#Thems fighting herds

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fast summit
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I guess the devs think he is balanced

gleaming hornet
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idk, he has moves that can hit you from the other side of the terrain instantly, or other moves that can just instantly deal more damage than your super attacks without any way to counter it

fast summit
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there's a way to counter almost everything. He's also a very slow and generally immobile character which I think is a big disadvantage

gleaming hornet
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slow ? Half his attacks are completely instantaneous and can hit from the other side of the terrain ><

fast summit
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I mean his movement is very slow

gleaming hornet
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he doesn't even need to move to hit your character !

fast summit
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also I dunno if you've ever played against velvet, but that's the true definition of a character who doesn't even need to touch you and kills you from the entire screen length away

gleaming hornet
hollow sedge
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I need to see more gameplay of Texas to compare him to Potemkin from Guilty Gear

pliant crown
pliant crown
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More lizard horse

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pliant crown
harsh wind
bold kelp
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Funny that Tian is there, cus she's probably older than the entire roster combined (including the dads)

pliant crown
pliant crown
pliant crown
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Got a new hat so, I made a outfit to go with it.twimerp

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hazy slate
lethal pendant
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me

pliant crown
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More Nidra arttwimerp made by Toxiccoswynaut

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pliant crown
pliant crown
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This is sick.

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hazy slate
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Yooooo

pliant crown
harsh wind
bold kelp
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very in character LMAO

hazy slate
harsh wind
pliant crown
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cocothink paps face reminds me of the tree of harmony twilight pic.cadancewheeze

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This one, same vibes.

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harsh wind
spice frigate
pliant crown
plain sandal
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Hmm, they were still supposed to reveal one more new character this year.

plain sandal
fast summit
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I want new character

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Guess they didn't deliver on their promise then

hazy slate
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I meme banned horse fighter at my fighting game local because this one dude wouldn't shuttup about horse fighter on the community discord and wanted everyone to play it before actually being at the local, kept telling him I would play the game with him if she showed up and he never did

pliant crown
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I was just getting salt for two new hats and i finally got to Gold rank.kirinhappy VelFeelsGood

bold kelp
fast summit
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@everyone who would be interested in an official manechat beginner's TFH tournament? I've been thinking about hosting one for a while and the winners would get something like best pony for a week. Would anyone participate?

sturdy wharf
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I’m gonna get my ass kicked but why not

fast summit
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if we can get at least 6 people on board, I'm totally making this into a thing

fast summit
harsh wind
fast summit
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you always have exams rdwut

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I'm thinking next sunday so surely you'll have time

harsh wind
harsh wind
plain sandal
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If it is on a Sunday I can join in

sturdy wharf
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Oleander mains rise up

fast summit
harsh wind
hollow sedge
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My TFH is broken thanks to Epic but am pretty sure my ping wouldn't be acceptable in the tournament

bold kelp
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ponkpain I want to, but i'm too intimidated to say I'd be willing to join

fast summit
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why? whyberry

bold kelp
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Lack of self-confidence; the usual suspect for things like that

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Also because I haven't played in like, 4 months and as washed up as all hell with minimal time to practice PanicFlutter

harsh wind
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i haven't played in 1 and a half years

fast summit
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guys, it's meant to be a beginner's tournament

bold kelp
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Intentions or not, I'm intimidated ponknothoughtsheadempty

harsh wind
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same

plain sandal
fast summit
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Oooh you have an actual arcade stick sick

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Am I the only keyboard player lol

plain sandal
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Yes

harsh wind
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at least it isn't a mac keyboard

hazy slate
hazy slate
hollow sedge
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Am controller player

lethal pendant
hazy slate
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Someone at frosty faustings 2022 took a picture of the horse fighter booth, I'm the person on the right

fast summit
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oh sweet

harsh wind
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i am a macbook air player

fast summit
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@everyone sorry for the repeat ping, ponies. The tournament is a thing and it's scheduled for <t:1699120800:F>! more info in #meme-bracket-updates go sign up!

sturdy wharf
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Hell yeah tournament time

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Where did you get this and how do I get one

plain sandal
sturdy wharf
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Sweet. I might get that art fitted for my own stick

bold kelp
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PanicOllie I'd likely just watch

edgy hemlock
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Heard about the tournament but never played TFH yet, I do own it though. Is it possible to play on keyboard? or better to use say an XBOX controller?

hazy slate
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yes to both

edgy hemlock
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oh nice, thanks

hazy slate
strong bane
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this game even worth getting into? do very many people even play it?

fast summit
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It has a small but more or less active community

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I'd say it's worth playing

hazy slate
pliant crown
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cadancewheeze Ghost Pap is back.Hoprika

hazy slate
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the official horse fighter merch is being discontinued on the 13th

fast summit
bold kelp
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glad I got one of my pins already then

fast summit
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I'm really lucky to have grabbed a velvet figure when I did because it's literally impossible to find them now

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Last I checked no one sells them even on ebay

bold kelp
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I was waiting for more pins to show up for the dlc characters, but that's not happening now

pliant crown
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CashMoney Shop inventory changed time to get SaltCube

plain sandal
pliant crown
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There's two right now the axe of annihilation and the holy hammer.

plain sandal
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Thanks

pliant crown
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Also the Kitsune Mask is in too.kirinhappy

pliant crown
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The deer army is mobilizing.cadancewheeze

