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LOL!! I could say the same for you Boom!! GGs!! Yeah Bee hit me a 3-0 🥲. No sweat we will train and come back stronger just you wait!!

2 minutes ago, Darc_Requiem said:

Told you I was the worst player here

But if you iz Darcsol you just the crap outta me !!

16 minutes ago, Darc_Requiem said:

Yeah @JustBoomingmade me painfully aware of that as soon as I logged on 😂

Wha?? Darc you here bro where you at?? 

27 minutes ago, JustBooming said:

Good handful of MS peeps in NA 244, netcode working great

Holy crap im seeing you guys here with Mister Bee!!! Fricking awesome LOL!!!

Dunno how the timing works out with but everyone on the beta should definitely link up!!  I'm on the Europe server 0006 if anyone wants in!  Just look for CatalystTNT! I;m pulling all nighter here first time i can actually play Jamie!!! 😄

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwzubB-mpgs

Daigo casually beating the crap out Bonchan!! For him ,it was a Tuesday.

LOL!!! IHU but you don't have to be a Ryu fan to appreciate how simple yet cool this is in comparison to what we have now.

I know CAPCOM wants to push Luke as the new face of SF but GADDAMN that Cover is terrible lol.  

10 hours ago, Shakunetsu said:

 

 

Hold up is this legit?? I thought it was only the Japanese versions that had the really cool alternative artwork. If it is, cool because anything beats Popeye Luke. 

10 minutes ago, Wellman said:

He was great, but damn MoM had a lot of wasted potential in terms of using the ideas or the concepts it was playing with.

 

I get the feeling the executives behind that film had no idea but a vague paragraph how the overall multiverse would be handled and thus played it safe with maybe the Illuminati added late in the process as fan service.

Nahhhh they knew what they were doing with Krasinski. He was all over the place with Fan casting him and his wife Emily blunt as Sue Storm. So his addition was a nice nod to the fans especially........

21 hours ago, HD-Man said:

The movies themselves were questionable but I quite enjoyed Ioan Gruffudd's Mr Fantastic, hope they bring him back for Secret Wars

Oh yeah i liked him in that role too!!

Imma be honest, i totally forgot that piece of media existed.....wiped it clear out of my mind until you mentioned it. So nobody looking for Miles Teller to make a comeback??

I'm really enjoying the Aristocat's Otherworldly Adventure right now!

It's fun and  light with another OP protagonist but this time, he's charming and entertaining enough to make you care about him. I like there's a reasoning behind him gaining such immense power, but its kept hidden to peak your interest. 

So yeah Adam Driver could be our new Mr. Fantastic! Not a big fan of this casting cause i was one of those geeks who enjoyed Krasinski's portrayal in MOM.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gvY2CLUieg

On 4/8/2023 at 2:00 PM, Darc_Requiem said:

I'm not okay with guest characters period. MK has an expansive universe with tons of characters. There are characters that haven't been in MK game in decades. Yet they keep wasting slots on guests. How about they make Mortal Kombat that has....wait for it...Mortal Kombat characters. Guest characters are the equivalent of a "cheap pop" in pro wrestling at this point. 

Sometimes they sell copies bro! Anyone remember Darth Vader and Yoda on Calibur??? That stuff was epic but for SF nahhhhhhh i don't like it all!

Just like you mentioned with MK.SF has a wide roster of fighters from its lifespan to choose from and update.

I mean we still haven't ever gotten a  Retsu, Joe, Mike or a Geki from the original.

Take my money right now for Adon, Makoto, Hugo or Eagle!!!  Hellllll, if you want guests so bad bring ZERO! You telling people won't pay for that MVC vibe in SF6??

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/leak-suggests-street-fighter-6-open-beta-coming-later-in-april/1100-6512990/

Anyone got any info on this??? I think its been really quiet for a while now.

1 hour ago, RSG3 said:

Those two examples are trash. Riding your goofy speeder is nothing like being in a dog fight.  It informs nothing more about Luke then Rey riding her Speeder Bike informed us. She can fix anything she's encountered because she's a scrapper, shes literally a fucking mechanic. He entire job is being e mechanic. How the fuck is Luke making an off hand comment about sniping desert rats under 0 pressure any kind of insight into him being a dog fight pilot, but Rey being a life long mechanic somehow isn't insight into her being able to fix an old as fuck rust bucket ship?  And yes the Falcon Is an old ass fucking rust bucket. Rey tears down Star Destoryers, you REALLY think she can't fix a 40 year old Corrillien YT-1300 Space Frigate? Fucking really? It's the equivalent of fixing a 1950s Ford. It has 5 moving parts and extremely well documented. Just stop. 

