Sorry to burst your bubble Rex, but if I remember correctly Shekeib took second at Final Round 11 two years ago in 3S, with Shohaib coming in fourth
3s doesn’t count.
That game sucks.
:3
Also, http://www.amazon.com/Naruto-2009-Explicit/dp/B0026ERPHO/ref=sr_shvl_album_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1254251. If only Glen could see this.
well, I got top 3 in cvs2 at northwest major last year too…lol and I got top 32 in hdr at evo this year… I mean… you can find me on the stream…
I guess my resume would be too long…:looney:
Thanks for the vote of confidence about moving up in the tiers, but that’s not why I am posting really.
I’m switching to Akuma hardcore, I was wondering if Allen/Rex could do me a favor and explain how to approach zoning with him. I know his combos and am getting on that vortex some with air tatsu -> sweep and who you can lk tatsu -> sweep, etc.
But I need to starting grinding his basics and at least for right now air fireballing seems to get me into trouble rather than helping me crack peoples defense. I know it probably seems basic to you guys but it’s not clicking in my head like it did with sim when I started messing around with him. Anything might be helpful to me.
lyquid - akuma should be played as a keepaway character. i don’t care what anyone else says. but once you get a knockdown…mixup/rushdown that shit like it’s your fuckin job.
fireball abuse from full screen, make speeds different. if they gain ground to where fireballs can be jumped over. FA backdash to seperate more space and fireball again. frustrate them into trying to get close to you. jumpback air fireball isn’t too bad to do if you keep them low to the ground, they can be used to bait jumpins cause sometimes people will try to jump over them and that’s when you dash in and DP them.
if you are forced to play footsie game. use s.hk against big characters and against smaller characters, eliminate that move from your arsenal of your list of pokes. it’s not worth it even at the range where the 2nd hit connects. too risky for the offchance that it MIGHT hit.
if you are playing close footsie. c.hp is a great antiair and shouldn’t be overlooked. it is hard to DP on reaction to close jumpins but c.hp is easy to react with and will hit crossups. learn distances for this to work.
if you are feeling flustered in a blockstring. don’t be afraid to mash on back teleport but be accurate with it and don’t just mash to mash. be careful low chains.
please play keepaway game for the most part. if you get knockdown, that’s when you RUSH the fuck down with poke strings but if spacing and footsie is RESET. back off, do not play the footsie game, akuma risks too much damage and you don’t NEED it. and besides, akuma can land PLENTY of knockdowns in a round.
but the above is playing honest. if you have rushdown tricks that work on players that don’t know how to stop it. use demonflip shenanigans, but generally speaking, when i play against the better players, my demon flip rushdown strats get beat because i either get AA from the ground or from the air. but you can try c.mk into demonflip divekick. if it works, continue pressure, but if he EVER hits you out of it, don’t use it for the rest of the time because it’s damage you don’t want to be taking.
demon flips are good to use as okizime where it is harder to anti air or hit you out since they are JUST waking up.
c.mk as main poke and c.hk as followup poke/whiff punish
Thanks aks that’s what I needed.
There’s a big post in the Akuma forums about who you can do tatsu to sweep on.
those games are not sf4 you dumb bitch :annoy:, what place did you get at cvs2 at evo? i give you props, from now on i call you the Dr. of st louis street fighter.
Paul- oh yeah good call, that was godlike. i forgot about 3s…:wasted:
Lyquid- yeah i dont know alot about akuma zoning, i just try to rush and come up with mixups. allens right up is great only thing i have to add is all the good akumas i play online ABUSE chk once they have ultra because if you focus it its free demon. Its so fast, and pretty safe. Mixups are important, empty jump clk is good to add to your other options. fireball dash combos are good. and learn s.lp, shk loop and how to combo into it off c.lk. the good akumas online own all my tall characters with this. huge part of akumas game, and must not be that hard cuz these niggas are hittin me with it consistently online.
I need to get some last minute training in with some of you guys before sb4.
