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>field too long

"So you do Saikyoku?" she says, cocking an eyebrow.

"No, I do eskrima. Write down eskrima," you say, gritting your teeth.

"Okay. Now, what are your special moves?"

"I don't...I mostly just hit people?" you say. She sighs and sets the clipboard aside.

"I know that, but we need something for the announcers to say. It's like how saying 'he executed a perfect Flash Kick' sounds better than saying "he kicked that guy in the head" for the hundredth time in the fight. They strongly request that every fighter have two or three."

>Special moves?

>>21271398
Wolverine strike. Tatsuya may have said never to talk about that day but I like to think something was learnt that day.

>>21271398

That jumping hit we used on Danny and the Pillow Demon. Somehow named in honor of our spirit guide Segata Sanshiro.

Alright, attack names!

Saturn Launch> When we do a Segata Sanshiro style throw
Wolverine Barrage> Attacking multiple times with such speed that our sticks appear to become extended 'claws' for a moment
Chip Shot> The golf swing style attack
A Gentleman's Reply> Projectile Reflecter

>>21271484
These are lovely and better than anything I could come up with. I support these, not sure if we have any other moves. Are we counting ultras here, as well?

... Is this eventually going to end up with Anon in a team with Pete and Danny vs Ellie, Belle and their eventual third member?

>>21271484
I like these, except the last two should be named Free Drive and Gentleman's Reply respectively.

A chip shot barely involves swinging, and techniques starting with 'A' are wonky to talk about.

>>21271528
Yea, i figured there was a better golf term to use, definitely go with Free Drive. Do we have any other skills/strikes we use often?

>>21271484
>Saturn Launch
fantastic

>>21271557
HEADBUTTS

I cant seem to come up with a good name for it, but we should probably have a named headbutt attack, we do it often enough...

>>21271484

I second that and want to make a movelist for Anon now.

>>21271590
"Class isn't everything"?

>>21271590
So Uncivilized

>>21271590

Pearls Before Swine

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>>21271484

"Alright. Um. Saturn Launch for when I do a hip throw." Gotta pay respect to your spirit mentor.

"What, like an ogoshi?" she asks.

"I don't know enough judo to answer that question," you say. She writes it down anyway.

"Okay, let's get two more, that'll do for now. What about some escrima stuff?"

"Free Drive for a golf-style swing. Gentleman's Reply for a thing that reflects projectiles." You briefly consider naming something after that night on the mountain with the wolverines (regardless of what you promised Tatsuya. He's playing videogames with Pete in the living room, he won't hear.) Memories start to rise to surface, memories of sharp little teeth and the horrible claws and the darkness.

Nope. Put a lid on it.

"And that's it," you say. She continues writing for a moment, then sets the pad aside with a click of her pen.

"Okay, I'll have the boys in PR give these a once-over and get back to you." She pulls out a fresh batch of forms. Your heart sinks.

"Now, money. You have a job?"

"N-not at the moment," you say. "Kind of put that on hiatus to train."

"Okay, and what did you do before that?"

>Wait, what was your job again?

>>21271590
"Intellectual Clash"

>>21271674
Taught people how to tie snazzy bow ties.

>>21271701
A Gentleman's Gentleman? Personal Tailor specialized in Bows?

>>21271701

I like this. Worked classy menswear in a department store.

>>21271674
We were a waiter for a month or two, which led to a short lived freelance bow-tie model career...

>>21271734
But, its kinda...
what about barber? chaffeur for rich bastards?
...boat captain?
wolverine tamer?

>>21271751
I like this.

>Saikyoku
It's just "Saikyo," meaning "strongest."

>>21271832

Really? My mistake, could've sworn I'd seen it the other way. It'll just be Saikyo from here out.

>>21271674
Waiter and bouncer.
>>21271701
>>21271734
just sounds cheesy.

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"Waited tables for a bit. Did some temp gigs. Was a bowtie model once," you say.

"Yeah? You still a model?"

"Nah, it was just the once. They didn't actually take a picture of my face even, just the bowtie."

"...oh," she says, sounding kind of disappointed.

"I mean, it was a really nice bowtie," you say.

"Right," she says. "After that?"

"More temp work. Worked in a menswear section of a department store for awhile, helping fit people for suits and the like." You can hear Tatsuya crowing in triumph from the living room, Pete seems to be saying "cheap" over and over. Guess he's not doing so well.

"So you do this entire gentleman thing pretty hard, huh?" she says. "I was kinda hoping you had a job we could push, like the way we used to advertise that guy in the Air Force back in the day, you know? We haven't had a fighting gentleman in awhile, that'll do for now. Okay, now we just need a quick little press quote. What's your motivation?"

>roll 1dd100, highest number takes it

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>>21271843
Well, Saikyo-ryuu Karate (I think it's karate, since Dan never properly learned Ansatsuken) for the whole thing, but yeah. You know Dan has an ego when he calls his style "Strongest Style."

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>>21271870
"To put the 'art' back in martial arts, and to remind the world what 'class' is."

