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KOF character designs for me were always at their best when they were stylish without being too extravagant/anime. It's a style that is really iconic to KOF and really helped distinguish it from a lot of the also-rans. Its a series that is way up there with some of my favorite overall character designs. Also doesn't hurt that it became the new home franchise for the Fatal Fury crew.

Yeah hopefully it'll have cross play but at this point I'm not holding my breath. SFV is one of the few games that has PC/console cross play (one of the other things that makes it sort of tenacious, I think). Everything else you're lucky to get cross play on the same platform - Windows/Xbox for KI (now with Steam, which is nice), PS4/PS3 for Xrd. I'd love to see more cross play in general. FGs are already niche; having things further constrained by having games spread across 2/3 platforms just plain sucks. Especially in this modern era where Xbox and PS are pretty much just PCs. I've been tempted to get a gaming PC just for FGs since that seems to be the unifying platform but I can't justify the outlay (and I've already shilled so hard for SFV on PS4). I'm gonna pick up the Anniversary Collection too, though I'll have a lot to learn with all those games. I only ever played any of them single player so I don't know shit about playing them against another person. Will be fun to try 3S out though.

Its a shame that SFV is the only game with PC/console cross play out of the current crop (give or take a KI since very few people play or even remember that game unfortunately). I'd be really interested in seeing how some of the other games hold up over that distance.

My man. Josie is bae. ❤️ If I ever had the time to dedicate to that game I'd kickbox the fuck out of people with her. Edit: Also Darc glad to hear that the wrist brace helps. Double edit: I should be around part of Friday and then most of Saturday if anyone wants to get games in of anything. Looking forward to hoping on after being away for a week.

@misterBee I'm EDT. My play time is all over the place unfortunately. I usually try to hop on consistently on Mondays and Wednesdays for an hour or so but that usually just ends up being training time since I have classes those evenings (and up to this point all SFV). I'm all for getting games in, just have a more restricted window. Tuesdays can be good if my wife is busy, similar for Fridays. Weekends are random; I typically either have the early part of the day available or the later part. Since I'm all over the grid I'm fine with coordinating via @'s, PMs, whatever, to figure out the particulars.

That is another really good point. I don't know if its the player base, placebo, or what, but I definitely feel like the overall connection quality of SFV has gotten worse over time. My tinfoil hat theory in general is that CFN adds some level of overhead that made the experience worse after the beta (no accounting for it feeling a little worse over time though). I always felt like the CoD games got more jittery as they layered on more stat tracking and shit like that so in my crazy little corner of the world SFV may be suffering from the same thing (especially since Capcom seems low tier overall with their netcode).

Najd looks rad. Very cool addition to the cast.

I've said it elsewhere but the biggest problem for me with SFV's netcode isn't even the quality, its the consistency. When you get someone with a good connection that stays stable, its great. But pretty often in sets the connection will get hiccup-y seemingly out of nowhere. It makes online irritating sometimes because it means that 5 bar connections are still a bit of a gamble and anything less is guaranteed to be some kind of rollback festival. If they could tighten up the consistency of the netcode, I'd be pretty happy with it. I've always had good experiences with GG online. Playing OldManRage (MD, USA to Canada) in SFV we would often have bouts of rollback but GG was pretty much rock solid through 20-30 game sets. Tekken 7, the little bit of it I played online, ran great. KI had awesome netcode. I rarely had any issues with it playing randos online. This was during Season 2 so things may have changed since then though.

For me DBZF feels about the same speed as Xrd but I think the pace of how the matches actually play out makes it feel slower. Just me though. Also when is everyone usually available for GG? I'd like to try to play more and if I'm gonna coordinate games I prefer it to be with folks around here.

Yeah I'm in a similar boat. I think having limited time to play SFV has actually helped me stick with the game longer. If I had the time to really grind matches I would probably burn out a lot more. Also welcome.

I'm leaning real hard into being on vacation. When I get back home it's back to crock pot meals. Gachikun trying to knock out Du right now but he is holding on. Just tuned in to the end of Nemo getting bopped. Edit: Damn I shouldn't have said anything. Du was dufeated.

My lunch was a chicken parmesan pizza. My dinner was a collection of 5 sour beers. Hopefully the morning is kind. Also, no Laura or Mika in top 8 of Final Round. Rooting for Du at this point because I like him based on past experiences.

Very good point. One day I will be known as Maryland Laura. ....doesn't really have the same ring to it. Upside is there is a lot of room for crab jokes.

Man do I miss the 3D. Probably won't get to watch Final Round stuff live but I'll definitely check it out later. Also how I want Jamaican Ken to join the annals of country character combos like Mexican Akuma. Ken is one of those characters that to me is like Mika: a lot of fun to watch and even play when things are going well but frustrating when you run into their limitations or really shitty match ups. I will just sit back and cheer those brave players on from the sidelines.

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I think their initial goal was 1 char a month. Which means we'll probably get 1 every 2 months. Which is what past seasons were supposed to be but they always slipped. So maybe they finally adhere to last year's schedule? Amen. Though for me I'd just like to see the characters come out faster so we have a better chance of seeing them in competition. If everyone is out by July/August then people have enough time to really prep to take, say, Sagat to end of the year events. But if or whomever is last comes out in September/October then the only way you're really gonna see them at the big time events is if they are bonkers good on release. I think if Capcom finishes up early we may also see more story content. It seems like they want to push the storyline further so they may be working on another story chapter. Also sort of fits with their narrative of trying to appeal to the casual crowd more.

Nanase and Phonon, though I've only actually played Nanase in matches (all 2 of em).

Yeah thankfully I've always done DPs 623 so I don't need to clean that up. I seem to be hitting P too late most of the time so its just a matter of grinding it out and getting the 3+P timing down.

Yeah that was what I read about her initially. I'm not usually a big setplay guy but playing Mika/Laura in SFV has made me a bit better at it and I'm willing to learn. My biggest "concern" with Ram is that I usually like more poke-y characters that do nice big chunks of damage (one of the main reasons I tried Slayer initially) and my rough understanding is that she is the opposite of that. But I also don't have a lot of GG experience so I'm more trying to play whatever characters seem cool at first and then I can make a more informed decision what I really like in this game in terms of play style.

Yeah May seems like a strong candidate for long term play, especially if I end up bouncing off of Ram. I wouldn't have picked her initially but after playing her in some matches she is quite fun.

I thought the same thing at first, but I've found the swords to not be too bad to work with. Thankfully the controls for them aren't too complicated. The biggest thing initially was that it made mashing hilariously fruitless. My biggest issue with Ram is that I don't know much with her and haven't found a lot of good resources. Haven't tried looking super hard though. Also JF Daruo is gonna take a lot of practice to get consistent. I've also played Slayer and May a bit. Slayer was who I was initially gonna stick with so I know a tiny bit more with him, but I'm mostly just fucking around with May.

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Well then we need to step up your training! You can rebuild what was sundered! Only if SRK1 can get back a legit forum structure tho. Also I owe you SFV matches at some point. And a FT50 in UNIEL since you're the only other person I know who has it.

Part of me hopes for plushie costumes for all characters. I want a big dumb Sean plushie costume for Laura. I'd never take it off.