No.5388
Sign up Mado
No.5390
Please sign up sixty.
No.5391
Sign up Alice.
No.5392
sing up subzero
No.5393
REMINDER that 2vs2 soku is very fun! And also that 2vs2 soku tourney shall happen on june 14th and you MUST be there! Sign up here
https://challonge.com/tournaments/signup/6TN0XMqIgv(if your teammate doesn't have challonge account, name your team as (nickname1 + nickname2)
No.5395
soku(2)?
No.5396
I'm in need of soku
No.5397
>>539694.241.201.243:10800
No.5398
>>5397GGs and thanks for the long set, I still need a lot to learn in order to kill Alice, today was not enough.
Also wtf is that tornado attack, is it a bullet or melee? why am I getting hit when landing on the ground?
No.5399
>>5396GGs, thanks for playing. Trying to anti-air Iku never leads to anything good, does it?
>>5398It's a very active bullet.
No.5400
>>5399I still need to do it properly, the angle must be perfect in order to drop.
No.5401
soku
No.5402
>>5401Hop on 37.112.169.43:10800 with giuroll!
No.5406
more soku
No.5409
GGs
No.5410
>>5409ggs, thanks for hosting
No.5411
soku
No.5416
We need more players
How can we get them?
No.5418
>>5417QRD on your image?
Also IIRC the first soku touney I played at had a lot of people, I wonder how can we bring them back?
No.5419
>>5416Someone has to become mpregnant and give birth to them I'm afraid.
No.5420
>>5416But seriously, it's more of getting old guard back rather than getting new players I think. Bringing someone new to learn soku is way too big of a burden on that person it seems.
>>5418But, when old tourneys were happening, even if it was far from peak imageboard popularity they weren't dead as they are now.
One thing worth trying in my mind is 4/v/. Either making soku thread there or shilling in general fightans thread. Looking at archive, soku does get mentioned there from time to time from which we at least know we're looking for existing players rather than hoping someone except us looks in /vm/. If you have other places to shill in mind, go for all of them.
No.5421
>>5419Yes, you of course!
>>5420Aye I'll do my part
No.5422
>>5418A while ago some ass flooded the /vm/ catalog overnight and pushed most of the threads into archiving, including the last soku thread we had. Not much else to it I don't think
No.5423
soku
No.5424
Soku in da lobby.
>>5416>>5420>4/v/The cycle continues
https://soku.space/media.htmlOld method was to advertise tourneys on the whole webring and other crap holes with top original high quality oc.
Can't even remember how I arrived anymore.
>>5419>>5421No me!
No.5425
>>5416I can work on the soku subdomain this weekend. Could also post tourney info on xitter or highlights if that's something people would appreciate, but posting in some of the bigger net friend sites (kissu & 39chan come to mind) as well as other imageboards could also be effective.
No.5426
>>5424>>5424GGs and thanks for the long set!
>>5425Godspeed
No.5428
soku?
No.5429
>>542889.73.129.151:10800
soku!
No.5431
>>5430ggs, thanks for hosting
>I wouldn't mind more froggy games.would be nice but it's too mentally demanding for my sleepy brain
and then i proceeded to get a combination of Alice and Patchy games consecutively anyways No.5432
>>5424OC was top original high quality indeed, but personally out of reach for me to make myself for new tourneys. We could have cool moments compilation on the subdomain at least, if everyone contributes we'll get plenty of material.
>>5425> Could also post tourney info on xitter or highlightsMindreading the room here, I'm well sure it's not a good idea. Carpet shilling adjacent imageboards is though, even if chances are slim.
No.5433
soku
No.5434
>>5432The hype videos for those tournaments were really good.
No.5435
Soku in the lobby
No.5436
GG
No.5437
>>5436GGs. Odd that the hostlist works yet not the lobby but I'm glad it worked out
No.5439
>>5438Can't make an omelette without breaking some soku careers.
Thanks again for playing.
No.5441
>>5440Thtats not alice, thats flandre
No.5442
soku
No.5443
soku?
>>5441Flandre is just vampire Alice.
