some people view life as a race... and the finish line is death.
in reality, it's probably not that simple.
i think a more accurate picture is that in that race, death is our competitor; and he's slowly catching up from behind, sealing our fate; we just decide on the speed which we run whether he can catch us now, or later...
and various checkpoints in the race are our own personal goals that we want to set before we die. there is no actual finish line; you finish when death catches you. some of us will die before we finish those goals; others will achieve them all in their young life, then just run until death catches them in their old age.
furthermore, as we are running, there are numerous forks in the road that constantly appear. we call these forks "decisions." some of us will choose good decisions, others will choose bad decisions. but no matter what happens, once we choose them, they are set in stone; we can't go back and change our decisions; death will catch us before we can do that.
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Friday, June 09, 2006
managed to actually get in a few rounds against other asian people playing street fighter 2: hyper fighting. i keep saying "i would've won more matches against them if the forward(middle kick) button wasn't broken" but excuses, excuses.
specifically, i played against 2 asians, both used guile exclusively. i started with guile and played around for a bit. since i couldn't use crouching forward(probably guile's best poke), that annoyed the crap outta me. i had to use crouching short, which, as guile, DOES go pretty far, but doesn't go as far as his crouching forward. and i really would only use crouching short for other reasons. also doesn't do as much hitstun. still, the guile vs guile games were pretty close. he won most of them, but they were close matches. lotsa throws and counterthrows (hey, cmon now; it's guile). i think i knew more tricks than him(i was throwing sonic booms more due to b,f,b+punch trick, using "piano" method to increase my chances of getting reversals, and doing tick throws more), but couldn't really counterattack his stuff better. after the loses started just piling up, i said "screw guile; i can't play him if i can't use croching forward" and switched to ryu(ryu relies on crouching forward a lot too for his normals, but since he's more of a trapping character, you don't really need to use it), and got manhandled the 1st game.
but then, i stuck with ryu, and was able to go on a tear; i think i got like 3-4 wins in a row. ryu vs guile in hyper fighting, is stated by many to be a 6-4 match in ryu's favor. still a close, good match. because ryu's hurricane kick, while prone to flash kicks and guile's crouching fierce, is invincible on the 1st frame, and goes cleanly over guile's sonic boom every time. takes away a lot of guile's pressure tactics up-close because of that. ryu wants to push guile into midrange where his faster fireball and the fact that he doesn't need to charge it gives him a significant advantage; if guile tries to match ryu projectile for projectile, he will lose. guile wants to get in where he has better normals, his crouching forward can stuff ryu's fireball before it comes out, and if his sonic boom matches ryu's hadoken, he gets a free backfist. i played defensively, cause while that's boring, it was the smart thing to do with ryu against guile. although i could've went for crossups a bit more if i got up-close. i actually got a lot of psychic dps on both guile players, ie, i'd hit them with jab dragon punch just as they stuck out crouching short or forward.
muga staff really need to fix that forward button. it's pissing me off.
one thing i don't like about american sticks is that the stick is slightly textured near the top; it's fine in tekken and virtua fighter, because you play that game by tapping the joystick. but it's horrible in street fighter, since you HOLD the joystick more. i've got this blister on my left thumb on the side as a result.
specifically, i played against 2 asians, both used guile exclusively. i started with guile and played around for a bit. since i couldn't use crouching forward(probably guile's best poke), that annoyed the crap outta me. i had to use crouching short, which, as guile, DOES go pretty far, but doesn't go as far as his crouching forward. and i really would only use crouching short for other reasons. also doesn't do as much hitstun. still, the guile vs guile games were pretty close. he won most of them, but they were close matches. lotsa throws and counterthrows (hey, cmon now; it's guile). i think i knew more tricks than him(i was throwing sonic booms more due to b,f,b+punch trick, using "piano" method to increase my chances of getting reversals, and doing tick throws more), but couldn't really counterattack his stuff better. after the loses started just piling up, i said "screw guile; i can't play him if i can't use croching forward" and switched to ryu(ryu relies on crouching forward a lot too for his normals, but since he's more of a trapping character, you don't really need to use it), and got manhandled the 1st game.
but then, i stuck with ryu, and was able to go on a tear; i think i got like 3-4 wins in a row. ryu vs guile in hyper fighting, is stated by many to be a 6-4 match in ryu's favor. still a close, good match. because ryu's hurricane kick, while prone to flash kicks and guile's crouching fierce, is invincible on the 1st frame, and goes cleanly over guile's sonic boom every time. takes away a lot of guile's pressure tactics up-close because of that. ryu wants to push guile into midrange where his faster fireball and the fact that he doesn't need to charge it gives him a significant advantage; if guile tries to match ryu projectile for projectile, he will lose. guile wants to get in where he has better normals, his crouching forward can stuff ryu's fireball before it comes out, and if his sonic boom matches ryu's hadoken, he gets a free backfist. i played defensively, cause while that's boring, it was the smart thing to do with ryu against guile. although i could've went for crossups a bit more if i got up-close. i actually got a lot of psychic dps on both guile players, ie, i'd hit them with jab dragon punch just as they stuck out crouching short or forward.
