i think it’s made me a better player by seeing how to use RC against themselves. You can bait out rc stuff with some nice zoning, or out right hit them out of what they thought were invincible moves. You learn more about the moves ppl rc, and learn how to beat it.
For example, there’s quite abit of recovery for blanka’s electricity, so i can cr.fp with sagat everyone someone whiffs electricity at the wrong spot. Another example is where to stand to make sak’s rc hurricane kick useless. Although i’m pretty sure no one with do those moves at random if they don’t rc, but it’s useful knowledge in eliminating the possible moves any can do when i’m in a certain position.
And being less agressive/turtling to me just means that you’re not completely comfortable fighting against rc. You can still rush down against someone that rcs, you just have to know when your block strings have holes, so you can bait out rc moves again that way. But knowing where there are gaping holes in your block string is a universal thing that sticks with you when you’re in a match. Usually ppl who RC are the turtlers themselves. They like to zone you and put you in positions where their rc moves become effective. What you as the opponent is to break that and be in a zone where their moves become ineffective.
Another example is playing against RC Blanka/Bison with K. Blanka. Before I get stuffed by RC Ball/Psycho Crusher everytime i tried to small jump. Now i pay attention to when someone has charge and when they don’t, so i can jump in more safely.
All i’m trying to say is that RC makes you pay attention, and understand the game more so you can compete better. RC isn’t the bottomless pit that you’re trying to fill in. Alot of the knowledge you can learn from fighting RC is universal, thus making me a “better” player for it.
Man, i’ve blabed on for too long…sorry for the long posts guys!
Agreed. I only skimmed throgh this post, but what i read makes sense. Rcing in itself doesnt make you a better player, it gives you instant gratification which leads you to believe you have improved… which is why some people (including me) say that it leads to bad habbits. But facing it as mentioned does in fact help your game over all if you can understand how to beat it you can apply that to other things too.
I’m trying to get into the habit of doing dp+HP everytime I successfully bait out a whiffed RC electricity from now on (most of the time on the opponent’s wake-up etc…). If Blanka mashes the electricity as he gets up, your Sagat d.HP trades. If you try to punish a whiff with d.MK xx super as he whiffs and then mashes, you lose completely a lot of the time. Really annoying. By doing slight wait and then dp+HP, you blow through all that Blanka mashing with your invincibilty.
In that Honda thread where you complain about N-Honda not being able to do dash, RC hands, I don’t think it’s even that good. I watch for the opponent to specifically do that whenever I do fight against a dashing Honda and concentrate on punishing him. Whiff d.LK, RC hands is much better in my opinion.
Happy new year guys. All this name dropping going on is making me sick though. The forum ruiners quoting all the names of known players and purposing misspelling mine too… I’m definately all set with this place now. I’ll see you all in T5 (somebody battle me in Starcraft in the meantime as well).
That seems to be a good idea, I give that a test next time. But most of the time i bait out the electricity, they’re too far to reach with :dp: + :hp: (gotta love the new icons :P), so i just :d: + :hp: it, having just the fist hit blanka.
Now complaining is abit of a strong word I was merely saying that since all the honda i’ve seen is in C/A (from jap matches), and they seem to utilize the dashes pretty well, so without it, it’s hard to see how they can over so much space with rc hands. No doubt about the whiff :d: + :lk:, RC Hands >>>> dash, RC Hands , but it’s hella harder to do! Maybe I just need more practice
I’m definately all set with this place now. I’ll see you all in T5 (somebody battle me in Starcraft in the meantime as well).
I was merely saying that since all the honda i’ve seen is in C/A (from jap matches), and they seem to utilize the dashes pretty well, so without it, it’s hard to see how they can over so much space with rc hands. No doubt about the whiff :d: + :lk:, RC Hands >>>> dash, RC Hands , but it’s hella harder to do! Maybe I just need more practice