Yeah I was walking past Blake at work or something and we exchanged glances and blake was like “I’m dropping K’”
the sadness in the air was palpable
I certainly agree with Lu’s and James’ points on this Jon. Also yes Yuri on point is really dangerous…she gets 80% off of just a full drive bar in the corner, tools for almost all situations, great offense, a great anywhere juggle that can be applied very often, 1f invincible grab etc.
Well with Duo Lon, obviously his real mixups come from knockdowns and such but the most you’re going to get at neutral is timing mixups and varying when you do what to get people to say, jump into a cr.C when they were expecting me to throw out f+A at a certain range / time or what not, or timing cr.A staggered and trying to feign like I’m going in for a throw to get a counter hit on mashers. But things like that are really iffy, every player has different tendencies and don’t always decide to do things at the same time. That’s why I like having strong mixup tools, it doesn’t matter what the player is doing so much with those because they either cover a lot of options or are just really effective at doing what they do.
I can’t really MAKE people press buttons. And setting up a throw is risky since they have a year and a half to decide they want to mash on you before the throw protection ends. Because of option selects, going for stuff like that is definitely in the defenders favor and you should really only go for that kind of stuff when you’re 100% certain the player is scared. Being able to set stuff up safely is really big. Putting someone in block stun and mixing an overhead and a low is just better than putting someone in block stun and gambling on when they press a button. Or empty jumping and command grabbing them out of their option selects >>> whatever the hell people without 1 frame command grabs and invincible moves do to beat option selects.
I guess my issue is dealing with overly defensive play. Hey… look Jon has issues against defensive play, where have we seen that before? Oh yeah EVERY GAME EVER THATS NOT MARVEL LOL
I don’t want to get too wrapped up in a theoretical discussion, so I will try to be brief.
I never said 50/50 mixup wasn’t good. The issue is that it doesn’t really exist in the same form in KOF, so if you’re looking for that in a character, you won’t really find it.
You can’t physically force someone to press a button, but if you have an understanding of the game, you can make them want to. Remember, you can’t block forever in KOF.
Just keep playing and eventually you will get it. Maybe you need to re examine how you fundamentally view offense.
Double post to spread this around.
Alright guys, it occurred to me that I own just a few too many arcade sticks, so I’d like to unload a few of them if possible. I’ll list off what I’m aware that I have and maybe add some more later (might have one or two hanging around that I forgot about). These are all PS3.
RAP Viewlix Premium
SF4 MadCatz TE (this is my old dual mod, it doesn’t work for 360 anymore but all the hardware is in there so it probably just needs a simple repair)
RAP3
Wireless T6 stick
BB MadCatz TE (limited edition, barely used)
I’m not sure how much I’d like for these, so start naming prices if you’re interested.
I might be willing to buy one.
I would prefer the least used, and would be willing to pay a premium for that.
Next week. ReSe’s BACK!!!
Week after, Mindgames goes SATURDAY!!!
Great two weeks upcoming.
Rod, the BB stick is the least used, it’s spent most of its time in my possession in a box.
Hey guys. I’m living in NC in the triangle area (again). Just trying to figure out when/where meetups happen.
I play BB and GG primarily, but I can flail around with Zangief and it’d be cool to get into KoF. I would have already if it weren’t for it’s godawful netcode.
Oh and I can do MvC3 and Skullgirls, if you guys do.
Raleigh is mostly MArvel / KoF / SF4.
We have some old GG / BB heads that might come back with the new patches. I won MLG for skullgirls so… competition! (haven’t touched it since the patch though >_<)
Weekly streamed tournaments every wednesday at Champps in triangle town center mall:
So, this place? http://www.triangletowncenter.com/shop/triangle.nsf/StoresAlphaWeb/304C812965642CAA852570AF006892D1?OpenDocument
Hopefully you do plenty of casuals there too. I’m not exactly tournament material just yet. I just want IRL experience.
Thanks Blake. Let me know what you think is fair, and we can talk about it.
If you get a nice offer from someone else and want to go ahead and make the sale, feel free. I actually haven’t played in months.
Any rides available to RESE? I live in Cary area but I can get to raleigh.
What’s RESE?
$80 for the RAP 3 sound good? I can give it to you today after work or at WNB on wen.
Hey Rod, does 90 sound reasonable?
http://www.resetourney.com/tournaments/
We have this tournament coming up the 19th.
And this on the 26th
Get those ride situations sorted out.
Yes, that sounds fair and reasonable. Thank you, sir.
I can pay for this anytime you are ready - just let me know.
Is tomorrow ok? I have class after work, but it usually ends between 7 and 7:30. Just let me know if that’s ok and where we can meet.
Sure, tomorrow is fine. You can swing by the crib I guess, I’m still at the same spot. I’ll be home from work by then.
Or if you want to just meet at WNB or some other event in the near future, that is fine too. Totally up to you.