Duralath 🔜 3rd Strike

You don't win every set... but sometimes, you can come up with something cool that makes your evening! Play 3rd Strike. It's a good game! twitch.tv/duralath/clip/… #3rdStrike #FGC

@Skipper_NLW @nowbandnyc 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Boom

connections.swellgarfo.com/game/-Oo75cNS9… Solve my 3rd Strike connections puzzle and share your results!

@Skipper_NLW Take your time, as others have said! Remember to find the joy in play as well!

I'm not ready to return to 3S still. The month of daily grinding plus two to three tournaments per week has taken a toll. I will resume once I return from Washington DC on Monday.

@prototypeoflife Definitely different than what I was expecting for Alex but there’s a lot of fun stuff I’ve seen! Looking forward to what you put out!

Gonna be an extra day before I'm comfortable putting out an Alex resource...he's quite different then I expected and I want to do my research.

@prototypeoflife @karlantuk Thank you for documenting this! So ready to jump in with Alex!

SF6 Pre-Launch Alex Notes, basic foundation stuff before launch to hit the ground running docs.google.com/document/d/1wG…

LET'S HEAR IT FOR ALEX! ALEX! ALEX! ALEX! ALEX!

@Arlieth @TheShend Probably, I just lack the knowledge at the moment to properly do this. Time to head to @ArcadeShock to see what we can do!

@duralath @TheShend Aren't those swappable with different switches and spacers?

TIL if you accidentally trigger an attack button of the opposite type during an EX input in 3rd Strike, you disable the EX This was supposed to be EX Tsurugi (axe kick) but the new buttons I installed would misfire when I hit adjacent buttons (i hit MK+HK) and kill the EX

@Arlieth @TheShend Damn, and I really liked the alutimos as well.

@duralath @TheShend Or we change up buttons

@karlantuk Be sure to share your findings in the Alex Discord, homie! Once I get off of work, I'm on the grind as well for #SF6Alex!

I’m getting paid an insane amt of money days after #SF6Alex drops. I can’t wait to just binge. First thing to test is the Yami-Drop. From there it’s time to instantly get master

This is why, in any competitive setting, you don’t quit until you cross the finish line, the timer hits zero, or the screen shows KO. Nothing’s ever guaranteed, so always be the one to finish your plate.

@luvkurby You’ve steadily improved ever since the first time we played; keep going! Hell of a Grand Finals match we had, and I’ll hopefully see you at the next one!

won the third online jazzy event for 2026😮😮its the second one of these that ive won but the first one since i switched to stick last summer, and it feels good to finally have a respectable tourney win with the new controller🫡feeling better on it every day, GGs everyone💪💪

@nowbandnyc @TheJazzyCircuit It was a pleasure to finally face you in tourney after a decade of never competing against each other properly! Let’s keep evolving, my friend!

Had a great time competing in @TheJazzyCircuit Online, operated this time by the ever pleasant Option Select team ft. Rose City and Virsaga (powering through illness to bring us a great bracket!) I got to face foes familiar and friends new every round. I met @duralath in a hotel room at Evo 2012, just before my ten year fighting game hiatus kicked in. Upon reintroduction in 2022 at Jazzy Finale, I’ve developed a great respect for not only his gameplay but his continued deep passion for competition and 3S. I hope and believe the feeling is mutual, and we were both excited to face off in tournament for the first time ever. Our winners semis set was a slobberknocker that came down to last interaction, and he got me. In our losers finals rematch, I just couldn’t stop enough approaches/momentum, and I got down 2-0. I did stay gritty to win game three, which I’m proud of from a mentality standpoint, but I fell 3-1. Great games, Duralath, and may it not be another 13+ years wait for our next tournament showdown 🔥 I was also happy to play my twitter buddy FlexMoney for the first time in tournament. After he won the first game, he commented that it was ridiculously laggy, which I thought was classy given that he’d won. I will return the sportsmanship and say that I don’t consider my win to “count” due to the dense Jungle of Jitter, but it was hype nonetheless, and I can’t wait to meet and play offline someday! Overall, I could have used a few more online rankings points, but I’m super happy with how I played, my gameplans and my poise, and I can’t ask for more than that. Also, congrats to @luvkurby for absolutely uncorking one! The Jazzy and tournament season overall are just getting started! 🔥 MESSATSU

Still hunting for that elusive victory, but hell, this was a great tournament. Hoping to play in more tournaments and hopefully get to the Finale, one way or another! On to the next challenge! Play 3rd Strike, it’s a good game. #FGC #3rdStrike

Last night’s @TheJazzyCircuit online placements are in. Thank you all for participating and tuning in. Big shoutout to @RoseCity__ for putting this together.

@Amirxl Commenting also to find out since we’re looking into Zipair for our travel later this year too.

Anyone fly ZIPAIR? if so good experience or bad? thoughts?

Decidedly streaming 3rd Strike again since we’ve got some free time. Twitch.tv/duralath #3rdStrike #FGC

@jchensor @KoruKinshi Oh wow, didn’t know you used Masoud as well, James! Great minds think alike!

If anyone in the FGC has to deal with tournament winnings and taxes, I want to recommend my tax guy Masoud aka @KoruKinshi. He’s not only amazing at taxes, but he’s FGC as well so he is very well versed in the life of a player and understands FGC more than any other tax guy.

Mission accepted!

PSA: I’m no longer associated w/ Battle by the Pool. My fellow tourney organizers and I are building a new + improved monthly tourney, minus the pool gimmick, focusing on sustaining and growing the SoCal FGC. Stay tuned for more details. Great things are coming!

@Liquidruss_ Beefy response! You'll get that punish on the next one!

all parries and no punish makes Rose a very sad girl