tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52348959304617621892024-03-14T03:35:34.018-04:00super nohoho fighter ii xnohohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13207522486838473583noreply@blogger.comBlogger463125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234895930461762189.post-4971081552595443622015-07-15T03:57:00.000-04:002015-07-15T03:57:09.744-04:00A Different DimensionGood luck to all Evo 2015 participants! These are some quotes from Ayrton Senna from the 1988 F1 season. Taken from the English subtitles for the movie Senna.<br />
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That day, I suddenly realized<br />
that I was no longer driving conscious.<br />
And I was in a different dimension, for me.<br />
The circuit for me was a tunnel,<br />
which I was just going, going, going.<br />
And I realize I was well beyond<br />
my conscious understanding.<br />
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...<br />
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[reporter] What happens now, you two?<br />
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[Senna] Good fun.<br />
We will have good fun from now on.<br />
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[rival Alain Prost] Fight. Maybe we fight outside the car.<br />
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[Senna] (laughs) I think it's gonna get<br />
more and more exciting, the championship.<br />
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[Prost] Is it possible to be equal<br />
in the championship?<br />
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[Senna] No.<br />
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[Prost] Shit.<br />
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[Senna] Can only be one winner. (laughs)<br />
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...<br />
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I started being thankful<br />
as I was doing the last lap.<br />
I thanked God.<br />
I couldn't believe I was actually<br />
going to win the Championship<br />
with all the anxiety and tension.<br />
I felt His presence.<br />
I visualized, I saw God.<br />
It was a special moment in my life.<br />
An enormous feeling.<br />
I have registered it in my memory,<br />
and it remains a part of me.<br />
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nohohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13207522486838473583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234895930461762189.post-60249972118051606462015-01-22T21:34:00.000-05:002015-01-22T21:40:11.316-05:00Nuki Chucks Chick Characters to Challenge Daigo<i>*uses Shout of Earth to clear dust off keyboard*</i><br />
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<i>This article is from an issue of Gamest magazine from early 1998 by way of the Daigo Fanpage. It sprang to mind after Xiaohai beat Daigo in an Evil Ryu mirror at the <a href="http://instagram.com/p/xvaxTSoyIR/">Canada Cup</a> Masters Series. </i><br />
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<b>About Winning</b><br />
by P. Suzuki<br />
tl NH2<br />
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The results for the Vampire Savior Gamest Cup on November 2nd 1997 were: first place: Umehara, second place: Ohnuki. Many Vampire Savior fans will see this, say "well that was expected," and move on. You might not know, however, that one of these guys once felt like "I can't win."<br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HoE6vxpsWSc/VMGxSpU7OtI/AAAAAAAABVM/SZwCgV_PFQE/s1600/nukidaigo97.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HoE6vxpsWSc/VMGxSpU7OtI/AAAAAAAABVM/SZwCgV_PFQE/s1600/nukidaigo97.jpg" /></a>Shinya Ohnuki, the Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gamest Cup champ with his female-character mania was having fun playing games. He used Morrigan in Vampire Hunter and continued using her when Savior came out before switching to Lilith. Here's where destiny started. As he was getting confident with Lilith, Ohnuki faced Daigo Umehara (who would use Jedah -> (Bulleta ->) Bishamon) at a tournament and he was soundly defeated. This is where the battle of fate began.<br />
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During a flurry of tournaments in Tokyo, Ohnuki switched back to Morrigan from Lilith. At that point Umehara was already using Bishamon. Their second meeting ended in defeat for Morrigan. Ohnuki also tried Lei-Lei with no luck.<br />
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Finally just "to defeat Umehara" Ohnuki tossed his female characters and started using Bishamon. Even with the new character he continued to struggle. He entered eight qualifiers for the Sega Cup and was eliminated from all of them. Having long disliked Q-Bee, Ohnuki was being driven mad by bugs flying around when he went to bed.<br />
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Nevertheless, Ohnuki level up a great deal by the time the Gamest Cup qualifiers were under way. He had his famous "10-0!*" outburst while fighting Anakaris and started to become well-known amongst Savior players.<br />
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Finally the day he beat Umehara arrived. By this point, he had only won an odd game here and there with Lilith and Lei-Lei. Using Bishamon he won three games in a row (and lost four.) It seems Umehara was burned by this turn of events. This incident became known as "The Legend of the 0.2 Second Credit Feeding**" and is still talked about today.<br />
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It was around this time that Bishamon's unblockable fireball was discovered (Umehara grasped it first) and players were training hard for the Gamest Cup. By some quirk of fate Ohnuki's opponent in the finals was Umehara who won 2-1. Ohnuki had been losing for six months.<br />
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He didn't quit playing Savior, however. Practice continued and he won some tournaments here and there in December. Matches with Umehara grew about even.<br />
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Saying "I can't win" and quitting the game is one way to go but please understand that going so far as to switch characters like Ohnuki is another way. He gathered information, trained hard and was able to blossom. Incidentally Umehara went through a similar trial in Vampire Hunter. It's not just having fun winning. Don't just play the game - be moved by it.<br />
