting to start a new savefile for new vegas, basically meaning i’m torn between like three games i really want to dedicate myself to rn
BUT that doesn’t mean i’m not thinking about slayer guiltygear every single day teeheemmm

misty cedar
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I made a Fallout topic in the Itemlabel forum. 😄

true needle
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oh, cool! might check it out as well :0

bleak gyro
hybrid anvil
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I saw this!! teeheemmm

true needle
bleak gyro
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its zappas birthday partytime

misty cedar
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:DDDDD

true needle
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happy zappa day !!

clever junco
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ive noticed int he 9 hours of owning sin that he was a little easier to learn then i thought he was

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ggst is my first fighting game so i went in blind initially and only knew how to play testement as my own crude verion of a rushdown and aparently i play sin weird too

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i showed my sevant of a friend in fighting game related topics and she was "flabberghasted" so im quite honestly not sure if thats good or not 😭

true needle
clever junco
true needle
# clever junco i showed my sevant of a friend in fighting game related topics and she was "flab...

understandable seeing as you play testament as a “rushdown” but honestly that’s just more funny to imagine than like. offensive or something LMAO
but if that’s more your thing i do think playing sin is a good idea, he’s like a crude mix between leo and sol if i had some sort of comparison gameplay wise
very gorilla no-brain max-reward sorta thing, i say this as a slayer main so i know what i’m talkin about

clever junco
true needle
clever junco
true needle
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it’s the one fighting game besides maybe melee i’ve ever gotten super into the comp scene of tho
like watching tournaments and whatnot

clever junco
true needle
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AMEN!!!

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i was born in the 8 rollback frames w/ 300 ping

clever junco
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UJHFHUFJEFOLJFOJ LMAOOOO

true needle
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but seriously strive is probably the best comp game i’ve been into
and believe me, my most played competitive game before this was apex legends, that shit SUCKS
but scene-wise its very welcoming and the game itself is fucking amazing, i love every aspect of it and i love talking about it with people dopple the only game i ever wanted to actively get better at for fun lol, daisuke’s doing something right

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AND it has slayer. doesn’t get better than this

bleak gyro
clever junco
true needle
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AMEN!!!!!!
i’ve been preaching for slayer since i got into guilty gear omg i love him so much u don’t understand
my nickname in-game is “xSLAYERLUVR666x” it’s so bad i love him so much

clever junco
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  • officer runs over to arrest the D1 slayer enjoyer for being too cool*
bleak gyro
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eddie button up kinda goes hard

true needle
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vanish into dark type swag

bleak gyro
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as a certified button up enjoyer (wearing one rn) the guilty gear button ups are tempting

true needle
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the roger button up goes so hard
a top bridget player wears it a lot in irl tournaments and it tempts me so hard
maybe it’ll make me get good as well,,,.,

bleak gyro
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the skill is stored in the buttons

honest geode
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ouugh i didnt know about these.. so cool…

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devastated that theres nothing testament there lmao but these are fire as hell anyhow

bleak gyro
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a testament one would be cool

true needle
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waiting patiently for the strive slayer merch (i most likely won’t buy it but still)

hybrid anvil
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I forgot there's guilty gear merch G1

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I'm gonna need a bedman blanket rn

bleak gyro
true needle
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i doubt many people here watch tournaments but even if you don’t this might just be the hypest top 8 of all time, almost all the matches go to game 5 and it’s genuinely insane
i’m so sad i missed watching this live BUT i strongly suggest watching this top 8 :3 it’s like the super bowl but for silly people
https://youtu.be/_yfljNH7bXk?si=iiTtiKgP1Cj7El0X

Match Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
5:28 Aarondamac (Happy Chaos) vs. UMISHO (Sol Badguy)
18:27 TempestNYC (Leo Whitefang) vs. Leffen (Happy Chaos)
37:46 Cheryo (Goldlewis Dickinson) vs. Lucien (Happy Chaos)
58:28 Aboii (Potemkin) vs. RedIAmNot (Goldlewis)
1:15:58 Losers Quarters A
1:30:25 Losers Quarters B
1:42:16 Winners Final
1:53:10 Losers Semifina...

