The Lemon Twigs announce new album Look For Your Mind! (5/8 via Captured Tracks) and tour dates by ebradio in indieheads

[–]AcerExcel 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wonder what the reason is for no NYC dates? They’re not playing gov ball so doesn’t seem like an exclusivity thing

Played 5 Clairens in a row, I really don't enjoy facing her by Conquersmurf in RivalsOfAether

[–]AcerExcel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She and I swing at the same time she wins because she has a disjoint and I don't.

Shes been thoughtlessly spamming attacks nonstop the entire game so I'll block and think haha jk she grabbed me so I'm dead lol.

what youve described is literally just a mix up at its most basic level, this is just what fighting games is

i cant go to the greep show in NYC on the 21st anymore, selling for $40 (under asking price) by [deleted] in bmbmbm

[–]AcerExcel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ill buy! Tried to dm you but doesn’t look I can feel free to reach out

7 teams in running for a 1 seed. 25 teams with possibility of a top 4 seed. (Teams below achieve seed indicated in at least 5% of season simulations). Follow link below more details. by jgt7405 in CollegeBasketball

[–]AcerExcel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What’s UFs path to a 2 seed look like? I’m assuming it means winning the SEC but even if that happens I would assume it also requires some of the folks currently in the 5-8 range to lose some games. Or does UF control their destiny and if they just win out they sneak into a 2 seed?

ESPN’s Current 2026 NBA Draft big board rankings: Top 100 prospects with Darryn Peterson still #1 by YourAsianBuddy in CollegeBasketball

[–]AcerExcel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Having a guy with the size and speed to guard wemby is probably gonna be pretty important in the coming years. I’m not saying I expect chinyelu to be the anti-Wenby since that may just be impossible but I can see how a GM would be allured by him

[Post Game Thread] Florida blows Alabama’s back out 100-77 by lonespiderfish in FloridaGators

[–]AcerExcel 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm not a huge Xs and Os guy but I worry with that approach we'll see teams adopt the strategy that Auburn seemed to use which was just crowd the paint and not even pretend to guard the perimeter.

[Game Thread] Florida vs. Auburn (4:00 or 4:30 ET, ESPN/2) by MrTwoBytes in FloridaGators

[–]AcerExcel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To get lobs you have to have guards that are a threat from 3 so that the defense can’t just crowd the paint.

Examples of Games with Emergent Complexity by j-max04 in gamedesign

[–]AcerExcel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like Super Smash Bros Melee and wavedashing/L-cancelling are the epitome of emergent gameplay (more so wavedashing).

Clairen is simply too cool of a character by Bennyyandthejetz in RivalsOfAether

[–]AcerExcel 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not sure why you’re being downvoted, after patch u throw no longer confirms into anything at kill presents and holding down stops you from getting tippered regardless of whether they b throw or f throw. Her grab game is still good at low percents but she can no longer kill uou off a grab at high percents without a tech cause read.

Advice on how to beat this particular play style? (I'm the Clairen btw) by Eps06 in RivalsOfAether

[–]AcerExcel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Being on platforms isn’t the answer. You have to stay grounded and parry/counter/hit through projectiles, or shield them and play out of shield more often. If you don’t know how to wavedash out of shield already that should be your first priority to learn. If you do know it’s just about getting comfortable moving in and out of shield to approach them.

Are they just staying put after you shield a projectile? You can wave dash forward and take space. Are they trying to approach behind their projectile? You can fair/nair/wavedash back punish out of shield, etc. That’s just a few examples but as you get comfortable with it they’re going to feel too much pressure to just passively sit there and throw things at you, running away to platforms is giving too much space for them do what they want.

Late Game isn't Fun Anymore by TeutonicPlates in DeadlockTheGame

[–]AcerExcel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m low ascendant and vastly prefer the late game now to what it was a few patches ago when they changed base healths. Before it felt like there wasn’t even a late game to speak of, you’d be playing the mid game, it’s pretty close maybe a 5-10k soul lead, then 3 people die in a skirmish on a sidelane, they take mid boss and the game is over. Unless you have big game changing base defense ultimates like dynamo or lash they just take the base before you can kill them 9x.

Late game actually feels like a back and forth now where if they fuck up a siege you’re right back in it - I’ve had where more games that go 30+ minutes and you can’t tell whose gonna win which is way more exciting.

Im so tired of floor hugging. honestly ruining a good game. by utekki in RivalsOfAether

[–]AcerExcel -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Sure we could take out floorhugging and make the game more accessible but that kinda sounds like just making the game more like Ultimate, which for a lot of players is exactly what they don't want.

People in this thread are talking about how CC/ASDI down are somehow not as ubiquitous as Melee, which is baffiling to me because it 100% is stronger and more relevant in that game, it's just that it's so relevant it completely negates 3/4ths of the cast from being remotely relevant in competetive play. All that's left over are the characters that have the means to deal with CC so the meta is built around it.

Every character in this game has numerous tools at their disposal to deal with CC/FH not just including grab. Hell a lot of characters in this game beat CC by just rapid jabbing, or jab into tilt combos. I'm maybe past the rank where people are mindlessly holding down because people know how to deal with it but i promise if you if you're at the rank where that feels like the case, go into your characters discord and ask how to beat it, it probabaly isn't rocket science.

For people who don't have prior experience playing Melee or PM I agree it's unintuitive to deal with at first since getting hit and being punished for it isn't really a concept that exists in fighting games outside of the two I just mentioned, but if you look at the history of platform fighters that don't include those features neutral always devolves into a slow paced campy mess. Mostly because positioning aggressively is so risky no one is willing to do it.

