Topic: You decide
+Anonymous A — 9 months ago #67,000
I was syncing stuff from my phone back to my computer and my playlist got reset. I wanted to go through the entire thing once before I added any new songs and I was almost 2/3 of the way through but now it's gone and I'd have to start over again. Going through the entire thing from 0 again would probably take me until April.What does TC think?
| Poll option | Votes | Percentage | Graph |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start over and don't fuck around this time. | 5 | 56% | |
| Fuck it, just make the changes. | 4 | 44% |
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+Anonymous B — 9 months ago, 17 minutes later[T] [B] #666,464
Multiple playlists instead of one big master playlist? Car jams can be different from sexy times jams and office jams - unless you're my coworker in which case it's all the above all at once for some reason.
+Anonymous C — 9 months ago, 15 minutes later, 32 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #666,465
@OP
What app or platform are you using? That's a more important question.
What app or platform are you using? That's a more important question.
·Anonymous A (OP) — 9 months ago, 15 minutes later, 48 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #666,466
·Anonymous A (OP) — 9 months ago, 23 hours later, 1 day after the original post[T] [B] #666,508
Seriously? Not a single vote?
+Chuffed !3qyf8DDj3w — 9 months ago, 3 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[T] [B] #666,509
·Anonymous A (OP) — 9 months ago, 5 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[T] [B] #666,511
@previous (Chuffed !3qyf8DDj3w)
You could at least post your opinion then.
Do you enjoy filling out captcha btw? You can still set a password and stuff to log in with if you want to flush cookies regularly.
You could at least post your opinion then.
Do you enjoy filling out captcha btw? You can still set a password and stuff to log in with if you want to flush cookies regularly.
·Chuffed !3qyf8DDj3w — 9 months ago, 5 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[T] [B] #666,512
@previous (A)
I'm one of those guys that works too hard to avoid work!
@previous (A)
> You could at least post your opinion then.
I'm Anon B - I'm usually too disgusted with myself and my opinions to actually own them and log in!
I really need to get my shit together I think.
I'm one of those guys that works too hard to avoid work!
@previous (A)
> You could at least post your opinion then.
I'm Anon B - I'm usually too disgusted with myself and my opinions to actually own them and log in!
I really need to get my shit together I think.
·Chuffed !3qyf8DDj3w — 9 months ago, 11 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[T] [B] #666,514
Well, as much as I hate it, the answer might be "algorithm." How do you feel about Spotify subscriptions?
Personally I just buy albums in MP3 and listen straight through, or whip up a quick playlist on the fly. I don't listen for more than 45 minutes at a time.
Personally I just buy albums in MP3 and listen straight through, or whip up a quick playlist on the fly. I don't listen for more than 45 minutes at a time.
+Anonymous E — 9 months ago, 26 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[T] [B] #666,515
I’m gonna be honest, I didn’t bother reading your post.
+Anonymous F — 9 months ago, 1 hour later, 1 day after the original post[T] [B] #666,523
@previous (E)
lol, nobody has dropped more than a sentence or two and you're in here with "too long, didn't read."
lol, nobody has dropped more than a sentence or two and you're in here with "too long, didn't read."
·Anonymous A (OP) — 9 months ago, 9 hours later, 1 day after the original post[T] [B] #666,554
@666,514 (Chuffed !3qyf8DDj3w)
Nah, no algorithm bullshit, it's a strictly offline phone with no cell service.
It's just I wanted to listen to everything once before I went through with maybe removing some stuff, but it's already been 5 months since my last update.
Maybe I should explain: when I say playlist I just mean I hit shuffle all files.
Nah, no algorithm bullshit, it's a strictly offline phone with no cell service.
It's just I wanted to listen to everything once before I went through with maybe removing some stuff, but it's already been 5 months since my last update.
Maybe I should explain: when I say playlist I just mean I hit shuffle all files.
(Edited 3 minutes later.)
