How about just ??? (Bei-bee-zon).
Anyway, while it’s cool that HDR is getting slightly more attention in Japan now, you have to remember that they’ve had the game for as long as US has. Guys like Jodim, baby_punks, Opemai, Shogatsu have been (or were) playing it from the start, so it’s not like they’re just discovering it now.
Jumping mk -> crouching mk xx super?
The thing that I didn’t know for a long time is that in order to cancel into a super in ST/HDR you have to use ‘almost kara’ timing, since, unlike for special moves, the hit freeze does not extend the cancel window.
The easiest way to do that combo is probably to use the stored charge trick. Charge up on the ground, then hit up forward for the jump, then down back mk, and then forward release mk. (The last bit has to be done in about 1/10 of a second - the timing is pretty tight.) If the jumping mk hits or is blocked, there is enough time to charge the super after jumping - I think this is what happens in the video.
It’s really disgusting that HDR never received an official Japanese release. Maybe there’s some weird legal obstacle we’re not aware of, because it just doesn’t make a shred of sense.
fwiw, I played some hdr in Japan, and the connections were a bit disappointing. Playing people in Tokyo was great, but connections to other parts in Japan were the usual frame-skip nonsense that made me quit hdr long ago. In the vid with aniken and the other guys playing, you can see that a lot of their matches are total crap.
On the other hand, within Japan, the SSF4 netcode has been absolutely awesome. It’s generally very smooth, and with only a tiny bit of lag, like GGPO say. (within the USA I found the SSF4 netcode utterly unplayable fwiw)
For a game that is essentially online only, HDR’s netcode just isn’t good enough. And to me that’s the main issue that matters in the ST vs HDR debate. ST has ggpo and arcades, and that’s enough to make it win despite anything else in my eyes.
Thanks zero and rufus, i turned my screen upside down and it looks most like what you said zero but i was sure chn couldnt do that (from what i read somewhere…).
i think the japanese have a tradition of suppressing emotion, which helps them to stay composed and leads to accurate move execution, on top of that they are a patriarchial society so the guys think they rule (confidence), add to this an obsessional streak (tetris experts and 100 game sets on ssf4), what iam saying is there cultures A grade students are playing SF like its important, our cultures A grade students are running the country, SO… they would probably find holes in the programming of this game which was made by a few kids, for a few pennies.
I myself have found a throwing glitch versus sagat with chun (online).
Also, the fact that the japanese value family, means that the group atmosphere at arcades may be part of tradition now, they may even have loyalty to the arcade owner. No arcade release is what really makes HDR a ‘joypad’ game, if you get my meaning, (not professional), no offence.
Did sirlin intend HDR to take the place of ST? HDR seems more like the younger brother, whereas some people prefer ST’s senility (unbalanced and hard to understand).
After watching the matches again, i noticed that the ping they are using is not above 20, the lag we are seeing is ustream lag, when the game lags the whole stream is lagging not xbox live.
I can’t do low forward into super consistantly. I’ve only tried it on stick though because I suck at charge characters on D-pad. Low strong into super is relatively easy, but if you can get low forward to work, that would be better since it must be blocked low.
(in person playing in vid)
Ken = Aniken (???)
Chun Li = Otochun (???)
Claw = ARG (???)
Boxer = The Superstar (???)
(opponents)
Cammy = Nakamura (??)
Honda = Shogatsu aka Gorilla-imo (???)
Wait…what? He was blind?
yeah, i googled that guy. fucking amazing imagination that kid has to be able to figure out spacing without the use of sight. i’ve seen him play, if you just looked at the screen you wouldn’t know he was blind.
Yeah I read thisUSAtoday article a long time ago, didn’t pay much attention back then.
Didn’t know that he beat Tokido, Chibita, KSK, MOV. That’s awesome!
What’s more amazing after watching a youtube video of him playing Ed Boon is that he has to deal with teleport moves as well!
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Maybe audio clue alone will allow him to beat all the wall dives “Yuuu wu Yuuu” too, idk.
Reading that article again makes me want to quit playing all together 
no pap, he beat those japanese players in mortal kombat. not ST
Humans react to sound more quickly than vision, so there’s an advantage to audio cues.
That was cool and all, but he was still playing on a pad. I mean, it’d really be something if he were in an authentic Japanese cab with authentic Japanese parts in an authentic Japanese arcade. Kinda Babyzone if you ask me.
I kid, I kid.
In all seriousness, I can’t even fathom how one would go about trying to play a video game, any video game, solely on audio cues. Amazing.