Akuma shouldn’t even be legal in Tourney play. He’s just ridiculous.
akuma is was and always will be the only shoto in ST that deserves hatred…the others are just main charachters that casual gamers enjoy picking.
dont forget we all started somewhere
Nah, we should force all noobs to start with T. Hawk.
Yeah and I started with characters who had personalities - Chun-li and Blanka. Only time I ever played Ryu seriously was in XvSF 
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How funny is it that the “Hatred for Shoto’s” thread has turned into a “Blame Honda” thread?
Anyone halfway decent with a Shoto would beat all those “Scrub” Honda’s into the ground…this is coming from a Honda main. Think I complain?
Wanna beat Honda? Learn a shoto. Oh and Guile or DJ if ya still like to charge and win.
Honda is nowhere near as broken as Akuma…though you couldn’t tell that from all the Honda haterade floating around SRK.
I must admit, I use Ryu in ST…and in TvC…and I will probably play him in SFIV. I’m just most comfortable using him. Well, I’m more comfortable using motion characters in general, and out of all the motion characters in SF, he’s just my best…which isn’t saying much, I AM pretty scrubby with him =P
I do want to learn Boxer, however, but I’m finding it difficult to adjust to his playstyle, especially on a pad…and it’s fun to use Zangief now that I don’t have to do 360s to pull off his stuff.
When I first started, I picked a shoto. Then I realized how hard it was to input commands with a 360 controller.
So, yeah… now I’m biting people to death. For a complete novice to fighting games like myself, its an easy solution to my controller problem. Once I get my fighstick, then its another story…
I don’t hate Shoto’s, but for some reason I feel an extra sense of satisfaction when I beat one.
However, I especially hate losing to Ken players who only do knee bash mixups. I’m not saying it’s cheap, but it’s so damn frustrating?
i think today was shoto day, except for me, i was in a room, went on a 6 win streak, lost, the NEXt match, Shoto vs shoto, Shoto vs shoto, Shoto vs balrog, Shoto vs Shoto, then back to me, Geif vs Guile lol, in that hour i faced a shoto once but only saw matches with shoto’s lol
think maybe people know i hate shotos now on SFHD? lol
I don’t hate Shotos, my Fei Long usually rips though them.
But damn is watching 2 shoto’s fight the most boring thing ever. Same strategies over and over again, it becomes very easy to tell which shoto players actually good and which just stick with one set strategy and are afraid to mix things up, whether they are winning or losing.
^^^This.
I just watched 2 of them just doing jumping roundhouse into each other for the full 3 rounds. Turgid.
honda FTW
fuck that shit
I know right? Cheapest boss evar!!
who is he?
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I get what you are saying but I almost think you need to “get off your high horse”
I play shooto in any of the older street fighter games because I like them best, I am quite good with Balrog or Guile but I just tend to think Shotos are sweeter.
Alpha and up I used Dan (if you count him as one)
Been maining Ryu ever since I played Street Fighter II for the first time in the arcade in my local pizza shop. And all I can say is I love and have fun playing this character, sure I have some pocket picks but for the most part I’m a Ryu player. And the least thing I’m worried about is some random player stating shotos are for beginners or scrubs, pick whoever you enjoy playing and don’t be an elitist. We have too many of those in the FGC …
I think when you play against a player who uses a character beyond what you’re capable of using, you don’t really care who they use. A good shoto (and especially non-shotos; heavy-hitters from SRK, who almost never play with scrubs), who can exploit my mistakes, are always desirable to play against. Unfortunately I encounter them too rarely enough compared to most other players.
People who habitually play unsafe and play an obvious, extreme style are always irritating. For shotos, it would be player types who mash, ragequit, or send hatemail; their style of play reflects their attitudes. It’s like, constant, random roundhouse tatsus, random fierce shoryukens, combined with frantic zoning.