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<i>* A character ranking diagram reference - this is written out "juu-zero." Later used as a team name by Chikyu Anakaris and Nuki himself.</i><br />
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<i>** "Ren-koin" literally chain coin: when you insert another 50 yen ignoring people who might be standing waiting to play behind you.</i><br />
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<b>
1997 Timeline of VS Events</b><br />
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May<br />
---<br />
Nuki 97 game win streak with Lilith.<br />
<br />
One-touch Guard Cancel developed.<br />
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Nuki Lilith (X) vs. Daigo Jedah (O)<br />
at Ikebukuro Maru-ge Ya<br />
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June<br />
---<br />
Nuki switches to Morrigan. Meets Yokohama Lei.<br />
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Nuki Morrigan (X) vs. Daigo Bishamon (O)<br />
at Shinjuku Flamingo<br />
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July<br />
---<br />
Nuki switches to Lei-Lei under Yokohama Lei's guidance.<br />
<br />
Nuki Lei-Lei (X) vs. Kawamura Aulbath (O)<br />
at BET 50<br />
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August<br />
---<br />
Nuki Lei-Lei (X) vs. Daigo Bishamon (O)<br />
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Nuki switches to Bishamon under Shibisha's guidance per Daigo's advice.<br />
<br />
Loses at eight Sega Cup qualifiers.<br />
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Melissophobia.<br />
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Anakaris "10-0!" incident.<br />
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September<br />
---<br />
Nuki develops his own Bishamon style. Qualifies for Gamest Cup.<br />
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Nuki Bishamon (~) vs. Daigo Bishamon (~)<br />
Daigo wins 4-3. World's fastest coin feeding incident.<br />
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Unblockable EX Karame Dama discovered with ONI SUZUKI.<br />
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October<br />
---<br />
Nuki Bishamon (X) vs. Nagano Morrigan (O)<br />
at Machida Athena<br />
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Vampire Savior 2 is released. Players keep playing Savior 1.<br />
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November<br />
---<br />
Nuki Bishamon (2nd) vs. Daigo Bishamon (1st)<br />
at Gamest Cup<br />
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After the event players keep playing Savior.<br />
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December<br />
---<br />
Nuki Bishamon wins tourneys at Kasukabe, Shinjuku Sportsland and Sugamo Carrot<br />
(Daigo didn't enter)<br />
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Nuki Bishamon (~) vs. Daigo Bishamon (~)<br />
Roughly even.<br />
<br />nohohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13207522486838473583noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234895930461762189.post-28426830618213761722012-12-22T16:38:00.001-05:002012-12-22T16:40:03.297-05:00Tournament of Legends 2012 Program Download<br />
Here's a PDF of the ToL program. Lots of good stuff in there.<br />
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<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/nohoho/tol2k12.pdf">DOWNLOAD</a><br />
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The "shrink file size" command was a little too strong (100MB to 1.6MB) but you can still read the text.<br />
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<a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=2ymhcw7" target="_blank"><img src="http://i49.tinypic.com/2ymhcw7.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>nohohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13207522486838473583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234895930461762189.post-2701589419948774822012-04-10T18:33:00.001-04:002012-04-30T20:09:23.521-04:00<iframe width="480" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ULIcYaK1BvY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>nohohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13207522486838473583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234895930461762189.post-2403206434196662492012-04-07T02:05:00.000-04:002012-04-07T02:06:16.178-04:00Chun-Li vs. Dhalsim Triptych<iframe width="480" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Y5zqbHOE4eI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><iframe width="480" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bGDtXcSC5DU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><iframe width="480" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/69XMepQR3qE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Also: I uploaded the rest of the Japan trip footage <a href='http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL61A8EB2DD048806E'>over here</a>.nohohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13207522486838473583noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234895930461762189.post-85978552827711584322012-04-04T09:13:00.000-04:002012-04-04T09:14:27.136-04:00Riz0ne's Submission<a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=35n4pzk" target="_blank"><img src="http://i40.tinypic.com/35n4pzk.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>nohohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13207522486838473583noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234895930461762189.post-26592321044882567852012-04-02T17:54:00.002-04:002012-04-02T17:58:49.131-04:00Contest ResultsThank you to DS and Master Chibi for agreeing to judge I wound up not needing their help.<br /><br /><b>Runner-up: Jinbe</b><br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=qyfkua" target="_blank"><img src="http://i41.tinypic.com/qyfkua.png" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br /><b>Winner: PillowFace</b><br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=ms2alw" target="_blank"><img src="http://i39.tinypic.com/ms2alw.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br />Congratulations guys. Thanks to both of you for entering!nohohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13207522486838473583noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234895930461762189.post-18492010332970351272012-03-29T20:29:00.004-04:002012-03-29T22:06:52.533-04:00Contest DeadlineThe contest wraps up this Saturday, March 31st! Send your entries to nohoho@gmail.com.