UPSB v4

Philosophy / Linkages vs Finisher

  1. RdHg
    Date: Sun, Oct 30 2011 13:18:02

    i've always wonder which is more essential Linkages or Finishers. Are combos with a bunch of finishers and simple linkage better than a combo with complex linkages but only have two or three finishers? and vice-versa? Personally I rather know better linkages than finishers(too bad I dont), but what do you think? p.s by finishers I just mean "flashy" moves.

  2. dat
    Date: Sun, Oct 30 2011 14:01:05

    I think it totally what style you what or looking for Linkages is more of Korean Style And Finishers are more of and Thai Style

  3. shoeman6
    Date: Sun, Oct 30 2011 14:24:47

    If there is a simple finisher and complex linkages I would favour the combo over a huge redundant finisher and sub par linkages.

  4. DArKT
    Date: Sun, Oct 30 2011 14:52:51

    yeah...the best is a combo with great linkages and great finishers...? i guess you have to equalize it,like,Linkages=finishers

  5. Pen Ninja
    Date: Sun, Oct 30 2011 15:06:27

    a really good linkage should be awesome enough to be a finisher anyway

  6. crinix
    Date: Sun, Oct 30 2011 15:09:11

    Linkage>Finisher

  7. Gisele 8
    Date: Sun, Oct 30 2011 16:36:34

    dat wrote: Linkages is more of Korean Style
    no offense, but i massively lol'd yea finishers came with the thai powertricking style, flashy moves popular in china etc etc... well i think people want linkage mainly.

  8. Raos
    Date: Sun, Oct 30 2011 16:39:09

    pretty much wat every other person said. Linkage

  9. FreshNoob
    Date: Sun, Oct 30 2011 19:56:53

    Having nice linkages pretty much sums up the whole combo into being flashy. I personally think that finishers are not as essential as linkages in a combo. If you think about it, you should have a nice linkage in order to execute a nice finisher.

  10. ShinneS
    Date: Sat, Nov 5 2011 08:03:21

    If your linkage is good enough,then it's flashy to pro eyes.But yet,if you do when you do finishers flashy enough,most of people dont see the diffrence.So,generally linkage>finishers

  11. iFL
    Date: Thu, Dec 8 2011 09:22:55

    I think Linkages are as important as finishers.

  12. Abyss
    Date: Thu, Dec 8 2011 10:30:02

    it depends if you want to have your climax between your combo or at your finisher, well imo

  13. Mats
    Date: Thu, Dec 8 2011 11:12:51

    Finishers finishers... I'm sick of spam combos with all the focus on the end. =/

  14. wotu1
    Date: Tue, Dec 20 2011 05:16:14

    Linkages= spans about 14/15 of an average 15-30 second combo (in MOST cases) . Finisher= you guessed it, spans 1/15 of an average combo. Better to have an awesome 14/15s of a combo rather than having that last 1/15 be awesome and the other 14/15 be crap.

  15. Eazy
    Date: Sun, Jan 1 2012 08:46:46

    To me, it'll be like 1/3 linkage, 2/3 finisher, because a good finisher tends to give a 'wow' effect in the end.(As long as the editor has any sense, by not putting the finisher on the transition to another slide or so) And I rather get a 'wow' feeling at the end, suddenly impressed rather than feel an anticlimax at the end, something like, 'what? it ended already?' feeling.

  16. Deveroux
    Date: Tue, Jun 19 2012 00:07:24

    I find linkages to be pretty important and you should be focusing on them a good deal more than the finishers. That being said, I also think that finishers are not quite as serious of a need as linkages, it's more something that you should just experiment and have fun with. I mean it's more of an experimental thing to add finishing touches to the combo apposed to it being a key factor that directly contributes to the look of the combo. For example, Freeman does a lot of this where he uses experimental finishes, might want to check him out.

  17. Alex
    Date: Thu, Jun 21 2012 00:10:29

    I think linkages are more important because it shows you've worked hard on coming up with linkages