muga staff really need to fix that forward button. it's pissing me off.
one thing i don't like about american sticks is that the stick is slightly textured near the top; it's fine in tekken and virtua fighter, because you play that game by tapping the joystick. but it's horrible in street fighter, since you HOLD the joystick more. i've got this blister on my left thumb on the side as a result.
Thursday, June 08, 2006
YouTube - ????? Knife Skills
for nostalgia's sake...
am i bringing back memories, college ctcc guys?
personally, all i could do was flip out, twirl, flip back. then again, that's all we could do.
if i tried what the girl did in the video at the same speed, i'd probably slash open all 5 digits on my left hand. and then, by the time i'd get it down, there'd be a puddle of blood forming near my legs.
for nostalgia's sake...
am i bringing back memories, college ctcc guys?
personally, all i could do was flip out, twirl, flip back. then again, that's all we could do.
if i tried what the girl did in the video at the same speed, i'd probably slash open all 5 digits on my left hand. and then, by the time i'd get it down, there'd be a puddle of blood forming near my legs.
Monday, June 05, 2006
What Ibid means
I get it now...
cause sometimes reading "Gipp's An Understanding History of the Bible" I would see this as a book quote in the footnotes, and it would be a really good quote, and so i was like, "man, all these quotes taken from this Ibid book; i gotta have this."
duuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...
I get it now...
cause sometimes reading "Gipp's An Understanding History of the Bible" I would see this as a book quote in the footnotes, and it would be a really good quote, and so i was like, "man, all these quotes taken from this Ibid book; i gotta have this."
duuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...
for some strange reason, as of late regarding my current flavor in fighting games, i keep returning to street fighter 2: hyper fighting and super street fighter 2 turbo.
virtua fighter's a constant; vf5, vf4:final tuned or vf4:evolution i never put on the backburner.
but strangely, i've begun to disregard tekken more for sf2:hf and ssf2t.
perhaps it's cause i'm downloading a LOT more sf2 match videos, but i find the usage of moves in each match and the care and approach needed to win in those games very respectable. you never use just a few moves.
sf2 has such highly counter-character matchups and do really high damage at times that it's never about the combos. this game is about establishing your footsie game better than your opponent and slowly grinding them to a pulp.
i've always liked ryu, but i've gravitating more and more towards guile, because he can be played very aggressively. and i'm thinking of learning chun-li.
too bad nobody plays this. much like vf4. that and the fact that the "forward kick" button at the muga is broken.
virtua fighter's a constant; vf5, vf4:final tuned or vf4:evolution i never put on the backburner.
but strangely, i've begun to disregard tekken more for sf2:hf and ssf2t.
perhaps it's cause i'm downloading a LOT more sf2 match videos, but i find the usage of moves in each match and the care and approach needed to win in those games very respectable. you never use just a few moves.
sf2 has such highly counter-character matchups and do really high damage at times that it's never about the combos. this game is about establishing your footsie game better than your opponent and slowly grinding them to a pulp.
i've always liked ryu, but i've gravitating more and more towards guile, because he can be played very aggressively. and i'm thinking of learning chun-li.
too bad nobody plays this. much like vf4. that and the fact that the "forward kick" button at the muga is broken.
one of the most interesting phenomenons regarding human nature towards sports is the act of rooting for your personal most hated team to lose. or rather, when watching a sports game, that you're rooting for the team you hate MORE to lose. or rooting for the team that just knocked your team out of the playoffs to lose. instead of rooting for the team you like more to win.
well, i'm here to tell you, STOPPIT.
to be quite frank, it's childish.
why?
no longer do you care about the enjoyment of the game.
you're exhibiting the desire that "if i can't have my team get a championship, neither will you."
and quite frankly, this desire is satanic in nature.
ever since Satan fell from heaven, he has sought to replace God. he also has genuinely sought that if he can't stay in heaven and must suffer, all other humans(who i guess he believes are even less righteous than he was, and even less of a creature than he was) must suffer too.
starting to see why i dislike this attitude so much?
i mean, i could be taking this a bit too far, but i don't believe that.
i'm not saying you have to like the team that just sent your team into the offseason.
or your most hated team.
but grow up already... if you really don't notice, this attitude detracts from your enjoyment of the game, b/c it's no longer about a good play or good sportsmanship... it's simply about the end score and whether the team you hate looks terrible.
so you're asking, what's the difference between rooting for the team you want to win vs rooting against the team you want to lose?
your attitude. whether you view plays as awesome b/c the player on your favored team is that talented, or whether you view plays as awesome b/c the player on your hated team looked like a klutz. etc.