No.5444
I saw the thing
You did a good job, you'll get them next time.
No.5445
>>5444Yup, thanky! I blocked some DPs, but overcautiousness costed me snowball and set point by extension. Though I think they want to hold next tourney next week, and you know what's also next week?
RIGHT, IT'S LONG-AWAITED, UNIVERSALLY LOVED, HYPER-FUN 2vs2 SOKU TOURNEY!!!
https://challonge.com/tournaments/signup/6TN0XMqIgvSign yourself (or your team if you have preferences) now if you still haven't! (None of you signed up there yet lol but I sincerely believe that everyone who promised to be there will be there)
No.5446
>>5445Just one question but how many games have you grinded to get to that level?
No.5447
>>5446Currently there are 13182 replays in my folder (3509 of them spent in spherical Alice chamber and small part of them are spectate replays). Though my improvement wasn't exactly linear and spiked when I went and actively learned things.
No.5449
soku?
No.5452
>>5451hosting in the lobby
No.5453
GGs
No.5454
>>5453ggs, thanks for hosting
No.5456
>>5447>13182 replaysOof, I have around 4k in total, I gotta step up.
No.5457
soku
No.5458
>>5457host
i'll play a quick ft5 before heading to bed
No.5460
>>5459GGs
That last game tree bullshit robed me of a win, I can't believe it.
Also why am I getting guard crushed on the corner even when my spirit is not low and is not sunshower?
No.5461
>>5460ggs, tree spam saves the day once again
>why am I getting guard crushed on the corner even when my spirit is not low and is not sunshower?Suwako 5AAAA is an instant high crush, and it hits twice (and yes both hits crush). she also gets to combo from it if you don't mess up like i did
No.5462
>>5461>Suwako 5AAAA is an instant high crushWhaaaaat? should I block low then? that's BS….
No.5464
>>5462it hits high, you have to block high. which leads to a lot of funny dial A resets in the corner
No.5465
>>5464How do you counter this then? BE?
No.5466
>>5465the best way to counter it is, unironically, don't get cornered by Suwako. the BE timing is pretty tricky and the stagger window for the final hit of dial A is pretty large so it's unlikely you'll get it right consistently, and if you don't you'll get counterhit instead. blocking high is obviously safer than risking the crush, and 5AAA is -2 so technically you can mash, but again it has a large stagger window so you will probably get counterhit if you do this too often, and if you mash into a j5B you'll take like 3k damage instead
No.5467
>>5466Alright I checked the replay and now I get what was wrong, I thought that 5AAA crushed on high block hence my confusion, what happened is that I probably tried to 2BE the first hit and got crushed low instead.
No.5468
soku
No.5469
soku
No.5470
soku?
No.5477
soku(2)
No.5478
>>5477soku(1)
89.73.129.151:10800
No.5479
>>5478ggs, gotta go now. dunno if i called for last but i was pretty sure i did
thanks for hosting
No.5480
>>5479GGs thanks for playing! The random picks were very kind to me today.
I heard you knocking but forgot about it before the match was over.
No.5484
soku
No.5485
Soku gaming?
No.5487
Soku gaming today maybe?
No.5489
>>5488Hop on 37.112.169.43:10800 with giuroll!
No.5490
soku?
No.5492
>>5491GGs, thanks for hosting. Desperate last ditch reversals rarely work out. Even I'm not going to mash when there's a tornado on top of your deck, unless I'm the one who's low on health and desperate to get a hit in.
>>5490I can play a few if you're still up.
No.5493
>>5492178.44.109.38:10800
No.5494
>>5492> Desperate last ditch reversals rarely work out.Yeah I forgot why I took out this card. Though one time it wasn't desperate at first, but after 4 times it didn't get pressed it became well desperate. Either I'm that bad with pressing buttons, or there isn't buffer for reversals on wakeup.
No.5495
>>5492GGs, thanks for playing. It's been so long since I played without picking alternative colors that my brain refuses to acknowledge Alice's default palette as my character.
No.5497
soku(2)
No.5498
>>5497still up? I can play in a half hour from now
No.5499
GGs if you're here, willy.
