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[Crab Milk Mickey]

So there's still no word on the European release? Good job, Aksys / Arc System Works.

At this rate I won't be too surprised if they'll either release it during the busiest month of the year, or 'delay' it as far as Q1 2010. And before anyone suggests importing: no, I don't have a PS3.

 

[sixteen-bit]

What's that?

I personally love that one and the red-orange and black one with yellow hair...so awesome.

it's my favorite arcade stick

 

[momolicious]

Hey guys, any arakune strats worth noting? Yes I know about dustloop but I frequent this forum more often.

I haven't played this game in a month and I'd like to know more than just scrubby flowchart stuff for the next section of the gaf tourney:lol I'm namely looking for anti Nu/teknopathetic strats kthx.



What's your tag? I started the channel so it's like my baby, I'm there every once in a while. I'll be there more in order to practice for the GAF tourney so I don't finish 8th lol. Actually, as long as I do better then Prototype then I'm fine :lol

PSN: killamomo

For arakune, you need to learn his combos that curse the opponent, such as 6A>5D or 2A>5B>5D . double jump alot so its harder for opponent to reach you and do alot of your work in the air, when you come down use the 2A/2B/2C and mix it up. Use the dash cancel 4B , its great.

 

[KanedaGS]

Hey guys,

I just wanted to give you guys the heads up on a contest we're doing where you can win a 6B shirt by battling us. Here are the deets:

* We’ll be taking 10 entries on XBL and PSN
* Email us at podcast (at) aksysgames (dot) com with the subject heading of BB Tshirt Contest (XBL or PSN) along with your Gamertag or PSN ID
* We’ll choose the entries at random.
* You’ll be battling Mikey, Mike, Harry and Gail. If you can take 2 matches from us, you win a shirt.
* Sh*t gets real on Wednesday, August 19th at 7PM

 

[TheExodu5]

What's your tag? I started the channel so it's like my baby, I'm there every once in a while. I'll be there more in order to practice for the GAF tourney so I don't finish 8th lol. Actually, as long as I do better then Prototype then I'm fine :lol

Don't worry. I'm taking 8th. :lol

 

[Prototype-03]

woot! email sent!

Probably cant win but can't resist that shirt!

 

[Grifter]

Having a blast with GAFfers the past few nights!

BB's giving me HDR-levels of addiction, at least online. SF4 was great with friends but the tight links and input lag made the netplay distressing.

 

[Prototype-03]

Hey FMF, you need to get your ass back to playing BB instead of SF4! I'll play a bit of SF4 and you play a bit of BB... sound fair?

 

[xero273]

i hope the aksys guys aren't good at this game so I can win a shirt

 

[Barrett2]

Just got this in the mail. I have no idea what's going on, but I think I like it....

 

[momolicious]

i hope the aksys guys aren't good at this game so I can win a shirt

The thing is they are obviously good, they have play this game alot. I wouldnt stand a chance if i got picked anyways lol. They should chose like random people in the office who have not played much lol

 

[Jube3]

Having a blast with GAFfers the past few nights!

BB's giving me HDR-levels of addiction, at least online. SF4 was great with friends but the tight links and input lag made the netplay distressing.

Me and Toku are plotting your death, news at 11. :lol

I agree, its something that just makes fighting games fun for me. I hope blazblue, marvel and remixs' success can make lobbies a staple in future fighters. 2 months have passed and the game still feels great (in terms of freshness) I put it in with some friends and 3 hours pass like its nothing.

Can't wait for my plexi/art/washers to come in from art so I can finish my hakumen stick

 

[sixteen-bit]

Yesterday I started picking characters who aren't Carl. I really like Hakumen and Rachel.

 

[Urban Scholar]

Yesterday I started picking characters who aren't Carl. I really like Hakumen and Rachel.

Ugh.. I think he's one of the coolest characters, design, story wise, and etc. His movement speed leaves something to be desired. His astral finish is something mighty beautiful too.

