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Regional Community / MBAA PS2 Known Player Compilation

« on: August 09, 2010, 07:41:43 PM »

So as I introduce new players to the community I find it a completely arduous task to explain who mains who, who's from where, and who the known players are. 

Thus I wanted to make a known player (not top player, known player) compilation for the regulars who come to most tournaments or very helpful members of the community.  NAH need not apply. 

All you need to do is post your...

Handle:
Main Character:
Notable Alt's:
Affiliation: None
Predominant Region:
Awards/Top Placement:
Other Information:

So for me, this would be,

Handle: Komidol
Main Character: F-Kohaku
Notable Alt's: F-KohaMech, H-Mech
Affiliation: N/A
Predominant Region: New Jersey (USA-EC)
Awards/Top Placement: Top 5 NECXI Teams, Battle in the Next Level Teams 1st
Other Information: N/A

Please keep the extra information field short and sweet, the whole thing should not take you more than 15 seconds to complete.  Things that would go here, for example, if you were Curbeh: Wiki Editor, Tutorial Video Editor, or maybe another game you play if you are/were a top player at it.  I want the players to make their own because I wouldn't want information posted in this or any other section inaccurately or something they wouldn't want to be known for.  If you want to make your primary contact information available, this would also be where you put it.  (Something like an email, url, or if you're brave - phone number)

And please, do not post something along the lines of "this is America, who cares".  This isn't a top player list, it's a known community member list to help people coming into the community out.  Your choice to fill it out should be determined by your willingness to attend events and meet people in person.  No one is forcing you to post your information, and also I don't need 5,000 people replying; this is somewhat just for people who attend events and want to attend more events or play more people.  (Ideally, I think that's roughly 60 of us across the country).

I think it would be really helpful and accommodate to new players, so please help out

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****This template is compiled by known player's mains, please check the detailed information for their alts for player resources.  For example, I am a good resource for F-Kohaku & Mech Hisui information.

    * Akiha Tohno Players

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Handle: Fox (AnFox, MakotoFox)
Main Character: F-Akiha
Notable Alt's: F-VSion, C-Akiha
Affiliation: Team Sp00ky OG
Predominant Region: USA East Coast - NY
Awards/Top Placement: 2nd, WinterBrawl 4/Summer Jam 5, Won multiple team-tournaments.
Other Information: Melty Bread Podcast Radio Host

    * Akiha Tohno (Seifuku) Players

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Handle: Mizuki
Main Character: F-S.Akiha
Notable Alt's: F-Roa
Affiliation: Team Sp00ky (TS)
Predominant Region: North California
Awards/Top Placement: None.
Other Information: Going to play AH3, Veteran community member.
    * Akiha Vermillion Players

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Handle: LordPangTong (LPT)
Main Character: H-V.Akiha
Notable Alt's: F-V.Akiha, C-W Len, H-Ries
Affiliation: Team Talulah
Predominant Region: CT/MA/NY/NJ
Awards/Top Placement: Top 8 @ ECT2/BBGXII/Uprising, Local CHAMP, 2nd Game Junkie, 3rd Battle In The Next Level
Other Information: Alpha-V Akiha player. Radiates positive energy.
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    * Aoko Aozaki Players

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Handle: Kirah
Main Character: Aoko
Notable Alt's: F-Akiha
Affiliation: Team Sp00ky (TS)
Predominant Region: NJ/NY
Awards/Top Placement : 3rd at R2E and 2nd at Act
Other Information: Gathering Host
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Handle: Kusanagi
Main Character: H-Aoko
Notable Alt's: F-Aoko // C-Roa
Affiliation: N/A
Predominant Region: Mexico
Awards/Top Placement: Evo2k10, MBAA Top 3
Other Information: N/A
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    * Archetype: Earth Players

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Handle: mauve
Main Character: Archetype: Earth
Notable Alt's: None
Affiliation: NAH (Nigga's At Home)
Predominant Region: Washington - West Coast
Awards/Top Placement: None
Other Information: Caster and Framedisplay guy. IaMP and SamSho player. Long time hacker/member of the community.
    * Arcueid Brunestud Players

