ZGD: Livin by a thread.

[Half-Split Soul]

Bandit, I'm still waiting for you to post your music thoughts to the CCV group like you said you would.

 

[Bandit]

She's not a stalker!
Umm...I think...?

Just don't look behind you...

@HSS

Sorry about that. I am posting from work *gasp* so I can't access the music from here. The past few nights when I have tried to get on smashboards, it was down. I haven't forgotten about it. I will make it a priority tonight (and will actually follow through this time... or else uh... I'll come up with better johns XD).

 

[mountain_tiger]

It's post like these that make me wish we all had a little more MrEh in all of us (no homo).

Saying 'no homo' makes you sound insecure. Just so you know.

 

[Bandit]

Saying 'no homo' makes you sound insecure. Just so you know.

It might, but the expression is just a smashboards thing (aka not meant to be taken seriously).

 

[The Phazon Assassin]

No homo is definitely not just a Smashboards thing. I hear people say it all the time, and it's so stupid. Like, saying no homo doesn't make it not gay.

 

[Bandit]

It's only smashboards for me. None of my friends ever use the phrase.

Besides, it only puts emphasis on the underlying sexual joke in the statement.

I think it is worse to use acronyms all the time then use "no homo." Also, adding "Z" to OMG is annoying as hell. I do know people who actually say "lull" or "L-O-L" when something is funny.

 

[JigglyZelda003]

wow there was lots of talk while i was away, and a ban? i missed all the Efun.

but clash of the titan's was a nice movie. my boyfriend had mixed feelings about it cause it wasn't anything like the original movie.

medusa being hot shows that this was a 2010 movie.

i wanted to get blaze blue since Gstop had it on sale for $20, but i decided not too cause i have no one to play it with

 

[mountain_tiger]

I think it is worse to use acronyms all the time then use "no homo." Also, adding "Z" to OMG is annoying as hell. I do know people who actually say "lull" or "L-O-L" when something is funny.

You say that as if it's uncommon. At least 1 in 4 people I know have said lol in real life at some point...

 

[Bandit]

You say that as if it's uncommon. At least 1 in 4 people I know have said lol in real life at some point...

It is not common for people who aren't heavy into forums and internet talk. Most people are not walking around saying lull in the world, and when they do, I hope the people around them take a stand against it.

It makes me want to gouge out their tongues with a fork.

 

[JigglyZelda003]

i use "L-O-L" when something wasn't really funny to try and make it funny.

but i rarely do that. i haven't met someone who uses lull regularly

 

[Bandit]

i use "L-O-L" when something wasn't really funny to try and make it funny.

but i rarely do that. i haven't met someone who uses lull regularly

Be glad you haven't.

I was saying "obv" to annoy a friend of mine, but he went from hating it to using it in everyday situations. I instantly dropped it.

 

[JigglyZelda003]

net language, sounds lols

 

[Bandit]

Wow, just got a call from someone I wrote a check for. I wrote 03- for March and scratched it out when I realized it was April and put the real date. He just got the check, tried to cash it, and said that with the scratch out they couldn't cash it. Now, I have to send him another one.

I would feel bad for the guy, but he refused to do a PayPal transaction so I put this on him.

 

[Meru.]

I considered getting Blazblue, but the fact that it has such a laughably small cast size is putting me off. If it makes up for that with great character balance and brilliant depth, I'll consider it. Otherwise I'll probably get Soul Calibur IV instead (which I can also get a LOT cheaper).

The small cast really doesn't matter when you're playing the game... It's a great game and something different (if you don't play Japanese games very often, and even then it's still unique). I used to think the same but it's really not that big of a problem...

And the online is LAGLESS. Not very little lag, just LAGLESS. @_@

However, SC4 is also a lot of fun. It has a bigger cast with a bigger moveset (It's not easier than Blazblue however, mind you, the learning is around the same I'd say). You can create your own characters, there are many modes and it just has a lot of options overall. Offline is worse than Blazblue however. Nevertheless, SC 4 online is still good with mostly very little lag and sometimes even lagless (that is if you play with people with a good connection of course).

But whichever you are going to get... We should exchange gamertags and play x3. If you have online...

 

[Ochobobo]

i use "L-O-L" when something wasn't really funny to try and make it funny.

but i rarely do that. i haven't met someone who uses lull regularly

I do that too, but only when someone tells a really bad joke. I might also say instead "loll" (not "lull" wtf lol) or "lolololol" pronounced phonetically. It's not very often though, since my friends usually have good senses of humor, lol. I know how annoying it must be if I constantly did that, so I just keep them in reserve for about once a month. If you hear me say it, then that was me reacting to the worst joke I heard all month. lol

 

[mountain_tiger]

It is not common for people who aren't heavy into forums and internet talk. Most people are not walking around saying lull in the world, and when they do, I hope the people around them take a stand against it.

It makes me want to gouge out their tongues with a fork.

