I think there’s something to it. In ST, you see the matchups really, really starkly where often one player will just sit there because he literally has no right to do anything and is just waiting for the other person to screw up royally. 3S matchups can be stark in that way to a point, but parry kind of inserts the players on top of that. It allows them to directly call out the other person and play the player as well as the character matchup, and ensures you have something you can do about things most of the time. They allow the disadvantaged party to act and the force the advantaged party to still play with the disadvantaged player - a character can’t just invalidate the player behind the stick anywhere as easily even if the mismatch in the character department is severe.
Kuroda’s fingering skills are so fast.
Parry allows mind to mind to overcome character to character.
Your ideas about parrying as a balancing factor are devoid of ideas about spacing and how god awful the spacing of characters besides chun and ken are in comparison to chun and ken.
My friend is flying into NorCal and he will be there for a month. Was wondering if any NorCal players could let me know when and where you guys meetup so I can relay the message to him.
Parry isn’t a ‘balancing factor’.
I know you guys weren’t referring to Kuroda but I wanted to mention this anyway. I think it’s interesting that Kuroda Makoto vs MOV Chun involved very little parrying and was largely based around “fluid” movements into grabs and short up close poke wars.
Lets say there are two solid players with equal skill, they both know what buttons to press and when to press them, can whiff punish attacks and know the spacing for every mu in the game. One of those players starts fighting people like Daigo, Justin and Kuroda every week for the exp. Might be a stupid question but why would that player end up being stronger? How does experience change your game when there is nothing more to learn? Thanks in advance.
Because there’s always something to learn. And there are 100 more attributes to this game than just spacing, button pressing, punishes. There’s an infinite ways to grow.
Yeah there is never a time when there’s nothing to learn.
There’s the game itself which is basically limitless as far as knowledge, and then there’s your opponent who is a living breathing being who is making his own decisions from moment to moment. You have to learn the game and players and players are always changing.
Because out of all match ups they could learn or have learned, they are now reinforcing the timeless Daigo/Justin match up series. If they were playing Kuroda, it would be because they were introduced to a purer version of the rhythm that lets you parry -> block -> gives you enough time to do whatever you want.
The player ends up stronger because of his exposure to multiple styles of play that are rigorous and more demanding of the mental game. While you may have a grasp of the physical game that is being played it is up to you figure out the opponent them self. Just like poker, you don’t play the cards; you play the opponent.
You may know where to place your options. When and in response to what is another question
You lost when you mentioned daigo.
5 Star said 'I don’t believe in footsies. 3rd Strike is not ST, footsies is a ST term. I don’t ever use footsies Is to describe 3rd Strike. Footsies don’t exist in the world of 3rd Strike". Is this bullshit or is my definition of footsies way off?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZK5dzJDcBnQ
Why do I always see this aggressive style of play in this mu? I see the same thing a lot when people fight yun, yang and alex. Calmly walking in and out of a certain space, poking and whiff punishing is how I like playing 3S, are you better off playing really aggressive in these mu’s?
I’m not really sure this comment qualifies as a definition of footsies.
I assume you mean from Ken’s perspective in Ken v Urien, and its kind of dependent on playstyle. playing conservatively is really strong vs urien so i wouldnt say your approach is wrong.
5 star changed his mind since then. Footsie is hugely important factor in the game.
And the match you picked is considered low level and shouldn’t represent the way the matchup should be played. Watch respectable Japanese players to get the hang of the appropriate approach.
When did he change his mind? I’ve never heard of him ever changing his mind. He’s not the type to rush to conclusions.
Read his thread ‘5 Star teaches 3rd Strike’