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Handle: SilentShinobi
Main Character: H-Arc
Notable Alt's: C/F-Arc; C-Ciel
Affiliation: Donjon
Predominant Region: Gulf Coast (Alabama)
Awards/Top Placement: 4th @ Final Round / 1st in Evo Teams (Brandino/Kusa) / Top 16 @ Evo (Pool 4 - 4th place)
Other Information: Tournament Organizer. 
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Handle: Jimmy (Great Knight)
Main Character: F-Arc
Notable Alt's: H-Nanaya
Affiliation: N/A
Predominant Region: Philadelphia
Awards/Top Placement: Battle in the Next Level Teams - 1st
Other Information: N/A

    * Ciel Players

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Handle: HF-Blade
Main Character: C-Ciel
Notable Alt's: Ryougi
Affiliation: N/A
Predominant Region: USA West Coast
Awards/Top Placement: EVO Top 8
Other Information: N/A

Handle: Zaelar
Main Character: C-Ciel
Notable Alt's: C-KohaMech, F-Ciel
Affiliation: N/A
Predominant Region: NJ - East Coast
Awards/Top Placement: Top 8 at BBGXI, Summer Jam
Other Information: 236C
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Handle: Zar, Zartacus!, Zar The Biscuit, ZtB, isthismugen, Santa Suit Biff, 5K>BLOWUP
Main Character: F-Ciel
Notable Alts: C-Seifuku Akiha, F-Mech
Affiliation: Team Sp00ky (TS), Poverty, NAH (Nigga's at Home)
Predominant Region: NYC
Awards/Top Placement: Top 8 at NECX/Winter Brawl 4, 2nd @ East Coast Throwdown 2.
Other Information:  MBAC Top Player

Handle: Brandino
Main Character: F-Ciel
Notable Alt's: H-Aoko
Affiliation: Donjon
Predominant Region: Ohio
Awards/Top Placement: 3rd place at Final Round XIII, 3rd place at Final Round XIII teams, 1st place at EVO 2010 teams, 4th place at NEC XI, 4th place at NEC XI teams, Top 8 Evo 2010
Other Information: Throws chairs, take caution. 

Handle: Tone
Main Character: F-Ciel
Notable Alt's: None
Affiliation: None
Predominant Region: Northern California/North Bay + Sac area
Awards/Top Placement: Top 8 NECXI Teams
Other Information: Former KOF main.

    * Hisui Players

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Handle: Numakie
Main Character: C-Hisui
Notable Alt's: F-Kouma, F-Satsuki, F-Roa
Affiliation: Melty Bread, Arcade Infinity (A.I.)
Predominant Region: So.Cal. LA Area
Awards/Top Placement: Top 8 @ Evo2010 & a couple of West Toasts.
Other Information: Hisui character love.

Handle: MagnusXL
Main Character: C-Hisui
Notable Alt's: C-Riesbyfe
Affiliation: N/A
Predominant Region: Midwest.
Awards/Top Placement: N/A
Other Information: Hisui Wiki writer.
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    * Hisui & Kohaku Players

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Handle: Chazz (Mynus)
Main Character: F-HisuKoha
Notable Alt's: N/A
Affiliation: N/A
Predominant Region: NYC - East Coast
Awards/Top Placement: Top 8 @ BBG
Other Information: Guilty Gear Player

    * Kohaku Players

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Handle: Pfhor
Main Character: C-Kohaku
Notable Alt's: None
Affiliation: None
Predominant Region: North Texas
Awards/Top Placement: 7th at most events, 11th at Evo2k10
Other Information: C-Kohaku / Game Knowledge Enthusiast, Reforming Online Troll

Handle: someAzNdude (Ken)
Main Character: C-Kohaku
Notable Alt's: N/A
Affiliation: NAH
Predominant Region: NYC - East Coast
Awards/Top Placement: Top 8 @ BBGs and On Blast
Other Information: Arcana Heart Player
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Handle: Lord Knight (Seto Kaiba) (LK)
Main Character: H-Kohaku
Notable Alt's: C-Warc
Affiliation: $NJ$
Predominant Region: New Jersey - East Coast
Awards/Top Placement: Victor - NECXI/NECXII/Winter Brawl 4/Winter Brawl 5/Summer Jam 4/Summer Jam 5/Battle in the Next Level/Local Tournaments || 2nd, Final Round 2010, 2nd, Evo2k10
Other Information: United States Melty Blood champion, Vampire Saviour/BlazBlue player.   
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Handle: Komidol
Main Character: F-Kohaku
Notable Alt's: F-Koha&Mech, H-Nanaya, H-Mech
Affiliation: N/A
Predominant Region: USA - East Coast - NJ
Awards/Top Placement: NECXI Teams - 5th, Battle In the Next Level Teams - 1st
Other Information: N/A

