Haha check my post in the Trenchtown tourney thread. On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 4:10 PM, Stephen Scheidel <gieroadsteve@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > For the record. > > " > Online match thread > > For anyone interested I will be hosting Dead Or Alive 5 online matches on > the PlayStation 3 tonight (09 August 2013) between the hours of 20:00 and > 23:55. *It will be a private lobby, so if you want in you have to send me > your PSN ID and let me know that you want to play.* (If I am a little > late just wait a few minutes, but I should be on no later than 20:30). > > The matches will be singles matches only. We are not going to play tag > mode because unfortunately the tag mode is prone to certain glitches that > allow players to exploit infinite juggles when using certain characters. So > we will be sticking to singles matches. The matches will be 3 round > matches, 60 seconds per round, NORMAL health settings and all characters as > well as all stages are allowed to be used. > > Please keep in mind that the matches tonight will be *exhibition* matches > only. For those of you that don't know what an exhibition match is: > > An exhibition game (also known as an exhibition match, exhibition, > demonstration, demo, exhibit or friendly) is a sporting event in which > there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor > (such as tournament or season rankings, or prize money) regardless of the > outcome of the competition. The games can be held between separate teams or > between parts of the same team. Quality of play is generally valued over > the result. The term scrimmage is also sometimes used, especially with > regard to team sports, but is ambiguous because it has other meanings even > in that context. Another synonym is preparation match. A related concept is > a warmup match, where teams who will play in a tournament with one another > first play in unrelated matches in order to select players for the > tournament and to familiarize themselves with the playing fields. > In other words the matches are *friendly* matches only. We are *not*playing > for competition, or to see how much you can humiliate your opponent > by scoring 50 perfects in a row. If you are only playing to show off your > e-peen then don't even bother to show up because I *will* kick you from > the lobby. We are playing just to have fun with the game. I would > appreciate it if the more experienced players would hold back a little when > going up against us beginner players. There is absolutely no need for > death-combos, death-juggles, perfect victories, 20+ hit combos, 50 wins > streak in a row, etc. The matches tonight are not about showing off your > skill. They are about *everyone* having fun with the game. If you see > your opponent struggling then give them some breathing room. Give everybody > a chance to enjoy the game. Thank you." > > > > "If you feel the need to "up your game" against a certain opponent based > on their performance then by all means feel free to do so. Just *don't*go > overboard. Remember that there are beginners among the players and there > are people that just aren't that good in this game and there are people > that just don't have the insanely fast reflexes that other people seem to > posses. > > The point of the *exhibition matches* is so that everyone can enjoy > themselves. Beginners, intermediates and advanced players alike. > > If the more experienced players aren't happy with these rules then they > can go make their own lobby and beat seven shades of snot out of each other > in their own lobby. > > Save your 500 hit combos, your insta-death juggles, your force-techs of > doom, your resets of agony and the like for other advanced players. The > exhibition matches are about just having fun and taking it easy. > > I will always name my lobby "Exhibition Game" when these rules are being > enforced. So if you see the lobby name is "Exhibition Game" that means > "take-it-easy-there-are-beginners-and-not-so-good-players-among-us". > > It's bad enough all the local non-tournament level players have been > scared off of Street Fighter IV and Tekken Tag Tournament 2 by the more > advanced players that completely refuse to give anybody so much as an inch > of a chance. Seriously, you can't step into a Street Fighter IV match > without your character getting disemboweled within 5 seconds. Where is the > fun in that? Let's not let that happen with DOA5. The name of the game is > to "take it easy" when you play in the exhibition lobby" > > > > On 15 August 2013 16:07, Stephen Scheidel <gieroadsteve@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Me and you play exhibition matches all the time ! >> Actually whenever I play you or Stu we end up doing some sick acrobatics. >> >> >> On 15 August 2013 16:05, Wynand-Ben Viljoen <paashaasggx@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: >> >>> Exhibition matches! >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 16:03:32 +0200 >>> >>> Subject: [CPT-FGC] Re: New Mailing List >>> From: gieroadsteve@xxxxxxxxx >>> To: cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> >>> >>> Thats why I posted a pic of a crying baby in his DOA thread. >>> >>> >>> On 15 August 2013 15:12, Ilitirit Sama <ilitirit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> This raphamon dude pisses me off so much. First he begs us to play him >>> by ignoring all the Player Name threads and creating his own. Then after >>> we play him he deletes us from his friends' list because "we didn't give >>> him a chance". WTF. And now he's wondering why he can't find competition >>> online. Well if you have it as a rule that noone is allowed to beat you >>> then maybe that could be a problem... >>> >>> >>> >> >