Comments on: Five Questions with David “Magnetro” Avila

By: Maj

Maj — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 01:55:36 +0000

onreload: Yeah i think everyone's process is fairly similar, at least in terms of broad strokes. But i think if you asked 50 people the same question, you'd get a few unexpected responses. Creativity is a tough thing to pin down. SofaKingAC: Actually i didn't ask because i already know he had a negative first impression of MvC3, and there's no way we could've had that discussion without a ton of speculative bullshit. I mean, how do you judge a game like Marvel before it's out? We have no idea whatsoever what MvC3 will look like in two weeks, much less three months, much less five years. I've only been asking people if they're planning on playing MvC3, and that's more or less what the last question was about. Tigre III: I think his family's from Mexico? Not 100% sure though.

By: Tigre III

Tigre III — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:57:46 +0000

David Avila? Wow is a super common spanish name… Where are he from?

By: SofaKingAC

SofaKingAC — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:40:54 +0000

For what it’s worth, my answer would be similar (though I don’t know if you could quite call me a “combo maker”).

This was a good read. It’s really too bad that Magnetro’s stepped out of the combo game. I really would’ve liked to have seen him apply some of that in-depth researching ability to other games.

Just as a curiosity, did you ask about his impressions of MvC3?

By: onreload

onreload — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 08:17:50 +0000

I’ve gotten to know Magnetro pretty well from our LONG Skype sessions (when I was doing narration for Shenanigans+ and the explanations for Variable Atmosphere 2) and these answers are still really interesting to read…I also don’t know much about MvC2 combos aside from his combos (as his explanations were quite in-depth), so I’m glad you asked about potential combo dummies. Do you think other combo makers will have similar answers when it comes to question #1?

By: Maj

Maj — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 05:34:27 +0000

In case anyone's wondering, both images are from Magnetro's VA2 vid. And i couldn't find Jadon Brown's old combovid on u2b, but you can still download it from zachd's website if anyone really wants to watch it.