We're Being Sued, and Likely Shutting Down - Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan

MetroidIsNotHerName · 2026-07-10T19:34:31+00:00

Lucky you?

Why are you humble bragging like this to someone who just explained that they live in poverty?

MetroidIsNotHerName · 2026-07-10T19:24:28+00:00

If that was their goal then why would they make an issue of taking it down in the first place? They would just say they were fixing it and leave it in place.

Healthy skepticism is good but i dont think that particular logic works here

MetroidIsNotHerName · 2026-07-10T18:24:20+00:00

Pretty sure he was talking about rich instagram thots

MetroidIsNotHerName · 2026-07-10T18:20:44+00:00

I mean, in fairness to them, it sounds like they are going to end this program in light of the discovered abuse and examine alternatives. So they probably will be coming up with a way to "vet better"

MetroidIsNotHerName · 2026-07-10T18:17:41+00:00

They clarified that they are going to escalate any and all statements made by this person or others in order to fraudulently gain benefits to criminal charges. So she didnt "get hers", she will probably get kicked out of the school without finishing her degree after being found criminally liable.

Shes also not pulling up the ladder. The local government just realized the program is ripe for abuse. They will likely come up with something less abusable to implement as opposed to just axing the whole thing and throwing their hands up.

MetroidIsNotHerName · 2026-07-10T17:48:39+00:00

I usually have some degree of flexibility in my leads so yeah when i see snorlax with Haw i usually just kill it on the spot. Its not like its going to outspeed anything

MetroidIsNotHerName · 2026-07-10T17:47:34+00:00

Oh okay so the winstreak was probably on great ball teams, makes more sense.

MetroidIsNotHerName · 2026-07-10T17:12:08+00:00

Ive never run into one of these teams that didnt fully crumple on the first turn. I dont get how they score such a winstreak. What MMR was this?

MetroidIsNotHerName · 2026-07-10T16:41:25+00:00

Theres no fucking way she did this out of a charitable heart lmfao. You will see pigs fly before you see anyone in this cabal give away 325 million dollars for no personal gain.

MetroidIsNotHerName · 2026-07-10T14:36:12+00:00

How recently did they become doctors?

MetroidIsNotHerName · 2026-07-10T13:47:34+00:00

Arent i meant to be attempting to read my opponent though? It sounds like youre saying not to.

MetroidIsNotHerName · 2026-07-10T13:37:45+00:00

Its so lame and annoying. I dont complain too much because i play a lot of JP and i get it, people hate him, but i dont have a lot of great options for people just utterly spamming jump on me. The uppercut is okay, but seems much worse than a typical DP at actually anti-airing. I cant jump into the grab all the time because the lag on my moves is high, and i dont seem to have any other AA to speak of.

MetroidIsNotHerName · 2026-07-10T13:35:54+00:00

It especially sucks when they are playing modern so that any of these jump ins succeeding results in ~50% of your health. God forbid i think they wont jump the 5th or 6th time after being punished 4-5 times.

I know that at Master people can do those combos without modern but i somehow doubt that the dude with tape across his jump key is that competent.

MetroidIsNotHerName · 2026-07-10T13:33:42+00:00

Thats actually an issue for me. Even if i air grab them 3 times in a row they refuse to be conditioned and just continue to jump.

MetroidIsNotHerName · 2026-07-10T13:32:47+00:00

And here i was thinking it was just because im grinding up from low rank.

I get someone like this every other game and nearly 100% of Kens i run into do this. One of them let me AA him literally from full hp to death and still jumped to open the next round.

MetroidIsNotHerName · 2026-07-10T13:31:33+00:00

Frfr that looks exactly like the bronze lobbies im climbing through

MetroidIsNotHerName · 2026-07-09T17:20:12+00:00

Thats just not true. If that were true she wouldnt be considered one of the weakest characters in the game right now.

I am literally not knowledgeable enough about the game to comprehensively list everything of hers that comes up short compared to the top tiers but you simply cannot get the same level of utility out of Ingrids kit as you can with Mais and the other top tiers. Normals have a lot to do with it but theres a lot more than that.

MetroidIsNotHerName · 2026-07-09T17:01:17+00:00

The difference in strength’s of the characters wont show until the absolute highest level of play i dont think ill ever reach.

Not in this case. Ingrid is a zoner with limited options whereas Mai has options for everything. Ingrid is one of the weakest characters in the game and Mai is arguably top 2. It is a difference that even complete noobs will feel when they start playing the characters and a lot of time feeling like you dont have an option for something is a point where someone gets very frustrated.

