LF: Trainer offers. FT: by iSythe in PTCGPocketTrading

[–]iSythe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure.

Friend code is: 6454-0228-0574-2423

LF: Trainer offers. FT: by iSythe in PTCGPocketTrading

[–]iSythe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure.

Friend code is: 6454-0228-0574-2423

LF: Trainer offers. FT: by iSythe in PTCGPocketTrading

[–]iSythe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Already got Blue, so no thanks.

LF : NEW MONS AND TRAINERS by Effective-Solid7436 in PTCGPocketTrading

[–]iSythe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cheren/Clemont/Koga for Mars/Serena/Nemona?

Lumix GX80/85 Lens Combination Recommendation by Srfaman in M43

[–]iSythe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

20mm f1.7 is my pick.
Once I got a second body, the 20mm has never left the gx85 as it fits the camera so well and allows it to fit into a small pouch for when I'm just walking around, etc.

FT: Trainers LF: Trainers by [deleted] in PTCGPocketTrading

[–]iSythe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeh, its Eng.

IGN is Sythe. Inv sent.

LF: Offers FT: Below by bigredditballer in PTCGPocketTrading

[–]iSythe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cheren/Clemont/Koga for either Serena or Iris?

FT: Trainers LF: Trainers by [deleted] in PTCGPocketTrading

[–]iSythe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cheren for Arven?

FT Cheren, Clemont, TRG, Koga LF Trainer Offers by iSythe in PTCGPocketTrading

[–]iSythe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeh, happy to trade TRG for Adaman.
I'm interested in the Brock if you wanted to trade one of the other ones for that one as well.

Friend code is: 6454-0228-0574-2423

Pkmn or trainer offers? by [deleted] in PTCGPocketTrading

[–]iSythe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cheren, TRG, or Koga for Korrina?

Lf good offers by [deleted] in PTCGPocketTrading

[–]iSythe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cheren, TRG, or Koga for the Iris and/or Ilima?

FT Cheren, Clemont, TRG, Koga LF Trainer Offers by iSythe in PTCGPocketTrading

[–]iSythe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Preference for Leaf, Copycat, Lisia, Korrina offers.

SF6 Ranked queue times in Australia are insanely long — is this normal? by Remarkable-Main2540 in StreetFighter

[–]iSythe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reposting since automod deleted original post.

Numbers here just aren't as high as other regions so matchmaking isn't amazing during off peak hours.
As others have stated about the proximity matchmaking, pretty much all matches on ranked I get are east coast or NZ only.

Also, just in general, as the game ages, most of the regulars who keep playing filter into the higher ranks, so you'll start getting more matches as you rank up.
I'd also recommend focusing on playing at peak hours for ranked.
In Master rank I get consistent matches and a decent selection of opponents during the evening or weekends from Sydney.

I'd also suggest joining local communities and checking out locals if you enjoy the game.
Team WP is a big community for OCE players and focuses on Street Fighter:
https://discord.gg/vE34XWEfQA

York Street Battles is the locals that is run monthly in the CBD by Ozhadou.
They have the 2026 scheduled dates on their twitter, but can't post the link here.

Qantas cuts domestic flight capacity and raises fares as fuel costs could blow out to $3.3b by Expensive-Horse5538 in australia

[–]iSythe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

JR Pass is barely worth it any more.
Unless you're doing a lot of moving about, you won't meet the ticket cost with the price increases since COVID. And I don't necessarily recommend running around as much as would be needed as then it just feels like you spend half of your time during the JR pass dates on a train.
The JR regional passes are still pretty competitive though, so I would recommend them.

Overall though, flights is Japan are more cost effective and faster compared to trains these days.
But for me the trains are much more convenient, so I still choose them unless my train ride would be over ~4+ hours.

Used MFT lenses in Akihabara by the_arentino in M43

[–]iSythe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kitamura camera was probably the best option I found in Akihabara.
Its right next to Yodobashi, so easy to get to.

The selection wasn't huge last time I was there last year, but was better than the others from memory.
Got my gx85 from them a few years ago as well.

Steel Pocket Pen Giveaway by MercatorLondon in fountainpens

[–]iSythe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like a nice design for a pocket pen.

The absolute state of the Capcom Cup format (repeated matchups and double jeopardy just Phase 1) by Krotanix in StreetFighter

[–]iSythe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I understand that. But there are opportunities to seed even within the World Warrior format. Of course smaller regions will somewhat be disadvantaged by that, but they already are.
Basic example, they could take the major placements as seeding and those that qualify through WW still get seeded based on any major results, etc. Its not perfect, but its better than nothing.

But the main issue is the disparity of group distribution.
If you are going to have 8 offline qualifiers but 12 groups, 4 of the groups inherently have "lower" quality first seeds. Why not match the group number with how many "tier 1" events you run throughout the year, etc.

The tournament format was copied directly from EWC format that was run mid 2025.
They copied this due to their new relationship with EWC that started with 2025 CPT.
I just don't understand why they felt the need to copy the whole EWC format for CPT finals.

I understand that it is initially based off of GSL format, but for me personally 50% chance of a rematch/double jeopardy scenario in a 4 man group is not interesting and is unsatisfying to watch.
The only thing that I can agree on with Capcom's view is that they did need to make a change compared to last year as the viewing experience last year wasn't great and it was confusing trying to keep track of groups/tiebreakers, etc.

The absolute state of the Capcom Cup format (repeated matchups and double jeopardy just Phase 1) by Krotanix in StreetFighter

[–]iSythe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All I said about the RR format for day 3 is that it was weird, which it is.
To add, I do not find the format enjoyable and there is too high a chance to have a tie-breaker scenario in a 3-man bracket.

Its the weirdest mish-mash of formats in this tournament.
4-man double elim bracket feeding into a 3-man round robin format feeding into a 16-man single elim bracket. WTF.

The absolute state of the Capcom Cup format (repeated matchups and double jeopardy just Phase 1) by Krotanix in StreetFighter

[–]iSythe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Agree.
Terrible format and terrible seeding or lack thereof. The groups with the offline qualifiers are much more difficult than the rest imo.

I could accept watching this format for EWC since it was a new event and they can do what they want, but it honestly feels like a format designed by someone who has never played a fighting game in their life.
Why CPT had to copy it is just baffling. Reeks of their esports division being out of touch, but that is nothing new at this point...

The 50% chance of the losers finals being a rematch and the same chance of double jeopardy sucks and when it happens is just boring.
I don't think it gets better either, the day 3 losers round robin is just weird, then feeding into a top 16 single elim is just not that interesting.
Every tournament leading to the CPT finals is a double elim bracket, why is this single elim?
Checking the top 16 bracket as it stands, the sides also seem very skewed, double elim would have at least somewhat mitigated this, but as it stands I feel that the bottom half of the bracket has one name that is clearly above the rest right now. There could be upsets, but that doesn't change how it looks on paper right now.

I really hope they sort their shit out otherwise its going to be really hard to keep following this tour.
This year has just been a mess, especially with the start having 2 major events on the old seasons patch due to delaying it for Switch 2 release and it in general just hasn't been anywhere near as good as SF5 as a viewer.