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hazy slate
pliant crown
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Cap and Cashmere have new stuff in stock, including two followers being Chopper and Bees

harsh wind
lusty raptor
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i just bought the game for the first time, excited to play it

bold kelp
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spike_thumbsup Have fun

lusty raptor
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i would like you all to know this is the first thing i'm spending my money on since i got a job other than bus tickets and food which i personally dont count

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because i like, need those

bold kelp
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wah I hope you get your money's worth

pliant crown
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For anyone who wants to know what followers are available the fushing rod and bouncin' bun are in.twimerp

lusty raptor
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i'm stuck on the tutorial ppinkiepain

fast summit
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good luck Nat ponkscrunch

lusty raptor
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why doesn't it let me assign my mouse to any of the controls

fast summit
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it might not be easy, but it's gonna be fun

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oh, the game doesn't use mouse at all

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it's primarily designed for controllers and it really shows :p

lusty raptor
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thats dumb game design

fast summit
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I rebound my movement keys to be WASD and the attack keys to be arrow keys

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because I'm more comfortable with WASD for movement

lusty raptor
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i'm starting to think this combo is impossible because i've been trying for 10 minutes now and i cant get the hits to land

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fast summit
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you can do it Nat

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I believe in you

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If you're having trouble timing the attacks then don't rdwut do it like me and just spam they key until you see the attack come out then start spamming the next one

lusty raptor
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I DID IT BUT IT DIDNT WANT TO COUNT IT BECAUSE I DIDNT JUMP FORWARDS?!?!!

fast summit
lusty raptor
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YES

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I DID ONE

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OUT OF 2

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oh and i did it instantly the 2nd time

fast summit
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progress!

lusty raptor
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woo i've done the basics

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and i'm still struggling

plain sandal
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When I was trying to learn Oleander I just did all the training combos over and over for about 4 hours. By that point it becomes muscle memory. I still need to practice more though.

lusty raptor
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i'm going to kill someone because of how picky these tutorial criterias are

hazy slate
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Yeah, I forget if I completed them or not, I just went straight to the combo trials

lusty raptor
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"oh whats that, you wanted to move forward to actually get closer to your opponent so you cold hit them? wrong. do it again."

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alright i've played enough of the tutorial now

harsh wind
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i still haven't defeated ollie in the story mode

plain sandal
harsh wind
pliant crown
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What happened to the servers.
ppenk

pliant crown
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There's a tfh update.kirinhappy

fast summit
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server fix afaik

hazy slate
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new dragon?

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BUT THEY'RE CEASING DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAME

fast summit
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well... fuck

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sad

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I mean tbh I was kinda expecting that but now that they say it so openly

fast summit
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it's joever, game gonna die after the final update

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ggs

hazy slate
harsh wind
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Damn, many years of development for just 1.5 chapters in story mode

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I always wondered if story mode will actually be completed or at least continued to ch2

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New characters and maps are nice but for offline players, there is only the CPU and story mode

inner kindle
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Never really played TFH since fighting games aren't really my jam, but I wanted it to succeed just based on where it came from

fast summit
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I wanted it to succeed too, that's why I'm kinda angry they're ending it off now

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really fucking disappointing

harsh wind
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Yup

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I feel the same. I just bought the game last year. Hoping for some new content

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There was a huge gap between ch1 of story mode and shanty being released.

fast summit
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I put a lot of time into this game already. And for what?

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For it to die in a year from now?

inner kindle
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This would be a good time for source code and dev tools to accidentally leak twimerp

harsh wind
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Imagine the people who bought the season pass

fast summit
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Mfw

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I also bought shanty on release

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Then they go and make her free bigbrain

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Fuckin biggest brain dev team ever

inner kindle
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If they basically went bankrupt anyway, I suspect they didn't see a point of trying to make more money beyond whatever they have to pay back to the publisher

lusty raptor
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yo i just realised i can connect my old controller to my laptop if i'm gonna play tfh ccloudypog

inner kindle
fast summit
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If i had to guess it's just a decision made by the parent company

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Probably decided TFH isn't profitable though and decided to move the devs to another game or something

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Would make sense

harsh wind
fast summit
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Should never have sold out to a company

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Swear to God that's when it went downhill

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That's when it anyways goes downhill

fast summit
harsh wind
fast summit
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I spent money on her and the season pass. Basically gave m6 all the money I could

harsh wind
fast summit
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Maximus I think it's called

harsh wind
fast summit
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They merged m6 together with modus

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Really pissed right now

harsh wind
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Rip one of the most crowd funded game for a mlp-esqe game

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I wonder how the people who spent hundreds of dollars on kickstarter for tfh are thinking about the announcement.

fast summit
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they must be simply delighted to see such wonderful news

harsh wind
timid nova
fast summit
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I don't just mean a publisher, I mean they were literally acquired by a company and then merged with a different studio

timid nova
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I have not heard of this. Source?
I only remember that they switched the publisher from Humble Bundle to Modus

fast summit
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Video games publisher Maximum Games today announced the acquisition of Mane6

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Maximum Games was recently acquired by Swedish gaming group Zordix AB (publ) (“Zordix”) in November 2021, and controls development team Modus Studios

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With today’s acquisition, Mane6 will join Modus Studios, and will continue to work on further improvements to the game.

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Modus is not a publisher

timid nova
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Oh, cool

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Thank you

fast summit
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though steam displays it as such

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weirdly enough

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it was a full on acquisition and I have a feeling most of the problems stem from that

timid nova
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That said, I very much doubt that that's when it went downhill.

