I had an awesome time too and enjoyed a lot of these matches. Was good to see all the stuff the players have been working on with their characters. And my Lisa will als be making an appearance at SoCal gruff!!!
It was a ton of fun and I went out there and did my thing, congrats to Xcali and I look forward to learning that Eliot matchup since no one uses him :)
Another example would be gen fus sit down stuns. Evey player over there was escaping is 33p sit down stuns free, and I even watched someone escape a launch set up from bass. I don't know the Input but he does a kick that puts you in a sit down followed by 33p as the launch. Players were slow...
Now that I finally can make this post, I have to say the DOA festival was easily one of the best experiences I've ever had. Aside from the fact that I'm was in Tokyo, the players over there also showed me something-how far a majority of the players here in the usa are behind.
Aside from the top...
Well I hope you guys all enjoyed the matches. They play very differently over here than back home. More defensive and tend to counter strings rather than block them which is very interesting to see. I'd personally love to see more Japanese players come out to us tournaments cus I also believe...