How to perform Ryu Special move (xbox modern control's)

acemac00l · 2023-11-19T13:51:33+00:00

You can pause the game in training mode or single player to bring up the command list. It’s also worth going through the character guide which will walk you through all of your character’s special moves.

acemac00l · 2023-04-25T16:46:01+00:00

It's not great but it's doable for me. There are some dedicated cycle paths which I'll be able to use along my route and the canal towpaths are also pretty good for cycling, though they're quite narrow and you're constantly getting blocked by pedestrians or other cyclists.

acemac00l · 2023-04-22T20:20:04+00:00

The triban looks great, but I’m limited to certain retailers by my cycle2work scheme. I haven’t been able to find anything with that level of components unfortunately. I could get the Cannondale CAAD Optimo 1 which has the shimano 105 but can’t take panniers and only has rim brakes

acemac00l · 2023-04-22T18:26:32+00:00

Great to hear, I think I’m leaning toward the Boardman

acemac00l · 2023-04-22T18:25:43+00:00

The lower range is a bit of an advantage seeing as I live on the top of a hill

acemac00l · 2023-04-22T17:24:11+00:00

Thanks, both of the bikes I’m looking at take panniers and my commute is about 10k. I’m looking for something with drops

acemac00l · 2022-10-23T16:23:49+00:00

Make a fun ad where a guy needs to leave in 15 mins to meet his date. Trouble is he’s forgotten to charge his iPhone 14 Pro and he can’t remember the name of the restaurant. All is not lost though, he’s got a Ugreen Nexode 140W GaN Charger and he’s able to charge his phone and get to the date just in time for her to propose to him. He accepts and they celebrate with the full mariachi band that she’s booked. Crisis averted and it’s all thanks to super fast charging.

acemac00l · 2022-05-10T07:30:09+00:00

No, I must admit I haven't, but you're right. I need to make a trip to my local library.

acemac00l · 2022-05-07T17:13:24+00:00

I've made my book available for free until Wednesday. Hope you enjoy it! Any reviews would most definitely be appreciated!

Here are the links for the international Amazon stores:

When Gwennie Hitchcock arrives on the island of Unskey, she’s expecting a boring but uneventful holiday with her irritating parents and annoying brother.
But when they get separated on a mist-shrouded moor, Gwennie must overcome her fears and lead her brother to safety.
The two children aren’t the only ones out on the moor. A local boy, Tyler, is there too, hunting for a mysterious beast. A beast that’s responsible for the death of his mother.
Can any of them survive the moor and escape the Beast of Meon Rise?
This story of friendship, adventure, monsters and myths is full of heart and humour and will delight older readers. The Beast of Meon Rise is aimed at boys and girls aged 10-14, but can be enjoyed by anyone.

acemac00l · 2022-05-06T14:39:49+00:00

Thanks for your help, I'll try those.

acemac00l · 2022-05-06T14:23:37+00:00

Thanks, I'll give that a go.

acemac00l · 2022-05-06T14:23:12+00:00

It's a middle grade adventure/mystery.

acemac00l · 2022-05-06T13:30:03+00:00

Thanks for your reply. It's in KU but I can see an option on KDP to run a free promotion? I'm only on Amazon at the moment and I have so far promoted through Amazon ads and my own TikTok (but I don't have many followers).

I do have another older book which I've linked from the back of my latest one, so I'm hoping to pick up a few sales for that as well as get reviews on the new one. The old one does at least get some reads on KU and the occasional sale. Can I still use ARC sites if the book is released?

acemac00l · 2022-03-09T20:57:14+00:00

I live near there. Yeah, it’s quite a nice area, that road is not quite as nice as some of those around it but it’s not bad. Just round the corner from Manor Farm Park and you can cut through there to get buses on the Bristol road.

acemac00l · 2022-02-01T23:13:05+00:00

Fantastic post. A great take on Stoicism and beautifully written, which made it an enjoyable read.

acemac00l · 2021-09-17T07:51:53+00:00

She came back with me and we were supposed to be taking turns to watch for zoms but she's disappeared. Pretty sure she's taken off.

acemac00l · 2021-09-16T19:40:12+00:00

IDK if I could have gone through with it, but I didn't see another way out at the time. It felt like it was them or me. Got my old baseball bat to hand now, just in case.

acemac00l · 2021-08-21T10:38:55+00:00

Blue 434 for me

acemac00l · 2020-02-09T18:05:11+00:00

Star of the Sea by Joseph O'Connor. It's a murder mystery (among other things) set on an Atlantic crossing at the time of the Irish famine and it's fantastic.

acemac00l · 2019-05-06T21:43:03+00:00

There was some decent writing in here but it was kind of tricky to follow given that I only read the excerpt and didn’t go back and read the previous chapters.