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Like, even before that, we would get a lot of promises that would rarely be fulfilled

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If I had to guess, the management of the dev team was not great and that's where all of the problems come from

harsh wind
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The lack of chapter 2 I feel was the biggest problem

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The game still felt unfinished even with new characters

timid nova
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Yeah, except when it took them 2 years to make Chapter 1 they said that the reason it took so long is because you see, they were developing all these tools to make chapters faster and Chapter 2 wouldn't take as long

fast summit
timid nova
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I'm guessing 2 years later they ran out of money (because again, mismanagement if I had to guess) and that's why they got acquired

fast summit
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I think

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Well, anyways, unfortunate end

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Really liked this game and put a lot of time into it

timid nova
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I put a fair amount (though I played casually) but it is very unfortunate to see them actually drop the ball on the story

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Which I know to be the reason why many people bought the game

fast summit
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I'm not even as upset about the story as I am about the complete abandonment of the game

harsh wind
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I was also interested in the story since I don't really play online

fast summit
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But yeah not getting any story mode sucks too

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Especially since they posted those screenshots of stuff from the cancelled chapter and it looked amazing

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We lost so much twicry

harsh wind
timid nova
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I kind of started to play less actively from 2.0 and stopped completely right before Texas release because I moved countries and could not play with most people I used to play with

harsh wind
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I had exams so I stopped playing last year

timid nova
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But it is amusing how we went from "we will finish all chapters of story mode by the end of 2022" to "it's never actually happening"

fast summit
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Yup izzyscrunch

harsh wind
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Was going to start playing again but with no story, there isn't really anything left to do except to try online

fast summit
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I only started playing actively like 4 months ago and it's sad to see this so soon

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Probably part of the reason it's so upsetting to me

harsh wind
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At least I managed to get the game on a discount

timid nova
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So overall my take is this:

  1. Management was not amazing. And maybe even gone worse since Aaron joining (as the project manager iirc?)
  2. Because of that they have ran out of money without actually finishing anything other than chapter 1 so they got acquired to get more money. The company that acquired them hoped that season pass stuff would bring some more $$$
  3. The season pass and characters thing did not bring as much $$$ as everybody hoped so they have ran out of money again and now the development is stopped.
harsh wind
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Some people managed to get tfh for free via epic games few months ago

timid nova
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Maybe my take is wrong, but we will never know unless M6 will be more transparent about all of this and give us insight on what is and was happening

harsh wind
fast summit
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It's plausible theory

harsh wind
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Yeah

fast summit
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Also really disappointing that they don't want to release the story mode plot to those who want it

timid nova
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I can be convinced to give M6 more money if they promise me a comic with the story

fast summit
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One person put it this way and they kinda nailed it "they wasted as much of our time as they did Lauren's"

timid nova
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Yeah

harsh wind
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How could they lose so much money from ch1 alone from the insane amount of crowd funding they had few years ago.

timid nova
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Management

fast summit
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Like Lauren gave them a whole IP to work with and they're just throwing it away like this

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Smh

timid nova
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When you don't have good management it's super easy to pour money down the drain

fast summit
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Yeah true

timid nova
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And by money I mean time, but money is time so

timid nova
timid nova
harsh wind
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6 years for 1 chapter 💀

timid nova
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2 years for chapter 1 and soon to be 4 since then

harsh wind
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4 years of waiting to get half of a chapter

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So what next for playing mlp games

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Mlp pinball apple arcade or gameloft mlp on mobile

hazy slate
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filly astray

harsh wind
hazy slate
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you said for mlp games

fast summit
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It's a nice lil mlp game that released recently

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As for upcoming mlp games, there's still some cool ones to look forward to

harsh wind
fast summit
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oof lol

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indigo cloud
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Unfortunate.

fast summit
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I mean, I may or may not have participated in the review bombing myself MinuetteScrunchEmote

harsh wind
timid nova
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Deserved imo

fast summit
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yup

bold kelp
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I think they just bit off more than they could chew: it sucks it happened, but I'm not gonna do anything other than just be sad about the situation iceking_sad

timid nova
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We don't know for sure what happened. If only M6 would've been more transparent with their development process

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Instead what we have is a black box

bold kelp
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True

lethal pendant
marsh moth
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I've just learned this game is on Xbox!! I thought its a little game like on PC or something

bold kelp
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Nah, it's on all the consoles too

sturdy wharf
sturdy wharf
spice frigate
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I commissioned that! Thanks for sharing!

spice frigate
# bold kelp Nah, it's on all the consoles too

After they cease active development of the game, official servers (for pixel lobbies) might shut down. PC player can still make community or private servers, but console players might only be able to play multiplayer locally, if that happens.

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But enough depressing talk, I have something encouraging. I want to give a tribute to the characters and world of Foenum we love so much with a final fandub. https://www.castingcall.club/projects/them-s-fightin-herds-story-mode-fandub If you're interested, please audition with a good microphone and at least some acting ability.

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Casting Call Club - Casting Calls - Them's Fightin' Herds story mo...