<br /><br />I'm sending out email receipts so if you don't get one within a day or two of sending me your entry please try again.<br /><br />Remember everyone who enters gets a Yoga Sniper pin!<br /><br /><a href='http://curryallergy.blogspot.com/2012/02/please-tell-your-friends-about-this.html'>Basic outline</a><br /><a href='http://curryallergy.blogspot.com/2012/03/contest-expansion-forbidden-shigurui.html'>Additional notes</a><br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=iehzrn" target="_blank"><img src="http://i41.tinypic.com/iehzrn.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>nohohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13207522486838473583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234895930461762189.post-69196219761595544662012-03-22T18:04:00.001-04:002012-03-22T18:05:30.212-04:00Happy SpringHere's the jacket art for the Code of Princess soundtrack by <a href='http://www.side1.info/kinu/'>Kinu</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hfmEBvLlNtM/T2uh_O7rRkI/AAAAAAAABMw/93o8guQ0DpM/s1600/cop-soundtrack.jpeg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 395px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hfmEBvLlNtM/T2uh_O7rRkI/AAAAAAAABMw/93o8guQ0DpM/s400/cop-soundtrack.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722845859216574018" /></a>nohohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13207522486838473583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234895930461762189.post-85393485829146240692012-03-18T21:49:00.005-04:002012-03-18T22:00:20.708-04:00Contest Expansion - Forbidden Shigurui Lieutenant<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8eIuCbCVusk/T2aSKHIkKEI/AAAAAAAABMk/ujqwgXdOEXg/s1600/egm.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 164px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8eIuCbCVusk/T2aSKHIkKEI/AAAAAAAABMk/ujqwgXdOEXg/s200/egm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721421079032113218" /></a>Just under two weeks to go for the contest. Basic information from the <a href='http://curryallergy.blogspot.com/2012/02/please-tell-your-friends-about-this.html'>original post</a> still applies. Please see that for starters.<br /><br />Prize expand - in addition to the Yoga Sniper shirt and Capcom Art book winner will also get April 1992 issue of EGM. It's a little worn out but a great piece of SF2 history: Sheng Long code, CE preview, Guile handcuff letter to the editor, WW concept art, etc.<br /><br />Door prize - everyone who enters gets a Yoga Sniper pin! One inch black on silver. While supplies last. Include your snail mail address.<br /><br /><h3>Options 2 and 3</h3><br />In addition to the screen caps from the previous post you can also use one or more of these if you like.<br /><br />Here's a zip with all the caps: <a href='http://www.mediafire.com/?c29y8knd2cdf1ga'>link</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wCOow8Q628g/T2aQ_PmiJfI/AAAAAAAABLQ/pktNS7YSCtk/s1600/fbca.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 221px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wCOow8Q628g/T2aQ_PmiJfI/AAAAAAAABLQ/pktNS7YSCtk/s400/fbca.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721419792815105522" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-skCmq3JlEgk/T2aQ_UeL-fI/AAAAAAAABLc/YbJzKYQr4EI/s1600/fbcb.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 221px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-skCmq3JlEgk/T2aQ_UeL-fI/AAAAAAAABLc/YbJzKYQr4EI/s400/fbcb.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721419794122275314" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qrHthiyHVzE/T2aRX7JhETI/AAAAAAAABLo/AHV5VHPbULk/s1600/bla.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 216px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qrHthiyHVzE/T2aRX7JhETI/AAAAAAAABLo/AHV5VHPbULk/s400/bla.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721420216821420338" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aCS-lXaBSyQ/T2aRYeYH-KI/AAAAAAAABL0/IovyRQJHv7o/s1600/blb.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 216px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aCS-lXaBSyQ/T2aRYeYH-KI/AAAAAAAABL0/IovyRQJHv7o/s400/blb.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721420226277931170" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g7nlwc4M5Vw/T2aRYo7fFeI/AAAAAAAABMA/xHubmE8aiAs/s1600/blc.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 216px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g7nlwc4M5Vw/T2aRYo7fFeI/AAAAAAAABMA/xHubmE8aiAs/s400/blc.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721420229110601186" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QnKWtHUb_Ww/T2aRZHFBS-I/AAAAAAAABMM/XgyNDjhPYIM/s1600/bld.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 216px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QnKWtHUb_Ww/T2aRZHFBS-I/AAAAAAAABMM/XgyNDjhPYIM/s400/bld.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721420237203655650" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z6kE7kDjQn0/T2aRZmKsoYI/AAAAAAAABMY/XOl77YoSgfY/s1600/ble.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 216px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z6kE7kDjQn0/T2aRZmKsoYI/AAAAAAAABMY/XOl77YoSgfY/s400/ble.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721420245548966274" /></a>nohohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13207522486838473583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234895930461762189.post-86598019192277532892012-03-15T20:22:00.002-04:002012-03-15T20:26:27.475-04:00Kanji's WishLet's retire a new tag!<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WJrgzXUi7kE/T2KIeHnl9PI/AAAAAAAABK4/fPHb_9I82Ow/s1600/rokusuke.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WJrgzXUi7kE/T2KIeHnl9PI/AAAAAAAABK4/fPHb_9I82Ow/s400/rokusuke.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720284527736517874" /></a><br /><br />Art by <a href='http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=1773788'>Rokusuke</a>.nohohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13207522486838473583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234895930461762189.post-78585401801488519432012-03-14T20:19:00.008-04:002012-03-14T20:34:51.760-04:00Top Ten ST Match-ups, X-Mania EU 2k12, Blog Updates<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H_Z2osKpG-c/T2E11Vb026I/AAAAAAAABKg/FyT1v1xSBzg/s1600/xmania2.jpeg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H_Z2osKpG-c/T2E11Vb026I/AAAAAAAABKg/FyT1v1xSBzg/s320/xmania2.