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the other interesting phenomenon i guess i would say about sports is when your favorite team gets knocked out, ppl who write about it in online journals completely stop talking about the sport in its entirity. haha. but not me i guess.
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anyways, while i don't exactly like having the heat as the eastern reps as opposed to the pistons, i've kinda gotten over it. to the heat's credit, they've managed to find their offensive stroke, and i think their defense is for real. still don't like the fact that they had to get walker and williams(as both aren't good defenders), but i guess those are just personal pet peeves. that, and riley's brilliant coaching has more-or-less made them a team to beat. plus, i do like dwade and mourning. on the flip side, avery johnson has continued to show just how great of a coach he is. and dallas has continued to show how it is the deepest team in the league right now, plus, i love how dirk's evolving into an all-around player(i've felt this season that dirk had the potential to become the best center offensively if he could master some post-ups, and he's shown it). i also like josh howard.
i do like the matchup of mavericks vs heat. the mavericks smoked the heat in the regular season, but the heat have become that much better now. of course, i'll be hoping the mavericks win, but i'm not going to be that enbittered if the heat win. after all, dwade and mourning are really great.
if i was coaching the mavs, i have a lot of versatility as to how i want to take the heat apart, offensively. i could either put dirk at the 3 pt line since he is so hard to guard, and hopefully draw shaq and mourning out to the 3 pt line. that would free up the middle for terry, harris and howard to slash and do their thing. or, i give the ball to dirk in post and hope he draws fouls with shaq, or if doubled, kicks out to a plethora of 3-pt spot-up shooters. i personally like the 1st more.
heat of course, rely mainly upon their superstars. dallas has improved defensively, but they're not a lockdown defensive team yet. give the ball to shaq and wade, let them create by getting into the middle and then pass. then again, this is the heat's offensive gameplan every game lol.
if mav's improved defense holds up and they don't lose focus(they're prone to mental lapses in some games), i predict that the mavs will win in 6(they'll get all home games, grab the 5th game after they lose focus for 2 games and avery suddenly gets on them, then come home and win it). if not, heat in 6(heat will grab the 1st game showing they are for real, lose the 2nd game at home when avery gets on them, win the remainder)
if mavs win, mvp will be dirk(he will be highly responsible for getting shaq and 'zo to the 3 pt line). if heat win, mvp will be dwyane wade(mavs have slightly better big defenders than perimeter defenders; however, dwyane has not found any real counterdefender to him in the postseason).
well, i'm here to tell you, STOPPIT.
to be quite frank, it's childish.
why?
no longer do you care about the enjoyment of the game.
you're exhibiting the desire that "if i can't have my team get a championship, neither will you."
and quite frankly, this desire is satanic in nature.
ever since Satan fell from heaven, he has sought to replace God. he also has genuinely sought that if he can't stay in heaven and must suffer, all other humans(who i guess he believes are even less righteous than he was, and even less of a creature than he was) must suffer too.
starting to see why i dislike this attitude so much?
i mean, i could be taking this a bit too far, but i don't believe that.
i'm not saying you have to like the team that just sent your team into the offseason.
or your most hated team.
but grow up already... if you really don't notice, this attitude detracts from your enjoyment of the game, b/c it's no longer about a good play or good sportsmanship... it's simply about the end score and whether the team you hate looks terrible.
so you're asking, what's the difference between rooting for the team you want to win vs rooting against the team you want to lose?
your attitude. whether you view plays as awesome b/c the player on your favored team is that talented, or whether you view plays as awesome b/c the player on your hated team looked like a klutz. etc.
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the other interesting phenomenon i guess i would say about sports is when your favorite team gets knocked out, ppl who write about it in online journals completely stop talking about the sport in its entirity. haha. but not me i guess.
