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I still don't know if Captain Cold is that good?... we'll have to see if anyone else can do it. I think Sonic Fox is just that good.

I should have given you a ring. I still have your number haha. Huge fail on my part.

Semij was extremely exciting to watch. Once he was knocked out, I left the hall though to play blackjack and slam booze. He was the last entertaining player to watch.

Character loyalty for the win. Congrats, whitebio. You earned it sir.

Scarecrow seems viable to me.

I think its just early. Jury is still out. Legacy characters who havent changed much mean that players can dominate early. As people flesh out the full cast over the next few months, we should see the rise of new characters. If we dont, then I'll revisit your point. For now, its way too early...

Oh yeah, one last side note - the input buffer issue that has been discussed a lot recently (in threads like this one) is really affecting me lately for certain punishes or plays. Things like hitting with a d+1 then going into b+1,3 or blocking low then punishing with b+1,3 sometimes gives me...

So does anyone have any actual advice for this matchup? I found it exceedingly difficult. In the games I won, I always did it one of two ways. 1. Get some early pressure before Fate could get a lot of meter, and take a big life lead. At this point I was happy to trade EX boulder or EX lantern...

@KingHippo, really liked your writeup above. Thoughts on the Dr. Fate matchup? I played an extended set with the excellent Mr. @DanCock last night, and the final score was roughly 40-10 (GGs again, you bastard =P). I had a really difficult time with the matchup. One of the most difficult...

I'm not sure about raw ex lift. I only ever do it after b+3. But you want to time it so you hit the 3 AFTER you hit the apex of the jump. Hit it slightly after you're starting to come back towards the ground.

Let me know if your testing confirms my findings!

Also, I'm not sure if I'm doing something way wrong, but I've seen many players doing these setups: b+1,3~trait~lift, 223, forward dash, neutral jump, 3 b+1,3~EX lift, b+3, ji2, 223, forward dash, neutral jump, 3 In my testing, these are both smoke and mirrors setups. I must be doing...

I just did some testing, and people can try this for themselves and let me know what they think... maybe confirm my thoughts. I used the ~ from Tekken notation to indicate a cancel, as I think its easier to read than xx. SOLID MIDSCREEN DAMAGE: b+1,3~trait~lift, walk forward slightly 123~ex...

I must be missing something about the setup thing, but yeah, sick set from Gross. I learned a lot watching it. If you're reading this, thanks Gross! Great stuff.

That Gross set is good, and he is way better than me of course, but I still don't understand why GL players are constantly leaving first round damage on the floor. There are a bunch of times where he barely breaks 100 damage and does a hugely abbreviated combo in order to go for a new combo...

I seriously don't understand it. I'd say they're just practicing their setups in a real match but when it's a tournament and you're dropping significant guaranteed damage for an iffy-at-best reset... WHY? It literally makes no sense whatsoever. It is absolutely not worth it to try for a short...

I'm trying to figure that out myself. As was mentioned above, the setups where you end in 223, dash up and neutral jump can almost ALL be simply d+2'd out of. It's a gimmick and it's not going to work for long, or at high level. I'm not going to create that bad habit for myself. I WILL get...

I find that players I'm watching look way too eager to constantly go for resets rather than max damage. I kind of don't understand it. I can pick out a plethora of times during Combo Breaker where players would go for a reset and the left/right mixup was blocked - now you've left a ton of...

Different eras have different stars. I dont know if cdjr has the same passion for this game as MK9 and KI. My guess is no. It is always cool to see some past stars pop up and do well though. Slips with Scorpion in MK9 (hell, and Deathstroke) was awesome to watch - I still remember his classic...

I have been absolutely loving this game, but I felt that the Top 8 was a terrible showing overall. Too much Black Adam, and it just felt like way too much zoning. It's a fun mental chess match to play out when you're actually playing, but watching two characters stand full screen trading various...