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719912192140434338" /></a>These are my favorite cards in ST. Which matches do you guys like the best?<br /><br /><ol><li>Ryu vs. Guile</li><li>Ryu vs. Ryu</li><li>Guile vs. Dictator</li><li>Ryu vs. Boxer</li><li>Dhalsim vs. Dictator</li><li>Zangief vs. DeeJay</li><li>Chun-Li vs. Cammy</li><li>E.Honda vs. Dhalsim</li><li>Chun-Li vs. Blanka</li><li>Chun-Li vs. Ryu</li></ol><br />Honorable mention:<br />Honda vs. Claw, Ken vs. Fei-Long, Sagat vs. Boxer, Zangief vs. Ryu<br /><br /><h3>X-Mania Europe 2</h3><br />This year's X-Mania Europe contest has been scheduled for May 19th and 20th. So far Professor Jones, Damdai, Komoda, yaya, Kusumondo and Kenpachi have been announced as special guests.<br /><br /><a href='http://kumite.fr/x-mania-europe/index.php?id_lang=1'>Official site</a><br /><br /><h3>Blog Updates</h3><br />I made some minor updates to the <a href='http://curryallergy.blogspot.com/2010/11/index-of-multi-game-champs.html'>multi-game champs</a> and <a href='http://curryallergy.blogspot.com/2011/09/favorite-search-queries.html'>favorite search qs</a> posts. Some funny stuff in that last one — take a look.<br /><br />Also sometime not too long ago Google implemented various alternative view options <a href='http://curryallergy.blogspot.com/view/magazine'>like this one</a>. Some posts here get broken but the new views seem great for browsing old posts. Also perhaps a nice way to check out the site on a tablet. It looks like most of the views keep on scrolling indefinitely very cool.nohohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13207522486838473583noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234895930461762189.post-16567697499997397192012-03-13T22:18:00.002-04:002012-03-13T22:21:46.157-04:00Dan Pink TED Talk 072309<object width="526" height="374"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"></param><br /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><br /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><br /><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"></param><br /><param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talk/stream/2009G/Blank/DanielPink_2009G-320k.mp4&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/DanielPink-2009G.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=512&vh=288&ap=0&ti=618&lang=&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=dan_pink_on_motivation;year=2009;theme=the_creative_spark;theme=not_business_as_usual;event=TEDGlobal+2009;tag=brain;tag=business;tag=creativity;tag=science;tag=social+change;tag=work;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;" /><br /><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgColor="#ffffff" width="526" height="374" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talk/stream/2009G/Blank/DanielPink_2009G-320k.mp4&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/DanielPink-2009G.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=512&vh=288&ap=0&ti=618&lang=&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=dan_pink_on_motivation;year=2009;theme=the_creative_spark;theme=not_business_as_usual;event=TEDGlobal+2009;tag=brain;tag=business;tag=creativity;tag=science;tag=social+change;tag=work;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;"></embed><br /></object><br /><br />What motivates you guys to do well at fighting games?nohohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13207522486838473583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234895930461762189.post-32099004901536325132012-03-13T03:46:00.003-04:002012-03-13T03:48:43.453-04:00…It Was Tuesday — Versus Casuals 092011Sasori came up and asked me if AfroLegends was with us. He looked pretty disappointed when I said no. I guess they've fought on GGPO a lot.<br /><br />Muteki and Nuki were playing a long, fierce set before the team battle started. You can hear them yelling "are you serious?", "what was that?", etc. in some of these.<br /><br />I posted some Damdai vs. Nuki videos from that evening <a href='http://curryallergy.blogspot.com/2011/10/versus-casuals-092011.html'>a while ago</a>. Plus some <a href='http://curryallergy.blogspot.com/2011/09/versus-tuesday.html'>pictures</a> from the previous Tuesday.<br /><br />By the way, <a href='http://akimanart.tumblr.com/'>over here</a> there's a wonderful collection of Akiman art.<br /><br /><iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PL4F4FB85E585E3AFE&hl=en_US" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>nohohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13207522486838473583noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234895930461762189.post-19454941527732080352012-03-09T19:48:00.016-05:002012-03-20T13:34:56.950-04:00Blanka Diagram and Tourney TrendsThe first section below features character ranking information for Super Turbo Blanka from a wide variety of sources. In the second section we'll look at how Blanka players have fared at tournaments for the past decade or so.<br /><br />When I first started working on this I thought I would come up with a scientific approach to character rankings. That was foolish of me. It's the ineffability of tier lists that makes them fun to discuss! Some characters are stronger than others, but the precise order is unknowable. Good news is that a simple name change was enough to keep the ship afloat:<br /><s>Blanka Diagram Project</s><br />Blanka Diagram and Tourney Trends<br /><br />Below I juxtapose players' rankings with real-world tourney results. This is offered as an academic curiosity; I want to stress that I make no claim about a relationship between the two sets of figures.<br /><br />UPDATE 3/20/12: AFO sent some updated match-up assessments.<br /><br /><h3>Part One: Blanka Diagram</h3><br />In this table I've compiled character ranking information for Blanka from a wide variety of sources.<br /><br /><b>Internet</b><br />I was going to include the numbers from <a href='http://www15.atwiki.jp/ssf2xxx/pages/22.html'>this wiki</a> but it's broken at the moment.