Month: July 2017

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“I will meditate and then destroy you.” The Philocypher explains how meditation can improve your game

Pro gamers have used it — maybe everyone should try it!

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Tavian “The Philocypher” Napier continues his Fighting Game Philosophy series, this time with guest Paul Harrison from The Daily Meditation aboard to discuss the value of meditation to improving your fighting game performance. We’ve seen Japanese pro players take a moment for exactly this, to focus themselves for big matches — Harrison has discussed this before. And while much of the FGC may not consider meditation something significant to training to play fighting games — or just see it as an amusing aspect of some characters’ design, like in Dhalsim’s classic case — the concept of “mindfulness” and using meditation techniques to relax the body and clear the mind is no stranger to fighting games’ real-life inspiration, martial arts. In the video below, The Philocypher discusses where the benefits of mediation intersect with the goals of a fighting game competitor.

Source: The Philocypher

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Capcom Fighters talks to LI Joe at Evo 2017, his first Evo, Third Strike, Urien nerfs and more

Continuing on with their Evo 2017 interview series, Capcom Fighters spent some time with one of the FGC’s favorite sons — Joe “LI Joe” Ciaramelli.

Over the course of the interview, Joe talked about attending his first Evo at Evo East in 2006, and how the world’s largest fighting game tournament has changed over the years in size and personality. He shares his feelings on the season 2 Urien nerfs and what legacy Street Fighter characters he wants to see return to Street Fighter V.

Source: Capcom Fighters

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Lord of the Rings Online – No Launch on Monday, More Precise Information Soon

The Lord of the Rings Online site has been updated with the sad news that the launch of the Mordor expansion will not happen on Monday, July 31st as originally planned. The team discovered an issue with the build that made monsters and NPCs move incorrectly. While sad for those looking forward to Mordor, the wording on the expansion does give an out by saying it will be delivered on or before August 31st. The target was July 31st, but there is still plenty of time to head through the Black Gate.

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Another lap: More Abigail tech and match footage from Street Fighter V

See more of what Mad Gear’s meaty motorhead is capable of in these videos!

Abi… GAIL! One of the goofiest additions to Street Fighter V‘s roster is proving he has the chops to hold his own in the ring. Here’s another look at what players are doing with his interesting moveset!

Combo virtuoso desk wasn’t done with Abigail yet, naturally:

VesperArcade has been trying Abigail out of course, and has uploaded some collected gimmicks, a combo guide, and online match footage:

Maximilian offers some combos, a look at the gearhead’s Story Mode, and overall impressions:

YogaFlame24 has been gathering the Abigail efforts from a number of different players; here’s match footage from CFN leaderboard front-runner Iwate, and Itabashi Zangief trying out an even bigger-bodied brawler:

RektScrub uploaded these matches of RB’s nasty Abigail:

Xuses has upoaded a face-off between Echo Fox|Momochi’s Abigail and Scarz|Sako, as well as a look at Poongko’s Abigail play:

Daigo Umehara’s BeasTV also tried out Abigail, and you can watch the results here:

Sources: desk; VesperArcade; Maximilian Dood; YogaFlame24; RektScrub; XusesGB; BeasTV