Hmmm
So apparently, rufus combos with lk + tornado spin don’t work against standing cammy. I thought I messed up the combos and shiz. I went home and tested it. Yup don’t work against cammy. Work against everyone else though ;0 WTH !!!
Jay
Those matches were hilarious. Fun times
I placed the same in cvs2 as I did in hdr…lol beating the guy who won evo didn’t make me win automatically…:xeye: I prefer the name ‘champion of earth’ though the name is already taken…JOo:rofl:oOL <-- my new trade mark
yeah kiet, those 50 matches last night were gold…LOL you DON’T wanna ex messaiya kick cammy when I am point blank crouching… and… keep burning your meter… DON’T save it for your retirement…lol j/k
glen needs someone to register him for sb4 on the site.
Rooms are booked. Expensive rooms but the cheapest i found.
Who already registered? Who will do it on their own this week?
I already registered. btw, there is a sf4 3-on-3 at 9pm on friday with on site registration. should we try to make that? (team MO tiers: me, allen, and glen?..lol) and we are coming back on sunday, right?
on a 2nd thought… let’s call it team azn brodaz…lol
Google Maps for AKA’s street from UMSL. Just change the starting point and you’re good.
Also, something I wanna post here so I don’t forget about it: Option select focus/throw break backdash. If you focus and throw at the same time, you get focus. If they try to get you with a frame trap, you’ll focus it, and then you can backdash to safety. If you do it too early and they try to throw you, you’ll probably get thrown. Basically, the point of these inputs is to do an armored backdash that can also tech some throws. It sounds like a great idea to me in theory because it gets you out of 1-hit DPs, throws, and pokes depending on the situation. Is this gawdlike or gutter trash? I know that if they do a delayed DP, it will catch the backdash.
Edit: The major reason why you would do this over just a backdash is that it can’t be option selected against and it beats your typical walk up DP.
sounds good to me, even if they catch the backdash they prolly will hit too high to fadc. try it out, what do YOU think ;).
Team azn brothas, i like it. Ya’ll better get out there and do the damn thing, prove im not the only player able to play vs styles they are not familiar with :D. With you 3, and aaron, im looking for a top 50 finish from someone!
And you guys have NO IDEA how hype ima get if one of you guys gets far or gets on the stream. omg my neihbors will call 911.
That’s not a good one vs. Fireball characters. If you watch Japanese Ryus like Daigo and Fudo, their frametrap is usually cr.hp-> HPFB FADC combo. Which is what I’m going to start doing. I got it down in the corner, been practicing it midscreen, but so far I can only get sweep.
Edit; I see how it is. We’ll see who gets farther, Me, Aaron and Kiet or team Asian Fail. LES GO.
Yo we’re screwed.
Edit 2; Glen and Allen, I need help bad vs Sim. I have no fucking idea what to do at all.
Props to Kaal for beating me 11-6 (i think?) in the Gief-Honda matchup. I won when I played super patient, but I couldn’t do it always, and there were plenty of Internet tears on my part (blaming lag spikes, three bars).
GGs man, I hope you stick with Gief, you seem to have a better handle on his normals (at least in the Honda match) then you have had with any other character.
Yeah I’ve been fucking around with him lately and realized that he is HELLA fun to play, so I’ve been trying to learn him as much as possible. I’ve been working on getting his combos down but I can’t do jabx3 short ex-Gh online yet. I get it about 80% offline. Yeah after I hit you with that first tick ultra you were in hold up mode so I was just lariating and stronging you to death. It was good games though. I HATE honda against Shotos. I think if I play any in SB4 I’ll play Gief. Along with Dhalsim.
Edit; 12-7
Actually I was in hold up mode because for whatever reason I wasn’t blocking the low after crossup splash, like my reactions were too slow, so I kept eating low to lariat; I dunno it was weird. Next time I won’t drink and play at the same time:rofl:
lol good plan. It kinda pissed me off I was getting EX SPD when I was trying to tick ultra too. I usually get the tick ultra offline like every time. I sat in training mode for like a half an hour so I could get it no error.