Kung Fu and SCIII

Ahh, I am almost finished with Small Wheel in Kung Fu. Something about it clicked last night and I started hitting all my stances, or at least most of them, during the form. All of the moves seemed to just flow, and Sifu taught me a bunch more, so now I'm pretty close to the end. Also, it was pretty cool watching Chris K. attempt to land in a horse stance directly from a jump crescent. He almost had it a few times, too. Not to get all Napolean Dynamite or anything, but he must have gotten about three feet of air at one point. ;) He and gravity ignore each other.

This past three days was really nice, with the party at Lao Shir's on Saturday and then Uncle Don, Betsy and Meg coming by on Sunday. Jeremy was there, too, and we played SCIII most of the time.

Speaking of Soul Calibur III, it's kind of my new addiction. I can't seem to put the thing down. Today at work, I just couldn't wait to get home and play through Voldo's story to see what happens at the end. (If my typing is funny, it's because my hands are all cramped from playing so much.)

Character-wise, Kilik is my favorite of course, because he is the basic pretty hero with the tragic past, and I'm a simple creature. When it comes to gameplay, Kilik is also my favorite, because I find him incredibly easy to control and he's got great reach. I'm a defensive player and sometimes I like to whoop ass from a distance; Kilik is great for that. I even find him highly usable upclose, too, because he's so fast and light. But mostly I'm into the awesome reach of that great bo staff of his.

My second favorite, both character-wise and in gameplay, is Voldo, although I have to say I had a hell of a time winning with him today. Maybe I was off my game or maybe I'm just not as great a Voldo player as I thought I was. Usually I open up an entire can when I'm playing Voldo, but today Yoshimitsu kept handing me Voldo's ass on a plate. Against a human player, I play Voldo beautifully because his moves are so bizarre and unpredictable, and unless you really watch his every move, you never know what he's going to do next. (According to the SCII book, Voldo is also great for out-psyching your human opponent, because he's such a creepy monster climbing all over everyone, and no one wants to see that. Me, that's what I like about him.) Plus he's got that fantastic blind stance that is so smooth and versatile. Against the computer though, none of that matters. The bigger characters (Sigfried, Abyss,) just bury him with three hits.

I would read Voldo fanfic.

Plus, lest we forgot, no one dances like Voldo.

No one gets their freak on like Voldo.

Also: people should never cosplay Voldo. Because, come on.

Kung Fu and SCIII

Ahh, I am almost finished with Small Wheel in Kung Fu. Something about it clicked last night and I started hitting all my stances, or at least most of them, during the form. All of the moves seemed to just flow, and Sifu taught me a bunch more, so now I'm pretty close to the end. Also, it was pretty cool watching Chris K. attempt to land in a horse stance directly from a jump crescent. He almost had it a few times, too. Not to get all Napolean Dynamite or anything, but he must have gotten about three feet of air at one point. ;) He and gravity ignore each other.

This past three days was really nice, with the party at Lao Shir's on Saturday and then Uncle Don, Betsy and Meg coming by on Sunday. Jeremy was there, too, and we played SCIII most of the time.

Speaking of Soul Calibur III, it's kind of my new addiction. I can't seem to put the thing down. Today at work, I just couldn't wait to get home and play through Voldo's story to see what happens at the end. (If my typing is funny, it's because my hands are all cramped from playing so much.)

Character-wise, Kilik is my favorite of course, because he is the basic pretty hero with the tragic past, and I'm a simple creature. When it comes to gameplay, Kilik is also my favorite, because I find him incredibly easy to control and he's got great reach. I'm a defensive player and sometimes I like to whoop ass from a distance; Kilik is great for that. I even find him highly usable upclose, too, because he's so fast and light. But mostly I'm into the awesome reach of that great bo staff of his.

My second favorite, both character-wise and in gameplay, is Voldo, although I have to say I had a hell of a time winning with him today. Maybe I was off my game or maybe I'm just not as great a Voldo player as I thought I was. Usually I open up an entire can when I'm playing Voldo, but today Yoshimitsu kept handing me Voldo's ass on a plate. Against a human player, I play Voldo beautifully because his moves are so bizarre and unpredictable, and unless you really watch his every move, you never know what he's going to do next. (According to the SCII book, Voldo is also great for out-psyching your human opponent, because he's such a creepy monster climbing all over everyone, and no one wants to see that. Me, that's what I like about him.) Plus he's got that fantastic blind stance that is so smooth and versatile. Against the computer though, none of that matters. The bigger characters (Sigfried, Abyss,) just bury him with three hits.

I would read Voldo fanfic.

Plus, lest we forgot, no one dances like Voldo.

No one gets their freak on like Voldo.

Also: people should never cosplay Voldo. Because, come on.