Hmm, what is this “Skill” you speak of?

Man, I totally hear you on that one. I’ve been dying to see some Raiden and Ralf vids

I hear his GOD TIER =D

Of course, but if they can do it for MVC2/CVS2 then they can do it for KOF. If they can learn Guilty Gear and Marvel then they can learn KOF13, if they can learn these games they can put the time and effort to learn KOF13, anything else is cutting corners IMHO and at International tournaments with those that don’t cut corners in the game the lack of experience and exposure will be very very evident.

That works, I’m just saying overall learn as much as you can because at a high level tournament you will need it if 13 takes off like that, I assure you this much, tops in Mexico are already gonna play it so from my end I assure you anything international you’re gonna need to know more than just 3 characters.

Yeah of course they can do that, but if they want to be GOOD, they have to go beyond that. Hell if they want to be AVERAGE from even an international level (Not talking the USA), they have to go beyond that, KOF is as much about matchups as it is experience, exposure and everything else…

Hell I may not like a character (Like Shen in KOFXII) but I learned him anyways! Why? Hell Shen (And Robert) ended up being my Achilles Heel in Nouveau Defi Prologue 2009 after I defeated Mr. KOF vs. Reynald in Winners Finals and against Mr. KOF again in Losers Finals in a close 3-2 Loss, so my INEXPERIENCE/INEXPOSURE to high level Shen/Robert is what cost me in the tournament…**Never again!!! **

It’s called skill, determination, hard work, applying stuff from other games like MVC2, CVS2, and other stuff to KOF (learning three characters if people did it in those games why not this one?)

Anything else anyone else says and it’s an excuse nothing more nothing less…

As I say if you are happy with just being at a particular level then go right ahead, but if you wanna be GREAT at the game you can’t just do what everyone else does or you’ll be AVERAGE to a degree BELOW average from an international standpoint, you gotta go above and beyond and do the things others aren’t doing!

Answer, depends on if Chinatown Fair gets it or not. We were all burned by KOF12 and it was used for nothing more than a HD coatrack. That being said I’m sure someone put in the word that the game is good and I hope I get to play it soon cause CF is one of the better spots for KOF in the US besides AI.

Dark Geese: I’ve been doing just fine man. Been playing $$F4 and blowing it up of course, you know me. Is Duolon really a zoning character now? The last time I REALLY paid attention to duolon in kof (which was his bs 2k3 version) i didnt really think of him as a zoner even though he had some of those moves. Will have to take a second look. I know you guys were talking abotu Beni in the thread but how’s Athena looking? hehe.

By the way Lukas I saw that you have been doing big things with international gatherings set up in the past few months. Been lurking but havent been posting in the KOF forums. Good work on all your recent tournaments. Have you checked out our youtube page @ teamspooky.tk ? Check it out, we do live streaming now of tournaments full time. Got a lot of majors lined up now, doing substreams for the Japanese, etc. If the stars align I’d love to have Team Sp00ky work with you on livestreaming a big KOF event sometime in the future just like how we helped each other back in the day @ MWC and arcana series etc…hit me up sometime bro. Peace

Arturo whats up man- to answer about Duo Lon, I havent played the game but since I play him a lot in KOF12 and I can figure out what I have seen, he’s a combination of a zoning character with excellent lockdown so he can played either way, Dhalsim-esque (which even his light normals/specials can be EXed for greater range etc) and excellent lockdown/pressure from up close. His flying super is good from what I’ve seen like KOFXII to punish as an anti air, but be careful of tricks Mr. KOF uses (been studying up) with Robert like dive kicking before you do the super to bait you to doing it (I’m a true student of the game you know that!)

Athena from what I’ve seen is basically her 2k2 self but not as abusable because of the 13 system with EXes having more priority so yeah she’s boring straight up OG style but not as effective if someone has meter to use against her, I guess she seems at her best when you DON’T have meter or don’t know what to do with it.

Basically in this game all invincibility from older moves has been transferred to the EXes meaning they literally have a purpose if anything and at a high level to a degree I can see EX baiting coming into play because no one is gonna throw a fireball if they know their opponent is gonna EX right through it…

I will check that channel out in a few man these international tournaments been keeping me hella busy and everytime I plan one I got another one that comes up or another idea comes up like Mexico vs. Guatemala or something like the El Paso National in December that’s just creeped up and the Mexican National in November.

