Watching those matches made me realise asking for the option to turn off pause during matches might have been a good idea. But it's not normally a problem with people who play regularly so it's no big deal.
Man, seriously loving the new Hitomi. She still has a bit of a ghetto booty, but I'm far from disappointed, I'm amazed and happy they changed as much as they did. Also, Hayate seems to have lost the deep shadows under his eyes too (from my memory of the alpha Hayate anyway). Not so much a crack dealer anymore. I like that they included some kind of humour in the costuming but not so much love for the clown aesthetic, seems random and it's ugly. All the other characters so far look great too. Wish somebody played Kokoro or Bayman at some point.
Good fun to watch though, gg to the commentators.