It's always in stupid scenarios where it happens. Stuff like this:

Me: Did you read the paper today? A guy became a 69-year-old father.

Them: Lol you said 69.

or

Someone else: I hope you die.

Them: Lol you want him to die.


But still, try not to get so riled up about it.

i use "L-O-L" when something wasn't really funny to try and make it funny.

but i rarely do that. i haven't met someone who uses lull regularly

If someone's tried to be funny but failed, a more appropriate response would be sarcastic clapping.

The small cast really doesn't matter when you're playing the game... It's a great game and something different (if you don't play Japanese games very often, and even then it's still unique). I used to think the same but it's really not that big of a problem...

And the online is LAGLESS. Not very little lag, just LAGLESS. @_@

However, SC4 is also a lot of fun. It has a bigger cast with a bigger moveset (It's not easier than Blazblue however, mind you, the learning is around the same I'd say). You can create your own characters, there are many modes and it just has a lot of options overall. Offline is worse than Blazblue however. Nevertheless, SC 4 online is still good with mostly very little lag and sometimes even lagless (that is if you play with people with a good connection of course).

But whichever you are going to get... We should exchange gamertags and play x3. If you have online...

Tekken 6 has quite a large learning curve too. That doesn't bother me so much. Blazblue will probably be harder though since I've already played SC2 before, an apparently the physics engine is very similar. I'll have to think about it a bit...

 

[Bandit]

I take it then you've never had someone actually laughing and say "lull!" and then keep laughing. You'd feel like I did if you did.

Blazblue is still fairly prominent in my region but I don't think SC is at all.

 

[JigglyZelda003]

SC isn't really prominent anywhere i hear

 

[KayLo!]

Randomly hit my SWF bookmark, and the site is actually working. Craziness!!!

They mind as well. At least things are move active now. lol

Pika social is like a chat at some points..... multiple posts every minute, lol. I dunno if I could handle two places like that.

Thanks for your pot contribution

I really dislike you right now. >=(

Also, adding "Z" to OMG is annoying as hell.

Hehe, I know someone who used to do that as a joke.

I also had a friend who'd say "jk lol" in person, and it annoyed the **** out of me.

 

[Kataefi]

I know someone who uses lol in real life and it's normally as a sentence starter - so you can imagine ever story he's about to tell starts with lol, usually ends with lol, and has a few in between. >_> the horror

There's also this girl on my course who also says w-t-f and o-m-g in a really Janice-like way (from friends), laugh and everything. It's so ****ing scary

 

[DTP]

I know someone who uses lol in real life and it's normally as a sentence starter - so you can imagine ever story he's about to tell starts with lol, usually ends with lol, and has a few in between. >_> the horror

There's also this girl on my course who also says w-t-f and o-m-g in a really Janice-like way (from friends), laugh and everything. It's so ****ing scary

lol xD

Luckily I don't know people like that irl. Though I've known one person that has said L-O-L once, as a joke I think.
It kinda made me want to leave. I was brawling with him at the time I think haha

 

[Darkmusician]

Thanks for your pot contribution

That was awesome.

 

[KayLo!]

Random, but: Kata, I hope you've started saving for APEX. Tick-tock.

Also, I wanna change my avatar, but I abso-****ing-lutely love this one. Little Sora & Riku are so cute. ;-;

 

[Ochobobo]

I really dislike you right now. >=(

Aww, KayLo! It was all in good fun.

Look, here's a kitten: http://i.imgur.com/Pd81R.jpg

 

[MrEh]

I considered getting Blazblue, but the fact that it has such a laughably small cast size is putting me off. If it makes up for that with great character balance and brilliant depth, I'll consider it. Otherwise I'll probably get Soul Calibur IV instead (which I can also get a LOT cheaper).

Original Blazblue had 12 playable characters. Original SF2 had 8.

Your argument is invalid.

More characters doesn't mean anything, which MvC2 has delightfully shown us. If you want a lot of characters, just get MvC2. 50 something characters for like, $15. A real bargain if quantity is important.

Or you can just wait until Super Street Fighter 4 comes out. Cheap price, quality game, and one of the largest competitive scenes in the world.

However, SC4 is also a lot of fun. It has a bigger cast with a bigger moveset (It's not easier than Blazblue however, mind you, the learning is around the same I'd say).

Soul Calibur games always have huge movesets for characters. It doesn't mean much though when each character only uses 10 moves anyway. lol

 

[Geddan]

so i heard there's this game called super smash brothers: brawl, sounds pretty cool.

 

[Sonic The Hedgedawg]

so SWF finally stopped crashing for me. . .

 

[Bandit]

so SWF finally stopped crashing for me. . .

I know, it's amazing.

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Of all the Street Fighters, I have only played the original SF2.

 

[mountain_tiger]

Aww, KayLo! It was all in good fun.

Look, here's a kitten: http://i.imgur.com/Pd81R.jpg

Aww. ^_^ My own cat would probably have ripped off its head and left it by our doorstep.

