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I think Falke is still redeemable. Especially seeing how well Ed turned out in SF6. 
 
The robot girl sucks. Keep that crap in Tekken.
 
I like the hawaian girl and am fine with a fat chick, but her design is a bit too simple. Needs a bit more flair to make it memorable.

Rewatching some of Uma's matches, since I've been missing them due to the late hour and I must say the spaced out Drive Reversal bait is such an awesome technique. Literally no one had any response to it and is probably the one plus that gave him an edge against his opponents. Just amazing.
 
I have no doubt it's going to become a staple of SF6 moving forward, cause I can't imagine anyone watching his matches not wanting it in their arsenal. At least if other characters can pull it off as consistently well as Juri, cause that's probably going to be a big limiting factor.

Not a fan of robot girl either, both for the robot thing but also for her look. But i can see japan pull that given their taste
 
My reasoning was i doubt they would invest DLC money for fat girl, is more the type of char that have hope to sneak into vanilla cast rather than DLC
Every DLC female they will release is going to have some waifu fanbase potential, be it new char or returning... non conventional beauty is unlikely to grab rare female slot imho (AKI already push a bit the limits in that sense), specially with many easy to sell beautiful female vets still waiting to join

Tbh i will be fine with Cypher and Baba who will offer great variety*, to me is Falke that would be fucking redundant... she was'nt that charismatic/popular, too visually repetition of Ed and we have a la canne user with psycho powers already lol
 
Indeed something that surprised me is no other female beside Falke, specially considering Falke was kinda mediocre addition and generated no fanbase, Neo Shadaloo in theory give them lot of creative freedom.
There was the robot girl in SFV

but in SF6 there's no hint of her
There was also the fat hawaian girl that despite being someway interesting/curious choice (i even made her in creation) have no chance in hell to be DLC material, just don't fit audience's waifu needs

 
*Cypher as pure knife user would be new (and cool for character creation), and teleport as power seems something that would make sense for a vicious opponent
Wish they give him stronger cultural theme (i don't care they race-changed him, but previous one had caucasus area/cossack vibes wich gave him bit of direction, would like they build bit something for the new one too)
 
Baba i know would be loved or hated kind of thing, personally would not have problem with it and would fill the "giant" slot, even if i would still prefer Hugo to fill it

The gorilla guy is surely making a playable appearance in the future. He's getting name dropped a lot in Ed's win quotes.
 
Also, Psycho Power black baby? Did Barlog and Falke do the dirty? haha

Ed's redesgined Neo-Shadaloo uniform looks much better too.

I think the point of the quote is that Rashid lost his friend due to Shadaloo and that he takes them seriously, much how Ed takes them seriously, not necessarily that something happened to Ed's friends. Even then, if Ed was kidnapped as a kid he already lost his familiy due to them. I wouldn't read too much into it.

Maybe it has something to do with the freeze screen glitch where, if you press a button during the opponent's DI freeze screen your input gets eaten.

Jamie's drink levels reset every round and Manon's don't. You can combo into medals and land command grabs that give medals while getting stronger for doing so.
 
C'mon man.

Wow, they all, without exception, suck balls. We dodged a massive bullet. 

Wow, shitty in terms of contents to unlock, but lot to talk about
 
In super random order
 
- We finally got a name for knife guy, Cypher.
They made him do a DBZ fusion with Afro Samurai, but i'm ok with it as SFV one had kinda light hair and we don't need all of them to be blond lol
 
- Apparently Dobberman power was stolen studying an indian master, but rather than Dhalsim i think they mean Dr. Gulabjamun

 
- For the child i agree with @DarthEnderXmost easy guess is baby was another subject they was experimenting on, with Falke holding it as she's the only woman of the group so would fit as motherly figure.
Interesting part about the child is that seems to have PP telekinesis, another specific PP ability after the 4 we saw already, made me thnk he's 5th to receive one of Bison's "gifts"
 
