Basic Q&A Thread

i have a few questions about both game mechanics, etc. and 8WR forum policies.

Mechanics questions:

  1. what does the "i" in front of frame counts/notations mean? does i18 mean something different than 18? is the i different than the exclamation that i sometimes also see preceding notations?
  2. what is the width of a vertical attack's hitbox? do all verticals have hitboxes of equal width? is a single non-quick sidestep enough to sidestep a vertical?
  3. does a SCV GI counter all attacks regardless of hit location? i.e., can i counter a low with a manual GI?

8WR question:

if a forum user has elected to display their online ID (PSN/XBL) next to their name, does that mean they are okay with total randoms adding them? i.e., is it prudent to add people whose IDs you merely stumbled across here? or is some sort of prior interaction warranted?

thx guise
 
voxanimus said:
i have a few questions about both game mechanics, etc. and 8WR forum policies.

Mechanics questions:

what does the "i" in front of frame counts/notations mean?
It means impact.
does i18 mean something different than 18?
i18 means that a move would hit on the 18th frame after execution.
is the i different than the exclamation that i sometimes also see preceding notations?
I don't know what you're talking about, prove an example.
what is the width of a vertical attack's hitbox? do all verticals have hitboxes of equal width? is a single non-quick sidestep enough to sidestep a vertical?
Every vertical has a different hitbox. Some verticals can only be quick stepped at certain ranges. For examples for verticals with different hit boxes experiment with Tira's BB and Pyrrha's BB. Pyrrha's will sometimes track step.
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I think he may refer to stuff like iWR or iaga.
In those cases the i stands for "instant", so like the fastest possible input (often used for Just Frames).
 

from IFB's Grabs and Ringouts guide:

You can't guess A or B in time and you're afraid to fight at crotch height to avoid it...I guess you're doomed. Or you can spaz out and try any attack under !16 and CH him. But that might involve skill and looking at the convenient wiki. But that would mean studying and training...in a fighter. Only scrubs read guides, m'right?
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i also had another question about whether or not manual GIs can counter lows, which i have updated the original to include.

thanks for your help, Solo!
 
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