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ciaza

ciaza

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Haha I was joking, it was epic. The crowd and storyline made it epic. The match was pretty solid too =D.

I'd be happy to watch the next stream with you guys.

Defs PPV of the year.
 
malva00

malva00

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going to start putting genesis vids on my comp

i don't have the bracket (don't know if i can get it), the recording person (jel) didn't write down a list so i don't really know who everyone is, and i prob won't finish for a while. don't know how many sets i'll put up

jaime vs boom 12 character battle is up

anyone want to make a genesis 2 video thread and update it? i'm too lazy since i'm just going to upload the matches
 
malva00

malva00

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i'm about halfway done (just a guess). putting up every tourney match on the tapes

i'll finish tomorrow. i'm going to sleep now
 
Strong Badam

Strong Badam

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hey Isai it was fun talking to you at Genesis. you seemed really chill & down to earth. it sucked we never got to get them DK dittos in but it's all good. thanks for coming!

:phone:
 
TANK64

TANK64

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KnitePhox said:
rofl i think im like 1000 posts late, but uh, new favorite song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIyE3EDCigE

tiem to combo netflix into rest.
ggs.
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more like a year late :p
but yea, this is like... my favorite song.
Especially to drive to- I'm just cheesin' ear to ear :D
I get all hype just going to the post office (I have lots of speakers :cool:)

Was going to make a compilation IRL vid with this song for my genesis trip.... but.... yea
(^^not even joking. True story)
 
Peek~

Peek~

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Watching Jail on spike

Haha what a great show, we need to watch this together.
Wonder if I can stream on my 04 Walmart computer...probably not
 
Zantetsu

Zantetsu

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So, one of my friends gave me a brand new (and by brand new, I literally mean never been used) purple transparent N64 controller, that happens to match the other 2 I have. After recieving this, I went to one of my other friend's house and got my Blue N64 controller and N64 adapter. I just now swapped that sexy new joystick from the new controller into my personal blue controller and I'm so ready to play SSB64 with something other then a GCN.

N64 users:
How often do you have to replace your joysticks?
Is it harder to DI without the grip that standard joysticks seem to have?
Any controller settings recommendations to make it feel identical to the N64?
 
dookdigity

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Just purchased a working n64 for five bucks! Thrift store treasure hunting. The next trift store had one with four controllers for $110. LOL

:phone:
 
felipe_9595

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hey guys, Danny created a new psa for Ness, so far this aRe the changes:

- At the start of up b ness body ahve the hitboxes of pk rocketing
- pk Thunder comes out a lot faster
- at the end of up b you can stop the momentum suddenly
- when ness touch the ground afetr upb he ahve a lot kless lag and lands with pk rocketing hitbox

What do yout hink about it????
 
StealthyGunnar

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so im thinking about getting back into this game. was playing it for awhile against ppl online, even owning a couple people with my fav chars: ness, luigi, link, jiggly. i miss this game so much!
 
Zantetsu

Zantetsu

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Why Capcom? They just announced Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, and Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike's rerelease looks fantastic.

**** these Gamefaq kids.
 
J

Jjf2530

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Starting up a twitter dedicated to humor and observations found in SSB64. Give a follow please?

@Supersmashbro64

:phone:
 
The Star King

The Star King

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HOW IS CAPCOM NEARLY AS HIGH AS ACTIVISION

/rage

Well, I guess they are pretty bad with their micro-transactions, milking their customers through DLC and whatnot. But they still make great games. And it's Activision. Seriously.
 
DMoogle

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Enjoy your trip, malva.
titaniachkt said:
A$,what do you think of this?
http://www.cracked.com/article_19303_6-reasons-professional-poker-way-harder-than-it-looks.html
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Mostly true stuff. There are a couple of things I might argue against, but all in all it hits a lot of key points that the public doesn't really know/think about.

I'm almost certain I've spent more time studying the game than I have actually playing.

Speaking of poker, I found a new way to make money: Cake Poker has had troubles with processing cash outs since the beginning of the year. It's taking them about 2 months on average to process check withdraws (which is their only cashout method), and there are various limits with the amount/frequency of each check. So, people have been willing to trade the money they have on Cake for lower than 60c/$1 for money transfers via other methods (bank wires, Paypal, WesternUnion, etc.). They send me money on Cake, I send them money on some other platform.
 