+Anonymous G — 9 months ago, 12 hours later, 2 days after the original post[T] [B] #666,576
mozik iz haram broder!
+Anonymous H — 9 months ago, 4 hours later, 2 days after the original post[T] [B] #666,599
You decide, if you're ever gonna let me know, yeah
Suicide, if you ever try to let go, uh
I'm sad I know, yeah, I'm sad I know, yeah
https://youtu.be/pgN-vvVVxMA
Suicide, if you ever try to let go, uh
I'm sad I know, yeah, I'm sad I know, yeah
https://youtu.be/pgN-vvVVxMA
+Anonymous I — 9 months ago, 1 day later, 3 days after the original post[T] [B] #666,773
@OP
Set it to random play and move on
Set it to random play and move on
·Anonymous A (OP) — 8 months ago, 1 week later, 2 weeks after the original post[T] [B] #668,963
FUCK! It happened again and I didn't even mess with anything!I unplugged my headphones to stop playback when I left work and then when I went to start playback again later at home it was cleared! The only thing I did on the phone between then was open the camera app from the lock screen and then close it again.
·Anonymous C — 8 months ago, 55 minutes later, 2 weeks after the original post[T] [B] #668,964
Write the playlist on paper.
·Anonymous I — 8 months ago, 1 day later, 2 weeks after the original post[T] [B] #669,231
·Anonymous I — 8 months ago, 1 week later, 3 weeks after the original post[T] [B] #670,407
By shu shtora, that's brillant!
+Anonymous J — 8 months ago, 8 hours later, 3 weeks after the original post[T] [B] #670,440
Butter
+Anonymous K — 8 months ago, 27 minutes later, 3 weeks after the original post[T] [B] #670,442
Probably should just wipe it all and carry a jock jams mix and be done with it.
·Anonymous I — 7 months ago, 3 weeks later, 1 month after the original post[T] [B] #672,438
Use a laptop.
+Anonymous L — 7 months ago, 2 hours later, 1 month after the original post[T] [B] #672,449
·Anonymous L — 7 months ago, 19 seconds later, 1 month after the original post[T] [B] #672,450
·Anonymous L — 7 months ago, 13 seconds later, 1 month after the original post[T] [B] #672,451
+Anonymous M — 7 months ago, 11 hours later, 1 month after the original post[T] [B] #672,467
+Anonymous N — 7 months ago, 10 hours later, 1 month after the original post[T] [B] #672,486
fuckin hate libraryshit itunes copycats. fucking deleted seven gigs of music that i just got done renaming while trying to organise the incoherent nonsense on VLC android app.
im sticking with the really barebones music player in the MP3cutter app and just manually selecting songs.
im sticking with the really barebones music player in the MP3cutter app and just manually selecting songs.
·Anonymous I — 7 months ago, 1 day later, 1 month after the original post[T] [B] #672,604
You decide ~ Arwen or Galadiel?
+Anonymous O — 7 months ago, 22 minutes later, 1 month after the original post[T] [B] #672,608
·Anonymous I — 7 months ago, 3 days later, 1 month after the original post[T] [B] #672,902
·Anonymous I — 7 months ago, 2 weeks later, 2 months after the original post[T] [B] #673,815
You decide ~ Cammy or Chunli?·Anonymous A (OP) — 7 months ago, 1 day later, 2 months after the original post[T] [B] #673,856
Why are people still bumping this?
Anyway it got reset one more time because of a finger slip, but that was a while ago. I'm up to 2220 now.
Also I figured out how to not clear the playlist when syncing back to the computer. If you close Pulsar first and then shut the phone off, it'll remount the SD card automatically upon booting again and once that's done you can open Pulsar and it won't think it has to regenerate the entire library, it'll just passively scan for new files.
Anyway it got reset one more time because of a finger slip, but that was a while ago. I'm up to 2220 now.