 

[DY_nasty]

Ugh.. I think he's one of the coolest characters, design, story wise, and etc. His movement speed leaves something to be desired. His astral finish is something mighty beautiful too.

Hakumen any faster is broken. That damned stick of his is something viscious.

 

[Tenkei]

I haven't had much time to devote to this game, but I'm really enjoying it. =) Hopefully my time will free up after a couple of weeks so I can get better at this game. I'm thinking of using Rachel as my main.

GT: Tenkei Greywolf

Has anyone else experienced problems saving? I completed Bang's story arc, see Clear 59%, return to the title screen and quit. The next time I play the game, I notice that my progress with Bang is Progress 44%, which corresponds to a missing win and loss versus the final opponent. I noticed that I was missing the starry sky CG from the gallery as well. I beat Bang's story, return to the dashboard, and start the game again just to make sure that I wasn't hallucinating, and sure enough, I'm back to 44%. I thought there was something wrong with my HDD or memory unit at first, but on a whim, I cleared Bang, then started Ragna's story again, beat one match, saved, and NOW it shows the clear percentage and saved CG correctly.

On a related note, my completion of the Arcade mode with Ragna and Rachel did not appear to save either, so I did the same thing--play story mode to receive the save prompt. Is there a better way to do this?

 

[ultim8p00]

I just beat a level 32 Tager!!! With Noel!!!

I was like "Fuck yeah I want to save that replay!"

Tager still gives me a very hard time, but I'm slowly getting comfy fighting him. My strategy is basically to hit and run using safe combos, and to do a lot of hit confirming before attempting a combo. Also stay the hell away from D. That shit actually gets you killed with Tager.

 

[SolarPowered]

I played one of the dudes in my pool for the tournament, but I have no idea when I'm supposed to get together with people for this...

Edit:

Just checked up the tournament thread in the matchups section, and everything I need is there.

 

[Terrordactyl]

Just wanted to ask, is it possible to win with Carl / Clover?

 

[ZealousD]

Just wanted to ask, is it possible to win with Carl / Clover?

Yes. The thing is, Carl has probably the most difficult learning curve of any fighter in any 2D fighting game. So if you want to win with Carl, you have to put serious effort into learning him.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Just wanted to ask, is it possible to win with Carl / Clover?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q9nAYXKsO8

 

[SolarPowered]

Just wanted to ask, is it possible to win with Carl / Clover?

The player I played against last night was very effective when he trapped me between himself, and Nirvana. It's hard to win with him buy you can if know your defense, and keep Nirvana charging, and grabbing. He is highly succeptible to Rushdown, and close range characters like Bang, Ragna, Tager, and Taokaka. Beware characters with short powerful combos, and good pokes. That can all be nullified if you know how to get that claptrap down though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ8EHvyezQ0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E503g2UYQY

 

[Terrordactyl]

Yeah I've never won matches with him just rounds, I really like the concept of him (the story is ludicrous though, but you already knew that). I'm gonna put some serious time into him though. What console are the majority on for this game? I'm on PS3

 

[SuperMattyFighter2T]

Just wanted to ask, is it possible to win with Carl / Clover?

Yeah, very possible. Start with learning a couple of his simpler combos like the 2C to Nirvana clap etc... Some of his unlbockable high/low mixups when the opponent is sandwiched between Carl and Nirvana or cornered. And then you have the clap loop which is hard enough to do, but 500x harder to actually setup in a match. Every Carl I've played has either been fucking amazing or total shit. Good luck heh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q9nAYXKsO8

DIO is awesome. Awesome is DIO.

 

[SolarPowered]

Yeah I've never won matches with him just rounds, I really like the concept of him (the story is ludicrous though, but you already knew that). I'm gonna put some serious time into him though. What console are the majority on for this game? I'm on PS3

There are more players on the PS3 at the moment because of the Japanese sales. I was horrible at first until I saw the light of Love&Justice, but the beauty of this game is that it just clicks with you, and soon your skill will improve exponentially regardless of character or tier.