No.5501
soku
No.5502
>>5501soku!
89.73.129.151:10800
No.5503
anyone else soku?
No.5504
>>5502GGs
Aliceeeeee!!! AAAAAA!!!!
I ate so many meaty's today, and got red wired invul too…..
No.5505
>>5504GGs well played! You got some sick Sickleback hits today.
>>5503Rehosting at
>>5502 in case you're still up.
No.5506
>>5505Wait, I need to turnoff my vpn
No.5507
>>5505Thank you! I'm glad that gamble worked;
No.5508
>>5506What VPN do you guys use? I want to get into that too.
No.5509
>>5505GGs! thanks for hosting
>>5508I'm using air vpn right now.
No.5510
>>5509GGs thanks for playing, sorry for the short set but I gotta sleep.
>>5508I never used a VPN in my entire life.
No.5511
>>5510I'm only using to bypass geo block anyway, since some site are just outright banned in my country without vpn.
No.5512
>>54452vs2 soku tourney is TOMORROW, 17:00 GMT! Slightly later than I'd personally want but I hope it helps our american epic soku gamers join it more easily and I'm well willing to crush my sleeping schedule for it.
IMPORTANT THING TO DO FOR EVERY PARTICIPANT:
0) Participation is MANDATORY. If you plan not to participate, replan otherwise this instant.
1) Download parsec
https://parsec.app/ and keyboard splitter github.com/djlastnight/KeyboardSplitterXbox/releases?ysclid=mkvgw72aqs217835706 and configure them BEFORE TOURNEY.
2) Catbox your profile NOW and send it here if you've never participated in 2vs2 soku gaming before/want any changes in decks.
3) (optional) Pick your teammate and sign up on challonge! Since you all are lazy asses, total amount and exact player roster is uncertain. If it stays this way, teams will be random.
Tourney will be twitched since I don't have access to wapstream system (and it doesn't work without VPN for me and you DON'T want me to parsec through VPN), so communication will either be in twitch chat or in this thread.
No.5514
soku?
No.5516
>>5515Forgot to say, profile name depends directly on profile filename and catbox renames it, so alongside it write your profile name.
No.5518
>>5512I'm fine with anyone
No.5519
>>5517No one has! Time to grab someone fast before I shove whoever's left into random team generation machine!
No.5520
Alright, it's time to start! Team and bracket formation will happen right on stream (it's your fault and you should feel VERY guilty!)
Parsec:
https://parsec.gg/g/332vnhGLvZzMGsmbOGg6AY08886/cbcc0fa7/Stream:
https://www.twitch.tv/zhuzhelitza_desu No.5521
>>5520Post your nickname here OR in twitch chat so I know you're alive and add you to team mixer!
No.5523
>>5522Also known as 9r2n75, to make sure nothing confusing will happen later.
No.5524
It was basically unplayable for me, the stream was freezing every few seconds.
No.5525
gib cytube
should we squat wap? may not have a twitch account
No.5526
GGs and thanks for hosting the tourney.
After-tourney soku at 178.44.20.136:10800!
No.5529
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C7AONDjVrYVOD for those who skipped the tourney. Never skip 2vs2 tourneys again, EVER.
No.5530
>>5526GG! and thanks for the long set
That was some spaghettis at the end….. God I hate how long those doll spinning bullets stay active, I wanted to catch you falling down.
>>5527Thanks for hosting!
Nice Aya wallpaper btw.
No.5531
>>5530GGs, thanks for playing. This matchup becomes harder and harder each time we play, I have to accept that I only have three anti-air option: blocking, jumping back (which works only half of the time), or getting hit.
No.5532
>>5528Based on this video now I can tell how the side switch works, it locks a target instead of just turning you around where you want to face, that would explain why I would pursue someone and my char would go the other way for some reason.
>>5531I think 3a works, at least for now as I dont know how to properly space it (or bait it and punish it)
No.5533
>>5532>I think 3a works, at least for now as I dont know how to properly space it (or bait it and punish it)A good half of my 3As end up losing or trading with your j2As, even at this point. j6C also blows it up, so the actual success rate must be something like 20%. It's not a good anti-air option by any means, but I'm still grateful to have it for 3sc confirms.
