So, again, Psycho Crusher Productions is going to take another shot at capturing the competitive fighting game community. It seems, though, that this time around, the directors are going to be focusing on the community as a whole and the pro players that have made a name for themselves rather than just one rising star (read: Justin Wong; King of Chinatown). This is a pretty big task to take on, but it’s going to be a win-win situation for PCP and the FGC if it really does take off. So what else needs to be done? Publicity. Hype. Once the higher-ups (the more popular and reputable sources for video gaming news, misc.) get behind this brilliant idea, it’s going to be smooth sailing for the innovative documentary, GAM3R. The benefits for the competitive fighting game community are many. Here are some reasons why this series, along with the support of gaming websites (pointing the fingers at YOU, IGN) could help us grow because, despite how close-knit we are, we’re still pretty underrated as a whole.

Exposure - If we, the competitive fighting game community, are exposed to other competitive video gaming communities as well as casual gamers, our chances of becoming well-known  become exponentially greater. 

Recognition - With more exposure comes more opportunity. Video game publishers and developers will notice us as taking their video games to a whole new level with fierce competition and social bonding over such video games. 

Sponsorships - With brands such as NamcoBandai, Mad Catz, and Atlus becoming more in-tune with the competitive gaming community, hopefully other developers and publishers will follow suit.

Strength In Numbers - Once everybody catches a glimpse of what the competitive fighting game community is, how it’s run, the key players in keeping the community strong, and the amount of fun one can have by just interacting with gamers just like them, it’s going to be no surprise that casual gamers (and even non gamers who just want to dabble in this type of thing) will want to join our ranks as one of the fastest-growing competitive video gaming communities in the world.

Bigger Events – So if and when most of the previous stipulations fall in line, that will only lead to bigger and better things for the FGC and the people who fully stand by us 100%. We already know that the Evolution Championship Series is one of the largest tournaments in the world, if not the largest. Now let’s make that even bigger than ever. More entrants, more money involved. Hell, even live television broadcasts and instant coverage of what’s basically the grandest stage of them all, the Wrestlemania of fighting games! …Well, a guy can dream, right?

Togetherness - As I said before, interaction with people just like us leads to new-found friendships. A community that plays together, stays together. And the more people we have on our side, the more people that we will have things in common with. <3

Togetherness, Pt.2 - Not only can we find similarities with people of the FGC, but we can interact and befriend people of other gaming communities, as well (inb4 ‘eSports’ chant). We want the ‘foreigners’ (for lack of a better word) to embrace us, right? So it’s only right that we do the same to them; embrace and appreciate what the other communities do, as well.

Opportunity – this is a situation is an unknown one, to us and everyone who is actively involved in the growth of the FGC. That is the exciting part. The unknown factor, that can bring in unlimited opportunities for the fighting gaming community to grow and in turn, grow with the mainstream media with other pop cultures icons.

Thinking outside of the box – At every tournament. At every venue. At every event. All over the US and around the world, how the FGC is being presented is going over leaps and bounds. It’s only a matter of time, when we, the FGC, will be standard when hosting, competing and presenting of how competitive gaming will evolve.

The Future – This is what the FGC is all about. The future in competitive gaming. The future of our community and what sort of impacts we will make in the upcoming years. The future where fighting games will become the norm of every competitive league in the WORLD!

So, in all honesty, it all comes back to publicity. As far as we’ve come since the fighting game genre existed (remember arcades? yeah, me neither), we’re still not out there just yet. With the help of Psycho Crusher Productions and their new series GAM3R, along with the support of major gaming websites across the world wide web, we could achieve our goal at becoming one the largest and most recognized competitive gaming community in the world.

Our very own, Evo2K11 Grand Tekken 6 Champion, Kor, took the time to make his case on why he should be part not only on Cross Assault but on Team Tekken as well. Its only fitting to have the Grand Champion himself to be part of the show. Don’t believe us, take a look and you be the judge!

Ladies and Gentlemen, DMG is proudly to present: DMG/MCZ Tekken 6 Grand Champion, KOR!