Also I figured out how to not clear the playlist when syncing back to the computer. If you close Pulsar first and then shut the phone off, it'll remount the SD card automatically upon booting again and once that's done you can open Pulsar and it won't think it has to regenerate the entire library, it'll just passively scan for new files.
·Anonymous I — 6 months ago, 5 days later, 2 months after the original post[T] [B] #674,001
Nice one
·Anonymous I — 6 months ago, 6 days later, 2 months after the original post[T] [B] #674,249
Left or Right?·Anonymous I — 6 months ago, 5 days later, 3 months after the original post[T] [B] #674,373
Spiderman & X-men or Avengers?·Anonymous A (OP) — 6 months ago, 1 week later, 3 months after the original post[T] [B] #674,585
I've passed the 2/3rds mark if anyone's still paying attention.
+Anonymous P — 5 months ago, 1 week later, 3 months after the original post[T] [B] #674,811
·Anonymous A (OP) — 5 months ago, 20 minutes later, 3 months after the original post[T] [B] #674,813
·Anonymous P — 5 months ago, 6 days later, 3 months after the original post[T] [B] #674,851
·Anonymous A (OP) — 5 months ago, 1 day later, 4 months after the original post[T] [B] #674,887
@previous (P)
Last song played on Saturday, and I finished updating today. Now I have a total of 6969 songs.
Last song played on Saturday, and I finished updating today. Now I have a total of 6969 songs.
+Anonymous Q — 5 months ago, 51 minutes later, 4 months after the original post[T] [B] #674,888
·Anonymous A (OP) — 3 months ago, 2 months later, 6 months after the original post[T] [B] #675,900
@previous (Q)
That's why I sync back to my computer. It's no skin off my back if someone obtains a copy of my library because I lost my phone. I'd be kinda bummed about the phone though since the battery is still in fairly decent shape despite its age. Plus I bought a spare for it too.
I did again btw
Not gonna start over this time though, I only had like 300 songs left to go and was planning to update it this weekend. I will be removing some stuff again though, so depending on how much new stuff I have, maybe I'll still be able to finagle that 6969 count a little bit longer.
That's why I sync back to my computer. It's no skin off my back if someone obtains a copy of my library because I lost my phone. I'd be kinda bummed about the phone though since the battery is still in fairly decent shape despite its age. Plus I bought a spare for it too.
I did again btw
Not gonna start over this time though, I only had like 300 songs left to go and was planning to update it this weekend. I will be removing some stuff again though, so depending on how much new stuff I have, maybe I'll still be able to finagle that 6969 count a little bit longer.
+Anonymous R — 3 months ago, 2 hours later, 6 months after the original post[T] [B] #675,904
@previous (A)
> ...since the battery is still in fairly decent shape
Yep, I too like to run a phone until the battery gives up. That's just good value right there
> I did again btw
That's not even my phone and I'm disgusted by the whole situation
> ...since the battery is still in fairly decent shape
Yep, I too like to run a phone until the battery gives up. That's just good value right there
> I did again btw
That's not even my phone and I'm disgusted by the whole situation
·Anonymous A (OP) — 2 months ago, 22 hours later, 6 months after the original post[T] [B] #675,916
@previous (R)
> That's just good value right there
It's kinda nice when the network is dead so you can just turn on airplance mode permanently and battery usage drops significantly
> That's not even my phone and I'm disgusted by the whole situation
pardon? I meant to say 'I did it again', meaning I killed the playlist by accidentally playing a song when I was trying to open a menu on it
> That's just good value right there
It's kinda nice when the network is dead so you can just turn on airplance mode permanently and battery usage drops significantly
> That's not even my phone and I'm disgusted by the whole situation
pardon? I meant to say 'I did it again', meaning I killed the playlist by accidentally playing a song when I was trying to open a menu on it
(Edited 3 minutes later.)
·Anon — 2 months ago, 1 hour later, 6 months after the original post[T] [B] #675,920
@previous (A)
Hit Walmart or Best buy for cheeeeep MP3 player. That is how I store my music for the Gym.
