This the face of a man who has seen it all. His past, our present, and your future.
A man that understands everything, yet acknowledges nothing at all.
A man that accepts fate, no matter how joyous or drastic.
This is a man with 20 years experience.
Erin: Harada-san has some exciting news for Tekken but before we get to that...
Crowd: ooooooo
Erin: We have the Granblue Versus director to share something!
Crowd: AWWWWWW
Random dude next to me: I'll be DAMNED TO FUCK MAAAAN
Keep it 100. This versus screen screams 2007 PS2 Japanese import you wasted 14 hours to torrent on the shadiest sites on the internet and then burned it on your shitty laptop multiple times because it keep getting read errors.
But then you see this at 7am? You blessed.
So when you activate Moon Drive the cut-in shows both characters reaction to it. Usually if you're on the receiving end your character's portrait is in shock.
But not Kouma. He still grabbing you.
Whenever you feel like you're trash and everyone is against you, remember you didn't have an entire stadium sold out for a live concert united to hate on you.
And it was on Juneteenth.
And you can't say nigga no more.
I linked my mom the gamenewton stream tonight and she asked me why this little girl beating up this grown ass man so fast.
"It's Makoto."
"I like her."
Never have I ever wanted to swing at my own fucking mother so fast.
I've been playing around and refining bumps with GBVSR in my downtime. Would anyone be interested if I did one for all the characters? Free use and on my own time ofc.
Now that I feel much better and had some good sleep, I'm going to personally address the Lunar situation from where I stand as a tournament organizer for a niche anime fighting game community.
Good lord, you can't delay tech 22B either. It's active forever.
The mixup shown here is kind of slow, but I can't believe I'm playing Millia now.
#UNI2_NA
My phone dropped all the Climax memories in a collage today. Damn near broke down.
Me and Marik talked about it this morning and what these images have in common is people. It was an event for people; not just the game.
With that, I've named CoN next year. You may know it soon.
Told my recent Tinder match I just got back from Chicago. She asked what for. So I told her the honest truth: I went to a fighting game tournament to play, drink, and talk shit with the homies. She unmatched me a few minutes later.
No fucks given. You should already know.
I love how FG majors do have their own themes and goes all in on them with how they present themselves.
CEO has wrestling.
CB is like a music festival.
Evo is a grandiose occasion, like a world finals should be...
...and Frosty is fucking cold lmao.
14 fucking months of struggle and I landed in the career I never stopped searching for. I can't stop crying. I can finally do more by my mother. I can finally breathe.
Today has been a stressful one, but I'm glad she was able to see what I'm able to accomplish under her love, patience, peace, and hard working mentality. Love you ma!
And if I catch you dooming UNI in these streets I'll actually drop kick your dumb ass.
We are ALL eating. You either eat with us or stay your ass at home and make bathroom jokes for your little Twitter friends.
Next nigga that ask me "is CC dead when Lumina comes out" even as a joke is getting shot. Tired to you dummies not listening to me.
Current Code will still be played. There will still be a scene for it. I will keep running it. Stop forcing yourself to fucking choose.
Hotel update:
Climax date has officially been moved with Crowne Plaza to October 2021. My contract is safe and we owe the hotel nothing until the following year when the payments start back. Relieved.
I dread to say this but you're hearing it here first: Climax is a dud this year. I already emailed the hotel and bracing for impact financially. I'll say something official on the CoN account sometime this week.
Hurt is an understatement right now.
People asked so I'ma address it here from what I guess happened at Dreamhack:
I talked to Lunar and he's fine to be at Climax on the promise he will not to interact w/ people who wish ill on him period. I don't believe he is what people say of him, so don't use p*do so casually.
Watching GBVS and UNI2 have interest and do crazy numbers at events both on and offline only makes me wonder what could have been if 2020 didn't put their progress on ice.
2024 really about to be the true sequel to 2019.
Raising Cane's tastes exactly like whatever you put on it. If you have ever hyped this godless ass chicken to me, stand your ground when I approach you because I'm whooping feet.
Please don't make sex jokes about my event name to my face please. I already heard them all in the first 10 minutes of announcing it in 2018 and after that was pure irritation. And yes, I know what I named my tournament. I'm not changing it because I like the goddamn name.
