Month: October 2015

The folks over at The Daily Dot recently put together another great episode of Best of III, their show dedicated to all things fighting game community. This time around, they featured an interview with Level Up president and legendary competitor Alex Valle.

Fresh off another successful installment of SoCal Regionals, the hosts pick Valle’s brain on the ins and outs of tournament organization, including a possible shift towards more professional production a la larger “eSports” events, what needs to be done to grow the community, and more.

One of the most pertinent topics on the docket, however, had to do with a possible split in the Southern California community due to Level Up’s separation from Mike Watson’s Super Arcade, their previous venue before the upcoming move to eSports Arena.

“On the surface, everybody feels that it’s going to segregate the community. Back when we all played in arcades, that’s how it was. Top players played wherever they thought was convenient or wherever the tournaments were happening. I think Super Arcade is going to be extremely successful with the people from the valley, Los Angeles, even some from Orange County. Watson has a lot of loyalists, and all power to Super Arcade,” Valle explained. “We want the scene to grow. Why have the kneejerk reaction that, ‘Oh, it’s going to segregate things.’ I don’t really care, honestly, if all the top players chose to go to another venue, because you know what I’m going to do? I’m going to create new top players, because that what the scene needs. It doesn’t need […] to have all this negative stuff going around.”

Throughout the conversation, Valle reiterates that he’s about building something instead of letting things in the community remain stagnant, as well as providing a continuation of the work he’s already put into the scene. “To all the players that think things are going to be segregated, look: play where you want to play. What I’m going to do is create the future,” he continued. “I’m going to create the new blood, just like how you were groomed at Super Arcade, or the Proud Bird. I’m going to do the same thing with a new batch of players, and I’m going to make them destroy you.”

There’s a lot to take in here, so be sure to check out the video below for more of their discussion. Valle’s interview begins around 11:30 if you prefer to skip straight to that.

Source: The Daily Dot, featured image courtesy of Alex Valle

While the community has been inundated with beginner tutorials recently, there’s been very little content for folks who have found themselves growing out of those intermediate strategies. That’s not a bad thing! But at the same time, it’s a lot easier to pick up on advanced techniques when someone who is already deep into that world can turn around and shine a light on the path they took to get there.

East coast competitor Mynus recently did just that with a pair of Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- tutorials focusing on high-level concepts for I-No, the series’ resident guitar-wielding witch. After a bit of a stumble recording his first try at these tutorials, Mynus is back with the first installment of a three-part series.

Starting off, he’s decided to focus on what he calls “the cheap shit,” most notably I-No’s ability to Faultless Defense Cancel her jumping Dust, how to confirm that jumping Dust into more damage, meter applications, and much more. If you’ve been having difficulty grasping any of these ideas, be sure to give the lengthy tutorials we’ve included below a bit of your time; you won’t regret it.

Source: Mynus