Mark your calendars:
June 21st, 7pm ET—
#GBVSR
Bingo
A 5v5 Team Exhibition where the objective isn't to eliminate the other team but to fill out your bingo card before they do.
Team
@witchhazy_
vs Team
@ELSA_NIER
Rysair poster and tweet from
@WASDgaming_gg
coming soon (tm).
3-2 in UNI!
Went in with no expectations and had way too much fun.
Felt especially good since a few people I beat had written me off and were already talking strategy for their next set before we even started playing.
Big ggs to
@CowChower
I had a BLAST gooning vs your Linne!
I've memed about this before but now I'm 100% Serious:
After
@CrossoverArc
is done, I'm going to host Wage Slave Week.
For one week all our online brackets will be locked to entrants with 9-5s (yes I'll ask for proof).
Let the best boomer win.
#GBVSR
input delay values per
@noodalls
's tests all in one spot:
~24.96ms - PC
40.36ms - PS4 Pro
41.19ms - PS4 on PS5
72.33ms - PS4 Slim
87.42ms - PS5
Ignorantly mashing in FGs with friends is hands down the most fun I have while gaming.
Sometimes I forget that fighting games are games and can just be played without any competitive goals or real desire to grind.
Grateful “learning” KoF has reminded me of that.
I cannot stress this enough: if you don't enjoy a video game turn it off and play/do something else.
You have agency. No one is tying you to a chair and forcing you to play.
If you can't do that please don't pollute Discords dedicated to enjoying the game with negativity.
3-2 in UNI!
Went in with no expectations and had way too much fun.
Felt especially good since a few people I beat had written me off and were already talking strategy for their next set before we even started playing.
Big ggs to
@CowChower
I had a BLAST gooning vs your Linne!
I know this isn’t ideal but as a TO I’m, frankly, tired of hosting tournaments on broken ports.
It creates stress for staff and players alike and is bad PR for the game. When someone visits our stream and sees disconnects, crashes, and general glitches it’s not a good look.
We made the announcement last night in Discord but we’ll be running this week’s
#UNI2
bracket on PlayStation.
We know this isn’t ideal as most of the player base is in PC but we’re still not comfortable with the state of the port.
Once it improves more we’ll return to PC.
The travel stream PC has been fully miniaturized.
It’s rocking a 3060 along side a 5600x.
Has no heat issues and was able to handle streaming both MBTL and UNI2 at 1080p to YT and Twitch simultaneously.
Planning to test with GBVSR later this week.
I’m begging y’all…please be gentle with TOs stuff when you go to locals.
This obviously won’t affect the performance of the PS5 but it feels pretty bad to haul a couple hundreds pounds of gear out only to have some of it come back broken.
I'm begging everyone on
#UNI2
PC ranked: please stop skipping intros.
The rollbacks can become absurdly bad.
Just wait the literal 6 seconds for the characters to say their one-liners. Holy hell.
@CrossoverArc
To spare my DMs:
- Full-time student does not count as a wage slave. Sorry, you're banned.
- If you're a full-time streamer/content creator you're banned. It's not in the spirit of 9-5.
- You don't have to work exactly between 9-5 it's the spirit of 9-5 that matters.
All I ask is that if you plan to make your custom color at
@CrossoverArc
you at least have the numbers written down.
Please don't hold up the stream as you try and guess the right combo 😭
""Custom Color"" setting has been added that allows you to edit each part of a character's colors.
You can set your character in your favorite detailed colors.
#UNI2
#inbirth
Allow me to introduce the
@WASDgaming_gg
Box 1 — my first foray into super small form factor PCs for FG locals.
It’s a monster at 1080p and runs every FG in my (substantial) library smoothly.
Going to have it out as a casual station at the next WASD Live to get player feedback.
MASSIVE thank you to everyone who came out to Crossover Arc.
I can't quite put into words how much it means to me to have so many people come out to an event I hosted.
I sincerely hope everyone had a good time and I can't wait to see you all next year.
Haven't seen this posted anywhere, so here are the game modes for the
#UNI2
beta.
Also preordering the PS4/5 version gets you early access to the full game.
#UNISC
Apparently it’s that time of year again where I have to put this out there:
If you have any intention of trying to drag me into FGC drama: don’t.
I make negative money running WASD and I will not sacrifice my mental health on top of my pocket book dealing with petty gripes.
I’m sure there’s at least one other person that needs this:
Pyramid - Hold guard button. React to low with spotdodge.
Yggy - Block rocks, jump forward on wind ball, dodge lightning and lava. Dodging late is better to avoid being caught in recovery.
Anti
#GBVSR_LO
I think the single best decision I've made when it comes to learning FGs was to play GBVSR ranked with a notepad.
