That’s because @STORM179 has:
- great fundamentals and intimate knowledge,
- amazingly fast reflexes and reaction times, and
- keen observation skills and a zen-like calm.
…the trifecta of a great player.
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When’s Mah’ble?
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Haha. While I appreciate the compliment, I’d caution against putting me on any sort of pedestal like that. I’m a good breaker, but beyond that I actually have pretty iffy reactions (can’t block Wulf overhead, avoid Kan-Ra command grabs, or jump shatter half the time). A lot of my defense is less about reacting to things than it is about simply having an idea of which mixups are most potent at which ranges and then going from there. Your opponent doesn’t necessarily have to have godlike reactions if you are predictable/too obvious in how you construct your offense.
On the “zen-like” calm front, I think a lot of my friends on here can attest to the fact that I’m actually pretty expressive while playing, and I definitely get nervous when playing tournament matches. Again, the goal isn’t necessarily to banish those emotions (the salt, nervousness, etc), but rather to work to play through those feelings without letting them really change the way you’re playing. Even if you’re mad or frustrated or completely at a loss, it’s about trying to keep those emotions from expressing themselves in your play. Rage all you want at your TV, but play like you have all the time in the world to catch that annoying runaway Gargos.
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When’s Kombo Klash Japan? Japan time is fine, I can just do the math on it :-p
Tournament starts 2pm local time (but we’re unofficially starting from 9am with casual matches etc ).
I’ll be taping some of these casual offline, off-stream matches like last time. Put them on YouTube afterwards.
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Can confirm. He’s not a robot, but an human like us 
It’s funny, since it’s you who says it…
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Oh god it’s time to run away again?
runs away
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Hey, running away is my thing!
…
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Zen = the striking of a perfect balance, a.k.a. what you just described above. 
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Id like to try that sometime. Tournament matches, that is…
Its a good experience
Anyone want to play this evening?
@DarkLrdChuckles @STORM179 @TheNinjaOstrich @SonicDolphin117 @BigBadAndy
Edit: Damn Chuckles really IS lurking in the shadows all the time… Liking my post as soon as I post it 
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around what time were you thinking?
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Maybe after my dinner… So Let’s say 7:15 pm Maybe 7:30 pm est.
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Sadly, I don’t think I can (not that I was invited… 
). I have a DQ and PKR for HW tonight. Also, my brother wants us to get around to finishing off Luke Cage on Netflix too. 
Don’t take it so personally. I just tag random folks and blokes usually. 
And I’m fine with that - but you never tag me. Just tag me every once in a while, okay… 
You’re lucky I check these forums so much to notice things like this. It’s probably bad though, because it reminds me how much I don’t get invited by others, which is wholly unintentional on your part, and I understand that, but it doesn’t make it feel any less worse.
It’s nice to know I’m being thought of. 