UMvC3 Tournament and Stream Commentary Thread

piskooooo · 2011-12-14T02:00:49.000Z

Ah good catch. Fixed it. Did they ever say why they changed the name?

It’s not being run by the same people anymore. Also Big 2 is a game they play so I dunno.

KaiSing · 2011-12-14T02:04:01.000Z

Socal as a whole is more stacked than Nor Cal when it comes to Marvel. That’s always been the case. Also, I think Norcal players are underexposed compared to So cal simply because So cal gatherings have been more cohesive and consistent outside of the San Diego to LA division. For the most part, every time there’s a gathering, the who’s who of top players are all there.

CORNBRE4D · 2011-12-14T02:11:38.000Z

Why doesn’t ChrisG do sessions? How in the hell did he get so good without them?

Lenaire · 2011-12-14T02:12:19.000Z

lol just finished watching the archives, that mike ross set was goddamn embarassing. Hopefully mike takes the game more seriously and builds a brand new team cause his current shit just isn’t rocking it. Shout outs to knives for making sure that blow up wasn’t the last thing we had to deal with.

Mikes team is actually pretty good, it just can’t deal with Wesker. Storm is his best chance against Wesker. If Storm dies the match is already lost. Also Peekaboo made Jago super safe. Mike had no answer for Wesker or Peekaboo. I do think he should look into a new team too, but he is good with his current team also. He needs a secondary team to deal with Weskers and keep away teams.

Maverick8 · 2011-12-14T02:27:28.000Z

How can you complain about NorCal getting no attention when no one even knows about the Midwest or Southeast. facepalm

PurpleLemonadeGGPO · 2011-12-14T02:32:54.000Z

Even when Starbase was at it’s peak it only got a fraction of the viewership that WNF did, even when I think the level of play was comparable (maybe WNF edges it out when Wong, Combo, numerous guests etc. attend). It’s kind of died down but that doesn’t mean people haven’t been practicing. NorCal is like SoCal, it’s big and fractured, not everyone lives in LA/SF. Tinh has his own little group in Sac, Honzo is poverty with no car so he streams from his bedroom, KBeast is from Fairfield with Ramnation players, Oakland/East Bay have great players and so does (South) San Francisco.

There was a vanilla NorCal “major” in Dromstruction, but I think most people were too busy watching Yipes’ invitational.

TNT biweeklies in the SF Bay Area have been running this season and you got high level matches with regulars like me, Dacidbro, CurtyPie, FChamp, Chrisis with players like CJ Showstoppa, KBeast and Ricky O showing up sometimes. I think the viewership peaked last week when ShadyK visited but that was after me spamming on SRK and FChamp and a bunch of others spamming on twitter.

Norcal always gets no attention. The majority of the 09er generation didn’t know who Ricky Ortiz was until Evo 2010.

Momochuu · 2011-12-14T02:34:05.000Z

Mikes team is actually pretty good, it just can’t deal with Wesker. Storm is his best chance against Wesker. If Storm dies the match is already lost. Also Peekaboo made Jago super safe. Mike had no answer for Wesker or Peekaboo. I do think he should look into a new team too, but he is good with his current team also. He needs a secondary team to deal with Weskers and keep away teams.

That team is actually pretty terrible.

DevilJin_01 · 2011-12-14T02:35:31.000Z

Mike needs to put Hulk first, Storm second, Sent third. That way Storm is guaranteed to come in with meters like she wants whether Hulk stays alive or dies due to his big health threshold any way. You want somebody like Hulk stacked with assists up front so he can get in and kill people off and build meters fast for Storm and Sent.

Lenaire · 2011-12-14T02:43:32.000Z

That team is actually pretty terrible.

In Vanilla I believe he beat Detrimantix with it, and In ultimate he beat Marn and Floe with it. That counts for something.

xesaie · 2011-12-14T02:44:40.000Z

Norcal always gets no attention. The majority of the 09er generation didn’t know who Ricky Ortiz was until Evo 2010.

Since we’re on the subject, I never understood why teamspooky gets so very much more love than IPW.

Maverick8 · 2011-12-14T02:46:30.000Z

Since we’re on the subject, I never understood why teamspooky gets so very much more love than IPW.

The level of hype seems much better to me. I respect and love both though.

phantasy · 2011-12-14T02:46:50.000Z

more personalities on the mic is a big thing. chris hu, yipes, etc.

xesaie · 2011-12-14T02:48:17.000Z

so maybe the problem is me then. The way that spooky can’t figure out NOT ARGUING WITH STREAM MONSTERS ON THE MIC just makes me crazy.

spankminister · 2011-12-14T02:49:10.000Z

I think the viewership peaked last week when ShadyK visited but that was after me spamming on SRK and FChamp and a bunch of others spamming on twitter.

I watched Starbase Ranbats every week (well, on Thursday morning since it runs too late Wednesday for someone EST to catch it live) and loved watching the play/commentary/talk. That and Dromstruction really brought NorCal’s scene to the forefront in my mind. Sucks that the numbers aren’t as high yet, but the stuff NorCal puts out isn’t unappreciated.

rayray19wun · 2011-12-14T02:50:44.000Z

Why doesn’t ChrisG do sessions? How in the hell did he get so good without them?

Dont get me wrong he’s ridiculous. He used to be godlike at every game at cf and i think hes just overall great at fighting games. Which is really crazy how he can play a game like mvc3 without doing anything spectacular. If you pay attention to his matches he litterally does almost nothing but whiff punish and choose the right time to attack. Most of new york used to think he didn’t want to get “figured” out but that wasn’t the case. He’s actually just overall out playing people. still its a mystery how he stays good with his main team since he never picks it in casuals

CORNBRE4D · 2011-12-14T04:05:50.000Z

That’s retarded! Just goes to prove though that footsie skills mean a lot more in this game, even though you spend 40% of the time in a combo or being combo’d those footsie’s get you there.

Warpticon · 2011-12-14T04:45:31.000Z

Mikes team is actually pretty good, it just can’t deal with Wesker. Storm is his best chance against Wesker. If Storm dies the match is already lost. Also Peekaboo made Jago super safe. Mike had no answer for Wesker or Peekaboo. I do think he should look into a new team too, but he is good with his current team also. He needs a secondary team to deal with Weskers and keep away teams.

Mike’s team would be pretty good if he was actually decent with any of the characters besides Storm.

GomuGomu · 2011-12-14T04:53:06.000Z

Mike needs to put Hulk first, Storm second, Sent third. That way Storm is guaranteed to come in with meters like she wants whether Hulk stays alive or dies due to his big health threshold any way. You want somebody like Hulk stacked with assists up front so he can get in and kill people off and build meters fast for Storm and Sent.

Gamma Crush DHC to Ice Storm would be pretty nasty too, for punishment and for combos.

CORNBRE4D · 2011-12-14T05:08:56.000Z

Yea dude was dropping sentinal and hulk combos, if he went to training mode for 10 mins he wouldn’t ever drop those yet he’s doing storms jump combos = mindblown.

Lenaire · 2011-12-14T05:23:13.000Z

Mike’s team would be pretty good if he was actually decent with any of the characters besides Storm.

He’s as good with hulk as you can be.