Casting Call Club - Create voice work, casting calls, and audio projects. Audition for voiceover roles and find voice actors. Them's Fightin' Herds story mode fandub

marsh moth
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Just when I discovered I can play this game on a console

fast summit
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I'm not a very good voice actor MinuetteScrunchEmote

bold kelp
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me either

harsh wind
fast summit
harsh wind
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damn now it is an ign article

hazy slate
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Horse fighter 7.8/10 to much water

harsh wind
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🔫starlightstare

sturdy wharf
pliant crown
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ShrugDerpy No idea they haven't said anything.

sturdy wharf
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RIP herds, dude. im still salty about this

pliant crown
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I'm just gonna move this here.twimerp
https://fxtwitter.com/Fyre_flye/status/1728254869654712762?t=nNrjrH6283ZAKbmkqjUP9g&s=19

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Lauren Faust and Furious (@Fyre_flye)

Too bad that after all this time it had to come to an end before the ending. BUT WHAT A RIDE! I'm grateful to have been a part of it. And while I'm here...

Can Story Mode just be a.... SHOW? Or a COMIC? I mean, the whole damn thing is written for Foenum's sake!*

↘️ Quoting Mane6 Dev Team (TFH Official) (@mane6dev)

We have a balance patch for...

inner kindle
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It's possible, given the rise of crowdfunded indie animation

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However, I can foresee a reputation problem here. TFH now has a stain on its track record, and people probably wouldn't be as willing to dump in their money again for this

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And animation especially costs a whole lot of money

pliant crown
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From what I heard while lurking in the official discord a lot of people who still want story mode said they would be down to fund something like a comic or book of some kind.

hazy slate
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people enjoyed the story and want more of it, it's a shame in the way it was presented didn't work out

strong bane
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an animated series would be god tier

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especially if lauren was a part of it

spice frigate
# sturdy wharf is this confirmed??

Not confirmed, but educated speculation. If you want, I can hunt down the exact place where Aaron Stavely (the production manager) said that they wouldn't be able to keep the official servers open.

pliant crown
hazy slate
harsh wind
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a comic would be good tbh

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a show would be understandably too expensive

harsh wind
hazy slate
fast summit
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average dead game moment

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we are gatherin an army

hazy slate
harsh wind
bold kelp
spice frigate
hazy slate
harsh wind
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same here

harsh wind
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eepy

marsh moth
pliant crown
hazy slate
harsh wind
pliant crown
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The tfh's discord announcement for the last update has so many reactions that it's broken and you can't react anymore.

harsh wind
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bruh

fast summit
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108 negative reviews izzyscrunch

harsh wind
sturdy wharf
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I’m actually half decent at the game now, anyone want to spar?

lusty raptor
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i will

sturdy wharf
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Swag

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I’ll be in the West 2 server

lusty raptor
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alright

sturdy wharf
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Ty for the spar man

lusty raptor
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yw

sturdy wharf
# lusty raptor yw

You’re probably the closest person to my skill level I’ve ever played so you have no idea how happy this made me lol

lusty raptor
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ah alright twimerp

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still a bit better though raritysmug

sturdy wharf
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Indeed ajyall

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We should do this again

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I have to go consume food now tho

lusty raptor
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my fighting style in any fighting game ever: be super speedy and all over the place

lusty raptor
marsh moth
hazy slate
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anypony down to play?

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need to get my tianhuo reps in for the month

pliant crown
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Modus games took over the ownership of the official discord.

hazy slate
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holy shit

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where does it say that?

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IT WAS DELETED WTF

pliant crown
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Modus are doing some very suspicious stuff.

pliant crown
hazy slate
harsh wind
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bruh what is even happening

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😭

pliant crown
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Modus also kicked most of the mods of the discord server, I've been lurking and most of the community is revolting.

hazy slate
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can't wait for the Matt McMuscles wha happun? video

fast summit
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wtf are they doing man

pliant crown
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And modus hasn't said a word.

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Noelle is in the official tfh discords general with a flamethrower rn.

harsh wind
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tfh has dropped harder than ferrari in 2020 ppenk

bold kelp
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that joke flew way over my head p_idiot

harsh wind
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it is a motorsport joke

bold kelp
sturdy wharf
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I feel like I’ve changed my stance from “fuck mane6” to “fuck MODUS” xP

fast summit
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both. both is good

bold kelp
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I wonder how quickly the funds were drained once they merged

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Er, merged? Was mane6 bought?

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Idk, nor do I care to cite my sources wah

sturdy wharf
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Based username tbh

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(The middle one)

harsh wind
pliant crown
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I've heard big news from the official discord, when modus fired most of the dev team one of the three remaining devs resigned the day after. There's only two devs left working on the game.

hazy slate
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oooof, I uh, don't think we're gonna get those last two characters lmao

timid nova
hazy slate
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those two devs have a gun pointed to their heads as they're coding

harsh wind
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Asai's only message lmao

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I can see nidra releasing but I don't think baihe will be release on schedule

fast summit
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honestly dunno if Baihe iseven gonna release

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wouldn't be surprised if t he game gets canned before then

timid nova
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I think it's going to be fine

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Well, unless the remaining devs resign. Then it's interesting

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But if they don't it's going to be fine

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People blame Modus for everything but IMO M6 are to blame.
And Modus left only the people completely necessary to finish the characters, which makes sense.
With the game development coming to an end you don't need a project manager, community managers, etc

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That said, I would say QA is fairly important and they fired Oreo, so who knows. Perhaps they will bring some QA from their side

fast summit
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I blame both tbh rdwut

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It's not like what Modus did was unreasonable - they were just cutting costs on an (I'm assuming) unsustainable project

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but I do feel like TFH started going downhill ever since M6 got acquired

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probably because of pressure from modus

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or something like that

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and M6... well, I don't think i even have to say

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started off so well but completely fucked up the development in the long run

timid nova
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I dunno, in my eyes TFH started going uphill after it got acquired, they actually started doing something

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Well, M6 went uphill I guess is more what I want to say

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Not so much TFH

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But also M6 is to blame for being acquired by Modus in the first place :P

fast summit
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like I genuinely don't understand how they had a team of like 20 people and could barely push out a character and a half assed patch per year

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what the fuck y'all doing over there?

