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InnercityGriot: Dec 31, 2008

SFxT is going to have car crash factor going for it, I think. Also,

SFxT, I called that poo poo.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 03:56

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# ? May 23, 2013 10:59

MrJacobs: Sep 15, 2008

Broken Loose posted:

Your statement doesn't make sense.

As in, SG is made by the community, for the community, for tournaments, and the very same "diehards" who know what it is are the ones, you know, going to Evo. And listening to a podcast about what games are going to be at Evo.

That's like saying, "You're a little bit overcome with fanboyism if you thought the Mirror Universe would get mentioned in the Star Trek Encyclopedia. No one outside of the diehards know what that refers to."

That's a terrible example as people know that a beards on a clean shaven character makes them evil almost entirely because of the mirror universe.

Even then, Skullgirls probably wouldn't have the same sign up numbers as all of the games listed for Evo anyway.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 04:04

Roguelike: Jul 29, 2006; ####+##### #.....@..# #........# #........+ #........# #........# ##########

Does MK9 still have a community? I haven't seen a stream of it in months, and the last I heard about it was Arturo appearing on some podcast explaining why it was almost dead.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 04:10

The Rokstar: Aug 18, 2002; God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title

Broken Loose posted:

Your statement doesn't make sense.

As in, SG is made by the community, for the community, for tournaments, and the very same "diehards" who know what it is are the ones, you know, going to Evo. And listening to a podcast about what games are going to be at Evo.

That's like saying, "You're a little bit overcome with fanboyism if you thought the Mirror Universe would get mentioned in the Star Trek Encyclopedia. No one outside of the diehards know what that refers to."

Counterpoint: eSports.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 04:14

scuz: Aug 29, 2003; You can't be angry ALL the time!

I just got bodied 0-24 versus a Birdie player on GGPO. Someone explain Alpha 3 to me (and tell me there's hope for everyone).

The Rokstar posted:

Counterpoint: eSports.

Aligned counterpoint: mr "wizard"

# ? Jan 4, 2012 04:16

InnercityGriot: Dec 31, 2008

MK9 has a community still. It's a community that would be much improved by somebody setting Tom Brady on fire, though.

Of course SFxT is getting into EVO over SkullGirls, it will probably have the third most entrants of all six games. Sucks, but it makes sense.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 04:17

PaletteSwappedNinja: Jun 3, 2008; Big Games Poster

Roguelike posted:

Does MK9 still have a community? I haven't seen a stream of it in months, and the last I heard about it was Arturo appearing on some podcast explaining why it was almost dead.

It still draws reasonably large numbers, there just isn't a lot of crossover between players of the Capcom stuff and MK, and if you're not actively watching the MK scene boards you probably won't hear about a lot of the big events/streams.

The MK scene is like 40% 3D FG guys (including crap like SC and DOA, and the people who actually took the 3D MK games seriously), 40% casual MK fans who act like Smash fans and complain about being expected to share events with CRAPCOM games or whatever, and the rest are old-school dudes who've been playing UMK3 for twenty years, or newcomers who don't suck.

MK's getting a re-release in a few months with all the DLC on the disc, I guess that's reason enough to bring it back (as long as they patch that poo poo).

EDIT: re: Skullgirls, that poo poo was never gonna make it without a solid release date.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 04:20

The Rokstar: Aug 18, 2002; God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title

InnercityGriot posted:

MK9 has a community still. It's a community that would be much improved by somebody setting Tom Brady on fire, though.

I need to find like a little old 10-inch black and white TV or something because I want to do parody Bradycasts SO BAD.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 04:21

Gamest Mook: Jun 22, 2011; by Ozmaugh

Broken Loose posted:

Your statement doesn't make sense.

As in, SG is made by the community, for the community, for tournaments, and the very same "diehards" who know what it is are the ones, you know, going to Evo. And listening to a podcast about what games are going to be at Evo.

That's like saying, "You're a little bit overcome with fanboyism if you thought the Mirror Universe would get mentioned in the Star Trek Encyclopedia. No one outside of the diehards know what that refers to."

lol that you think even half of the people at Evo are "diehards". Evo is the tournament for the casual-competitive crowd which is why it gets probably quadruple the people of the next largest major. See how many people on SRK talk about going to Evo as their first tournament and haven't even been to local casuals.