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anyways, while i don't exactly like having the heat as the eastern reps as opposed to the pistons, i've kinda gotten over it. to the heat's credit, they've managed to find their offensive stroke, and i think their defense is for real. still don't like the fact that they had to get walker and williams(as both aren't good defenders), but i guess those are just personal pet peeves. that, and riley's brilliant coaching has more-or-less made them a team to beat. plus, i do like dwade and mourning. on the flip side, avery johnson has continued to show just how great of a coach he is. and dallas has continued to show how it is the deepest team in the league right now, plus, i love how dirk's evolving into an all-around player(i've felt this season that dirk had the potential to become the best center offensively if he could master some post-ups, and he's shown it). i also like josh howard.
i do like the matchup of mavericks vs heat. the mavericks smoked the heat in the regular season, but the heat have become that much better now. of course, i'll be hoping the mavericks win, but i'm not going to be that enbittered if the heat win. after all, dwade and mourning are really great.
if i was coaching the mavs, i have a lot of versatility as to how i want to take the heat apart, offensively. i could either put dirk at the 3 pt line since he is so hard to guard, and hopefully draw shaq and mourning out to the 3 pt line. that would free up the middle for terry, harris and howard to slash and do their thing. or, i give the ball to dirk in post and hope he draws fouls with shaq, or if doubled, kicks out to a plethora of 3-pt spot-up shooters. i personally like the 1st more.
heat of course, rely mainly upon their superstars. dallas has improved defensively, but they're not a lockdown defensive team yet. give the ball to shaq and wade, let them create by getting into the middle and then pass. then again, this is the heat's offensive gameplan every game lol.
if mav's improved defense holds up and they don't lose focus(they're prone to mental lapses in some games), i predict that the mavs will win in 6(they'll get all home games, grab the 5th game after they lose focus for 2 games and avery suddenly gets on them, then come home and win it). if not, heat in 6(heat will grab the 1st game showing they are for real, lose the 2nd game at home when avery gets on them, win the remainder)
if mavs win, mvp will be dirk(he will be highly responsible for getting shaq and 'zo to the 3 pt line). if heat win, mvp will be dwyane wade(mavs have slightly better big defenders than perimeter defenders; however, dwyane has not found any real counterdefender to him in the postseason).
Friday, June 02, 2006
interesting
to be honest, i kinda thought about it too... but never really said it outloud.
i do agree though, that game 6 will more-or-less decide what type of a coach flip is.
you have to realize though, that flip is a laid-back coach. while being laid-back has its benefits, ultimately, i'll take a strict coach over a laid-back coach.
phil jackson's the only exception.
to be honest, i kinda thought about it too... but never really said it outloud.
i do agree though, that game 6 will more-or-less decide what type of a coach flip is.
you have to realize though, that flip is a laid-back coach. while being laid-back has its benefits, ultimately, i'll take a strict coach over a laid-back coach.
phil jackson's the only exception.
"Harris went missing in action early in the second half. After diving over the Phoenix bench to save a loose ball, the Suns didn't make room for him to return, forcing him to walk all the way to the Dallas bench to find an opening."
That's low man...
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We are all Nowitznesses now...
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For those of you who were the same generation as I was and maybe older, I hope you enjoy this throwback cartoon
I grew up watching mainly TMNT.
To be honest though, in fair analyzation, the cartoons back then weren't necessarily better; all of us old people keep saying that's the truth, but that's only because we were raised on it, not because the young kids these days are idiots. Ppl really need to wise up; if we were raised on new TMNT, we'd swear up and down that the old TMNT looks like crap. I've seen both versions of TMNT, and i can see redeeming qualities of the new TMNT on FOX that makes it in some ways better than the old. Fight scenes are a little better(as opposed to the old where they just run into people basically and fall down), the turtles look a bit buffer, not like the skinny ass things in the old cartoon and their lines aren't as cheesy(although, this IS TMNT; lines are supposed to be cheesy). The redeeming qualities of the old TMNT though is that the storylines and plot are a lot better. I think.
Like I said, don't ever say what you watched back then is miles better than what is shown today. Sometimes I look up various episodes of shows back then I mightve watched, and then I go, "I watched THAT?!?!?!??"
(Although I will admit yu-gi-oh and pokemon is a BIT out there... that's my main pet peeve with today's cartoons)
That's low man...
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We are all Nowitznesses now...
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For those of you who were the same generation as I was and maybe older, I hope you enjoy this throwback cartoon
I grew up watching mainly TMNT.
To be honest though, in fair analyzation, the cartoons back then weren't necessarily better; all of us old people keep saying that's the truth, but that's only because we were raised on it, not because the young kids these days are idiots. Ppl really need to wise up; if we were raised on new TMNT, we'd swear up and down that the old TMNT looks like crap. I've seen both versions of TMNT, and i can see redeeming qualities of the new TMNT on FOX that makes it in some ways better than the old. Fight scenes are a little better(as opposed to the old where they just run into people basically and fall down), the turtles look a bit buffer, not like the skinny ass things in the old cartoon and their lines aren't as cheesy(although, this IS TMNT; lines are supposed to be cheesy). The redeeming qualities of the old TMNT though is that the storylines and plot are a lot better. I think.
