Recent content by Alstein

What I can see happening is instead of strings, I see more throws being used. I really hope you can't break throws 100% on reaction in this.

Even if DJ is banned, some folks will use him online. Those folks might discover some stuff. Not every online warrior is a terrible player. That said, it's unrealistic to expect that DJ will bring in new folks who will stick around. People play games competitively for the game, not so much the...

Who cares what others say? This game is going to be a major for at least a year. If anything the Capcom community should be MORE ban happy.

I think that MAJOR/MINOR split thing is a pretty damn good idea. I think it will fail in practice. Folks won't use DJ because he is banned in majors, so if he's legal in minors, he'll effectively be softbanned there. Personally, I'd rather see a blanket ban.

SC5 is a lock to be in . Prediction: 6 games. SF vs TK - which may end up being hilarious for anti-hype AE UMVC3 SC5 KOFXIII I think Skullgirls will make it as a 6th game, if there's 5, it won't. MK is dying out, Tekken will wait a year for Tag 2, Blazblue won't do well.

Ultimately, the pro leagues are going to do what's best for them, just like how EVO is going to do what's best for the Capcom community. If you want your scene to grow, you ultimately have to do what it best for its community, which may not always be obvious. My idea would be to partner...

If VF at WCG is any consideration- odds are what they'll do is put the first couple of rounds online. That will cause rage.

I honestly don't see how what Jaxel said would alienate anyone outside of folks who think the only fighting games should be Capcom fighters, and quite honestly, those people are going to be alienated by non-Capcom games no matter what. It is a fact that the Cannons/EVO hold a ton of power in...

On Tekken 6, how many fighters these days last multiple years anyways without some sort of sequel/update? Tekken 6 just got old, that's what hurt it. MLG also messed with the format in a way that turned people off, which didn't help. (They gave incentives to cherry-pick your opponent)

I was in the VF5 community at the time. The response was positive, the problem was the community was so damn small that it didn't matter. As for MK9, it did well at Evo, but died afterwards, KOF has taken over MK9's spot here. SC4 has proven that folks still show up for it- look at NEC...

I think you're going to see a split here in opinions between the folks who have SC as their primary game (or are Capcom haters) , and folks who are Capcom fans first. One group will be heavily for this, the other against it. Neither opinion in wrong, but I think Malice's idea is best for any...

My ideas/worries from stream monstering it: a) Clean hit- I don't think it's that big of a deal. Yeah, it's random, random's not good, but is it really a huge damage difference? I believe this is something players can internalize and adjust for. Random damage is in many venerated games as...

It's hard for me to be an optimist. I do think Namco's trying their best, and I think the rest of the stuff looks good- I just see in my head that in 2013 most top players will be able to use JG well enough to make it a high-execution barrier to high level play. I can see this driving folks...

This is clearly a different game. Unsure if I like or not, but will give a shot. Some of my worries about JG have been eased, but still worried about it being abusable at the absolute highest level.

I see this having one effect in high-level play. When you've lost one round, you won't be afraid to empty your meter, cause you'll get a meter back if you lose. I don't think the free meter on match round is a particularly bad mechanic, I'm different to it.