I wish you could play team battle by just passing the controller to your friend if you both have a live account on the xbox. Went to play with a friend and had to bring my xbox and set it up in another room.
PP had a nice turnout yesterday eh? Not as huge Baskin Robbins but good. We damn near need to play musical chairs to get a diverse rotation going. Enough set-ups but 2 hours goes by waaaay too fast, especially when you give almost 30mins to KOFXI(the really, really good one) and Baki the Grappler game.
After all this time, still have not played Cylus EVER. Which brings me to my next point. B-DAY, HAPPY MAN! Belated asswhippings and a cone next week.
Getting to play Ibuki is like getting an early Christmas present. With big tits. That can kill you.
(Ibuki, not the tits…)
Thanks all for B-day wishes.
FlyMike: Dunno if I’ll be there next week. Next time we’re in the same place we’ll have to play some time. Also, wtf Baskin Robins. That was ridiculous.
On a different note, my girlfriend’s gonna be in the UK for a month this summer, so I’ll prob have the house to myself and can host some more get togethers (no venue fees :P). People may even be able to stay over if we decide for a weekend get together.
Also, I think I’m dropping Dudley. He has nice damage and good mixups but his footsies are ass.
happy bday…
and how dare you drop Mr. Dud.
Happy Bday man. 30 huh? God Im so young compared to most of you guys! lol So you are leaving the Dudely bandwagon huh? I feel you man. His footsies are straight garbage but Sagat didn’t have the best either so I think Im going to stick with him. I just like his overall feel and once I can get down all his mix-ups I think I will be ok. He is not the best character in the game like I knew he wouldn’t be but he is still a monster. To be honest though, I like DeeJay a little better and I usually hate charge characters. I just like his mobility a lot I guess. I like him a lot better than Guile though I think Guile has better damage output. You just going to stick with Balrog and Sagat?
FlyMike: You owe me some rounds too dude. I would love to fight that fatty of yours. Sweet avatar by the way.
Happy B-day Cylus!!! Good “new character” games yesterday!
Damn, lots of people at PP yesterday! We gotta do Ranbats or something. Juri shaping up to be something good for my arsenal. Then again, most of her things are unsafe and I am finding that her anti-airs are not the best. Her AA’s don’t seem to be consistent with certain moves from other characters. Still lots of training to do though!
Hey Lycan, isn’t her pinwheel kick safe? I can never punish that thing. It may not be but I sure thought it was.
happy birthday cylus 
haha i’m super young compared to you guys. 
Ha, we learned the hard way it is not safe. All of them are punishable, but if you block string THEN lk Pinwheel it is much safer.
Ok thanks dude. That just means I need to hit the lab more and find ways to punish. Im probably not reacting fast enough. I know a couple of times when someone did it far off I would just machine gun blow it and they would trade. Im trying to learn all the ways to punish all her moves because it seems as if she will be a popular choice among the masses. Man I got loads of work to do!!!
^^^^ this!!!
But if spaced correctly then the lk pinwheel does push her back far enough to not get hit by a normal nor special move. The only thing I have “heard” is that Ryu can sweep her, but I just read that on a forum yesterday. I have yet to test it myself
edit, and trust me…she won’t be popular for long!
Cosign. KoFXI is that Captain Fire.
Oh, and HAPPY BDAY to Cylus!
Plus there were those times where I just command dashed straight through it when you tried to do it on wakeup. That was fun when I figured that out.
Cylus: It’s all good. It’ll go down soon enough. Dropping Dud before it even starts? I dunno man. Me and Lil Majin were fucking with a few characters, matchups, and punishment today and he came to conclusion also that Dud is cheap. He’s so easymode. Combo->super/ultra from anything, mad dmg, tons of links, good overhead, retarded in corner, etc. Where’s the problem again lol? Anyone who plays that character to his potential is going to win often. He’s almost like Steve Fox in a way.
Gabe Thanks. I don’t play online so you gotta get at me. Whenever we’re both free. But maybe come to PP sometime. You live in that area right?
Crisp: Lol, Sho was giving hell with that big boomerang last night. And “cracked out” Robert is the ill.
Thanks for B-day wishes again, had a great dinner with my family + my dad.
Oh god, Sagat’s footsies are miles beyond Dudley’s. Fireballs and specials are a part of footsies. Dudley’s only good normals for footsies have very limited range. I don’t think he has any reliable ways to get in on anyone without the other person making mistakes. I can’t really think of another character with worse footsies than Dudley’s. Yeah, his jump-in HK is great but most characters can reliably anti-air it clean with proper positioning.
There’s no way Dudley is gonna be top 5 though. He’s gonna have too many bad matchups against people who can zone him, or people who can reliably escape his corner game (Dictator). He also has a terrible time against grapplers.
Balrog is almost exactly the same. From what I’ve seen so far his damage is the same save for HP Headbutt and Ultra losing a little bit of damage. 2 of his hardest Vanilla matchups got easier, Sagat and Zangief. Chun Li, on the other hand, is gonna be a bit tougher for him.
I think Rog is easily top 3 in this game. It’s still too early to accurately place any of the new characters, they haven’t been completely explored, though Makoto feels really slow in this game, so to me she is way less scary than she was in 3s.
Juri seems upper mid at least, though I think her normal ultra is gonna be better unless someone finds some crazy with Feng Shui Engine. Lycan, you should see if you can work instant overheads into dive kick combos into his game.
Also, El Fuerte got way more annoying somehow.
Oh well, I’m mumbling now and I’m gonna stop critting you all with text for the moment.
He doesn’t have any consistent ways of getting in on anyone with a decent zoning game. Yeah, once you get in he’s dangerous, but I don’t think he’s going to have an easy time getting there. There are better rush down character than Dudley with better (and safer) mixup, better ways of getting in, and who do more damage and they still aren’t top tier (See Viper… haha sound that out).
Anywho, I could be completely wrong, but either way, his style doesn’t match up with mine.
Notice to everyone in the room with me, Squabbler and Duckie:
Yes, I’m free on Thursdays. (And every day for that matter!)
Have I pioneered the “Flowchart Guy” yet?
yeah I was telling some guy asking about juri in the newbie forum, all of her pinwheels are technically unsafe but nobody can really tell which one you’re doing so they assume mk/hk and block. if they block lk it pushes you out of range…so in that regard it’s “safe.” haven’t heard about that ryu sweep!
also yeah if you dive kick and they block but you already start the dive kick combo you’re screwed by anyone with a brain in their heads. VERY unsafe if your whole dive kick combo is blocked, you’re basically sitting there asking to be thrown. don’t start mashing kick buttons thinking you’re gonna land it, actually landing a single blocked dive kick is actually safer than getting it blocked and starting into the combo.
i dunno man she has a decent mind game, especially if you get her command counter dash thing down to a kneejerk reaction. i’m still trying to figure out when to use what command counter, today i caught a makoto jab with her mp counter back and ended up dashing INTO a hayate. oops lol
Josh? Who is Josh? 
Got a room going with Blinky, Squabb, Hiryu, and a friend from Virginia. Three spots left. Anyone want in?