[NSW] Western Sydney Dramacraft: The home of drama!

[EverAlert]

gords is it too much to ask for a pickup? could even stay here tonight if you want, I am happy to play some melee or whatever.

sorry but when it's not smash bryte has said he's going to things and just not gone too many times.

 

[swordsaint]

in that case, me too plox?

 

[Gords]

yeah i can pick you guys up, dont know the exact time i will be leaving but probs around lunch. i have to go to campbelltown to get a couple of things nathaniel so i wont be going to your place after work. i give you a call when i leave campbelltown to let you know im on my way.

scoot, we will probs let you knkow when we leave EAs.

 

[swordsaint]

i dont tihnk im going anymore

for reasons i will not disclose in public

 

[EverAlert]

you having a baby or something?

don't be a nub.



edit: gords, there is a *very slim* chance zxv will be picking me up at 12, so if that turns out to be the case i'll let you know so you can just go straight there.

 

[Shaya]

Ted, I'm sorrryyyyyyyyyyyyyy

I got up at like 3:30 today and have been pretty out of it and If I tried to go now I'd at best be there at like 10pm or worse like 11pm ><

 

[Zxv]

2 minute summary of the meet:

Chinese food is tasty.
Monobattles are fun.
THE BLUE MOUNTAINS GET GOD DAMN COLD DURING WINTER.
Magicka is ****ing amazing.
EA is **** at resurrecting.
Challenge mode in Magicka is ****ing amazing.
"Zxv that lightning bolt was AMAZING"
What's a 'Smash'?

 

[Shaya]

Magicka?

As in Madoka or something else?

 

[EverAlert]

some **** game, not even slightly related to homura gloriousness.


but yes monobattles are amazing moar plx

 

[Invisi]

Sounds fun, I need to tag along sometime =O

 

[Shaya]

if only there were effective and readily available efficient means of transporting my bed with its electric blanket to mount tederest to allow me to survive the night in those climates

 

[Rad]

You guys hosting anything this weekend?

 

[Zxv]

Was gonna host a meet but major CBFness now.

Ted's weekly is on tomorrow... Lol.

 

[swordsaint]

ah ****

i forgot about this and stayed up all night while my mate was over ;_;

 

[Gords]

Was gonna host a meet but major CBFness now.

Ted's weekly is on tomorrow... Lol.

unacceptable zxv, you better of been watching mlg instead.

 

[tedeth]

Rock climbing 2moro at 4:30 apparently.

Foxy I assume you have college?

 

[Fox Is Openly Deceptive]

Yeah I am...... was. Like I'm back now but yeah, even then there's reading and other fun things to keep me busy.

Back to just Fridays I spose.

 

[tedeth]

A relaxed mind is a productive mind foxy. CLIMB MORE!

 

[EverAlert]

so, nsw rock climbing power rankings kgo. imo:

ted
paul
ea
scoot
foxy (cheater)
other

 

[swordsaint]

who the hells paul

 

[EverAlert]

foxy's brother

somehow he's like foxy-tier without cheating

 

[swordsaint]

if ea's confident he's better than me now

i oughta actually come.

 

[Wvz]

asiffff im not powerranked >=
annnummmmm whens something going on, i wonna lose some more =D

 

[Fox Is Openly Deceptive]

Hey man, Paul's practically the same height as me now. I saw him, he's a cheater just like me, I was so proud.

 

[Invisi]

So I stayed up for several hours on Monday self-learing some Ice Climber chain grabs. My respect for EA has now improved quite significantly, lol.

I can't do them perfectly, but I can string a few of them together, and even do the finishing dthrow-to-spike. This was just for fun though. I won't be maining ICs anytime soon; I'll be sticking with the spammy Pit I know everyone loves =)

 

[EverAlert]

hahaha. learn pit good man, pit is so freakin impossible to deal with (grab) when he's camping right.

btw invisi, I posted the brawl vids I put up in the ACL thread, in case you didn't see. I know you were asking for them so yeah.

 

[Invisi]

Yea, I saw those, thanks. I'm kinda slowly going through em, quite a bit of footage there =)

I have no idea how you do that fthrow to fthrow; I tried it and didn't really get anywhere. I've been using the bthrow to dthrow, which has the bonus of not requiring much space since you turn around. If I want to move them closer to the edge for the spike I'll fthrow with nana instead of dthrow, then run past with popo and pivot grab, but I lose that one a lot because it has to be so precise...

 

[EverAlert]

the secret to fthrow is that its timing never changes from character to character (some characters have ******** fthrow spacings though). so basically the answer is sheer quantity of practice.

 

[Invisi]

Yea I thought that might be the case. I noticed the timing changes depending on the size of the opponent, which caught me off guard. Though I'm guessing apart from the consistent timing it seems a bit harder than the other chains.

 

[EverAlert]

eh, personally I find it the easiest of the three, though that might be the practice talking. the other two have weird dynamics that don't sit well with me (turnaround grab vs pivot grab for bthrow, platform crap and required extra actions for dthrow). sure fthrow has the spacing dynamic, but you can get away with a stock spacing on most characters, and the fixed timing is a huge plus. i've been a huge proponent of doing fthrow at all times ever since I discovered the throw release is on frame 25 for everyone.

that said, recently I've been thinking about changing how I approch cgs fundamentally. I'll probably start learning cgs that minimise mashout and tripping potential, while maximising efficiency and flexibility. basically just a focus on higher quality cgs rather than the more intuitive ones. should be good.

 

[Invisi]

And it just got heaps more complicated. I think I'll just stick to using em to megapwn nubs =P

 

[swordsaint]

meet on fri at teds?

 

[tedeth]

Indeed.

 

[EverAlert]

invisi do you have msn?

 

[Gords]

invisi, you should come to teds meets sometimes,
or do you have school/work or some thing on fridays?
if not you should come

 

[Invisi]

Yes, I have msn, but I hardly ever used it

I finish uni at 2 on a Friday, but ironically enough, my Friday evenings are taken up by a smash meet. A uni society holds a weekly games & pizza night, so we bring a wii and set up brawl. There's a few of us there: Fishy and Enemy, as well as Fishy's doubles parter (I forget what screen name he uses) who were at ACL, another friend who mains Jiggs/Ness and is probably better than me, plus whoever else is there on the night and wants to join in.

I might mention it to them and see if we might come one week, but then again, it is in the Blue Mountains... I could borrow mum's car to get up there, but even then I'd be competing with peak hour traffic. Anyway yea I'll mention it to them tomorrow and if interest is there we could organise to come one week.

 

[Gords]

Which uni is your meets at?
I go to unsw and live on campus. although I usually drive from work (star city casino) which either finishes about 12noon if I'm on morning shift and 4am if on night shift. (usually will stay at EAs place until it's time to leave when on nights)

If your Friday classes finish at 2pm it may not be worth your while to travel so far. However during mid semester break and after end of semester exams you guys could make a day of it. I may be able to help with lifts as well assuming my work cooperates.

 

[Invisi]

I go to USyd, and live in Concord (right next to the beginning of the M4). If I did try to come on a Friday, I'd probably couldn't leave much earlier than 3:30 if I'm by myself, or possibly later if I'm taking people. I'm probably not the best judge of how long it takes to get to traverse the length of the M4, but I know on a Friday afternoon it can be quite cluttered.

If we did try to come during semester we'd probably get a few hours in (although I don't know how late you guys stay), but as you suggested it's probably better just to come up during the mid semester break.

 

[tedeth]

The solution to all problems NSW smash currently has, including some person specific problems is the following:

Smash House

'Nuff said.

 

[EverAlert]

Don't you mean all person-specific problems?