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grand finals had my blood pressure rising it’s so good

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there’s also a bunch of other brackets that happened for games like street fighter 6, mk1, tekken, etc
so if those are more your speed then they’re all on the TNS youtube as well ^_^

bleak gyro
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ooo i'll watch it later

true needle
# bleak gyro ooo i'll watch it later

if you don’t want to sit through a 2 hour vod (which is fair enough) then the last match between leffen and umisho is honestly probably the best set that’s happened this year

bleak gyro
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woah

bleak gyro
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played accent core today, tried and mildly succeeded (enough to finish a story mode) at playing zappa

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he has so much going on lol

true needle
# bleak gyro he has so much going on lol

omg i know 😭 he’s like super top tier in that game but nobody plays him cause he’s surprisingly complex
all accent core characters have a bunch going on with them tbh, that’s really how old fighting games were
well i say “old” but even Xrd was complicated as hell
new challenge: try looking at ramlethal’s command list in Xrd and try to understand what the hell any of her 50+ moves mean (she’s still somehow mid tier)

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i wanna play the past entries prior to strive tho, they honestly fascinate me a lot
especially xrd, if i properly sunk my teeth into that game i don’t think i could ever stop talking about it lol
||i say, even though i never shut up about strive LMAO||

bleak gyro
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haha

misty cedar
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Also with Zappa you are at the mercy of RNG and have to adjust -quick-. XD

bleak gyro
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yeahh

hybrid anvil
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Did y'all see the strive season 4 trailer G1

misty cedar
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As a major Cyberpunk fan, I might have a new main.

true needle
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VENOM IS REAL IM SO HAPPY WAHHHHH

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I TOTALLY FORGOT TO SAY THAT HERE BUT HE WAS LIKE MY ONE OTHER DLC CHARACTER I WANTED WOOOO

misty cedar
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It's so unexpected but maaaan does it fit well.

true needle
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like right out of left field
i feel like gg is the series that doesn’t have crossovers in their own games but rather IS the crossover
but i’m happy

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i think lucy (i think that’s her name? idk i didn’t finish the cyberpunk anime) will look so cool once she gets in

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also dizzy but we all knew she would be here

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but venom over JAM?
that one i didn’t expect either

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i’m literally so happy tho i wanted venom so bad even tho it felt a little unlikely
then again anything’s possible in the gear
so now we have the assassin’s guild get-together!!!! woo

misty cedar
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Lucy has this thing called monowire which is like a razor-thin and superheated whip that extends from both wrists. They picked her of the cast for a reason.

Venom's been a quiet little favorite of mine. I just love the design of a pool hall assassin. He's like what other animes would make as a 'really cool side char who the hero defeats' because his powers are so wacky and niche. And Guilty Gear made him into one of the major heroes. Just 10/10.

bleak gyro
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YOOO VENOM IS IN?!

true needle
true needle
# misty cedar Lucy has this thing called monowire which is like a razor-thin and superheated w...

venom is probably the coolest fighting game gimmick character of all time imo (mechanic wise)
like he’s literally mr. setplay, i don’t know how they’re gonna adjust him seeing as in previous games his moves were VERY reliant on juggling to keep up combos (or well,,., as much as you can combo with setplay characters), not to mention strive’s whole thing of making things simpler, i’m curious how he’s gonna play
in any case i’m gonna be buying him, complexity isn’t gonna stop me from playing my other babygirl

misty cedar
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Oh yeah, this is one hell of a pass. And Dizzy is finally a queen! I'm kind of glad we get to see her all regal and not just a lost child of immense power. :C She's all grown'd up.

true needle
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literally can’t wait to see her animations and model
like slayer looked so goddamn good when he dropped, if she’s anything like him visuals wise then this is gonna be so cool

misty cedar
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Also for all you OLD SCHOOL fighting game fans and SNK fans...we're getting a new ART OF FIGHTING game.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE5Qd_s5q5M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GojAeduyodo

REALLY old school franchise. All of SNK's recent projects have been 3D on a 2D plane. My crazy prediction is that they're bringing this niche series back to do an old school 2D fighter.

