I can do any of those mods. I’ll be at GGA this week. Had a bunch of bullshit come up last week so I couldn’t do anything. Hit me up if you’re interested.
Counter picking won’t make me a better player ; ( I want to win because I tried my best and did everything in my power to make sure that other person eats dirt.
Counter Picking is considered a strat though, its cheezy I know it but if a player is that good with many characters then that is how he is rewarded with the “counterpick” ability :). But I know what you are getting at, counterpicking locally leaves a bad taste in your mouth, but hey Sagats looking pretty good right about now.
Counter picking is legit as hell. Ever since I started playing Yang, I have absolutely no reason to play against a Balrog with Blanka. I’ll use Yang 100% of the time. It makes sense.
Now when Ryan Hart tried to use Oni against Latif at Evo… that was a bad decision.
It may not make you a better -Vega- player, but honestly in terms of your diversity of talent and overall success, it will make you a better player. With 39 different characters and over 600 character interactions (I think AE puts it up towards 700-800 actually), bad matchups are inevitable. While trying to maximize a character’s potential even in the face of bad matchups is merit-worthy, sometimes you’re just better off leveling the playing field (or better yet, turning it to your advantage).