    * Kohaku & Mech-Hisui Players

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    * Kouma Kishima Players

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Handle: Kamina, Kamina-Kouma
Main Character: F-Kouma
Notable Alt's: C-Kouma, F-Sacchin, H-Kouma, F-Ries
Affiliation: Ero-Ero-Dan (EED)
Predominant Region: NY - Staten Island
Awards/Top Placement: Road to Evo Top 4
Other Information: Hype, ANIMEEEEEEEEE!, likes dunking things.
    * Len Players

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Handle: PHauxE (aka french fox)
Main Character: H-Len
Notable Alt's: None.
Affiliation: None.
Predominant Region: Maryland (MD-VA/EC)
Awards/Top Placement: None.
Other Information: H-Len player who needs to write stuff on the wiki.
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    * Mech-Hisui Players

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Handle: Xie
Main Character: C-Mech
Notable Alt's: N/A
Affiliation: N/A
Predominant Region: USA West Coast
Awards/Top Placement: 2nd - NECX
Other Information: BlazBlue Player

Handle: Rayza
Main Character: C-Mech
Notable Alt's: H-Sion
Affiliation: Team Sp00ky 
Predominant Region: Northern Virginia (MD-VA)
Awards/Top Placement: Top 3 Summer Jam, Game Junkie 1st
Other Information: N/A
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    * Mech-Hisui & Neco Arc Players

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Handle: Master Chibi (MChibi) (9th)
Main Character: C-Meko
Notable Alt's: C/F/H - Hisui
Affiliation: Team Sp00ky OG
Predominant Region: USA Easy Coast (NJ/NY)
Awards/Top Placement: 9th Place in Every Tournament
Other Information: Melty Bread site admin, radio host, veteran member. 
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    * Miyako Arima Players

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Handle: Legendary Blue Shirt (LBS)
Main Character: C-Miyako
Notable Alt's: None.
Affiliation: N/A
Predominant Region: MD/VA
Awards/Top Placement: None.
Other Information: Random
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Handle: Comic-Z
Main Character: F-Miyako
Notable Alt's: None.
Affiliation: N/A
Predominant Region: NJ/NY
Awards/Top Placement: 2nd - Battle in the Next Level, 2nd - Summer Jam
Other Information: He will mod your PSP for you. 

Handle: Doren2k (DorenDAGAWD)
Main Character: F-Miyako
Notable Alt's: C-Miyako
Affiliation: Heaven / NAH
Predominant Region: Alabama
Awards/Top Placement: FRXIII Victor
Other Information:  GGAC Player, pretends he is DA GAWD.

Handle: LoliSauce
Main Character: F-Miyako
Notable Alt's:   
Affiliation:   
Predominant Region: West Coast (Vegas, in specific)
Awards/Top Placement: None.
Other Information:  Active administrator and diplomat of Melty Bread.  Loves little girls.  Wants to hug and have a tea party with them.
    * Neco Arc Players

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Handle: Kurii
Main Character: C-Neco Arc
Notable Alt's: C-Hisui
Affiliation: N/A
Predominant Region: Texas
Awards/Top Placement: 1st in Texas Showdown '08, 9th Final Round '10
Other Information: Neco Tier, MBAC Netplayer.
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    * Neco Arc Chaos Players

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    * Nero Chaos Players

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Handle: Arlieth
Main Character: Nero
Notable Alt's: Neko-Arc Chaos
Affiliation: Melty Bread, West Toast- err, Coast
Predominant Region: SoCal
Awards/Top Placement: Victor of many former West Toasts, Victor of Evo 2k7
Other Information: Founder of Meltybread, Retired 3S Player
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Handle: NerdJosh
Main Character: H-Nero
Notable Alt's: N/A
Affiliation: Team Sp00ky
Predominant Region: USA East Coast - NY
Awards/Top Placement: N/A
Other Information: N/A
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Handle: GenericSuperHero
Main Character: Nrvnqsr Chaos
Notable Alt's: C-Kouma, C/H Nero
Affiliation: $NJ$
Predominant Region: NJ - East Coast
Awards/Top Placement: NEC9, NECX, BBGXI, Winter Brawl - 5th.  Winner of Summer Jam (w/Lord Knight) and NECX (w/Xie) Teams.  Top 3 of BBXII and ECT2.
Other Information: Compiler and author of IPlayWinner MBAA Article, drinks a lot at tournaments. 