This video shows all Super and Desperation Moves from Art of Fighting 2.

0:00 Ryo Sakazaki - Haoh Sho Ko Ken
0:10 Ryo Sakazaki - Ryuko Ranbu
0:28 Robert Garcia - Haoh Sho Ko Ken
0:39 Robert Garcia - Ryuko Ranbu
0:55 King - Double Strike
1:05 King - Surprise Rose
1:22 Temjin - Mongolian Fire Tackle
1:33 Temjin - Mongolian Mantra Masher
1:51 Eiji...

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This video shows all Desperation moves in Art of Fighting 3:

0:00 Robert Garcia - Ryuko Ranbu
0:32 Ryo Sakazaki - Ryuko Ranbu
1:03 Rody Birts - Hyper Tonfa
1:27 Kasumi Todoh - Cho Kasane Ate
1:53 Wang Koh-San - Kyukyo Ogi Randa Kun
2:27 Lenny Creston - Flick Break
2:58 Karman Cole - Aufeinander Folgerte
3:30 Jin Fu-Ha - Tohshin Shoh
3:54 Si...

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true needle
misty cedar
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Right? And I mean, I think there's room for both old school and new school stuff.

I really don't care what it looks like, I loved Art of Fighting's weird chars, so I'm all about this. XD And hey, more fighting games is never a bad thing!

hybrid anvil
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oh they're making a new art of fighting?

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I'm really happy snk is back with so many fighting games again

true needle
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by the way idk if anyone posted it here yet but there’s also a balance patch coming out tomorrow i think for strive

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zato, johnny, testament, elphelt, and others got buffed
system mechanics like white wild assault got nerfed (thank god), along with other changes, etc
overall pretty good unless your name is baiken

honest geode
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TESTAMENT WINNNN

true needle
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big win from the looks of it!! i got to play a little bit of testament due to a glitch (don’t ask how it happened) so this is pretty exciting for me too, but according to the notes, the biggest things are that they get better okizeme off things like throws, their teleport doesn’t get rid of their succubi after grave reaper anymore, and tweaks to their normals
i’m excited personally, besides venom soon i was wanting to buy them and pick them up as a secondary, seeing as recently i’m getting a little discouraged from bridget :(
otherwise big wins for a lot of characters and others are uh. left to rot kinda
my heart goes out to all the baiken mains in these trying times

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both my usual mains either got changed indirectly or nerfed not at all tho, so i’m chillin

hybrid anvil
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I'm happy with bedman? buffs but the wild assault changes will probably overshadow them

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having jump D launch sounds fun though 7C

honest geode
daring turtle
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the game is fast enough already. Chipp goes so freaking fast with 3 jumps, invisibility, teleports

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not sure if he also has wall cling here. One of his supers is a full-screen punish

true needle
hybrid anvil
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The team of 3 beta for strive is open now through the weekend, it's really fun if any of you haven't tried it yet 7C

true needle
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i played a little, it’s fun but omg i cant tell what’s happening 😭 it’s like what people imagine strive is like for those who don’t play guilty gear
it’s pretty fun tho

hybrid anvil
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Yeah it's very chaotic lol but it helps if you can communicate with your teammates

bleak gyro
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theres exactly three of us that play strive haha

hybrid anvil
true needle
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ok 3v3 is pretty funny now
played some late last night and here’s some of the team names me and my friends came up with 😭

the second match also had us fighting three slayers and two of them were named “baiken’s baikens” and “johnny’s johnnys”

bleak gyro
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lmaoo

misty cedar
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Gotta make a triple Goldlewis team.