 

You make 0 sense and confirm my position that OT lovers will ignore flaws in the OT while shitting on the PT and ST for the exact same fucking flaws, or in this case, isn't even a flaw for Rey, it's a flaw for Luke. Luke is not a fucking military pilot. No amount of shooting desert rodents will train you for dog fighting combat. He doesnt even know the maneuvers dude, he's a fucking farm boy. He would get pulled up behind and waxed as soon as the fucking fight started is Star Wars was remotely realistic. 

 

But yea the Mechanic fixing shit is definitely the huge reach. Fuck outta here dude. Rey can use The Force because The Force is a writing McGuffin that does whatever the writer needs it to do when they need it to do it. Luke never Force Pulls a single fucking thi g I A New Hope and then Force Pulls his Lightsaber on Hoth with 0 word you cam even fucking do that shit. They make it up on the spot. Get over it. You're favorite SWs characters are Sue's because they all have access to an ill defined magic that does what is needed when needed. It's as simple as that. Luke can move Black Holes in the EU just fucking miss me with all this horse shit about the ST. 

You really think my two examples were trash?? Well damn i thought i put it out really good there.

Point One: You thought it was lame Luke had comparable skills with the other Rebel pilots. I even gave you the Anakin example to show how with his skills as a star pilot and the Force he would have an advantage. Not a fair point?? 

Point Two: The Womp rats example translates into a viable skill as it shows he has expert level marksmanship without technical aids or the Force. 

Still not good enough??

Ok moving on

Rey's life as a scrapper does not translate to  she can fix anything!!

Anything???

She lived her entire life on a planet with access to specific war machines from the previous war. That does not instantly make her her an expert when it comes to all Rebel alliance, Resistance, First Order and Imperial class technology and for you to insist yes that's the case, is really astounding!!

I like how you used real world examples so let's continue along using  that line of logic.

Let me ask you, can the average mechanic fix an airplane?? A school bus??? A submarine?? A satellite?? No. These are all skills that come with additional years of training and are diverse in their scope and execution. One does not naturally translate into the other.

Are you saying with her limited technical exposure, given proper time, labor and materials she could repair and rebuild the Death Star??

My point is within the context of the movie franchise with its two main protagonists, Luke is given more build up in story to explain his eventual mastery of the Force. We can understand how he gains his strength through his character progression and training with not one but two Jedi Masters. Rey just exists and throughout her films she is not given the love or attention necessary  for me to say  "YEAH GIRL YOU GO" and empathize with her. 

3 hours ago, RSG3 said:

IFunniest shit about Star Wars fans is how they don't realize their biggest issue with Star Wars isn't Rey, or writing quality (which has always been tepid at best, Alec Guiness thought the precious OT was terrible with the worst diologue hed ever had to suffer through) or any of that shit, it's The Force. Their biggest issue is The Force because it's a magic McGuffin that has always let the main characters do impossible made up on the spot shit as was convenient for the writer. Since Day 1. 

 

The second funniest is how they pretend they always like the Prequel Trilogy and totally didn't bully two of its actors into almost killing themselves over it. 

Can't argue with you there. Even poor George had to throw in the towel . 

26 minutes ago, Chadouken said:

Don't forget about a 10-year-old accidentally infiltrating a droid command ship in a Naboo N-1 Starfighter, restarting his engines after overheating, killing a bunch of droids, doing critical damage to the command ship, thus destroying the shields on Naboo, and then managing to escape before the command ship exploded.

All without training shhhhhhhhhhhh. The Force is strong with this one!!!

25 minutes ago, RSG3 said:

I watched them, many times. I just don't ignore a meister farmer out piloted military trained pilots because he bombed wombats in his T-16 back home, as if it's remotely the same thing. 

 

I don't ignore the flaws of the OT in order to shit on the PT and ST. That's how I came to that conclusion. 

Niceeeeeeee a fellow member of the OT !!

Force sensitive users even without formal Jedi training ,have innate abilities over the uninitiated. A good example was Anakin who used his abilities to Pod race, which put him on par with pro racers. Luke was already a good pilot so that in combination with his connection to the Force, would put him at a considerable advantage over the other Rebel pilots.

Your example refers to the pilot complaining their target was too small to hit even with a targeting computer, to which Luke replied, it would be no different from hitting womp rats. That's not a flaw, this is an example of Luke's skill that he honed on his home world. At least we got a little context here, that he was capable of accomplishing that feat, without relying the Force!!

Those two examples are more insight into Luke and why he is able to perform at these levels than we got with Rey ,who through her own sheer brilliance, resisted a Mental probe from a trained Sith, defeated said Sith in one on one combat, could fix virtually anything she encountered, pilot a ship she never saw before, mind trick a Stormtrooper, raise an avalanche of boulders with little to no effort and best Luke himself after a heated argument. 

