Best soda?

July 18, 2014

dr. pepper is probably my go-to most of the time. sometimes i'm in the mood for cactus cooler and if i can't have it, nothing else will do. also a sucker for orange/grape/strawberry.

CC lemon is yummy too.

Who would you cosplay as?

July 18, 2014

I've dressed up as Ryu before (easy). Kyo would be kinda fun.

I told gllty that I'd find a way to do Tibbers if she ever wanted to do Annie.

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In the future, your skeleton is in a museum. What does the accompanying placard say?

July 18, 2014

"We didn't expect him to be so tall."

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What's the purpose of combos, from a design standpoint? They seem to me like a way to show off what you've learned in practice mode, but it makes the game effectively one-player until wakeup. Plus it worsens the barrier to entry. Would a game without combos necessarily be worse as a result?

July 18, 2014

Combos do a few things! At the most basic level, they allow designers to connect moves together so that mastery of a character includes knowing how the character's moves are supposed to flow together. They also introduce meaningful choice if you have different combos to optimize for damage, stun, or positioning. They can give the way you play your character personality and flair. They can demonstrate your knowledge of the game's engine and your capacity to execute. And frankly, it's a parallel to actual martial arts that I think is kind of neat.

I've played games just for the training mode -- Bleach DS is a great example of a game with such a rich possibility space for combos that it's more fun messing around in training mode than actually playing other people.

However! They do come at the costs you mentioned -- higher barriers to entry, lower participation in the receiving players, etc. So I think intelligently designing a combo system means finding the sweet spot for your game between the costs and the benefits.

In a meterless game, what's the maximum damage (as percentage of life bar) that should come from a single read?

July 18, 2014

Depends on the character! Some characters could be designed to have an easier time forcing bad situations/difficult reads but do far less damage than others. I mean, Divekick works fine with 100% damage.

What would your closest friends and/or family think if they saw your Internet history?

July 17, 2014

They'd think I'm obsessed with fighting games and some other nerdy shit. All my weird stuff is safely Incognito Mode'd away.

if you had to be stuck on an island with one person for a month, who would it be?

July 17, 2014

If I had a console setup, sticks, and electricity? John Choi. I'd spend the whole month learning Ryu mirrors in every game I possibly could.

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I like cheering for Team "White People" because generally they don't do well outside of Smash (and Mortal Kombat?). Is this OK or do you think the satire is too subtle to be picked up on?

July 17, 2014

Good question. I actually think Team White People is one of the funniest memes to come out of fighting games! I do wonder how outsiders read it, though.

Burgers or Pizza?

July 17, 2014

Depends on my mood. I tend to prefer burgers overall (yum, meat) but there are times where I'm craving pizza. Most of my pizza cravings are East Bay-based though -- Zachary's, Amazonas, Arizmendi, Lanesplitter, and Emilia's.

what's you opinion about alpha3 and vampire savior?

July 17, 2014

I like 'em both! both lovely examples of CPS2-era fighting games. SFA3 World Tour mode was actually one of the things that got me back into fighting games, and I've got a scrubby Talbain and Jedah in VSav. Plus, VSav is basically the proto-anime fighter.

Been playing for 60ish hours of sf4 and it's my first FG. I can body my friends who I play with and some online warriors around the 500-800p range. But if I go against someone competent I'll generally get bodied. I also switched mains from Ryu to Yang. Basically is it normal to get bodied really bad

July 17, 2014

Gonna group this answer with the other question that also sounds like it's from you!

The short answer is: Yes, it's totally normal to get blown up. While the learning curve on fighting games has been greatly compressed since the CvS2 days, the fact is that 60 hours in SF4 is nothing. (I put probably 40-50 hours in fighting games a month, though that's scattered across different games.) Also, this is your first fighting game. Street Fighter II is older than you are. I've been playing competitively since you were like, 5. You have a lot of catching up to do.

Fundamentally, you need to do three things to get better:

-Practice your execution in training mode (BnBs, setups, responses to setups that give you problems)
-Play against new people (local not online, ideally) as much and as often as possible
-Do your homework (analyze your matches to find out why you lost, watch others' matches to copy what they do well)

Do those things and you'll start winning, though it'll take time.

Gonna make all the white jokes starting with my ALWAYS ON POINT high five game

July 17, 2014

someday i'm gonna yomi your high-five mixups!!!

Who is your favorite new FG player (young, new, however you take it)?

July 17, 2014

How long has XsK Samurai been around? I like his Ryu a whole lot.

Pancakes, waffles, or french toast?

July 17, 2014

Pancakes by a wide margin. Not a huge fan of french toast or waffles, really.

So why are you playing Zoop zoop? Have you tried to play cvs2 on marvel? Like super lame maybe even morrigan.

July 17, 2014

I really like Zero in Marvel! Been playing him since vanilla. He's a lot of fun.

Marvel to me is more like an academic exercise in how miserable I can make someone with the least amount of work possible.

Cake or pie?

July 17, 2014

Cake. Pie is okay, but it's no cake. High-end fancy cakes are rad. $10 white cream and canned fruit cakes you get from random Chinatown bakeries are also rad.

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Favorite comedy film?

July 17, 2014

Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle, duh.

What attracts you most to a fighting game? Is it systems, high-level gameplay, aesthetics, etc

July 17, 2014

strong fireballs, strong footsies, and a good amount of stuff that i'd want to practice in training mode.

Why do you not enjoy Third Strike? Is it specific systems/characters or just a general feel thing?

July 17, 2014

My favorite things about Street Fighter are fireballs and dragon punches. Both of those things are fairly worthless in Third Strike.

Whats your favorite shuma color?

July 17, 2014

Purple!

Even as a PoC, I get weirded out by the jokes at white people. I find myself saying jokes like that a lot too and I'm nor sure if I'm being fair. Is it just okay because they are in some sort of 'position of power' or something?

July 17, 2014

Here's how I think of it.

Making a joke based on a stereotype can, in theory, be hilarious and harmless. Stereotyping by itself isn't necessarily harmful, but when that stereotype exists in a world with power stratification, that stereotype can be a tool that maintains said stratification. So when white people are targeting people of color with said jokes, they have to be really fucking careful to do so in a way that doesn't (even unintentionally) end up reinforcing an idea that actually contributes to fuck people's lives up.

Like, joking about race and racism sometimes isn't funny when that shit is your everyday life. Maybe there are some white folks out there telling some really funny jokes about brown people, but it's kinda shitty since a) they're the beneficiaries of racism whether they like it or not and b) those jokes might be indicative of racist inclinations that inform how they perceive the people of color they're next to in schools, work, etc.

Making jokes about white people, by contrast, is "punching up" -- certainly the jokes themselves could be offensive and harmful, but by nature they probably won't have the same impact since they're not reinforced by oppressive ideologies and institutions.

But hey, if it weirds you out, that's okay! No one's making you tell white people jokes. I think they're usually pretty funny.

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Which top 8 at EVO had the best intro? I think Killer Instinct was my favorite.

July 17, 2014

In.
De.
Structible.

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when we fuck

July 17, 2014

rn

Who would you have guest host your wedding? Marky Mark, Flava Flav, or LL Cool J?

July 17, 2014

Marky Mark is a racist and Flava Flav is...eh. LL for sure.

Do you believe in magic?

July 07, 2014

No, but I'd love to be proven wrong! I want some crazy powers.

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