Wall of Shame coming

Yes, if you're thinking about rage quitting online. Don't rage quit at the right person >:).
This will apply for the people on my clan. Rage quit and get your butt shamed by the wall of shame!

This will also apply Rage quit, Hate messages, and other retarded stuff.

This is for fun purposes. No drama or anything, just something fun. Prepare to Laugh your ass off.

KOFXII Impressions/ And my achievements.

"Deadlock pro = badass"

By the word "Achievements" you probably thought of Xbox. EH! Wrong!.
These are personal achievements that I've managed to succeed within these past days with my KOFXII copy :D.

Let me just tell you that I'm having a blast with this game. Non-stop Versus with my brother, Time trialing the shit out of each character, Playing online in slow-mo, clans. And etc, this game fking rocks!.
Some stuffs I've succeeded within 3 days:
- Clan "TheCounts" are in the Top 7! Good job team!!
- Ranked #5 on Time trials, "03:06 sec" (7/26/09, around 11pm) Thanks "The_KZA"
- Get around 30+% on trophies. - Gotten better and gotten hands on experience with each character!

Lemme say this again. Fkin love this game.
Right now I'm donwloading the patch (1:25 AM, July 27th), and it's around 772MB.
I speculate that this will fix the netcode but what's that extra big space? Maybe some modes? Extra features?, we'll just see once the download finishes.
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My impressions were a bit dull before I got the game, but when I tried this baby out;
This game is definitely tied up with KOF98 in my opinion.

Yes, we all loved 98 (Except the XBLA one, really bad netcode).

Even if the character roster is small, the game is still up to it's core. With the yet again favorite KOF mechanics.

I'll jsut post a review on Wednesday, So I can rate how the new netcode would be.



But yeah, still recruiting on "TheCounts" for KOFXII PSN. If you're interested in joining. Look at the article Below this.

~ Opening a clan for KOFXII !! (PSN)

Opening a clan for KOFXII. It will be called "The Count's"
Anyone can join as long as they are active.

Here are the things we expect from you
- A shoryuken forum account
- Actively online on PS3 (PSN only)
- To have fun

Optional!
- A keyboard

This clan will be half casuals and half pro's. Invite your closest friends!
This clan will have decent number of members (Not too much).

So If you want to join, Message me on:

SRK "MGO_Count"
Ignition forums "MGO_Count"
Dustloop forums "MGO_Count"
On Facebook

AIM: Sukotsuto13@aol.com
MSN: sukotsuto@yahoo.com (Yes it's a yahoo account)

Email: Genaulance@hotmail.com (I check it everyday)

Or comment this article! (Guests can comment!),

* Arakune shirt?

Found by one of a member of SRK (Trynant), All Arakune can relate right? haha
Get it now

Triumvir X also has an Arakune shirt, I'm not sure if they're still selling it though.

Finally fought Mike Z

Yes that's true, finally fought one of the best Tager player. And you know what the end result was from our fight? Adding all lobby count games. 19-0
Yes, he got 19 wins and I got 0 wins. There were 2 very close game though, that I only needed 1 more hit to win, but he still manage to pin me in the corner and use Emerald Buster.

But with those fights, I manage to find more Tager tricks now. Really fun game.

Argh, still mad that I almost won!
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But aside getting owned by Mike Z, (And also got owned from Taokakaftw's Taokaka yesterday with his crazy "Anti-Tager" combos)

I managed to find a new Sub character.
Arakune!

It's still hard getting his insect moves down (like knowing when to use them), but the constant pressure and Arakune tricks are enough to make him very versatile in battles.
Go Squiggly!

~ EVO Winners!

Today was the most important day for us fighting game communities. EVO is one of the most widely attracted gaming event for fighting games where each gamer competes. There will always be 1 winner, and today, there is no doubt they deserved it!


Street Fighter 3rd strike - Didn't manage to see it (was asleep because I was watching the whole 5 v 5 event that made it from 11pm - around 3am) And the 3rd strike finals was around 9 am. But I did see the last fight. Justin Wong won. Subscribe to IGN insider to see the footage! East Coast Justin Wong!

