Tech Talk Interview – VF Dutchman Krye on Online Play and Stepping Madness

In our new series, Tech Talk, we get in touch with Virtua Fighter players around the world asking them to give us their perspective on Virtua Fighter.

This first time around of Tech Talk, we bombarded Netherlands-based player Krye with tons of questions, and he gladly gave us his take on online play, stepping, and why a character’s dress already tells him a lot about his opponent. Some of you might have even come by his devastating El Blaze on Xbox Live.

You can read our three-page interview below. (We just added a new next-page button for you. Yay!)

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Tech Guide – On Breaking Stagger

Apparently, there is some confusion regarding the problem of breaking free from a stagger. At its core, escaping stagger successfully and most quickly is mostly just about wiggling your stick like mad. After all, not everything VF has to be rocket science.

There are, however, a few important things to keep in mind when breaking staggers especially if you want to be in control of the outcome. We have prepared animated figures for you in order to demonstrate “correct” wiggling.

Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown announced at AOU 2010

While the western community is still fighting hard for a console port of the now-2-year-old VF5: Revolution, the arcade-exclusive successor to Virtua Fighter 5, first bits of information about a brand-new VF5 installment called Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown were unveiled today at the Japanese expo AOU 2010.

A Shoulderram Flow Chart for Goh

What you see here on the right is a part of a flow chart showing your options as Goh player and your opponent’s after you hit with your Shoulder Ram – or “shldrm” as Goh players would spell it.

So this is a post about option select in Virtua Fighter in general and, in particular, what your most feasible options are.

Strong Opinions – VF5 Still Alive and Kicking

The retirement thread was beginning to fill up with posts of disappointed long-term players. There were posts abound about how we could emerge into new areas, into new games. Modern Warfare 2 and Tekken 6 made its debut and are still played heavily, even among the most faithful VF players.

But you know what?

Win a Free Copy of The King of Fighters XII (Closed)

Update: The quiz has been solved. The correct answer was: No Mai, no buy. The winner is Anarkira from Norway. He will receive the free copy of KOFXII. Congrats!

Unbelievable but true: For the first time you can really win something on Goh Notes.  If you’re interested in 2D fighters, in particular in The King of Fighters series, listen up.

As I’ve finished the review of The King of Fighters XII for a German game magazine (yes, the game just got out here), I thought why not giving away SNK Playmore’s newest 2D-fighter for free.

The Goh Quiz #3

Put your Goh knowledge to the ultimate test!

A fellow Goh player askes for your advice. Post your answer in the comments below. Be as precise as possible.

This Aoi player is terrific! Not only that she manages to escape my ground throws far too often. Even if I go for a down-punch when she’s been floored, her timing is often good enough to reverse that too. Having slammed her on the ground with my favorite throw now (), any amount of damage dealt to her would be enough to knock her out. But I’m not sure what to do. What would my best option be here to finish her off?

The solution to this quiz can be found on page 2.

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The Goh Quiz #2

Put your Goh knowledge to the ultimate test!

No multiple choice. No further hints – just plain hardcore. But Goh-specific hardcore!

Read carefully and solve the following situation to your advantage. Post your answer in the comments below, but don’t be vague.

What a lousy start you had in this tournament final! You barely managed to make up for it in the last two rounds. It’s 2:2 now – the last round decides the whole tournament. You don’t feel so confident anymore, eventhough you prepared so well beforehand practicing the timing of even the hardest combos in and out in Dojo Mode. You are up against a really strong player, though, who is able to read most of your actions (although, funnily, he always tech-rolls to the very same side). His superb Yomi mastery has put your health bar to an alarming minimum again. He feels quite relaxed – which is no wonder as his health bar shows barely any sign of depletion. (In fact, he still has 149 of 200 life points.) Time is, again, running out making you dead aware that your next action may very well be your last. Fortunately, you just managed to successfully hit him with . But which moves to use now?

The solution to this quiz can be found on page 2.

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The Goh Quiz #1

Put your Goh knowledge to the ultimate test!

No multiple choice. No further hints – just plain hardcore. And Goh specific.

Read carefully and solve the following situation to your advantage. Post your answer in the comments. But don’t be vague!

It’s been an exhaustive match. Both your opponent and you have pretty drained health bars. The next successful hit will decide between victory or defeat. After you made up your mind and went for Goh’s fairly safe standard kick, your opponent was, unfortunately, lucky enough to get that move blocked. Due to previous fights with him you know that he will either go for a throw that you know the throw escape of, a punch combo, or a staggering, half-circular mid-elbow that would lead to a huge follow-up for him. As you’re running out of time – did those 45 seconds really go by that quickly? –, you want to finish the match here and now. But what to do to turn the tables putting this match to an end?

The solution to this quiz can be found on page 2.

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Five Things to Do Before a Match

Do you wonder why the fun zone for VF is so different each time you play? One day you’re having an aweful lot of fun, learned new things, won quite a nice bunch of matches and lived up to your level. Whereas an other day you simply can’t make sense of the game. You’d rather like to smash VF onto your table and rage-post on VFDC what had become of the VF series. Hold on! Let me tell you that VF is a great game – but not a very relaxing one. Take a few minutes to read through the five important things to do before a match in order to really get the most out of Virtua Fighter.