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he writes heroes and plays fighters. "the way you play is sick and people should be less mean to you" - @carmen-monoxide.bsky.social eng/esp ok

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Lite @litetheironman.bsky.social · Oct 11

hey bsky, I'm Nathan/Lite. I wear many hats but most know me as a writer and SoCal-based FGC TO.

you can find me on: twitch / medium / tumblr / youtube / my portfolio

me with a metroid attached to my head

my orange-and-white tabby cat, pumpkin, posing with my snackbox controller decorated with an i-no themed colorway

an i-no cosplayer (left) posing with me (right)

plushie of rei, giovanna's spirit dog (center) posed between a red nintendo switch joycon grip pairing (left) and an evo-branded water bottle adorned w/ stickers of various fg girls (right)

Lite @litetheironman.bsky.social · 4h

yeah.

Lite @litetheironman.bsky.social · 4h

f-aoko is especially easy and was a character I was interested in for a while

Lite @litetheironman.bsky.social · 4h

oomf dmed me this one.

Lite @litetheironman.bsky.social · 5h

the possibility of the latter is admittedly slightly worrisome but considering ex-ki people wouldn't need to rely on him for engine/netcode stuff it's probably not a big deal

Lite @litetheironman.bsky.social · 5h

I say 'cautiously optimistic' here because even though we don't know who the devs actually are, most of the people credited on ggi's linkedin page are former microsoft/iron galaxy people (killer instinct.) it's yet to be seen if the devs are also ex-ki or if they scooped maximum's in-house devs.

Lite @litetheironman.bsky.social · 5h

gameplay group intl, a publisher owned in part by at least one former ki/iron galaxy dev, recently acquired tfh and diesel. the atla game announced today is another game they seem to have acquired from maximum. unclear who's on the development team. probably okay to be cautiously optimistic.

Lite @litetheironman.bsky.social · 5h

he's not listed on the publisher's linkedin and if the game was scrapped by maximum then it's likely that the version they dropped a trailer for today doesn't have anyone from maximum's in-house dev team (i.e. the shithead) on it. afaik ggi is mostly former iron galaxy people.

Lite @litetheironman.bsky.social · 5h

gameplay group intl, a publisher owned in part by at least one former ki/iron galaxy dev, recently acquired tfh and diesel. the atla game announced today is another game they seem to have acquired from maximum. unclear who's on the development team. probably okay to be cautiously optimistic.

Lite @litetheironman.bsky.social · 5h

maximum fired mane6 which led to a lot of planned tfh content being scrapped or unfinished. maximum recently disclosed that a previously announced game being made in-house with the avatar:tla ip had been canceled. unclear if this was the diesel legacy team (i.e mike) but that game was also abandoned

Lite @litetheironman.bsky.social · 5h

there's a lot of confusion about what's going on with that avatar game. the breakdown is: modus acquired mane6's publishing rights from humble and consolidated as maximum entertainment. maximum had an in-house studio that did diesel legacy, and controversially hired mike z to work on their rollback.

Lite @litetheironman.bsky.social · 6h

modus cancelled their avatar fighter but the new publisher scooped it up. we don't know who the dev team is on this

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☆「ＹＡＳＥ」IdolismJ ☆ @idolismj.yase.world · 10h

That green base wasn't the only color that ended up looking washed out in the final design

Fighting-Games Daily @fgcdaily.bsky.social · 10h

🎨Bayonetta's character designer, Mari Shimazaki made Miary Zo's Costume 03!

“The combination of a green base with red accents was inspired by the Madagascar flag, and from an early stage onwards, a white inner layer was incorporated to highlight Miariz's dark skin.”

Lite @litetheironman.bsky.social · 16h

I played a little chunk of the recent closed beta and then I played it a lot more over the last two days, mostly doing training mode drills and exploring tutorials/combo trials, and even though I'm 'used' to the button placements it feels way less intuitive than just binding these attacks to motions

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Celebelian 🦦 @celebelian.bsky.social · 1d

Chun

A study of Chun-Li where she is adjusting her shoe

Lite @litetheironman.bsky.social · 17h

also straight up even with a simple control scheme this game makes my hands feel so weird after a long play session, more so than games with motion inputs or harder execution. I even have an 8-button layout in ggst and that game doesn't feel as bad on my extremities as 2xko

Lite @litetheironman.bsky.social · 17h

I'm giving it an honest shot and I'm winning more now that they buffed my team but idk if I'm having fun because the game is fun or if I'm having fun because I'm scrubbing people who are playing their first fighting game

Lite @litetheironman.bsky.social · 17h

it feels like a game where, while obviously not solved, you can see what strategies will be popular and good in the long run and how the flow of a typical game will go. there'll be a constant drip of new for a long time with frequent balance patches but I don't know if that's a good thing either

Lite @litetheironman.bsky.social · 1d

a certain someone in ~2020 or so said that ggst felt like gg-flavored potato chips that make you want to play gg; if that's the case I feel like 2xko is (your favorite tag fighter)-flavored potato chips that make you want to play (your favorite tag fighter)

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Amadeus46Art @amadeus46.bsky.social · 1d

One last print for Climax of Night, featuring Uzuki with some rabbits in her hat!

See you all soon!

#Ama46Art

Fanart of Uzuki from Under Night In Birth, with Yuzuriha, Mika, and Hilda in bunny suits.

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toshio @toastitos.bsky.social · 22h

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Rob from Chicago (Sleeper Service) @robfromchicago.com · 2d

Portland right now.

Kermit the Frog sitting in his swamp and paying his banjo, singing:

Fuck you I won't do what you tell me Fuck you I won't do what you tell me Fuck you I won't do what you tell me

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Crow the phantom @corviwing.bsky.social · 1d

little bit of short hair Morrigan i doodle for render practice, doing a big proper piece soon!

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hid @hidpict.bsky.social · 1d

絵チャで描いたエルフェルト=ヴァレンタイン

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Futurama Saturdays @futuramasaturday.bsky.social · 23h

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Foxander | COMMS OPEN @foxanderart.bsky.social · 3d

Bunny girl Baiken comm

#GuiltyGearStrive #GGST

Lite @litetheironman.bsky.social · 1d

everyone who was talking shit on mbtl while other modern games came out with highly praised defensive mechanics that basically did the exact same thing owes me fifty dollars, and yes this includes the 1.0 version of how shield worked

Lite @litetheironman.bsky.social · 1d

but if you close your eyes

text from the dbfz 1.40 patch notes

Z Reflect "- Blocking the opponent's physical attacks with the right timing will now trigger a special screen freeze (except for Videl).
- If the above screen freeze is triggered, Vanish can be performed."

Vanish - The move is now invincible on start-up when performed from a Z Reflect.

text from the mbtl mizuumi regarding shielding. https://wiki.gbl.gg/w/Melty_Blood/MBTL/Defense#Shield