Pika social is like a chat at some points..... multiple posts every minute, lol. I dunno if I could handle two places like that.

It could be interesting to watch you try.

Original Blazblue had 12 playable characters. Original SF2 had 8.

Your argument is invalid.

More characters doesn't mean anything, which MvC2 has delightfully shown us. If you want a lot of characters, just get MvC2. 50 something characters for like, $15. A real bargain if quantity is important.

Or you can just wait until Super Street Fighter 4 comes out. Cheap price, quality game, and one of the largest competitive scenes in the world.


Soul Calibur games always have huge movesets for characters. It doesn't mean much though when each character only uses 10 moves anyway. lol

I don't know. I guess after exclusively playing fighting games with over 30 characters for almost four years it's doesn't feel right to have so much less. Lke Virtua Fighter. I tried Virtua Fighter 4, and although it was fun, it just had that sense of limitedness to it...

Of course, there are always games like TTT where the cast size appears huge, but then you find that half the characters are clones of someone else.

Though if you're only using 10 moves in a game like Tekken or Soul Calibur you're doing it wrong. 30-40 moves is what generally seems to get used by non-spammers...

 

[Bandit]

Though if you're only using 10 moves in a game like Tekken or Soul Calibur you're doing it wrong. 30-40 moves is what generally seems to get used by non-spammers...

You call it spamming; I call it effectively playing. Why should a player who is winning matches with only 10 moves ever use more than that? If he isn't predictable or able to be stopped, then why would he use 30-40 moves?

Effective strategy is better than diverse strategy.

 

[mountain_tiger]

You call it spamming; I call it effectively playing. Why should a player who is winning matches with only 10 moves ever use more than that? If he isn't predictable or able to be stopped, then why would he use 30-40 moves?

Effective strategy is better than diverse strategy.

Two reasons: it gets predictable after a while, and also it's really, really, really boring.

 

[adumbrodeus]

Hey, I'm supposed to say that, you stole my line bandit!


But, pretty much that, if it works, it's fine, it's only an indicator of low skill if the person loses.

Two reasons: it gets predictable after a while, and also it's really, really, really boring.

If it's predictable, then it's beatable.

 

[Dark 3nergy]

I think DE follows Espy wherever he goes.

possible, however unlikely

 

[Bandit]

Boring, yes, but if it is still winning, why change? It's not a matter of being predictable; it's a matter of the opponent figuring out a way around it. Just because you know what I am going to do doesn't mean you have an effective counter strategy.

If I had a small set of moves that, when used in an effective strategy, consistently won me games, I would continue to do it. It would still be fun for me because the difficulty of playing on a consistent level would be high as you adjust the strategy to your opponent.

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Edit: Double Ninja'd!

And... haha got'em! (@Adumbrodeus)

 

[adumbrodeus]

Lol yeah Bandit.



Anyway, as an example, in melee (which I'm still much better at then Brawl), one of my opponents who I was training with was using shine up-smash, like every time I hit shield, he was like "I'll keep doing this till you do something about it", so I stopped doing moves that were laggy enough to get punished like that, relied more on grabs and spaced what I hit on shield better. He still gets my with it a lot (what can I say, he's a much better player then I am), but when somebody's being predictable, ADJUST, there's a way around everything, and if you know what it is and utilize it, your opponent will mix it up, unless he's bad.


Also recognize that a limited moveset isn't the same as being predictable, your opponent could merely be reading you, and do what works to counter you, if that's all he needs to counter everything you do (think Drephen) then it's irrelevant.

 

[Bandit]

"I'll keep doing this till you do something about it"

I swear I've had this exact same comment said to me a few times by my training partner.

The one I remember was I was having problems getting the tech down on Snake's Ftilt and he was abusing me with it. There were other instances but that one still stands out in my head. I don't really miss that tech anymore.

 

[KayLo!]

.......Are we automatically assuming competitive play every time we mention a fighter around here?

I mean god****, some people still play games for fun. x.x

 

[Bandit]

When I play for fun, I still try to win.

For the record, I abuse B moves when playing Captain Falcon (especially in B+ and Project M where they are good )

 

[adumbrodeus]

Competitive play isn't fun?


And honestly, if the other guy wants to play competitive it's very difficult to force them not to... well except in smash, but it's unlikely they'll actually be willing to play with all items on high, hyrule only, 4 player Ganon dittos.

I swear I've had this exact same comment said to me a few times by my training partner.

The one I remember was I was having problems getting the tech down on Snake's Ftilt and he was abusing me with it. There were other instances but that one still stands out in my head. I don't really miss that tech anymore.

Sweet, I knew I wasn't the only person with training partners like that.

 

[KayLo!]

I feel like Smashboards is a different dimension than the real world sometimes, lol.

It's like casual play doesn't exist...... and when it does, it's still competitive. ;;