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>>21271870
This sport has grown savage and uncivilized. I seek to restore the Art of Fighting to it's former swag.

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>>21271895
"To put the 'art' back in martial arts, and to remind the world what 'class' is...by smacking people in the head with sticks"

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>>21271895
Also, i hope not to go into that whole berserker "beat enemy to a pulp in a blood rage" thingy in a fight again. It happens to me sometimes and i find it highly unclassy.

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>>21271895

"To put the art back into martial arts. To remind the world what class is," you say.

"That...okay, that'll do it," she says.

"Alright, we done here?" you ask.

"Almost!" she cheerfully replies. She pulls a fresh stack of paper from her briefcase and drops them on the table with a thud you'll hear in your nightmares.

>let's check on Ellie

>>21271832
Saikyo-ryuu.

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>>21271895
I'm good with this

>get ready for all those 1

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Your name is Ellie, a Kyokugen fighter. You're currently partnered with a kickboxer named Belle, trying to find a third fighter to get back into the King of Fighters circuit. With most of your contacts in the fighting community either already in teams or in Metro City, you're going to have to start from scratch.

"Alright, so how do we look for a ninja?" Belle asks. The two of you are in your kitchen. Once she realized how terrible you were at cooking she started coming by in the afternoons to train and follow up by helping you make dinner. You suspect it's mostly so you don't accidentally poison yourself. She made you a roasted chicken with baked potatoes, leaving you to make the salad.

The salad isn't great.

"I'm still not sold on the ninja," you say. "If we call ourselves the New Women's Team or whatever we're going to be defined by that forever. I want to be defined by all the ass kickings we deliver."

"Male or female, we've got to find someone," she says. "So where do we look?"

>any ideas?

>>21272068
The local red-light district. You don't mess with strippers, man.

>>21272068

It's simple. We put out an ad in the newspaper. "Fighter wanted for KoF team. Apply below". Then we hold auditions in the Kyokugen dojo. Whoever defeats the both of us in combat gets to join. We'll get some sparring training out of it, too.

>>21272068
I heard there was a karate hobo with Psychopowers somewhere in Southtown... And Karate Hobos are always happy to fight if you give them a turkey or two.

On the other hand karate hobos stink, so they should be our last resort option.

>>21272068
So where we are again?
Metro or South town?

Let's go to a bar or something

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>>21272068
Fightchan's /k/ equivalent. Opening pic.

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>>21272095
That's a decent idea. Otherwise, I think there's a fighting arena in Southtown. We could check there for strong people.

>>21272122

YES

Let's go to King's bar!

>>21272142
>Make a thread on Fightchan.

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>>21272122
If we are in Southtown let's go check Paopao Cafe

The owner was one of the classic KoF fighters

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>>21272157
Pao Pao Cafe is always a common hangout in Southtown, especially since it's owned by Richard Meyer and his protege, Bob Wilson.

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>>21272172
Also, as >>21272149 mentioned, there's a bar and club in Southtown co-owned by King and Duck King (particularly, Duck King is the resident DJ). That might be a good place to start.

If we manage to get an audience with any of the original fighters (you know Terry is hanging out somewhere), ask how Mai and Andy are doing, see if they have any protege of theirs looking to prove themselves. That aside, fighters have a way of knowing the most unique folks. Just ask for a ninja, and someone is bound to show up.

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>>21272206
Another possibility: Mr. Tae Kwon Do himself, Kim Kaphwan, is a common visitor to Southtown. Hell, if the Yokchong Market arena from Garou: Mark of the Wolves is to be believed, there's an entire Little Korea sector of Southtown. If Kim's visiting, get an audience and see if he has any students looking to compete, since we have a spot open on our team.

Chae Lim related.

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>>21271991
An addendum to the motivation question:
"To remind the world why the World Warrior Legends were indeed legends."

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"Alright, we've got a few options," you say. "We can start by starting a teamfinder thread on Fightchan."

"Fightchan?" she says, skeptical. "That's...you go on Fightchan?"

"It's not as bad as its reputation," you say, suddenly embarrassed. "And we'll run ads in the paper. Open call for fighters, anyone who wants to join a King of Fighters team can come down and audition."

"Audition?" she asks.

"We fight 'em. If they're good they can join."

"Sounds...solid, actually," Belle says. "Alright, so we'll set that up for next week."

"Also we could check out King's bar," you say. "Maybe there could be strong fighters there? She's one of the original fighters in the entire tournament."

"We can check it out," Belle says, "but I think we're mostly just going to find hipsters. It's a bar, you know?"

You think it over.

"Can we fight the hipsters?"

"Sure," she says, shrugging. "Oh, here's one, we could check out Real Bout." Your face falls a bit. Real Bout is the one-on-one division of the King of Fighters in Southtown. No ranking, no divisions, just people show up once a week to watch people fight. A lot of fighters who can't cut it at a higher level of competition wind up there and never break out.

"It's...not really a great place to find fighters, is it?"

"There might be some up-and-comers honing their skills there, and they're likely not to have teammates."

"Alright, we'll check it out," you say. "One way or another, we'll find a fighter."