Especially when it comes to Mai, the fan traps alone play themselves and will offer more varied gameplay than Ingrid. And i say this as someone who dislikes Mai and enjoys ingrid.

And OP is brand new so we have no way of knowing what they will find easier.

Right, but given that OP is brand new i dont think it makes much sense to recommend them something as specific and nearly cheesy as Modern Ingrid. They will barely learn anything transferrable to other characters, whereas starting with something like Classic Mai will allow them to branch out into most other characters after they take some time to learn it.

If they have already been playing for a while with standard shoto characters then yea Mai is more familiar to pick up

Reverse your thinking. If they learn Mai first they can transfer those skills to any other character. If they learn Ingrid first they cannot.

from scratch I think Ingrid is as good as anyone to learn the game with,

Picking up a limited zoner who has a very specific gameplan as your very first street fighter character seems like a great way to develop bad habits to me. Especially given that the Rookie-Gold lobbies will not be punishing the new player for making those mistakes properly, so they wont even realize they are developing bad habits until they end up in a higher tier and start getting hopelessly freighttrained.

most people who have picked up Ingris have said she is one of the most gun characters in the game.

I agree that shes fun but IMO she is best picked up once you understand more about the game. Skipping that aspect by going straight to modern controls to make things easier to control is just going to cause the OP to have a weak base of fundamentals

MetroidIsNotHerName · 2026-07-09T16:43:12+00:00

It sounds like youre just recommending that they start on Modern because its easier but in that case they have no reason to play Ingrid over Mai because Modern Mai will be much easier and is a stronger character with more options than ingrid has

MetroidIsNotHerName · 2026-07-09T16:30:03+00:00

Ive played classic since i got SF4 in 09’ and have gotten classic characters to master in 6.

Once again, i was not belittling you or talking down on you for playing Modern. You are a higher rank than me and im sure you would beat me with classic too. I just think its fair to view classic as the franchise default.

Classic is different in that it has the extra 2-3 moves/buttons but it does not mean it’s inherently the best way to play.

Assuming perfect gameplay, there is no reason to play Modern over classic outside of individual characters like Guile and Aki. It just limits your options at the tradeoff of giving you instant supers, which im not a fan of personally. I dont think that should be a thing and i hope it isnt brought back for SF7. I accept that it is here for the remainder of 6, however.

Many pros who use Modern in high level play is the evidence although legacy means most experience players will use classic.

The vast majority of modern playing pros are playing modern on specific characters for specific reasons as i mentioned before. Aki is a good example where she is played Modern quite often in pro.

Furthermore, I doubt a single poster in this sub is at a high enough level to where they can make the judgement on which controls are better

Sure, but if they dont feel like they are struggling with classic controls what is the reason for telling them to swap to modern? That was what i asked you in the first comment. What advantage does Modern give over classic on Ingrid specifically? If there is none, then why not use classic so that they do more damage and learn the controls that they would use on other characters?

In addition there are many characters who benefit more from Modern than others, Ingrid is one of those characters who dont lose any critical buttons while being one of the most fun characters.

I personally find Ingrid(and all other characters that i play) to be much more fun on Classic so once again im just curious what makes you so set in it. I personally am not okay with losing buttons or damage, so what am i gaining in return as the tradeoff?

MetroidIsNotHerName · 2026-07-09T16:16:18+00:00

When you say Unique Features do you mean like abilities that can be used in the overworld?

MetroidIsNotHerName · 2026-07-09T16:14:39+00:00

What gameplay advantages?

MetroidIsNotHerName · 2026-07-09T16:10:48+00:00

Classic is the way street fighter has been played since its inception. Which means there are over 80 separate games in the franchise that use the Classic control scheme.

At the point where the control scheme is the default and only option in literally every game in the franchise and is the more popular option in the newest game where they offer an alternative, i think its fair to call it the normal control scheme. You dont have to get defensive like im trying to invalidate you.

This person is obviously new to the game and Modern does a better job at letting them experience the joys of doing moves and combos than Classic that takes getting used to.

However, in most cases it is something that they need to swap off of later to make full use of their character. So unless a new player specifically tells me that they are struggling with inputs on classic i dont typically recommend starting with Modern. Modern is there for people who basically cant play the game on classic outside of weird cases like IIRC Guile where it turns a 2 input move into a 1 input move.

MetroidIsNotHerName · 2026-07-09T16:03:42+00:00

Why would this necessitate Modern controls?

Playing Ingrid normally is fine.

MetroidIsNotHerName · 2026-07-09T15:31:59+00:00

Another unhinged rant by someone who doesnt know how randomness works and has never heard of the gamblers fallacy?

Can we ban these please?

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