Like I said, don't ever say what you watched back then is miles better than what is shown today. Sometimes I look up various episodes of shows back then I mightve watched, and then I go, "I watched THAT?!?!?!??"
(Although I will admit yu-gi-oh and pokemon is a BIT out there... that's my main pet peeve with today's cartoons)
Thursday, June 01, 2006
ykno, playoff-wise, the pistons are looking a lot like the suns of the east in a lotta ways. ie the balance and depth, and arguably the defense at times is thrown out the window.
and what's surprising me is how the offense this year in the playoffs has almost single-handedly been carried by tayshaun alone.
bad, b/c they really need rasheed, billups, and rip to really beat everybody. i'm really surprised billups is not outstanding outside of the assists and free throws this year.
but at the same time, b/c tayshaun is my favorite piston right next to ben, it's really something to watch this guy. his gamestyle doesn't really stand out like other superstar players like dwade slashing all the time, but it's like you watch the game, he's playing solidly, not really exerting himself or demanding the ball, and then after a few minutes go by you're like "wow, he scored how many points?"
(btw, anybody else notice that tayshaun played with a red wristband on his left elbow for a FEW minutes during the 4th yesterday, then take it off again? weird... tayshaun plays with none of the sweatgear stuff or rubber bands)
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and yes, i'm still in shock ben wallace blocked shaq's dunk, and put him to the floor. notice how every miami heat fan on youtube.com commented "that was so a foul." hey, i may be a pistons fan, but i know a good block when i see one.
and yes, it's on my cpu right now. man, it's so fun to watch pistons block shots.
and what's surprising me is how the offense this year in the playoffs has almost single-handedly been carried by tayshaun alone.
bad, b/c they really need rasheed, billups, and rip to really beat everybody. i'm really surprised billups is not outstanding outside of the assists and free throws this year.
but at the same time, b/c tayshaun is my favorite piston right next to ben, it's really something to watch this guy. his gamestyle doesn't really stand out like other superstar players like dwade slashing all the time, but it's like you watch the game, he's playing solidly, not really exerting himself or demanding the ball, and then after a few minutes go by you're like "wow, he scored how many points?"
(btw, anybody else notice that tayshaun played with a red wristband on his left elbow for a FEW minutes during the 4th yesterday, then take it off again? weird... tayshaun plays with none of the sweatgear stuff or rubber bands)
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and yes, i'm still in shock ben wallace blocked shaq's dunk, and put him to the floor. notice how every miami heat fan on youtube.com commented "that was so a foul." hey, i may be a pistons fan, but i know a good block when i see one.
and yes, it's on my cpu right now. man, it's so fun to watch pistons block shots.
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
disgusting... i want to find a video of this on the web RIGHT NOW... i saw it during the replay after the game on espn.com and was totally blown away. it's stuff like this that made me like ben wallace so much.
"Prince had a steal and a dunk, then on the ensuing possession Ben Wallace brought the crowd to its feet.
Just when O'Neal was about to throw down another one of his backboard-shaking dunks, the 6-foot-7 Wallace leaped and stunted O'Neal's slam -- forcing a jump ball, and putting the 7-1 O'Neal on his back.
About a minute later, Wallace's three-point play -- yes, he made the free throw -- gave the Pistons a 60-53 lead."
he did it one-handed... against shaq going two-handed... dis... gus... ting...
"Prince had a steal and a dunk, then on the ensuing possession Ben Wallace brought the crowd to its feet.
Just when O'Neal was about to throw down another one of his backboard-shaking dunks, the 6-foot-7 Wallace leaped and stunted O'Neal's slam -- forcing a jump ball, and putting the 7-1 O'Neal on his back.
About a minute later, Wallace's three-point play -- yes, he made the free throw -- gave the Pistons a 60-53 lead."
he did it one-handed... against shaq going two-handed... dis... gus... ting...
alpha collection for ps2 comes out on june 11. 29.99. contains all versions of street fighter alpha, includes street fighter zero 2 alpha(can play as cammy, evil ryu, sunburnt sakura and various sf2 versions of characters), a special customizable version of sfa3(adds guile, evil ryu, fei long, t hawk and dee jay as well as a ton of customizable options), but most importantly, including an actual arcade-perfect sfa3. all previous versions of sfa3 were not arcade perfect, which meant unless you broke the law by dling emulators and roms or bought an actual arcade cab, you couldn't practice for any tournaments at home. now it's possible.
using charge characters, you can speed up the time you can fire off specials by doing precharged specials. in example, using guile, his sonic boom is b 2 seconds, f+p. now, do it as b 2 seconds, f~b~p or f~db~p. get it? this even works on the ssf2t, which is how daigo made his balrog look so scary against john choi in evo 2k4(i have the match video on my cpu).