No.5534
soku?
No.5536
>>5535178.44.16.234:10800
No.5537
>>5536GGs and thanks for hosting
Nice long set, but I ran out of gas towards the end and became too predictable, also I didnt get to try some thing I labbed for hours….
No.5538
>>5537GGs, thanks for playing.
No.5539
>>5538Also good job on the 3A's, you got me more times here than last time.
But why did the doll spellcard got me while blocking/flying? I don't remember "attacking" while it was coming.
No.5540
>>5539>But why did the doll spellcard got me while blocking/flying? I don't remember "attacking" while it was coming.For some reason, it's an AUB spell. If you happen to block Alice's spinners in the air, it's a guaranteed hit for her.
No.5541
>>5540>it's an AUB spellYOU WHAT
HOW?!
No.5544
>>5542It's Return Inanimate, in fact. It does literally everything, including setting up AUB traps. I think it even works with a22X with some deliberate setup.
No.5545
>>5544Oh right, Return Inanimate does that. My dumb ass somehow didn't register "hitting people who don't graze it midair" in the AUB category.
It truly is Alice's best spellcard.
No.5547
Any soku at this hour?
No.5549
>>5548I can play if anyone host now.
No.5552
>>5550GGs! thanks for hosting.
I'm still not sure if komachi is a good character or not. Also, why is her 4a rarely work as an anti air? I feel like I'm doing something wrong here but at least her pressure are decent.
No.5553
>>5551My net are pretty horrid nowadays for some reason, even on a new router it's still like this.
still looking for games if anyone up.
No.5555
>>5554Yeah, please host
I need to go to toilet first before joining though
No.5556
>>5555Nige digits
vm reserved
No.5557
>>5556Holy fuck that was good, GGs man.
Been a while since the last time we play.
No.5558
>>5555>>5556GGs and well played!
I hate those damn crossups so much.
No.5559
>>5557Oh yeah its been a while, are you going to attend the next wap tourney? we could use more numbers.
No.5560
>>5559I really can't, my work schedule won't allowed it in the first place.
and even if I play, it would be on office wifi.
No.5561
>>5560Same as me huh? a shame.
Good to have you around again though.
No.5562
>>5561Lmao, you too?
>Good to have you around again though.I probably stick around for a while but dount count on it.
No.5563
>>5562Yeah work sometimes cucks me out of saturday soku tourneys, and I used to play at work too but ever since I noticed the keyboard there was shit I completely stopped.
No.5564
>>5563Ooh right the damn office keyboard.
Yeah, I'm not joining with that keyboard as well
No.5565
soku?
No.5570
>>5568>>5569or not, the lobbies mod decided it doesn't wanna work today
try 179.6.2.53:10800
also reserved on the hostlist
No.5573
>>5572ggs, thanks for playing
yeah, it doesn't require a crush though, it can also combo from a clean hit or counterhit. pretty cool since Suwako dial A makes people panic a lot
No.5578
Soku?
No.5582
>>5581GGs, well played, no Alice bullshit today sadly
I need to stop doing 5b/5c into drill, I need a better blockstring there on the mid .stage
No.5585
Soku gaming?
No.5587
>>5586Hop on 37.112.169.43:10800!
No.5590
soku?
No.5592
>>5591i could play a few games now
No.5594
soku?
No.5597
>>5596GGs, thanks for playing.
No.5598
soku
No.5599
>>5598Quickie FT3, hop on 37.112.172.87:10800!
No.5601
>>5599GGs
Those crossups again!! I hate tengu drum!!
Please get some sleep No.5603
>>5602Thank you, I'm trying to catch up to you guys.
No.5604
soku
No.5607
>>5606>>5604GGs
Not a very strong night today for me, but thanks for playing.
