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Fighting Game Videos Vol. 433

jh — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:37:57 +0000

A whole bunch of videos from the first round of the Topanga league, featuring some of Japan’s best SSF4AE 2012 players. Quite a number of exciting matches, though mirror matches could be a little more ‘boring’ due to all the careful play required. Some players dropping more combos than I usually see them do even in tournaments. I wonder why.

Daigo (Ryu) vs Haitani (Makoto)

Bonchan (Sagat) vs RF (Sagat)

Momochi (Cody) Kazunoko (Seth)

Tokido (Akuma) vs Kindevu (Cammy)

Mago (Fei Long) vs Kazunoko (Seth)

Sako (Ibuki) vs Tokido (Akuma)

Fuudo (Fei Long) vs Mago (Fei Long)

Sako (Ibuki) vs Momochi (Cody)

Tokido (Akuma) vs Haitani (Makoto)

Uryo (Sakura) vs Kindevu (Cammy)

[YouTube] KOV CNY2012 Video

jh — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:37:50 +0000

Nope, this isn’t an official video, but rather a fan made collection of various combos from the various iterations and titles of the game from early KOV till 七星. The videos are kind of nicely split up into various sections and the total length is pretty long. Unless you play every single title, then I suggest just looking for the ones you’re more into.. It’s going to take way long more than an hour if you were to watch everything. Yes, this is a mega project. This was first released in celebration of Chinese New Year if I got that right.

End of January

jh — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:37:03 +0000

We’re close to end of yet another month again, and looking at my expenditure this month, it is set to be higher than in December. Thankfully there’s some angbao to offset the ‘extra’ expenditure, though this year’s collection is less than past few years. Not sure if it is due to me already working or there are some new members in the family so the ‘pool’ has to spread around more or something. Oh well, can’t be too picky about that. Have something is good liao. Lol.

Talking about expenditure, there are some things that I want to get in the near future but I need to think carefully over when to get them and how to plan my expenses so it doesn’t reach too deep on a particular month or something. As to what are the things I want to get, some of you may know an item or two, but if you were to know the entire list I would probably get some ‘scolding’. Hahahaha.

The CNY holidays were pretty peaceful for me, except for the usual maternal side visiting on the 2nd day. Well, the only complaint I have is that the frequency of the buses on that day is really not very friendly. I know it can’t be helped, but still, waiting for nearly 20 minutes for each bus is not exactly something you would be enjoying either. Got to see my relatives and cousins after like half a year, and of course, some of the new members. Yeah, become uncle already. Old liao.

Work wise hasn’t exactly been very smooth the past week, partly due to the absence of a couple of key members which caused some sort of blocker. Hopefully it will be better next week. I still prefer a balanced work spread and not having to deal with a crazy mad rush at the end if I could help it. It also works better not to leave many things till the end for efficiency reasons. Then again, some things are just not within my control so I got to adapt according to how things develop (oops, pun not intended). One thing to note is that my probation is coming to an end soon! Well, not that there’s a lot of difference other than a minor increase in salary since all other things remain pretty much exactly the same.

I’m going to enjoy the weekend to the fullest as well as the little break I am going to take before heading back to work next month. Hopefully I can get some things done as I have (sort of) planned to over the next few days (and weeks actually). I guess I will see you next in February, a month with no public holiday =( and a day that many will celebrate but I will not =P Take care! (there seems to be around streak of flu virus spreading…)

Fighting Game Videos Vol. 432

jh — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:37:34 +0000

Wolverine Master with his 3 volume of this X Men vs Street Fighter combo video series. That means there’s only one more part to go.

The Rockstarr93 with a UMvC3 team combo video comprising of Viper, Vergil (or Dante) and Trish. There are some nice setups in there. Not bad.

SCanon5749 with a short KOF XIII Kyo combo clip, featuring 2 stun combos and a 6 gauge combo

Hmm, some footage of Daigo’s SSF4AE 2012 Ryu in the first round of Topanga League. Not sure if his internet connection has some issue (but it’s Japan…) or he just had a bad day dropping all those combos… Oh well.

And a couple of Street Fighter x Tekken gem set combo/usage examples

Another big bunch of Japanese Rumble Fish 2 matches

Fighting Game Videos Vol. 431

jh — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:37:35 +0000

harrymason81 with another compilation of some of his unused clips from KOF2002. Mostly contains some form of bug

GuC11 with some rather technical Tekken 6 floor breaking (or not) showcase with Yoshimitsu. Talk about in-depth.

Dark Chaotix with a quick KOF XIII combo clip containing a few Mature combos. Is this a sign of his next upcoming full combo video?

SNK Playmore has a new video covering the topic of power ups for certain characters, like Ash, Shen etc, and the changes in move properties after powering up.

1S1nc with an updated 3rd Strike Dudley combo that goes up to 63 hits now…

Snoooootch with a new challenge up for everyone, as well as announcing the winners from his previous challenge.

With new characters officially announced for Street Fighter x Tekken, it’s only natural to expect some new videos on cross arts and super arts

Balrog

Vega

Paul

Law

Fighting Game Videos Vol. 430

jh — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:37:36 +0000

Moving on to another character, persona decides to cover Iori with flames for his latest combo tutorial video and combo video. I don’t see the infinite here. Hmm… Anyway it’s good stuff. Go take a look.

Basic combo tutorial

Combo video

borawserboxer with a new UMvC3 MODOK combo clip but this time it is some 11min+ worth of content. All I can say is, he’s damn good with this character.

A new trailer for Street Fighter x Tekken, featuring some new characters in this animated feature

Here’s another one for a ‘pure’ character reveal trailer with a short Vita version promo at the very end.