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and I remember how long it took them to finally release lvl3 supers... that no one even really wanted?

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all that development time could've been spent on something way more important

timid nova
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People were asking for lvl3 and they teased them and then proceeded to not release them for like 2 years

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But in the end lvl3 supers did not really impact the game in any way, unfortunately.

fast summit
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they're completely useless

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all that time could've been spent on adding actually essential things like... matchmaking? new gamemodes? story mode?

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like come on'

timid nova
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M6 should've adopted Factorio method

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Development blog post every week. Going into high detail on what are they working on and what is being done

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But we didn't really have that so we have no idea how much they worked on what and how much time did they spend

fast summit
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can't have a blog detailing what's being done when nothing is being done pearbutterjoy

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there's no other explanation on how they took so long to get anything out

timid nova
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We can only guess. But because of this lack of transparency to me it seems like they were not doing anything at all most of the time

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And M6 became waaay less transparent ever since Aaron joined them

fast summit
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I wouldn't be surprised if the entire team got burnt out after releasing shanty or something

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because like they clearly worked their asses off to make a really good game before that

timid nova
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And when Aaron joined in his introduction video he was talking about how he would make sure work is going to be done and everything is going to be done on schedule but it honestly felt like the opposite happened, everything became worse. Perhaps I am wrong, but again, lack of transparency doesn't help here.

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Anyway, I am confident that Modus left only the necessary people to finish the unfinished work

fast summit
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let's hope so rdwut

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but I really wouldn't put it past them to just can the game as is

harsh wind
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How much tfh raised in their kickstarter. I can't remember the amount

fast summit
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600k

timid nova
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It's not a lot for a game tbh. But at the same time they got a ton of stuff for free, like engine, world/lore, etc

fast summit
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for an indie game that's actually quite a lot IMO

harsh wind
pliant crown
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Switch eShop may have gave us a dlc release date 2/6/24, it's estimated so the date can change so take it with a gain of SaltCube

hazy slate
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I'm so behind on this, is this the elephant DLC?

fast summit
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oh?

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also she's a tapir

hazy slate
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I was at the frosty faustings tourney in Chicago and for this game one of the people on the team was there (Black Atlus) and he had a funny speech before the start of the bracket and at the end he was like "Fuck MODUS"

fast summit
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Did he elaborate?

hazy slate
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I didn't ask, I'm sure he would've wanted to talk but I just didn't feel like asking

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I should note, Black Atlus was former dev team

pliant crown
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Update the dlc estimated release date on switch has been moved to 2/22/24

fast summit
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nidra and baihe screenshots revealed

hazy slate
marsh moth
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Is that a new character or new to switch? I was thinking someone said there will be no updates

strong bane
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after nidra and another character, there wont be any more

pliant crown
strong bane
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poor angel

pliant crown
pliant crown
hazy slate
pliant crown
pliant crown
pliant crown
pliant crown
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The final update is out.

fast summit
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YIPEEEEE

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let's check this out

harsh wind
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damn, final update

fast summit
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how unbalanced is this shit

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INB4 nidra is underpowered and baihe is OP as fuck

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let's see if I'm right

hollow sedge
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ooo

pliant crown
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Omg Baihe is a living sentry gun

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If people thought ole and vel spammed projectiles they're going to flip over Baihe.

hazy slate
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hell yeah, new main

fast summit
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yikes

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yeah

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machine gun

hazy slate
pliant crown
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Why does baihe's projectile charge have armor, I armored though ole launcher.ponee

hollow sedge
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Both of them got so much sauce

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Omg she can charge on air too

pliant crown
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Oh God baihe turret stance is fully armored.

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starlightwheeze she do be sitting tho, also apparently she has a sister.

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hollow sedge
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she sits and eepy

pliant crown
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She has a few broken voice lines.

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The main tfh discord already found a infinite with baihe and are thinking about banning her from competitive.

hollow sedge
pliant crown
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I found only found one so far, I wouldn't know which one because it was broken and didn't play. Also looks like the stronghoof versions of music for other stages will never get implemented.

hollow sedge
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I'm assuming the new characters don't have their own versions as well?

pliant crown
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They do not big rip on that one.

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And the older characters don't have stage versions for the new stages as well, this includes the stage versions for stronghoof's stage.

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Oh God, Cam said to straight up ban baihe or play a different version because she released unfinished.

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The official tfh discord is so on fire right now that its lagging my phone.

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Baihe released unfinished, modus released baihe unfinished.

