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Holy crap at the thought of being able to get like...200% stun or something in a repeatable combo. That's insane from a newbie perspective.

Thanks for that. I do like how order placement seems to be a strategy in and of itself in KOF as opposed to the level of it in say...Marvel (though I'm not bashing Marvel, I pretty much like/respect all fighters). The basics of what I'm getting from what you said is pretty much, the purpose of the first character is to try and get in there and do as much meterless damage as possible at first, with second's purpose being to sort of get as much meter for the anchor as at all possible?

There's some other things I've obviously struggled with such as doing some Max Cancels (though I'm completely aware there has to be a means to combo into HD activation and the ability to read when to go for it before I even THINK of using those), input shortcuts, and not accidentally jumping/super jumping when I go to do the hop equivalent, but I'm pretty sure those come with practice.

Seeing as this is listed as a character discussion thread, I'm hoping that this isn't the wrong place to be asking about this, but do you guys have any suggestions on who somebody who's starting in terms of characters to use? I talked to a friend about it, and he thought King was "newbie friendly", and that "Kyo's kinda alright but you'll switch to K' when you get better". When I would casually stumble across games like 98, 2001, or 2002 in arcades I'd usually pick up Benimaru or Yuri, but I figured I'd ask here.

From the casual bit of messing around with KOFXIII so far I've found myself liking Benimaru, Yuri, Kyo, King, Vice, Robert, Ryo, and Kula. Do you guys think a Yuri/Benimaru/King team would be a relatively wise thing to start with learning, or are there other suggestions you have? Either way, I'd like to get some feedback and if this is the wrong thread, then I apologize completely.

Thanks for the warm welcome guys. I may be getting up there age wise for a gamer, but it's awesome to know a ginormous database like this exists.

Hey there everyone. I'm from around the Canadian capital city of Ottawa, Ontario. I've been a long time sort of off and on fan of SNK and KOF ever since I got Fatal Fury Special on the SNES as my first ever fighter as a little kid and got KOF 95 on my original Game Boy. I'm admittedly relatively inexperienced when it comes to things such as KOFXIII as even though I pre-ordered the game, I haven't found many people to play with regularly. That being said, I have a strong respect for the game, and seeing it make it into EVO this year was awesome to witness and it wouldn't feel right if I didn't give massive props to the community as a whole for making it happen.

So, pretty much I'm hoping to find some people to potentially play with and find some people to talk about the games with so that I can hopefully be able to give it a fair shot at learning it as opposed to playing it and worrying "oh crap, I'm going to break my stick!" with the rapid commands. Just thought I'd say 'hi'.