Gamest Mook fucked around with this message at Jan 4, 2012 around 04:28

# ? Jan 4, 2012 04:25

ZerodotJander: Dec 29, 2004; Chinaman, explain!

SkullGirls looks really cool but I'd be pretty shocked if its community got as big as BlazBlue's or even GGXX AC's years after the last update to the game, and those games aren't going to be major games at Evo.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 04:27

Dias: Feb 20, 2011; He's the big guy.

scuz posted:

I just got bodied 0-24 versus a Birdie player on GGPO. Someone explain Alpha 3 to me (and tell me there's hope for everyone).

I don't get that game either. But it's Birdie, so I'll just go with pick X-Sim, enjoy your normals.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 04:29

40 OZ: May 16, 2003

Roguelike posted:

Does MK9 still have a community?

They show up to majors.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 05:10

pokecapn: Oct 17, 2003; yeah, galo sengen

Broken Loose posted:

Your statement doesn't make sense.

As in, SG is made by the community, for the community, for tournaments, and the very same "diehards" who know what it is are the ones, you know, going to Evo. And listening to a podcast about what games are going to be at Evo.

That's like saying, "You're a little bit overcome with fanboyism if you thought the Mirror Universe would get mentioned in the Star Trek Encyclopedia. No one outside of the diehards know what that refers to."

Unfortunately, SG is also without a release date. The main game isn't finished yet, and there's still the issue of getting it through XBLA/PSN acceptance testing hell. "Early 2012" doesn't really cut it when there's a good chance that release window will slip right on by.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 07:34

redmercer: Sep 15, 2011; Can't post for 7 days!

Man, gently caress Tom Brady, we need to get our nickels together and get Wayne Brady to do color commentary for a fighting game tourney.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 07:50

PaletteSwappedNinja: Jun 3, 2008; Big Games Poster

Wayne Brady and Michael Cera, believe it comrades.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 08:00

dat fukkin dog!!: Dec 17, 2008; I can't wait to touch myself on the 14th, which in the United States of the Americas is VALENTINE'S DAY just like Skullgirls and short skirts and oh my god oh so excited.

Goku, and Vegeta. Doing commentary.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 08:07

Countblanc: Apr 20, 2005; mumblecrew

Big Bear, doin' commentary.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 08:16

PalmTreeFun: Apr 25, 2010; *toot*

ZerodotJander posted:

SkullGirls looks really cool but I'd be pretty shocked if its community got as big as BlazBlue's or even GGXX AC's years after the last update to the game, and those games aren't going to be major games at Evo.

Skullgirls is gonna flop because it doesn't have Ryu, Jin, Scorpion, or Magneto in it. Calling it.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 08:28

ZackHoagie: Dec 25, 2007; now eat him.

Countblanc posted:

Big Bear, doin' commentary.

He goes by Raiden now, scrub.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 08:32

PaletteSwappedNinja: Jun 3, 2008; Big Games Poster

It's also DD-exclusive, and is 2D (and "anime" [no this isn't a thing I think]), and all the characters are women, and the roster is small, and there's no epic story mode or create-a-character, but this game doesn't need to sell three million copies to be a "success" - if it's good and it's picked up by all the big tournament/streams then it'll sell well enough to ensure we'll get another one, and it'll make other smaller/indie devs take notice. That's enough.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 08:35

AXE COP: Apr 16, 2010; i always feel like

somebody's watching me

I really hope literally nobody signs up for SFxT and they have to can it.

For vanilla SF4

# ? Jan 4, 2012 12:43

Popehoist: Feb 5, 2008; There you go rubens, all your fault! You went on the wrong side of the car!

gonna lol when the MBAACC side tournament gets double the entrants of mk9

# ? Jan 4, 2012 13:40

Gamest Mook: Jun 22, 2011; by Ozmaugh

Popehoist posted:

gonna lol when the MBAACC side tournament gets double the entrants of mk9

You're an idiot

# ? Jan 4, 2012 13:48

Cat Machine: Jun 18, 2008; EASY OPERATION

I wonder what the ruleset is gonna look like for SFxT? No gems allowed?? They said on the podcast it might be a team thing? That would be kinda fun to watch/play in I guess.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 13:53

Policenaut: Jul 11, 2008; A man's life of fifty years
is nothing in comparison
to the age of this world

Life is but a fleeting dream

So for some reason a localization company I've never heard of called "7Sixty" is localizing the 360 fighter Phantom Breaker. I think I played the demo from Japan's XBL for like 5 minutes and it didn't seem all that special but hey there you go.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 13:53

STiL.: May 12, 2008

Skullgirls is a hopelessly niche fighting game, with embarrassing, unimpressive visuals. This isn't a game anyone can really expect to be big at EVO.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 14:06

PaletteSwappedNinja: Jun 3, 2008; Big Games Poster

Every page. Every loving page. Someone make a SG thread already.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 14:07

Sex Vicar: Oct 11, 2007; I thought this was a swingers party...

