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Post by GigaChad Sigma. on Sept 18, 2023 9:31:43 GMT
Yeah looking forward to trying some modern characters. I would like to get Jamie to a reasonable point, I really like his moveset I just need to spend time in practice rather than getting cheap wins in ranked.
I'm 100% going modern Akuma. Ooooooh the shitbaggery will be delicious!
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Sept 18, 2023 10:04:45 GMT
You should definitely try modern jamie. Just things like OD dive kick into uppercut being two buttons and guaranteed seems like really solid thing to break into platinum.
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Post by Onny on Sept 18, 2023 15:34:54 GMT
If I hit a wall, that sounds like a cool approach. Will definitely do it!
.. when I hit a wall. Haha. Sadly I can’t seem to devote enough time to this to make true progress. As ever, Real Life interferes too often. Recently I’ve been sneaking in 15 mins here and there, and casual has been a godsend. But I do find myself wishing I could devote a day or so to just figuring shit out!
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Post by Onny on Sept 19, 2023 4:52:49 GMT
An AKI character guide prior to her release next week (spoiler; she continues to look really interesting):
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Sept 19, 2023 7:42:41 GMT
Heh, she looks like the balance patch? Bypasses a lot of JPs bullshit and forces you to take damage from raw drive rush if the puddle is down.
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Post by GigaChad Sigma. on Sept 20, 2023 17:56:04 GMT
I was absolutely schooled by a Juri in Battle Hub. I found out they were Master level which made me feel a little better.
He got three rounds of perfect KO's in a row. One of the combos was an insane juggle that went on and on and on. It was crazy to watch.
There's some pro level players floating round the hubs.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Sept 20, 2023 18:16:09 GMT
Yeah, there are some absolute sharks swimming around the battle hubs.
I got absolutely fucked by a master Jamie the other day. He just kept pressing buttons and buttons and buttons. Tap, tap, tap. Tap, tap, tap. Dead.
I had absolutely no idea when my turn was.
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Post by GigaChad Sigma. on Sept 20, 2023 18:32:03 GMT
Lol that sounds like my game. I was a walking punch bag.
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Post by Onny on Sept 20, 2023 19:53:31 GMT
Sometimes it’s hard to appreciate just how good the pros are at this game. Guys will play it all day - players like MDZ Jimmy or ISDD - and even they will get absolutely washed by top folks.
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Post by Onny on Sept 21, 2023 17:16:13 GMT
TGS SF6 presentation:
At the end it mentions a new rank - “Legend” - which will be given to the top 500 MR players. Also says Ed will be next year and Akuma will be Spring, which we knew already. Although looking at Japanese season that could mean we get them in January and March..
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Sept 27, 2023 18:11:54 GMT
Anyone want to play some Purple Aki?
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Post by convercide on Sept 27, 2023 19:11:00 GMT
Yeah, there are some absolute sharks swimming around the battle hubs. I got absolutely fucked by a master Jamie the other day. He just kept pressing buttons and buttons and buttons. Tap, tap, tap. Tap, tap, tap. Dead. I had absolutely no idea when my turn was. I've spotted this too. Was consistently annihilated by a Chun Li the other day and I wondered what I was doing wrong...then spotted they were a Master Rank. I mean, fair play, they've learned the game. But they're learning nothing from fighting me. Then spotted a few doing the same to other players. It could be that once you're in that rank, every game is sweaty so you might want to crush a few weaker players when you get chance. Still a bit lame imo. |
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Sept 27, 2023 19:17:25 GMT
It’s sometimes helpful and if you keep rematching, they are kind of doing you a favour. But my first game out of the blocks with aki was against a diamond 5 chun who just fucked me to the point that I wasn’t learning a thing.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Sept 27, 2023 19:17:50 GMT
That's a common thing no? Everyone enjoys letting off some steam against someone lower.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Sept 27, 2023 19:22:32 GMT
I'm looking at the character overview of AKI and I'm a bewildered by the amount of moves she has.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Sept 27, 2023 19:24:22 GMT
Yeah, there comes a point where the skill gap is so big you’re basically a training dummy for them. I sometimes do it although I do take my foot off the gas occasionally as it can be demoralising to get absolutely dicked
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Sept 27, 2023 21:16:48 GMT
I'm looking at the character overview of AKI and I'm a bewildered by the amount of moves she has. It’s not as bad as it first looks. The hard thing is keeping track of the poison. If they are poisoned you should end a combo with one thing and if they aren’t it’s best to end with something else. It’s yet another layer of stuff to think about. But, yeah, she seems ok. Most things seem to land you at near full screen and her overhead is super slow which is a drag but her fireball is super good. It is hard to get a feel when you’re constantly up against masters using their mains, though. I did take a couple of games against a master eventually but I suspect that’s more to do with me being completely random with a new character. |
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Post by Jambowayoh on Sept 27, 2023 22:25:04 GMT
I tried out her combo trials and they were incredibly manageable. Colour me surprised.
