I really enjoyed being able to watch the DOA Festival event from start to finish. Was just as happy to see
@Mr.Kwiggle win the tournament, proving that he deserved to be there and that he is truly the best DOA player right now. Very excited about the new content coming, because it shows that Team Ninja really is going to support Last Round well into 2016. Balance changes and a new stage is a very welcome addition for this month's upcoming DLC. Very eager to see who the new character is what stage they'll bring with them in Spring 2016! Also, I'm not surprised that DOAX3 was announced, but I'm also kind of shocked that they're going to keep it Japan and Asian markets only.
You can tell Kwiggle picked some stuff up playing with the japanese players in the arcades. He was using regular sidesteps on point more than he ever has.
@Mr. Wah also pointed this out during stream, which is something that I was happy to see. A lot of American players don't seem to know how to utilize the side step mechanic, despite it being very useful. I'll be honest, I started using it more because the Level 8 AI would also side step, so I wanted to incorporate it into my playset more (along with any special side steps the characters I play use).