16 hours ago, BornWinner said:

Harada causally confirms crossplay for Tekken 8

 

 

AWESOME!!! Hell i've never picked up Tekken since i got blown up some kid in the arcades mashing with Gordo.  Salty i know but 8 is on a different level in terms of accessibility and for a mere casual like me, its looking really good!!

On 4/6/2023 at 2:20 PM, Dragonfave723 said:

 

I guess we'll see what goes after he reboots the DCU. Interesting stuff possible here thats's for sure. 

Now that's an interesting take on the whole Luke vs. Rey topic. How did you ever come up with that response after watching the movies??

On 4/7/2023 at 8:40 PM, Hecatom said:

 

This is dead on the water, lmao

Nothing against Daisy, but Rey as a character is terrible

Agreed!! I don't see how they're going to redeem this character unless she makes a total reversal and becomes, flawed, vulnerable, relatable and well, basically a human.  Right now she's an anime OP goddess with a power level of over 9000 and no one can touch her. Hell i could be proven wrong and they could hit me for a complete 180 like they did with poor Luke Skywalker. 

3 hours ago, TheInfernoman said:

A friendly reminder when it comes to movie reviews:

 

 

 

I still won't see it until Wed at the earliest but my question is, what DID critics want out of a Merio movie? I assume they would have loved the OG cut Illumination was going to do before Nintendo laid out what they wanted? 

There was an og cut??? Mannnnnn ferget all that , ALWAYS go and see it yourself. They bashed the @#$! out of DnD and i think it was a really decent movie. Critics these days don't mean anything to me anymore.

Nahhhhhhhhhhhhh Beetle looks awesome!! Definitely worth a ticket in my books!

I couldn't give a @#$! about George Lopez's involvement but i love the little Easter eggs from the other past Beetles we've already seen in the clips!

Keeping my fingers crossed on this one!

On 4/2/2023 at 11:41 PM, Lantis said:

Wow, never expected Roman to retain. They must really be aiming for Roman to reach 1000 days as champion.

 

Then again, if it aint Cody, who can it be?

Brock mebbe?? He's usually that hired gun to get the job done. New WWE Champ throw Brock in there to @#$! him up and no one bats an eyelid!

5 hours ago, Shakunetsu said:

 

Story protags doesn't really need to be the face of the game. Ryu was the face of SFV and Rashid was the story protag

 

Sean is the perfect protag for me, because he is a compromise of both era, plus his a shoto and his the underdog that everyone almost want to a succeed

 

Alex is more like a FG character? Now I understand why Luke is technically a shoto inspired gameplay. because shoto are SFs trademark

 

Chun li is another potential but she not a shoto

 

 

Shotos are the most popular SF archetype hands down! At this point if your hero is NOT a Shoto, you've already lost half the battle in the hearts of casuals. Let's be real!!

6 hours ago, Darc_Requiem said:

Honestly, I think them back porting Luke from SF6 to SFV was a mistake. I don't think the character would be as hated as he is now. 

I think it was a stroke of genius!! 

What better way to generate hype and introduce their new star to the series by giving you a glimpse of the future??

The problem was they backed the wrong pony and made him so broke, even the pros had to switch from their mains just to deal.

Imagine this, Luke's hated because he's too good!! Let that wrap around your brain a lil!!

You have to understand, this was all done to cushion the blow to fans that they were moving the series not only chronologically forward, (about effing time) but it would no longer focus on Ryu and his arc, which they tied up nicely in SF5! You do remember what happened with SF3 which introduced the new face of Street Fighter right??

It was a fricking disaster and my poor boy Alex NEVER got the kind of  hype or respect CAPCOM was hoping for! It's kinda like how WWE is forcing Roman Reigns down our throats for years and saying "you gotta like this guy cause we say so" and everybody is like sure he's cool but where John Cena at?? Can't see him!

That's Luke right now! He's an acquired taste you hate to love.

8 hours ago, Jion_Wansu said:

Since Wrestlemania was on this weekend, alotta people probably missed the Anthony Joshua fight on April 1st. The match started right before Wrestlemania started.

 

https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/36032299/anthony-joshua-got-win-did-make-statement-next-robeisy-ramirez

 

Man AJ i don't what's going on in this man's mind. He definitely won this fight overall but geezus, he just looked so bored and plodded his way through this match with no sense of urgency. He  put in such a lackluster effort that you have to question if his heart is still in this game. He went a full 12 rounds with Jermaine and then has the balls to call out Fury and Wilder??