u/MarkDavid04

So after about a week of more playing post-patch, I'm understanding the changes better.

TLDR - it's all about the corner pressure.

F-HP - as it's changed to -3 on block, you can very safely poke an opponent with it in the corner. Almost any retaliation by the opponent sets you up for a juicy whiff punish, counterhit, or just block. Watch out for DI. Either bait it with jabs or st.mk (DI safe), or buffer SA when you poke with f-hp.

HP-HP - the tumble on non-poison allows for different corner combos, but more importantly, new Oki situations. And what Aki player doesn't like more Oki routes to confuse their opponents?? My recent go-to is, after HP-HP, juggle into CR.hp. framekill with cr.mp for an auto-shimmy or throw 50/50.

Lastly, the OD bubble-follow up, poisoning the opponent on block: use it in the corner, about 1/4-1/3 screen away. Once they're poisoned, your next can-opener opportunity will land you that big poison DMG combo!

(Pictured above, me beating my friend in ft5 after being called out 😈)

I'm visiting Tokyo in a couple weeks! I'm wondering if anyone has any advice on where to find older media of live concerts?

I'm a huge fan of Seiko Matsuda, so she'll be #1 on my list. Then, also Yamashita Tatsuro, ANRI, Miki Matsubara, and a few others, I'll be interested in.

Does anyone have any suggestions??

Thanks in advance!!

Am I missing something? No one is posting about the Aki changes?

They're not game changing, I admit that...

Here's my summary I guess, since I can't find anyone posting about it:

F-HP: on block -3, changed from -4. Makes it a safer poke, even at closer ranges. It does a lot of drive gauge chip, so I plan on using this more.

5hp-hp: causes a tumble effect. In the corner, it can be followed up with a juggle HP.lash, or SA1,3. It also gives 44fr knockdown, setting up for safejumps and 44fr setups (meaty overhead etc). Not great midscreen though.

Cr.hp: punish counter now poisons. This makes it a slightly better whiff punish option. My go-to follow up is safe empty nj, land and do cr.lk confirm into lash. Now that the opponent is poisoned, this gives some more options. Another setup I forgot was cr.hk framekill, leaving +14fr. Meaty f-hk setup.

OD-bubble-followup: now poisons on block (but not parry). Never really used this except in an older cash-out combo I used to do. I doubt it'll be impactful at all. You're still -13...

That said, I got to my personal best MR today, 1591MR. Totally unrelated to the changes 😂

My son and I passed through Detroit on our way to a baseball tournament, and I HAD to visit RoboCop!!

I actually didn't know about this, but it popped up on my Reddit feed recently (and coincidentally)!!

Now I gotta show my son the movies! (He's a teen, he's old enough 😅)

Hello fellow AFK Journey Enthusiasts!

A while ago, I shared my calculations for Monthly Emporium Costs for Invite letters and Stellars.

I have now added Slumber Essence as well, as it is the new RARE resouce for the new season. It is now more rare than Temporal (Yellow) Essence and Regular Invite Letters, so for those with Paragon level heroes, it might be the preferred item to buy.

Let me know what you think.

If I'm missing anything, or if there are items you are interested in me adding, let me know!

So I was banned from Reddit itself for 7 days, and the Reddit auto-message said it was for threat of violence. (I couldn't post or comment, but could still view and like).

The message was deleted by Reddit mods, so I couldn't see what I had wrote, so I appealed, and wrote that I wanted to review what I had written.

Then a couple days later, the ban was lifted, because they found it was not in violation to any rules.

So, what got me "banned" in the first place??

A Michael Ma joke I wrote on a post about the labour law changes 😂

I thought it was a pretty funny joke, but likely a CPP supporter didn't find it funny and reported me 🫣🇨🇳🙅🏻‍♂️

I was at my parents' place, and found this old drawing I made in my highschool agenda!

That was probably the peak of my artistic career 😜

Hope you like it!