i don't play mvc2 or really watch it anymore, but i still enjoy videos of duc do playing. nobody else uses spiral quite like he does. no one even USES anybody as a main outside of the top 4. but he does. and it's crazy.
ssf2t does not enable you to do "rapid-tap specials" like chun's lightning legs by the piano motion(short~forward~roundhouse~short~roundhouse); in fact, of all the sf games that are still played, only cvs2 allows you to do this. you need to press the same button quickly(in 3rd strike, you press the same button 4x before 2 seconds are up). however, you can double-tap twice on a button 2x, and that should do it. like use your index and middle finger to drum on forward 2x. unfortunately, it's quite difficult to do any rapid-tap specials without needing to buffer it first. chun-li could be so much higher if you could do it right straight out.
spd(spinning pile driver) does not require a full 360 motion. it only requires a 270. this is actually common knowledge. in fact, debatably you only need a 5/8th of a circle(so rotate from forward to up-back), but i believe the shortest way to do a 720 super is to do a 360+180, and since supers in capcom games are usually "double-pumps" of a special, i'm guessing you need to do a 270 as a regular 360. i'm still in amazement of those who can pull off "standing 270" in ssf2t, so maybe you do need to do a 5/8, not 6/8(270).
if i don't get a ps2-to-usb adapter that actually works with the joystick i got, i will have wasted 20 dollars for plunking down something for approx 1 year. i plan to EVENTUALLY get a ps2 so that i don't waste the money i used to get vf4evo and ttt, but i dunno how long til. i still WOULD like to play with a joystick on my cpu, so that i can actually practice for st and a3, since both are still played at sunnyvale golfland.
using charge characters, you can speed up the time you can fire off specials by doing precharged specials. in example, using guile, his sonic boom is b 2 seconds, f+p. now, do it as b 2 seconds, f~b~p or f~db~p. get it? this even works on the ssf2t, which is how daigo made his balrog look so scary against john choi in evo 2k4(i have the match video on my cpu).
i don't play mvc2 or really watch it anymore, but i still enjoy videos of duc do playing. nobody else uses spiral quite like he does. no one even USES anybody as a main outside of the top 4. but he does. and it's crazy.
ssf2t does not enable you to do "rapid-tap specials" like chun's lightning legs by the piano motion(short~forward~roundhouse~short~roundhouse); in fact, of all the sf games that are still played, only cvs2 allows you to do this. you need to press the same button quickly(in 3rd strike, you press the same button 4x before 2 seconds are up). however, you can double-tap twice on a button 2x, and that should do it. like use your index and middle finger to drum on forward 2x. unfortunately, it's quite difficult to do any rapid-tap specials without needing to buffer it first. chun-li could be so much higher if you could do it right straight out.
spd(spinning pile driver) does not require a full 360 motion. it only requires a 270. this is actually common knowledge. in fact, debatably you only need a 5/8th of a circle(so rotate from forward to up-back), but i believe the shortest way to do a 720 super is to do a 360+180, and since supers in capcom games are usually "double-pumps" of a special, i'm guessing you need to do a 270 as a regular 360. i'm still in amazement of those who can pull off "standing 270" in ssf2t, so maybe you do need to do a 5/8, not 6/8(270).
if i don't get a ps2-to-usb adapter that actually works with the joystick i got, i will have wasted 20 dollars for plunking down something for approx 1 year. i plan to EVENTUALLY get a ps2 so that i don't waste the money i used to get vf4evo and ttt, but i dunno how long til. i still WOULD like to play with a joystick on my cpu, so that i can actually practice for st and a3, since both are still played at sunnyvale golfland.
i really don't know whether to say the pistons are the model for the nba anymore... they might even be the ANTIMODEL of the league.
ok, yeah, they have the best starting 5 in the nba. that's an organizational success on joe dumars' part.
but as of late, the way they approach games is very kobe-shaq laker-ish...
-act like they can just turn it on when it matters(i think they blur the line between confidence and cockiness way too often; i don't see the sense of urgency at all until they're muddled deep)
-rely more upon their offense than their defense to win
-maybe try to rely too much upon getting calls?
-i want to say this is part of flip's doing, but i think flip knew what the pistons needed to work on, and so strayed away from the 1-on-1 lockdown D THINKING that the players would always know how to play it. it's probably both sides' fault; flip for not emphasizing it and urgency, and the players for not doing it.
even if they win tonight, will they carry that same sense of urgency into miami? or that sense of cockiness?
that said, even if the pistons get knocked out, they'll come back the next year. i expect it. and san antonio too. they just need a reality check.
that being said, maybe it IS good that the pistons get knocked out; i really need to finish the rest of this quarter strong.
ok, yeah, they have the best starting 5 in the nba. that's an organizational success on joe dumars' part.
but as of late, the way they approach games is very kobe-shaq laker-ish...