>let's check back in on Anon
>no, let's watch them eat

>>21272277

No, let's watch them post on fightchan!

>>21272277
>no, let's watch them eat

Only answer

>>21272294

>Belle and Ellie find people creeping on photos of them battling Mad Gear
>burn Metro City to the ground
>bad end

>>21272277
back to Anon

>>21272309
>Belle and Ellie finds fapfic about them
>Belle get's curiously interested on them
>starts writing notes

GOOD END

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>>21272277
>no, let's watch them eat
Anon's going to be at that paperwork for a while, and a trip to Pao Pao Cafe or King's Court (my impromptu fanname for [Duck] King's bar/club) should be fun. Also,
>Real Bout is the KoF minor leagues
That's actually pretty neat, though I imagine it ended up as such after the original fighters cleared out. No matter who you ask, Wolfgang Krauser and Geese Howard were not minor-league.

>>21272346

Early Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting games suggest the name of the in-game tournament was the King of Fighters Tournament. The way I figure it is the King of Fighters tournament was the official name for the single-fighter tournament, then it switched to a three-person format under the aegis of Rugal. The three-fighter format was popular and stuck around, then the owners spun off Real Bout as a sideline. Due to the way the World Warrior and King of Fighters tournament build up to a clear winner they attract more prestige and more cash, so high-powered fighters end up in one of those two. By this point Real Bout is just a weekly tradition where you can show up and watch some fights. Like you said, it's kind of the minor leagues to the KoF's majors.

>>21272277
>Back to anon.

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You are Anon, a street fighter and World Warrior. You're about to fight on the highest level you've ever competed on, against possibly the toughest fighter you've ever faced. Apparently this requires you to take press photos with the guy for nearly an entire hour in a dingy trailer-turned photo studio.

"Okay, now one with you two in kind of a fighting pose," the photographer says. You and your opponent - whose name you still haven't caught - both put your dukes up like old-timey boxers. The photographer snaps another four or five photos, circling the two of you. You can tell he hates it as much as you do.

"So what's your name?" you ask the guy.

>What's the guy's name? 1d100

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>>21272384
Indeed, technically, the first KoF was the events of Fatal Fury 1. The Art of Fighting story is different, though, since that just details Ryo/Robert's crusade to save Yuri/oust Geese. AoF takes place before FF. Garou: Mark of the Wolves was also actually a KoF -- the full title was King of Fighters: Maximum Mayhem.

Alt. costume Mai (usable for a ninja?).

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>>21272409
Dick Fistpunch

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>>21272409
"Luke Reilly."

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>>21272409
Dominic Fry

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>>21272409

Han Solo

>>21272439
>>21272445
>>21272454
>dem 90+ rolls

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>>21272454
>>21272445
>>21272439
>these rolls

>>21272439
>>21272445
>>21272454

Fuck... we just used all our high rolls.

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>>21272445
This, even though it rolled worse, dick fistpunch is just too silly. I am not getting a silly feel from the guy in the pic.

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>>21272474
You spoke too soon mate.

>>21272475

Well, his first name could be Richard.

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>>21272423
Wanna see something silly? This picture is Blue Mary's actual alternate costume from KoF: Maximum Impact. Make of it what you will.

>>21272423

I think AoF 2 is supposed to be the first King of Fighters. That might be a retcon from SNK, though.

I actually like that costume for Mai a lot more than her standard.

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>>21272409
Erick Mohandas.

>Pic: in case SFM need more redhead in suit for Belle.

>>21272496
Either or.

>>21272494
Maximum Impact alternates were silly. Hell even the new characters weren't so good. Duke was pretty bitching, though. And I get the feeling Hyena is Anon's public enemy number 1.

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>>21272506

Very nice! Thanks.

>all these high rolls
>all these inevitable 1s once the fight actually starts
>Tatsuya's going to surprise attack us Akuma style and become the new MC

>>21272439
>>21272445
>>21272454
>T-these rolls...

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>>21272409
Big McLargehuge

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>>21272454

"Dom," he says, reaching out his hand. "Dom Fry."

"Anon," you say, shaking his hand. The photographer keeps snapping away madly.

The woman from the World Warrior office opens the door of the trailer. "Okay, camera crews are ready. Start setting up, fight starts in five minutes on the dot."

Dom gives you a shrug and a smile before leaving. He doesn't seem so bad.

>get your sticks, warm up a bit
>find Pete and Tatsuya in the crowd, see if they know anything about this guy

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>>21272522
Maximum Impact in general was a bit of a trainwreck. The whole thing looks weird. Plus it introduced the Meira Brothers and a bunch of weird characters.

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>>21272494
Get your sticks

>>21272573

Warm up by sparring with Pete, ask about that guy. Specifically, what's his style?

>>21272573
Get the info. Appearances can be deceiving.

>>21272573
>get your sticks, warm up a bit
I'm sure people will be shouting advice from the crowd. Either way, let's not go into this cold. We're representing Metro City, one of the toughest cities in the world. We have to do this right.