 

[Terrordactyl]

Normally I would expect PS3 to do better with a J-fighting game anyways, but the amount of PS2 owners that have migrated to 360 preference is much more staggering that I'd ever imagined.

 

[SuperMattyFighter2T]

Normally I would expect PS3 to do better with a J-fighting game anyways, but the amount of PS2 owners that have migrated to 360 preference is much more staggering that I'd ever imagined.

I've played both versions a lot. I couldn't tell you which one has more players, but you won't have trouble finding matches on either one.

 

[Magnus_Bulla]

So there's still no word on the European release? Good job, Aksys / Arc System Works.

At this rate I won't be too surprised if they'll either release it during the busiest month of the year, or 'delay' it as far as Q1 2010. And before anyone suggests importing: no, I don't have a PS3.

Pretty sure Aksys has nothing to do with Europe, so they couldn't release it there even if they wanted to. Or at least that's what they said on one of their podcasts.

 

[jdub03]

Just wanted to ask, is it possible to win with Carl / Clover?

I've had some success with him in ranked and player matches. Most people can't defend against his mixups. The key to beating will carl will be learning his clap trap setups which I haven't done yet. I haven't won a match with carl in the neogaf tournament. He does so little damage. I stick with him but ill also work on another character as a backup.

 

[DrFunk]

I've played both versions a lot. I couldn't tell you which one has more players, but you won't have trouble finding matches on either one.

^
truth

and you won't have trouble with them handing out rich, hot, steamy bowls of ass whoopings

 

[Steaks]

Sup Oichi. :lol

 

[SouthernDragon]

Finally got a TE stick (with an octogate!) and BB is a freakin' blast to play, more than I ever thought.

I'm still playing Noel, but I also gave Tager a try. What fun! His 6C -> 623C is fun, but I'm still trying to figure out how is magnetism affects his Atomic Collider.

 

[Papercuts]

Finally got a TE stick (with an octogate!) and BB is a freakin' blast to play, more than I ever thought.

I'm still playing Noel, but I also gave Tager a try. What fun! His 6C -> 623C is fun, but I'm still trying to figure out how is magnetism affects his Atomic Collider.

I main Tager and still have trouble with that. :lol

I can 720 out of all of his moves except for AC, I see Mike Z do it in a lot of videos but I can't wrap my head around pulling it off.

 

[SouthernDragon]

I don't know what to do! The opponent just loops around hilariously.

 

[LowParry]

So during one of my tourny runs today, I completely raged on that goddamn Jin. The spamming of C just infuriates me. I just wanted to give up after receiving a loss like that. Meh. I can't even play the dude. So I'm putting him away, and moving onto Hakumen. Tao is still going to be my main. It's Noel I have issues playing against currently. I think I have mostly Nu down for the most part.

 

[Oichi]

Sup Oichi. :lol

oh shit my scrubby vid is online lol

 

[sonicspear64]

Sup Oichi. :lol

kensk, you still mash dem 720's? :lol

 

[Relix]

XBL Pool 4 GET SOME MATCHES DONE GUYS! Not a single one has been done.

EDIT: Crap wrong thread :lol

 

[xero273]

XBL Pool 4 GET SOME MATCHES DONE GUYS! Not a single one has been done.

EDIT: Crap wrong thread :lol

Pool 4 did get some matches done. I just did two in the past two days with Jube3 and linkhero.

 

[sixteen-bit]

XBL Pool 4 GET SOME MATCHES DONE GUYS! Not a single one has been done.

EDIT: Crap wrong thread :lol

I played Zerocool and linkhero like 2 days ago. Read your thread lulz

 

[Jube3]

XBL Pool 4 GET SOME MATCHES DONE GUYS! Not a single one has been done.

EDIT: Crap wrong thread :lol

Yea Theres only a handful of matchups left in pool 4 Dementia can you play tonight?