-act like they can just turn it on when it matters(i think they blur the line between confidence and cockiness way too often; i don't see the sense of urgency at all until they're muddled deep)
-rely more upon their offense than their defense to win
-maybe try to rely too much upon getting calls?
-i want to say this is part of flip's doing, but i think flip knew what the pistons needed to work on, and so strayed away from the 1-on-1 lockdown D THINKING that the players would always know how to play it. it's probably both sides' fault; flip for not emphasizing it and urgency, and the players for not doing it.
even if they win tonight, will they carry that same sense of urgency into miami? or that sense of cockiness?
that said, even if the pistons get knocked out, they'll come back the next year. i expect it. and san antonio too. they just need a reality check.
that being said, maybe it IS good that the pistons get knocked out; i really need to finish the rest of this quarter strong.
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Saturday, May 27, 2006
Friday, May 26, 2006
GameTrailers.com - User Movie: Virtua Fighter 4 ft SBO Finals 2k5 by BacardiJ
the Akira player's sick...
KG, SPoD(P+K+G,b,df+P+G,f+P) pwns you...
the Akira player's sick...
KG, SPoD(P+K+G,b,df+P+G,f+P) pwns you...
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
YouTube - Final Fight Revenge (Sega Saturn): Hilarious Match Video
i have never laughed so hard at a fighting game.
i have never laughed so hard at a fighting game.
Monday, May 22, 2006
the more i think about it, the more i realize i am totally old school... throwback in a world of modernization. to an extent. has to do mainly with a lot of the principles that i live by. i think a lot of it may have had to do with my mom. my mom's totally throwback. i'll admit that i don't actually achieve a lot of them, but just by thinking of them consciously and trying to always aim for it says a lot.
the reason i hate camping trips is b/c most ppl i have tried to camp with only want to talk and not shut up and let you sleep at night. i don't care what you talk about, even if it's something i would be interested in talking about, LET ME SLEEP! God bless "old" ppl who just want to fall asleep on trips and give you resting space, knowing they've got stuff to do the next day.
and i don't fall asleep too easily if i hear ANYTHING.
as a result, to put it quite bluntly, i feel like crap the following day.
if it weren't for that reason, and possibly the fact that i hate the long drive wherever we needs go, it would be a lot better; i love nature. really.
(so lake tahoe was ok i guess; ok, in that if i could've gotten better sleep, it would've been great. i guess i'll add getting a digital camera to my future list of wants, b/c as of late the only thing i really can use to hold onto each trip are memories)
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just when i think detroit has lost their defensive mentality that i've grown to love, they bring it in a game 7 lockdown. so i guess doubling wasn't necessarily a bad idea on detroit's part; i did hear they pretty much threw every single type of defensive scheme at james the 2nd half. it just was that detroit wasn't really focused in the oh, 2nd through 5th games.
now, san antonio just needs to follow suit on monday to show that both back-to-back champs still mean (defensive) business.
(fyi, i've heard some talk about how rasheed might be the pistons' best player. i've heard talk about that for billups, and also for ben, but if you think about it, rasheed makes a very good case(rip has yet to show he can take over in the playoffs, and prince sadly as good of an all-around player, doesn't scare ppl on the offensive end). offensively, he gives them a low post presence; it's obviously nothing compared to duncan's, but it's still enough to give them an up-close shot when they need it. if rasheed's low post game goes to hell, there's a pretty good chance the pistons will lose. and don't forget how great of a spot-up 3 point shooter he is. that gives billups and hamilton the freedom to be more aggressive in attacking the hoop, knowing they can also kick it back out to rasheed if things aren't going well. if his shot does not fall from the outside, it also puts more pressure on billups and rip. on top of all that, he brings the typical stuff that the unselfish big men on the pistons usually always do; set screens, rebound well, defend well(in rasheed's case, defend big men 1-on-1 well). but like i've said, he also brings the underdog mentality to the pistons' team, something that i truly believe, adds 10 extra wins to their regular playoff game list, and a couple extra wins they squeak out in the playoffs)
that being said, if there is any possible hall-of-famers on this pistons team, it will probably only be ben wallace, but for good reason. the guy is a rock on defense. basically, while his shot blocking's terrifying, and his rebounding skills, if comes down to that if you pick and roll against him, the fact that the guard does NOT carry an advantage in speed that makes ben so special. the list of centers that successfully can defend pick-and-rolls by switching are very few, and even then, for only a limited amount of time, at a certain area on the court; once the timing gets longer, the chances of the offensive guard crossing over the center and driving or pulling back and launching a wide-open trey becomes higher and higher. with ben, the advantage that the guard carries is about 5.5/4.5 i would say, whereas, against an average center, the advantage is like 7/3, vs a good defensive center, MAYBE 6/4, but more like 6.5/3.5 in most aspects. the guy is HORRID on offense in all aspects(except for rebounding, haha), but his defense more than makes up for it. if you're having trouble believing how a guy can suck that bad on offense, but be so good on defense, i like to believe that ben wallace is one of those ppl who just has really bad finger coordination; he would NOT be able to play any stringed instrument. you need finger coordination on offense to handle the ball properly. not so much when you're trying to swat it out of the air, or grab it and pull it down.
