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Falke is great. If I had more time to put into Sf5 chars she would get it. As is I have a hard enough time keeping up with Laura and anime. Speaking of Laura, the Gloria costume rocks. Have 3-4 colors I like for it too which is nice for variety. I also don't feel bad about forgetting the costume code for it because it is super lame. Got some games in today. Overall felt great even if the record doesn't show it (though thanks to rank differentials I ended up a game up in LP). Some things are starting to click which is really satisfying when it happens.

Good shit. Looking forward to unlocking the last piece tomorrow and taking it online. ⚡ 🇧🇷 ⚡

I think you timed it perfectly. They usually don't follow up Ranked with Ranked missions so at worst it may be something like "win 10 casual matches". I legit have that concern sometimes which is why I rarely play SF5 online when my wife is home. She usually streams stuff while she is relaxing and while some games can handle that the extra load is usually too much for SF5's server hamsters.

Nice! Have fun with that. 😃 Playing SF5 on WiFi is the most authentic SF5 experience. You aren't living if you can't see the rollback happening in the first 2 seconds of the match. Every time it hangs when loading in at the white screen I die a little inside knowing how the following game is gonna run.

Good stuff. If you weren't have a world away you and @misterBee could throw down BBCF as I remember him saying that was him jam for a bit. I completely forgot they added Susanoo. I only remember some of the other newer chars because they have tig ol bitties and some of them are rumor slated for Cross Tag.

In fairness, Octopath seems very good. I played the demo and bought the full retail release but I'm waiting until we go on our long vacation before I crack that open (I think; I still may bring it along on the EVO trip). I still owe you online sets from the last time I flaked forever ago. I have some time this weekend that I was gonna spend playing so if you want to get sets in feel free to drop a line.

I can definitely see the virtue of using VT1 like that. It creates a fuckload of space. For air fireball if they aren't TK'ing it you can dash under but you either need to read it or be able to react (I cannot do this second thing). I find at this level Akumas are usually decently predicable with air fireballs so if you've interacted with them a bit you can get a sense if they are gonna go for it. Akuma's air fireball is one of the reasons I used to enjoy playing Mika in that fight. EX Wingless handles all the jump options. Laura's HP Bolt can work vs air fireball but it is a really narrow window where the hit throw animation will trigger and get her through the fireball, and where it will trade (actually doesn't lose too often if you do it sort of late).

Anyone with a high walk speed makes the corner way worse for sure. It can be easier to manage slower characters because they can't close in and throw you or bait you as easily, but the Akumas and Cammys of the world can easily dance at the edge of effective poke range for counter pokes, then skate in for a throw if you start blocking or whiff something big. With Laura I feel like if I back off I have a helluva time getting back in to threaten the throw just because she is a ponderous Bonita.

The corner in this game can be a motherfucker, especially depending on your character's tools (Laura mostly just has to hold the fort and sneak out when she can). What makes it seem even worse than it may otherwise be is that a lot of people online have their offensive game plan down pat (so long as nothing deviates from that plan) so if you fall into whatever rhythm they have going you can end up in the corner quick and they very likely have a follow up or two planned that will be sort of tricksy and if you aren't ready for it *pop* *stars* *dead*.

I hear you about Karin. My record against that character is fuckin' terribo, probably due to the combination of me not knowing the character well enough, I think it being not a great match up for Laura, and due to every other Karin player online being crazier than a shithouse Ken. Akuma is thankfully a character I have a lot of experience against so I at least feel comfortable in that fight. Which is good because the Akumas are legion online.

A character with 4 grab specials and a 720 CA? Bestill my heart. 😍

I hear ya B. This game can be terrible for blood pressure. If I run into particularly aggressive, nutty player I need a break, win or lose. One Mika and I need a drink. ProTip for anyone else out there possibly looking to convert a stock Qanba Obsidian: so far as I can tell the ball top and stick shaft are all one piece. So if you were say, looking to detach that ball top to use on a quick release shaft, you will be sorely disappointed. 🙂

As promised, here is a big 'ol post to enjoy over coffee. 😁

Yeah Idom seems like one of those players that is super good and if he could just travel more and get more XP at this level of competition he would be one of those people who you'd routinely see in top 8 or at least knocking on the door. And with the right character/player spread I could totally see him taking a premiere. Good weekend for Laura's all around between him, Shakz, and Paulo. ⚡🇧🇷 ⚡ I even got a chance to play for awhile myself. I have a post all mentally ready for tomorrow. 😉

@The_Weasel If its any consolation everyone has really hit and miss experiences with SF5. I think its the witch's brew of a shitload of different connection types being thrown into a pool and SF5's not-great netcode trying to make sense of it. Some days I think its a miracle any of us can play. I'm east coast US (MD) but I've had okay connections in SF5 over distance (playing people in central states and Canada) so if you want to play at any point feel free to hit me up. I'd also be up for Rev 2 but unfortunately I am a console peasant and Rev 2 doesn't have PC/PS crossplay.

