Dallas, Texas 6.2 DFW Metro area. First post updated with new info

Arthur you back in town?

Who the hell is Thomas and why should we miss him???

Should be in town by 7 pm. Leaving CS at ~3. I’ve got some stuff to do for a bit, but I’ll be at goons on Friday.

Thomas made a video he entitled ā€œExpert level only setupsā€ for Ibuki. It was very sweet. ā€œIntentionallyā€ whiffing knives into throw and shit like that. It essentially he couldn’t control the character at all. Adnan and I have been making fun of Thomas for a year and a half now, I guess.

Man, Dan is so good. Why he so good.

Also, after watching random Japanese gameshow/prank vids for the past hour, I’ve come to conclusion that the Japanese are just a bunch of trolls.

I’ve been Saying Dan’s good for what, 2 years now?

Return of the Softest Hands in TX this Friday? H-Mart is a go.

yeah, but he got noticeably better from super to AE, and with 2012 coming around the corner…jeez. His only problem is he doesn’t have anything SCARY at footsie whiff range. He can play at that distance with st. mk, fireball, and lk dan kick. Those three tools are really pestery more than scary, and serve as a means to get your opponent to freeze up for a focus attack which lets Dan get in and really kick start his offense. At least that’s how I’ve been playing him. He have awesome punishes off a whiff though, ala sweep/rekka/fierce or rh punish, which means you’ll have to be content with really looking for your one shot to get in and stay in. Once he’s in though he’s pretty scary…

He can link DP off both close st. strong (+8) and close st. rh(+6) and bar permitting you can link to either cr. strong/cr.mk XX ex dan kicks or FADC into a combo distance permitting. Otherwise you can keep the pressure up with normal cancels to dan kicks, or inserting lvl. 2 focuses into your block strings. Speaking of, his focus is GOOD. Now what’s even scarier in 2012?? His close st. rh (+2 block) gets LESS push back, meaning you have two opportunities for counterhits since you can still do close. st strong afterwards. Bonus? Close st. rh hits? You can link close st. strong XX rh dan kicks for a fat damage. That means you get at LEAST a 300 damage (don’t know the counterhit damage math) tech punish. My only problem so far though is I don’t have any good setups off his throws, so I’ll still have to work on that. Anytime a normal is blocked you can just cancel to dan kick, and if they’re looking for the dan kick so they can block high to reduce frame advantage, that opens up cr. mk xx whatever or just a focus attack. And that’s just frame traps, he has mad gimmicks he can do involving lk dan kick. Random tidbit, in the corner, he can follow up a lk dan kick with ex dp, and by extension fadc ultra2.

Also, Dan has a pretty fat option select in st short ~ rh dan kick ~ close st. strong(1f-link)/cr.strong(2f-link). Close st. short isn’t cancellable so on whiff you get all 3 dan kicks to punish back dashers! Otherwise, on block close st. short is +3, and on hit it’s +6 meaning you can link both st. and cr. strong! After that you just go to whatever dan combo you want. This is also good vs. teleports (adjust mk/rh) and people that do wake up focus.

Oh yeah, Dan Dp trades, and you can link rh dan kick, or ultra 2. Otherwise it almost never trades cuz it’s a bombass antiaaaaiiiiirrrrr.

And this is just the stuff that I know! I haven’t even gone to the #1 resource for learning, the srk char. forums to see other dan stuff.

I got more stuff, but tired of typing. Dan’s gonna be great in 2012. I already KNOW he’s going to get slept on still cuz he’s dan, but I’m sure there’s going to be a lot more people playing him than ever before.

DAMN i need to move to dallas so i can learn more about these secret characters!

Close roundhouse, crouch strong, crouch forward, ex dankicks? Yes please!

This page has too much SF4. Uhg.

You actually can’t link crouch forward off crouch strong, just close st. strong. But If you’ve already hit confirmed the close st. rh, it’s optimal to go to close st. strong xx RH dan kicks. More damage, no meter!

I hate you.

I’m liking Evil Roo in 2012.:tup:

I’m thinking Honda in 2012.

I’m thinking Hyundai in 2012.

If G-man still sux balls in 2012, I’ll start training hard with E.Ryu.

I’m thinking KoF in 2012.

Anybody?

We gonna have kof weeklys in the '11, but UTD students only

Damn, didn’t know so many mexicans went to UTD. They offer a janitor degree program or something?

You should come to the gatherings, you can EASILY pass as a ā€œutd studentā€