It is an optical stick of their own making.
So far it feels like heaven. Doing SPDs on it is so much easier than on the hori mini.
But the sanwa buttons size and positioning will take some time to get used to.
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Yeah you can always get used to your own stuff. Long as the parts are good. I remember people used to jump through hoola hoops and pay like 200 dollars for those old Sanwa optical sticks. Anything is better than that bargain Hori mini you were using.
I know at this point I prefer square gate since Iām already used to it and itās easier to find diagonals IMO on square, but if it works for you it works.
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Wowā¦canāt even give me an actual name. Iām hurtā¦good thing I donāt have feelings anymore. Tossed those away like you toss your matches in sfv.
Oh, youāre right, thatās the Hori Hayabusa Silent lever, that restrictor design is so similar to the Octopus octogate. Props to whoever transformed an original square gate in an octo. I did something similar for a friend using 2 restrictors,an octogate under the modified original one, a Frankenstein mod. Everything is better than the Hori Mini,guaranteed.
Meanwhile https://twitter.com/LPN510/status/1006970663016361984?s=19
There is also the fact that the arcades here always had bootleg SNK games with electromatic parts with circle gate.
So this octogate is feeling much closer to what my muscle memory is used to, as rusty as it may be.
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He was Super Dia leave him alone heās trying his best isnāt that right sweetie 
I am trying but Iām stupid so nothing works. Itās okay though cuz Iāll be grand master in SC6 just you watch!!!
Iāll be better than Heat
Hahahahahahahehehegehehe
i dont even talk about the game anymore on this boardā¦just corrected someone with the netcode part and that its still the same. you guys play what you deserā¦i mean, like 
ed -and ki is a interesting game, you should check it out 
Some good ol shit talk to up the post count. Less than 500 before the new one.
Anybody got any next thread ideas?
SFV Lounge - Hot Male Escort Edition
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The best thing he ever gona get is a good smack upside the head!
Odd way to spell bronze. Will be with rqās or without?
This new stick feels so good.
The optical lever is very responsive and silent, the octogate feels so natural and the buttons are very sensitive.
I will definitely need to adapt and adjust to the buttons placement and sensitivity. It is weird to not have to almost punch them to get them to register.
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So from LPNās tweet above, looks like Cody basically builds a 1/6th of a bar everytime he whiffs V Skill. Thatās pretty crazy. Supposedly throw invincible on frame 1 and attack invincible after frame 3. If thatās true then that just about makes up for no EX reversal IMO if bad spray is also viable option. V Skill gives you frame one option to beat tick throw/shimmy throw and then can just stick out a button once they are hesitant and youāre comfortable after blocking a normal. Plus any delayed string you basically get a psuedo meterless reversal if you catch a button.
The caveat is you have to burn your white health in order to do it. I think Cody has about the second most interesting V Skill to Dhalsimās at this point. It has unique properties for this game (isnāt a projectile/projectile invincible move) and creates a unique risk/reward around it. If you got a life lead might be pretty cheap, but you can crush counter it on whiff (although it seems kinda fast recovery for a pseudo reversal).
For sure coming out the gate best S3 DLC character at minimum. Heās definitely going to show up at CPT/get bandwagoned.
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Thatās huge. I was a little worried with no 3 frame or reversal I pretty much had it in my mind heād get mauled on defense in this game. Having a throw invincible option from frame 1 and attack invincible from frame 3 at least gives him something - I feel like Iāll be paying MUCH closer attention to white health now.
Heāll still have below average defense but thatās fine - he needs a weakness. SF4 Cody players are used to blocking anyway.
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Definitely. Itās obvious that theyāre trying to play to what he was in SFIV. Big offensive/mid range character that can contend in neutral, but has to take a seat if heās knocked down unless he gets a good read. The options he does have here including unique stuff like V Skill and Bad Spray give him one up over just having to mash a 3 frame or pray.
If Double Kick is frame one invince he might not be dead in the water vs grapplers. Especially if you consider bad spray is probably the only way any character can do something different after a throw than just regular quick rise.
Double kick will probably be pretty slow though. Going by what weāve see from Ed and Falke and just common sense that you donāt want to give any character a fast 1 button DP(or 2 in this case), Edās V Skill will probably be 12f or slower.
So I do think itāll be in that range where you can safely meaty him with a light attack. But still, itās an option for him that he should exercise, but with caution.
SF5 goals tonight:
- Get Arthur Ryu stuff
- Play SFIV arcade mode
- Jump over dumb Abigailās vt2
- Figure out dumb Menatās volume 3 trial 2*
*That idiot trial is the only one I havenāt cleared.
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Couple extra Cody matches, these are pretty good.
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