Marvel vs. Capcom 1 Sweatage! (NEW DATE! Saturday 10th January, 2009)

[Ultima]

No, I won't be here on Saturday 8th. I'll be out of the country from 5th Dec to 10th Dec. Hence why I said on Monday:

Don't suppose next Sunday is available for anyone, is it? Actually, next Saturday I should be available as well, since I'm going to take a break from training for a few weeks since I won't be here for the first week in December.

As it turns out, I'll probably be in Trincity this Sunday, but I'll be babysitting a "nephew", who is apparently going (back) to China on Wednesday for a considerable length of time due to health issues, so it wouldn't be proper to abandon him to play challenges on MvC. And yesterday was my last day of training on the current cycle, hence why I said I would be free on Saturday. :/

If not.. well, it'll have to wait th 16th of December. That's a Sunday, since I'll be back on training by that time and won't be available on Saturday 15th, unless I choose to train early in the day or something, which will depend entirely on where I'm living at the time. Yeesh. :|

[Ultima]

JESUS CHRIST AT THAT EARTHQUAKE. O_O

[Ultima]

Also, I seem to have lost a day. I keep thinking tomorrow is Saturday, when it's the day after. :|

[New Era Outlaw]

Yeah, I think the 16th would be better for me as well. Gives me more time to prepare, if anything. Besides which, something just came up that has me not in the best of moods right now.

...and yes, that earthquake really was something, wasn't it?
Some of the people at work were like "omg earthQUAKE IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!" despite it being a few minor tremors here. One even ran outside, despite it being the worst thing you can ever do in an earthquake.

[Ultima]

Alright, 16th December it is then. Trincity still or you up for a trip to St. James?

I'll head to the St.James arcade either today or tomorrow and see if I can't test out the joysticks on MvC1.

As for the earthquake, we did nothing for the first 30 seconds, but once we realised the tremors were still occurring, we got the hell out of there. Our building is rather old, so to hell with that "worst thing to do in an earthquake" crap. :p

[New Era Outlaw]

Trincity Mall. I'll have to get back to you on St. James. I don't know if they've fixed it by now, but both the MvC and the MvC2 machines were acting somewhat...funny when I was there a few weeks ago.


Well, the 16th it is, then. I'll update the thread.


EDIT: I just realised that the 16th is a Sunday. Are you still okay with that day, Ultima?

[Ultima]

Yeah. I normally train (weight training) on Saturdays. I'm off this Saturday (tomorrow) and next Saturday (8th; won't be here), but after that, it's back to training. So Sunday 16th at Trincity it is.

As I said, I'll check out MvC1. Probably tomorrow, since I had to give blood this morning and I don't think I should go and dehydrate myself in the arcade, lest I cramp up and/or collapse. :p

2P on MvC2 was the worse side, but manageable IMO. It doesn't make that much of a difference in determining the outcome of fights - in my experience, if you couldn't win on 1P side, you only had a slightly worse chance of winning on 2P side.

[New Era Outlaw]

Ironically, when I was there last, the 1P side was playing the royal arse whenever I tried to wring for a Super, especially with regards to those with KK.

Well, as long as we're here, we might as well talk some strategy while we're at it.
Now, some people consider Orange Hulk to be the worst character in the entire game, although I did encounter somebody who made me cuss using him (it was on Easy Mode, so it's practically a one-button Gamma Crush) Is there any reason for that? I would think being faster would be more of a plus.

[Ultima]

re: MvC1

Okay, I managed to go yesterday, even though I didn't want to. MvC1 is definitely out for Neo Tekno. The joysticks seemed a bit suspicious - CPU Wolverine managed to kill me by doing the exact same low combo four times in a row, despite my best efforts to block it  (and as an aside, man I'm hilariously out of practice on that game) - but frankly it's irrelevant because the damage is WAY too high! One combo = 80% life gone. So Trincity MvC1 it is.

I've never had any trouble on 1P MvC2 since the game has been there, only 2P.

