We’ve heard about Mango’s path to Genesis 4; now let’s here about Armada’s. The Best of All Time to Mango’s Greatest of All Time, the Genesis rivalry is currently at two tournaments to one going into next week, as Armada was able to snatch victory at last year’s event. With Hungrybox seemingly out of commission for really threatening the top spots, it may be fate that Mango and Armada are set to clash in the Grand Finals of Genesis 4.
Even nicknamed “The Terminator” by Mango, Armada can seem absolutely unstoppable when he is on form. His lowest placing in 2016–not including the one forfeit at EGLX 2016–was fifth, and he is currently on a tournament winning streak, winning the last five tournaments back-to-back. Having said this, Mango and Armada have traded sets throughout 2016, so any potential clashes will be explosive.
There isn’t long to wait, with Genesis 4 kicking off next Friday, so get ready for a jam-packed weekend of sensational Super Smash Bros. Melee.
The Diablo 3 20th Anniversary event “The Darkening of Tristram” is in full swing. With just over two weeks to go before it ends, it’s worth taking a visit for nostalgia’s sake and to collect a pair of companion pets, a few achievements and some banner cosmetics. We’ve got all the info you need to make your time both profitable and fun so head on in to learn more.
The Diablo 3 20th Anniversary event “The Darkening of Tristram” is in full swing. With just over two weeks to go before it ends, it’s worth taking a visit for nostalgia’s sake and to collect a pair of companion pets, a few achievements and some banner cosmetics. We’ve got all the info you need to make your time both profitable and fun so head on in to learn more.
The Intrepid Studios team conducted an in-house Q&A based on questions they have seen cropping up around the ‘Net since the introduction of Ashes of Creation. Topics include how the player community will be integral in carving its own path through the game, hidden stories that can be uncovered throughout the world and how guilds will function in the game.
With Final Round XX, which takes place March 10-12 in Atlanta, Georgia, announcing that they will officially be a part of the Capcom Pro Tour 2017 Season in two months, many within the community are wondering if Street Fighter V needs a second balance patch–following last month’s Season Two update–before the competitive Season begins.
Citing characters like Nash, Ryu, F.A.N.G and even Rainbow Mika receiving a heavy amount of nerfs–while already-powerful characters like Guile and Urien were given a hearty amount of buffs–as possible justification for another round of tweaking, as well as Battle Director Woshigie’s comments to Yahoo! Esports that the Season Two balance changes would not be “What players are expecting,” (which could be seen as a contradictory statement, as Capcom had been promoting that SFV’s balance philosophy would be to focus primarily on buffing weaker characters to the level of the top tiers, as opposed to hitting them with heavy amounts of nerfs to bring them down closer to the middle of the pack). One of the slides at their Evo panel even stated that one of their “Lessons Learned,” was to “Don’t greatly nerf characters, buff the weaker ones instead,” to ensure that there is “large character diversity in each tournament.” Additionally, we have Akuma, as well as the other five yet-to-be-revealed new challengers for Season Two, who will automatically alter the meta and tier lists simply with their presence alone.
While balancing a fighting game is certainly not an easy–or enviable–task, VesperArcade suggests that perhaps Capcom should utilize a public test server (similar to what can be seen in games like Overwatch) to allow players to try out potential changes that Capcom wants to make, and having the opportunity to leave their individual feedback for the development team to take into consideration; as similar to what they did on the Capcom-Unity Forums for the creation of Ultra Street Fighter IV.
“It just looks like Capcom has their own agenda when it comes to balancing, and I think we have some very smart people in our community that can give very valuable feedback and insight on making all the characters fair, and especially, fun. That is the key word: fun,” Vesper said. You can catch his entire video on this topic below.
So what are your thoughts on this hotly-debated topic? Do you feel Capcom should stick to their word of only doing balance patches in-between CPT seasons, and that we need to let everything play out before jumping to conclusions, or do you think there are some balance concerns with the current version of the game that should be addressed before the Pro Tour starts heating up? Feel free to let us know in the Comments below!
A YouTube group called “We Sleep Talk” has posted this video showing a 74-year-old man who has played Asheron’s Call since 1999 and is now looking for a new MMO home.
