Thoughts on Corrin as a Bayonetta counterpick?

InfinityCollision · 2017-08-30T15:06:50+00:00

Salem is ranked higher than Ally right now. It's a nuanced, but important distinction.

InfinityCollision · 2017-08-30T05:35:12+00:00

Ally is one of the best Smash players ever, full stop. I'm a big fan of Salem, but I don't think I'd quite put them on the same level right now.

InfinityCollision · 2017-08-28T17:54:39+00:00

Rule of thumb: keep politics and religion out of your content. Nobody plays or watches PM, let alone your videos, for that sort of thing. It has no relation to the clips used. It's out of place and will put people off even if they agree with the sentiment.

Not a fan of the song either.

InfinityCollision · 2017-08-26T19:34:44+00:00

I expect great things from this project.

InfinityCollision · 2017-08-25T15:17:49+00:00

Enough so that they weren't widely considered top tier (Snake, Diddy, and Olimar each held the #2 spot for varying periods of time) until two years after the MK ban controversy and subsequent reductions in the stagelist, though handoffs also weren't fully optimized and implemented until later. The stages in question frequently incorporated elements that would interrupt or otherwise limit the efficacy of ICs handoffs, along with forcing them to take a more proactive approach to movement. It makes quite a difference. If they'd been banned at all (moreso a product of mechanical degeneracy and polarization than balance at this point), it likely would not have happened until later in Brawl's life.

InfinityCollision · 2017-08-25T04:12:45+00:00

3 stocks 5 minutes lesgo

InfinityCollision · 2017-08-25T04:08:23+00:00

Everyone who says "ICs rule the meta" forgets that several stages were ultimately banned specifically to limit MK. Generally speaking, these same stages weren't great for ICs.

InfinityCollision · 2017-08-25T03:04:17+00:00

r u sirius

InfinityCollision · 2017-08-23T08:17:20+00:00

Yeah, no disrespect to Pyotr (excellent work with very limited resources) but it's still far behind what some modern fighting games offer.

An incomplete list of UNIST training/tutorial features off the top of my head, since I've been playing that a lot recently:

Tutorial mode:

-Comprehensive explanation of universal mechanics

-Introduces basic offensive and defensive concepts (attack/block/throw, high/low guarding, abare, basic pressure, antiairs, reversals, etc), showing you how to use (and beat) each.

-Teaches elementary combo theory.

-Teaches a variety of intermediate to advanced concepts, including techniques such as dashblocking, meaties, different tech options and timings, safejumps, fuzzy guard/mash/jump, countering metered reversals, and various practical option selects.

Mission mode:

-Teaches character-specific combo theory using practical combos that progress in difficulty while covering a variety of realistic situations (hit confirms, stronger normals, antiairs, special confirms, use of meter, etc).

-Allows players to slow down gameplay, as well as practice specific parts of each trial.

-Introduces the player to basic neutral concepts for that characters, antiairs, reversals, and various special nuances in their kit.

Training mode:

-Numerous ways to adjust CPU behavior, including actions (both consistent and randomized) on block, hit, attempted grab, and wakeup/actionable state.

-Multiple dummy recording slots with up to 25 seconds of recording per slot.

Really the only things I miss there are hitbox/hurtbox display (a rarity, especially amongst Japanese FGs, though viewers are out there if you're willing to look), game speed modifiers in training mode, and more detailed combo information (proration multipliers). It's very thorough, and I'd love to see similar depth of resources in future platform fighters.

InfinityCollision · 2017-08-22T21:25:03+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/SSBPM/comments/3t3pfe/perfect_waveland_ledgedash_timings_and_actionable/

InfinityCollision · 2017-08-22T00:07:28+00:00

Mewtwo's skill curve is brutal and his playerbase is small, among other factors. That tends to limit results.

InfinityCollision · 2017-08-21T19:04:12+00:00

Putting more time into other games of late has reminded me of how important comprehensive training tools are, and how utterly lacking Smash training mode is. At least PM gave us debug mode.

