I just wanted to change it

@mike_daddino They didn’t ’just figure this out’, Sengun just solves it They had Eason and Jabari trying to do this before and they have no IQ

The Rockets finally figured out how to beat a double team

@onlyrs11 @ShwetSpencer @UsherNBA He only does one thing That’s kinda the issue

@ShwetSpencer @UsherNBA He doesn’t need to be the only nigga doing everything

look at Reed Sheppard

@AZYG4LYFE @blackheart59_ @SuperAkouma The issue imo is not that he has an option to punish the OS, it’s that the option is a confirmable mid knockdown/wallsplat If it was riskier or less rewarding, I don’t think it’d be as big a deal Options to call out the defense isn’t inherently bad but they have to cost something

@blackheart59_ @SuperAkouma People have different levels of temperance, some are comfortable to openly accept varied solutions (counterplay) that cover different buttons at the risk of dying to another. Others I've seen (and understand) prefer a more one size (option) fits all (or at most).

It's fine that people are aware of ssr~duck in the specific instance from 1+2~3+4, but don't act like you were actively applying that counterplay in past seasons consistently....

@MYTHALLICA I used to do this until I realized none of these games are hard enough to force you to optimize at all so now I just use whatever looks fun to use

I need y’all to understand that some players just do not play the game the way you believe it should be played or the way YOU play it. Some of you like to set up moves strategically andI can respect that. However me personally, I prioritize speed and attack. My goal is to obliterate the Pokémon on the first hit and move onto the next Pokémon. You do you and I will do me. Period.

@kushan019 Viability of the move matters too Law’s heat engagers are just better than King’s for example You would have to do a lot of rebalancing around that And *if* you could do that, yes, that’d be way better than having heat burst. I don’t believe they can tho.

I wonder how one player is able to land a heat engager while the other isn't? Could it possibly be a difference in skill?

@SpaghettiRip Also if you really want a power low now she still has Destabilizer 4, which, yeah, is harder to access cause you have to hit the throw, but it’s also safer at -14 and very rewarding So it’s not like she doesn’t have an option. She does, it’s just a weaker one, and that’s good

@SpaghettiRip I feel like d1+2 follow-up nerf was a little misguided & would’ve preferred her install moves be nerfed instead D1+2 on its own didn’t feel like a problem, it was trying to deal with d1+2 while not getting hit by ff1+2 & fff1+2 that drove me crazy I’ll take this tho, I'm not mad

Some feedback I could give is that the nerfs to Asuka were really good and more of that would be appreciated across the board. They nerfed her in a way to NOT allow as much snowball offense and reintroduced a key weakness - No flipover from f2 on the ground - No followup in the open from d1+2 - FC df3 slowed, more pushback, less chip - New move ub1+2 nerfs the double spike combo Returning Weakness: No decent power low

@blackheart59_ Valid

@BobbyTimeclock Sometimes people forget I'm Italian it's like our best quality

I was present in chat when this happened, of course. I didn't take it personal, but it's a good moment to express and stress out how much people, generally speaking, sometimes fail to understand that if someone behaves in such a passionate way, it's because they actually care.

@kushan019 Not a big fan of removing it but it needs a rework. No combo utility, slower startup, no usage in stance, no advantage on block. I don’t wanna live in a world where character balance depends heavily on juggling hundreds of individual engagers, but burst is also super unhealthy rn

You can easily tell a players skill level by the way the respond to the idea of Heat Burst being removed and HP being reverted to 180.

@BrickCenter_ It’s 4 steps, not 6, but yes, very illegal

There's no such thing as traveling in the NBA anymore. Jalen Green took SIX steps in a 1-point game with 25 seconds left... no call 😭

@TRJ_StingRay @AryaTayebi @Harada_TEKKEN It’s hard for me to believe Nakatsu is a major driver of the issue He was (supposedly) a legacy fan before he was a dev He was a game designer on Tag 2 & the lead director on T7 He has to know why people are upset by T8 And yet given his position, there’s no way he’s not at fault

@AryaTayebi @Harada_TEKKEN Do you think tekken 8 became the way it is due to the (presumably) Nakatsu and Murray’s ego and ideas getting in the way of Harada trying to fix things all at the same time to the point where he just couldn’t take it?

Tekken 8 feels like competing visions. One side pushes accessibility, sales and constant aggression. Another values identity and fundamentals. That voice feels less present now. Then there's a diplomatic middle layer trying to balance both without fully committing. Cont...

@bballbreakdown Because somehow people have decided that since the Lakers have no conceivable chance of winning a championship, Luka is actually ineligible or something

Can someone remind me why Luka isn't in the conversation for MVP?

Tekken 8's design philosophy is to have more forced up-close interactions and to make decisions more high commitment. It's very odd that VF players will see Tekken players complaining about this and think that VF is the thing they're looking for.

@aarminani Yes, the difference between 22 & 24 is huge It’s the difference between Lars d1+2, which you should never get hit by, & DEN 3+4, which you also shouldn’t get hit by but might catch you freezing Yeah the mental stack matters, people aren’t robots, but i24 is very very easy to see

the difference between i22 and i24 is huge? Of course it is, if that's the only thing you have to worry about while labbing it. in a real match after conditioning, that gap closes hella quick. and 'reactable depending on animation' is doing a lot of heavy lifting there. reactable in neutral is not the same as reactable after you've dealt with her entire kit after a few interactions.

...anna's entire idenity has been risky lows. she got another one that goes WAY further than her standard df4 and db4 pokes. it's essentially a fcdf2 without having to go into fc. you don't see how strong that is?

@aarminani The difference between 22 & 24 is huge And 22 is still reactable depending on animation Claudio db3 was i24 pre-S2. King db3 is i23. Zafina d3 is i22. Bear db4 is i21. All reactable, including Jin & Kaz AK’s I struggle with but there are players who will tell you it is

i24? you’ve proven my point even more. Jin’s d2 is i22~23 Armor King’s db3 is i22~24 Kazuya’s d1+2 is i22 these are all lows that become unseeable after you’ve applied enough conditioning and have changed up your timing. Anna’s new low is only 1-2 frames slower on average. It’s also unparryable, and hits at range 2. maybe it’s a good thing you think it’s weak lol 😂

@PhiDXGames The character threads I’m in have seemed pretty reasonable Are some of them really that bad

Reading that Tekken Feedback Portal has me wondering if I failed as a Tekken educator.

@Fergus_TK Should’ve kept the d1+2 follow up but lost fff1+2 launch and uf1,2 tracking

I feel Asuka is a bit worse than her S1 iteration without the vortex now but its GOOD, its definitely making her rely on CH timings and defensive reads more like her older self, how it should be But why am I still dealing with most chars being their s2 selves or even better? 🫠

@BiasedHouston If the Spurs had traded Harper for Durant they’d be the 1 seed rn And Harper is good! The Rockets issue isn’t Durant, it’s that their personnel has glaring flaws and their coach magnifies them instead of coaching around them

The worst part about this is the implication that it is Kevin Durant’s fault. No context, no logic, just pure Kevin Durant hate.