I never got around to it, because my social media game is weak and I don't use tiktok/youtube.
but one of the things I wanted to do with advent league 2022 was cut highlights of good shitTM plays
And Puyo Puyo Sun over here
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
aw shit its almost carnival of death time again
last year i said i was going to actually grind tgm in a productive way and that... hasn't happened
no stream for max mode side events? rip
discovered yesterday that several arcade puzzle game enjoyers also own bass guitars
Also this week/weekend
A fistful of us will be at Max Mode. Weβve got a few brackets going with Magical Drop III and Puyo Puyo Sun on Saturday and Twinkle Star Sprites on Sunday
If youβre in the Atlanta area, registrationβs still open for side games. Come press buttons with us
www.start.gg/mmcg3
just realized that puyo 202X has been in dev for long enough that it might end up not coming out on switch 1
pegging after dark
TGM4 Frostys Top 4 now on YouTube #tgm_series
initialing the scoresheet with hiragana was a good move
10yo Yuuki is the global Puyo Puyo champ, put em in crossworlds
the winner's promised a Β₯1M prize, but idk if or how they'll get paid out, as they're too young for the pro license...
yooooo let's go
Puyo Puyo Pro Selection Tournament is live on www.twitch.tv/ascensionpuyo
of the Devil Ep.2 (more cyberpunk lawyergame)
Still really good++, but my ADHD ass hatesΓ· how during cross-examination the game only shows you the presentable evidence once, even if you let it loop, until you fail the "Wanna Bet" QTE. I literally forget what I can present like two text boxes in lol
PPT2 Puyo Frostys VOD is up
well as of an hour ago there's now also normal normal, slow normal 20G, faster 20G, fasterer 20G, very fast 20G, and 1p0h turbo fast 20G
i thought it was cool to see asuka played during CTWC. clearly I didn't think through the difference in environment between racing and pure VS!
does it even matter to focus on minutiae like this??? probably not. i think frostys rules as implemented was `fine`.
one unintended consequence of running PPT swap at EVO 2017 is that it became the de facto ruleset at other FGC events, and persists even though mixed vs is preferred in top play now.
smash has "dave's stupid rule" where you can't counterpick a stage that you already won on, but since each TGM "genre" has 2 possible modes idk if it matters in a FT2 format.
new normal counterpick is cursed cause of the slow speed and konoha is... konoha. functionally you pick shiranui or master
idk how big a splash the mode counterpicks were. only like 3 or 4 people in the building were comfortable playing in 20G so for everybody else it's just a hard knowledge check.
the actual variety seems kinda limited too:
shiranui normal, slow normal
slow 20G, fast 20G
big mode, cursed big mode
if you wanna know why i counterpicked master mode, it's because i smoked derb in ta.p versus death in casuals. ferox did it because he is comfortable with 20g from TE:C and davo isn't
why not asuka? if you were given the option to have 10 chocolates or 3... always take 10. press your advantage
watching TGM4 VOD.
damn im slow this is embarassing
and on the opposite end @956.productions always kills it for vortex gallery and every year they drop something new that makes it way easier for me to run my brackets.
speaking of which just remembered I need to finish publishing my top 8 leaderboard graphics ahhhhh
i also wanted to mention, this was derb's first frosty faustings and his PC came in clutch as an extra setup for TGM. this was also @brucemcgregor.bsky.social 's first time on the mic for tetris and he did a great job!
you can make a big impact on community events even if it's your first time
extra aside but as much as I hate the way ACs change play patterns in puyo the crowd fucking loves them, even when they don't affect the board state at all lol
slight aside but im watching VODs right now and wow this reversible dan built to neuter koopary's eventual AC clapback is sick
davo and pheno have always pulled up, but they put in so much extra work this year. between commentary, supplying setups, bracket running, and driving players around, FF this year would not have been possible without their help.
give @thedavotigger.bsky.social and @phenotype.bsky.social your love
really cool how MatchStickMelee managed to squeeze permanent playercams onto the stream; I'd always wondered if it were possible in the age of modern widescreen puyo and the answer is 100% yes
I didn't even ask production to do it, they came up with it on their own! hell yeah
I'm really glad PPT2 Puyo Only got to 26 entrants btw. one of the reasons we tend to favor Mixed VS is because of a fear that Puyo and Tetris can't stand on their own in terms of saturating a 32-player bracket.
also, I think this conclusively puts to bed the notion that we should ever run Champions
