I call the specials -
Blue - Lunge
Yellow - Medium Finisher
Red - DFA (Death From Above)
There seems to be some conflicting opinions as to what stances special move is called DFA, so let's sort it out by having a vote!
I consider DFA to be the red stance finisher and the yellow stance finisher is called Yellow DFA. What do you think?
I call the red attack the red finisher, and the yellow attack the DFA, because DFA stands for Death From Above, which would require the move to bring you above the other player. The red move is a jump forward / downward hack (as stated in the JKII user manual). Personally, call it whatever you want, I could care less :).
The Red is the origional Death From Above, as it always is a death if it hits, I'm gonna go back to my pevious statment that the yellow finisher be called "The Lopper"
lexx, ur absolutely right
DFA is the red
Yellow DFa is .... YELLOW
My opinion:
DFA= Red
Ive always called the other medium special, or medium finisher..sometimes just diving slash
Originally posted by Mallakai
My opinion:
DFA= Red
Ive always called the other medium special, or medium finisher
I agree completely ;)
I think red is DFA, and I alwayz called yellow that cool flip move thats hard to hit people with.
Originally posted by druid
I agree completely ;)
What they said^ :D
yellow: yellow special, yellow DFA (yeah, it's from above :D)
red: red DFA
That's what I call em'. :D
DFA alone usually refers to the red move, but I've heard a lot of people also refer to the twirl move as yellow DFA.
Well. I think:
Yellow: Yellow finisher
REd : DFA
It sounds logical that the yellow move should be called DFA, but since almost everyone calls the red move DFA, so do i, to prevent trouble and misunderstanding :rolleyes:
Originally posted by MUHAHAHAHAHA
I call the red attack the red finisher, and the yellow attack the DFA, because DFA stands for Death From Above, which would require the move to bring you above the other player. The red move is a jump forward / downward hack (as stated in the JKII user manual). Personally, call it whatever you want, I could care less :).
YES!!! Finally someone who interprets the statement "Death from above" correctly!!
BTW, does anyone which context "Death from above" originally comes from?
I know it's not from jk2, but I can't seem to remember from where...
And doesn't it imply that it's something that takes you by surprise? The yellow move is far more surprising than the red. (At least the first time)
Originally posted by zworqy
YES!!! Finally someone who interprets the statement "Death from above" correctly!!
BTW, does anyone which context "Death from above" originally comes from?
I know it's not from jk2, but I can't seem to remember from where...
And doesn't it imply that it's something that takes you by surprise? The yellow move is far more surprising than the red. (At least the first time)
I'm not sure if this is the true origin of the saying, but "Death From Above" is the motto of the U.S. Army Airborne Infantry. HOOAH!!!
Originally posted by ToppDog
I'm not sure if this is the true origin of the saying, but "Death From Above" is the motto of the U.S. Army Airborne Infantry. HOOAH!!!
If so, "Death from above" DOES imply that it's supposed to be surprising!
Heck yeah!!! Silent but deadly!!!
I think people started calling the red move DFA because it was the most deadly of the special moves when the game first came out & everybody spammed it.
Nobody paid attention to the yellow move as much until the first patch came out & the red move got nerfed a bit. Then people started using the yellow move a bit more.
Since the red move was the first one spammed, people started referring to it as DFA & the name sort of stuck, even though technically the term is more appropriate for the yellow move.
I usually call them...
YDFA or RDFA
sometimes...
MDFA or HDFA
I call them both DFA, the person I've just fragged will be the judge on what type it was ^_^ muahahahaahahah!
Yellow DFA and Red DFA only because DFA is easier to type than yellow overhead thingymajig
i say dfa as heavy and medium finisher as the medium unique
the dfa abbreviation was created in 1.02 for the heavy stance (or red as some people call it) and then it was started to be used for the medium finisher near the end of 1.03
or so i have noticed here
but if you talk to people who have never been to lucasforums they say "huh?" to DFA
lexx, i can't believe you actually went ahead with this poll... eh, stoopid question, it's red stance :)
i think it started off at jediknightii.net and other kinda "official" sites where they called it dfa... so the name stuck... i hafta agree that yellow is really truly from above, but it's always been the red move that's been called that...
Originally posted by Twins of Doom
i say dfa as heavy and medium finisher as the medium unique
the dfa abbreviation was created in 1.02 for the heavy stance (or red as some people call it) and then it was started to be used for the medium finisher near the end of 1.03
or so i have noticed here
but if you talk to people who have never been to lucasforums they say "huh?" to DFA
Yeah, I used to get surprised when these l33t clanners didn't even know what DFA was... But not everyone visit jk2.net or these forums - though they damn well should!