Cat Machine posted:

I wonder what the ruleset is gonna look like for SFxT? No gems allowed?? They said on the podcast it might be a team thing? That would be kinda fun to watch/play in I guess.

If they do cross fever for SF x T that might actually be cool as hell to watch.

Of course now I said it, it's not going to happen

# ? Jan 4, 2012 14:10

may contain peanuts: Sep 28, 2007; WOW what a grate sports paly by the 49rs (better than seahawks)

Woooo, MK made it in, see y'all at Evo

# ? Jan 4, 2012 14:15

Cat Machine: Jun 18, 2008; EASY OPERATION

Sex Vicar posted:

If they do cross fever for SF x T that might actually be cool as hell to watch.

Of course now I said it, it's not going to happen

I would really love them to go all out at this point and just allow every kind of gem + other tacked-on feature.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 14:17

S-Alpha: Oct 21, 2010; Fighting for truth, justice, and to Spark new moves.

Popehoist posted:

gonna lol when the MBAACC side tournament gets double the entrants of mk9

That would be funny. Not gonna happen, but hey.

Also, I don't know what the hell is up with the MBAACC launcher, it reads my TE perfectly well, but not my DS3 for other players. Even with the thirty billion drivers I had to put in to get it to be recognized in the first place. Bah.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 14:45

Waterbed: Jun 27, 2008; hugs for all

Popehoist posted:

gonna lol when the MBAACC side tournament gets double the entrants of mk9

This will never, ever happen.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 14:53

von Braun: Oct 30, 2009; So the Aegis Reflector is some sort of rape device?

PaletteSwappedNinja posted:

Every page. Every loving page. Someone make a SG thread already.

Yes, please.

Kinda disappointed that they don't have BB this year. I don't play it myself but the anime playing crowd are probably a bit disappointed. Isn't the newest version coming out for console in a couple of month? Nice to see KoF13 and Soul Calibur 5 in there anyway.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 15:12

whip: Apr 9, 2007; åä¸å°

Tekken didn't make it to EVO. What happen

# ? Jan 4, 2012 15:14

S-Alpha: Oct 21, 2010; Fighting for truth, justice, and to Spark new moves.

von Braun posted:

Yes, please.

Kinda disappointed that they don't have BB this year. I don't play it myself but the anime playing crowd are probably a bit disappointed. Isn't the newest version coming out for console in a couple of month? Nice to see KoF13 and Soul Calibur 5 in there anyway.

It's already out across the pond. There are a couple of idiots (including myself) who imported it. But it really doesn't have a following anymore.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 15:15

The Rokstar: Aug 18, 2002; God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title

whip posted:

Tekken didn't make it to EVO. What happen

Yeah, I figured Tekken was a lock. Is it just because of the release date of TTT2 screwing them over like BB:CS did a few years back?

I'm not ready to completely write off Evo though. It still has KOFXIII, and KOFXIII is the hypest game since Marvel 2.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 17:25

PunkBoy: Aug 22, 2008; Do I have everybody's attention now?

Have lineups ever changed from the initial announcement?

# ? Jan 4, 2012 17:36

Liar Lyre: Jun 3, 2011

Yeah, even if SG didn't make it, EVO still has KoF and two new games. Even if they are gonna be terrible, we still get something new.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 17:38

The Rokstar: Aug 18, 2002; God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title

AXE COP posted:

I really hope literally nobody signs up for SFxT and they have to can it.

For MVC2

Fixed that for you

# ? Jan 4, 2012 17:38

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# ? May 23, 2013 10:59

may contain peanuts: Sep 28, 2007; WOW what a grate sports paly by the 49rs (better than seahawks)

The Rokstar posted:

Yeah, I figured Tekken was a lock. Is it just because of the release date of TTT2 screwing them over like BB:CS did a few years back?

Maybe they just didn't want to have two different 3D Namco fighters as main games.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 17:44

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