This is what unfolds after the last bit of life was drained from the extremely cheap Eternal Champion using Xavier the warlock.
**From a page in the instruction manual (word for word that do not appear on the in-game screen):
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Xavier's story and profile
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Xavier Pendragon
Occcupation: Warlock/Alchemist
Time Zone-
1692 A.D.
- Fighting Style-
Hapkido Cane Fighting
Hapkido emphasizes a nonviolent code of
counterdefense. If the force of an attacker's
blow is strong, it must be met with a soft
reception and countermoves. If the force is soft, it must be countered with a powerful defense.
This approach leads to the fluid circular motion
and constant mobility of the art. The cane is
used in place of the limbs. Almost all hits
and defenses are performed by the cane.
- Biography -
Xavier always made poor career choices, so it was
no surprise that his last job should end in failure. After nailing still smoking horseshoes
onto the mayor's prized workhorse, Xavier found
himself with a shack full of smithy tools and no
job.
Stirred by a love for science, Xavier decided
to try his hand at alchemy, the age-old quest for the formula which would turn lead into gold.
Instead, he found a way to create an unlimited source of cheap, clean-burning energy that would put Salem on the map forever.
Also, he found that his alchemy had changed him,
giving him strange, new powers.
Before Xavier could use this power and document
it for the good of future generations, he found
himself bound and gagged as the people of Salem
carted him off to the town square. They burned
him at the stake on the false charge of being a
warlock.
While some of Xavier's powers could be mistaken
for witchcraft, they are all based on real science.
@SeventhSun This is pretty much what separates the good players from the bad ones. i've seen it too many times. times where some people would just way away from the machine when things aren't going good for them(or in today's case, pull out the cat5 cable. lol)
DragonSlayerKyo 2 weeks ago
@SeventhSun by all means, my friend.
DragonSlayerKyo 2 weeks ago
@DragonSlayerKyo
Oh that. Well let our pro pro pros get a little consolation prize this time for all their dead serious business instead of precious nothing by tradition shall we?
SeventhSun 2 weeks ago
@DragonSlayerKyo
Ah Wong was impressive when he had a pixel of life left in Marvel 3 and managed to destroy his opponent anyway. He pretty much repeated his will to survive from Marvel 2 in an earlier tournament.
SeventhSun 2 weeks ago
@DragonSlayerKyo
Good advice. Overall it's also about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward.
SeventhSun 2 weeks ago
@DragonSlayerKyo
But of course if it was Champion Edition I'd still love to hear about it.
SeventhSun 2 weeks ago
@SeventhSun Corporate Sponsorships. That's what I mean. players being sponsored by big names Like MadCatz, Hori, and the Like.
DragonSlayerKyo 2 weeks ago
@DragonSlayerKyo
I recently got to know about the alleged corruption that exists in the Dead or Alive community regarding its tournaments. I like the combo register in that babe-infested 3-dimensional fighting game, and it's just too bad the players spoiled it.
And since business and politics are not always free of corruption then I don't see what makes tournaments so privileged to be totally exempted too.
SeventhSun 2 weeks ago
@DragonSlayerKyo
Corporate? I thought video games were made for the money in the very first place? Maybe you meant something else.
SeventhSun 2 weeks ago
@SeventhSun or picking the right moment. no matter how bad you're doing, don't give in. there's always a chance to a come back, no matter how slight it is. even if it's a 1/100th of a chance, i'll still take it cause it's better than nothing at all.
DragonSlayerKyo 2 weeks ago