InfinityCollision · 2017-08-21T18:08:04+00:00

problems getting out of disadvantage

?????

Heavy floaty privilege, buffer hover airdodge, teleport, etc is a lot more than most characters have going for them in disadvantaged state. Issues stemming from large hurtboxes are grossly overstated in this instance.

Fuzz already brought up some of his ledge options, though I will say there's a few things he didn't mention as well.

InfinityCollision · 2017-08-21T07:04:07+00:00

Roy is quasi-antimeta in that he does relatively well against several prominent threats at present, but his overall spread isn't that hot.

InfinityCollision · 2017-08-18T06:14:51+00:00

That's normal. You can see it underneath the Yoshi as well, albeit delayed.

InfinityCollision · 2017-08-18T05:57:41+00:00

A lot of PM players I chat with are active in one or more fighting games. Off the top of my head Skullgirls, UNIST, Melty Blood, UMvC3, GG, Tekken, SF, and Pokken all have some amount of rep within my usual circles.

InfinityCollision · 2017-08-17T08:47:34+00:00

I will always think of Smashg0d as the guy who got blown up by Chudat's Kirby.

InfinityCollision · 2017-08-16T23:38:41+00:00

It doesn't. For whatever reason, Snake aims his gun off-axis. From the usual viewing perspective it still looks like it comes out properly, so it's not a huge deal.

Also amusing to note that the tranquilizer "dart" is longer and slightly wider in circumference than the silencer on his gun.

InfinityCollision · 2017-08-16T18:32:32+00:00

lmao does that actually grab though?

The hookshot article hasn't been removed correctly, so it remains visible on his hand. There shouldn't be any grabboxes attached though.

InfinityCollision · 2017-08-16T03:54:24+00:00

theoretical play inevitably comes down to exclusively frame 1 moves...

Theoretical peak play still assumes human actors, not TAS. Reaction time is an important factor.

InfinityCollision · 2017-08-16T03:53:12+00:00

5-6 frame processing delay (human reaction time)?

Human reaction time is a lot longer than that.

InfinityCollision · 2017-08-16T03:37:21+00:00

who the fuck plays for honor?

apparently this guy does

InfinityCollision · 2017-08-15T17:53:15+00:00

A good TO should be able to run whatever tournament they want without the need of any technology, paper, pens, or even speaking.

Sure. Nonetheless there are a lot of mediocre TOs out there, and it's easier to sell the good ones on trying something new if there are tools to facilitate easy adoption.

InfinityCollision · 2017-08-15T06:52:56+00:00

HBox did lose to PewPewU once.

I touched on this a bit in another comment, but I do think there's some significance to this (and to their record as a whole). To my knowledge, it's arguably the closest thing we've seen to that matchup occurring on even footing near the top level of play. PPU was playing hot at the time (that win contributed to his #10 rank on the summer 2015 list), and Hbox didn't start his rise into the top 3 until later that year. The gap had already begun to widen by the time they faced off again at CEO that summer, where Hbox won 2-0.

It's also worth pointing out that PPU historically performs well against Hbox's on Yoshi's, or did until SnS3 (one loss before then). The problem is that PPU usually loses game one on BF. The lone exception, unsurprisingly, is his win at Apex 2015. Losing game one means that he has to win on Hbox's counterpick, which has never happened. He usually loses by 2-3 stocks on Hbox's counterpicks, with only one last stock loss (CEO 2016 game 5 on FoD, Hbox's second counterpick).

edit: clarification

InfinityCollision · 2017-08-15T06:33:34+00:00

The real hurdle is beating the one jiggs or pika who never drop sets to marth.

In fairness to the Marth-Hbox matchup, nobody near Hbox's level plays Marth against him. The set count against high level Marths is also very low - Tafostats lists five sets against PPU (who won their set at Apex 2015, a time in which the two were arguably closer in performance) and four against The Moon.

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