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08/09/19: (Gensokyo Reloaded) Reimu & Chen updated
GR Reimu and GR Chen have been updated with a few changes.
 
[System] Miscellaneous common state fixes and adjustments. [System] Spellcard text animations updated to current standards. [System] Miscellaneous common state fixes and adjustments. [System] Air Dash height restriction lowered. [System] Fixed an issue where custom stated opponents were getting up a frame too early.

I think enough progress has been done on Sumireko that I can show off a few attacks
 

 
All her basic standing Normals are complete so far. Sumireko is one of the few who can't rapid fire her standing LP, but hits twice much like in source. Standing MP is one of those moves with long active frames, so spacing it correctly can make it safe. Standing HP hits twice much like in source, hitting low on the first hit with the second hit serving as an anti-air, but has longer startup to compensate.

08/01/19: (Incident Zero) Momiji Inubashiri released

The 14th Incident Zero character, the wolf tengu sentry Momiji Inubashiri, has been released.
 
Link: http://ricepigeon.neocities.org
 
First release.

Alright, I'm sure many of you are familiar with Archive in recent years and this is something that I have brought up in private with the rest of the staff, but I would like some public feedback regarding a possible change in our policy regarding MFFA links. This thread isn't meant to guarantee a certain outcome, but we feel some public feedback may help influence our final decision.
 
For those of you who are unaware, back in June of 2016, we made the decision to blacklist any and all download links from Mugen Archive in light of their decision to use Adfly as their primary source of revenue. You can read about our reasoning for this decision here.
 
In recent months, however, it would seem that Mugen Archive has turned to another source of ad revenue and have discontinued their use of Adfly/Shortest, thus, no longer posing the security threat that we originally blacklisted them for. Because the sole basis of our decision no longer applies, I feel that it's appropriate to finally lift this ban that has been in effect for the past two years.
 
Others that I have spoken to did have some concerns that could potentially be used against this decision. Notably, the biggest concern deals with Archive's "Community Weekend" events, which temporarily throttle and/or disable downloads for non-registered users, making them unreliable hosting. While this is true, the same could easily be said of other sites like sendspace, which are not currently blacklisted. Unlike sites such as 4shared, which require registration, the same does not apply to Archive, despite the aforementioned limitations. While this may not affect release threads too much, this could be a concern for those hoping to use archive links in collection threads.
 
I just want to reiterate that the conduct of certain MA members, unless they are actively compromising the security of MFFA or its members, shouldn't play a factor in this decision; this deals primarily with the linking to hosted downloads, if a member of MA is caught breaking the rules of MFFA's forums or discord chat, they will be handled with as we would any other user, independently of any other Mugen community they may be associated with.
 
That being said, I would like to know what everyone's thoughts on this idea are.
 

Someone brought up the phone verification thing in another discord a few days ago, so I'll sum up what I said then.
 
Dizzy's claim that their discord server is lively is, frankly, bullshit. Unless the MA staff is actively deleting 90%+ messages on a daily basis, the activity that I've witnessed there is very minimal, if not 0, with only a few messages every other day or so. While I can't speak about implementing phone verification on their forums & site as a whole since this is news to me, I can speak from experience that phone verification, at least on Discord, does almost nothing to stop spam attacks. In the aftermath of the DDoS we received in early April, we elevated the security to require phone verification and, while this stopped spam accounts from posting messages in our discord, it did nothing to stop them from saying what they wanted to say by making their user name the message, many of which were targeting the same individual. In the meantime, several legitimate accounts were negatively affected by this and unable to access our discord server either because they were unable or unwilling to disclose a cell phone number for verification purposes, some going far as citing privacy concerns (and rightfully so); this led to us creating a workaround by granting known users a dummy "approved" role so they wouldn't be affected by this change, which we eventually rescinded because of the undue burden it was putting on legitimate users while doing nothing to stop the influx of spam accounts, and I have no doubt in my mind that something similar could happen to MA if they do decide to go through with this.
 
Of course, if Dizzy is adamant on implementing this feature, he is either unable or (most likely) unwilling to take these negative repercussions into account.
 
EDIT; Seeing as this thread seems to be going in the direction of a general MA discussion thread, I'll be allowing the posting of MA links here for the purposes of providing context.

While Momiji was in the final stages of development, I reached out to someone in the hopes of commissioning sprites for another WIP that I've been interested in working on for some time. While it's nowhere near complete, I figured I'd show off a little bit of what will eventually be my next WIP: Sumireko Usami.
 