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>>21272573
>find Pete and Tatsuya in the crowd, see if they know anything about this guy.

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You decide to split the difference. You retrieve your sticks from your jacket and run through a few patterns quickly. Strike to the temple, strike to the ribs, strike to the knee, thrust, overhand to head, repeat for other hand, again and again until it comes naturally. When you're satisfied with the speed you switch to some defense patterns. Running like a well-oiled machine.

You exit the trailer, blinking in the light. A crowd - larger than you expeted - has gathered to line the walkways of Haggar Bridge.

The plan laid out by the TV producers is for you and Dom to fight in the middle of the street, the skyline of Metro City providing the backdrop. Road blocks have been set at both ends to stop road traffic, though per tradition peopple are allowed to stand and watch the fight. You're actually surprised at the turnout - more than you can easily count, packing the sidewalk.

Whatever else you may be, whatever the outcome of this fight, for now you're the Street Fighter of Metro City, and this town will stand behind you. You smile and wave to the crowd, they respond with an enthusiastic roar.

You finally catch sight of Tatsuya and Pete. They're front and center in the middle of the bridge. Must've been standing there for hours. You jog over, waving a bit at the crowd.

"Hey kid," Tatsuya says. "You ready for this?"

You've only got time for one question, you think. The woman from the World Warrior Organization is waving to you, trying to point to the designated starting zone.

>Ask if they know anything about Dom
>Ask if they have any advice
>Ask where Karate Joe is

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>>21272676
Ask if they know anything about Dom

>>21272676
>Ask if they have any advice
This is our first real fight (not counting that KoF stuff). We only dreamed about this in the past. We need perspective.

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>>21272676
>You've only got time for one question
Damn, no time to ask for the removal of the silly safety measure so we can fight in the middle of traffic.
>Ask if they have any advice

>>21272581

Chae Lim and Duke were alright. Chae Lim is female Kim and I actually prefer her to the Kamen Rider fan, strangely enough, while Duke is just a big black man in a nice shirt. I sorta liked Alba's special moves, the character design not so much.

But overall, yeah, Maximum Impact's original characters were pretty terrible. I think Jivatma's only saving grace is not being pure bullshit even though he's a fighting game boss.

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>>21272722
Chae Lim is okay in my book, even though her stance was weird.

>>21272676
WHERE IS KARATE JOE?

And then he became a "Find this guy in this crowd" guy.

>>21272676
Ask about Dom. Thats what we came here to do.

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>>21272676
>Any advice?

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>>21272749
What I remember of Chae's story was that she was freaking out for the longest time because she's representing Kim and his dojo in the KoF, and that's a lot of pressure. Then her friends go, "Dude. You're the best out of everyone here, and you're in the King of Fighters. You're on top of the world for good reason, so chill out and do your stuff." Somehow, that worked.

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"Any advice?" you ask.

"Wait, I can look this guy up," Pete says, pulling out his phone. He starts tapping away furiously.

"Trust yourself," Tatsuya says, putting his hand on your shoulder. "You're a true fighter. Now go out and show that to the world."

"T-thanks," you say. The woman from the World Warrior Organization was waving more frantically. "I have to go, they're ready to start the fight. Either way this goes down, thanks for everything."

You move back into the center of the street and take your starting position, trying to ignore the cameras. Really trying to ignore how much those things must cost if you accidentally knock one over.

"We're going live in five...four...three...two...and we're live!" one of the cameramen says.

Somewhere nearby, too far away for you to hear, an announcer wearing too much hair product was beginning his spiel. You take a ready stance, trying to see what stance Dom takes. He stands perfectly calm, one hand folded into a fist, another on top of it. If you didn't know better you'd think he was meditating.

"And now we turn to our fighters for a brief statement!" another announcer says. He's practically a clone of the first one. "Anon, you're the hometown hero, anything you want to say before the fight?"

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>>21272789
Billy Kane in my opinion was the one carrying the storyline in MI2.

Such a great character

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>>21272833
*waves at the camera* "Hey, Ma. I'm on tv!"

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>>21272722
>I sorta liked Alba's special moves, the character design not so much.
I've mentioned it before, but Falcoon, fanartist-cum-art designer for KoF:MI, admitted that Alba Meira was his self-insert, a "cooler version" of himself. No wonder he was the lead character of MI.

>>21272854
To Maximum Impact's credit, it attempted to elevate Billy Kane into a legitimate threat and rival to Terry, since it takes place after Geese's death (Nightmare Geese notwithstanding).

Billy: This time I'll get you but good, Bogard!
Terry: Dude. Geese is dead, and your little sister Lilly is worried about you. Go home.
Billy: Screw you! *fight & lose* Dammit!
Terry: You gotta let it go, Billy. You're a good guy and a loyal worker, but you gotta move on, for your sister's sake.
Billy: Shut up! I swear I'll get you, Bogard!

>>21272833
I hope we'll have a fight worthy of this Tournament. Straighten our bowtie fir emphasis.

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>>21272833
"Let's have a good clean fight!" Crack our sticks. "I'll do you proud, Metro!"