Soul Calibur 4 - Amazing play by a guy from France. He managed to use Ivy until the very end. He manages to pull off Ivy's crazy command throws more than once in a game. (amazing)

GGXXAC - Latif vs. Marn, Marn was a bit of a douche on 1st day SF (Or I think it was the 2nd day). With the stream going nuts with his *Hip thrust* execution against a respected player. Also touching Arturo's arm was controversial. But Marn manage to pull off good sportsmanship on the GG finals. Sadly, Marn's Eddie wasn't enough to beat Latif's experienced Eddie!. Latif wins from Saudi Arabia!

Marvel vs. Capcom 2 - Sanford vs. Justin Wong. Really good game, Too bad the stream was laggy enough and made MvC2 really unwatchable. *Stares at life bar*
But Sanford takes home the 1st place!

BlazBlue - Didn't see much of the gameplay, but all I know HeartNaNa won the exhibition finals. Really good Noel combo's. And throw whiff Noel combos was precise! Very good pressure Noel!

Tubo HD Remix - Look this up on SRK, I didn't see the match but I think John Choi won or Afrolegend. Not sure.

Street Fighter 4 - Last but not least. Justin Wong Vs. Daigo Umehara. Amazing conclusion game from EVO2k9. Justin Wong used Able, but lost from Daigo and he changed to Balrog until the final set and until the last game. Really good Balrog, but Daigo managed to read him like a book at the final match. Watching Daigo play was amazing, No fancy stuff, just pure technical and risk moves. Alot of footsies from both of them, but in the end, Daigo wins with his infamous Ryu.
Daigo from Japan!


There are Youtube videos of the final, But the quality and the FPS sucks, so I think IGN got this covered if you want HD quality and 60FPS. Not entirely sure, but let's just see.

(Image source for Daigo - Kotaku article)
Also check out the EVO2k9 pictures from EVO2k9 officially.
EVO2k9 Pictures

Taking no credits on these pictures, These are not mines. If you think anything was copyrighted, message me and I'll remove it at once!

~ Last Day of EVO!

There's a reason why I didn't post an article again yesterday. It's because of EVO.
Check it out at www.evo2k.com/live

Today is the finals. Be sure not to miss the SF4 FINALS tonight!! Goooo Daigo and Dan from Japan!!!

And check out IGN insider discount. 15$ for a whole year I believe. You can watch all the EVO recorded videos and download it for free. Go Go Go!!

You can't miss this!!

PS Home big update!/ I think SF4 is dead to me

Yesterday, I had no time to write an article, mainly because of 3 reasons.
Southpark, BlazBlue, and the PS Home update.

Southpark - I've been watching South Park alot lately, Even if they're re-runs or those live stream that never stops showing south park, It just never gets old!

BlazBlue - Reached level 41. Level 40 to Level 41 felt like the longest level run. 3.1 million points!, now I need 3.4 million points. (-Tear's hair off-)


PS Home Update - Really awesome update, they just released the Namco Essectial arcade space, Namco Theatre, EA Fight night round 4 space, BUZZ, and a newer look of PS Home "Mall".
(I think I'm starting to like PS Home now!) Just check it out for yourselves. If you only have an Xbox 360, well, too bad..



I think SF4 is dead to me
I haven't played SF4 for awhile. My TE stick is collecting Dust, and my Xbox Live is soon expiring. I think I should just mod the TE stick for the PS3.
BlazBlue killed my SF4!!!

SF4 is just too boring now. Slow and too "Zonish", I guess this is why I love BlazBlue now, Fast Paced and requires good reflex.

BlazBlue = Best game this generation, Might tie up with Tekken 6 though, We'll just wait and see!

- BlazBlue > GG (Storyline)

I've been really "into" the Guilty gear ever since the first one (PS1, Justice was hard as ****).
Been through the beginning until GG:XXAC. I didn't really find the story of Guilty Gear appealing, but the soundtrack was great.

