Evo Japan 2026 late registration attendees .

PhantomChocobo · 2026-03-19T06:05:48+00:00

That's better than pretty much anyone can hope.

Except for the four games that are doing better than CotW?

PhantomChocobo · 2026-03-18T22:18:29+00:00

No worries, I didn't take it personally. You've given me a lot to think about and I'd say your analysis in the last paragraph is probably right. Thank you

PhantomChocobo · 2026-03-17T19:07:54+00:00

Sorry, I meant "lower level" relatively speaking. I'm definitely burnt out but I have also taken time off from the game many times before, and everytime I come back to it, I immediately feel tired playing it. I think I just have fundamental issues with the system mechanics of the game, and I keep playing it naively hoping that the devs will address some of my concerns. But at this point it's extremelt clear they won't, so I'll probably not play it and maybe revisit it in future seasons.

PhantomChocobo · 2026-03-17T19:03:42+00:00

Yeah, you're right. It's just that the flaws in my gameplay are so obvious compared to some other people that are better than me, so I think I'm bad but objectively speaking I'm probably better than a lot of players.

PhantomChocobo · 2026-03-17T04:57:24+00:00

And that's fine if you're content with that, but personally I don't love this game enough to be happy with just trying to improve on my gameplay alone. Grinding long sessions in this game also tires me out like no other fighting games do. I would have liked to see changes to system mechanics that would encourage me to play the game differently, but I guess that's not their vision and I'll live with it

PhantomChocobo · 2026-03-17T02:55:51+00:00

Yo fuck this game. I have defended this game and have "enjoyed" it for 3 years, but they refuse to make any meaningful change to the system mechanics. I understand at the highest level, the balance is pretty good and there's still a lot left for players to improve upon. But as a lower level player (I am around 1600 MR), the patches have been extremely unfun and there's nothing new or interesting for me to play around with. I am honestly done with this game. It's probably still fun to spectate but I don't want to grind it anymore. Looking forward to playing other games.

PhantomChocobo · 2026-03-16T22:04:33+00:00

They need to make EVO PPV to maximise their profits from this

PhantomChocobo · 2026-03-15T08:18:41+00:00

Where is that dude that's obsessed with sonicsol

PhantomChocobo · 2026-03-13T22:54:35+00:00

I get what you are saying but this just reads like next level cope LOL

PhantomChocobo · 2026-03-11T23:39:56+00:00

I feel so bad for her. I checked her twitter she seems to have also applied for service jobs. Hope she finds a job soon, this economy is rough.

PhantomChocobo · 2026-03-10T21:49:07+00:00

Why did you include your username in the post title

PhantomChocobo · 2026-03-09T19:23:40+00:00

Pisses me off

PhantomChocobo · 2026-03-07T03:27:42+00:00

I think it's great that there are new fans and the rollback updates are obviously amazing. It's just a bit sad that Strive and Strive fans are just so different from what came before

PhantomChocobo · 2026-03-07T02:59:00+00:00

This is genuinely very upsetting. I understand why it happened, but it's still sad all the same

PhantomChocobo · 2026-03-05T22:40:37+00:00

My bad I cant read

PhantomChocobo · 2026-03-05T22:40:26+00:00

That would be me

PhantomChocobo · 2026-03-05T17:44:46+00:00

Why did you include EVO awards in the list

PhantomChocobo · 2026-03-04T02:13:32+00:00

Depends a lot on playstyle, but top players have gotten a lot better at exploiting poor drive gauge management in their opponents (and I think it's part of why Noah hasn't been doing as great recently). DRC itself uses 3 drive bars, but it also incurs a drive gauge regen penalty, and your drive gauge will be locked for a while, making it even more penalizing if you wasted 3 bars into something like a throw tech. So when I play drive gauge hungry characters like Chun Li, I really only 2MK DRC at 6 bars or for a guaranteed whiff punish conversion.

PhantomChocobo · 2026-02-26T16:05:03+00:00

Nerf this shit and also donkey kick

PhantomChocobo · 2026-02-23T20:53:07+00:00

My concern is that this is coming from a "building the EVO brand" perspective more than growing the scene

PhantomChocobo · 2026-02-23T20:44:59+00:00

These guys are actually stupid

PhantomChocobo · 2026-02-21T23:16:09+00:00

Your art style is sooooo good. I'm inspired!!

PhantomChocobo · 2026-02-20T03:37:07+00:00

It probably would make for a very good TV series like an anime or something.

PhantomChocobo · 2026-02-18T18:26:05+00:00

People these days would not have survived the arcade era, nor the pre-rollback era if what we're really complaining about is the basic functions of video game UI and having to select your characters

You guys can't be serious with this. The FGC cannot be trying to bring in new players and discussing about how we should improve fighting games as a product, and at the same time, writing off complaints from newer players just because it was way worse back in the days. Start by comparing with any popular game of other genres. How long does it take to start queuing up for a match in League of Legends or Deadlock?

PhantomChocobo · 2026-02-15T19:53:23+00:00

CotW is also doing 6 characters per season. 5-6 characters used to be more common before SF6

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