<br /><br /><a href='http://games.t-akiba.net/sf2/diagrama.html'>T.Akiba</a><br /><br /><a href='http://curryallergy.blogspot.com/2009/08/super-diagram-turbo-version-3.html'>Super Diagram Turbo</a><br />Average of all rows and columns. Also see that link for a basic explanation of the character ranking diagram concept.<br /><br /><a href='http://rgbcharmer.kt.fc2.com/syougai-diagram.htm'>Huekie Saver</a><br /><br /><b>Individual Players</b><br />Real Decoy and Kareeeeem are new for this post. Thank you, brothers. The other ranks are older — all from before the Arcadia chart.<br /><br /><b>Magazines</b><br /><a href='http://curryallergy.blogspot.com/2009/06/future-kick-your-ass-gamest-diagram.html'>Gamest</a> - 1994<br /><br /><a href='http://curryallergy.blogspot.com/2008/11/super-turbo-new-arcadia-diagram.html'>Arcadia</a> - 2008<br /><br /><b>Real Results</b><br />The percentages from part two below rounded to the nearest five with the decimal point moved one place. Again, I make no claim about what this means.<br /><br /><table border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"><tr BGCOLOR="#05316D" ><th align="center"><SPAN STYLE="color: #FFFFFF;">Char.</SPAN></th><th align="center"><SPAN STYLE="color: #FFFFFF;">RY</SPAN></th><th align="center"><SPAN STYLE="color: #FFFFFF;">KE</SPAN></th><th align="center"><SPAN STYLE="color: #FFFFFF;">EH</SPAN></th><th align="center"><SPAN STYLE="color: #FFFFFF;">CH</SPAN></th><th align="center"><SPAN STYLE="color: #FFFFFF;">ZA</SPAN></th><th align="center"><SPAN STYLE="color: #FFFFFF;">GU</SPAN></th><th align="center"><SPAN STYLE="color: #FFFFFF;">DH</SPAN></th><th align="center"><SPAN STYLE="color: #FFFFFF;">TH</SPAN></th><th align="center"><SPAN STYLE="color: #FFFFFF;">CA</SPAN></th><th align="center"><SPAN STYLE="color: #FFFFFF;">FE</SPAN></th><th align="center"><SPAN STYLE="color: #FFFFFF;">DJ</SPAN></th><th align="center"><SPAN STYLE="color: #FFFFFF;">BX</SPAN></th><th align="center"><SPAN STYLE="color: #FFFFFF;">CL</SPAN></th><th align="center"><SPAN STYLE="color: #FFFFFF;">SG</SPAN></th><th align="center"><SPAN STYLE="color: #FFFFFF;">DI</SPAN></th><th align="center"><SPAN STYLE="color: #FFFFFF;">+/-</SPAN></th><th align="center"><SPAN STYLE="color: #FFFFFF;">Source</SPAN></th></tr><tr bgcolor=#ffca73><th rowspan="3" align="center" valign="middle">Internet</th><td>3</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>5</td><td>8</td><td>6</td><td>4</td><td>8</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>7</td><td>-3</td><td>T.Akiba</td></tr><tr bgcolor=#ffca73><td>3.5</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>3.5</td><td>7</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>5</td><td>2.5</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td><SPAN STYLE="color: #BBBBBB;">2.5</SPAN></td><td>5</td><td>-9</td><td>Super Diagram Turbo</td></tr><tr bgcolor=#ffca73><td>3</td><td>5</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>8</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>7</td><td>5</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>-2</td><td>Huekie Saver</td></tr><tr bgcolor=#ffe273><th rowspan="5" align="center" valign="middle">Players</th><td>5</td><td>5</td><td>4.5</td><td>5.5</td><td>7</td><td>7.5</td><td>6</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>5</td><td>4.5</td><td>2.5</td><td>3.5</td><td><SPAN STYLE="color: #BBBBBB;">3</SPAN></td><td>5.5</td><td>+0.5</td><td>Decoy</td></tr><tr bgcolor=#ffe273><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>7</td><td>5</td><td>3</td><td>8</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>6</td><td>-15</td><td>Kareeeeem</td></tr><tr bgcolor=#ffe273><td>3</td><td>5</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>3</td><td>7</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>6</td><td>-17</td><td>AFO</td></tr><tr bgcolor=#ffe273><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>2</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>7</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>5</td><td>5</td><td>3</td><td>-14</td><td>AR2-CNA</td></tr><tr bgcolor=#ffe273><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>6.5</td><td>5</td><td>4.5</td><td>8</td><td>5</td><td>4.5</td><td>3.5</td><td>3</td><td>4.5</td><td>4</td><td>6</td><td>-3.5</td><td>Shinryu</td></tr><tr bgcolor=#ffa873><th rowspan="2" align="center" valign="middle">Magazines</th><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>7</td><td>6</td><td>4</td><td>7</td><td>6</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>5</td><td>5</td><td>0</td><td>Gamest</td></tr><tr bgcolor=#ffa873><td>2.5</td><td>5</td><td>2.5</td><td>3</td><td>6</td><td>4</td><td>2</td><td>7</td><td>4</td><td>3.5</td><td>2.5</td><td>2.5</td><td>3.5</td><td>2</td><td>6.5</td><td>-18.5</td><td>Arcadia</td></tr><tr bgcolor=#6996d3><th rowspan="2" align="center" valign="middle">Results</th><td>4.5</td><td>5</td><td>2.5</td><td>4</td><td>5.5</td><td>5.5</td><td>3.5</td><td>7</td><td>6</td><td>4.5</td><td>5</td><td>2.5</td><td>3.5</td><td>5.5</td><td>4.5</td><td>-6</td><td>All Matches</td></tr><tr bgcolor=#6996d3><td>3.5</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5.5</td><td>5.5</td><td>2.5</td><td>7</td><td>-</td><td>4.5</td><td>3</td><td>1.5</td><td>4.5</td><td>-</td><td>5.5</td><td>-9</td><td>Top Players</td></tr></table><br /><br /><h3>Part Two: Tourney Trends</h3><br />These two charts show Blanka players' wins and losses going back to 2000. Results come from Japanese tournaments in various formats. I've got events big and small: from X-Mania and SBO through five-man Game41 tourneys but I'm light on Star Cup results as those are not typically posted game-by-game. No gachi battles nor casuals. HSF2 when both sides used ST characters.<br /><br />The grey bars for Blanka just show how often they encountered each other. Results vs. other Old Honda players were set aside. Also set aside were characters that came up very few times: O.Sagat (10), O.Ryu (8), O.Zangief (6), O.Dhalsim (1), O.Cammy (1), Akuma (1)<br /><br /><a href="http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/nohoho/?action=view&current=check12.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/nohoho/check12.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />The "top player" graph includes fights amongst the following players. There were too few matches for Blanka vs. Cammy and Blanka vs. Sagat.