Writing down what smokes me in a set and then looking for the answers at the end of my session has helped me improve so much more quickly.
With
#GBVSR
and
#UNISC
dropping in the next couple of months I'm going to be bringing back more learning-friendly content for both games.
Instead of beginner brackets though, I'll be running exhibitions centered around mentor-student player pairs.
For anyone in chat last night asking me why I don’t even notice degenerate Steam usernames: this is why.
I broke years ago when I found out what UNI players name their mixups/combos.
I am begging.
PLEASE someone, anyone, fix the PC port of MBTL.
It's the worst feeling in the world when a hype set gets suddenly cut short because of disconnects, lobby crashes, or sudden stutters so bad it becomes unplayable.
Just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to everyone who came to Crossover.
All the brackets felt like movies & it's still wild to me how many people attended from all over the world.
I didn't get to hang out much, but I had a blast & I hope you did, too.
See you in 2025!
PSA: NEVER use Challonge if you need to run pools. Literally, just remake the bracket from scratch in start if you have to.
Tonight was the most stressful experience I've had in the last 3-4 years of TOing by FAR.
Shoutouts to
@RyerOnStream
for literally saving the bracket.
I mentioned this in Discord but wanted to say it here as well:
Thank you to everyone who joined and made last night awesome. It was the biggest bracket we’ve run and it made me really excited for the future of
#GBVSR
.
Special thank you to our Top 24 for being patient through
I've memed about this before but now I'm 100% Serious:
After
@CrossoverArc
is done, I'm going to host Wage Slave Week.
For one week all our online brackets will be locked to entrants with 9-5s (yes I'll ask for proof).
Let the best boomer win.
I know a lot of people are against playing UNI2 on PSN because of PS+ but, honestly, given what we’ve seen since launch if you’re still hellbent on waiting for the PC port to get fixed you might as well just say you’re not planning to play UNI in 2024.
I want to host “Under Night at the Drive In” so bad.
People would drive up, tailgate, and watch a UNI bracket on the big screen outdoors.
I feel like it’d be a sick spring/summer thing to do. My bday is on a Saturday this year so maybe I’ll try and get something going in July.
SF6 Drops this week and there's a LOT of shit going on in/around NYC. Here's a quick thread of some of the offline SF6 tourneys I know about over the next few weeks.
* This is not every FG event in NYC for June.
** I just assumed NLBC is running every Weds in June.
1/10
Had to cancel my trip to EVO Japan 😔
Work told us yesterday that they're cutting all contractors, so I'll be out of a job by the end of the month.
I'm bummed about the trip, but I need to be fiscally responsible until I find something new.
Going private in the meantime.
Posted this in Discord already, but heads up I've updated my Twitch chat rules.
Please pay attention to rule
#2
specifically as I've told mods to shoot on sight for any violations and will myself shoot on sight when I see it.
Was making
@matcherino
pages for upcoming
@WASDgaming_gg
events and noticed we broke 40k in total prizing!
Definitely TO's out there that blow this number out of the water (Bum comes to mind) but still feels like a milestone considering we've only been around a couple of years.
Woke up at 5am to chug water for Ramadan then stayed up because I went down the rabbit hole of looking at today’s brackets and planning out potential stream matches.
I can’t overstate how excited I am for UNI2 and GBVSR today.
I hope everyone is having a good time at Crossover!
The Granblue community is seriously OD.
Can't believe the turnout tonight (both in bracket and watching the stream) or the donations we got.
Thank you so much to everyone who came out. Looking forward to seeing you guys on Wednesday night for the
#GBVS
Open!
👋, Meet
@MatcherinoBot
.
MatcherinoBot is a simple RT bot for Matcherinos. Tag your Matcherino tweets with
#matcherino_codes
for a free RT.
Hopefully, this will help more TOs get those codes claimed!
Need to get this printed and framed.
I’m so glad I got to see
@Defiant_def
take the first UNI2 major in person. It’s incredible seeing literal years of hard work pay off the way it has at the last few UNI majors.
Can’t wait for Crossover in March!
Tired of the “X players are carried by their character” posts.
If you’re not at least a little carried/enabled by your character you made the wrong choice.
What a shit take.
I already dedicate 20-30 hours a week running/planning events easy. I have every right to jump in to one of the brackets I run if I choose to.
Thank you to everyone who played & watched our vanilla Granblue brackets.
I started running GBVS three years ago (almost to the day) and it's been incredible watching the series & players grow week after week.
I'll be running Rising & I hope to see you all every Wednesday.
Starting to see more calls for MBTL brackets on PSN.
I've wanted to run Mashfest on PS for a minute but people were super resistant to the swap. Looking at my timeline though I might try a few weeks on console 🤔
For anyone throwing an event in the NY tristate area: I'm now renting out my small fleet of consoles.