Surri-Sama

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DMoogle said:
Speaking of poker, I found a new way to make money: Cake Poker has had troubles with processing cash outs since the beginning of the year. It's taking them about 2 months on average to process check withdraws (which is their only cashout method), and there are various limits with the amount/frequency of each check. So, people have been willing to trade the money they have on Cake for lower than 60c/$1 for money transfers via other methods (bank wires, Paypal, WesternUnion, etc.). They send me money on Cake, I send them money on some other platform.
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As long as Cake Poker doesn't crap out it's good :p
 
ballin4life

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DMoogle said:
Enjoy your trip, malva.

Mostly true stuff. There are a couple of things I might argue against, but all in all it hits a lot of key points that the public doesn't really know/think about.

I'm almost certain I've spent more time studying the game than I have actually playing.

Speaking of poker, I found a new way to make money: Cake Poker has had troubles with processing cash outs since the beginning of the year. It's taking them about 2 months on average to process check withdraws (which is their only cashout method), and there are various limits with the amount/frequency of each check. So, people have been willing to trade the money they have on Cake for lower than 60c/$1 for money transfers via other methods (bank wires, Paypal, WesternUnion, etc.). They send me money on Cake, I send them money on some other platform.
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What would you disagree with?

Also I now have 6 cracked articles open. Damnit guys. Not quite as bad as tvtropes.org but still
 
Battlecow

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Cracked is pretty funny sometimes (sometimes not so much).

Brockway's older stuff is some of the most hilarious **** I've ever read.
 
DMoogle

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ballin4life said:
What would you disagree with?
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As a pro, you're not constantly attacking the weak players hand after hand after hand. If you are, you're guaranteed to go broke. Instead, you sit and wait. And wait. And wait and wait and wait some more. And finally, when you get a decent hand, you strike and win your nicely sized pot.
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This is much more true in live games (where they're nearly always full ring, and especially low stakes). When the stakes go up and/or you're playing online in a 6-max or heads up table (full ring is kind of dying), then you're actively looking for spots to play with fish, which I would call "attacking the weak players." And, as stakes go up, the number of fish go down, so you have to be willing to play a bit with the regs. That doesn't mean bluffing fish, which I think is what this guy meant to say. One of the fundamental strategies of poker is that you should never bluff someone who's always going to call, which many fish will.

The 20% of hands thing is generally correct, but game dependent as well. In a full ring game, it's probably a bit less. In a 6-max game maybe slightly more, in a heads up game 20% is way way way too tight - should be at least 55% (even that's tight).
People think that poker is all about reading facial expressions, but it's actually all about math.
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While it's true that the facial expression thing is a myth, saying "it's all about math" is likely to give someone the wrong impression. A huge part of poker is knowing your opponent's betting tendencies, which you can determine by watching how he plays (not so much physically, but for looking at which hands he'll bet, how much he'll bet, which positions he'll bet, etc.)
http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/0/6/7/71067_v1.jpg
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It's kind of LOL that he posted stats for 7-2 lowball rather than hold'em, considering it's far far less popular. Admittedly, I didn't have difficulty figuring it out:
PDR: Percentage of time opponent raises before the first draw ("predraw raise")
VP$IP: Percentage of hands opponent puts money in with ("voluntarily put money in pot").
AFxD: I think this is calculated by number of bets divided by number of calls, after/before x draw ("aggressional factor pre/after first/after second/after third draw"). This stat usually requires a larger sample size than the others, but this guy is playing enough hands that I guess it's OK.
Hands: The sample size. These stats are based off of 109 hands played with opponent.

Everything in "#4. Just When You Start to Get Good, You Lose Everything" is more theoretical than realistic. There are plenty of guys that are happy to just stay at the limit they can beat, whether it be micro, low, mid, or lower high stakes.

That's the thing about poker: it's not like a business, where a customer gives you money and in return you give the customer a car or a TV or a hamburger. Poker is a zero-sum game, which means that every dollar you win was lost to you by another person.
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I disagree with this. Poker is just like any other gambling to a fish: they're paying for entertainment. I don't see how that's wrong. Yes, there are people who gamble irresponsibly, and I'd be surprised if I haven't played against some of them, but they're fairly rare. I don't think people should be restricted from engaging is an enjoyable form of entertainment just because a small percentage of the population can't control themselves.

Everything else in the article is more or less correct. Mostly everything I listed here is relatively minor compared to the other points made in the article.
 
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