I have two that fit in my palm and have clip on to what I am wearing. So far have not considered one for in nude.
You also could back up music on a super cheeeeeep flash drive.
Hit Walmart or Best buy for cheeeeep MP3 player. That is how I store my music for the Gym.
I have two that fit in my palm and have clip on to what I am wearing. So far have not considered one for in nude.
You also could back up music on a super cheeeeeep flash drive.
+Anonymous S — 2 months ago, 1 week later, 6 months after the original post[T] [B] #676,180
+Anonymous T — 1 month ago, 1 month later, 8 months after the original post[T] [B] #676,605
·Anonymous A (OP) — 1 month ago, 2 days later, 8 months after the original post[T] [B] #676,635
I did manage to keep the 6969 count after updating, but after a month I accidentally toggled the shuffle button off when the cpu was lagging which reverted the playlist to alphabetical so I said 'fuck it' and added some more stuff a week ago.
I still don't get why randos keep bumping this thread though.
I still don't get why randos keep bumping this thread though.
·Anonymous T — 2 weeks ago, 2 weeks later, 8 months after the original post[T] [B] #676,830
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Chun Li
Chun Li is notable in Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo (ST) for how few bad matches she has. She doesn’t really dominate her opponents, but she doesn’t get dominated either. Old Sagat is usually seen as her hardest match, but expert Chun Lis learned how to get by even in that match. The lack of bad matches is why Chun Li is usually ranked near the top of the 2nd tier, or even in the top tier by a few players.
Early in development, many players considered Chun Li the benchmark character and hoped that other characters could be as well-rounded and solid as her. The first version of HD Remix Chun Li had exactly one change, which was the complete change-list suggested by US Chun Li player NKI:
Remove d/f + medium kick backflip move.
That move has no useful purpose and usually just gets you killed. Sure it could be improved, but the natural improvement would be make it travel farther away, which would just make her better at running away. By removing it, Chun Li players can now do low forward at will without worrying about this move coming out.
Players Wanted More
My one-change Chun Li did not go over very well. All these other characters got interesting toys, why does Chun Li get nothing, players said. Also, Chun Li has some kind of mindless abuseable stuff, why should she keep that if other characters don’t? Couldn't we give her an interesting new tool while taking out some of her mindless stuff? Good points.
Lighting Legs
The next change was to make her lightning legs easier to do, in an effort to make all mashing-moves easier to do. Low forward -> lighting Legs, for example, is very easy now and stand fierce -> lighting legs is practical. This made her stand fierce so deadly that I really had to reduce the damage and dizzy from the lighting legs. The priority of the lighting legs (the best priority move in the entire game that is not invulnerable) is also barely, barely worse so that maybe Balrog or Bison could hit her during that move (though not very reliably). That said, if you whiff a dragon punch or something, she can now punish with stand fierce -> lighting legs, even if you do not have super powers.
Spinning Bird Kick
Players clearly wanted something new for her. Remember that my original mission was to make the game more accessible, improve tournament balance, and to add fun wherever it wouldn't ruin tournament balance. I tried to give her something new that would be kind of interesting, but not actually help that much because she’s already so good. That’s where the new spinning bird kick came in. It now has a parabolic arc, similar to Sakura’s spinning kick in Street Fighter Alpha 2 and 3, except higher. It juggles, does fairly good dizzy, and can go over fireballs if timed right, but it was mostly a trickshot move. Let’s come back to it in a bit.
Stored Super
In ST, Chun Li can “store” her super by doing charge back, forward, back, then hold forward as long as she wants….then press punch to super. Whether she should keep this was very controversial throughout development. On the one hand, it’s pretty mindless when you can walk at the opponent and mash on strong to get a good priority strong punch, or a throw if they are throwable….while simultaneously threatening to super them with just a single button press on kick. The super has an almost-always guaranteed followup of up kicks. Super + up kicks does 80% damage. Yes, you read that right--80%. Something has to give here, especially with the overall goal of brining supers down to 50% or less. But on the other hand, stored super is fun and everyone seems to want it.