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No one should ever trust their business again.

hollow sedge
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Really big sad

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I dunno if any other company would be able to rescue this

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I remember when I got into the game during the Stronghoof era

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Was thinking the game got so much passion in it

harsh wind
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"S1 of the season pass" hitchgrim

pliant crown
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I would say all the passion died when the story got cut and most of the people working on the game got fired.

hollow sedge
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Do you think it's possible for fans to "fix" Baihe with mods?

pliant crown
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100% but that leaves out all console players, which I'm one of.

hollow sedge
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I heard the Switch version broke

fast summit
hollow sedge
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Maybe we haven't found the way yet

fast summit
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the devs are also against modding

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though I guess since most of them were fired it's not a problem anymore rdlol

hollow sedge
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They don't have a choice at this point, Baihe needs to be fixed and we sure don't want a cool looking character to just be forgotten

pliant crown
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The devs and most of the community were against modding, since the devs were fired I've seen people in the official discord say they will start modding so it's only a matter of time.

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Also all my pixel lobby progress is on switch so that's spooky.

pliant crown
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Turns out nidra has a game freezing bug and now both characters are banned.

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👏

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Good job modus.

hazy slate
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https://vxtwitter.com/FernsComm/status/1760754764713713741

vxTwitter / fixvx
And let's not forget about Nidra. Gives me Ruby Heart glitch vibes. 【QRT of Poco (@PocoQuinn):】 'Hey @MaximumEntmt next time could you AT LEAST wait until AFTER the DLC is done to fire the developers? or will Die… 💖 0
Ferns (@FernsComm)

And let's not forget about Nidra. Gives me Ruby Heart glitch vibes.

【QRT of Poco (@PocoQuinn):】
'Hey @MaximumEntmt next time could you AT LEAST wait until AFTER the DLC is done to fire the developers?

or will Die…

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Rip

fast summit
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loads of bugs that cause crashes and freezes

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2 different infinites on baihe

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if they don't fix this shit it's kinda joever for the game

harsh wind
hazy slate
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practicing the Biahe infinite is actually kinda fun lol

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managed to get 102 hits as my highest rep

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you need to delay the 6A slightly so they aren't to high up for the next rep or else juggle decay will get out

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124, new record

hazy slate
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got it

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harsh wind
hazy slate
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it's super easy

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just do anything into siege cannon and then repeat 6A, 236C

placid breach
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ggs yall,pack your bags we're going to tekken now

plain sandal
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Can't even go back to playing Fighting is Magic without being worried about getting malware.

fast summit
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Fighting Is Magic: Aurora is a thing

plain sandal
fast summit
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huh???

plain sandal
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There was a build that got infected.

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The video explains it. I don't think it was the builds on the official website

fast summit
harsh wind
placid breach
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i think its better to not spread the clips at this point,the less casual players know about this the better

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pixel lobbies with randoms will become unplayable

harsh wind
placid breach
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sometimes info gatekeeping is for the best

hazy slate
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wow, I was actually thinking of booting up Aurora lmao

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thanks for the info

harsh wind
digital wind
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I JUST learnt about the cease of development. Man...... it's just so sad

placid breach
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if only they actually worked on the game instead of releasing dumb as shit console ports that introduced more problems and are most likely heavily responsible for killing off the game

pliant crown
boreal tangle
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Like the devs were fired 3 months ago while they were working on the two dlc characters

placid breach
# boreal tangle Nah it was modus aka maxiumum's games fault lol

im of full belief that everyone was at fault
mane6 made bad decision,gave in to the wrong people,and didnt work on the game enough in a meaningful way
maximum with its bullshit console ports that are probably the biggest reason the game is dead
modus for firing the whole team at the worst time possible

boreal tangle
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I disagree with the console ports

placid breach
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console ports sucked for the game

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they were not in scope of the team to handle and they overestimated their ability to manage them

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most players are still on pc,and the ocassional casual player that gets it in on console very clearly didnt help them enough with publicity or money

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at most they should have done a ps4 port since its also the main platform for many fighting game players a long side pc,but thats it,doing everything else was exclusively a waste of time and money and what killed them off

boreal tangle
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But wouldn't that be the publishers fault?

placid breach
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i think both of them are at fault,mane6 still had to agree to these terms afterall

boreal tangle
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well, can you really disagree with a publisher?

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kinda like a boss ya know

placid breach
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before you sign you can

boreal tangle
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and the ports were handled by diffrent teams apperently

placid breach
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but their resources were used

fast summit
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you kind of can't. It's part of the contract, they can simply stop funding you if you don't comply with their terms

placid breach
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cuz im 100% sure a thing like going physical with the game would definitely be in one of the listed terms

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or at the very least discussed

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its a major step,and one that was too big for them,as simple as that they should have just stuck to community support and actually giving them content,hell even add microtransactions or something cuz the community was more than happy and able to sustain them

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even people who dont play tfh actively* still support it a lot

boreal tangle
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cause I hear no one speak about color pallet packs lol

placid breach
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depends on which fighting game,like if you said tekken then yea they are stuck up bastards

boreal tangle
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or mk

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$10 for a fatality

placid breach
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then people would have cared,ive definitely would have bought them if they were and im sure others would have aswell,if not to have them then to atleast support the game

boreal tangle
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and I tried my best to support the game, buying it two times

placid breach
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ive given up on supporting it by the stronghoof dlc,they released 2 characters in a row that were severely overtuned and they didnt do shit with them(stronghoof took like 8 months to get nerfed?)

