Recent content by Res Ipsa Loquitur

I would like more of a resource where you play a certain champ and describe exactly what you're doing and why, at every point. Like, just take for example jungling as Nautilus. Most videos go something like this: "Ok, so that's the initial jungle route, went well, I'm now level 4 with red...

So, you had a winning record in Standard at last weekend's Pro Tour, and all you post ITT is one sentence pointing out a random tech card in your deck? How about a full tournament report, please!

His deck made "top standard decks," which requires 18 points. So since he only had one draw, that means he won at least 6 matches of Standard.

Right, I wasn't saying that he should have card draw or counterspells in a B/W list, obviously (if only Phyrexian Arena were legal). I was saying that he seems really excited about this list, yet it seems so much worse than decks that run blue or green. He seems to think that it's the next big...

What is up with Chapin's B/W Tokens list? It has no card draw and no disruption. It's just asking to lose to any sweeper plus a threat. Almost every deck in Standard right now is running at least one, and often more, out of Ratchet Bomb, Whipflare, Slagstorm, Day of Judgment, Dark Sun's...

This week's Friday Night Fights is really getting me excited, now that I am getting a picture of how the game looks with good hitconfirms, anti-airs, and real BnBs. This video also has (finally) some really solid Cerebella play. Am I the only one noticing a trend in favor of solo characters...

Oh, my, please do continue to educate me. My years of tournament fighting game experience don't seem to have prepared me for your overwhelming knowledge. Silly me, I thought that the bans on Akuma in SF2, Meta Knight in SSBB, both Hilde and Algol in SC4, and Gill in SF3: Third Strike, just to...

I don't play competitive Marvel, but given everyone's use of that same example over and over, it's beginning to sound like less of a problem with Marvel and more of a problem with Wesker's teleport. If you think it really is that centralizing, maybe you should be arguing that Wesker should be...

What do we even mean by brainless vs. skill-testing or whatever? I hear Melee players say that Melee is the most skill-intensive fighter because it has the highest actions per minute and the smallest frame windows for certain inputs. But Smash inputs are mostly memorized routines like...

Yeah, basically. As you get close to the corner and land a move, there are various ways you can get into a DP loop of some kind. For example, any time they are high enough in the air to do 6C>6D, you can do 6C>6D>6C>623B>6C>623C for a nice mini-loop; it's not optimal damage, but when you are...

My parents gave me a new Mad Catz Tournament Edition Round 2 fightstick for Christmas... PS3 version (I have 360). Turns out, Mad Catz is 100% closed until December 28. You can't even print out a shipping label and go ahead and get the thing in the mail before then. It will be tomorrow before...

Longer loops will prorate so far that they will be able to tech that sort of ender.

DP Loop is just using repeated DPs in the corner to juggle. It's very consisted and can be initiated from almost any starter. The following all work: (Throw)>6C>623B>6C>623C>5A>5C>2C>623C 2C(or 3C)>623B>6C>6D>6C>623B>6C>623C 3C>623A>RC>6C>623C>5A>5C>623B>6C>623C>5A>5C>2C>623C 2C...

Wow, Zystral, thanks for the great tournament report. I also zone with 5D quite a bit as Jin. It works suprisingly well against people who underestimate Jin's reversal potential. It gets even more dangerous when you have a bit of meter, since it cancels into D ice car. I have won several...

The new flamethrower is pretty much exactly what I was looking for. I also look forward to trying out the new Pyro secondary weapon. Engineer stuff looks good, but I still want a new building. I doubt I would give up my Frontier Justice, Jag, or Gunslinger for these, but we'll see.