Taisenkai Fight Card
If you haven't seen the new show, please do check it out. I'm very pleased with how it's turning out, especially for the higher level of interactivity and discussion we're having with the show. I'm not giving up on Replay/Review at all, but overall Taisenkai Fight Card has offered more dynamic avenues to explore, and some better / current 'take home,' lessons for me as a player.
Older Taisenkai Events
It is amazing where your data ends up going after losing 2 computers and shuffling hard drives. It wasn't six months ago I was talking to @Surrealiumum about these videos, then promptly losing track of the folder again (go me).
If I were to be 'shoulda/coulda/woulda,' about this set of videos, is that I wish I were more on top of match recording technology / documentation / formal tournament structure.At the time of these videos we were still recording off a PS2 with an SD video capture device. After the release of the next generation of fighters both the console and my display upgraded, but not my recording stuff. Additionally, even though it's SD quality, the setup was probably unnecessarily ghetto to the point of picture degradation, you'll notice a slight purple tinge on the captured footage. I hadn't even seen many pro-level tournaments when we had these events, but I always wanted to have like documentation / match recording. Equipment-wise now, I'm still short cameras and a mixing board, thankfully now at least I'm not working against my own technical ability or hard space.
In all seriousness, major shoutouts to everyone who attended these older events, even with what little I have recorded / documented, the events were a blast and these videos and other photos don't do those times justice.
Character Amnesia
Leading up to, and after my matches for Fight Card Ep 01 I was a bit tired of Cammy. For a change of pace I fought some matches with Sakura instead and for whatever reasons the matches felt way more fun / easier. Partially because the pressure was off of me now for the recorded fights, but more to the point I feel like I regained a fair amount of memory to actually play her again. While I lose the match with TimeAppl3, the combo / reset that happens at ~1:50 felt almost gdlk. I don't taunt in my matches but I felt like that was necessary after that combo. I still have a lot of improvement to go with Cammy as a sub character, but I'm sure glad to have my Sakura tech back now.I meant to shamelessly post these sooner, but these came forth from that space back in February.
~Hikaru
