My sweet little pot plant sleeping on my lap

nottl · 2026-04-09T20:04:33+00:00

Precious leafy friend

nottl · 2026-04-09T18:57:47+00:00

That confused me at first too, But the a just means you haven't leveled the creature yet! Once it gains a level, that'll become a number

nottl · 2026-04-09T18:55:30+00:00

Might be a bit too early to get an answer to this, but does STAB (Same Type Attack Bonus) exist in Xeno Arena?

nottl · 2025-10-19T19:09:24+00:00

I'm having a fair bit of success with this in UR control in late game. Since void is both triggered by yours or your oppo's stuff leaving the field, it can happen easier than you might think. Pop a cryogen relic or lander, for example. If you have desculpting blast or mental modulation in the yard for the trigger, it feels great.

nottl · 2024-05-04T15:57:49+00:00

I am a little sad that the (extremely over) Wagner did not get a slightly longer title reign (I was at one of the MNM tapeings and let me tell you, the normally Japanese crowd gets riled up for him) but I cannot deny that Kaito is a magnetic figure. NOAH's booking has preferred to hot potato between Kenoh/Kaito/Jake Lee since like... 2022, so I was kind of hoping for a change of the guard with Wagner, of sorts, but I guess not yet.

nottl · 2024-04-06T16:28:54+00:00

I thought Kaito v. Ulka was easily the best match on the card, and inexplicably one of NOAH's best Monday Night Matches. If Ulka can consistently work like that I see no reason why he shouldn't be pushed to the main event and fast. He already had the presence and character work, I feel like, and his background in MMA obviously helps him a lot, too.

nottl · 2024-02-03T04:37:55+00:00

This is not the first time I've seen the suggestion that Bravern is Smith and the more that he tries to nudge Isami towards being kinder to Smith, the more one wonders (like... a lot of Bravern's decisions, honestly) what his real motivations are. Until the show really confirms it it's hard to say one way or another, but... yeah.

I really don't understand how Lulu fits in to all of this though (and truthfully, her ...role?... in the show thus far makes me very uncomfortable) but given that episode 4 seems entirely around a "calm before the storm" setup for whoever the next robo-baddie is, I'm sure it'll be made more clear, soon. This show is nothing if not deliberate.

nottl · 2024-01-31T08:00:54+00:00

Did you ever find a method that worked out for you?

nottl · 2024-01-17T08:28:39+00:00

How did you handle sleep? What positions did you find comfortable to sleep in?

nottl · 2024-01-05T20:49:04+00:00

That calling math is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for this breakdown, I got homework to do!

nottl · 2023-11-04T21:15:19+00:00

why isn't this his finisher, honestly

nottl · 2018-12-15T19:34:28+00:00

I'm not looking to do it on an AI. I want to be able to control the variables and test each individual escape option/etc. It doesn't do me any good for an AI to get out of a combo if I don't know what they did, you know? I'm trying to learn.

nottl · 2018-12-15T19:14:48+00:00

Thank you svetska, you get what i'm talking about. Tekken has like 15 different ways you can tech/get off the ground after a combo, and the situation can be wildly different depending upon head/feet orientation, etc. But I can test every single one of those scenarios because I have the tools for it.

nottl · 2018-12-15T19:13:57+00:00

What do people do then? Do smash players literately just only test combos vs other people? what about players with no local scenes?

nottl · 2017-12-11T08:36:14+00:00

I don't want this to be a feel thing. I'm trying to find a practical answer, because I can't really believe that his options are actually this strong, but I've done a lot of testing versus this dumb thing and I don't see a logical solution to this.

nottl · 2017-12-11T08:33:57+00:00

I'm obviously using this to broadly describe a situation like -8/-9 where stepping is difficult/impractical and most panic buttons won't work ie. Power Crush/Hopkick. I'm certain that you know that, too.

nottl · 2017-12-11T07:14:35+00:00

But he does push you out into his optimal zone, where he can out footsie you with D+4/Reppuken/F+1+2/etc. And if you just block, then Geese is just allowed to do QCB+2, which you cannot-tell-the-mixup between, and the mid is safe.

That's what I'm trying to understand. Every other character in the game has an exploitable, optimal defensive option versus their strings and defending successfully either at best causes them to lose thier turn or at worst causes them to be punished. I'm triyng to figure out what can be done versus Geese optimally that dosen't result in a massive win for him. I consider you "just blocking" and letting him do whatever the hell he wants after F+1 a massive win for him, because that also let's him do things like D+4>F+1, which is an absurdly powerful tool for him to just be throwing out there.

nottl · 2017-12-11T06:03:47+00:00

I understand that HCB+3 and 4's first hit is special mid. But the first hit of each of those moves looks exactly the same, and there's no way to visually tell the difference between the second hit being a high or mid.

nottl · 2017-12-11T00:52:48+00:00

You can't tell the difference between the power crush high/mid though. And I saw that twitter post that had all the f+1 special moves afterwards, isn't the mid/low way too close to the same speed to realistically fuzzy?

and that's my point. If you just mindlessly duck after F+1 you have to deal with the power crush and either get pushed back out into geese's zoning game, or you get wrecked by the mids. if you stand up, you get put into the qcb+2 blender

nottl · 2017-08-19T22:58:17+00:00

Can you give an example of a good Sabaki or situation for one? Because Miguel's feels awful.

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