My proposal was to slightly reduce the damage so that it’s similar damage to other supers in HD Remix, to add invulnerability at the start so it can go through fireballs more easily, and to remove the storing property. If I made the game for myself, this would have been my decision. But players seemed generally unhappy and disappointed with this. The final version lets her keep her stored super, does not add any invulnerability over what she had in ST, but greatly reduces the damage of the super and limits up kicks to just 1-hit. (The up kicks seem to miss entirely on some characters, too.) In practice, her super ends up doing about half the 80% from ST, but all the storing tricks are left intact.
When I explained the debate to former Evolution champion Tokido, from Japan, he responded, “I understand the balance idea here, but I think if you remove stored super…Japanese players will not like. I think you should leave it, but reduce damage, as you did.” Thanks Tokido!
Neckbreaker Loop
Chun Li players are probably pretty sad at this point. There’s more bad news, then some good news. Many players complained that her neckbreaker kick (d/f + roundhouse) should be on the list of abuseable, repeatable moves. This is the move where Chun Li flips up (over fireballs if she wants) then comes down with an attack that knocks down. If she does it again as the victim stands up, it can be a cross-up versus several characters. It’s basically impossible to tell whether you should block left or right if you are one of these unlucky characters, and Chun Li can alter her spacing by a few pixels to kind of trap you in this repeated knockdown thing. She really does not need this to win, so many players requested that this be removed. It’s an incredibly long story what went on with this move in development, so I’ll just cut to the end. It now travels slightly less distance forward which means it can never cross-up. It’s still useful to go over fireballs and to pressure stand strong / throw afterwards, if the opponent blocks. It still knocks down on hit.
Spinning Bird Kick, Revisited
And now for some better news. After the decision to let Chun Li keep her stored super but greatly reduce her damage, I thought she needed an upgrade to stay competitive. That’s when I greatly improved the new arcing spinning bird kick. It travels much faster and has much less recover than it did in the earlier versions. You can try to cross-up with it. You can go over fireballs with it and safely attack with it from the right range. If the opponent is far away and tries to sweep as you land, it’s extremely hard for them to hit you. Even if you do get hit, you cannot be combo’d because you flip up if you get hit (you get hit out of the air). If you try the move from too close, it’s very easy for the opponent to stop it because Chun Li is completely vulnerable underneath, but if you do it from the right range, it’s a pretty solid attack.
Several players also requested that she be able to do her aerial spinning bird kick after her pogo attack, like in SF2: Hyper Fighting. They weren’t asking for any practical reason, they just had fun doing that back then, and so did I. So the aerial version can now be done with a flash kick motion as well as a sonic boom motion while in the air.
It turns out that this does have some interesting uses. If you are on the ground and charge down, the go up, then hesistate a moment, then press kick, you can do the aerial version (which travels horizontally, not in an arc) very low to the ground. You can even choose whether to do this move toward the opponent, mostly in place, or away from the opponent depending on which way you jumped. I’ve been able to use this move in many tricky situations to go over sweeps, to escape attacks, bait dragon punches, and so on.
I saw a few requests to change the command for her pogo move from down+medium kick while in the air to any of the three down positions. I made change this and loved it because it made doing the pogo (and then aerial Spinning Bird Kick!) much easier. All the actual Chun Li players booed and sent me nasty letters though. They need her aerial down/back + medium kick to be her crossup attack still, they said. So be it.
I should have made a secret Chun Li just for me, huh? (Mine would have had no stored super, higher damage super, more invulnerable super, and pogo can be down with any of the three down positions of the joystick). Chun Li is a case where I was very conscious of feedback from actual Chun Li players, rather than my own whims, so I hope that turns out well for everyone.