Fed, Fedd and, Feddy.

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Government agent and fat.

hybrid anvil
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I fought a 3 sol team but they didn't have silly names like that

true needle
misty cedar
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HA

pine solar
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Moss gaming

true needle
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moss goin crazy on the sticks

hybrid anvil
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Moss hits the ewgf every time

misty cedar
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Who's his main?

pine solar
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Azucena, but she goes to a Mishima because EWGF is fun to hit

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Might also pick up King, Kuma, and Jack as well

toxic jay
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Oh my god I found ggs fans this is the greatest day of my life

bleak gyro
toxic jay
true needle
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john guilty gear here
i forgot about this thread a little but i haven’t stopped gearing it up rest assured

true needle
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hello fighting freaks.,..,.
it has been a while

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the dizzer.,.,. she looks so good G1

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also ive officially bought strive!!!! got it for my birthday a week ago
also bought testament and have been messing around with them, they're super fun :3

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idk if im gonna buy any more dlc characters until venom comes out

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but past that i think im good lol

honest geode
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THE DIZZERRRR!!!!!
have fun with strive!!!! i lorve testament 💗

true needle
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only bought it bc gamepass decided to take it off their catalogue finally
i find it funny now that the only arcsys fighter on there now is BBTAG which has like 3 concurrent players at any point but yk, to each their own
but ive been having a lot of fun with it ^_^ can't wait for dizzy to come out

hybrid anvil
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No thoughts just a big scythe

true needle
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amen

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at first i was a bit apprehensive because they're advertised as a zoner but tbh zoning is just one of the tools they have
they have other cool stuff that i like

hybrid anvil
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Once I figured out you can teleport to the succubus their mix became so fun

muted siren
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Just got street fighter and have been a guilty gear fan for a longgggg time (Haven’t played any of them.) Also was wishing I hung out in this server more so hi everyone. HAPPY DIZZY TRAILER DAY!!!!!

pine solar
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Happy Rivals 2 fellas

hybrid anvil
muted siren
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So excited to play strive I preordered it for the switch day one LOL still like 3 months away…

hybrid anvil
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This is why I'm glad they're putting it on switch

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And I think it comes with the dlc characters so you can try them all

muted siren
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YEAH I’m so glad I don’t have to pay like 120 dollars for this game 😭

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It came with a preorder bonus box full of. Mystery stuff I’m really curious what that’s going to be

true needle
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the new balance patch that's coming with dizzy is actually insane
highlights inlude goldlewis being able to do behemoth typhoon loops, potemkin buster having armor, leo backturn being safe on block now, and many more
which is scary for me because bridget main BUT
bridget got a new buff!!!! she can change what direction she goes in while rolling which will probably be great for mixups : 3

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overall im excited cause dizzy looks really cool and the characters that i do play got buffed
im just hoping arcsys remembered to do some nerfs too cus . slayer anguish and sol anguish and Others anguish (but slayer is the one i keep hearing about that needs to get nerfed and while i love him to death i 100% agree, they need to give him the zato treatment 😭)

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other than that i've been playing strive a lot lately
or at least trying to cause my internet is god awful

hybrid anvil
hybrid anvil
true needle
hybrid anvil
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I get hating to fight him though, when he's not suffering he's controlling the entire match

true needle
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real ‼️

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realistically i have a good matchup against bedman on all the characters i play (except maybe testament but they have one of the best 6p's in the game and a better zoning game + theoretically teleport to counter say bedman's projectile)
it's just entirely a thing of me being annoyed at the character itself lol

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theres always one mf who gets on your nerves in these types of games
bedman is one ofthem
as well as johnny

hybrid anvil
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My least favorite to fight is Sin cause I just have to block his mix like 8 times in a row and when I guess wrong the RISC gauge is full so I lose all my health

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Slayer is also tough but honestly I like fighting him cause he's just so dandy 7C

true needle
hybrid anvil
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■Official website:
https://www.guiltygear.com/ggst/

■GUILTY GEAR Official X
https://twitter.com/GUILTYGEAR_PR

煌めく翼が未来を照らす 咲き誇る慈愛の女王
GUILTY GEAR ーSTRIVEー クイーン・ディズィーのテーマ曲『Radiant Dawn』をお楽しみください!