    * Red Arcueid Players

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    * Riesbyfe Stridberg Players

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Handle:　Curbeh
Main Character: H-Ries
Notable Alt's: C-Seifuku, F-Kohaku
Affiliation: Kagami, Team Sp00ky (TS)
Predominant Region: MD/VA/DC
Awards/Top Placement: Most handsome
Other Information: Wiki Editor for MBAA/AH3, JP Translator, & Video Editor - http://www.youtube.com/user/Honyakusya
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Handle: Xaq Shinor (Executioner)
Main Character: F-Ries
Notable Alt's: C-WLen
Affiliation: N/A
Predominant Region: USA East Coast
Awards/Top Placement: BBGXII - 1st
Other Information: Guilty Gear Player

    * Roa Players

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Handle: Coren
Main Character: C-Roa
Notable Alt's: H-Roa
Affiliation: N/A
Predominant Region: Greater Vancouver Area (CAN - WC)
Awards/Top Placement: None
Other Information: C-Roa enthusiast, Online Troll
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Handle: Spidey
Main Character: H-Roa
Notable Alt's: N/A
Affiliation: N/A
Predominant Region: USA West Coast
Awards/Top Placement: None
Other Information: N/A
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Handle: Furok
Main Character: F-Roa
Notable Alt's: N/A
Affiliation: N/A
Predominant Region: USA - CT
Awards/Top Placement: None
Other Information: N/A

    * Satsuki Yumiduka Players

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Handle: Matt Coma
Main Character: C-Satsuki
Notable Alt's: C-Sion
Affiliation: N/A
Predominant Region: USA West Coast
Awards/Top Placement: Guard Break 3 (?) Teams 1st
Other Information: N/A
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    * Shiki Nanaya Players

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Handle: Rokunaya (Or Roku)
Main Character: C-Nanaya
Notable Alt's: H-Arcueid, H-V.Sion
Affiliation: N/A
Predominant Region: NJ-EC USA
Awards/Top Placement:  2nd, NECXI Teams
Other Information: N/A

Handle: Dipstick (Dippy)
Main Character: "America's Worst" C-Nanaya
Notable Alt's: C-Ryougi
Affiliation: N/A
Predominant Region: Desert Coast (WC)
Awards/Top Placement: Poverty Emeritus in 2009.
Other Information:  Part of Melty Bread Administration
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Handle: Jiyuna
Main Character: F-Nanaya
Notable Alt's: C-Nanaya, C-Kouma, C-Wara
Affiliation: N/A
Predominant Region: USA East Coast - New Jersey
Awards/Top Placement: 3rd, NECX, 3rd, Winter Brawl 4, MBAC Champion
Other Information: MIA, Drinking around Japan somewhere.

    * Shiki Ryougi Players

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Handle: Rei
Main Character: C-Ryougi
Notable Alt's: F-Arc
Affiliation: Team Sp00ky (TS)
Predominant Region: MD-VA
Awards/Top Placement: Top 4, 2Blast
Other Information: Arcana Heart Player

Handle: LivingShadow (LeS)
Main Character: C-Ryougi
Notable Alt's: C-SAkiha
Affiliation: None.
Predominant Region: PA/MD
Awards/Top Placement: None
Other Information: In desperate need of a keyboard.
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Handle: Shlowpoke (Reik)
Main Character: H-Ryougi
Notable Alt's: F-Ryougi
Affiliation: N/A
Predominant Region: NJ/PA
Awards/Top Placement: WinterBrawl, 9th
Other Information: Doesn't attend tournaments very often, makes Combo videos.  NAH Status.

