Frame Counting Tool Provides a Deeper Understanding of Dead or Alive 5 Last Round

Frame data is one of the most important things for any player who wishes to be competitive at fighting games. This is especially true for 3D fighters, since they put a much higher premium on that kind of information when compared to their 2D counterparts.

Now while modern games, such as Dead or Alive 5 Last Round already display their frame data in-game, sometimes that’s not enough. Enter WAZAAAA and their new frame counting tool for the title’s PC port.

This tool displays the current animation frame for each player, while also allowing them to run the game frame-by-frame. Using this, you can gain a further understanding of certain moves, such as counting a character’s sidestep frames, finding the exact timing window for combo throws, and more.

If you’re interested in checking this out for yourself, head on over to Free Step Dodge to download the tool.

Source: Free Step Dodge

Frame Counting Tool Provides a Deeper Understanding of Dead or Alive 5 Last Round

Frame data is one of the most important things for any player who wishes to be competitive at fighting games. This is especially true for 3D fighters, since they put a much higher premium on that kind of information when compared to their 2D counterparts.

Now while modern games, such as Dead or Alive 5 Last Round already display their frame data in-game, sometimes that’s not enough. Enter WAZAAAA and their new frame counting tool for the title’s PC port.

This tool displays the current animation frame for each player, while also allowing them to run the game frame-by-frame. Using this, you can gain a further understanding of certain moves, such as counting a character’s sidestep frames, finding the exact timing window for combo throws, and more.

If you’re interested in checking this out for yourself, head on over to Free Step Dodge to download the tool.

Source: Free Step Dodge

Smash Summit Day 1 Streaming Live from Los Angeles, California

Beyond the Summit is kicking the weekend off early with Smash Summit, a unique Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament that will see invited players face off against others that were voted in by the community.

Apart from the main tournament, the Los Angeles-based organization will be hosting four days of competition and interviews, complete with various challenges (detailed in the graphic below) that will force players to use strategy outside of the game in order to succeed.

smashsummit-challenges

The players you can expect to see in attendance this weekend include a|Armada, C9|Mango, COG|Mew2King, EG|PPMD, PG|Plup, MH|Lucky, TMP|Axe, WFX|Shroomed, CLG|PewPewU, TMP|Westballz, S2J, SFAT, Alex19, SP|Zhu, MH|Kage the Warrior, and BERT|Swedish Delight.

The live broadcast can be found below or on Twitch if you prefer to chat. If you can’t tune in for the full event, Melee it on Me’s Tafo will be tracking all the challenges here.

Stream

Watch live video from BeyondTheSummit on www.twitch.tv

Schedule

Event PST (Local) EST GMT
Challenges (Thu) 12:00 PM 3:00 PM 8:00 PM
Crew Battle (Thu) 5:30 PM 8:30 PM 1:30 AM (Fri)
Challenges (Fri) 12:00 PM 3:00 PM 8:00 PM
Iron Man (Fri) 5:30 PM 8:30 PM 1:30 AM (Sat)
Fan Exhibition Doubles (Fri) 8:00 PM 11:00 PM 4:00 AM (Sat)
Doubles (Sat) 11:30 AM 2:30 PM 7:30 PM
Singles (Sat) 3:00 PM 6:00 PM 11:00 PM
Doubles (Sun) 12:30 PM 3:30 PM 8:30 PM
Doubles Finals (Sun) 2:15 PM 5:15 PM 10:15 PM
Singles (Sun) 3:30 PM 6:30 PM 11:30 PM
Singles Finals (Sun) 7:00 PM 10:00 PM 3:00 AM (Mon)

Sources: Beyond the Summit, Tafo