- Baba/Gorilla gift have me bit confused, in theory super intellect is one of Bison traits, but we never seen him do the genius scientist shit, he ever looked like he had to rely on other scientists to build and explain him stuff, while often he just looked the typical army villain who don't want listen and just push them to work harder/faster.
But after all we have Urien who's canon confirmed brilliant scientist who personally made up bunch of theories and then let his scientists develop stuff based on his intuitions, so maybe Bison was similar case
 
- Maybe i'm missing some more accurate anime reference, but did bit of search, seems there's an anime dolphin with psychic powers called Ikyugo in a series about psychic powers
So guess this guy may have been their inspiration?

https://zettaikarenchildren.fandom.com/wiki/Ikyūgō
Apparently his powers are precognition and telepathy
Wich make me think if PP and SP are two faces of same coin sharing similar powers (i know we don't all agree on thiswe talked it not long ago), PP may at least have some precognition potential since we know SP have it
Btw the dolphin feels cool pick for Shadaloo experiments, considering how evolved and mysterious their brain still is to us.
 
- Capcom seem's to be unable to chose if Ed had parents or was totally lab made, just yesterday i seen his SFV story where Ed is sure to be made in lab (literally say it), today in SF6 i see him question if he had parents lol
It's also given a new(?) info on one of Shadaloo methods to get subjects, apparently they would tell families the child needs special cures for some medical condition, then do instead their experiments
 
- I'm kinda confused about Dolls destiny thought they were free after Bison's destruction but apparently afterward they was doing same shit even wearing shadaloo uniform, part that make me most skeptic about that piece is even Decapre is there, when in theory should have been saved by Cammy... it's hard even consider it retcon considering seems conflict even with SF6 Cammy info
 
- Apparently "Neo Shadaloo" name was given them by others, and Ed basically just "accepted" that as at that point his group was known with that name
Also as @YagamiFiresaid the shadaloo wannabes that seek to get Ed call themselves like that
 
-We was guessing if ASF base was in Germany, i'm not sure if is or not, but now i believe Ed and Falke grew in two totally different bases: Ed in ASF one, wich left and then found Falke's one (in Germany) where he free her.
Considering Falke is the very first he found guess possible also first base was in Germany or not far from it.
Thanks to @biachunlipost we learned that Ed does'nt know german very well, but that does'nt hep much considering he grew talking mostly to Rog
 
-Cool to see Rog still is friend with Ed... was kinda "spoiled" by same @biachunlipost where we knew they keept in touch, but still cool see it in the artwork, mostly because Ed leaving Rog to walk his own path was one of the two SFV story scenes totally ripped from Berserk, and in Berserk it resulted into dramatic end of friendship (and lot of other apocalyptic shit lol)
Cool to see Rog just accepted Ed became a man free to chose his path and the bond survived, because was rare case of SF making Rog interesting beyond being SF Mike Tyson
 
At same time could also hint Ed himself allowed him to get close because now believe to have grown strong enough to not being consumed by Bison (and so to not be a danger for Rog)
 
- Seems JP original plan could have been return to work under Bison, i mean give the throne to Ed knowing will transform into Bison.
Possible was'nt even a plan of JP, but still made up by Bison as saving-ass card... now that i think about it we never talked much about how JP could have got his PP after SF6 launch.
At first i was hoping he was one of Bison's fellow disciples (mostly hoping Capcom had the balls to not do him a Bison minion lol) , but later we learned it's not possible as he just got PP in recent times.
Another thing is that while Ed, Falke etc got the gifts split one by one, for whatever reason JP got (from Bison or took himself?)  all Bison's abilities... surely to lesser extent (we learned he's not THAT strong) but still he can do all tricks of Ed, Falke, Chyper and Baba
Make me think his apparent disgust for fighting/violence made him good candidate that could ignore PP push to seek power and stick to the plan, but fun thing is we seen JP is starting to like it too the more his PP grow, so maybe he will go "fuck the plan" and seek power as well (only to be squashed by eventual Bison returns because capcom have no testicles)
 
- Ed base moveset (for specials i used lot else) is awesomeness on my Dudley 🤩
 
- Bit pissed we did'nt got to see NS base with all freaks ingame, would have been one of Ed's coolest things
 