Until BlazBlue arrived. I thought it would be a nice clone of GG with mediocre wannabe GG music and no plot at all. But let me tell you, I was so wrong about this.

It seems BlazBlue has more depth on the story than anyone's first impression of the game is.
I'm guessing there would obviously gonna be a sequel, which is more exciting than GG releasing another GG with just an added X or "Reload" (...)
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SO I started playing GG a bit on the pc, knowing if my skills has gotten better or gotten worse after playing BlazBlue. But I found everything was a tad boring, (+ forgot every Slayer combo I've ever knew..)

I guess I'm gonna stick with the BlazBlue series now. Read the storyline and pay attention of the story, It's so damn great, once you understand what would happen or what has happened, and knowing each character relationships.

~ KOFXII Gametrailers Video!

Video Games | The King of Fighters XII | Preview HD

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

~ July 28th For sure... KOFXII

"King of Fighters XII is happy to announce that the official release date for King of Fighters XII is July 28th, 2009! Mark your calendars and get your pre-orders in now!!!"

Ok first we thought it was gonna be July 7th, then July 20th, and now it's July 28th?
Make up your mind and fix the damn date before telling retails what they should put on their release date.

Well, now with these crazy delays. I hope they add or fix something. There's really no point of delaying unless you have to fix/add something on the game.

SNKP! You owe us a extra character!!!

~ KOFXII has 26 characters? Or not?

"KOF XII (12) is to have 26 characters, two of which are hidden! (only in the console version though)"This is what a fan page said on facebook. Found here:
KOF fan page

But as for the official KOFXII page, there wasn't any mention of "26 characters"
KOF Official facebook official page

Should we believe on what the fan page said? 20 characters on the arcade +2 official characters known as (Elisabeth and Mature), But if this information is true, then there should be 4 hidden characters?

Well, lets just see what happens once we get the game. July 20-21 st on gamestop.
Just don't be surprised if they delayed the game again. (Amazon seems to delay the game)

+ Tager Combo's

Combo's and good setup is the key to win with Tager. This video inspired me to use Tager as my main Main! Really good. Applaud to MikeZ Aka MikeZwasTaken

BNB Combo's:
­236B - B+C - 623C - 6 - 6C - D (A good setup to magnetize)
B+C - 623C - 236B - 236A -> 236A (Variety combo)
2A - C - 6A - 236A (repeat) (Not a combo, but good pressure tactics and strong damage input)

Advanced Combo's/Setups:
41236D - C - 6A - 2C - (wait for the enemy to be a little high up on the air) 623C (tap) - 720 (once he lands on the ground)

Midair.2C - A+B+C (Rapid cancel) - 2B - C - 623C - 2 options after this combo
Either 6 - 6C - D
or 236B - C - 236A -> 236A

360B - 2B - 2C - 623C (Then after this, varietize your combo) (Alot of combinations)

And those are the main combo's I usually use. There's probably a lot more awesome combo's but yeah, that is up to you to discover and have fun with Tager!!

+ BB How to use Tager properly

Ok so you want to use Tager eh? Well, this is the right article to read about it.

If you're questioning my experience with Tager, I would politely tell you this. I managed to reach from level 12 to level 32 using Tager in 1 day. All win streaks against level 30+'s. No kidding, it's really hard to fight a goood Tager that knows what they're doing. I'll help you accomplish that.

First of all, try practicing Tager's 360's and 720's Distortion drive. You can also do this while blocking.
Best times to buffer these are when you Jump, After a drive attack (Preferably 2D), or backdash. (44)

Tager's Backdash gives him a moment of invinsibility. (keep that in mind)

Mobility:
Having a hard time getting close to the enemy? Try this. High jump C then whn falling down press C. This should give you half screen distance to the enemy already. + you can elbow drop once they're close.