Anyway:

I don't think Orange Hulk is the worst character per se - that would probably be Roll - just that he's the most pointless. He's Hulk, minus super armor, who does worse damage, takes more damage, and to make up for it he's slightly faster and has one extra hit in his air combo. THere is absolutely no reason to play him.

[Ultima]

I was at Trincity yesterday babysitting my unofficial adopted nephew, and I couldn't believe it: : $2.50 FOR ONE COIN? JESUS JUMPED UP CHRIST!!!

It's really a shame the damage is so high at Neo Tekno (and maybe the joysticks are suspect, though I didn't confirm), cause $2.50/coin is beyond ridiculous. That's almost as bad as Movietown!

[Jdcrys_Shinkuu]

Its a conspiracy i tell you...2.50 for 1 coin... that turns even me off of competing there... thanx for the combo rundown ill try (maybe against a suffering roll heh heh) <--- dont tell neo!!! lol

well before neo last time i had not played at that level in a while so there is still a great chance we may be evenly matched even with my DWM team. so rather than spoil the fun ill go without for a while i have also been using spidey n wolv not to mention morrigan i seem to be all over the place in terms of characters cause everyone more or less expects me to play with DWM. so a surprise every now n again. i mean i played against neo with red venom!!! utterly pointless against roll....

oh well next time around i should be available after the 16th tough...

[New Era Outlaw]

I saw that and I nearly cussed their a**es off for it. I know arcades that still charge a buck for a coin. $2.50? Ridiculous.

[Ultima]

I'm back from visiting my friends in Boston. I bought GGXX:AC, and got my ass destroyed by the top two guys. Holy Christ, did I get put down hard. Slayer just beat the crap out of me (and everyone else), and I couldn't even get close to Testament. I haven't been beaten that badly since the last time I played Imperial in CvS2. In my defense, they've been playing straight since XX in 2003 (which was the last time I was able to compete/beat them), whereas Ive played GG maybe 3 times since 2003. I've only seen #R once, Slash once (back in April), and this was my first time with AC.

Anyway, I'll be there Sunday. Dunno what kind of shape I'll be in though. Based on my playing Sunday before last, I'm much more out of practice at MvC1 than I thought. And my War Machine is so awful I'm not even sure if I should bother playing him. But oh well. I'll take my beatings like a man. :p

[New Era Outlaw]

Well, if it makes you feel any better, I haven't gotten any practice in for the last couple of weeks.
On the Saturday beforehand, I'll be promoting my Yu-Gi-Oh! tournament for January all over the place, so, I'll be quite tuckered out afterwards.

Still, I will be there.
Also, see if you can get a hold of rb, also. I think we have some things to discuss regarding the tournament that I've had on hold for the last six months (because I'm -lazy-). Also, I'm planning to shoot a 'How-to' combo video starring Mega Man, Roll and Tron Bonne either late this year or early next year. Give me a shout back, if anything.

[Ultima]

Can you do Megaman's 99 hit combo in MvC?

[New Era Outlaw]

I know a few of them. Believe you me, that Charge Buster really makes opportunities GALORE.

However, as for the precise 120+ hit that's circulating the Internet, I can, but I'd have to polish charging the second buster as the first one is about to die out and chaining Beat Plane to an aaMK. Most people tend to die before the combo pans out, though.

[whiplash]

i know this is a mvc1 thread but are you guys up for a mvc2 challenge. im from chaguanas. Anytime this year.
Must be great though. My teams msp combofiend,stryder doom sent, and then some

[New Era Outlaw]

Sure, I'm game.
Where in Chaguanas do you play?

[whiplash]

playmax, next to ttpost. we can have a small tournament or sum.or any of your SAFE known arcades.This Saturday

[New Era Outlaw]

I won't be able to come this Saturday. I have a big tournament to go and promote on that day, and I'll be hopping all over the place.

Right now, I can't think of any Sunday or Saturday where I would be available.
Contact me sometime next week and I might have a better idea as to what time I wouldn't be working on something.