billups has been really great, but the argument is that he wasn't really good until he got to the pistons, which incidently, is when good players surrounded him. of course, we also need to realize he got better in all aspects when he got to detroit; defense, clutch shooting, giving the ball up to the right guy, etc. rip and tayshaun haven't hit that level yet, and rasheed just wants to be a role player, not the main guy.
and i don't fall asleep too easily if i hear ANYTHING.
as a result, to put it quite bluntly, i feel like crap the following day.
if it weren't for that reason, and possibly the fact that i hate the long drive wherever we needs go, it would be a lot better; i love nature. really.
(so lake tahoe was ok i guess; ok, in that if i could've gotten better sleep, it would've been great. i guess i'll add getting a digital camera to my future list of wants, b/c as of late the only thing i really can use to hold onto each trip are memories)
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just when i think detroit has lost their defensive mentality that i've grown to love, they bring it in a game 7 lockdown. so i guess doubling wasn't necessarily a bad idea on detroit's part; i did hear they pretty much threw every single type of defensive scheme at james the 2nd half. it just was that detroit wasn't really focused in the oh, 2nd through 5th games.
now, san antonio just needs to follow suit on monday to show that both back-to-back champs still mean (defensive) business.
(fyi, i've heard some talk about how rasheed might be the pistons' best player. i've heard talk about that for billups, and also for ben, but if you think about it, rasheed makes a very good case(rip has yet to show he can take over in the playoffs, and prince sadly as good of an all-around player, doesn't scare ppl on the offensive end). offensively, he gives them a low post presence; it's obviously nothing compared to duncan's, but it's still enough to give them an up-close shot when they need it. if rasheed's low post game goes to hell, there's a pretty good chance the pistons will lose. and don't forget how great of a spot-up 3 point shooter he is. that gives billups and hamilton the freedom to be more aggressive in attacking the hoop, knowing they can also kick it back out to rasheed if things aren't going well. if his shot does not fall from the outside, it also puts more pressure on billups and rip. on top of all that, he brings the typical stuff that the unselfish big men on the pistons usually always do; set screens, rebound well, defend well(in rasheed's case, defend big men 1-on-1 well). but like i've said, he also brings the underdog mentality to the pistons' team, something that i truly believe, adds 10 extra wins to their regular playoff game list, and a couple extra wins they squeak out in the playoffs)
that being said, if there is any possible hall-of-famers on this pistons team, it will probably only be ben wallace, but for good reason. the guy is a rock on defense. basically, while his shot blocking's terrifying, and his rebounding skills, if comes down to that if you pick and roll against him, the fact that the guard does NOT carry an advantage in speed that makes ben so special. the list of centers that successfully can defend pick-and-rolls by switching are very few, and even then, for only a limited amount of time, at a certain area on the court; once the timing gets longer, the chances of the offensive guard crossing over the center and driving or pulling back and launching a wide-open trey becomes higher and higher. with ben, the advantage that the guard carries is about 5.5/4.5 i would say, whereas, against an average center, the advantage is like 7/3, vs a good defensive center, MAYBE 6/4, but more like 6.5/3.5 in most aspects. the guy is HORRID on offense in all aspects(except for rebounding, haha), but his defense more than makes up for it. if you're having trouble believing how a guy can suck that bad on offense, but be so good on defense, i like to believe that ben wallace is one of those ppl who just has really bad finger coordination; he would NOT be able to play any stringed instrument. you need finger coordination on offense to handle the ball properly. not so much when you're trying to swat it out of the air, or grab it and pull it down.
billups has been really great, but the argument is that he wasn't really good until he got to the pistons, which incidently, is when good players surrounded him. of course, we also need to realize he got better in all aspects when he got to detroit; defense, clutch shooting, giving the ball up to the right guy, etc. rip and tayshaun haven't hit that level yet, and rasheed just wants to be a role player, not the main guy.
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