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World of Warcraft – Trial of Valor Mini-Raid Preview

The World of Warcraft community site has been updated with a brief preview of the v7.1 mini-raid, Trial of Valor. Trial of Valor will not launch with tomorrow’s release of v7.1 but will launch Normal and Heroic versions on November 8th, with Mythic and LFR versions launching on November 15th. The article gives a bit of background on the lore behind Trial of Valor and some information about the three bosses players will encounter.

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Galloping Ghost Arcade Hosts A Celebration of Mortal Kombat at Kombat Kon from November 19th-20th

Gathering together avid Mortal Kombat fans from around the world, Galloping Ghost Arcade is hosting a weekend of all things MK with Kombat Kon, held in McCook, Illinois. This konvention will have the original motion capture actors from the original Mortal Kombat series meeting fans and signing autographs, alongside hosting special real life “Test Your Might” events. There will be cosplay competitions, an artist alley filled with artists selling special Mortal Kombat themed art, as well as a dedicated freeplay arcade for attendees to enjoy throughout the whole weekend.

There will, of course, be some kombat during the weekend, with Galloping Ghost hosting Shang Tsung’s Fight Night VI. This will feature tournaments across Mortal Kombat’s history, with MK, MKII, UMK3 and MKX all having a spot on Shang Tsung’s Challenge Tower. The Mortal Kombat X tournament will be on Saturday the 19th, as well as a $10 buy in UMK3 tournament. If you cannot make those, there will be tournaments for the original trilogy throughout the weekend so there will be plenty of time to uppercut someone into the Pit.

More details are available on the Facebook event page for Kombat Kon and you can buy tickets right here. Two day passes are $40 while special VIP passes go for $100 and there are only 50, so get buying now if you want to spend your weekend treated as one of Shao Kahn’s greatest warriors.

Sources: Kombat Kon; Galloping Ghost Arcade

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Throw Kunai with Deadly Precision, with this Ibuki Optimization Video from FGC Academy

Ibuki’s kunai are integral to her gameplan in Street Fighter V, so learning to use them correctly is vital to do damage as this ninja schoolgirl. To stop Ibukis around the world misusing their kunai, the FGC Academy has created an instructional video, teaching all kunoichi how to properly manage their throwing knives.

As with handling any dangerous equipment, FGC Academy first goes over the improper use of kunai, like randomly throwing air kunai and getting punished or using more than two kunai in a single juggle. While it may look flashy and get the crowd on your side, excessive kunai use is just wasting resources and it’s better to learn and utilize the less flashy, but equally damaging combo whenever possible.

The main optimizations of kunai, according to FGC Academy, are hit-checking the opponent, using kunai to make moves like standing heavy punch safe and extending blockstring pressure by using EX kunai. If all goes to pot and you are running low, ending a combo with heavy punch Raida should give you enough time to reload at least one kunai. The video shows these kunai applications in action so try to see how you can further optimize these optimizations after watching this guide.

Source: FGC Academy