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Wait so every time you've used kissing emotes you were needling or taunting me? I thought we had something special. 😢

Kenshiro isn't in this game silly. That is a different anime game. 😄

Thread revive! GGs @misterBee, that was a fun chunk of UNIEL! The more I play this game the more I like it. For the characters I haven't played before: - Merkava seems fun. He's pretty weird, but Dhalsim weird while still having some rushdown stuff. I mainly want to play him because his super is mega-Kermit-arms and it cracks me the fuck up every time I see it. - Wagner is a fucking beast. I've seen what she can do in capable hands, and even picking her up totally fresh she feels really accessible and effective. I sort of hate her because playing against her feels so oppressive but I can't deny that she is also super fun. - Vatista seems solid, at least compared to Hilda. Where I couldn't figure out shit with Hilda and just got murdered, Vatista was clearly also a zoner but was more accessible. Also for the life of me I couldn't figure out more than two moves with her. - Linne seemed straightforward. Surprisingly good normals considering her little stabby dagger. Characters like her and Hyde usually don't appeal to me because they're often pretty straightforward (the Ryus and Kens of the world) but they are fun to use. Didn't to much more than mash with her but it was entertaining enough that I'd do it again. I want to continue working on this game and trying out characters. I also want to continue to refine what I can with Nanase and Mika; my one combo I do with Nanase is okay but I can do better, and I really need to come up with something better with Mika when I get hits in. Very much looking forward to playing more. Others should join us in the EXes. 😎

So I finally managed to sit down and get in some online matches with this game. Connections were good throughout and overall I had fun. Stuck with Kanji/Es just because that is what I've used the most of and it worked surprisingly well (not that it was amazing or anything but I figured it would be straight booty). Even ran into two other people using Kanji. The one anecdote I came out of it with was from the first guy I played against. We played 3 or so sets and it was pretty fun. I figured we were decently matched so we could play for a bit and I could work on actually doing combos in matches. After the 3rd set he bails and starts messaging me in game. "Why spam DP? You are good player so why resort to that." If you keep jumping and attacking me non-stop, of course I'm gonna DP out of it. Bait and punish! He seemed to be done at that point so I moved on. But damn man, if you can't deal with DPs this is not gonna be the game for you. The last guy I played was really fun. He was running Team OTP: Naoto and Kanji and he had combos, burst baits, and good punishes. And thankfully he hung around for a good number of sets so I got to see more of that kind of play. He didn't have a problem with DPs. 😉

You're welcome. 😎 I remember seeing footage of this game awhile ago and being interested in it, and with the new version coming out I was reading that it actually plays a lot more like an old SamSho than the animu game it seems. Downloading now. Hopefully the online is decent. Looking forward to playing it!

Its Capcom just letting us know that they know she's a beast and they aren't going to do anything about it any time soon. 😉

The tarot card art here is sick: https://www.e-capcom.com/sp/sf30ac/ Gotta scroll around halfway down to get to where you can see the whole deck.

Ha, I don't know about all that, but I do handle all the cooking in the house and I do know a few pretty good dishes. 👨‍🍳 @misterBee Thanks for that link. I don't mind paying a bit for a pre-built so long as it isn't a big gouge and I'm happy with the final product. I also don't totally mind putting a PC together myself but its been about forever since I've done that and I don't have as much free time as I used to so at this point I'd probably fork over the extra cash just to make sure I didn't have a bunch of PC parts sitting around for a couple of months. 😉 Definitely going to be a while before I can invest in anything but I can at least start looking and getting ideas. I've also been out of the game so long that I don't really know what a good set of general PC specs are nowadays.

Nice! Thanks for letting me know about that. I'm so out of touch with PC builds that I always think of a big 'ol tower when it comes to building a PC. Since most of my gaming happens in the living room now I'm not gonna be able to get away with setting up a tower there. Something with that kind of form factor would work I think.