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Kohaku's Magical Garage / What IS a whiff?

« on: September 18, 2009, 07:28:48 AM »

I hear this mentioned all the time in higher-level combos but I'm not sure what it is.  I'm guessing it's when an attack doesn't it normally, or something like that.  Anyone?

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Melty Blood Auditorium / Playing Melty Blood with an arcade stick?

« on: September 17, 2009, 06:52:50 PM »

Ok guys, let me begin by saying that while I've had a mayflash arcade stick for awhile now, I've never gotten particularly good with it in any fighting game.  Part of this is due to the fact that the stock stick and buttons are fairly crappy, but more importantly learning the arcade stick is almost as hard as learning Melty Blood.  In the past I had given up on learning to use it for CvS2 and KOF, but now I decided to try Melty Blood.

Any idea how long it'd probably take to get really used to this thing?  If reaching the level I'm at with a controller will take a year of training, I'm not completely sure it's worth it (however, I'm thinking it won't take quite that long).

Any ideas on how exactly to hold the stick?  I rest the left side of my hand on the body of the thing and grasp the ball (Japanese style stick), between thumb and index fingers.  The problem is that double-tapping left is a LOT harder than double-tapping right (though at least I seem to be able to IAD as easily as with the pad - which is not very reliably).

Lastly, I'm thinking of modding this thing.  Anyone know what kind of stick and buttons I should get?  I also have zero experience in soldering, and using a dremel saw.  Is there going to be anyone at NECX that could possibly help me mod it?  I'd bring the parts and tools and someone could help me do it.  I've seen a pictoral tutorial on shoryuken, but while it's supposed to be an easy stick to mod, I'm still quite afraid of messing up.

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Kohaku's Magical Garage / Comparison of character hitboxes?

« on: September 15, 2009, 08:59:25 AM »

Is there any resource available that compares the sizes of character hitboxes?  For example, I was practicing a combo against Tohno Shiki, and pretty much got it down squat (I have a reasonable chance of success if I do it with my eyes closed).  However, I started practicing against VSion, and noticed that I often messed up with the range of one of my attacks and it messed up the whole thing (in case you're wondering, I was Akiha and in a BNB combo I would mess up with the launcher timing; fortunately I think I've worked out the issue now).

I'd like to know which characters have bigger hitboxes and which have smaller ones.  Especially so that when practicing I can practice against one with a big hitbox, one with a medium one, and one with a small one.

Any ideas?