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"I hope we have a good fight that does you proud, Metro City," you say, straightening the bowtie. The crowd goes wild.

"And now Dom, the challenger, anything you want to say?"

"Thanks Mike," he says, turning on a thousand-watt smile. "I just want to tell everyone that I'm fighting tonight on behalf of Fry Yoga Studios in Boulder, Colorado. When you want real Hot Yoga, you wanna Fry!" He keeps the cheesy thousand-watt smile on and fake-laughs with the host. As the reporter backs away with the mic he takes off his jacket, revealing a shirt slathered in logos and slogans for his yoga studio. It's an ad thing for this guy. You suddenly feel all the goodwill you started to have for him draining away as you raise your sticks.

Wait.

Yoga?

"Heaven or hell!" an announcer yells. "FIGHT!"

>Rush in and attack
>Get some distance, wait and see what he does
>Hold arms out as wide as they can go, sticks pointing straight out, spin in place

>>21272953
>Get some distance, wait and see what he does

We know of Dhalsim, do we not? Best wait it out, see if this guy can actually do those crazy things.

>>21272953
>Yoga
Oh god, there goes any possible reach advantage we had before.

>>21272953
Rush in and attack

>>21272953
Rush in and attack, but stay out of grappling distance. Careful positioning and all that.

>>21272953
>Hold arms out as wide as they can go, sticks pointing straight out, spin in place
This sound like a perfect plan.

>>21272953

I bet that punk is gonna start off by doing the Dhalsim hard punch that stretches across the ground. Get ready to react to his stretchy fists and slap his arms with a stick for his troubles.

Don't rush in, you need to play it smart with these yoga types. We have more range than he's used to, counterpoke him

>>21272953
>Rush in and attack.

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>>21272953
>yoga
>sellout
Never mind that Dhalsim's fire breath was retconned from the super-racist "he at lots of spicy curry" to the more PC "his fire breath was a gift from Agni, Hindu god of fire," FUCK THIS GUY. If this guy claims to know the secrets of yoga while being as big a sellout as he is, he's disrespecting Dhalsim. This is the sort of thing we're actively striving to quash.

>Rush in and attack
The secrets of yoga gave Dhalsim his super reach and teleportation. Naturally, the best way to negate range is to get inside of it.

>>21272997
Wait
Isn't Dhalsim flame attacks actually pure illusions or someshit

>>21273015
Yeah, they only hurt because people believe they're actually on fire.

>>21272997
I think he's more of a new age yoga practitioner. In fact;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHAp90WdTSI&hd=1
Yes, yes, entry level shit. Take it to /mu/

>>21272968
We are on the World Warrior stage now. It's probably best to assume that anyone who seems like they might be trouble actually is.

>>21273037
You dont know that. He might in fact be awesome. Don't underestimate the power of capitalism.

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>>21273015
Far as I'm aware, particularly if the dialogue from SVC Chaos is to be believed (and in Dhalsim's case, I'll believe it), Dhalsim's fire breath is a divine gift. He is a pacifistic Hindu monk who fought for the sake of his village and to strive to bring inner peace out of others. After Cammy escaped from Shadoloo's clutches at the end of Alpha, Dhalsim gave her peace of mind and helped her restart her life.

>>21273031
>>21273015
That's only in the comics. It's the real thing in the games.

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>>21273055
Also, where yoga is concerned, the elastified limbs, floating and teleportation are supposed to be super high-level shit, actual secrets of yoga.
>>21273074
Yeah, real quick: don't take the comics as canon.

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No sense in letting him stretch and keep you at a distance. You dash in, swinging for his face.

Dom moves in just under your stick. Didn't expect that. Really didn't expect what happens next.

He snakes a hand over your wrist and it just keeps snaking and snaking. Like his joints aren't oh god his joints can rotate 360 degrees. You want to throw up a little bit.

"Jiu Jitsu!" Pete's yelling somewhere, "He does Brazilian Jiu Jitsu!"

In no time flat he's wrapped an arm completely around yours. He's dropping his balance down and to your side, trying to take you both to the ground.

>Hit him in the face with the other stick
>Pick him up, slam both of you to the ground as hard as you can
>Go mad

>>21273090
>>Pick him up, slam both of you to the ground as hard as you can

Crazyness ho!

>>21273090
SEGATA SANSHIRO!
So throw him.

>>21273090
>>Pick him up, slam both of you to the ground as hard as you can

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>>21273090
>Pick him up, slam both of you to the ground as hard as you can
Taking a page out of Rampage Jackson's book. RAMPAGE SMASH!

Rolled 10, 3 = 13

>>21273090
Curse Pete and his slow typing and bust Yoga-dude's face with the other stick.

>>21273090
>>Pick him up, slam both of you to the ground as hard as you can

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>>21273090
>>Pick him up, slam both of you to the ground as hard as you can

"Play Sega Saturn!"

>>21273090
>Pick him up, slam him to the ground as hard as you can.

The documented and proved method to break free of an arm lock.

>>21273112
This! This is what you do against BJJ!

