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The INJ2 TMNT are far and beyond my least favorite versions of them in any fighting game

SFxT popped off again yesterday on Arturo's channel. I heard a murmur that one of the holdups to Capcom fixing it on Steam is that they want to remake the whole netcode for a Steam Deck port rather than the bandaid that I showed the brass at Capcom Cup, but I have my people looking to get an official word from Capcom. My hope is that it's back up or close to being back up on the Steam Store (you can still buy global keys off Gamestop but you'd need to patch it afterwards to get it to work on Windows 10/11) by the time I do my 10th anniversary exhibition at EVO. FGC twitter was spicy yesterday. They did a general "what FGC opinion would have you like this" with the Rapunzel meme and it was mostly people throwing shade at the cliques who make things lousy for everyone not into it. One name from the VSav community kept popping up which made me laugh.

Man, if only this thread was around when Espadah started shooting his shots.

Peace sells, but who's buying!?

Lot of spicy takes were had lSunday! Be sure to check out the archives as we talk about the Hitbox controversy, the various orgs who've acted the fool when put to task in the FGC in the last year, what I want from TxSF, and pushing your game and community to its apex.

If they're correcting one of the more obvious red flags from the Netflix script they clearly got ideas from, then maybe they can make lemonades out of those rotten lemons yet. Sequel though? Yuck

Shun's gender swap pissed me off for that exact reason: it was basically hindsight saying "pink isn't a boy's color and he's not outwardly brave enough so we're going to make him a girl because girls are supposed to act and dress that way!" Shun is one of my faves exactly because he's the runt of the group, and while he may not be as eager to fight as the others, he'll do what needs to be done because he was taught to face his fears. They could have doubled down on how he had June waiting for him at home if they really wanted to play up his masculinity to match the rest of the team.

Not that I would recommend that crap to anyone, but if you really want a spoiler alert for what this story is going for, check out the Netflix adaptation because that was made around the same time the film started getting made and it was clear that the script for the Netflix arc was what the script for this film is going for. Shiryu was named Long, Hyoga is now Magnus, and Shun is now a girl named Shaun. Yes, Shaun is still in love with June. And yes, if you thought Ikki being attracted to his master's daughter because she reminded him of Shun was weird before, it's even weirder now.

The Stones of the Flop Gauntlet have been assembled 1) Been in development hell for several years with a large number of rejected scripts 2) Immense lack of marketing despite impending release date 3) Riding the coattails of a more popular franchise (MCU) 4) setting up sequels before the original is even out 5) generic orchestra music in trailer That being said, the garbage Netflix series which this film seems to be based off of already braced me for the parts of the story that will offend me as a longtime fan, and there are certain parts of this film like the quality of the Cloths that look way better than I was initially expecting. Unfortunately, it's an uphill battle that Toei is climbing and they'll likely lose in trying to get this franchise to reach the nearly delusional ambitions that Toei's executives apparently have. I have begged for a Saint Seiya Tokusatsu for YEARS because it's an anime that would lend itself almost seamlessly to the medium, but this is racing towards the same one-and-done failure that 2017 Power Rangers suffered. I actually liked that movie as a Rangers fan despite the glaring flaws like barely any Ranger action which is what anyone is going to watch PR for, but it was easy to see why it didn't get a second chance. They're probably hoping to fool normies into thinking this is a Nova Corps movie and Shura in the trailer is a Loki variant LOL

While looking for some old-school stuff to watch in my home gym, I found my new favorite non-Brock short match ever. This was YEARS before throwing tables and chairs into the ring became a regular thing.

Capcom's esports manager got back to me last Friday and said she's forwarding my SFxT Steam fix through the proper channels to get some movement going. "No promises," she added, but having someone like that on my contact list should definitely come in handy not only to periodically poke at whoever covers that, but get my Street Fighter 6 event organizer ambitions a leg up. Capcom Cup was certainly productive in many ways.

I've been using my growing influence to push this nearby event and making it an FGC annual staple. It has loads of potential and anyone who lives in the VA, DC or NC areas should definitely take a look at this.

The strap lines as well as the eyeliner really make me think of Alex, and it's probably why his Halloween swap was such a perfect fit

They called me a madman

Tomorrow morning I'm flying to Capcom Cup. The mission will be as follows: 1) Secure something nice for Street Fighter x Tekken this coming EVO as an exhibition to celebrate 10 years of v2013, its last appearance on an official EVO stage, and a magnum opus that I can pen as a final love letter to the game that centers me. 2) Speak to Capcom community reps about the long-awaited Steam fix, the possibility for additional ports such as PSN+ and Xbox Game Pass, and the possibility of the game being supported in an official capcity at events if I can't get an EVO stage locked up 3) General networking with other community and event organizers. Even if I'm looking to take a big step back in 2024 that doesn't mean I want to close the door on running or commentating a spotlighted event remotely 4) Playing SFxT with the Arturo-approved 144 hz, overclocked Brook converter setup and recording the footage for his channel to act as a proof of concept 5) Merch collecting for friends and personal use. 6) Talking shop with colleagues and asking HDJammerz if he still got the Poison. 7) Watching some good-ass Street Fighter. I dry-cleaned my two-piece suit in case I feel the need to dress to impress on this wonderful weekend. Let's get it.

Arturo and I are back in business together, We're gonna beat all these false allegations and conflation of our mistakes with some 09er goodness...starting with WWE All-Stars!

Trying this out for the first time

SFxT has rollback it just needs to be readily available on Steam again. That’s another assignment at CPT Finals for me.

I'm sure you've peeped all the shit people talk about me on the socials for joining Freshcut (which doesn't even do crypto anymore) so you understand what I'm about to say comes from experience. People get fired for all sorts of reasons, but the FGC has some illusion in their minds that if you're fired it should only be because you deserve it because you did something unforgivable. This Arturo stuff sounds like "we told you not to do it, you did it anyway, GGs" but acting like he's OMGitzAndre is not the wave. And I told Arturo when this first happened that even though I was going to pause our VOD deal until this is resolved and blown over, I would always remember all he did for me and my scene. I would not be in the position I'm in now to push SFxT as a main EVO exhibiiton if not for Arturo. I wish people would remember all the good hes' done rather than seeing this as an opportunity to try and erase his entire legacy. The damage that would do to the FGC would be irreparable.

Yeah this is what confused me when this all started. When Arturo allegedly said it takes 30-60 days to pay out, that was absolutely not true, so yes he did break TOS a bunch of times and he should've been fired for that from Matcherino. But when I did my personal audit, I confirmed that all my players got paid either through Matcherino or through Arturo paying them out through Paypal. People get fired from jobs, but the FGC has a very real problem with not being able to differentiate fire-worthy offenses from ban-worthy ones. As long as there are receipts that all offended parties within the FGC outside of Matcherino have been settled up with, then there's no reason Arturo can't continue being a streamer or tech guy, just with no involvement with prize pools.

I touched base with Arturo last night and he's going to be at CPT Finals. Imagine if he gets Top 8 after all this.