LOL at Deception though, as good as that game was, mids own the newer MK games…
At the very least, what makes Tekken “cheap” is the juggle system after you are knocked down. With Mk you get hit with a mid that juggles at least you don’t get to “rejuggle” because of the 2D plain now, you just have to hold block and press D/B or B but there’s cheap shit in any game.
GGs to the people I played at the arcade a couple days ago, I had a lot of fun. Something about putting quarters in an actual cabinet is fulfilling.
I’m much worse at the game now, going to have to relearn Honda as the tools that I have relied on are no longer there. The nerfing of LP headbutt is the main thing; that was my go-to for anti-air and anti-crossup. Going to be harder to turtle now. Also, jumping mp wasn’t working the way it used to for air-to-ground… will have to approach folks on the ground more now (which I suppose is what I should have been doing all along). Gonna make the guile & sim matches harder, I expect. Heh, harder to hang back and harder to jump in… I think more than ever I’ve got to nail jab->hands piano, as I think I’ve got to play him as more of an aggressive character (unreported, but I think his crossup jump-in mk splash seemed better), and dropping damage is no longer allowed, ha.
FYI, I’ve played in 3 shuffleboard tournaments the past 3 years. I won 1st place, 2nd place, and then 1st place again. Every year the IT conference I attend has a tournament. I won 2 iPod shuffles (natch) and cash moneys. The first time I played was right before the first tourney I entered. It’s a skill I did not know I had.
Yeah I noticed the j. mk seemed a bit better. Phil was eating up all kinds of shit with it. You may also wanna investigate some of his other jumping normals…specifically j. mk. Mike Ross ate up some shit Marn did with Yun in the set they played.
Neither have I, though I did buy a Retron 3 from Jason that I am loving. I may go back and cop an SNES for collection purposes.
Cross up jump in MK splash was always better, it’s been in since OG games. Basically my playstyle with Honda NOTHING changed. I never used LP Headbutt as anti air, it was very overrated. Just use EX. I don’t see what the problem is. Jump RH has always been nasty with him. They changed Jump MP with Honda so it only hits late jumping in
Thanks for the set Jason. I feel like I’m slowly starting to feel comfortable in the game again after my xmas vacation. Although, I’m not sure that I’m going to be making any progress. At least I’ll not be completely green come the 8th.
Sorry Tripp for bailing. I had been playing SF for much longer than I realized.