That bison was me, 14700ish =P I’ve been playing on random for the last week or so because I am sick of playing as gen for 99% of my matches. I lose way way more now but it is more fun than winning with the sameish moves all the time, not to mention mk->hands is giving me carpel tunnel or whatev. I still manage to win quite a few matches, just when I end up getting fei long, dhalsim etc chars that are hard to just pick up and play i get owned pretty bad.
Thinking about taking dan seriously now though because he is another low tier that has some decent potential. Never been one to pick what everone else does even if it is the better choice =/
tsd
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there are some matchups that will annoy the piss out of you as dan, again quicker pokes and or a sakura like fireball so it can still be kinda jokey, would really give dan a better shot. But if it made more people select him, i wouldnt like it, I like havin dan be low key.
Sugami
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Funny you should say that, being both a Dan and Sakura player I might be slightly inclined to say the Gadouken is better than Sakura’s Hadouken 
Oh for how I wish Sakura to have a better Hadouken game/mechanic 
Just 34 more championship wins and I’ll be in G-1 lol. I hope what they say is still true about more skilled players, tired of routine baiting lp shoryukens punish rinse repeat to win. Even though they piss me off I’m hoping to find Zangiefs in G-1, and hopefully you other G-1 Dan mainers.
tsd
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there are still some players, you will encounter that make ya go hmmm…
But in g2, toward the end of my stay I was getting to finals damn near every run. Ive been to one so far in g2, so in my experience the comp is better.
I face alot of Giefs. Im guessing alot of people, switched to gief in G1 because its easy to win with him, expecially if there is some lag. I would even go so far as to say its easier to win matches with gief than say sagat or ryu against most of the cast. Im getting sick of pummeling giefs into submission, only to make a single mistake that will cost you the match, literally, a gief with max ultra, that thing will take off 70-80 percent of your health. There is NO safe lead vs gief. I almost lost a round to a gief, that got 1 command throw, and 1 ultra on me and I was a sliver away from death, thats all it takes. Other characters with a huge lead you can afford mistakes, gief can damn near go from getting dominated to evening the game up or winning with a couple moves.
You play alot of the same players as well, I can easily play and hour and play 2-3 players a few times a piece in that time. I got a gut I played 3 times today, I beat his guile (assuming his main) beat his gen(it was domination), then he beat me with sagat(barely). Its gratifying when someone goes to top tier after exhausting their resources against dan 
Mf troll!
why do you guys even bother playing with a char who’s special is unsafe or very slow and has no zone or spacing capabilities?
Because every other character on the cast lacks one essential thing…
Saikyo Spirit.
More seriously (And to clarify)…
Most of us don’t “Play to win”
We “Play to win with Dan”
It’s very satisfying to know that when you’ve completely decimated your opponent, it wasn’t because you were given exemplary tools to work with, but because you were truly better than your opponent.
I’m almost at G1 (13,000+) so I’ll get back to you on that.
@Brainsplitter: Dan is more than zoning and spacing. He’s all about the mind games and I love playing him for that. When you and your opponent are both deadlocked in a crouching standoff, one waiting for the other to do something, nothing throws them off more than a taunt followed by an Ultra or Knee of Justice when they try to counter. Also, Dan actually has a great pressure game and counters several “high tier” characters easily.
I’m in G2 and I find myself consistently beating those 10k+ GP people I run into more than the 3k+ people. I think my style is just more high level that I actually suck against scrubs, and am decent against good players. I don’t play all that much, but I would like to get into G1 because I think I would do better.
Also to that guy that said it is easier to win with Zangief, you’re kinda wrong. Giefs matchups are either easy or impossible, there is no middle ground. So if a gief runs through a lot of his easy matchups on the way to a championship then it’ll be an easy win, but if he runs into even 1 impossible then it’s back to round 1 most likely.
Same for me, I’m at about 14300 GP, and I lose MUCH more to people rated 4000 and lower than I lose to people 10,000+
I tought perhaps I was mind gaming myself, but I’m really starting to think that for some reason, there are a bunch of people who just know what they’re doing in that range.
I’m still winning most of my games, people just can’t deal with the Dan. (Although I’m cheating, I use Seth too. =[ )
tsd
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Thats true its just a matter of adjusting, new players use risky tactics no decent player would, repeatedly, and if your not expecting it they can get the jump on you, its just a matter of identifying it and adjusting your strategy.
As for gief, have you played with him online? a little luck and a little lag is all you need, to win out most of the time. Sure he has some tough matchups but still.
tsd
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why not? I play a character I like, I like the challenge, and like beating opponents with “the shittiest character” in the game.
and he does have zoning and spacing capabilities, just because you dont do it with a fire ball doesnt mean you cant do it. In fact alot of dans game is positioning your self, and baiting your opponent where you want him.
and elaborate on what you mean by special being unsafe, which special or specials?
if you fancy a roll in the hay with this character I shouldnt bother playing with, feel free to add me.
Sugami
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It’s all in the title of Mr Splitter’s so-called “post”: troll
There’s two simple reasons that tier whores just don’t seem to understand:
- We play for fun
- Dan is fun
What’s hard to understand about that? Playing a game, for fun? Must be a difficult concept for some people :rolleyes:
I enjoy Dan, both the character and how he plays. As much fun as it is for me to play as Dan I also think it’s fun for the opponent to play against (my) Dan
I don’t think I’m all that good but I’ve got plenty of compliments on my Dan, win or lose, you think I’d have got those compliments if I was a sheep and played Ryu?
You’re going to be a sheep in somebody’s eyes no matter what you do, so you may as well just do what you like
tsd
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whew first g1 final win down. Replay should be up shortly vs a bison. and no i didnt taunt once, I wanted victory.
I almost almost fucked it up at the end of round 2, my cross up fucked up his ultra fortunately and he did the teleport to the same place move, i crossed up with a mk danku, and supered (the chip would have killed him thats why I did it) Once I saw the teleport I was like FUCK, had he meant to actually tp and tp away he had all day then to ultra me, fortunately he did not, and I won.
Whew been busy for awhile but I’m finally a G1 Dan, yet I’ve been finding same turtle ryus. Little more diversity now. Btw is there a SG Dan yet?
In Soviet Russia, you lag switch Dhalsims!
Anyways, congrats on G1. I just know the PSN kids on G2 and G1 are way better than the 360 kids (cause I play on both).
i don’tthink there’s SG anything yet. If there are then shit man…just…shit.
:d:
What the fuck ;_;
Yeah there is about 4 to 5 SG players that made it. You have to reach i think 70,000Gp’s to become a SG.
I figured SG would be 100000 points. I might actually be able to reach 70000 someday. 
In the meantime, I guess I have G1-C as my next goal in mind. Only 4500 points away!