Handle: Greg
Main Character: H-Ryougi
Notable Alt's: H-Len
Affiliation: N/A
Predominant Region: USA East Coast
Awards/Top Placement: None
Other Information: N/A
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Handle: Nas
Main Character: F-Ryougi
Notable Alt's: N/A
Affiliation: None
Predominant Region: DE
Awards/Places: Top 16 EVO2K10, Top 8 NECXI, NECIX
Other Information: Boardgames, Blazblue (Noel Main), Drinking, MvC3 Player

Handle: Shiki
Main Character: F-Ryougi
Notable Alt's: F-Miyako
Affiliation: N/A
Predominant Region: USA - NY
Awards/Top Placement: None
Other Information: N/A

    * Shiki Tohno Players

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Handle: Tinshi
Main Character: C-Tohno
Notable Alt's: H-Tohno
Affiliation: N/A
Predominant Region: USA East Coast
Awards/Top Placement: None
Other Information: N/A
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Handle: Yat
Main Character: H-Tohno
Notable Alt's: N/A
Affiliation: N/A
Predominant Region: USA NorCal
Awards/Top Placement: Top 8 Evo
Other Information: N/A
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Handle: Tonberry
Main Character: F-Tohno
Notable Alt's: H-Tohno, One Moon of Each Character
Affiliation: $NJ$
Predominant Region: USA - New Jersey
Awards/Top Placement: 2nd, NECXI, Top 8, NECX
Other Information: Hidden King, NAH-Status
    * Sion Eltnam Atlasia Players

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Handle: Tempered
Main Character: C-Sion
Notable Alt's: The Rest of the Cast.
Affiliation: Desert Coast
Predominant Region: AZ
Awards/Top Placement: Top 3 in WC Locals.
Other Information: Started Melty in Feb. 2008.  Posts random links in IRC.
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Handle: Zero
Main Character: F-Sion
Notable Alt's: Many obscure characters.
Affiliation: None
Predominant Region: MA - EC/USA
Awards/Top Placement: None.
Other Information: Not a big talker.

Handle: Benny1
Main Character: F-Sion
Notable Alt's: Many unpopular characters.
Affiliation: None
Predominant Region: Midwest
Awards/Top Placement: Top 8 at Midwest Championship (lord knows this counts for nothing)
Other Information: Researches many obscure characters, long-time member of the community. 
    * Sion TATARI Players

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Handle: Sp00ky
Main Character: H-V.Sion
Notable Alt's: C-V.Sion
Affiliation: Team Sp00ky (TS)
Predominant Region: USA East Coast
Awards/Top Placement: MBAC Top Placement
Other Information: Team Sp00ky Founder/CEO, The Godfather

Handle: Nightroad (Nighto)
Main Character: H-V.Sion
Notable Alt's: Random Select
Affiliation: Ero-Ero-Dan (EED)
Predominant Region: NY - East Coast
Awards/Top Placement: Top 5 NECX Teams
Other Information: N/A

Handle: Choco
Main Character: H-VSion
Notable Alt's: F-Hisui
Affiliation: N/A
Predominant Region: West Coast
Awards/Top Placement: N/A
Other Information: N/A
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    * Warakia Players

               - Crescent
                         +
Handle: ehrik
Main Character: C-Wara
Notable Alt's: F-Tohno
Affiliation: None
Predominant Region: Philadelphia PA, Tustin CA (SoCal)
Awards/Top Placement: Top 8, Summer Jam; Top 5 NECXI Teams; Winter Brawl 3rd, Summer Jam 3rd
Other Information: N/A

Handle: benothebeno (Beno)
Main Character: C-Wara
Notable Alt's: H-Nero
Affiliation: N/A
Predominant Region: Midwest
Awards/Top Placement:  N/A

               - Half
                         +
Handle: Hyper Hal
Main Character: H-Wara
Notable Alt's: C-Wara
Affiliation: N/A
Predominant Region: Philadelphia
Awards/Top Placement: N/A
Other Information: N/A
               - Full
                         +