Elbow Drop:
The moves I always use with Tager the most is his Elbow drop (Midair2C) Because you can do it during high up in the air, or low airtimes, and it's always an overhead attack.
And also if you manage to knockdown your enemy with the Elbow drop, you can whiff or hit your enemy with a Sledge Hammer B (236B) which can be combod if you enemy got hit. Or you can command throw him if you whiffed.

Magnetize:
Also Keep in mind that Tager's trump card is the magnetize property. It can magnetize command throw, Astral heat, Drives, and 6A. Most of these do Tons of damage. (Except for 6A, but you can command throw once hit)
Once your enemy is magnetized, you pretty much got the advantage of the battle (until it wear off). Also try remembering that Tager's 720 can magnetized almost half a screen away if you hold the button.

When to Use his 720's:
Having a problem landing his 720's against anyone online? well, just keep in mind that this godly throw can magnetized. So try magnetizing the enemy first. then once they come close, DO IT!. His 720 reach is as far as his arm's reach, which is pretty far for to be honest.

Here's a list of the best ways when to do it.
-After knockdown, do the throw on top of their body
-After 2D
-After Sledge Hammer
-After a combo (We'll get to that on the next blog, tricky but 100% chance of landing 720)
-After hitting with j.B

Next Blog will be combo's. Come back tomorrow!!

~ Smack out with these KOFXII achievements!

Alot of Secret achievements there! I'm glad there wouldn't be "Win # ranked matches in a row". Sometimes it's challenging, and sometimes it's easy.

And sometimes people gets all desperate.
Got this picture from the KOF Ignition forum.

Here's the link!
50 Achievements of KOFXII

KOFXII Pre-ordered!, Expectations

Finally Pre-ordered KOFXII for the PS3. I have around 15+ people on my FL that's ready to play KOFXII. And maybe start a clan. If your interested, Add me on PS3. PSN: MGO_Count

I'm hoping SNK will surprise us with something other than Clan features and online lobbies. Would love to see surprise console character, like K perhaps? Or at least they should do it right and give us some DLC characters at least. Just to make the roster a bit bigger.

Hoping the Netcode will be similar to PS3 BlazBlue.
BlazBlue = Godly Netcode
No inputlag/ No frame lag = Win

Just look at that damn sprite.

+ BB Carls Combo to infinite

Yeah, kinda got carried away with BlazBlue so I forgot to post an article yesterday, since there's nothing new for any RPG or fighting game news I'll tell you what happened yesterday.

I managed to reach level 12 to level 30 in 1 day using Tager. Haha awesome character!. He's really scary once he's close. You have to make sure your enemy doesent go far from the screen. If ever they did, just use his 41236 projectile to magnetized him again.
Carl's Infinite Loop Setup
I got like 3 ways to set this up

(This setup only works with some characters)
B - B - 623C - 22D - B - hj.Grab - D8 - dash when you land - (2C - 8D) Loop. (Just remember you have to walk your puppet a bit forward during the 1st air grab so you can hit her clap.)

(I'm pretty sure this 2 setups works for every character) (Mid. = Midair)
2A (tap the A) - 2B - 22D - 3C - j. dash (Do this quick) - Mid. 2C - cancel 2C animation with 214C - once in ground press 2C - (D8 - 2C) Loop.

Here's another.
(Puppet must be on the other side of the enemy, basically a sandwhich position)
2B - 3C - ABC (rapid) - 2C - (D8 - 2C) Loop.

And there you go. Looping is more effective if you throw them while Nirvana claps, but thats a bit of a challenge because both timings must be right. I'm still finding a way to make this easier.

Good games (BlazBlue)

Today, every battle was a good game. Managed to add a bunch of people on my Friends list. You guys are awesome :P. UltimateDK, Emokun, Mechii, and Baka_Guy, They stayed to my room the longest. Possible 4 hours of non-stop gaming. ( I think I missed someone though)

Managed to use Carl easier now, (Less Rachel). Rachel is my no mercy >:). And managed to try out Tager (Surprisingly good). But Tager sucks with some matches, Such as against Arakune (keepaway) or Bang (counters).