It would be my pleasure to work with Spooky to live stream yo does he have a passport? I could use him in Mexico in 3 weeks lol.

lol yeah I feel you Lukas. we’ve all been busy these days man. Spooky is so busy tweaking the live stream that he barely plays anymore :lol:
About the passport thing, Spooky is getting his passport because it looks like we will be going to Canada sometime in September. Also the Japanese want us to so something with GodsGarden in Japan in the future for SSF4 so yeah, he is in the process of getting it now. You know I already have mine and it would be the perfect excuse to see you guys again. I’m not sure if he can commit to anything at this point in time cause its so sooooon - (hes actually going to be streaming SBO quals @ arcade UFO) so yeah, hectic. But yeah we should def talk business and see if we can link up. Let me know when we can talk! Just throwing shit out there cause if KOF13 becomes big I want TeamSp00ky to be in there hehe

haha, what about “Team ?” =P

seriously, learning most of the cast comes with time, people is going to focus on their mains or characters they have been playing in older KOFs, give some time to not so hot chars, their time will come, what would be good if maybe do random tournaments, we used to do that here, 1-2 dlls and everyone uses Random Team Edit, is very fun and challenging, and also gets a lot of exposure of the lesser chars…

Well man you tell me when we can talk I got you on AIM I’m on now and we can try to work something out because from here on out any primetime International tournaments I’ll just let you guys stream it so people can get to see everything in KOF period…(13 2002 Mexico vs. Japan etc etc). If not I’ll send you a PM and that way we can not clog up this thread and work out what we need to work out.

Or people can travel! The beauty of International tournaments/travel is that you realize not everyone thinks like you do, not everyone plays the same characters as you do, not everyone whines about the same things you do, the whole nine yards so what it comes down to in International tournaments are those that have had experience fighting these different styles/characters and/or are just EXCELLENT at adapting, hell if you look at most the top players in damn near any community you have one thing in common- TRAVEL.

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Justin Wong travels. I travel. Arturo Travels. Buktooth travels. HeartNana travels (Well used to now he just lives in Japan). NAPS travels. Daigo travels. Marn travels. FloE travels. I think you get the drift here, the world is beyond just the USA, if you wanna have that EDGE you gotta see stuff the people here simply aren’t seeing!

There is no substitute for travel if you wanna be at a good international competitive level…

im just talking about XIII, and how it can be more exposed with the characters, i know that to be better you got to fight better people, and to have a name of yourself you need to travel, expouse your game to other places, i have done some traveling too, not to much but im preparing myself to do it, also i doubt a lot of people will travel outside/near CA, just to try the game…

Heya Dark Geese and Sabin.

I am the operator of a new Arcade in Houston Texas called Monsters Arcade. And from all ive read and seen about KOFxiii we are STRONGLY considering getting a kit. If you guys have any information you could send my way about prices and availability i would appreciate it.

You guys should also check out our live stream at Monsters Arcade on Justin.tv Full HD ever since we got fiber optic installed. We are streaming Alamo City Gaming this weekend, and we will be at UFO for the SBO qualifiers if Sabin you would like to talk and maybe setup some sort of Team Spooky Vs Monsters Arcade collaboration.

We are pretty new on the scene but i think we could do some pretty big things considering how much i love KOF. Let me know what yall think, and PLEASE check out our channel i think you’ll love what you see.

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Sure thing I will add you on Facebook and I will send you a PM on SRK…I am certain we can get something going…I had a plan a long time ago Raging Storm Houston, I am sure we can pick that back up…

Sir Arthur- If they aren’t willing to do that then they are limiting themselves…as I say if you wanna be better than everyone else you can’t do what everyone else does!

But I hear you out, it just takes more than playing vs. the same people all the time same styles to get very very good at a game on a worldwide level.

Hype!

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Good matches in that set everyone. Any new findings/updated impressions?

What up Reynald!!!

Good initiative!

If only all arcades were like yours…

Well those matches will certainly shut up the haters of AI’s skill level… Those were SOOO LEGIT!!!

AUGUST 2ND, WHEN I GO OVER THERE, CAN NOT FREAKING COME SOON ENOUGH!!!

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wuuuts up man. some good videos coming up soon. look forward to them