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Grinding Gear Games has a new developer diary on the Path of Exile site to being revealing skill revamps coming in June with the 3.3.0 update. The June patch will be the first of several, with each subsequent update targeting another batch of skills for overhaul.
Pro wrestling has been nothing but drama for decades. That’s not a new development… what is surprising is that the drama of pro wrestling now finds its way into Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition with this bizarre bug.
ElChakotay has discovered that R. Mika can find herself in a situation where it appears as though Nadeshiko performs an nWo-esque swerve on her during V-Trigger II, the “Steel Chair”. To replicate this, you can cancel Irish Whip into V-Trigger II; this sends Nadeshiko out with the chair. Now, if R. Mika throws her microphone as part of her V-Skill when Nadeshiko throws the chair, the microphone will actually negate the chair’s projectile properties, as though they were on opposing teams.
Good thing R. Mika is ready to protect herself against Nadeshiko’s inevitable heel turn, at least!
Source: ElChakotay
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If you’re fan of World of Warcraft, a new book in the works called “World of Warcraft Diary” may be of interest. The author named John Staats was one of the original level designers and someone who worked on WoW for 10 years. He will be providing readers with the inside story of the development of the biggest and most successful MMORPG ever made. In order to bring his book to fruition, Staats has started a KickStarter initiative to raise $400,000.
KUAM News — the NBC Affiliate serving the island of Guam — will be acting as one of several hosts for the ambitious “Guam ESports Championship” major on April 21st-22nd. Held at the Guam Museum & Educational Facility in the capital city of Hagåtña, the Guam ESports Championship is a two day multi-game event, largely comprised of fighting games.
The following games will be at the event:
Full game rules can be found here, and if you’d like to sign up for the event, you can do so at their smash.gg page.
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Heroes of the Storm has been updated to bring both Fenix, the new playable Hero, and the Starcraft 20th anniversary items into the game. Fenix has been a mainstay in the Starcraft series as one of the greatest heroes of the Protoss. In addition, players will score some new Starcraft-themed portraits. Lastly a number of UI improvements and battleground adjustments have been added alongside tweaks to Varian, Li Li, and Tracer.
Despite attention turning to BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, BlazBlue: Central Fiction isn’t done yet! The challenging 2D fighter still finds lots of appreciation at tournaments around the world. One player that has been standing out for a while in the United States is Fame96. The Atlanta, Georgia local made himself particularly known for his Susano’o play in Central Fiction, widely considered to be the best at the character — as well as among the most skilled BlazBlue players in the country. He has only been competing since 2014.
The recent Final Round 20 tournament gave Fame96 a real opportunity to showcase his talent as he faced international and local players. “I would always be amazed by how people in tournaments played,” Fame96 told Shoryuken. “And I finally found a game I would actually want to compete in — BlazBlue. Through PG|SKD and others’ guidance, my power in BlazBlue quickly raised to new heights.”
At the tournament, Fame96 faced many skilled opponents, including Japanese players Abegen and PONOS|Garireo. Having triumphed over Abegen in a fairly close set, he moved on to facing Garireo in an extremely tense Winners Finals set, which Fame96 narrowly won (see the video below). After that, Fame96 moved on to fight Garireo again in the Grand Finals. Catch up on the amazing action in the videos, and keep scrolling for our Q&A with the player.
Woocash: Walk us through the matches with Garireo.
Fame96: In Winners Finals, I was in peak condition. In my mind, I was brimming with excitement and anticipation to get to fight him again so soon after NEC. While I love the fact that I get to play him again, the sense of dread creeped up on my shoulder due to the fact that I have to play the Susano’o/Litchi match-up, which is easily one of his worst. In Winners Finals, I noticed there were cracks in his armor. He was making crucial mistakes and dropping game-winning combos that he usually doesn’t drop, so I took full advantage which allowed me to win.
In Grand Finals, I knew it was reasonable for me to win. I had six games to work with. I simply tried to do my best and push forward. By the time Garireo won the 2nd game, I noticed immediately that he downloaded me. I tried to adjust, but I was too far gone. My mental state was pretty much shot, and by the time I snapped myself out of it, it was already 5-0. His mistakes at this point were very minimal and very hard to take advantage of, so my situation was very bleak, making me lose hope.
Woocash: You play multiple games, how do you manage that?
Fame96: I generally try to give each game the amount of time I feel like I need to give it to keep myself polished and/or improve. In Central Fiction’s case, I have been playing so long and learned so much about the game that I don’t really need to practice that much anymore. I can generally pick up a controller and just play from there. Dragon Ball FighterZ, on the other hand, is a new game, and a rather stressful one at that. It requires a lot of you at all times, in my opinion, due to what the game gives you. So I often play it a lot to stay in shape. When SoulCalibur VI and Cross Tag Battle come out, I will definitely dedicate time to them. How much, however, will depend on how much I like the games.
Woocash: Which game is most important to you?
Fame96: BBCF is still the most important to me, but DBFZ is the current priority in terms of actively practicing.
Woocash: What are your thoughts on BBCF specifically? Do you feel the game has faded?
Fame96: This version of BBCF is definitely my favorite version of the game. I like the dynamic that Overdrive brings and since they buffed Instant Block meter gain and adjusted the more obnoxious tendencies of the higher-tier characters and Exceed Assault, I find it even more fun than CF 1.0. Whether or not the game fades will depend on how the community and tournament organizers treat the game alongside BBTAG when the latter comes out. If they don’t treat BBTAG as its own thing and make it take BBCF’s spot, BBCF’s future may become grim.
Woocash: What are your plans for the future? And would you ever consider becoming a sponsored player?
Fame96: Mostly going to be going to local stuff. I don’t really have the money to travel. I am very open to becoming a sponsored player. I would love to travel more and compete in the games that I love to play.
You can see more videos of Fame96 on Biftuteki’s YouTube channel.