<br /><br />Ryu: ShootingD, Daigo, Gotoh, Kurahashi<br />Ken: Mattsun, Aniken<br />E.Honda: Hamaki, Kusumondo, Roku<br />Chun-Li: Otochun, Tojo, Nuki<br />Blanka: Komoda, Nakamu, AFO<br />Zangief: Kakky, Pony, Gunze<br />Guile: Kurahashi, Muteki, ShootingD, Kikai<br />Dhalsim: Gian, Hakase, Yoshimura<br />Hawk: Mayakon, Viper, Toutanki<br />DeeJay: Seki, Ito, YuuVega, Yuzuru<br />Fei-Long: Noguchi, K, Hanashi<br />Boxer: Tama, Tsuji, Shiki<br />Claw: ARG, MAO, Noguchi<br />Dictator: YuuVega, Taira, Onishi<br /><br /><a href="http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/nohoho/?action=view&current=wlstrongb.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/nohoho/wlstrongb.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>nohohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13207522486838473583noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234895930461762189.post-59709360183943046792012-03-07T14:30:00.005-05:002012-03-07T15:00:52.493-05:00TwitterI made a Twitter account: <a href='https://twitter.com/#!/NH2_Blanka'>NH2_Blanka</a><br /><br />For now just silly stuff but I may get into news and links for fighting game stream viewers in a little bit.<br /><br />ST Blanka Diagram later this week!<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XoD6o5V2xqU/T1e4aso9ZGI/AAAAAAAABKI/yrULQ0vGBR8/s1600/beanallergy2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XoD6o5V2xqU/T1e4aso9ZGI/AAAAAAAABKI/yrULQ0vGBR8/s400/beanallergy2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717241020769199202" /></a><br />Bean allergy?<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dW64QBsUbL0/T1e4a1JnrSI/AAAAAAAABKQ/MSBOA08dR8k/s1600/beanallergy.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dW64QBsUbL0/T1e4a1JnrSI/AAAAAAAABKQ/MSBOA08dR8k/s400/beanallergy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717241023053671714" /></a><br />You can have my EpiPen!nohohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13207522486838473583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234895930461762189.post-32672047840040878452012-03-03T10:09:00.002-05:002012-03-03T10:14:08.049-05:00eLive SF2, Gemaga Cover<a href='http://www.elive.pro/'>eLive</a> Fighter II Turbo via Ken Bogard. Brilliant!<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vVxfhNGuV_c/T1I1BsFzqII/AAAAAAAABJw/Vun8FhyeBQk/s1600/ef2t.jpeg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vVxfhNGuV_c/T1I1BsFzqII/AAAAAAAABJw/Vun8FhyeBQk/s400/ef2t.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715689180218239106" /></a><br /><br /><br />April Gemaga cover by <a href='http://www.side1.info/kinu/'>Kinu</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6o5lEpFPuOo/T1I1B-rdWoI/AAAAAAAABJ4/su7iBV1IATI/s1600/gemagakinunishimura.jpeg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 322px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6o5lEpFPuOo/T1I1B-rdWoI/AAAAAAAABJ4/su7iBV1IATI/s400/gemagakinunishimura.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715689185207999106" /></a>nohohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13207522486838473583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234895930461762189.post-79100063388840258522012-03-01T20:09:00.003-05:002012-03-01T20:12:51.127-05:00Persona Video 030112, Chun-Li B-DayBlog update: links spruced up a little.<br /><br />Let's break in a new tag!<br /><br /><h3>Persona Day One Video</h3><br />Buppa vs. Shadow at Goi Chariot<br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://ext.nicovideo.jp/thumb_watch/sm17122098?w=490&h=307"></script><noscript><a href="http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm17122098">【ニコニコ動画】【五井チャリ】0301P4U稼働記念 ぶっぱ VS Shadow</a></noscript><br /><br /><h3>Happy Birthday Chun-Li</h3><br />Art by <a href='http://ameblo.jp/m-tomoyohi/'>M-Tomoyohi</a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0R4SIxvr9s8/T1AeFJMEQ7I/AAAAAAAABJk/wTCoR3Siiwo/s1600/bakutan.jpeg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0R4SIxvr9s8/T1AeFJMEQ7I/AAAAAAAABJk/wTCoR3Siiwo/s400/bakutan.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715101000847868850" /></a>nohohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13207522486838473583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234895930461762189.post-2152181934079248672012-02-28T10:48:00.002-05:002012-02-28T10:49:24.697-05:00<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1380599"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1380599" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object>nohohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13207522486838473583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234895930461762189.post-62694389256086665112012-02-26T08:12:00.010-05:002012-02-26T08:40:52.463-05:00Mikado 091611 Vids Part 2Mattsun has a reputation for being a little chilly but he would always light up when he saw Damdai. He said it was funny that Damdai used a different character each time he came to visit: Zangief, Shotos, Hawk. For me, scooping up Mattsun videos from the old Hameko uploader six years ago was one of the first things that led me to this point so capping some footage myself was a treat.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nPON61HD3wU/T0ov2tsqJUI/AAAAAAAABJY/sRku20EnLb4/s1600/plazaabc.jpeg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nPON61HD3wU/T0ov2tsqJUI/AAAAAAAABJY/sRku20EnLb4/s400/plazaabc.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713431694299243842" /></a><br /><i>Masao, Makky, Saito, (Gunze). Pic from Tougeki website.</i><br /><br />Masao Ken had arrived with his teammates from Osaka that afternoon. Their home arcade is Neyagawa ABC, Shooting D's stomping ground. Masao's Ken was excellent and very different from Mattsun's. His mashing was especially on point; <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orJPJvyHbVk#t=0m14s'>over here</a> you can see how Hawk let a cross-up chance slip by because Ken broke out after one elbow.<br /><br />I put the videos from that night <a href='http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL554B517B05071E53'>in this playlist</a>. Check it out!<br /><br /><iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PL554B517B05071E53&hl=en_US" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>nohohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13207522486838473583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234895930461762189.post-6524090852930935802012-02-24T09:39:00.004-05:002012-02-24T09:42:15.210-05:00Dry Mouthedness<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iPav0V-5QWc/T0ehTiKWmBI/AAAAAAAABJM/asHZpGWm5cY/s1600/white-4.jpeg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 253px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iPav0V-5QWc/T0ehTiKWmBI/AAAAAAAABJM/asHZpGWm5cY/s320/white-4.