User:Maelstrom
I'm Maelstrom, and I'm mostly here to help with the JoJo game pages since they're currently pretty heavily lacking. I'm always willing to help out with other projects though if I can be of assistance. Currently, I'm working on the All-Star Battle R character pages.
I currently only have 4,000 edits on this wiki.
About Me
I started watching JoJo's Bizarre Adventure in the Spring of 2019 when visiting a friend during spring break after being prompted by said friend and expressing some interest in Vento Aureo since it was airing at the time. I'd of course known about some memes for years though. I got through Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency but only half way through Stardust Crusaders before I had to fly home. Since my friend and I promised to watch it all together, and he lives across the country, I didn't continue the series until August of 2022 when I decided to continue on my own. I rapidly marathoned the rest of the series in a little less than a month. I'm up to date with the series, but still need to go back and read the manga for Parts 1, 2, 4, and 5 at some point (currently reading slowly through Stardust Crusaders).
While I've done minor work on the Fandom (gross, but there's no other wiki for it sadly) Devil May Cry wiki, this is the first time I've actually been properly involved in the community of a wiki. Having grown up on the amazingly informative wiki that is the Transformers wiki, it pleases me greatly to be able to help expand a great wiki for a different series I deeply enjoy, even if the work is a bit on the minor side.
Other Fictional Interests
I tend to hyperfixate, which is why I'm here, so while I have plenty of other interests, nothing quite matches JoJo at the moment. However, those other interests include (ordered by original media type):
- Transformers All shows up to Cyberverse, 2012-2019 IDW comic runs, High Moon Studio games, movies, etc.
- My Hero Academia Manga (caught up) & Anime up to season 4
- Seraph of the End Manga (caught up), Novels, & Anime
- Id – Invaded Anime & Manga
- Devil May Cry Games, Novels, Anime, & Manga
- Ace Attorney Games, Anime, & Manga (only a few one-off chapters)
- Mass Effect Games
- Pokemon Games
- Shovel Knight Game
I've read/watched/played a plethora of other stuff.
To-Do List
Mostly for my own benefit, but if you wanna take a crack at it, go ahead. While not comprehensive (check/ask channel in the discord for that), this is a lot of the work that needs to get done for All-Star Battle R.
- Add Patch 2.0 notes to chracter pages
- Update affected movesets to reflect changes
- Update affected Changes from ASB sections to reflect changes
- Add missing movesets for ASBR characters (as of May 24th, 28/56 completed)
- Add moveset changes from ASB for ASBR characters (completed for all characters that currently have movesets except for Pannacotta Fugo and Muhammad Avdol)
- Finish adding reference art to ASBR character pages (already uploaded on wiki and added up through Diamond is Unbreakable)
- Find references for these images (especially the Stand poses)
- Finish adding shadow nerfs/buffs to character Update Histories, using Mizuumi as reference (Parts 6-8)
- Revert game to base patch to double check implementation of the following:
- Dio Brando's "WRYYY!!" for damage change (1.3.0)
- Josuke Higashikata's Crouching Medium Attack to check whether it's Stand On or Off that gained reduced knockback (1.3.0)
- Rohan Kishibe's "Your power will be destroyed." for damage change (1.3.0)
- Narancia Ghirga's "I don't need bullets to kill you!" for either reduced damage or reduced startup (1.3.0)
- Joseph Joestar's "Clacker Volley" for a change in "visual effect intensity" (1.4.0)
- Guido Mista's "Pass Pass Pass!" for an IPS implementation (was bug and may be impossible to replicate properly) (1.4.0)
- Akira Otoishi's Reversal Assist for fixed animation (may be bug and difficult to replicte) (1.5.0)
- Akira Otoishi's Standing Heavy Attack [Stand Off] for RHCP forward movement change (1.5.0)
- Wamuu's "I, Wamuu, will no consider you to be worthy prey!" while "I shall see with the wind." is active for change in "vacuum effect" on second hit (1.6.0)
- Guido Mista's "Places, everybody!" for if
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was listed in the list of inputs. (1.6.0) - Trish Una's "Something soft is even more unbreakable than diamond!" for decreased recovery (1.6.0)
- Risotto Nero's "The assassin that no on could find" for reduced recovery and increased knockback (1.6.0)
- Revert game to base patch to double check implementation of the following:
- Add references to ASBR Glossary templates
- Rerecord Jotaro Kujo's victory and taunt poses to get rid of UI
- Possibly rerecord Keicho Nijimura and Weather Report's as well to extend length of pose
- Find proper references for Jotaro Kujo (Part 4)'s Stylish Evades
- Record Stylish Evades for Risotto Nero, Rudol von Stroheim, and Keicho Nijimura to further complete their ASBR pages
- Add missing cut-ins to ASBR character pages so they don't remain unused files
- Rerecord Risotto Nero's Jumping Light Attack since it now launches
- Figure out just how many chapters Josuke Higashikata (JoJolion) is likely based on exactly.
- Record/capture the following:
- Costumes/Models (should be transparent)
- Get proper editing software to make transparency easier to obtain lmao
- Victory and Taunt poses
- Movesets
- Stylish Evades
- Match Intros
- Round Victories
- Costumes/Models (should be transparent)
Favorites/Rankings
These rankings reflect my favorites rather than what I think is objectively best. That'd be different. Low ranking doesn't equate bad necessarily. I just like others more than that. The JOJOLands things are rated low because the part just started, but I have faith it'll rise through the rankings.
Despite some overlap with my favorite characters, the users of the Stands listed have no bearing on their Stand's presence here beyond some possible creative uses. Instead, my favorite Stands are based off of either (or a mix of) looks, ability, personality if applicable, and use.
Honestly, I'm not so sure on this as I only solidly know my favorite and least favorite (though it's all very enjoyable) with everything else kinda floating around inbetween based on my gripes at the time.