Conclusion
The bad:
Lighting Legs less damage and dizzy
Super less damage
Neckbreaker no longer crosses up
The good:
Lighting Legs easier to do
New arcing Spinning Bird Kick is fairly useful
New motion or aerial Spinning Bird Kick leads to some tricks
Chun Li’s fireballs, awesome normal attacks, and damaging throw are just as good as ever. She even got to keep her stored super. With some of her mindlessness decreased and some new tricks added, she remains competitive while being even a little more interesting than before.
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Chun Li
Chun Li is notable in Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo (ST) for how few bad matches she has. She doesn’t really dominate her opponents, but she doesn’t get dominated either. Old Sagat is usually seen as her hardest match, but expert Chun Lis learned how to get by even in that match. The lack of bad matches is why Chun Li is usually ranked near the top of the 2nd tier, or even in the top tier by a few players.
Early in development, many players considered Chun Li the benchmark character and hoped that other characters could be as well-rounded and solid as her. The first version of HD Remix Chun Li had exactly one change, which was the complete change-list suggested by US Chun Li player NKI:
Remove d/f + medium kick backflip move.
That move has no useful purpose and usually just gets you killed. Sure it could be improved, but the natural improvement would be make it travel farther away, which would just make her better at running away. By removing it, Chun Li players can now do low forward at will without worrying about this move coming out.
Players Wanted More
My one-change Chun Li did not go over very well. All these other characters got interesting toys, why does Chun Li get nothing, players said. Also, Chun Li has some kind of mindless abuseable stuff, why should she keep that if other characters don’t? Couldn't we give her an interesting new tool while taking out some of her mindless stuff? Good points.
Lighting Legs
The next change was to make her lightning legs easier to do, in an effort to make all mashing-moves easier to do. Low forward -> lighting Legs, for example, is very easy now and stand fierce -> lighting legs is practical. This made her stand fierce so deadly that I really had to reduce the damage and dizzy from the lighting legs. The priority of the lighting legs (the best priority move in the entire game that is not invulnerable) is also barely, barely worse so that maybe Balrog or Bison could hit her during that move (though not very reliably). That said, if you whiff a dragon punch or something, she can now punish with stand fierce -> lighting legs, even if you do not have super powers.
Spinning Bird Kick
Players clearly wanted something new for her. Remember that my original mission was to make the game more accessible, improve tournament balance, and to add fun wherever it wouldn't ruin tournament balance. I tried to give her something new that would be kind of interesting, but not actually help that much because she’s already so good. That’s where the new spinning bird kick came in. It now has a parabolic arc, similar to Sakura’s spinning kick in Street Fighter Alpha 2 and 3, except higher. It juggles, does fairly good dizzy, and can go over fireballs if timed right, but it was mostly a trickshot move. Let’s come back to it in a bit.
Stored Super
In ST, Chun Li can “store” her super by doing charge back, forward, back, then hold forward as long as she wants….then press punch to super. Whether she should keep this was very controversial throughout development. On the one hand, it’s pretty mindless when you can walk at the opponent and mash on strong to get a good priority strong punch, or a throw if they are throwable….while simultaneously threatening to super them with just a single button press on kick. The super has an almost-always guaranteed followup of up kicks. Super + up kicks does 80% damage. Yes, you read that right--80%. Something has to give here, especially with the overall goal of brining supers down to 50% or less. But on the other hand, stored super is fun and everyone seems to want it.
My proposal was to slightly reduce the damage so that it’s similar damage to other supers in HD Remix, to add invulnerability at the start so it can go through fireballs more easily, and to remove the storing property. If I made the game for myself, this would have been my decision. But players seemed generally unhappy and disappointed with this. The final version lets her keep her stored super, does not add any invulnerability over what she had in ST, but greatly reduces the damage of the super and limits up kicks to just 1-hit. (The up kicks seem to miss entirely on some characters, too.) In practice, her super ends up doing about half the 80% from ST, but all the storing tricks are left intact.