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712712009302579218" /></a>This is from the movie <i>White Men Can't Jump</i>.<br /><blockquote>Gloria: Honey?<br /><br />Gloria: My mouth is dry.<br /><br />Gloria: Honey. I'm thirsty.<br /><br />Billy: Umm...<br /><br />*Water Runs*<br /><br />Billy: There you go. honey.<br /><br />Gloria: When I said I was thirsty it doesn't mean I want a glass of water.<br /><br />Billy: It doesn't?<br /><br />Gloria: You're missing the whole point of me saying I'm thirsty.<br /><br />Gloria: If I have a problem you're not supposed to solve it.<br /><br />Gloria: Men always make the mistake of thinking they can solve a woman's problem.<br /><br />Gloria: It makes them feel omnipotent.<br /><br />Billy: Omnipotent? Did you have a bad dream?<br /><br />Gloria: It's a way of controlling a woman.<br /> <br />Billy: Bringing them a glass of water?<br /><br />Gloria: Yes.<br /><br />Gloria: I read it in a magazine.<br /><br />Gloria: See. if I'm thirsty.<br /><br />Gloria: I don't want a glass of water.<br /> <br />Gloria: I want you to sympathize.<br /><br />Gloria: I want you to say, "Gloria I, too, know what it feels like to be thirsty. I too have had a dry mouth."<br /><br />Gloria: I want you to connect with me through sharing and understanding the concept of dry mouthedness.</blockquote>nohohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13207522486838473583noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234895930461762189.post-87088605285637905102012-02-22T04:41:00.006-05:002012-02-22T11:06:26.340-05:00VIPER Explains the Hajiki ScrewA hajiki Screw ("flick SPD") motion lets you do a Spinning Pile Driver or Mexican Typhoon extremely quickly, and it's ideal for grabbing whiffed low kicks. More explanation below but first a quick 2ch note.<br /><br />I've been reading about the hajiki Screw technique on 2ch for a long time, but based on context I thought it simply referred to a quick walk-in SPD. Also the term comes up most commonly when people are saying silly stuff about <a href='http://curryallergy.blogspot.com/2007/02/japanese-ssf2t-player-report-part-5.html'>Rikiya</a> so I never paid much attention.<br /><br />One night at Versus, VIPER kindly explained the motion to us Yanks. To do a hajiki Screw you give the joystick a small but firm flick in a circular direction and tear your hand away allowing the spring to carry it around. For 1P side you start with the joystick right and flick it clockwise. For 2P start at left and flick counter-clockwise.<br /><br />It might sound a little alien but this motion isn't very difficult. VIPER said it took him twenty minutes practice to get the hang of it on one side and about an hour on the other. Your humble blog editor was able to do a hajiki Hyper Bomb almost immediately. You can try it on the character select screen: with a proper hajiki motion the highlight rectangle should go around and land where it started.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x0LQ_nk4cIM/T0S4ffLdo5I/AAAAAAAABIo/hedKu-Jxxyk/s1600/uzumakiwhoops.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 218px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x0LQ_nk4cIM/T0S4ffLdo5I/AAAAAAAABIo/hedKu-Jxxyk/s400/uzumakiwhoops.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711893078497665938" /></a><br /><i>Do not practice Flick SPDs on your laundry!</i><br /><br />VIPER said the motion is easier on a looser (broken-in) stick. He didn't mention this, but I'd speculate that it's easier on Seimitsu than on Sanwa — dead zone is a little different — but it's definitely possible on both.<br /><br />Here's a quick video of VIPER demonstrating the hajiki Screw. First for 1P side then for 2P side.<br /><br /><iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wRfBFMUiYMY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />I asked if Pony used hajiki Screw and Shu (Ken player) laughed and said no but he said Gunze and most Hawks use it. Shu said that when a Zangief player uses it well vs. whiffed Shoto low medium kick and low roundhouse the match starts to get unwinnable. Daigo supposedly said as much after losing to Rikiya thirty times in a row.<br /><br />Here's one more video of an actual match. Attempted Hajiki early in the second round. The YouTube interface covers it up; you have to mouse away to see it.<br /><br /><iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3b0sWCnsfBk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>nohohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13207522486838473583noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234895930461762189.post-30868978219650367082012-02-16T23:15:00.003-05:002012-02-16T23:41:43.580-05:00Mikado 091611 Vids Part 1<h3>Blog Updates</h3><br />New tags: <a href='http://curryallergy.blogspot.com/search/label/interviews'>interviews</a>, [character] <a href='http://curryallergy.blogspot.com/search/label/rankings'>rankings</a>, <a href='http://curryallergy.blogspot.com/search/label/comics'>comics</a>, <a href='http://curryallergy.blogspot.com/search/label/trickery'>trickery</a><br /><br />Some of Gunze's 2009 results added to the <a href='http://curryallergy.blogspot.com/2012/01/red-cyclone-of-ko-hatsu.html'>chart below</a>. The post title makes more sense now.<br /><br />I'm working on something small for everyone who enters <a href='http://curryallergy.blogspot.com/2012/02/please-tell-your-friends-about-this.html'>the contest</a>. Please include your snail mail address with your entry if you're interested. Also international entries are welcome!<br /><br /><h3>Mikado on the Eve of SBO 2k11</h3><br />I got to thank Kurahashi in person for the <a href='http://curryallergy.blogspot.com/2011/06/x-mania-europe-kurahashi-q.html'>X-Mania EU Q&A</a>. He said he would like to attend a US tourney but it'd probably be boring because he'd win easily.<br /><br />The Kyushu team had flown up earlier that day. They qualified at G-COM Wajiro but their home arcade is "Supolakuhonji." Chai wrote it out for me like that — I think it's a Sega joint further to the South. Hal traveled with her husband; she had a decent Chun-Li.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YjQ8VsJCRyI/Tz3Umb5I7-I/AAAAAAAABIc/Bpcd6x_rTQQ/s1600/mikado916kyushu.