If you're in need of PS4s or PS5s feel free to hit me up.
They're all loaded with: DNF, GBVS, GGST, KOFXV, MBTL, & UNICLR.
Most have XRD; some have P4AU, DBFZ, & BBTAG.
I'm expecting our first
#UNI2
bracket on 2/4 to be pretty sizeable () so I'm resurrecting an old promo poster to make an early plea:
Please get connection tested ASAP 😭
Replay takeover in
#UNI2
is actually broken.
I'm not someone who learns well when the answer is just given to me, I need to figure it out myself and I finally feel enabled to do that well.
I'm already finding easy counterplay to things that have cooked me.
Ya know what...fiscal responsibility is great and all, but I think I'd regret not going to Japan than taking some money out of my savings to make the trip to EVO.
It's not as long a trip as I wanted but I'll see everyone going to EVO Japan in a few days 🫡
I announced this in Discord yesterday morning but forgot to tweet it:
Today's WASD Live is cancelled!
To make a long story short I was diagnosed with appendicitis and I won't be able to host today as a result.
As I continue to search for a larger venue for future Crossover Arcs I implore you all: buy a shirt when you attend a major/regional.
Venues are EXPENSIVE. Internet is EXPENSIVE. Staging is EXPENSIVE.
I knew all of these things cost a lot but like...holy hell.
.
@LaColombeCoffee
wasn’t kidding around when they said they wanted to sponsor Crossover.
Expect some free coffee throughout the event. ☕️
Also…who wants to come by my place to help me load the car at the end of the month? 😅
1/ After checking my DMs from last night I guess this is something that has to be said:
Please don't try and police restreaming of my events on other channels.
I'm totally fine with people restreaming my events so long as they aren't streaming a carbon copy of my tournament.
Despite a doc appt turned 12 hour hospital visit I somehow managed to make it home, pack my bags, get to the airport, clear security after a booking error flagged me, and catch my flight to
#CEOTaku
with 15 minutes to spare.
Today I defeated the Curse of Ra.
Tonight's
#GBVSR
bracket is absolutely STACKED.
If you plan to enter, please sign up ASAP. There are only a few hours left til signups close.
If you want to watch, we'll be streaming on both Twitch () and YouTube ()
@nicolethepeach
@riotgames
I’m a TO based in NYC who runs, produces, and commentates weekly online brackets for GBVS, UNICLR, MBTL, & BBCF as well as offline monthlies for GGST, GGXRD, UNICLR, MBTL, and GBVS.
This last year I ran and managed stream for over 200 brackets and crowdfunded $30k in prizing.
With
#GBVSR
and
#UNISC
dropping in the next couple of months I'm going to be bringing back more learning-friendly content for both games.
Instead of beginner brackets though, I'll be running exhibitions centered around mentor-student player pairs.
Also, here are the current registration numbers for
#CROSSOVERARC
2023:
MBTL - 59
UNICLR - 54
GGST - 49
MBAACC - 41
GBVS - 31
KOFXV - 30
Really stoked to see FPan games at the top of the list.
The
#UNI2
bracket at
@CrossoverArc
is insane.
On the first page of entrants alone, we've got Redblade, Clearlamp, Foxof, BigBlack, Squish, Fendo, Rikir, & OmniDeag.
I hope the EU gamers I spoke to today can 100% make it work too!
This has been harder to find than it should be, so I'm recirculating the Crossover schedule to help people tune in easily over the next two days.
#CROSSOVERARC2024
Without factoring in Matcherino, first place for UNI2 at
@CrossoverArc
is looking to take home $1750 and first place for GBVSR is looking to win $1600.
For GGST, MBTL, and MBAAC you're looking at ~$650.
God damn.
Do you like UNI2 and Modelo?
If so, come play me in a ft5 for a free Modelo this Saturday at LP.
I’m collecting replays so I can take them over and study so I’ll be pulling up with my own console and some Modelos.
Anyone who plays me gets a beer until I run out. 1 per player.
#GBVSR
has been out for a bit so I’m making a push for our mentor-student series Adaptive Flow State!
I’d really like to kick it off but we are in desperate need of mentors.
To volunteer, join the
@WASDgaming_gg
Discord () and give yourself the AFS role.
With
#GBVSR
and
#UNISC
dropping in the next couple of months I'm going to be bringing back more learning-friendly content for both games.
Instead of beginner brackets though, I'll be running exhibitions centered around mentor-student player pairs.
This might weirdly be the project I’m most excited about to have completed.
My travel stream setup now 100% fits in a carryon. Travel keyboard hasn’t arrived yet but it should fit no problem over the PC and Camera.
Monitors are stored in the laptop pocket.