Beatrice

Thanks a ton! Time to get to work~ <3

I'm working on: 5AA > dash 5AA > 2C > FC [b+D] > dash 5A > 2C > FC [b+D] > dash 2A > 2B > 2C > 214B And I am having a lot of trouble getting the dash out between the 5AA's... I can get 5AA>5AA out, but I can't link anything else after that... so... Yeah... I know I've gotten it out appropriately before because I've gotten farther in the combo a few times, so I must be getting it out. Any tips on how to get that transition down a bit cleaner? I'd really appreciate the help! Thanks <3

I'll gladly play with you. I'm certainly not top tier, but if you just need some exposure, I'd gladly throw down for a handful of fights with you =D Go ahead and friend me or whatever, my PSN is on the side~

Those were all really helpful answers! I've mostly been looking for openings and poking from there, but that doesn't always help while I have them blocking. A lot of the above suggestions look like they'll be pretty simple to begin working into my pressure game. Thanks a lot, y'all =D <3

I'm curious what sort of block strings people are using. From the reading I've done, most of the time phrases like "apply pressure" or "once you land a hit you've been fishing for..." and the like, but are there any optimal blockstrings Labrys can more or less rely on? I regularly reference the combo thread for what to do once I've confirmed a hit, but do y'all have any advice on getting to that state faster/safer?

Just another request for a Catherine board. I didn't have any clue people played it competitively till I had that stream linked, though... Consider my hype to be totally hyped right now. (I am in fact here right now cause I was hoping it would have already been made.)

I don't quite get why you're only workin on the background... but... DAT SUN is totally hot.

Yes.

Kaigu... so pink and pretty. Excelent work! =O

I realized after commenting on the article that this was an actual post. For the love of redundancy, here's a repost! I think you make a pretty good point. As the argument goes, Guilty Gear has a much higher level of play required. This is great for people who're already top tier. The problem with the mentality I seem to see going around is "why do you play X, you should play GG, it's so much more deep and requires so much more skill." The problem with this sort of attitude is that it establishes barriers to entry for people not already in the scene. A new person reading all the "don't play BB, it doesn't have the depth and skill requirements of GG" is likely going to be highly intimidated by this. Especially if they are also new to fighters. I think your plan of making intro and intermediate level tutorial videos is a great idea. I feel that is one of the strong points that the BB:CT did when it shipped with the tutorial videos. They weren't just "look combos!" but "okay this is what this char does well and what it does poorly." If your videos were to be broken down in such a fashion, I believe that people would respond very positively as it helps to break down the barriers to entry I discussed earlier. I was never really seriously in the GG scene... I did a few tournaments and never placed too horribly high when I did. (Semi finals was my landmark performance once I think) That said, my college days got burned on GGXX like it was no one's business. I didn't research character strats or anything like that. When I went back a year or two ago to start finally researching, I found the information in the forums difficult to sort through, depending on character. In short: I think your videos, done well and likely with outside collaboration, could do wonders for the scene. They would lower the perceived entry cost for new players and returning players would have an easy way to refresh their understanding of the game. Good luck, sir.

Oh man. Tager: The Scientific Cock-Block. Way to go man. Way to go, botchin Robo-Ky's smooth moves.

I need to get my Gii shaped glider order in ASAP.

But less fun!!! =D

That's just too easy. It has to be like... Hang-Glider... G....

Consider me hype, sir. But the only thing I can think of starting with H and ending with G is like.. Handbag...