A new story trailer for Soul Calibur V. Looks cool!

A Japanese UMvC3 Rocket Raccoon combo video. Lots of loops and damage in here. The music chosen is…

his1nightmare with a short 3rd Strike combo clip featuring one Akuma combo and 2 Remy combos

More oldies from KYSG, uploading old Tekken combo videos onto his YouTube channel. This time we have a Tekken 1 death combo video

And a Tekken 2 combo video

Fighting Game Videos Vol. 429

jh — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:37:42 +0000

KOF XIII Kula combo clip featuring lots of multi-hit standing light punch. Again, I don’t know how to pull this off. I tried the KOF2000 method (which I could do a few hits) and it didn’t work out (or maybe my execution is terrible in XIII)

A (new?) variation of Iori with flames 100% combo in KOF XIII.

A KOF XIII Vice combo clip featuring exactly 1000 damage. My poor memory can’t recall if this has been featured in Dark Chaotix’s video, but I like the exact damage + ending combination

Wolverine Master is back with his 2nd volume of X Men vs Street Fighter combo video. More insane stuff coming your way.

SNK HK with another 2 teams of promotional videos. And I thought they have finally put a 100% combo for everyone. But turns out it’s not the case…and it’s strange. Anyway, Fatal Fury team and Yagami team are featured this time.

Terry

Andy

Joe

Iori

Mature

Vice

Fighting Game Videos Vol. 428

jh — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:37:43 +0000

A KOF XIII Iori with flames combo clip. From the title, it seems to suggest that it is an infinite. Okay, someone needs to tell me the trick behind executing this.

SaishuuKessen with a couple of UMvC3 combo videos. First up is an Akuma combo video which explores some ideas that he had. All solo combos with no X Factor.

The next one is a preview to a tag combo video that he is planning. We only get to see Akuma/Ryu tag combos in this preview though… Looking forward to the full video.

Looks like KYSG has been uploading some of the older videos onto YouTube. This time it’s covering the old Tekken combo videos that were released a number of years ago. Some of them still look fun and great till today.

Tekken 4 combo video, featuring stage specific combos

Tekken Tag Tournament combo video

Tekken 3 Jin combo video

Tekken 4 Yoshimitsu combo video

Tekken 4 Kazuya combo video

Tekken 3 combo video x 2

Fighting Game Videos Vol. 427

jh — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:37:45 +0000

Snoooootch with a SSF4AE 2012 combo video, which also features some pad footage. Good for those pad users to learn a thing or two I suppose. Not for me in that department.

A new Soul Calibur V trailer, with introduction of some features etc. The voice over is in Japanese though.

A 3rd Strike tool assisted superplay, featuring Ryu getting MSF for every stage. I suppose the rounds have been set to 1 so that it would appear less boring, and probably much less work to design the entire playthrough.

Prozac with a couple of UMvC3 Dante clips. The first is showing that the changes in the Ultimate version has sort of softened his damage for certain combos.

The 2nd one is a guide that he’s working on, to modify combos such that they hurt more.

A UMvC3 Haggar combo clip which starts from a crouching light and no meter

A bunch of KOF XIII console matches uploaded by SNK Playmore. Some things worth taking note of here…

CNY Eve

jh — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:37:26 +0000

This year’s festive period is a little different from others, in the sense that it’s the first since graduation/working life, though it’s not like a lot of other things have changed. It’s pretty much the same old for me this year, or at least from what I can see right now. It’s going to be a pretty normal period, except for some mandatory family gathering with the relatives on the 2nd day but that will come later. Yeah, I can also expect a “different set” of standard questions that some folks will ask, though it’s mostly an ‘upgrade’ from studies related to work related. Other than that, I doubt there will be anything special for me this year and once again it’s going to be a pretty dull festive holiday.

It’s kind of a long weekend this year, but as usual I’m still in this tiny little island and not going overseas. There will be a bunch of people missing from work the entire of next week due to them returning home for the holidays, so I suppose work progress might be not as smooth over the next few working days. In fact, there were already some leave takers a few days before the long weekend, probably to avoid the mad rush for air tickets and whatever traffic when going home.

Yeah, so year of the dragon is up ahead, and it seems to be a popular year for quite a number of people to have kids. Not sure why they want to do that, if you think about practical reasons that will definitely affect his/her future all the way, at least for the bulk of the younger days. I guess some people believe in the auspiciousness and stuff or maybe I’m too pragmatic when it comes to things like these. Oh well, not like this matter is of direct concern to me.

Okay, enough of CNY talk. Now for more random stuff. The past week was kind of ‘happening’ if you consider some of the big events that happened, for example those related to cyberspace. Wouldn’t want to put too much of an opinion here, but it might actually be interesting to see how this conflict will break out as more and more people are sticking their nose into it (or kind of forced to) as things shape up in different ways. Either way, I just hope it does not adversely affect me too much (typical human nature?) and let’s see how it all unfolds. Of course, there are other events that took place but I’m kind of lazy to talk about them except that some events/people really make me lose more hope and faith in the world, considering I’m already bad enough (imo) and there are so many way more atrocious things going on. Haha.

I admit I got a little lazy with my blogging but I doubt many (if any) will notice the delays that took place. I need to find something to get myself interested and motivated in for real. At the rate I am going, I am not sure how I will be able to ‘tahan’ the next few decades. Oh well, for those who have a goal and direction in life and are already on the right track towards it, strive hard and stick to it. Meanwhile, hope the new (lunar) year will be something non-bad for me to live through. Trying to be as non-pessimistic as possible here. Enjoy your holidays and I should see you next week for another episode of texty updates. See you and take care not to consume too much heaty stuff.