No.5608
>>5607ggs, thanks for the games
these games made me look back at the times when i was just learning to play over on /vm/ and i wanted to co-main frog and all i could do was tree spam > 6B > 6C
the character felt really insane to me at the time so i gotta say i'm kinda happy with where i'm at with her now
No.5609
>>5608I thought you had her for way longer, you have indeed taken her to a really insane level.
No.5610
>>5609>I thought you had her for way longerto be fair it's been 6 years since we started playing on those threads
No.5611
Soku gaming?
No.5613
>>5612Hop on 37.112.172.87:10800!
No.5615
>>5614Ggs! Intense summer soku gaming feels genuinely dangerous without fan/wind support, I was almost fainting on last game.
> Alice can still pull it off sometimes.A lot of times! Your pressure became much, dare I say, sentient and purposeful. My defence meanwhile went in exact opposite direction somehow.
No.5617
>>56106 yearsDamn, I think 80% of that time was spent fooling around, not that I regret any of it.
No.5618
Soku
No.5619
>>5618Soku!
89.73.129.151:10800
No.5620
Soku gaming?
No.5621
>>5619GGs and thank you for the long set.
I tried a new kit now but seems useless against alice, I'll try something else next time.
No.5622
>>5621GGs, thanks for playing! The stars aligned once again tonight for another double-tap 3card.
Try paying more attention to the weather, flying too high in Scorching Sun or keeping your best card on top in Snow are easily avoidable mistakes.
No.5623
soku?
No.5624
soku
No.5626
>>5625yeah but it'd probably be just a short set
No.5627
>>562689.73.129.151:10800
No.5628
>>5626This must be Suwako's infamous infinite combo… I couldn't fight back against it.
Thanks for playing, GGs!
No.5629
>>5628ggs, thanks for hosting
Ancient Metal Rings is a pretty funny skill. and pretty insane, too
No.5632
soku?
No.5633
>>5632i could play a short set
No.5634
>>563389.254.250.182:10800
No.5635
>>5633GGs, thanks for playing.
More soku?
No.5636
>>5635ggs
thanks for hosting
No.5637
>>5630It also will be impossible for me to attend on this date (that's exact date of touhoufest), can we move it one week forward?
No.5638
soku?
No.5640
soku
No.5641
soku?
No.5642
>>5641i'll play a short set
No.5643
>>5642hosting in lobby plugin as E.E. with reserved as description
No.5644
ggs
No.5645
>>5644ggs, thanks for hosting
No.5646
soku?
No.5648
>>564789.254.215.75:10800
No.5649
>>5647GGs, thanks for playing. Fighting Suwako with dolls proved to be way more effective than I expected.
No.5650
>>5649ggs, thanks for hosting
yeah, anything that forces her to approach will be effective
No.5651
soku?
No.5652
Soku gaming?
No.5653
Alright we can move it
>>5631>>5637but touhoufest was last month??
No.5654
>>5653It's Moscow Touhoufest now!
No.5655
>>5654I actually had no idea that shared the same name, lol
We can do the 25th then
No.5656
soku?
No.5658
>>5656>>5657Soku gaming at 37.112.172.87:10800, hop on!
No.5660
soku?
No.5661
>>5660More soku gaming! Hop on 37.112.172.87:10800!
No.5664
>>5663How do you even play on tourneys with KB?
No.5665
>>5664What do you mean? I just gladly assume organizers will have their own keyboards/allow players to plug theirs. In case they only allow gaypads I'm boned lol.
Or if you mean in general sense, keyboard is my gaming option for every single game except smash, it's just better.
No.5666
>>5665I meant two players using KB.
No.5668
>>5667I don't mean two people using the same KB, but two keyboards connected at the same time with the same inputs/controls.
I've never played a irl tourney but when I played fighting games with friends and separate keyboards we changed the controls (numpad for movement keys and UIOP for inputs).
No.5669
>>5664I assume they'll have two PCs directly linked together and play their matches with online mode. It's simpler than messing with keyboard splitters or God forbid, forcing people to rebind their keys.
No.5670
>>5669Oh well that could be a solution, I usually see in fightan tourneys they only have one screen (althought they usually use fighsticks or controllers).
No.5671
soku?
