BBCF Top 8 (Nezu, Elyon, Icecool, Kyros, J-Anson, badlime) - Frosty Faustings XV 2023

[@ravesage]

"Gravity works if you're in the air or you're on the ground" is probably my favorite out of context commentary moment

[@kitkatiecat]

Gravity works on the ground? That is bullshit, blaaaazing-

[@RadiantBeachShulk]

Love watching Monarch make up for Lambda's defensive weaknesses with pure skill

[@ashharkausar413]

Frighteningly skilled player!

[@rachetmarvel931]

8:19 Cap on Hazama not being common. He is one of the most pick characters online from my experience, and I see like 3 Hazama regularly in top 20,in recent tournaments on KZbin.

[@liekezelareneh5589]

True if anything tsubaki, lambda and jubei are more uncommon lol..

[@solairefan5420]

Can you blame them though? Haz got the shmoves

[@ashharkausar413]

He's fairly common and quite strong.

[@onthedre]

Didn’t think this game was hype at first but the more I watch the more hype it is

[@AirIUnderwater]

1:58:24 If I were Nezu, and Monarch threw me out of my pressure like that, I'd just forfeit. Put the controller down. Just walk out of the venue. Just start walking home through the snow, the rain, the autumn as leaves fall around me. I'd quit forever. I'd never play again. Go home, buy some lumber and just start carving my coffin. I'd lose all confidence in my abilities for the rest of my life. Even after death I'd be sitting on a cloud in heaven still reliving that throw over and over in my head. :( Monarch, jeeeezzz. We need to test his water bottle. There's gotta be something in there. Some NZT 48. And he's doping Neo's blood from the Matrix. That's the only explanation. x_x

[@NissanArmada08]

Bro wrote an essay 💀

[@doesntmatter4136]

i mean that's just the counterplay to hibiki's pressure reset, airthrow is what beats the most options. trying to AA can get you killed by 2 of the followups (3 if you count the crossup), blocking lets him pressure reset, airthrow covers both the projectiles, parry and delayed overhead (or overhead in general on a read) . he has to hardread your jump with command grab.

[@BearTheGrudge]

I didn’t realize people still played this game… it’s so good

[@renatoramos8834]

It resurged in popularity thanks to rollback being added.

[@deadlychase547]

@@renatoramos8834 Nah people were still playing it b4 the roll back. It's just the rollback helped it create some buzz, but that buzz was short lived cause that huge influx of people just went back to Strive or SF or something like it. It died out really fast, but for the actual BB community its great for us just cause the environment to play is better, and for some reason during the right time of day the console has a good amount of people on it too.

[@renatoramos8834]

@@deadlychase547 No Shit Sherlock. Of course people still played before rollback but it got a second wind because of it.

[@deadlychase547]

@@renatoramos8834 chill I wasn't coming at you, and to me it wasn't a second wind. It died way to fast, but it was a second wind for sure on social media because people were talking about it heavily for weeks before it even came out, but that is to be expected, and I said what I said because OP said people (STILL) play this game?...

[@vgamenerd1706]

Always a treat to see Monarch pull out Es again, even if his Lambda is sick too

[@benfish3406]

Elyon will take a major with catdad someday.😢

[@Kaizanor]

I'ma keep rooting, Jubei's gotta win one of these goddammit! 😾

[@Freshman_FGC]

Awesome play from Monarch! He is too smart; my goodness

[@nu--13]

Hard to believe we may never get another BB when I just recently got a laptop to play it on after being stuck in the ps3 forever.

[@DavidinNYC]

That defense on Monarch, omg!

[@iwatchDVDsonXbox360]

Japanese prime minister should go to Fenritti's house and beg him to come back. He is their only hope at this point!

[@sunthi9619]

well there are yutta es and souji arakune who beat monarch before, and tennti is still around and grinding

[@rachetmarvel931]

Not really, alot of great blazblue Japanese players didn't show up.

[@iwatchDVDsonXbox360]

Come on, guys! Let's use bankai right away instead of trying to defeat him in shikai.

[@ashharkausar413]

Nice to see old school players like J-Anson still around!

[@ZzigZaG00NIN]

Monarch's lambna is cool to see

[@georgewilliams8363]

Thank u TNS 🥲🥲🥲🥲

[@The_Vible]

Wow Blazblue is still going lets gooo

[@mr.o1253]

That Kyro’s Hazama is fire!

[@StandingHereIRealizeYouWereJus]

1:35:55 could you confirm this into astral?

[@mostlyphrog308]

TNS IS THE BEST WE NEED BB CONTENT !!

[@geezy12310]

Why doesn't monarch burst when health is low though?

[@slayertakim1]

Probably thought it was better to hold onto burst for the next round

[@Argumemnon]

Quick pronunciation note: Susanoo is pronounced SOOSS-ANO-O, not Suzanne-o.

[@RapunzelRed]

At some point Monarch with just realize he doesn’t need Es and drop her completely. He knows 11 is his girl

[@sonictrain1]

Bro... Wtf is hibiki

[@TGMShoNuff]

A good character.

[@navidtahmasbi2870]

No izanami?

[@benfish3406]

None of the top top players seem to be playing her, interesting

[@navidtahmasbi2870]

@@benfish3406 yeah funny no top player plays the top char

[@shinreimyu]

I mean you can see tvc tournaments without Roll

[@hipsterroxas2626]

No Izanami in this specific tournament. IIRC, the last offline major (at least, pre Covid) was won by an izanami

[@AJMurdoc]

@@navidtahmasbi2870she is genuinely very hard to get good with.

[@number-xn3cf]

Why no more Ragna?

[@ЕлисейСуворов-т8р]

1:37:14

[@mrrudigaer]

been waiting

[@Trapjesus101]

Low key, Monarch makes this boring by being too damned dominant.

[@SquiggX]

Don't get mad at me, but Xiei is kinda fine.

[@hideharu-xiii8852]

Idk how the concept of Hazama being a good matchup against Lamda/Nu was conceived, but it looks like one of the most fraudulent concepts I’ve heard lol. You just pick him out of the air with a sword. You convert and boom, profit. J Anson is a beast for making it competitive.

[@grayshadow2597]

nu-11

[@shishioh]

Did the commentary team ask the players whether they(group of people) wanted to be called "THEY"(gender identity)? If not, that's very disrespectful, and the commentators should apologize.

[@wittynickname4870]

They isn’t really a “gender identity” of sorts. “They” is just a gender-neutral pronoun. There are many people who ask to be called “they” but it isn’t a gendered term like he or she. If they ask not be called by they that’s a separate issue but regularly, not really an issue.

[@_Jay_Maker_]

You refer to an individual as "they" only if they're an unknown, or you're referring to an individual in third-person. If you know that the person is male or female, then you refer to them as "he" or "she." That's how proper pronouns work and how they're taught in literally every sane school in English speaking countries. "They" is not a gender. In a sane world, anyways, where people actually understand how the fucking English language works and they're not trapped by a cage of mental illness.

[@nu--13]

Hard to believe we may never get another BB when I just recently got a laptop to play it on after being stuck in the ps3 forever.