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]]> http://dominionmethodgaming.com/2012/02/03/dmgmcz-kor-cross-assault-submission/feed/ 0 http://dominionmethodgaming.com/2012/01/30/blacktastic-hype-soulcalibur-v/ http://dominionmethodgaming.com/2012/01/30/blacktastic-hype-soulcalibur-v/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:06:34 +0000 Blacktastic http://dominionmethodgaming.com/?p=4155 Only one more day away from the official street release date of Namco’s critically-acclaimed 3D fighter, Soulcalibur V! If you haven’t been up to speed on the changes since Soul Calibur IV (or rather its predecessor, Broken Destiny), you’re in for a big surprise;  the Soulcalibur series is back, and even better than ever, adding even more depth to virtually anything the developers could get their hands on.

The Soul Gauge used in previous iterations has now taken a step forward in depth and ‘evolved’ into the Critical Gauge. This new gauge is strikingly similar to ‘super gauges’ used in most fighting games, and bears the most resemblance to Street Fighter IV’s super gauge in the respect that the Critical Gauge has four (4) segments, each representing 25% of the full bar of meter. You can have up to two (2) full bars of the Critical Gauge stocked at once, and you can use the meter to perform a variety of maneuvers. I’ll give you guys a quick rundown before we get to some of the fun stuff:

1. Guard Impact.  This game mechanic has been tweaked quite a bit since the previous iteration of Soulcalibur. The good news is that you only have to input one way to repel all normal attacks (rather than attempting to guess whether your opponent will hit high or low). The tradeoff to this is that this requires 25% of your Critical Gauge, and this input for the guard impact being changed to Back+ABK, ‘back’ meaning that you have to hold the d-pad/joystick lever away from your opponent while inputting the button commands.

2. Brave Edge: Now you can think of this maneuver as an EX attack. This move takes up 50% of the Critical Gauge, and the properties of the moves (whether it’s guard/equipment-breaking or unblockable) varies from character to character.

3. Critical Edge: The Ultra Combo of Soulcalibur V. These moves drain a complete bar (100%) of the CG, and some of the Crit. Edges can be comboed into or can be used to continue the combos. From video that I’ve seen, most critical edge’s take away 25-30% of the opponent’s life bar.

Another thing about the critical gauge to note is that when the opponent only needs one round to win the match, the losing character gains a meter boost to help give him an edge in combat. This doesn’t go in single-round matches, but is found to be the case in best 2/3 or 3/5 rounds in a single match.

Other system changes I want to touch on are the added ability to ‘quick-step’ and ‘just guard’. Quick-stepping is performed by either tapping 88 or 22 (rather, up-up or down-down) on the control lever. This allows you to swiftly dodge an opponent’s vertical (B) attack and recover with enough time to counter with an attack of your own. This will add a whole level of mind-reading your opponent to the game, hopefully adding up to fast-paced matches.
Just Guard is the spiritual successor to the older iterations’ Guard Impact. When you press the guard button (G) just before the opponent’s attack lands, the character will flash blue. With the Just Guard mechanic, the guarding player will be locked in guardstun for a shorter amount of time than usual, allowing the player to launch a counterattack.

If these new quirks don’t interest you quite enough to get out and buy the game already, then just watch the plethora of YouTube videos to be uploaded by DMG, as well as other people when SCV hits shelves TOMORROW!

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“SNK-Capcom recently interviewed Juicebox on a variety of topics, ranging from his background in the fighting game community to his new found love for The King of Fighters XIII. The discussion quickly turns to some very technical topics on why Yun and Yang are high tier in Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, which is one of the driving forces behind Juicebox’s appreciation for KOFXIII. His thoughts on the upcoming ver.2012 update and Street Fighter x Tekken are touched on briefly, making for a very well-rounded interview with one of the scene’s most interesting figures.”

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This time around Mad Catz are stepping it up and releasing a line of fightsticks that can be joint at the ends, to make a table top arcade stick, by giving a nostalgia feeling as the players were back in the arcades.

These are very sweet and cant wait to get our hands on em.

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