Hmmm.... DFA is red special for me, and yellow special is simply "the hated move" since I get killed by it tons of times. But I can respect and understand a "yellow DFA" just perfectly, as long it's clear what moves we're talking 'bout then I'm fine.
BTW Twins, it's not called red stance, or even heavy stance - it's called "Strong stance" officially... Gotcha!
Originally posted by MUHAHAHAHAHA
I call the red attack the red finisher, and the yellow attack the DFA, because DFA stands for Death From Above, which would require the move to bring you above the other player. The red move is a jump forward / downward hack (as stated in the JKII user manual). Personally, call it whatever you want, I could care less :). Well actually when you observe the DFA animation (of yourse I am talking about the red stance finisher, which the term DFA really belongs to :D ), you will notice that the character jumps up (hellloooooo!!! :D ) and then falls down (thus coming from above) and he brings his saber up over his head (hellllooooo!!!! :D ) and then slashes downwards. So the blade comes from above. I don't see your point in arguing about not being above the other player. "From above" doesn't nbeccessarily mean "the player is above the opponent", it can also mean "the blade comes from above", which in this case, it does.
The term was invented by the community in the early days of JK2 (when you probably weren't even around yet? Just guessing ;) ) when the red stance finisher was way more deadly than now in 1.04, can you say 1.02?
Also when saying that you don't care what other people call it, you are missing an important point: This is about communication. If you want to be understood, better use the term that most people use, otherwise you'll be misunderstood. If you still don't care, what's the point being on the forums?
Originally posted by cjais
Yeah, I used to get surprised when these l33t clanners didn't even know what DFA was... But not everyone visit jk2.net or these forums - though they damn well should!
Hmmm.... DFA is red special for me, and yellow special is simply "the hated move" since I get killed by it tons of times. But I can respect and understand a "yellow DFA" just perfectly, as long it's clear what moves we're talking 'bout then I'm fine.
BTW Twins, it's not called red stance, or even heavy stance - it's called "Strong stance" officially... Gotcha!
hey, what's wrong with "red stance"??? (i know it's light, medium, strong, but ppl often call it blue, yellow, red...)
Let's not be picky, we all know which stance ppl are refering to! :tsk:
Originally posted by karismatik
lexx, i can't believe you actually went ahead with this poll... eh, stoopid question, it's red stance :)
i think it started off at jediknightii.net and other kinda "official" sites where they called it dfa... so the name stuck... i hafta agree that yellow is really truly from above, but it's always been the red move that's been called that...
Um, I didn't want to start this poll but I was arguing the matter with someone so to prove my point, I posted this poll!
btw: my point has been proven (25/4) so nuff said. :D
What's how I call them
Blue Special = Lunge
Yellow Special = Air Flip
Red Special = DFA
Originally posted by karismatik
hey, what's wrong with "red stance"??? (i know it's light, medium, strong, but ppl often call it blue, yellow, red...)
Wrong again... it's Fast, Medium and Strong.
Originally posted by zworqy
Wrong again... it's Fast, Medium and Strong.
Which are designated by the colors Blue, Yellow and Red.
Six of one, half a dozen of the other...
Hey guys, don't get bent out of shape over this sh**!
I call strong stance "red stance", even though it's not the official word, I just wrote some **** to Twins because he thought he was right ;)
I call it blue stance as well man, chill guys.
As long as we know what we're talking 'bout, right?
Originally posted by zworqy
Wrong again... it's Fast, Medium and Strong.
Sorry, my mistake... Though I primed myself on Artifex's guides which called them Light, Medium, Strong... Let's put the matter to bed :)
Originally posted by karismatik
Sorry, my mistake... Though I primed myself on Artifex's guides which called them Light, Medium, Strong... Let's put the matter to bed :)
*tucks it in and gives it a kiss goodnight* :D
BTW Twins, it's not called red stance, or even heavy stance - it's called "Strong stance" officially... Gotcha!
smart ass
Originally posted by Twins of Doom
smart ass
Yeah yeah.... Can't hear ya.... :p :D
I'd like to meet the guy who invented sex, and see what he's working on now...
call the yellow "THE SCOOP"
its looks like the movement u do when u get some ice cream..lol
ok i need to stop drinking beer..lol
Originally posted by CKA_Viking
call the yellow "THE SCOOP"
its looks like the movement u do when u get some ice cream..lol
ok i need to stop drinking beer..lol
Listen up Steve, I really think you need some counselling...
And lay off the hard drugs while you're at it....
"like ice-cream" - *ROFL* One scoop or two scoop?