- Damn it Capcom adding motoGP style racing suit that could have been perfection to complete my Rosso but 3 colors out 3 were pure crap, completely useless 😭
 
Yeah, but sadly seems we will have to wait even more to complete the set (pants/boots still missing)
Thought Ed would have got the new stage as final location with merchant selling it, but we seen he's just in MC subway
 
Overall this have been most poor "world expansion" update of WTM, just 1 new item did'nt even gave us access to new stage... in all these months could have thought it better, specially considering how much stuff already done and just locked they have
 
Well, at least in 3 days we get new FPass, let's hope that's is'nt crap lol

Post SF5, Ed and Crew started rolling up on Shadaloo bases to kick ass and take names. While doing so, others started referring to them as a 'Neo Shadaloo' likely because they seemed to be snatching up Shadaloo assets (though in reality they were rescuing those living assets). That name spread to the point that Shadaloo remnants started calling THEMSELVES Neo-Shadaloo and are the faction looking to make Ed their leader.
 
Basically, Ed didn't care what he was called and got labeled 'Neo Shadaloo' and that 'brand' caught on amongst radicals that believe Ed could be the 2nd coming of Bison and they now want to make it true even if they have to force Ed into it. Ed, true to form, could give a damn less and if people want to call him Neo Shadaloo then that's fine with him because he'll punch in the face of anyone that tries to mess with him or his people.

I think it might just be a baby they found in one of the labs.
 
They have monkeys and dolphins.  A baby isn't impossible.
 
Or that's just the visual effect of actually, ya know, wearing the sleeves.
 

That bar pic...
 
If Falke is feeding that baby, it's eating well!

Man, I hope Tom becomes playable sometime in the future, keeping his Jean Reno inspired design. If he's stronger than Alex and has ties to the Secret Society, he would certainly be a fun addition with plenty of intrigue around him.

I think you can easily tie Remy in their story too, considering his rivalry with Alex in 3rd Strike was never really explained. Maybe they're estranged brothers, or maybe Remy is Tom's son, who was forced to abandon his family after getting entangled with the Society and wanted to keep them safe from harm. 
 
This would make Remy more involved in the story, while also demonstrating some of the reach The Secret Society has and their influence on the SF3 cast, much like how Shadaloo have been for the SF2 cast.

Ed Win Quotes
 
Ed to Jamie: "Maybe you need to know the whole story before you lose your cool, y’know?"
 
Jamie to Ed: “You look like you’re dealin’ with a lot. Don’t be afraid to reach out for help, y’know?

 
Ed to Luke: “I don’t have time to play games! You can’t stay a kid forever.”
 
Luke to Ed: “You seem mad. Swing by again and we’ll play some games to cool you down.”
 
 
Ed to Manon: “Sorry, the beauty of ballet is totally lost on me.”
 
Manon to Ed: “Perhaps you’ve mistaken brute force for strength? What a crude way of thinking...”
 
 
Ed to Kimberly: “With half-baked moves like that, I’m not surprised you haven’t gotten far.”
 
Kimberly to Ed: “You’re part of Shadaloo? A test subject!? Just how far does this rabbit hole go!?”
 
 
Ed to Marisa: “Gotta admit, your fists are formidable. Still, they’re not up to snuff with mine.”
 
Marisa to Ed: “I thought you were just a kid, but you definitely pack a punch!”
 
 
Ed to Lily: “Spirits? You a fortune teller too? Yeah, I think I’m all good on that front.”
 
Lily to Ed: “I can sense something else within you. But...it does not appear to be a spirit.”
 
 
Ed to JP: “No matter what you’re planning, you better believe that I’m gonna stop ya!”
 
JP to Ed: “Your power was given to you by Lord Bison, was it not? It’d be rude to think otherwise.”
 
 
Ed to Juri: “We get it, you’re “twisted”, but would you stop with the freakin’ twirling already!?”
 
Juri to Ed: “The test subject goober!? I hate you and that power of yours!”
 