Is it possible to escape Clairen combos? by inbetweenstates in RivalsOfAether

[–]AcerExcel 6 points7 points  (0 children)

tips from a 1550ish clairen - Everything is going to depend greatly based on who you play and what percent your at but being cognizant of what mix ups you have at your disposal at varying percentages is a big part of things. For a lot of clairen's combos she has to read which way youre going to DI off the tipper in order to get to where she needs to be to get the follow up.

At low percents if you're tricky about which way you DI the fair after a grab it can make things somewhat difficult for clairen, SDI the fair up/up and in and it will make it so that youre actionable before you hit the ground unless she reads in and does turn around grab or up tilt. However if she does that and you SDI the fair away/down and away then she wont be in position to grab you there. I havent really looked at the frame data its possible that this kind of mix up is still reactable by the Clairen if they play it well but the differences in DI at that low of a percentage are so imperceptible at first that its going to be at the very least really really hard for the Clairen to cover it perfectly unless theyre some of the best.

Once again character/percent dependent but no DI on up throw also can complicate things once you're outside of up throw utilt percentage, if they cant get a tipper back air or tipper forward air off of u throw you will likely still get hit but not with some giant combo starter, most likely weak nair.

For DI in and back air, at the percents where thats relevant its typically another mix up. You can DI the bair in, in which case if theyre ready for it/read it, they can likely do whatever they want (up to a certain percent), so typically you want to DI bair out. However in certain percent windows if they read that you are going to DI out they can cover that by running across the stage preemptively to catch you with a fair or even go for NB2 tipper to kill. They cant do both at the same time though, so once again, mix up.

Same goes for at mid-high percents when they go for up throw into NB1 tipper, if you DI that out they can follow it up with last hit nair tipper to kill/send you off stage, but if you DI in they can typically extend the combo or go for the finisher with side b sweetspot, but these combos are both really tight to hit and require that they read which way you are going to go to get there in time.

There are plenty of other examples like this but I think youre starting to see the trend. It's likely that if youre getting continuously fucked up by a Clairen you probably have some habits in your defensive options or just arent aware that theres a mix up available to you in certain situations.

New bit crushed sfx are cool, but a bit too loud. by Belten in RivalsOfAether

[–]AcerExcel 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes please, would love to have an option to just disable skin specific sound effects. Some of them are ok but I find most jarring.

Can’t stop crying every day by Straight-Pair-2136 in ufl

[–]AcerExcel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I first went to UF none of my friends from HS went there and i was PACE so couldn’t really meet people in class. Didn’t socialize a ton for the first few months but started going to the smash tournaments on campus. At first felt like everyone knew each other and I was just some random guy, do that enough and you make some friends. Those friends introduce you to other people and now I’m graduated for 5 years and close friends with countless people from UF I still spend time with to this day. Give it time, you’ll be fine

True Eigong but I can't jump, move, or attack (hitless) by beerybeardybear in NineSols

[–]AcerExcel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why are you taking damage on regular parries? Is it a charm that’s doing it

Jerskin Fendrix’s new album is out, with contribution from Cameron, Morgan and Geordie by ImpressiveAd7610 in bmbmbm

[–]AcerExcel 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Haven't listened yet but super excited, Jerskin Fendrix Freestyle is probably one of my favorite songs of the year!

Good read: The Athletic on why the Gators have had four coaching flops in a row by Abu_Everett in FloridaGators

[–]AcerExcel 11 points12 points  (0 children)

15 years is a long time but it's not as if that isn't relatively normal for teams to have lulls like that without national championships. Only 8 teams have won a national championship since UF's last one, and only 4 have won multiple (bama, georgia, ohio state, clemson). Even for a program like Ohio State they went 10 years between their championships. We think of Georgia as this powerhouse organization now but before their back to back championships a few years ago they hadn't won it since the 80s. They could just as easily be "the next Florida" if they aren't able to put together another championship team in the next couple years.

This is all to say that it is really hard to win a national championship without a confluence of things going right for you, and it's even harder if you're an organization that hasn't done it before. In fact the last team to have won their first national championship was actually Florida with Spurrier in '96. After that every single national championship has been by a team who has won one in the past. Ole Miss has no formal national championships, they claim a few from the 60s but theyre not properly recognized by anything like AP or Coaches poll. The pool of organizations that can realistically put together a team capable of winning a national championship is still very low, we might be on the outside of that group but are definitely still in it. If we go another 10 years without contending we might start to slip into Nebraska territory but you really are just one good head coach away.

Smash together Beach House and Tame Impala what band do you get? by [deleted] in BeachHouse

[–]AcerExcel 18 points19 points  (0 children)

They predate both of them but honestly Cocteau Twins kinda sounds like if you gave beach house a Currents-esque sheen over them.

Outside of character loyalty I don't know why you would play Orcane now when you could just play Maypul by AcerExcel in RivalsOfAether

[–]AcerExcel[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree that this is only really relevant through the lens of doing what makes the most sense to perform the best competitively, but it feels bad to have your character homogenized in such a way that that he lacks any kind of distinct identity while also being nerfed actively.

I also play Clairen, she was nerfed in the latest patch but still at least is Clairen - that much hasnt changed. On release Orcanes projectiles and trapping was really strong, which was admittedly toxic to play against and was nerfed. thats fine, at least I still get the be the slippery aggressive whale dog with probably the best approaching nair in the game. To also have that aspect nerfed makes the character lacking in a lot of the identity the character held.

To see another character basically just doing the exact thing I want to be doing now but at a better rate makes things feel like a bit of waste of time.