When I explained the debate to former Evolution champion Tokido, from Japan, he responded, “I understand the balance idea here, but I think if you remove stored super…Japanese players will not like. I think you should leave it, but reduce damage, as you did.” Thanks Tokido!
Neckbreaker Loop
Chun Li players are probably pretty sad at this point. There’s more bad news, then some good news. Many players complained that her neckbreaker kick (d/f + roundhouse) should be on the list of abuseable, repeatable moves. This is the move where Chun Li flips up (over fireballs if she wants) then comes down with an attack that knocks down. If she does it again as the victim stands up, it can be a cross-up versus several characters. It’s basically impossible to tell whether you should block left or right if you are one of these unlucky characters, and Chun Li can alter her spacing by a few pixels to kind of trap you in this repeated knockdown thing. She really does not need this to win, so many players requested that this be removed. It’s an incredibly long story what went on with this move in development, so I’ll just cut to the end. It now travels slightly less distance forward which means it can never cross-up. It’s still useful to go over fireballs and to pressure stand strong / throw afterwards, if the opponent blocks. It still knocks down on hit.
Spinning Bird Kick, Revisited
And now for some better news. After the decision to let Chun Li keep her stored super but greatly reduce her damage, I thought she needed an upgrade to stay competitive. That’s when I greatly improved the new arcing spinning bird kick. It travels much faster and has much less recover than it did in the earlier versions. You can try to cross-up with it. You can go over fireballs with it and safely attack with it from the right range. If the opponent is far away and tries to sweep as you land, it’s extremely hard for them to hit you. Even if you do get hit, you cannot be combo’d because you flip up if you get hit (you get hit out of the air). If you try the move from too close, it’s very easy for the opponent to stop it because Chun Li is completely vulnerable underneath, but if you do it from the right range, it’s a pretty solid attack.
Several players also requested that she be able to do her aerial spinning bird kick after her pogo attack, like in SF2: Hyper Fighting. They weren’t asking for any practical reason, they just had fun doing that back then, and so did I. So the aerial version can now be done with a flash kick motion as well as a sonic boom motion while in the air.
It turns out that this does have some interesting uses. If you are on the ground and charge down, the go up, then hesistate a moment, then press kick, you can do the aerial version (which travels horizontally, not in an arc) very low to the ground. You can even choose whether to do this move toward the opponent, mostly in place, or away from the opponent depending on which way you jumped. I’ve been able to use this move in many tricky situations to go over sweeps, to escape attacks, bait dragon punches, and so on.
I saw a few requests to change the command for her pogo move from down+medium kick while in the air to any of the three down positions. I made change this and loved it because it made doing the pogo (and then aerial Spinning Bird Kick!) much easier. All the actual Chun Li players booed and sent me nasty letters though. They need her aerial down/back + medium kick to be her crossup attack still, they said. So be it.
I should have made a secret Chun Li just for me, huh? (Mine would have had no stored super, higher damage super, more invulnerable super, and pogo can be down with any of the three down positions of the joystick). Chun Li is a case where I was very conscious of feedback from actual Chun Li players, rather than my own whims, so I hope that turns out well for everyone.
Conclusion
The bad:
Lighting Legs less damage and dizzy
Super less damage
Neckbreaker no longer crosses up
The good:
Lighting Legs easier to do
New arcing Spinning Bird Kick is fairly useful
New motion or aerial Spinning Bird Kick leads to some tricks
Chun Li’s fireballs, awesome normal attacks, and damaging throw are just as good as ever. She even got to keep her stored super. With some of her mindlessness decreased and some new tricks added, she remains competitive while being even a little more interesting than before.
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+HumectressOfBabylon — 6 days ago, 1 week later, 9 months after the original post[T] [B] #676,972
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pathetic. just shuffle your entire collection like a man
pathetic. just shuffle your entire collection like a man