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just yoinked it instead

boreal tangle
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Physical edition lol

placid breach
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i still really wanna get the shirt design files out of them

boreal tangle
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Most stuff was taken down like the mane6 website and the forms so there's a ton of lost media now if stuff wasn't archived

boreal tangle
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They are back up now

pliant crown
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Whitetail dropping the stage music variations for the dlc characters, so at least we get music that would be in the game before they were cut.

harsh wind
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Modus is now banning people in the TFH server hitchgrim

pliant crown
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From what I've heard their banning prominent community members, modus is now trying to delete tfh from existing at any level.

placid breach
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any names?i havent heard of anyone getting banned yet

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feel free to dm ofc if you dont think you wanna share that herew

pliant crown
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I only learned about it hours after it happened so I don't have names.

placid breach
pliant crown
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Modus were cought banning people just because they made bug reports and they wiped the reports.

placid breach
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read up on that,they got unbanned apparently,only thing lost is their msg history

harsh wind
placid breach
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everyone already knows they are fucked though,they aint covering shit up

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its time to give up on the game

pliant crown
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I was outta the loop, I've been going ham on palworld.

hazy slate
sturdy wharf
boreal tangle
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I'm still going to play this game

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just a discord fighter now

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the only way it would be a dead game if the servers are unaccessible

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plus i've seen obscure fighting games have a community so I think things will be fine-ish

hazy slate
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I want to see what ruleset they're going to run at combo breaker this year

boreal tangle
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No baihe most definitely

fast summit
pliant crown
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Most likely a April fools.

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placid breach
placid breach
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got bad news for that,the entire team is fired izzyscrunch

neat geyser
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hello

timid nova
fast summit
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Wowie can't believe it but they actually patching the game

timid nova
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They promised they would be bugfixing

placid breach
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well they also promised an entire storymode but how did that go along MinuetteScrunchEmote
doesnt seem like they fixed nidra's hitboxes either

timid nova
fast summit
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Well at least nidra and baihe will be allowed in tourneys now

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I hope...

placid breach
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ill just quit the game and become a full time training mode player at tyhat point

hazy slate
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damn, I was lowkey hoping it would be the final version as a constant reminder of publisher sins

placid breach
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the community would literaly execute them,they made 2 of the most interesting characters in the game universally banned in tournaments cuz of their incompetence so it would be even more fucked than it is rn

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actually nvm theres quite a lot of pp suckers

neat geyser
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fun fact: this game and Geometry Dash have the same game engine, it's named Firelight Technology

neat geyser
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alpaca is horse and sheep combined with ended up being a ball of fluff

pliant crown
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Big News!
https://steamcommunity.com/app/574980/discussions/0/597388342426865533/

DECEMBER SURPRISE PATCH :: Them's Fightin' Herds General Discussions

To download the December TFH patch: Right click the game in your Steam library -> Properties -> Betas, click the dropdown and click on 'December_patch" and then it will download the update. Keep in mind that it is only available on Steam for now. Patch Notes: · Velvet: o Fixed an issue that prevented Velvet from doing air-Icicles if she was move...

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Too bad I'm a switch player big rip.

hazy slate
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interesting

midnight prism
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For the people that don't know the game is free on the epic game store until 13-3-2025

fresh hazel
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Typo, tournament is June 14th

pliant crown
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I just learned that TFH has a new owner from the official discord, we don't know who yet tho.

fresh hazel
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New owners of TFH confirmed on Steam, it's a startup called Gameplay Group Int'l

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They also snagged another fighting game from Maximum Entertainment, Diesel Legacy, but not the other, also abandoned FGs MaxEnt had
Research on the group's LinkedIn/documents reveals the founder to be Victor Hugo, a character designer for fighting game Killer Instinct 2013

hazy slate
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interesting, we'll see where this goes

harsh wind
tough robin
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I would be surprised to see development continue, even though FGs are in a much better state in 2025 than in 2023 (thanks SF6... but it also means you have to compete with it)

fresh hazel
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I remain cautiously optimistic, even if I'm not expecting any future development

pliant crown
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I've just heard through the official discord we will be getting a announcement of some form tomorrow.PanicOllie

harsh wind
dry depot
pure lantern
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shoot, we got a TFH page??!! nice, Velvet main here

fresh hazel
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We also have a community manager, Geoff, who also works the same role for other games GGI acquired. They were an ex-MaxEnt employee who let us know about the beta December 2024 patch (still yet to be released) shortly before their company laid them off, so they're well respected by the playerbase.
FWIW don't expect much from GGI at the moment, as TFH is not the main priority. Their main focus is on an in-progress project that started at MaxEnt and was saved from cancellation by GGI. That fighting game is called Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game (working title) based on the AtLA and TLoK universe. The 2 former Mane6 devs (Beta and Mario) GGI currently has are both working on the game, so their priorities will be split at best.
A fun piece of trivia: the Avatar fighting game was initially assigned to Mane6 early on in their acquisition by MaxEnt. Mane6 accepted, on the condition that they finish TFH first (Story Mode, etc.). However, due to time constraints, MaxEnt reassigned the project to another fighting game team they had assembled and who worked on the game Diesel Legacy. The two games not only share the same devs, but also the same engine, called the Abare Engine.

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It's possible that outside of bugfixes and releasing the December patch, no further gameplay changes or additions will be made until GGI has sufficient profits from Avatar Legends to fund it.

pure lantern
fresh hazel
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Yeah I've been posting about herds for a short while here

hazy slate
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yooooooooo

pure lantern
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seeing all sorts of frens here now! nice

fresh hazel
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(Personal note from Geoff, the new community manager)

placid breach
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I REPEAT NATURE IS HEALING

fresh hazel
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tl;dr Geoff summarizes the events throughout this year, in that Gameplay Group Int'l acquired Diesel Legacy, TFH, and the Avatar game from Maximum Entertainment. GGI is focusing on Avatar Legends for now, with DL and TFH relegated to support and "planning."