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YjQ8VsJCRyI/Tz3Umb5I7-I/AAAAAAAABIc/Bpcd6x_rTQQ/s400/mikado916kyushu.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709953659363192802" /></a><br />Chai, Hal, Kumadhal, Aiderun<br /><br />Here's a highlight for the evening. More to come!<br /><br /><iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/y4Ha8Jirbi4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>nohohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13207522486838473583noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234895930461762189.post-10043253295211561802012-02-10T04:47:00.011-05:002012-03-19T14:47:09.909-04:00Ze Contest<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FQig4dutPLQ/TzTrKKzWarI/AAAAAAAABIQ/waTVROugFh4/s1600/shiguruisample.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FQig4dutPLQ/TzTrKKzWarI/AAAAAAAABIQ/waTVROugFh4/s400/shiguruisample.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707445187716213426" /></a>Please tell your friends about this. Try one of the share buttons at the bottom!<br /><br />Unrelated note: I plan on uploading Mattsun vs. Shiro and Mattsun vs. Damdai this week. Take a look at <a href='http://www.youtube.com/ahojagi'>AHOJagi</a> for that footage. Also add me on <a href='http://i44.tinypic.com/24zc22u.jpg'>Facebook</a> if you want.<br /><br /><h3>Concept</h3><br />Using one or more of the screen caps below, put together a collage or comic strip poking fun at some part of the fighting game world. <br /><br /><b>UPDATE 3/18/12:</b> <a href='http://curryallergy.blogspot.com/2012/03/contest-expansion-forbidden-shigurui.html'>rules expanded, free pins</a><br /><br /><h3>Rules</h3><br />Comic strip should be between one and sixteen panels.<br /><br />Two megabytes or less. Jpeg, pict or (non-animated) gif.<br /><br />The subject can be from SF2, Alpha, SF3 or SF4. Characters, story, specific match-ups, specific matches, tourney history, players, MCs - anything Street Fighter.<br /><br />Screen caps can be cropped, manipulated or even recreated. Get more or re-do if you like from the source; FWIW, the Shigurui show is on Hulu.<br /><br />If you reference a specific match or moment in fighting game history please include a YouTube link if possible.<br /><br />No memes:<br />Fighting game slang, terminology and basic catchphrases ("look at the damage") are ok, but I don't want recent stream-era stuff like "8.95" and "esports."<br /><br />Using the structure and/or background graphics from forum macros is fine, but no "over 9000", ceiling cat or FUUUUUUU- guy please.<br /><br /><h3>Prize</h3><br />-Gamest Mook Volume 17 - Capcom Illustrations<br />Really nice 1995 art book with design works by Akiman, Shoei, Kinu, Sensei and Bengus.<br /><br />and<br /><br />-A Yoga Sniper T-Shirt!<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rLpZIxlywsw/TzTojbMocKI/AAAAAAAABH4/95KBAkkHz8U/s1600/prize.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rLpZIxlywsw/TzTojbMocKI/AAAAAAAABH4/95KBAkkHz8U/s320/prize.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707442323079065762" /></a><br /><br />Something for runners up TBD.<br /><br /><h3>Judging</h3><br />Send entries to nohoho@gmail.com. Please put 'Shigurui' in the subject line and (optionally) your nickname in the body of the message.<br /><br />Starting immediately and ending March 31st.<br /><br />Entries should be striking: funny would be great, but clever, sexy, cute, disgusting, scary, etc. would also be great. Or some sort of Blue Velvety combination of those things.<br /><br />DS and Master Chibi have kindly agreed to help judge.<br /><br /><h3>Screen Caps</h3><br />Click for full size.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-14bfcIIbQkU/TzTn-Xzb1lI/AAAAAAAABGs/MnyOx6JLzQg/s1600/1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-14bfcIIbQkU/TzTn-Xzb1lI/AAAAAAAABGs/MnyOx6JLzQg/s400/1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707441686512916050" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MjT9-bCsC4E/TzTn-GNXFoI/AAAAAAAABGg/W2fk5WicFiY/s1600/2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MjT9-bCsC4E/TzTn-GNXFoI/AAAAAAAABGg/W2fk5WicFiY/s400/2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707441681789818498" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zzdfW9UF5Tk/TzTn8AaXQKI/AAAAAAAABGU/oZ38I6RWCnk/s1600/3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zzdfW9UF5Tk/TzTn8AaXQKI/AAAAAAAABGU/oZ38I6RWCnk/s400/3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707441645874004130" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_XfvzHV8U7U/TzTn7h_zRMI/AAAAAAAABGI/bQttCEil9u8/s1600/4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_XfvzHV8U7U/TzTn7h_zRMI/AAAAAAAABGI/bQttCEil9u8/s400/4.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707441637709530306" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CRBYWXbw13I/TzToVm2VsbI/AAAAAAAABHo/c9vrnUCAink/s1600/a.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CRBYWXbw13I/TzToVm2VsbI/AAAAAAAABHo/c9vrnUCAink/s400/a.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707442085688619442" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xAwyJRXyJK4/TzToVE8kfeI/AAAAAAAABHg/YsY2MvOsl_s/s1600/b.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xAwyJRXyJK4/TzToVE8kfeI/AAAAAAAABHg/YsY2MvOsl_s/s400/b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707442076587949538" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-69SJT_EBnw0/TzToUoSYPaI/AAAAAAAABHQ/l8IVfRehgr0/s1600/c.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-69SJT_EBnw0/TzToUoSYPaI/AAAAAAAABHQ/l8IVfRehgr0/s400/c.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707442068894793122" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j6K78AyHnCc/TzToSlM9FiI/AAAAAAAABHE/3tNfJp5cU0o/s1600/e.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j6K78AyHnCc/TzToSlM9FiI/AAAAAAAABHE/3tNfJp5cU0o/s400/e.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707442033706997282" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KZw24AVWh4c/TzToSTt3S8I/AAAAAAAABG4/iVi8Ma8H2D8/s1600/f.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 228px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KZw24AVWh4c/TzToSTt3S8I/AAAAAAAABG4/iVi8Ma8H2D8/s400/f.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707442029013191618" /></a>nohohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13207522486838473583noreply@blogger.com1