 
Special thanks to Blade for the sprites, we will soon have a Sumireko sprited in the old art Tasofro art style to be included with the rest of the cast for Touhou: Incident Zero once a working beta is out.
 

Nomination Totals:
Mai Kawasumi by Nep Heart - 2
Suwako Moriya by RicePigeon - 2
Ed by WlanmaniaX - 2
Deadpool by Mr. Giang - 1
 
Due to the lack of Candidates, nominations have been extended by 1 week and will now close on Tuesday, 07/23/19.
 
 

Give me one good reason why I shouldn't just ban you right now for flamebaiting & making threats of violence against members of the site. You have 24 hours, starting now.

Give me one good reason why I shouldn't just ban you right now for flamebaiting & making threats of violence against members of the site. You have 24 hours, starting now.

Someone brought up the phone verification thing in another discord a few days ago, so I'll sum up what I said then.
 
Dizzy's claim that their discord server is lively is, frankly, bullshit. Unless the MA staff is actively deleting 90%+ messages on a daily basis, the activity that I've witnessed there is very minimal, if not 0, with only a few messages every other day or so. While I can't speak about implementing phone verification on their forums & site as a whole since this is news to me, I can speak from experience that phone verification, at least on Discord, does almost nothing to stop spam attacks. In the aftermath of the DDoS we received in early April, we elevated the security to require phone verification and, while this stopped spam accounts from posting messages in our discord, it did nothing to stop them from saying what they wanted to say by making their user name the message, many of which were targeting the same individual. In the meantime, several legitimate accounts were negatively affected by this and unable to access our discord server either because they were unable or unwilling to disclose a cell phone number for verification purposes, some going far as citing privacy concerns (and rightfully so); this led to us creating a workaround by granting known users a dummy "approved" role so they wouldn't be affected by this change, which we eventually rescinded because of the undue burden it was putting on legitimate users while doing nothing to stop the influx of spam accounts, and I have no doubt in my mind that something similar could happen to MA if they do decide to go through with this.
 
Of course, if Dizzy is adamant on implementing this feature, he is either unable or (most likely) unwilling to take these negative repercussions into account.
 
EDIT; Seeing as this thread seems to be going in the direction of a general MA discussion thread, I'll be allowing the posting of MA links here for the purposes of providing context.

Someone brought up the phone verification thing in another discord a few days ago, so I'll sum up what I said then.
 
Dizzy's claim that their discord server is lively is, frankly, bullshit. Unless the MA staff is actively deleting 90%+ messages on a daily basis, the activity that I've witnessed there is very minimal, if not 0, with only a few messages every other day or so. While I can't speak about implementing phone verification on their forums & site as a whole since this is news to me, I can speak from experience that phone verification, at least on Discord, does almost nothing to stop spam attacks. In the aftermath of the DDoS we received in early April, we elevated the security to require phone verification and, while this stopped spam accounts from posting messages in our discord, it did nothing to stop them from saying what they wanted to say by making their user name the message, many of which were targeting the same individual. In the meantime, several legitimate accounts were negatively affected by this and unable to access our discord server either because they were unable or unwilling to disclose a cell phone number for verification purposes, some going far as citing privacy concerns (and rightfully so); this led to us creating a workaround by granting known users a dummy "approved" role so they wouldn't be affected by this change, which we eventually rescinded because of the undue burden it was putting on legitimate users while doing nothing to stop the influx of spam accounts, and I have no doubt in my mind that something similar could happen to MA if they do decide to go through with this.
 
Of course, if Dizzy is adamant on implementing this feature, he is either unable or (most likely) unwilling to take these negative repercussions into account.
 
EDIT; Seeing as this thread seems to be going in the direction of a general MA discussion thread, I'll be allowing the posting of MA links here for the purposes of providing context.

06/20/19: (Incident Zero) Suwako released, Yukari & Sanae updated

The 13th Incident Zero character, the native goddess Suwako Moriya, has been released. In addition, IZ Yukari and IZ Sanae have also been updated with a few changes.
 