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>>21273090
>"Jiu Jitsu!" Pete's yelling somewhere, "He does Brazilian Jiu Jitsu!"
Fun fact: if memory serves, Sean Matsuda's original style, before he became Ken's student and started learning Ansatsuken, was BJJ. You can see it in his ground-and-pound special.

This motherfucker thought he'd win a crazy fight with you? This motherfucker's never been to the mountains with Tatsuya.

You raise your right arm as high as you can into the air. "Sega Satan, SHIRO!" you yell as you fall sideways, whipping your arm - and the yoga instructor wrapped around it - as hard as you can into the concrete.

>roll 1d20 for effectiveness, taking highest roll

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Rolled 14

>>21273180
Bonk.

Rolled 1

>>21273180

Rolled 17

>>21273180

Rolled 17

>>21273180
For the Sega Satan! I think we should study Judo after this tournament is over. Create our own Kyokugen/Judo/Escrima/Streetfighting mixed style.

Rolled 15

>>21273180
oh god time for dice.

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>>21273202

Rolled 2

Rolling.

Rolled 7

>>21273167
here we go

Rolled 18

dice don't fail me now

Rolled 6

>>21273180

"Sega Saturn!!"

Rolled 17

>>21273180
Boom!

Rolled 8

>>21273209
Hey, you said highest roll.

Rolled 15

>>21273202
fffffffffffff

Rolled 20

>>21273209
You said you'd take the highest!!!

Rolled 1

I'LL SAVE THIS

>>21273209
No, screw that. You see that double-17 in >>21273204
>>21273207
Don't take that.

>>21273226
sure.

>>21273202
This is the third god dam time this has happened to me.

Rolled 16

>>21273180

Rolled 8, 9 = 17

>>21273226
The hell you will!

>>21273226
Oh my.

>>21273202
There is something haunting this thread. This shit is unreal.

Rolled 1

>>21273226
nice going.

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>>21273225

This one's ignoring critical fails since I said I'm taking the highest.

I still think the extent to which 4chan's dice roller hates us is hilarious.

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>>21273225
There's your 20. THERE IT IS.

Rolled 1

>>21273090
>Dom Fry
>Does a MMA martial art

I see what you did there

Rolled 6

>>21273167

>>21273248
You too.

Rolled 5

>>21273248
well fuck

>>21273248
Jesus. 3 ones. 3!

Rolled 6

>>21273180
ARMBAR REVERSAL!

>>21273253
Oh Jesus Christ Superstar this shit is amazing

Rolled 2, 5 = 7

>>21273253
>>21273248
>>21273226
>>21273202
That's 4 critical fails on a single combat roll. What the fuck?!

>>21273202
>>21273226
>>21273248
>>21273253

Unreal. I'm getting the Adeptus Mechanicus. Or something. Or we're punching ghosts and demons next. That shit is unreal.

Can we stop rolling D20? It's getting really silly.

>>21273270
>>21273286
That's because people haven't turned off their dice.

Rolled 3

>>21273289
Kinda hoping for another 1 now, just in spite of you haha

>>21273293
16 rolls. 4 ones. That is improbable, dude.

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>>21273289

I'm afraid to ask for more dice rolls in the fight, it's getting pic related.

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>>21273202
>>21273226
>>21273248
>>21273253
>mfw

>>21272474

This guy had it right.

>>21273377
See it like this: We just used all our low rolls!

>>21273421
you would think that, but i doubt it

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>>21273225

You land with a bone-crunching impact, Dom's head bouncing against hard concrete. He goes slack for a moment, long enough for you to pull your arm free. You also notice the extent to which his limbs look like cooked spaghetti when he's limp. Add this to the nightmare pile with the Pillow Demon and what happened on Wolverine Mountain.

He's stunned, but conscious. He rolls backwards - actually rolls, his arms and legs forming into a gross little ball like this is Metroid or something - until he stands, putting his arms back into a fighting stance.

>rushdown, hit him in the face until this nightmare is over
>wait for him to come to us, then use our patented sidestep-and-headbash
>just throw the sticks at him, try not to touch him

>>21273459
>>rushdown, hit him in the face until this nightmare is over

>>21273459
We need some sort of Reppuken done with sticks for this shit. Anyway, bait him, then strike.

>>21273459
>>rushdown, hit him in the face until this nightmare is over

>>21273459
>rushdown, hit him in the face until this nightmare is over
Tonight we will be crying into our Pillow. Wait....

>>21273459
Let him come to us this time. We'll have more time to react to whatever bullshit he tries to pull if we're not elbow-deep in Yoga man when it happens.

>>21273459
>rushdown, hit him in the face until this nightmare is over

He's probably still recovering from that powerbomb, let's finish him off.

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>>21273535

Being Anon is suffering.

>>21273459
>>wait for him to come to us, then use our patented sidestep-and-headbash.
He's a grappler. Don't let him get close.

No sense letting him dictate the pace. You move in, sticks flying. He defends against the first two or three hits.

People underestimate how fast those sticks can move. You break past his guard and treat his face like it's one of those drumming games at the mall and you're a twelve year old who forgot his Ritalin.