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"the team from last year" unfortunately means mostly Diesel Legacy's team afaik. While all but 3 Mane6 devs were fired in late 2023 (and 2 left by early 2024), DL's team stayed on until early 2025 (and according to someone on Maincord MaxEnt laid off the majority of them after release). From prior announcements and community analyses, they've yet to bring the band back together.

dry depot
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got the game later in its lifespan so i wasnt able to queue up normally for matchesz hopefully the announcement drums up a decent amount of interest

fresh hazel
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For games this small, most players don’t use the matchmaking feature, but rather the Pixel Lobbies (and Discord) to find matches

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Fighting games, especially niche ones like TFH, are very social for online play

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I’d also recommend joining the community servers to find active players to play against

dry depot
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appreciate it!

fresh hazel
hazy slate
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it'll be fun to watch

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I haven't played horses in a hot minute

placid breach
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damn would join if it wasnt US based

hazy slate
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I learned to do the 6A 623C baihe infinite then stopped

placid breach
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its neither possible nor legal anymore luckily

fresh hazel
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Thankfully the infinites are gone but Baihe is still broken ;-;

hazy slate
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was there a patch that removed it?

placid breach
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yeah,shes still just as broken though

hazy slate
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does her super still crash the game?

fresh hazel
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A month after 6.0, there was a so-called "Rev2" that removed infinites and most of Baihe's game-breaking bugs

fresh hazel
hazy slate
fresh hazel
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But other moves with iframes won't crash the game anymore

placid breach
fresh hazel
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Yeah it's really weird, the fix patched most of the crashes but not all

hazy slate
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the inner demons inside of me really enjoyed the hysteria of that time but the competitive side of me really wanted it fixed because of my enjoyment of the game on it's own merits

placid breach
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i stopped playing the game p much of that update,it pushed the balance over the edge of the game imo

fresh hazel
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That being said, the remaining dev(s) have continued working on fixes and made a hotfix patch that's currently in the Steam beta pages (dubbed the December patch). Unfortunately the community doesn't play on that for two reasons:

  1. No one knew how to change the version number so people with different patches will be able to queue up for matches, and thus desync
  2. The patch is exclusive to Steam users due to the fact that it never saw official release...
placid breach
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stronghoof is broken,texas is broken,baihe is broken,velvet is an annoying bitch,and olie is a bit rough as well

hazy slate
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that's just the nature in fighting games of "character I don't main is annoying to fight against"

placid breach
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velvet is a case of that and ollie to some degree as well,the first 3 though are objectively broken as shiot

fresh hazel
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Dunno since Shoof and Texas, as flawed in design as they are, aren't top tier

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Velvet though... optimal Velvet has no losing matchups atp

placid breach
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shoof can literally death combo from p much any opener and has insane stage control and mixups,texas is well texas

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death combo with minimal effort in particular*

fresh hazel
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True Shoof's combos are brutal, his neutral (especially if a player knows how to use wind) is nasty

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He also easily ends with corner advantage and shield, very monotonic enders

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He does have the downsides of being commital and big, which is why I find him less obnoxious to deal with

placid breach
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that is true but just the fact that 1 mistake against him will 99% of the time lead to immediate death is makes him more than powerful enough to be considered broken as shit

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without too harsh of an execution barrier either

fresh hazel
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Idk that sounds a lot like Texas complainers, one misstep and you get picked up by bell + put into the corner while he’s close up

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When Shoof is put on defense his options are limited since he doesn’t really have iframes and shield drop has several weak points

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Meanwhile Velvet has a DP that’s obnoxiously hard to punish and is ridiculously strong for a zoner

fresh hazel
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Also, one of our community members has created a danisen-style ladder for players to compete in in addition to weekly brackets, dubbed the Unguladder. Everyone's assigned a rank and elo and can play FT5s against players ranked near them. If anyone's interested, feel free to DM me so that I can send you the sign-up form + links to community servers to find your opponents (won't be linking those here to prevent spam)

pure lantern
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Sadly i as a Velvet main lose mostly against Shoof and Tianhuo

fresh hazel
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You've gotta embrace your inner demons, then drown them both with projectiles SpiRarideer

pure lantern
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Tianhuo is one when im caught in her grasp i cant escape

placid breach
fresh hazel
fresh hazel
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TNS tournament stream footage; one of my matches was featured
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94LnH4cPkJ4

YouTube
Tampa Never Sleeps (TampaNeverSleeps)
BARNBURNER BATTLES! - THEM'S FIGHTIN' HERDS Tourney #1 (Pom, Velvet...

Match Timestamps:
0:00 Rotorix (Arizona) vs. Momo Ari (Oleander)
6:37 mida (Velvet) vs. PunchyPunch (Arizona)
16:41 [indi]go (Texas) vs. Dtr. Guo (Oleander)
28:28 Astra (Arizona) vs. Kafonn (Texas)
40:00 Solarnia (Velvet) vs. Kurolamb (Pom)
47:52 xKintokiDouji (Oleander) vs. Virtual Rays (Stronghoof)

54:40 Kafonn (Texas) vs. Kurolamb (Pom)
1:02...

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