    * White Len Players

               - Crescent
                         +
Handle: DJcream
Main Character: C-WLen
Notable Alt's: F-WLen, H-Hisui
Affiliation: None
Predominant Region: North California
Awards/Top Placement: Tied for 5th EVO2k10 MBAA team tourney.
Other Information: Stream Monster, CvS2/SSF4 player.
               - Half
                         +
               - Full
                         +
Handle: Bellreisa
Main Character: F-WLen
Notable Alt's: F-Ries
Affiliation: Bellhaus/Mizuumi
Predominant Region: Southern California
Awards/Top Placement: Multiple
Other Information: Arcana Heart main, Mizuumi CEO, Evo Announcer

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Akiha's Tea Room / The Art of Yomi

« on: July 26, 2010, 05:55:15 AM »

Reading the Art of War lately I've decided to take Sun Tzu's words and translate them into terms of Melty Blood.  For those of you unaware, the Art of War is a classic in historical writing to strategy on and off the battlefield.  We spend months developing our characters (our tactics), but I feel direction and strategy going into a fight will be what ultimately wins each battle.  

At the start of every round you have your forces (11,000hp, If I recall correctly, not including defense ratings), and you select your general (character) to fight with, each with his or her own abilities.  Sun Tzu starts his book by asking seven critical questions in deciding who is more likely to win the fight, which I have translated into my own words below:

-Which of the two sovereigns is imbued with Moral Law?
Moral Law is your ability to follow your general and perform, simply this is who is more confidant, least nervous, and able to perform to full cability?

-Which of the two generals has most ability?
Simply, who is more talented?  Obviously after mindset this is most important.  

-With whom lie the advantages of from Heaven and Earth?
What is the comfort zone of the players?  Is this grand finals or casuals?  Is it a favorable temperature in the room for one and not for another?  Is one player tired?  Does the other player have itis after eating?  All these things factor into play performance.

-On which side is discipline more rigorously enforced?
Who spents more time playing and in training mode?  Who has more overall game knowledge?

-Which army is stronger?
Who has the matchup advantage?

-On which side are officers and men more highly trained?
Who studies and who has stronger mixups/crossups/oki/tricks/gimmicks?  

-In which army is there the greater constancy both in reward and punishment?
Who has more experience (whether this be in the matchup, in the specific game, or fighting games in general).  

Sun Tzu says by means of these you can forecast victory or defeat, which is definitely a factor for those of you who want to learn the art of sidebetting, but that is for another day.

Now, considering the above factors Sun Tzu makes his most important statement:  All warfare is based on deception.

Thus, I am considering making this an ongoing thread about "The Art of Yomi".  I welcome any and all player insight into the art, such that players can improve their mindset (something that can't be done in training mode) and hence, their game.  This thread is to answer questions such as, but not limited to: what do you watch out for in every match, how do you observe other player's strategy, and what are you thinking about when building strong offensive play or defensive play (what is a player thinking when under H-Vsion corner pressure, for example?)

I thought it would be interesting insight into each of our players.

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Kohaku & Mech-Hisui / F-Kohaku and Mech Hisui

« on: July 17, 2010, 11:21:01 AM »

In Full-Moon this character is very similar to F-Kohaku.  She keeps all the same normals and her 236 specials.  This includes her 5C, it's partial charge, and full charge.  What F-Kohaku loses makes F-KohaMech a gimmick team that will probably only work once against someone who's never seen the matchup before.

Here's what she loses from F-Kohaku:
Molotovs
Magical Amber command dashes (including her ender)
Plants (hence most of her Oki)
Command grab
Counters
Kohaku Drug-On Install (163214C)

This obviously hurts a lot.  Kohaku is stripped to bear bones and loses almost her entire vortex (plant oki); not to mention her all too useful counters which shutdown the enemy's projectile game hardcore.

Here's what she gains over F-Kohaku:
Assists
Air Assists
22-Series assists
623 Machine Gun Moveset
A different command grab.
Maid's special Arc Drive (214214C in max)

BnB

(2A) 5B (2B) 4B 2C 3C j.bc (sd)j.bc airthrow
Ground Hit Confirm -> 623C Dash 5C Aerial

Corner

(5B) (2B) 5C 623C 5C j.bc (sd)j.bc airthrow
(5B) (2B) 5C 236C 5C j.bc (sd)j.bc airthrow (If Mech-Hisui is not in position)

Remember you do lose that all important ender.  

Full Blockstring
Of course, staggering 5B/2B/4B/5C is your best bet for scoring a hit, but F-KohaMech can use 100% meter (623C) to reset her string, something F-Kohaku cannot do.  It's good for lockdown.