I finally got to meet and eat dinner with French Bread! Thanks all! We talked alot about Climax, Japan, and the community overseas. Narita-san (CEO) said he was surprised and very happy to see this many people play offline for Under Night!
Being a competitive player TO is one of the hardest positions to place yourself in the FGC. You want to play, experience the game, and grind yet at the same time running tournaments and keeping a group of like-minded players together to grow a scene. It's very hard and stressful.
The first triple digit Melty tournament since Evo 2010.
The first triple digit CC tournament period since release in 2011.
This is the game now. And goddamn it feels so good.
I dabbled in UNI2 a little bit.
+ UI/presentation is still peak, love the round starts.
- Character select screen a downgrade IMO but it's okay. Song a banger though.
+ It's the same game but Silent told me VO strip is gone and guard thrust is 6+ABC now, both good changes IMO.
Melty was not going to get into Evo Online because Caster ain't official. It's unfortunate, but take solace in the fact that the community got its own thing going on. Support the tournaments, content, and streams that people are dishing out!
Good shit to TFH and Skullgirls too.
I saw people getting tight about no MBTL announcement so I need to check y'all real quick.
We've had a year plus of free DLC and balance that has only made it much more fun to play and experience. I think the game is fine where it's at now.
Now look at Virtua Fighter.
...yeah
UNI niggas kept grinding, supporting, and playing this fucking game and now the greatest stage opens to them. This is the type of shit I want to see.
Nothing but Melty 2010 vibes from this community. Y'all deserve this one. So go kill it. I'll do my best for y'all too.
Luna is banned from any event I'm running. Indefinitely. I have had 4 different disputes come to me over the past 14 hours. Enough is enough.
Non-negotiable.
As of this morning, I am officially CySA+/CCFA certified.
Therefore, my income has almost doubled.
My skin is clear. I am unperturbed. I will continue to mash Arc 2C on wakeup.
But most of all, I am blessed. SFN(?) season all of 2024. Get ready.
This year, I will require every entrant at Climax to give me a picture of them touching grass during a clear afternoon outside of their dwelling alongside their registration.
Thank you for understanding.
Bruh we've been out here for a very long time. Anyone can and will tell you. I did everything and a half for this game. It's the main reason why Climax exists. It's why I'm still doing shit and why I still love this genre.
Like goddamn I am so happy for this.
Fuck all your heroes. This is exactly why I get uncomfortable and always tell people to never overtly thank me for shit. I don't ever wanna be seen as one for what I say or do; I'm just a nigga out here trying to get his.
I just want every MBTL player going or watching Combo Breaker in a few weeks to look at that schedule.
Pool play, top 32, AND top 8 are all gonna be on Sp00ky's stream. You know which one that is?
The main one.
The big screen.
C L O S I N G out Saturday night.
I'm gonna give credit where it's due so shoutouts to
@2dJazz
for his monetary sacrifice on FGO Arcade the other day. He one of the brave few keeping MBTL on the right track. He told me the next arcade stream is for the jukebox.
Sakura-Koi-Uta. We coming for you baby.
I'm gonna try this again:
In a few hours, I'm going to open registration for an event I believe a certain community deserves. My friends, my mother/family, and potentially the world will come here to have fun and play games they love.
Do not try my patience this year.
I guess I'll say my piece being someone who has been playing the game for goddamn ever:
Initially the joke was just that: a joke. I've used it too! But when a joke like this grows into the main attraction to what the public think of this small niche game, it's quite depressing.
Hearing hundreds of people scream RELOAD! in an Evo arena was something I'd never think I'd hear but goddamn I love it. Senaru started a whole movement back at that old Atlanta hotel in 2018.
You crazy for this one.
@IdolismJ
New shirt is up.
Art by:
@kohquette
.
It's been awhile hasn't it? One of Kojima's finest coming off the Snatcher one we did last year for [re:run]. Great game with amazing atmosphere.
Shirt text translates to "Revival of Old Style Engagement."
I'm bout to stop putting alcohol in the juice because I refuse to contribute to this problem of y'all acting funny under the influence at events. People have acted belligerent in my presence that I have stopped and escorted to rooms before they did anything they'd regret. Chill.
Welp I'm broke. Been trying to save up and recover some personal funds I put in for Climax but I invested more than I should have. Now with that and my rent going up, I do ask for a little help to get me by.
If you can, buy a shirt or be generous enough to donate to the PayPal.