Link: http://ricepigeon.neocities.org
 
 
 
General Changes: First release. [System] Corrected jump cancel timings of forward dash. [System] Corrected Wallbounce & Groundbounce behaviors. [System] Adjusted how the character handles landing sounds in certain basic states. [System] Minor adjustments to hurtboxes in some gethit states. [System] Fixed IKEMEN exclusive visual issue where certain effect helpers would incorrectly generate a shadow. [System] Added compatibility with Suwako_THIZ's Blighted Earth effects. [System] Characters in the Type-C alignment can now cancel Spellcards into other Spellcards, at an additional proration. Spell Trance: Now consumes 100% Spirit, Power requirement reduced (2000->1000). Spell Trance: Last Words no longer require Spirit while Spell Trance is active. Spell Overdrive: Now gives a 50% velocity increase to walk & dashing. Spell Overdrive: Now allows Specials to be cancelled into another Special once per chain. Boundary "Overflowing Flotsam": Corrected bug that required move to have 2000 Power. [System] Characters in the Type-C alignment can now cancel Spellcards into other Spellcards, at an additional proration. [System] Added compatibility with Suwako_THIZ's Blighted Earth effects. [System] Corrected jump cancel timings of forward dash. [System] Minor adjustments to hurtboxes in some gethit states. [System] Minor adjustments to some common state animations. [System] Adjustments to Groundbounce & Wallbounce behaviors. [System] Corrected bug that prevented the use of Wind Stock after the 1st round. Spell Trance: Now consumes 100% Spirit, Power requirement reduced (2000->1000). Spell Trance: Last Words no longer require Spirit while Spell Trance is active. Spell Overdrive: Now gives a 50% velocity increase to walk & dashing. Spell Overdrive: Now allows Specials to be cancelled into another Special once per chain. j2y: Now hits overhead. Can no longer chain into itself on block.

06/10/19: (Gensokyo Reloaded) Yuuka updated
GR Yuuka has been updated with a few changes.
 
[System] Minor adjustments to hurtboxes in some gethit states. [System] Minor adjustments to some common state animations. [System] Updated Recovery frame flags to current standards. [System] Updated Hitdef triggers to current standards. [System] Groundbounces & Wallbounces no longer allow opponents to quick getup upon landing. [System] Fixed timing issues with groundbounce angledraw and offset. [System] Corrected regular jump start time (6f->5f). [System] Corrected regular jump landing time (4f->5f). [System] Corrected jump cancel timing of forward dash. [System] Corrected Forward dash skid animation time (10f->8f). [System] Air dashes now have a height restriction when ascending. [System] Adjusted how the character handles landing sounds in certain basic states. [System] Fixed visual issue where the tech recovery explod was being affected by palfx. [System] Fixed IKEMEN exclusive visual issue where certain effect helpers would incorrectly generate a shadow. [System] Fixed issue where certain attacks could not carry momentum from a dash. j.2z: Recovery frames are now flagged at the correct time. Throw/Air Throw: Now apply standard 90% Proration. Fantastic Spring Flowers: Recovery frames are now flagged properly.

Ancient Geyser, another one of Suwako's Specials that can be used from the underground state. While she can't use it in the air unlike in source, she can now hit OTG with it.

I was going to let this thread slide because it still had some merit of discussion until it devolved into a platform for flaming other mugen forums; doesn't matter if its Guild, MA, Multiverse, we don't tolerate this kind of behavior. I'm locking the thread on this basis.
 

Stone Frog God and Ancient Metal Ring, both of which are Suwako's QCF specials on the ground and air, respectively. I've noticed that alot of Suwako's moves in source tend to hit multiple times so the same is true here. Stone Frog God also has the additional property of hitting OTG, so she can use that after a knockdown.
 
Working on some character-specific system stuff with Suwako, which I'll probably show off next, which will also include her Unique Skill. Try taking a guess as to what that might involve.

05/05/19: (Incident Zero) Aya Shameimaru and Sanae Kochiya released

The 11th and 12th Incident Zero-styled characters, the tengu news reporter Aya Shameimaru, and the Moriya Shrine maiden Sanae Kochiya, has been released.
Get them in the Incident Zero section of the Characters page.
 
Link: http://ricepigeon.neocities.org
 
First release. First release.

RIP Robbie

04/15/19: (Gensokyo Reloaded) Chen updated
GR Chen has been updated with several system fixes.
 