(2AA) 5B 2B 4B 5{C} 236A EX623C Dash 2B...Reapply

If you think you can get away with a jumpin (or not being reversal'd/poked), you can do...

(2AA) 5B 2B 5C IADj.C 5B 4B 2[C] 236A 623C Dash 2B...Reapply

The dash is to cover jumpouts and counter hit anything.  You have enough time to do it, the timing is fairly easy to get down after a little bit in training mode.  The full string does have gaps but if you manage the whole thing it's great for guardcrush.  Does about half a bar.  Obviously you don't want to do it against some characters (Like Ciel who will flashkick you out of your IAD j.C or ExHiero after your 236a).  The nice thing is if you're smart you'll know where the holes are and can rotate accordingly.  

The IAD is your option point, from there you can just j.c to continue with the above blockstring, feint a charge into command grab, or go into a low 4B, 2A, or just straightout charge j.C.  

The 623C is bunkerable, but you can reapply in different ways to punish your opponent if they pick up on this.  You may also want to save the reapply for if you're in max (as C/F can EX guard it) or if you're fighting halfmoon.  Otherwise it might eat up meter you'd want to spend on her...

IH Combo

(2AAA) (5B) (5C) 236A 5E 2C 236A 41236C

2C 236A 5E 2C 236A 41236C  

Roughly 4-6k and circuit break.  With the loss of magical amber, you can't IH Mixup for a 4way, but her j.C crosses up and you can use some IH options with that.  Feel free to post if you make a good mixup with it.  623C in Blockstring is also good to IH.  

Command Grab Tech Trap
63214C will command grab allowing the opponent to tech.  In the corner as you launch them you need to do

63214C 22A (or 22B for short characters/neko's)
This will create a tech trap.  If they tech forward you can 236B if they attack of 5C if they don't for counter hit.  If they tech backwards they will be caught by 22A/22B and forced to block, allowing you to reapply pressure.  If they tech neutral you have a VERY small gap to 5C them into aerial combo (and even if you fuckup they'll be back to blocking in the corner and you can reapply pressure.  No matter which way they go, you should be able to hit them, counter hit them, or reapply pressure.  Usually you can confirm into a combo.

To perform this correctly, you need to command grab them, buffer 22 while Mech is summoning her extra mech, and hit A or B when the hit occurs.  The timing is somewhat strict.  You need to really watch for how they tech.  If they don't you get a free OTG string, 2AA 5B 5C, and another tech trap.

Opponent's Wake-Up setups

22B 4B
This feints that 22B is an overhead and you catch them low with 4B.  You can confirm into a combo.  I would like to note 22A blows for anything other than the command grab setup, so I suggest using 22B.  

22C Dash Grab
One fucking godlike Bazooka.  It will link into your grab.  Even reduced this will do a grab for about 3k.  Works at most ranges.  Once they figure it out, you can do mix it up with 2C or 4B.

Ground Artillery

This is a strategy I use to control the ground.  Full screen you can use Mech's 22C to send a projectile across the screen.  You can then use 5[C] to send Kohaku's sword (which will hit crouching characters) to help get in, and link and/or use your Edge Waves (236A/236B) to control a lot of zone around you.  You even have enough time (if you can get on the other side of your opponent), to 5[C] to send projectiles across the ground each way.  This strat Loses to Air-Ground fullscreen (such as F-WLen's Ice, or Ciel's Swords) and is very weak to crossup.  Usually you can get away with it fullscreen.  

Assists
Overall these a very weak, but like with any assist character in any game, you can use them sneakily.  214A should be low, but it isn't, and 214B should only be used to hit your opponent in the air.  Except you can't even get counter hit damage off it because she hit's them twice.  214C works as an anti-air, but you already have 2B, j.b and 236B anyway so it's really only useful in the air.  You can hold 214C to launch multiple projectiles if you want to.  I"m not completely sure, but I don't feel like any her assist hits are plus frames.  If they are you have too much recovery to do much about it.