No.5672
>>567189.73.129.151:10800
soku
No.5673
More soku?
No.5675
>>5674GGs, thanks for playing. The way you manage to chase me down, with Alice of all characters, is relentless. I'm completely lost when it comes to dealing with your falling j5As.
>>5673178.44.67.96:10800
No.5676
Soku gaming? Not on usual setup so host if you can please.
No.5680
>>5675GGs, well played
I don't know if I'm not remembering right but our connection used to be better before right? took me a while to get used to high ping gameplay.
No.5681
>>5680GGs, thanks for playing. It used to be awful, but lately it got much better. I didn't check the ping today, but the connection seemed good enough for me.
No.5682
>>5681Then I think that's the normal, good to know.
Gotta get more alice games!
No.5683
>>5679Aren't you supposed to bring your own keyboard to a public tourney?
No.5686
Soku gaming?
No.5687
>>5686178.44.99.81:10800. Beware, I may have to suddenly leave in the middle of a game.
No.5688
>>5686GGs, thanks for playing.
No.5690
soku?
No.5691
>>5690soku!
89.73.129.151:10800
No.5693
>>5692ggs, thanks for hosting
i don't think it should be that bad, maybe i'm just playing the match-up poorly
No.5694
soku
No.5695
soku?
No.5696
Soku gaming? Can't host myself.
No.5699
>>5698GGs, thanks for playing!
You got in some nice Headwinds today. Good job making use of openings other than "knockdown" and "Alice in the sky".
No.5700
soku?
No.5701
>>5700soku!
89.73.129.151:10800
No.5702
Soku gaming? Can't host.
No.5703
>>5700GGs, well played.
>>5702I can host a short one if you're still up.
No.5706
>>5703ggs, thanks for hosting
No.5709
Super quick soku gaming? Still can't host.
No.5710
I'm a bit rusty as I haven't played in a while but, soku?
No.5712
>>5711GGs, that was nice, seems like
>>5663 was right, taking a long break can help out a bit, although I forgot a lot of confirms.
One question, when can I punish Alice's boot? (66A I think) seems like its a frame thing, I can mash then dial when you are very close.
No.5713
>>5710GGs, thanks for joining! Today's lesson learned: forcing Typhoon against Iku is a terrible idea.
>>5712Alice's boot cannot be punished. It
is the punishment.
For real though, I don't know. I throw out kicks when it feels safe to do so, based on the vibe of the match and a gambler's sixth sense. Sorry for the unhelpful answer.
No.5714
Soku gaming? Can't host.
No.5715
Soku gaming? CAN host!
No.5717
>>5716Hop on 37.112.172.87:10800!
No.5720
>>5712It is a frame thing. See this -3/+3 on block? Should be always punishable, right? Wrong! Looking to the left, there are 4 active frames. If Alice hits you on third or fourth, boot becomes -1 or 0 on right block - still perfectly punishable if Alice decides to go for 5A reset if you have jab faster than 9f (most of the cast). Now here's Alice bullshit moment - sometimes, it just isn't punishable and your move comes out too slow. Either because you were too slow or game ate inputs or whatever, even I get caught like that having 7f jab (vs Alice 9f it should come out at worst 2 frames earlier). The slower your jab the bigger failure rate becomes I imagine, so don't try to mash if you see the boot connected on later frames for added safety.
That was all about situation when Alice didn't get her alt skills yet. With them on field (either a22 a236 or a214 that isn't being used here) mashing becomes pure 50/50. Skills are still punishable with grazing (if you have some space for 1f gap) or forward BE on boot (safe, you can react on wether skill came out or it's 5A reset, in latter case you can still block albeit without one orb).
With that in mind - better just not get booted in the first place, it means you lost n*utral.
No.5721
>>5720> Skills are still punishable with grazing or forward BE on boot *only true for a22 and a236, a214 is melee with somewhat hefty damage. But as I said, you won't see it here.
No.5722
soku?
No.5723
>>5655So, is it happening? I think I have it in me to make it happen if you're occupied elsewhere.
No.5725
>>5723It's happening at the usual time