PS3 = No lag AT ALL. It's amazing. As long as you don't go to Youtube.
My room names are always "JTV - Below 20" for now. Might change the name sometime.

Picture source: SRK
This blog is a filler, Can't think of any good article to write today.

Ok I lied, BlazBlue Impression/ Good/Bad day

Ok I lied about "Not getting BlazBlue". I managed to swag a last LE copy from Gamestop.
I was actually hoping for a Xbox 360 copy, but they said they were out of stock + The next stock will be on July 29th (Wait, wtf, even on America they delayed the BB copies? I thought it was only Canada). Yeah so I'm stuck with the PS3.

The Netcode for BlazBlue is actually pretty good, Even with PS3's PSN network. The game always lags before the battle start, but once the battle starts, the game goes really smooth. The lobby is top notch (Except it's hard to join a lobby because you can't join a lobby once the game starts).

The Tutorial video that came with the LE copy is actually pretty helpful. It will give you good poking strategies, zoning, character facts, and combos. I was impressed when I watched the Arakune video; these people really know what they're saying.

So if you don't have this game, I recommend this game to anyone. If you've been playing the GG series, then you've pretty much got this game down.

PSN: MGO_Count (Always open for games :D)
Main: Rachel / Carl
Sub Main: Arakune
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And BS, I lost my 20$ somewhere, when I went out. I bet someone has picked it up and enjoyed my 20$ goodness. I hope he doesen't use it for something stupid -.-

~ What a great month for Canada /sarcasm (BlazBlue)

Ohhhhhhh Canada!
Attention Canadian BlazBlue fans.

An Eb game employee said: "If you've pre-ordered a copy at Gamestop/EB in Canada, you'll have to wait till the 29th." on the SRK forums." (For the standard copy)


And also "Only the Limited Edition version, which includes a two disc soundtrack and tutorial videos, will be available when the shipment arrives. Due to the limited print run of the game, the standard edition will not be available until July 29" from Gamernorth.ca

Must must suck to be in Canada right now, Knowing that nothing happened on PS Home for the canadian's on Canada Day either.

Well, think of the bright side, you can now buy the KOFXII first before BlazBlue right? Since I know a bunch of Canadians that literally bought BlazBlue just to wait for KOFXII.

It's amazing how they always delay fighting games last minute, compared to other genre's. By the most controversial issues.

Strangemelody from JTV, Helped me with the source for this blog post. Kudos to Competitive Online chat!

Not getting BlazBlue, Killing time with Kagero Deception II

I was certain I was gonna get BlazBlue. But thanks to being a bit lazy to go to Gamestop, and some clever thinking. I have made up my mind that I am not getting BlazBlue. Reason is that MGC stats isn't really groundbreaking for BB. Even KOF98 is catching up with BlazBlue.

I'm just gonna wait for either a nice patch, nice dlc, pricedrop, or heck; maybe BlazBlue X.

It feels great being a smart shopper.

KAGERO - Even though this game is quite old, this game still delivers quite an impression. Your main object on this game is being smart about placing your traps, and choosing a wide variety of paths you can progress by either killing or not killing the victim/enemy.

The graphics are pretty damn good for a PS1 game. I personally think they should release a PS3 game, with similar gameplay.

----------------------------------------- Kagero II Video

KOF98 Rocks!!!

I've stayed up all night just to wait for KOF98 to pop up on the marketplace. And I got to say, it was worth the wait. Funny thing is that when I checked the leaderboards, It looked like 400+ people also waited for the game. The only thing that I didn't like about the game was that the win quotes are in Japanese, so as "Ultimate" mode, where you choose to Hybrid "Exta" and "Advance" character mode.

I also noticed one guy was hacking, he got 100 wins and 0 lose the 1st minute the game came out. Why would you do that ?_?.

I am also still debating to myself if I'm getting BlazBlue for the Xbox.