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Category Archives: Melbourne
Stuff Yo’ Couch! OHN13, PAX and more…
I’m sorry I haven’t been writing in ages. In fact I haven’t picked up my stick outside of CCH for almost two months. Something weird is happening to me. Am I finally losing my drive for fighting games? This is … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Melbourne, Stuff Yo' Couch!, Ultra SFIV
Tagged Couchwarriors, OHN13, PAX, Stuff Yo' Couch
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New Community episode: featuring A1Major – BAM special. And some thoughts before BAM7
I took quite long to put this out, but in the end I’m glad I was able to get this out well in advance of the pre-reg closing date for BAM7. The good thing about taking so long to get … Continue reading
League of Sharpies: Cactus and Tomcat
Cactus I had just gotten back from OHN, fresh off the high of not going 0-2 for once. It was time to fight one of my good buddies in League of Sharpies: Cactus. Dhalsim vs Ryu…hm. I’ve played Cactus a … Continue reading
Posted in CCH, Melbourne, Ultra SFIV
Tagged Cactus, Dhalsim, I suck, League of Sharpies, Ryu, Tomcat, Yun, ZG
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League of Sharpies C rank match 1: Spoony
Carnage (Hakan Dorter) aka the Mega Troll or King of Comedy recently proposed the idea of a Topanga-style league that the Melbourne FGC could use to train together and improve as a whole. The league would take place over several … Continue reading
Posted in Melbourne, Ultra SFIV
Tagged Carnage, Chun Li, Hakan Dorter, I suck, League of Sharpies, Melbourne, Muttons, Ryu, Spoony, Ultra SFIV
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The scrub is going to Evo
So. I am going to Evolution 2014. It’s been a longtime dream of mine to go to EVO, my only regret is that I didn’t go earlier in the previous years, perhaps during the fun early days of UMVC3 and … Continue reading
Posted in Melbourne, Ultra SFIV, UMVC3
Tagged BAM6, Evolution 2014, Magneto, Shadowloo Showdown V
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BAM6 is today! + Community episode 08 and 09
Time really flies when you are working like a cow. Felt just like yesterday that I was at Queensland, scoffing ribs and $2 Bundaberg ginger beers. And today, we have BAM6. I sit here in my office, with my suitcase, … Continue reading
The world is full of small coincidences: Community Ep07 GCF Dejan Stantic
Before I left for Queensland to attend Buttonsmash 2014, I asked Chad D’Cruze from Dusty Cartridge if there was any DCÂ staff in Queensland I should look out for or perhaps contact. He initially said no… but then corrected himself and … Continue reading
Community: The Australian FGC E01 + Assorted 2014 thoughts
Sorry for not posting much this year, I’ve been quite busy. I was out of the country for about a month, and when I got back I was putting the gear together to do my latest project- Community: The Australian … Continue reading
Phil & Muttons vs Bosslogic: Bison vs Ryu Kumite!+ SS2k13 stuff
Argh so busy! As I’m sure you guys know, SS is next week and I have a crap ton of stuff to do. As a result I haven’t really had much time to practice or update here in the last … Continue reading
Posted in Melbourne, Ultra SFIV, UMVC3
Tagged Bison, BossLogic, Dave, Def-P, Dusty Cartridge, Phil, Ryu, Shadowloo Showdown 2k13
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What has the FGC done for me?
A few weeks ago Kenji gave me a call. He wanted to interview me for some content for his school documentary about the Melbourne FGC. Kenji went through some of the potential questions he had with me; how did you … Continue reading
Posted in Melbourne
Tagged Ali, Baz, BossLogic, Bugsimus, Cheesiness, community, Dave, Geese, hipster in Brunswick, Hoppa, Igor, Job Hunting, Laksa, Pho, punani magnet, Pyro, Resume, Rossco, Street Fighter, THK, Xavier, Zan
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Grindin’ Sets: Daichi, Flexi, Gab, Shadowfox, Albert
Getting back in the groove of things after being quite busy last few weeks. Trying to incorporate a lot of specific things into my game, such as using Veil of Mist to land the instant jL into dfH qcfS with … Continue reading
Posted in Melbourne, Ultra SFIV, UMVC3
Tagged Albert, Amaterasu, Captain America, Daichi, Dee Jay, Doctor Strange, Doom, Flexi, Gabneto, grindin' sets, Haggar, Hawkeye, Magneto, Melbourne, Muttons, Nova, Oni, Rocket Raccoon, Ryu, Shadowfox, Shadowlogic, Spencer, Taskmaster, Vergil
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Grindin’ sets: Phil aka Def-P & David aka DnA FT10s Shadowlogic 29 June 2013
More sets! First David hit me up for a fun FT10 set in Marvel vs his Firebrand team. It was a fun set and I think I am not playing the Firebrand matchup properly. Once David gets his Skrull up … Continue reading
Posted in Melbourne, Ultra SFIV
Tagged Amaterasu, David, Def-P, DNA, Doom, Dormammu, Firebrand, FT10, I suck, Phil, ryu mirror, Shadowlogic, Somniac, Spencer, Ultra SFIV, UMVC3, Wesker, Xavier
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Grindin’ sets with Bosslogic, Sol, Burnout, Rob and Ali- Shadowlogic 16 June 2013
It was bloody cold and overcast on Sunday. My noisy neighbours had kept me up until 3-4 AM with their raucous noise on their balcony the night before. No matter, I dragged myself out of my bed because I have … Continue reading
Posted in Melbourne, Ultra SFIV, UMVC3
Tagged Akuma, Ali, Amaterasu, Anti-Air, BossLogic, Burnout, Cammy, Dave, Doctor Doom, Dormammu, EX355UM, frame traps, Gouken, ground game, Hulk, Kevin, M. Bison, Melbourne, Oni, Rob, Ryu, Sentinel, sets, SFIV: AE v.2012, Shadowlogic, ShadowlooHQ, Sol, Spencer, Strider, UMVC3, X-23
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Being a Scrub 
Grindin’ sets: Darkace and Phil aka Def-P Shadowlogic 24th June 2013
More sets! I have been specifically practicing how to focus dash through Chun’s Hazanshu on reaction as the last time I played Darkace I noticed he liked to Hazanshu at point blank range a lot. He would even do them … Continue reading →