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    Community "Why should I go to tournaments?"

    Quit it with such nonsense! (Leifang wars TBD? Hahaha) I have an actual post with substance I'll put in this thread when I'm not typing on my phone, but suffice it to say that my offline people are awesome and have been really good to me. That's both Cali and the cross continental types. All...
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    What Team Ninja Doesn't Want You To Know About Virtua Fighters

    It's weird to say that DOA characters might not have "all of their techniques" in DOA. That's because it's DOA, and everything for the DOA characters were designed for DOA. And, actually, still, some techniques did get taken out over time for various reasons. And they're balanced. Really, the...
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    What Team Ninja Doesn't Want You To Know About Virtua Fighters

    People broadly use the term "sabaki" for things that are both inashis and sabakis. A sabaki is a *strike* that parries another move (Lei Fang's 6P+K), whereas an inashi is a motion or stance (not a sidestep) that will parry another move (Lei Fang's 4P+K). I often drop inashi as a term when...
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    What Team Ninja Doesn't Want You To Know About Virtua Fighters

    Being totally blunt, this looks pretty much like denial to me. The VF characters have been adjusted pretty much as minimally as necessary, and the entire effect has been actually relatively balanced. What's being asked is that the VF characters play like they would in VF. In which case, my only...
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    So I ran into this guy on PSN yesterday. First time someone was turned on-no, really-by my play...

    So I ran into this guy on PSN yesterday. First time someone was turned on-no, really-by my play...
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    It's awesome when people can put minor disagreements behind them, too. I'm always impressed when...

    It's awesome when people can put minor disagreements behind them, too. I'm always impressed when someone extends an olive branch.
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    It's unfortunate that people have reading comprehension issues sometimes, but there's not much...

    It's unfortunate that people have reading comprehension issues sometimes, but there's not much one can do about that.
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    DOA5U The Official Tier List with Discussion Thread

    Actually, I agree with this. Put in decimals, and you'll suddenly see me do a ton of shading, but for now I don't mind keeping it more basic for sanity.
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    DOA5U The Official Tier List with Discussion Thread

    You are correct. Mea culpa, I forgot about the number change! It's a very similar mindgame nonetheless.
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    DOA5U The Official Tier List with Discussion Thread

    Here we go. For Helena. vs Akira 5-5 vs Alpha 6-4 vs Ayane 5-5 vs Bass 6-4 vs Bayman 6-4 vs Brad 5-5 vs Christie 5-5 vs Ein 6-4 vs Eliot 6-4 vs Gen Fu 4-6 vs Hayate 5-5 vs Hitomi 5-5 vs Jacky 5-5 vs Jann 5-5 vs Kasumi 5-5 vs Kokoro 5-5 vs Lei Fang 5-5 vs Leon 6-4 vs Marie 5-5 vs Momiji 5-5 vs...
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    DOA5U The Official Tier List with Discussion Thread

    Yeah, 3H+K is specific, unlike some other stuff. On block, you have to either approach with strings or H+K on a backdash, but +0 means you have to play the mindgame. It, however, can get blown up on wiff and it's a mid kick. You have the right idea; sometimes it's smart to move into the general...
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    DOA5U The Official Tier List with Discussion Thread

    You have the right idea with the holds, though it is not as risky as it could be. That said, you also have 9P, which is both 9P4 and 9PP and then again 9P alone. 4KK is amazing keep out itself, so you can play the same game back and her strings can travel very well with PPKK and variants. If you...
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    DOA5U The Official Tier List with Discussion Thread

    Ah, this is true! Rachel has a more intuitive spacing game. But Lei can handle it; you have to kinda space with Lei in reverse and it's a bit of an art, but she can bait Rachel's buttons in strong ways.
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    DOA5U The Official Tier List with Discussion Thread

    Rachel at least has powerful grabs if Lei puts something out there. Still, Lei has more tools than most characters to shut down Rachel, and she can stop Rachel from hitting buttons almost as much as Rachel can stop her from hitting buttons. And Lei has a greater degree in doing that than Rachel...
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    DOA5U The Official Tier List with Discussion Thread

    Ayane's not a bad match up against Lei. Most people just don't know how to fight Ayane, but Lei has so many strong options to bait her at range and then so many good ways to bulldog her up close that this is a dead even match up. I can talk about how to fight Ayane at length if desired? What do...
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    Picking and choosing from the French commentary, it seems that the whole "we're late" issue is...

    Picking and choosing from the French commentary, it seems that the whole "we're late" issue is worse there than here!
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    Is anyone seeing anything from the RoF tournament right now?

    Is anyone seeing anything from the RoF tournament right now?
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    DOA5U The Official Tier List with Discussion Thread

    Yeah, I decided to play ball. I'm not sure it's better than silence, but I'm trying here as it really is against natural inclination at the moment. In any event, yeah, we've discussed the general thrust of why I'm gunshy on the major distinctions. But I do feel I can at least speak for my...
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    DOA5U The Official Tier List with Discussion Thread

    Hahaha, fair. I'm just really thinking about where to put in input that isn't basically along the lines of "no, seriously, get rid of most of those 3-7's, that's just not right". HLP is so often "who has the better option select sequences in stun and can make decent wake up reads?" and where...
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    DOA5U The Official Tier List with Discussion Thread

    All true. But, yeah, Lei Fang's voice is resistant to all kinds of human speech due to her punch parry. And, yeah, it gives a good community barometer even if obviously I have points of clear disagreement. (I'm still trying to figure out where I can best help in light of my natural bias)
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