A few seconds into this combo he starts fighting his way in, throwing wild punches. One clips you on the jaw just enough to break your flow and force you back a step. Dom leaps onto your chest, legs encircing your torso and squeezing as tightly as possible, his fists pounding on the top of your skull.

>Headbutt the concrete, hope that shakes him off
>Start hitting him in the back with the sticks
>Go mad. This isn't worth it.

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>>21273789

Forgot YOGA

>>21273789
>Headbutt the concrete, hope that shakes him off
>Go mad. This isn't worth it.

Those options can only be chosen together, i suppose?

>>21273789
>Headbutt the concrete, hope that shakes him off

Like the powerbomb, but WITH OUR FACE, BITCH! Just uh, be sure to stop if he goes away.

>>21273789
>>Headbutt the concrete, hope that shakes him off

>>21273789
Something is wrong. Weren't we going to bring style back into this tournament?

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Then why is it whatever we do the bugfuck crazy brutal berserker option is always the more efficient one???

>>21273789
Hit him in the back with the sticks. Let's see the fucker hold on while we do some forced contortion on his spine.

Headbutting the concrete sounds like hands-down the worst idea ever, though. We're just going to break our own face.

>>21273789
>>Headbutt the concrete, hope that shakes him off
With style of course.

>>21273789
>>Start hitting him in the back with the sticks

You decide to headbutt the concrete.

About halfway down, as you feel Dom contorting his body, slithering onto your back, you start to wonder why you thought this would work.

You pound your own face into the concrete pretty hard. Now firmly situated on your back, Dom tries for a triangle choke.

>get to your feet before he finishes
>try to wedge a stick between his arm and your neck, use it as leverage to pry him off
>roll over, see if you can get a better position

Play his ribs like a xilophone!

>>21273970
Try to wedge the stick man
we're pretty boned

>>21273970
>>try to wedge a stick between his arm and your neck, use it as leverage to pry him off

>>21273970
>try to wedge a stick between his arm and your neck, use it as leverage to pry him off

>>21273970
>>try to wedge a stick between his arm and your neck, use it as leverage to pry him off
>SEEMS LEGIT
Anyway, roll over, time for Judo.

>>21274003

Anon doesn't know shit about BJJ.

>>21274019

Damn, we are dealing a ground speicalist grappler... I hope that we had learned anything about ground fighting...

>>21273970
>roll over, see if you can get a better position

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>>21273970
Give him the stick.

You try to wedge something in before he gets a solid grip on your neck. Your hand and part of a stick wind up acting as a buffer. They're being crushed into your neck, but you can move them a bit, give yourself some room to breathe. It helps that Dom doesn't seem to be that good at Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

You had a teacher once. He taught you to hold the sticks, he taught you the patterns, to move as calmly and smoothly as flowing water and to strike with the power of a tidal wave. He was kind of schlubby, a little on the heavy side, but none of that changed how he moved.

You remember a technique he explained once. Said it translated into something like defanging the serpent. If someone swings a weapon at you, you strike at his hand. If he kicks at you, strike at his leg. When his arms and legs hurt too much to use then you can attack his core. It's not a solution for every situation, but if you're just plain screwed by range or by circumstance it can work.

You come back to the present. If you roll to your side a little bit you can jam the butt end of your right stick into his elbow. If you're lucky he'll let go. If he's unlucky it'll break his arm. You're running out of time to come up with a more humane solution.

>roll 2d10

>>21273970
Roll, man! Roll! We need to stop listening to the part of our brain that's a dumbass.

Rolled 3, 10 = 13

>>21274114
>Haha, time for critical failure!

Rolled 9, 8 = 17

>>21274114

Rolled 3, 2 = 5

>>21274114
o gaod

>>21274137
stop rolling everyone, for the love of god

Rolled 3, 9 = 12

>>21274114

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Rolled 10, 7 = 17

>>21274150

Rolled 2, 3 = 5

roll

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>>21274150

Aw, but the rolls give me an clue as to how many people are reading.

>>21274137

You jam the butt of the stick into his elbow as hard as you can. Something crunches.

Dom rolls off of you, clutching his arm and howling in pain. You start to feel bad until your notice how much of your blood is staining the asphalt.

>Free Drive
>Saturn Launch
>Pillow Demon Crusher. But don't call it that, maybe just call it Demon Crusher.

Rolled 4, 3 = 7

>>21274114

>>21274210
Free Drive this nigga into space

Rolled 8, 5 = 13

>>21274210
>Free Drive

Rolled 5, 4 = 9

>>21274210
Free Drive. We can give him the Pillow Demon while he's down.

>>21274210
Free Drive. Don't risk it with wrassin moves that could be countered.

>>21274210
P. DEMON CRUSHA. When anyone asks what the stands for we just shutter and cjamge the subject.

>>21274210
>>Free Drive

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>>21274210
>>Pillow Demon Crusher. But don't call it that, maybe just call it Demon Crusher.

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You think about yelling FREE DRIVE as you pull the sticks back. Decide against it.