 

[Grifter]

Are turtle or teepo around to play?

 

[Ferrio]

Think i'll pick up playing again this weekend. Been pretty much out of town or tired these past few weeks.

 

[Steaks]

kensk, you still mash dem 720's? :lol

How else am I supposed to win?
Besides holding up a little longer on the character select screen I mean.

 

[Giolon]

I had some great matches with Grifter tonight! He was even kind enough to let me win once :lol JosM8 was great to play with too!

I look forward to some more playtime in the near future.

 

[Docpan]

I thought this game was supposed to be accessible to noobs? Just got my ass raped before giving up story mode and turning it off for now.

Mashing directions and buttons does a lot of cool moves and stuff (being able to mash the right analog stick is sweet too), but the game is still too hard. Someone told me this would be easier to play than Street Fighters/Guilty Gears, but it still has all of that memorization shit that I can't be bothered with.

Still pretty to look at.

 

[Foxix Von]

I thought this game was supposed to be accessible to noobs? Just got my ass raped before giving up story mode and turning it off for now.

Mashing directions and buttons does a lot of cool moves and stuff (being able to mash the right analog stick is sweet too), but the game is still too hard. Someone told me this would be easier to play than Street Fighters/Guilty Gears, but it still has all of that memorization shit that I can't be bothered with.

Still pretty to look at.

360 or ps3?

I'm absolutely god awful and I've been putting off getting back into it due to Phantasy Star dungeons being fucking labyrinthine mazes of the damned. I could use the practice :lol

VQ

 

[Docpan]

360 or ps3?

I'm absolutely god awful and I've been putting off getting back into it due to Phantasy Star dungeons being fucking labyrinthine mazes of the damned. I could use the practice :lol

VQ

PS3 if you want to play. My tactics are to jump around, mash shit, then jump back, repeat.

I'll be honest, I hopped into training mode and ATTEMPTED to memorize moves... But as soon as I get into the heat of battle all that shit goes straight out the window and I act more instinctively, often times causing me to fuck up motions/presses.

I never played fighting games as a kid... I don't have that base that most of you have coming into this. This is the ONLY genre that for the most part remains inaccessible to me. Pisses me off.

 

[Giolon]

PS3 if you want to play. My tactics are to jump around, mash shit, then jump back, repeat.

I'll be honest, I hopped into training mode and ATTEMPTED to memorize moves... But as soon as I get into the heat of battle all that shit goes straight out the window and I act more instinctively, often times causing me to fuck up motions/presses.

I never played fighting games as a kid... I don't have that base that most of you have coming into this. This is the ONLY genre that for the most part remains inaccessible to me. Pisses me off.

The only way to overcome these issues is with practice. I've had the game practically since it was released, and I still have execution issues. That said, I believe BlazBlue to be far more accessible than your average fighter - the Drive Button is literally designed to be the Do Cool Shit™ button. Some characters are easier to play than others (Jin, Noel, Ragna probably being the most noob-friendy). I'd only recommend staying faaaaaar away from Carl as a noob...trying to control both him and his doll is...challenging to say the least (but very rewarding when you get it down).

The Story Mode AI is generally pretty easy. I'm not sure if it is affected by the difficulty setting, but you can always try turning that down in the options?

Finally, going online, 90% of everybody on there is going to kick your ass. That's just how it goes when you're a noob. Either you take it as a learning experience and develop tactics to deal with good (or cheap) foes, or you ragequit. I prefer the former.

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

It sounds like you're lacking in muscle memory and cause and effect of battle. If you're not seeing WHY something happens, what will happen will be a complete mystery, much less mindgames.

Make an effort to try certain EXACT moves, and go for certain EXACT openings as real practice.

Example: Tager's j.2C, 2B, 2C, Collider, 6, 6B, 2D. Voila: Mid-air defense, an opening, taking advantage of an opening, and they're magnetized.

Once stuff of this caliber starts to click, you can build strategies like this in BB very easily.