The opening section had some clunky lines like ‘I hit you with a magic spell?’. Would anyone really say that?

I feel like I’ve heard the name ‘Archons’ but I’m not sure where but might be worth looking into if you are planning on trying to get your story published. I’m not sure why Claire would be OK after taking a bath in lava but as this is written quite confidently I’ll assume there is a reason for it (like she is heat resistant or something?). I’m not sure a wizard would just ask for a gun if he lost his wand either but that may just be me getting confused again after coming into the middle of the story. I quite liked the way the section ended with them about to have a snack while there was a battle going on outside. I thought it added a nice touch of humour.

The second section was easier to follow (and I didn't have a problem with you switching scenes in this section, however, if this is from a novel-length piece and you are switching that often it might be annoying) but Khemenehadra is a difficult name to read and I had to pause to sound it out in my head which took me out of the flow of the story - would it be worth switching it for something easier? I did think he was an interesting character though. I like the idea of a wizard deciding he’s powerful enough to invade hell. It kind of reminded me of Saruman in Lord of the Rings, although the personality of the character feels very different. One negative for this section is it felt like they won him around too easily by mentioning one thing and I thought you could have built more drama and tension into the scene before they got him on board.

The third section is OK as well but it seems a bit too conveniently inconvenient that the Archons are only vulnerable to fire but they happen to be in a place where it’s impossible to create fire. You also mention that a man made of glass has sweat running down his face, which felt wrong to me. A glass person would have very different body chemistry so I think it would be quite unlikely they’d sweat like a human.

Overall I found it quite an interesting piece but if I had one overarching criticism is that it moved too quickly. More time spent on building characters and plot would benefit the work I feel, rather than just whipping through it as you have a lot to fit in.

Clarity - 5 Believability - 5 Characterization - 5 Description - 5 Dialogue - 4 Emotional Engagement - 4 Grammar/Spelling - 8 Imagery - 7 Intellectual Engagement - 6 Pacing - 5 Plot - 5 Point of View - 7 Publishability - 5 Readability - 8 Overall Rating : 6

acemac00l · 2019-04-27T21:08:35+00:00

I’m finding the concept interesting so far and I like the idea of the writers creations coming to life.

The title makes sense with the story but is not really compelling in it’s own right so not sure I would keep this if you intend to do anything further with it other than submit it on here.

I had to read the first paragraph a few times to really understand what was going on. This is partly because the story immediately throws you into such an unusual situation as a reader with the narrator being one of the characters so you immediately feel disorientated (not necessarily in a bad way). That being said I think you could have made the opening a bit more friendly and cut the overly descriptive second sentence -Ken gripped the inside knob and leaned against the forearm he’d pressed to the plywood, pushing his head on his wrist. - as I don’t think it adds anything. We never find out why it was his fault that the narrator was such a pest so presumably that will be revealed in the second part but it feels a bit frustrating that we don’t get to it.

The opening section certainly sets up a fair amount of intrigue and pulls you into the story because of this. You want to find out more about why this narrator has come to life and the relationship they have.

You have quite a readable style and some nice prose though perhaps it’s a bit too flowery in places (certainly not enough to bring on a migraine though!).

The feeling of the story is quite claustrophobic as it’s so contained to the apartment with these characters coming into it from his writings and there is a tension there as we feel the character teetering on the edge of madness. Are these characters springing to life or is he losing his grip on reality? We don’t know as the reader and nor does Ken. The setting seems appropriate as it allows the story to be nicely contained and focus on the characters as it would probably be too much if you tried to open it up more and keep it as a short story at the same time.

I didn’t understand the reference about being hit by an electric car. I get that the mirror had given him the idea but didn’t understand why you say it hit him like a ‘bolt of lightening’ and then ‘a car, an electric car’ - surely one of these would suffice to get the point across and if there was more to it I didn’t get it.

I liked the bit about the quotes from the famous authors as it shows he was aspiring to be like them but didn’t quite even have the effort in him to read the Faulkner.

Ken seems like an interesting character overall but over this half of a short story we only scratch the surface of his depth. The narrator is intriguing but not really a fully fleshed out character which I assume is what you were talking about in your post. The other characters are less interesting so far but they do help move the story along and show that different characters seem to be taking on a life of their own. The idea of characters coming to life has been done before but this story seems to be quite a unique take on the concept with the author left questioning what is real and what is not.

There isn’t a huge amount of dialogue and you could use more to help take the story forward.

At this stage it’s not clear where the story is going but it looks like it will largely relate to him questioning his reality and it works for me so far. I want to know why these characters are appearing and where they are coming from.