Luminous wings guiding the path
Queen of compassion in full bloom
Enjoy Queen Dizzy's theme from Guilty Gear -Strive-!

■購入はこちら!
https://www.guiltyg...

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It's so good!

hybrid anvil
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Happy A.B.Aween!

muted siren
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Petting him

bleak gyro
hybrid anvil
clever junco
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do people still play ggst here

true needle
bleak gyro
clever junco
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blegh, we finna have to do an itemlabel tourney or somthing

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i gotta show everyone that testement isnt just a "worse ramlethal"

muted siren
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Still waiting for my copy of strive to get here LOL

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i am a mac user i had to get switch version……

true needle
clever junco
hybrid anvil
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aaaa that's so exciting!

clever junco
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TEAM OF THREE LETS GOO!!!

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im a hardstick sin and testament player and ive only ever played pot in team of three beacuse we thoguht it would be funny, so im exited to see how this plays out

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we ran three and we matched with another three LOL

bleak gyro
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lmaoo

true needle
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greetings fighting freaks.,.,,. someone has bought me accent core +r and im so exciter
played it a lil until my controller died and its rlly fun, sadly slayer is confusing to combo with so i might not play him for now 💔

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might play other characters in the meantime : 3 thinking i might try bridget in this game too, alongside anji and order sol / ky
the greed sever..... its calling me.......

bleak gyro
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YAYYY ACCENT CORE + R

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i got sick lol but when im better we should play it together!!

true needle
muted siren
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Only 24 days until strive switch release…..

bleak gyro
true needle
bleak gyro
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i am so happy about this information 7C

muted siren
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Happy strive switch day!! Finally I can play it LOL

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Playing so much baiken

true needle
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WOOOOO!!!!! happy strive switch day!!!!

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hope u have fun with the baikening lol

bleak gyro
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🎉

hybrid anvil
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Yippee happy strive switch day!! Time to blame the beasts teeheemmm

muted siren
true needle
muted siren
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??????? > keygrab > danzai > win

bleak gyro
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the random dude in the background lmaoo

rough egret
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Made this guy :3

daring turtle
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omgomgomg hiiiii Paracelsus

bleak gyro
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yooo nice

true needle
rough egret
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Ty ty!! He’s also 2 sided but I don’t have a pic of the other side rn

muted siren
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Yayyy dizzy in switch version

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I played her a bunch in x I’m so excited to get my hands on her again. I love dizzy yayyyyy

true needle
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wahoo!!! hope u enjoy playing the dizzer hehe
her strive design is so cool ... was rlly tempted to play her for a while but never had enough money to get her lol

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her colors are sick too, that color 11 is prob my favorite in the game

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hoping venom colors are good when he comes out.... so sad that he was delayed ☹️☹️need my silly little guy in strive

bleak gyro
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nice

muted siren
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Just picked up ggxx accent core lol

bleak gyro
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nicee partytime

true needle
true needle
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https://youtu.be/0Ds4zgV8ZW4 WE'RE SO BACK FELLAS

■Official website: https://www.guiltygear.com/ggst/en/
GUILTY GEAR : the next entry to the series

■GUILTY GEAR Official X
https://twitter.com/GUILTYGEAR_PR

■The fate of the universe will be determined...
The story of Guilty Gear, spanning over 25 years, will finally come to a conclusion in “GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-." The trials and tribulations of...

