Solo Jam went 2-2 at a local, which I believe matched the performance of my two week Johnny at a Shadow World way back in S3. She's fun, but I think it's time I pick a different character back up.

Feels surreal that we're only two weeks out from launch. So excited to share everything we've been working on with the community.

I am eagerly awaiting the Frosty and Slashback photo albums, because I think it's about time to retire the dolphin PFP from Combo Breaker 2024.

Finished the climb from Diamond 1 to Vanquisher on Jam. She's fun, but I don't think she's particularly strong. Two of the cards are underwhelming, and there are some terrible common matchups.

Re: the SF6 season 4 leak Bahahahahahahahahahahaha

Uni and Melty at the local, after I get Jam to Vanquisher I will be an fpan player once again. Strive will stay in rotation but man I just love these games.

Surely at some point ArcSys will realize that how HC's gun works on a fundamental level is just genuinely bad fighting game design, right?

We're gonna have some good-ass VSav this fall, come through!

This special edition of WARRING TRIAD is this weekend! Join us for pizza, Deadlock, and some good ass anime games. start.gg/WARRINGTRIAD17

Strive Jam is a whole lot of fun. Her buttons are a little stubby and her pressure is pretty vanilla until she gets cards up, but exploding people with carded ryuujin rules and her animations are absolutely oozing character.

I'm still absolutely buzzing from Slashback even though travel and work have been beating my ass. What an incredible weekend to be a part of.

We want to thank you all who attended in person, stream monstered, or show support in other ways for this years #Slashback2026 #スラッシュバック26 GG's y'all and We'll catch you in 2027

My friends took me into SF to go to Kinokuniya. They do not care for my financial well-being.

Let's rock.

See you soon.

NC's own DGF closes out his first #BBCF Top 8 set against Jona at #Slashback2026 with a PERFECT!! Tune in to the top 8 and post #NCSWEEP twitch.tv/slashbackproject

Top 48 losers side in Uni, playing tomorrow! Finally turned my bottom seed into a big upset after a few close calls at other events, regardless of the placement tomorrow I am stoked.

The sun sets in the west, giving way to Realize the Night… The Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code Top 8 is LIVE! twitch.tv/slashbackpro... #Slashback2026 #スラッシュバック26 #MBAACC

Hanging out in the Phoenix airport for a bit before I hop on my connection to Sam Jose. This is the furthest West I've ever been and there's more to go.

2.0 May is a blast, I see the vision.

So uh... Those universal aerial hurtbox changes may have smoked Slayer's routing more than I anticipated.

I've never been to the west coast before, looking forward to seeing everyone!

After sleeping on the Strive patch notes, I am both excited for this direction for the game and also extremely lost as to who I will actually play on this version. Likely solo Slayer this weekend regardless, but there's a laundry list of characters I want to check out + Jam now.

The Strive showcase showed far more than I anticipated, it seems like they have really dialed back the power level in a lot of consequential ways. The game is going to be very, very different, I am extremely curious about how the Season 3/4 characters that were built with WA in mind get adjusted.

Letting Leo jump cancel backturn is actually so dumb, ArcSys doubling and tripling down on backturn neutral is so toxic given how strong backturn pressure is already.

Only 7️⃣ days left until "Jam Kuradoberi " joins the fight in GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- ! ⬇️Watch her trailer now! https://youtube.pulse.ly/gd1crrwp98 #GGST #GuiltyGear #MotionIntroductionVideo

I was on board with this until they showed the damage, I know strive is a high-damage game but that's a whole lot of red for what is probably going to be an easy clean hit

Oh this is going to wallbreak from so far away

Today is the LAST DAY you can register as a Competitor for Slashback 2026. Looking forward to seeing everyone in two weeks. #Slashback2026

Bringing the FGC retirement home that is Deadlock into the local 😈

Played actual games of Xrd tonight for the first time since 2018. Cool-ass game

This is the last week to register for Slashback 2026! Late registration ends this Sunday!! Volunteer and Commentary forms will also be closing soon, so get those in if you haven't already! ⬇️Registration links below⬇️ #Slashback2026

Peni is a fire choice for the roster. This team comp definitely changes roster predictions though

WILD ASSAULT IS DEAD THEY ACTUALLY DID IT OH MY GOD

MORE UNI CHARACTERS

Both HC players getting absolutely blitzed by the I-Nos was not necessarily what I expected, but it's the outcome I was hoping for.

This Daru fella might be good at fighting games

I stayed up far too late last night trying to figure out Alex, and it was a great reminder that I absolutely hate SF6's system mechanics. I still want to learn the character and get him to Master just because I stuck with him in SFV for so long, but the game just isn't for me.

Important consideration for AWT Finals this weekend: they're in Seoul, South Korea, so most of the events will be overnight in the US. 9 am local start time on Friday -> 8 pm EDT on Thursday.

If I'm Kenny Omega I am *pissed* right now

Capcom... WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ALEX'S STORY???

SQ: GOLD is this Saturday at @xepherarcade.com ! We've already got over 50 entrants, please pre-register if you plan to attend as there is an overall cap. Pools will be available today for scheduling purposes. Seeding done by noon Saturday. See you soon! start.gg/sqg

AISLE SEAT WITH NO ONE NEXT TO ME ON THE TEN HOUR FLIGHT

Middle seat on flight one of a 24 hour travel day

I'm really excited about SQ Gold and restarting the local-scale SQs generally. Beyond that, it's pretty damn cool that there are so many opportunities to play anime games in NC.

Wearing SQ merch in the wild is very funny because sometimes someone will innocently ask "what's SQ?" and I suddenly find myself explaining the entire concept of fighting games and what makes the FGC so special.

Interesting changes for Tōkon that feel very in-line with the general complaints I heard and felt myself from the betas. I do wonder about the wall break changes in particular, but for everything else I am pretty happy with the direction they're going.

I flew 5000+ miles and had a 24+ hour long travel day just to look out over the Adriatic Sea at night and think about anime fighting games.

god I love regionals #MAXMODE2026