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Iono, all of them? lol.  Pretty much any game that will be a team tournament will most likely be SBO format.  Debating if we should make it single elimination since most fanime goers don't know what double elimination is.  >:( STOP LEAVING AFTER YOU LOSE ONCE.

I say double elim when it probably won't cause a time conflict.

If you're gonna do 2v2s waseda, then make sure you explain the whole switching off.  Cause I've played in tourneys where it was necessary to explain it.

The stick posters are limited edition, and I'm not sure where you can purchase them exactly... but I am sure there are still some out there. I think they did a reprint and sold the first series in a collector's box.

If you're talking about the set that you, J, and I have, that was only available with the first press of XRATED.  The second set, which you can see in J's and my room came with ~Another Days~ first press.  As for how to get them, you're gonna have a hard time if you don't Yahoo! Japan Auctions them.

Uh, no, I think a BlazBlue cabinet could be "borrowed" from some place or another. I know that SJSU has one and I know SVGL has one; hopefully by con date there will be something in the works (I don't know how that will work out, but not having anything BlazBlue on the floor would be a mistake, in my opinion).

To be frank I don't really care for the GG series with BlazBlue out, and I know that many GG players have moved towards this game as well.

~Chun

I'm going to make the assumption that OCE is operating the arcade again this year.  In that case, there's a high chance we'll see the BB cab from SJSU @Fanime.  Even if that's the case though, don't expect a tourney.  If I remember correctly, OCE doesn't want their cabs used for tourneys.  That would cut into their overall profit for the weekend.

I have fond memories of reading EGM in my childhood.  I suppose it was inevitable, but I am a bit disheartened.

Some nice stuff you have there, Jun.  I like a lot of stuff.  Especially the Sentimental Graffitti postcards.  No one seems to rep the series anymore.  And that Reisen figure is pimp.

Lol, if only Tsubasa still made room posts, that is a room worth worshiping. Lots of quality. Ob

Expect updated pictures soonish.  My room still looks like the pictures on page 3.  I'm waiting on a few things to come in before I rearrange a few things.

Happy New Year, folks. :3

Quite honestly, there's no good reason to go to SJSU unless you're more used to American sticks.  And, even then, you'll have to deal with the picture being compressed horizontally because the game runs natively in 16:9.

Actually, according to a friend of mine there's a dipswitch to make it compatable with 4:3. Someone should tell whoever runs it to fix it.

Since the time I posted that, it's been fixed.  I was @SJSU two days ago, so I can confirm.

shouldn't they be reserving such parts for tekken 6 BR?  IIRC they're planning to get a machine with the new version release.

If you're talking about the stick and buttons, OCE has plenty of Sanwa parts.  They plan to put them on the GGAC cab for the next semester too.  If you're talking about the screen, I can't say anything about that.

This looks hella MySpaceish. ^^;

Fun times.  Saw lots of people and bought some nifty things.  Nice seeing everyone. :3

The GG/Melty Blood crew was there...

What Melty crew?  Cause I know the NorCal Melty scene and I don't seem to remember seeing anyone else around.  Perhaps I missed people?

Eternal Arcadia!  Too good!

The SJSU cab is a standard American standup cab with HAPP Competition stick and buttons.  It has a standard resolution monitor running the game @480i at 4:3.  The SVGL cab is a JP-style sitdown cab with Sanwa stick and buttons.  It has an HD screen running it @720p at 16:9.

Quite honestly, there's no good reason to go to SJSU unless you're more used to American sticks.  And, even then, you'll have to deal with the picture being compressed horizontally because the game runs natively in 16:9.

SJSU is slated to get a new custom cab with HD screen and Sanwa parts in time for the next semester.  That can be anytime between now and the end of January.  Until then, I think SVGL is obviously the better choice.

Wiis are region-locked.  Bring a Freeloader or something if you want to make sure your game will work.

So I finally played the full build at Chinatown Fair in New York (along with new Melty Blood.) It's really good, and beautiful. My only gripe is the penalty comes FASTER than Guilty Gear's so Rachel doesn't seem to effective as I thought she would have been, but she's still pretty good in my eyes. I didn't get to play too much with it, since both times I had to go to either Philly for NEC, or go to my grandparent's place. Ragna and Noel seems to be very autopilot characters at this time with the game, hopefully it'll change.

Negative penalty isn't too bad.  I hear it just takes hitting a few buttons to make the game think your less defensive.

Rachel is considered by some to be top right now.  She has good block strings/combos, anti-air, and damage.  I personally don't see why anyone would put her above Arakune though.  I also wonder sometimes if Ragna and Tager should be higher than her too.  I won't dispute that she should probably be considered high though.

Ragna has variation in his game.  He gets combos off a lot of different hits anywhere on the screen, so it's not always the same routine.  And most Noels I see now don't go autopilot on her chain drives.  They're kinda risky to just toss out there all willy-nilly.

1 days, 19 hours and 44 minutes.

I'm such a newbie.

Yes, arcade onry.  No word on when the console version will be released.  It was just released to arcades on 11/19 in Japan and 11/20 in the US.

Also, I thought you guys were going to crowd it again like last week.  :P was only like 1/2 the crowd today.

Surprised me too.  I expected more.  At least we saw a couple of GG players who haven't exactly been playing the game yet.

Since it was a smaller crowd though, we got more games in.  Too good!

We'll probably be like that again this Wednesday too.

If anyone's interested in playing or at least seeing this game in action, come for arcade mania Wednesday evening this week (or any week for that matter).  As far as I know, most of the BB players in NorCal for now are coming.  If anyone's familiar with the NorCal GG or MBAC scene, expect to see a lot of familiar faces.

Should be something like this:

1. Give a Reason - Slayers NEXT OP
2. Platinum - Card Captor Sakura OP3
3. Sore ga Ai Deshou - Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu OP
4. ETERNAL BLAZE - Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's OP
5. Tomoshibi - ToHeart2 ED

I've been there playing this game Wed, Fri, Sat, and Sun.  If anyone saw the green Rachel player, that's me. :3

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. :3