 
Ed to Dee Jay: “Heh, you looked like you were having a good time. You’re weird, but I dig it.”
 
Dee Jay to Ed: “Haha, you’ve got some energy! Just take it easy though mon!”
 
 
Ed to Cammy: “Still chasing after Shadaloo, huh? Well, I’ve got nothing to do with ‘em now.”
 
Cammy to Ed: “Let’s make one thing clear. Freeing those test subjects is my job, not yours.”
 
 
Ed to Ryu: “A path, huh...I guess I’ve got mine picked out.”
 
Ryu to Ed: “I see. You believe your fist will carve a path forward for you.”
 
 
Ed to Honda: “Man, cut that hugging crap out already! It’s freakin’ suffocating!”
 
Honda to Ed: “Sumo demands ya steel yer will, not just yer body! It’d do wonders for ya!”
 
 
Ed to Blanka: “Sorry, but my gorilla buddy is way more of a beast than you’ll ever be.”
 
Blanka to Ed: “You’re friends with a gorilla? I got lots of monkey friends in the jungle!”
 
 
Ed to Guile: “I hate Shadaloo’s guts, but self-righteous guys like you make me sick too.”
 
Guile to Ed: “Your power has connections to Bison, and that means I can’t let you out of my sight.”
 
 
Ed to Ken: “So, you’ve got beef with that JP guy? Cool story, but not my problem!”
 
Ken to Ed: “I don’t know what’s going on, but I do know that anyone with your kind of power is bad news.”
 
 
Ed to Chun-Li: “I’m sure you’re enjoying the slow life, but there’s still work to do out there.”
 
Chun-Li to Ed: “If you want Shadaloo out of your life, then I’ll help. You can trust me.”
 
 
Ed to Zangief: “If muscle size is all that matters, my gorilla friend’s got you beat.”
 
Zangief to Ed: “A few hours of weight training and the serotonin release will rid you of your agitation!”
 
 
Ed to Dhalsim: “Sorry monk, but I don’t have any use for your teachings.”
 
Dhalsim to Ed: “Reflecting on your circumstances is admirable. However, take care not to stray from your path.”
 
 
Ed to Rashid: “You just wanted to test your strength? Must be nice to have that much free time!”
 
Rashid to Ed: “I also lost a friend thanks to Shadaloo. When it comes to them, I’m always serious.”
 
 
Ed to AKI: “You and your poison remind me of another loser from my past...”
 
AKI to Ed: “One of the experimental subjects, I see. This will make for a fascinating case study.”
 
 
Ed to Ed: “We’re going to live our lives our way, and no one’s going to stop us!”
 

I think the point of the quote is that Rashid lost his friend due to Shadaloo and that he takes them seriously, much how Ed takes them seriously, not necessarily that something happened to Ed's friends. Even then, if Ed was kidnapped as a kid he already lost his familiy due to them. I wouldn't read too much into it.

Man, I checked the YouTube channel to see how long the thing took and managed to catch the reset live. Would've never called Uma taking it, but to be fair I haven't kept up with his group either. 

Im losing hope with Tom even being a playable character in the future he got the perfect spot in SFV just like Zeku. Specially that Alex is being sideline badly
 
But he wasn't given a chance.
 
Hopefully Sean gets something of a playable character than someone in the background and also they should settle things with Remy if they want to retire his character.
 
Necro and Effie should be a playable character too both important figure.

Man, when you see all the 4D chess Dhalsim players have to go through, while Luke just goes brrrrrrrr at a moment's notice, life seems really unfair.

I think the point of the quote is that Rashid lost his friend due to Shadaloo and that he takes them seriously, much how Ed takes them seriously, not necessarily that something happened to Ed's friends. Even then, if Ed was kidnapped as a kid he already lost his familiy due to them. I wouldn't read too much into it.

It's shitty of Microsoft to demand you make an account to use a product you spent a bunch of money on knowing that the workarounds will probably be too much of a pain in the ass or too intimidating for a lot of people and they'll just give in anyway. Tech companies suck shit.