Kansas City Gaming: Hype for No Reason

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A few things here:

  1. You guys should start recording the RR matches…at least some of 'em. It’d be nice to see what I’m missing! :3

  2. I now have SSF4 for the PS3 (for a multitude of reasons), even though no one probably gives a shit. <_<

  3. Sean, who is that in your Avatar pic? I’m intrigued…

Hookup still goin’ down at my place today. 2 dedicated setups (whatever system you want, we have 2 of each). A possible 3rd if needed, though I doubt it. If you use a stick, you’ll have to bring one. I play pad only <_< Hit me up with a PM if you think you can attend or need a ride. Games will start at 7:00 pm.

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actually it is the 31 typo on my part

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Good games to everyone last night. Nice to see that Kong’s PhD in full effect, too. Gotta give props to KCNotorious and Blargh for some hell of good matches. A-2-Z, keep up that seismo pressure against my gief, it works. I was actually a little bit shaken up during the match, keep it up.

Time to be selfish: What the fuck can I do to get better with the giefster? I know “patience patience patience”, but aside from that? I think the only time I landed crossup splash jab jab short xx exgreenhand was against kong, once. I feel like I’m still in baby gief mode, and I don’t want that. Any advice would be appreciated.

(Boxy, thanks for the matches at the end of the RR. I know you’re fuckin around with me to a degree, but it helps me catch the dumb shit I do, so thank you kind sir.)

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All I know with Gief is that his st.mp and hk are great pokes which stuff a lot of things; If you jump in, use mk which is his best jumping move (other than headbutt lol); for cross-ups, you have body splash, or you can do lk which can go into tick Suplex or into cr.lk x 4 > GH or cr.lp x 2 > cr.lk > GH.

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yeah, i’m familiar with his pokes and crossups and the like, and found that mk is probably his safest jumpin. i guess i’m asking for more advice along the lines of “stop exgreenhanding so much”

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GG’s to everybody last night, I’d be lying if i said i was satisfied from moving from 11th to 6th place. I’m not happy about it but i guess “mildy contempt” idk, i was pretty mad when i left last night.

With my match with nick, i felt like i was doing good, then the last match i def let you play your game, when earlier when i was punishing dive kick with heavy kick and you stopped your pressure game.

I was also kinda upset with my loss against blargh, it took me a little while to catch on from wall jump, medium kick, punch, ex grab. Got caught again playing chase game even with a slight health lead.

At ato the Z, i was actually finally happy i won a game against you since everytime we play you always beat me in ft5 or best 2 outta 3.

at focra yeah man your gief is def a lot better than the last RR, i just know it’s annoying everytime somebody goes for a crossup and you block and they neutral jump when you’re tryin to grab.\

At Deron, don’t get salty about the game, everybody that plays it know that the logistics of this game are out the window, but you beat me 1 out of our 2 games and you landed that main viper combo into ultra, idk the name of it, but sean landed it on me too. (btw what the hell is up with that?! Am I that free for that combo that you guys feel no pressure when tryin to land it lol). You def knew how to punish my fuck ups, both wins you had on me were when i ex scissor kicked, not safe on block, and when i ex p.c. you to the other side, and you ultra’d me. I was trying to play you like you were way more free than you were so I had to def get really serious the last match.

At warden, I know your bison is waaay better than mine. I got a chance to pick up a few things from you while watching you play and i’ll thank you for that.

At, Boxbros, fuck cammy, real talk. I just need to learn the matchup with her better.

At Le, I feel like after the first win that it was possible, until i got p’d on lol, I’ve been meanin to ask you about the pc cross up, i can only do ex pc crossup but not regular pc crossup, but i feel its only a matter of time before i’m able to try and get on the same level as you, or better surpass you…

At Axiom, our games will have to wait ti’ll tuesday if you aren’t workin. if not then friday before maxout.

At everybody else, GG’s and nice to see some of the newer guys come and show out.

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hitagi senjougahara from bakemonogatari, best ever.

idk if this is against everyone, but whenever you pressured me into the corner, you let me SJ bk out for free, so i guess work on keeping people in the corner by anti airing them, or air to airing them.

yea good shit, you definitely leveled up. don’t start sleeping on me though or else you’ll get FFF out the ass lol, gg man

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GS to everyone last night. GS to the new guys who were able to come out. Warden get your ass out here more often, man. I updated the OP with results.

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GUILTY GEAR SO HYPE YEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHHH
Real talk: everyone who took a shot to GG last night should learn the game

Anyway, GGs to all in both GG and SSF4. I feel like I’m getting better and less free at each hookup, but I still got work to do

And thanks to Dave for bringing BBCS, it’s nice to finally play the game and not have super strict inputs

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Focra it is not about using green hand but using green hand in the right situations. Also you gotta be able to hit that 1 frame bnb of his consistently. You also have the tendency to give up space after you make it. I believe gief requires really good reaction timing on your part and you also have to know how to play each matchup. When you and Kong played it was all roundhouse to the face. Then when I played you it was the same as well. Also learn his kara throw or is it wiff roundhouse 360 idk just from whatever I seen from videos. If gief has any good frame traps then utilize those as well. Lastly get better at using your antiairs. I dont know how many times I jumped in on you when it was unsafe but it was alot.