The sticks connect with his jaw so hard that your palms sting. It's a good pain.

>>21274335

Dom slumps to his knees and falls to the side, his freaky limbs splayed everywhere. You try not to look at it as you slump to your knees, exhausted.

"Anon wins!" the announcer screams, sending the crowd into a frenzy. Tatsuya and Pete are jumping the rails to race to your side along with that reporter. Whatsisname.

"You did it! You did it!" Pete's shouts. He and Tatsuya pull you up. You raise a fist tentatively, sending the crowd into new levels of hysteria.

"You slammed your head into the ground, kid," Tatsuya says.

"Yeah," you say. You're too tired to argue the point.

"Just making sure you knew. That move might've scrambled your brains." The two try walking you off the bridge to the waiting cars only to be intercepted by the same reporter from the beginning of the fight.

"That was amazing!" he gushes. He'd probably say the same no matter what happens. "Do you have any commentary on that fight?"

>Say something?

>>21274437
Headbutting the ground is not always a viable tactic.

Rolled 47

>>21274437
"Concrete is hard."

Rolled 4, 1 = 5

>>21274437
"Go home and be a family man."

>>21274437
"That smashing my face thing? Terrible idea. Never doing it again."

Or maybe just "flubglibblipp" while our brain protests the damage it just took.

>>21274472
Now I want to get a helmet like Ellie had just so, when we do eventually headbutt the ground again, we won't do as much damage to ourselves.

>>21274437
Tea eases all pains, except those of the heart.

Rolled 3, 6 = 9

>>21274437
"The show must go on."

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You rack your brains for something cool. You land on an old quote from Eagle, something he said after demolishing a guy back in the 2000 tournament.

"The show must go on!" you say. "Thanks to Metro City for coming out to support me. Helmets save lives. Flarggble your waitrrgble."

"Let's get you home, pal," Tatsuya says, dragging you away from the cameras. "You did good. Just...just don't do that again."

"Flabble," you say.

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That's it for now, real life calls. If I have time tonight we may get a continuation on Ellie and Belle's side of the quest, otherwise expect that tomorrow.

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>>21273873
It's not necessarily being a berzerker. It's all about action economy: don't do more than you have to, and use only what energy is necessary. "Being a gentleman" does not equate to "being showy." Dudley was as orthodox a boxer as they come to the point where he audibly counted his punches, remember?

>>21274813

>rose petals flying out of the coat

Goddamn that's some swag.

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>>21274723
Well, we improved our conditioning, but we haven't quite trained to counter fighters in particular. It's not like we can case them a month ahead of time and train accordingly. At least now we know that Anon needs to improve his ground game, or at least prevent a ground game from ever coming up. Also, "defanging the viper" is as sound a tactic as they come.

>>21274887

I'm starting to wonder if Anon can't do anything without it going hilariously terrible for at least part of it. I think it's funnier that way.

Could've been worse, at least we didn't get that relentless wave of ones when it would have screwed us.

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>>21275278
Like most any pro fighting gamer who goes to EVO will tell you, the best way to learn and get stronger is to get bodied until you get better. "Stay free or level up," as it goes. There's no shame in taking a couple licks before we figure it out and pull ahead. I'm just waiting for the day Anon scores his first perfect.

>>21275461
Only problem with this logic is that even if Anon gets better and better, his effectiveness in battle is determined via random dice roll, so no matter how good Anon is or how much he trains, there's always a chance for catastrophic failure, even where it should not, under any circumstance, happen. A very high one, apparently.

There's also idiot decisions like headbutting the floor, which get picked just because they're funny. On one hand, I love that we're using Eskrima and trying hard to be gentlemanly even while we do those things. But on the other hand, sometimes I wish Anon had been an Ikari Warriors fan, mixing crazy, wrestling and violence, maybe with some military paraphernalia thrown in as well. It just feels like it'd fit our general strategy of "KILL IT DEAD but don't go berserk" really well.

Motherfuck, I was catching up (AKA Reading all the threads because I am a newcomer) and in doing so missed this one. MOTHERFUCK

>>21276084
When they said "headbutt the floor," I took it metaphorically as "hold the guy in front of our head so he doesn't move, and powerbomb him into the asphalt, holding him steady with our head and arms the whole way down."

Apparently, it was taken more literally than I anticipated.

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>>21276199

I might have written that part badly. The intent was to just whip your head forward and slam him into the floor, crushing his gut with STRONK HEAD.

He was expecting that and scrambled around to your back, meaning you accidentally just slammed your face into the concrete. Would have worked if Anon had thought to grab and hold him first, but he's got no experience grappling.

As far as someday getting a perfect win, depends on a lot of stuff. Tomorrow's opponent may be an opportunity for that, depending on how the fight goes. You'll see when it happens.

Rolled 39

>>21276735
Oh silly Street Fighting Man. You know the dice are cursed.

>>21276907

We had some really good rolls when we were rolling for that guy's name! I believe in us, /tg/.

One of these days we need to hash out exactly what boards Fightchan has. More importantly, its /tg/ equivalent.