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VENOM TOMORROW!!! WAHOO

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god i havent been so excited for a gg thing since slayer LMAO
it feels so long ago ....... but i'm ready to hop back in the gear
not exaggerating when i say venom was the only other character i was hoping for, and while he's popular i didn't expect him to be added this soon
his design is amazing, his kit looks phenomenal, his theme (from the snippet that's played in the trailer) sound amazing, and ROBO KY IS THERE!!!!!! I PREDICTED IT!!!!!!!!!!! THE HATERS TOLD ME HE WOULDNT BE THERE BUT I BELIEVED

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love them so much it's actually insane

bleak gyro
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YEAHHH VENOM

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i was pleasantly surprised earlier today when i opened youtube and the trailer was the first thing i saw

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and i love that robo ky is there

muted siren
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Elphelt ball….

hybrid anvil
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omg did they do the darkstalkers thing of making every character a ball

muted siren
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👇every ball

hybrid anvil
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Johnny's looks so funny lol

muted siren
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Johnny ball

true needle
# muted siren 👇every ball

i think my favorites of these are the zato, bridget, goldlewis and bedman balls LMAO
they're so good..... goldlewis looks like the pringles mascot on his

hybrid anvil
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I do love slayer and axl too

muted siren
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The ball command grab is so interesting it looks so fun and exciting. Well I wish I could play him (venom is not available for switch players sadouioui)

hybrid anvil
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Wait he's not out on switch?

bleak gyro
pine solar
bleak gyro
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HUH?!!

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incredible

pine solar
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Also it’s very funny to me that he isn’t voicing himself it made me go “close enough, welcome back Multiversus LeBron James”

bleak gyro
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yeah lmao

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also the song in the trailer is fire

cold nymph
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Why does he need a voice actor
How and why did this even come about
Why did they yassify him
Are there gonna be more celebrity guest characters

cold nymph
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I'm a Ronaldo main now

cold nymph
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Nvm forgot about his crimes

misty cedar
misty cedar
pine solar
misty cedar
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This kind of makes a weird sense because SNK games are inexplicably popular in central and south America. There has got to be some soccer fan overlap.

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I love it. Sports-based fighting game chars are fun. They just usually aren't fucking RONALDO HIMSELF.

pine solar
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From what I heard the prince of Saudi Arabia who owns SNK just really liked Ronaldo but I’m a tourist so I can’t say for sure

misty cedar
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I would believe that. A fine reason!

misty cedar
pine solar
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Ronaldo really opened the floodgates here

misty cedar
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I'll be very, very honest. I am a HUGE fan of Duck King. I think he's one of the most underrated and fun SNK chars. I'm more than a little angry that they name drop him after not including him for over a decade. If Salvatore is in the game instead of him, I might actually be hesitant to buy.

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Homie's homie has strong opinions.

muted siren
pine solar
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https://fixupx.com/ishowspeedsui/status/1910687966290419764
this is just CotW being used to market a boxing match but the fact they got ishowspeed and ksi is funny and interesting

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pine solar
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Idk how people here feel about it but congratulations to Acola for winning Kagiribi 13 (the biggest tournament ever held for Smash Ultimate)

true needle
misty cedar
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Congrats indeed! 😄 Smash may not be a 'traditional' fighting game, but hard to deny it is one.

feral lichen
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Does Wii Sports Boxing count

misty cedar
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Good question! Don't know enough about it.

pine solar
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So uh

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Strive source code leaked

true needle
# pine solar Strive source code leaked

i’ve been hearing about that, realistically it shouldn’t be much of an issue because there’s no RCE exploits (from what people are saying) so you shouldn’t be at risk of being like hacked or anything
at worst, servers are gonna be down for a bit

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if you’re afraid tho then yeah probably don’t play strive for a bit
just play xrd instead!

pine solar
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Final hour of MVS, kinda gonna miss this fuckass game (or just Tom & Jerry specifically this game was ass)

pine solar
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From when I was done playing, I’m gonna miss sniping people as Jerry