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Alex - Execution should be your main focus right now imo. Learn the short jump mix up stuff. Get the combo to ex green hand down. No one’s going to respect your mix up until you do. If I just see you do jab x n combos into standing strong and tick SPDs, you’re pretty much inviting me to hold up back because I’d rather take a few shithouse jabs instead of an SPD. Make them respect the damage.

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Glad to see a bit of a mixup in the rankings, although I’m disappointed by the slightly low turnout. 1 more than last time, but where is everyone? JSPoT, Jesserugi, Kevin, Trey, Roblox, Delmari, NickMito, Simsar? Who am I missing?

I mourn for our lost brothers (The FOUNDER, Ben-Ra, Lyquid, and ZanaOyakata) who moved on from the gaming scene, or moved away from ours, but despite that our scene looks better and more motivated than ever. I’m sad that our rank battles can’t see numbers like 20 or better, but 12 sure beats the 4 we had even a year and a half ago.

Deron - I didn’t forget to give props for your Tekken skills increase. Going from taking 0 matches in like 30 to taking 3 matches in like 20 is awesome. Your Steve is lookin NASTY. I’m really impressed with your progress, especially in your defense and punishment, throwing more, and finally spacing and patience. You’re taking the advice we’re giving you to heart, practicing hard, and it is showing my friend. Keep that shit up, and you WILL be where you want to be in Tekken (best/hardest game played in tournaments) /trolling.

ALSO, I’m taking votes for Guilty Gear, Melty Blood, and Blazblue CS. If people want to see these games played, and WILL enter them, then let’s see who would do so, post up. I added it in the tournament thread.

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Boo to Blazblue everyone who enters that tournament will get their hands chopped off and their heads will explode.

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the tenjho tenge manga is ending in september

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good times last night fellas

Everybody pretty much ran through my baby viper but im not too salty about anymore. Goodshit to the new guy coming through, hope to see more of you.

Chad - Being salty is in my blood, my cholesterol prolly high as hell right now lol. But i did kinda go into that match with a chip on my shoulder. Im still free as can be tho, so you should still be surprised that i took a match off of you.

John - Appreciate it mang, but ya law was lookin real crazy, im glad you picked him back up.

Good shit to everybody else i 4got

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lol I kinda want to sig this

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yo deron, ran thru ur viper? more like taking a stroll thru the park stopping to smell the flowers,enjoy the scenery(vipers big boobs…lol). jus playin, ur viper is getting better just keep at it. you know why axiom is bringin back law? to counter my panda…because eddy doesn’t have what it takes to beat the bear.

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KC does hookups right. You guys have a lot of fun and at the same time everyone is really hungry! You are so lucky to have a scene like you do.

Kong - We’ve gotta get some games in next time. I didn’t even play Bison against you because I wanted to get my sub characters’ asses kicked by the best.

Axiom/Radian - Thanks again fellas. Your apartment full of gamers makes my heart soar, you have no idea. You should be applauded for your commitment to the community (and you guys are a lot of fun, so I can see how it’s reciprocal).

GetThere - I definitely learned a lot about that matchup, thanks for the advice & playtime. Don’t worry man, your time is coming back. Don’t think of it as “pressure” being at #1. #1 means that the pressure is GONE because you’re at the top, so you can just have fun and be relaxed. You have nothing left to prove (if proving something is your motivation, I dunno). I do think rivals can push each other farther than one person on top can push himself, though (so that’s a good thing).

Arkive - I was watching your matches last night/this morning with Axiom. I might not have seemed like it (I was pretty out of it), but I saw some things. You need to respect Ryu’s DP more. Also, if you want to get in on fireballs, use LP TK or the overhead, or even instant burning kick to absorb them. Real talk, you leveled up a lot more with your execution since I last played you. I think you just need to slow down your offense a bit, bait some DPs, and you’ll start racking up wins fast. Combos are great, but this isn’t Tekken - you have to create an opportunity to do damage (not that you don’t in Tekken, but it’s a lot more deliberate in SF because you have fewer options).

Focra - 1st things 1st, lariat AA > EX GH. Nobody should EVER jump in on you. At all. Don’t be afraid to try Gief’s other normals, just because everyone says certain ones are “the best” doesn’t mean you should only do those. For example - cr. lk buffer GH. If it whiffs, no biggie. If it connects, there’s a knockdown. Practice your combos, Gief really only has one good link (as far as I know) but it’s very important to get those knockdowns.

Boxy - you passed out before we could play >.<. Next time for sure, I need more Cammy/Dudley practice.

Good games to everyone, I had a blast. I’ll be back…

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+1 for Melty please

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Sounds like the RR went well, I gotta make one of them sometime.

While in Omaha, I stopped by the family fun center arcade, and I gotta say I was quite disappointed. A lot of the arcade cabs are in poor condition, they got rid of nearly all the old school games, and the real kicker is the setup they have for SSF4 and Tekken 6. They use arcade cabinets with Xbox360s running it, and they use those really springy, baseball bat shaped joysticks. It was difficult to tell if I was hold db or just d. The place has really gone downhill, unfortunately.

My bro and I did play a couple of decent guys over there, but eventually I just had to give it up after being hit by a non-comboed Abel ultra1. I was holding db but since the sticks are so bottom-tier, it registered as just d D: D: D:

I sincerely hope that they use a different setup for their tournaments, or somehow allow BYOC.

Also, I’ve decided it’s time to switch to stick for SSF4.