Trades

Just wanted to make on final note on trades with her 22-assists.  Trading is a pretty important tool for F-KohaMech's gameplay.  F-KohaMech's assists are weird in that they have a fast startup but horrible recovery.  Meaning, Kohaku will still be in recovery for her 22-move series while her 22A/22B will still go off.  Thus, you can actually use 22B randomly and while your opponent combos you (if they don't stop) they can get hit from the assist and stunned (bad) while you run it back with your own combo.  Nice trade for like 1.5k on you and 4.2k against them.

Overall F-Koha&Mech is really gimmicky but her setups are easy and heavy damaging.  Regardless, her normals are just as strong and these two can hold their own in a fight against characters with low mobility have some interesting tech-trap and guard crush options against characters with a weak defense.  If her assists were a bit better she might be a competitively playable B+-tier character.

Thanks to Ehrik for reviewing this guide, improving on the tech trap, and listing important notes about her 623C.

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Tournament Results / On Blast! 3 Results

« on: July 04, 2010, 10:37:17 PM »

Didn't see a thread for it yet, so I took the liberty of ripping the results off Tornamento.

1   Sai "sai" Kandala (Zar) $38.00
2   Spooky $11.00
3   Kevin   (Zaelar) $5.00
4   shawn "Kamina" smith $0.00
5   nightroad
5   Komidol
7   Kirah
7   David "Tinshi" Amrrero
9   Master Chibi   
9   DaiAndOh   
9   Kenny   

Of course, hosted by Tinshi and TeamSp00ky at The GamePad in Brooklyn (I'm sure he'll link the vids when he gets a chance.)

It was good seeing everyone again.  See everyone who can't make it out to Evo at SummerJam.

30

Ciel's Tech Support / Connecting to Mizuumi (SSL Port Inquiry)

« on: January 20, 2010, 08:36:23 AM »

Alright, so, new college has an insane firewall on their internet connection and I'm having IRC connection issues.  I need to know Mizuumi's SSL port so I can bypass the connection.  Can anyone help me out?

31

Regional Community / A Philadelphia Merry Meltan (12/26->12/31)

« on: December 20, 2009, 05:54:40 AM »

To anyone living in the Philadelphia area:  For the last week of 2009 I'll be opening my place for casual meltan.  I can't speak for them, but chances are Myself, Phauxe, Chaser, Kite, and a couple others will be melting hours each day we can.  Essentially we're preparing for Kirah's bash on the New Year, taking advantage of a few bored melters spending time at home this break, and leveling up for winterbrawl and FR.  The casuals are very casual and learning-based.  We'll be playing for fun but I want to some extent nitpick each other so we can all get better.  Towards the end we might have some small tournament or random 1$ money matches, but I want to see some leveling up each night.   I also have streaming equipment, but it's up to who's playing if they want to be streamed. 

To a very limited amount, I'm willing to provide rides/pick-ups.  Basically the limit is 10-15 minute drive away.  I do live on the outskirts of Philadelphia (near Ambler), so I'm not driving 30 minutes to the heart of the city to pick you up when you can take the R5 or something and meet up with you at a train station.    

You can contact me pretty easily in IRC, or send me a PM and I'll get you my number/exact location.  You can also email me at Komidol@gmail.com

We have two setups, and might make use of a third.  We also might crash at Kite's place, even though he doesn't know it yet.  <.<;

So, anyone who's interested, let me know.  Players of ALL levels are welcome, but keep in mind if you're not too good we'll be doing nothing but playing meltan all night, so be ready for a beating  

32

Kohaku's Magical Garage / Invalids

« on: December 07, 2009, 11:28:09 PM »

I had a fight at NECX where Zaelar EX'd off an invalid combo on me, which (not to my knowledge ;_;) ran up my meter from like 120% to max.  So, this got me thinking - what exactly are the properties of invalids?  I know obviously invalids are hits where you could of done something (either block or tech), but because the defending player didn't do the aforementioned, an invalid combo/hit occurs.  How does an invalid effect circuit and proration?  How does is effect the state of each player?  What does the Frame Data look like?  

33

Akiha's Tea Room / Melty OST Guitar Tabs

« on: September 29, 2009, 07:07:31 PM »

Anyone got any?  Quick sweep of google didn't turn up much.  Lookin particularly for Blood Heat and and the main Beat theme.  Maybe PE-RI-CA.  

I wouldn't mind Act Cadenza or Re-Act versions, either.  Anything helps.