[System] Minor adjustments to hurtboxes in some gethit states. [System] Updated outdated Recovery frame flags to current standards. [System] Updated outdated Hitdef triggers to current standards. [System] Groundbounces & Wallbounces no longer allow opponents to quick getup upon landing. [System] Corrected regular jump landing time (5f -> 4f). [System] Corrected forward dash startup time (4f -> 5f). [System] Corrected time in which the forward dash can be jump cancelled. [System] Corrected back hop/air dash landing times (10f -> 8f). [System] Adjusted how the character handles landing sounds in certain basic states. [System] Air dashes now have a height restriction. Fixed visual issue where the tech recovery explod was being affected by palfx. Fixed IKEMEN exclusive visual issue where the Dash/Guard Cancel Counter/Spellcard effect helpers would incorrectly generate a shadow. 2x: Corrected inability to conserve forward dash momentum into the attack. 6y: No longer loses overhead properties when chained into. Guard Cancel Counter: No longer gains counterhit bonuses. Immortal Sage's Rumbling (Recoil): Added a landing sound effect. All Spellcards: Corrected issue with charge buffer that would allow for the moves' activations without releasing back. Cait Sith of Mayohiga: Corrected recovery frame flag time. Soaring Bishamonten: Fixed IKEMEN exclusive visual issue where the final hit's effect helper would incorrectly generate a shadow.

04/10/19: (Gensokyo Reloaded) Reisen U. Inaba updated
GR Reisen has been updated with several system fixes.
 
[System] Minor adjustments to hurtboxes in some gethit states. [System] Updated outdated Recovery frame flags to current standards. [System] Updated outdated Hitdef triggers to current standards. [System] Groundbounces & Wallbounces no longer allow opponents to quick getup upon landing. [System] Corrected regular jump landing time (5f -> 4f). [System] Corrected forward dash startup time (7f -> 5f). [System] Corrected time in which the forward dash can be jump cancelled. [System] Corrected back hop/air dash landing times (12f -> 8f). [System] Adjusted how the character handles landing sounds in certain basic states. Fixed visual issue where the tech recovery explod was being affected by palfx. Fixed IKEMEN exclusive visual issue where the Dash/Guard Cancel Counter/Spellcard effect helpers would incorrectly generate a shadow. 6y: Corrected juggle flag. 2x: Corrected inability to conserve forward dash momentum into the attack. Guard Cancel Counter: No longer gains counterhit bonuses. Lunacy Ray: Fixed IKEMEN exclusive visual issue where the laser effect helpers would incorrectly generate a shadow.

2019
January 2019 Winners:
Gold Winner: Celesteela by TheBestMLTBM, O illusionista, CSAvion78, WiCloud, and Aequals1 Silver Winner: Roy by RMVGames  
February 2019 Winners:
Gold Winner: Real Police Dude by Brergrsart Silver Winner: Blue Suede Goo by Basara-kun  
March 2019 Winners:
Gold Winner: Sanic by GUMHOY  
April 2019 Winners:
Gold Winner #1: Ice by Basara-Kun Gold Winner #2: Thanos by The_None & Mr. Giang

03/11/19: (Incident Zero) Youmu Konpaku updated, Yukari Yakumo updated

The tenth Incident Zero-styled character, the half-ghost gardener Youmu Konpaku, has been released. Get her in the Incident Zero section of the Characters page.
In addition, IZ Yukari has received a massive update that significantly changes how the she plays.
 
Link: http://ricepigeon.neocities.org
 
First release. [System] Revised Dash Cancel graphic. [System] Minor changes to recovery frame flagging. [System] Minor changes to handling of hitstun decay on certain attacks j2z: Fixed graphical bugs. Full Moon Umbrella: Recovery on all versions decreased by 8f. "Unmanned Abandoned Railroad Car Bomb": Move completely redone with the following changes: Command changed to D,DB,B,DB,D,DF,F+x/y/z (2141236x/y/z). Now costs 2000 Power to use, damage increased to compensate for new Power cost. No longer gains counterhit properties. Startup invincibility removed, now has invincibility after train is summoned. Startup increased by 30f, recovery decreased by 11f. Now spans the entire width of the screen, instead of hitting directly in front of Yukari. Using Type-C's Dash Cancel will no longer remove the train on use. New Level 1 Spellcard: Boundary "Overflowing Flotsam" (214214x/y/z).

Welcome to the first edition of MFFA Monthly Judgment. This is where, every month, we gather a team of members of the community to give their thoughts on some of the month's hottest releases. Each judge will collectively agree to a set of characters released or updated during that month, which the entire panel will judge based on 2 main areas: Presentation and Functionality.
 
Each score is then tallied into a total, which will receive a letter grade based on the following criteria:
S:  95%~100%
A: 85%~94%
B: 70%~84%
C: 50%~69%
F: <50%
 
For the first installment of Monthly Judgment, we asked @Nep Heart, @PlasmoidThunder, and @Mister Fael for their opinions on some of January 2019's releases.
 
Click any of the following to jump right to the reviews:
Peppa Pig by KadirV Kirito by Sennou-Room Yuuki Terumi by OHMSBY Steel by Mr. Giang