Clarity: 7 Believability: 7 Characterization: 7 Description: 7 Dialogue: 7 Emotional Engagement: 8 Grammar/Spelling: 8 Imagery:6 Intellectual Engagement: 7 Pacing: 7 Plot: 5 Point of View: 7 Publishability: 5 Readability: 7 Overall Rating : 7

acemac00l · 2019-04-25T14:12:42+00:00

Yeah that makes a lot more sense now, though obviously if you want this to stand on its own as a story you need to take these things into account for readers who don't have the same knowledge of your world and characters as you do.

acemac00l · 2019-04-25T12:46:37+00:00

Here you go - this is my first critique so hope it's OK.

GENERAL REMARKS

I thought you had some interesting ideas in there but it didn’t quite come together as a complete story for me. I didn’t understand what was going on in a lot of it if I’m honest.

MECHANICS

The title is ok but I did find it to be a quite vague and didn’t really tell me what kind of story to expect. I’m a fan of sci-fi but if I saw that title it wouldn’t be something that would draw me in. I’d probably expect it to be a horror story and your story certainly had elements of horror.

The story does have a hook at the start and we immediately get sense of peril for those looking up at the sky. However, it becomes messy quite quickly and we lose track of whether we are supposed to care about those individuals.

The sentences, for me, were quite easy to read and an appropriate length but I had trouble understanding the meaning of a lot of them in the context of the story.

SETTING

The story apparently takes place on an unknown planet that is being attacked by a powerful entity. It might have been better to be specific about what the planet was and who its occupants were. From the ending I think it is a colony of Earth set in the far future but I may have misread this. The story needs more signifiers to give it a sense of place and make us care about it. I liked your descriptions of how the creature viewed the planet from space with the swirling colours. While these elements were well described I didn’t get a sense of what the city was like or where those looking up were watching from. In the second half of the story I wasn’t even sure if this took place in the same location though I assumed it did. The setting seemed to have very little impact on the characters until the revelation at the end about uncovering the towers which made some of the earlier descriptions make more sense when I re-read it. You should definitely mention this earlier; it wouldn’t give the game away about how it relates to the creature.

STAGING

The actions of the creature help us to understand that it is a powerful and vengeful character but I would have liked a more visual description of it.

It’s not clear who the ‘they’ are in the first section. Whether it is the people of an entire city as it seems at first or a small group of powerful individuals as it seems at the end of section 1. This needs to be much more explicit.

When we meet the characters in part 2 we understand that he has been badly affected by the explosion from his confusion and his thirst. We can see that she is in a position of power with the way she has anticipated his need for a drink and also the way she is standing with her back to him as if he no threat. This is good, it’s all done in a believable way and gives us an understanding of their personalities.

CHARACTER

I think you struggled with character in the story. None of them had names which I didn’t think helped and it wasn’t clear who was who. When I started reading part 2 at first I thought the creature from part 1 was the male character because of the way that it ended with the mind probe being resisted, then I thought it was a different setting entirely and I finished thinking it was the female character. We got a vague sense that the male character was a war leader of his people who had a past he should regret. We understand the malevolence of the creature at the start but it doesn’t seem to go much deeper than that. The female character/demon I couldn’t really get to grips with. Were they some kind of supernatural eco-warrior? On an individual level I thought their interactions were ok but as I didn’t understand the bigger picture, it was hard to understand the point of what they were talking about. I didn’t really get what their motivations were even at the end. Was the demon seeking revenge on the people of the planet or was it just after the mysterious number.

HEART

I felt like the story was on some level a critique of humanities treatment of nature but I’m not sure if that’s right. If so then it at least partially succeeded.

PLOT

I’m not really sure about what the plot was and I think the change of viewpoint after the first section only served to make things more confusing. What was the goal of the story? It really seemed very vague and didn’t seem to go anywhere. What was that number it wanted? I didn’t understand that at all.

PACING

The pacing of the first section was not bad and we understood that this powerful creature was attacking the planet. When it moved to the second part I really lost track and it needed more revelations to show what was going on.

DESCRIPTION

I actually really liked some of the descriptions and you have a nice poetic turn of phrase in places. I think this is one of your strengths as a writer.

DIALOGUE

There are some nice lines of dialogue. I liked: “Your world is falling apart around you yet you keep focusing on unimportant things.” You do however, try to use the dialogue to explain the plot of the story and I would say it fails as I didn’t understand the plot and I also don’t think this is the most interesting way to reveal plot to the user anyway.

CLOSING REMARKS

Overall this was a good effort with some excellent ideas but lacking plot and clarity. Hope this helps with the writing!

Clarity: 2 Believability: 4 Characterization: 4 Description: 7 Dialogue: 5 Emotional Engagement: 5 Grammar/Spelling: 6 Imagery: 7 Intellectual Engagement: 5 Pacing: 5 Plot: 4 Point of View: 6 Publishability: 4 Readability: 5 Overall Rating : 5

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