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Post by Onny on Sept 28, 2023 4:51:47 GMT
Doesn’t she have like 11 advanced trials though? Madness.
Watching Justin Wong use her and man - what a cool character. Sadly I won’t be able to try her out until the weekend!
After Rashid and AKI, I have full confidence that Capcom will make Ed & Akuma awesome.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Sept 28, 2023 7:56:47 GMT
Doesn’t she have like 11 advanced trials though? Madness. Watching Justin Wong use her and man - what a cool character. Sadly I won’t be able to try her out until the weekend! After Rashid and AKI, I have full confidence that Capcom will make Ed & Akuma awesome. Some were a bit tricky but the enders generally follow the same path. Now, actually remembering these combos in a fight? Yeah, no. |
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Sept 28, 2023 8:24:10 GMT
Her modern controls seem pretty good. The only major thing she seems to lose are strengths of that flippy over fireball move. You get hard and OD, so no light mixup, I dont think. Oh, and same with slide. I think you get medium and OD.
They planned her controls really well, so there dont seem to be many overlaps, charges or DP motions but you still have to do most things manually due to all the whip and fireball variations and having to drive rush all the time to extend combos, so its a good mix and still very technical, similar to Kimberly Modern.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Sept 28, 2023 8:32:42 GMT
Are you playing Modern controls now? I actually tried Gief out with Modern last night. It was a bit silly.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Sept 28, 2023 8:45:38 GMT
Yeah, my hand is still a bit fucked and I've got used to it now. I was planning on never going back but they did patch literally my biggest gripe: the accidental super, so I might if I get the mobility and feeling back. If you ever saw me combo into L2 super, I didnt mean to pretty much a single time.
I mean, it is what it is. Its well designed, I dont really feel I'm missing out on much and I'm not ride or die classic. Use what you want. I do get the occasional message from people surprised that a new challenger on modern isnt a complete spanner so people do still see it as training wheels but its viable at my level. I think my Modern Kimberly is at least on the same level as my classic mains.
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Post by Onny on Nov 21, 2023 22:37:34 GMT
Outfit 3 for the base roster revealed! They will be released on December 1st - no pricing yet.
Some of these are absolutely brilliant. Marisa, Manon, Kim, Jamie, Juri all look incredible. DeeJay’s looks even better than it did in the concept art! Shame we only got blanka chan though, and Chun’s is a bit.. normal looking?
Hopefully it won’t be absurdly priced, but given how high some of the cosmetics are l’m not holding out much hope..
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Nov 21, 2023 22:47:45 GMT
Kim’s is my fave, I think. Overall, they are pretty good. They showed a lot of restraint on the pervert costume front which is nice but there are a few misses and a couple that should have been in the base game (Luke and Blanka sf5 costumes).
I have no idea what they were going for with Ken.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Nov 21, 2023 23:31:10 GMT
Outfit 3 for the base roster revealed! They will be released on December 1st - no pricing yet. Some of these are absolutely brilliant. Marisa, Manon, Kim, Jamie, Juri all look incredible. DeeJay’s looks even better than it did in the concept art! Shame we only got blanka chan though, and Chun’s is a bit.. normal looking? Hopefully it won’t be absurdly priced, but given how high some of the cosmetics are l’m not holding out much hope.. Oooh nice. I really need to get back on this. |
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Post by GigaChad Sigma. on Nov 22, 2023 0:57:31 GMT
Haven't played in a while, love the Guile, shame Jamie outfit is boring.
Might have a blast tomorrow!
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Post by Onny on Nov 22, 2023 5:41:42 GMT
Kim’s is my fave, I think. Overall, they are pretty good. They showed a lot of restraint on the pervert costume front which is nice but there are a few misses and a couple that should have been in the base game (Luke and Blanka sf5 costumes). I have no idea what they were going for with Ken. Yeah I think the disappointment of it only being “Blanka-chan” is made worse by the fact that some of the others are so good. And yeah Ken is a miss - he’s gone to the Jin Kazama school of tucking your jeans in your booties. I like the Guile outfit but wish they hadn’t given him boot cut jeans haha. I’ll probably still buy it though. Relatedly, I still play this game as regularly as real life allows. Actually finished the Final Fight battle pass, as I love that game. And I’m still grinding up the ranks with Guile - currently at Diamond 2 but making headway. Master is not so far away now although Christ it does get sweaty. |
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Nov 22, 2023 7:43:10 GMT
I dropped off it for a bit to play other things and have just started hopping back on. I had/am having a bit of a character crisis so I can play most of the cast to high plat/low diamond level but that’s it. Still haven’t settled properly on someone. I was hoping AKI would be the magic bullet but she kinda sucked.
My aim is the same as yours, finally pick someone and actually start doing ranked.
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Post by Dgzter on Nov 23, 2023 10:18:32 GMT
That new Cammy outfit ... I must have it!
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