Pre-AE Sakura Video Critique/Exhibit

Yea man I feel the same way about Mak… She is just so different from her 3s counterpart compared to the other 3s chars… I dont wanna give up on her but at the moment I just get my teeth knocked in by a good majority of the SF4 cast.

Thanks for putting those matches up Lex. Good games earlier. Do you have any tips for me btw?

I know I need to use more pressure but i’m not really sure what else.

I gots a new vid for you guys with commentary.

[media=youtube]2Jw_GhtwTUA][color=red]Shinkuu Hadoken vs Yoga Catastrophe[/color[/media]

Heh Shinkuu Hadouken ordinarily would completely cancel with Yoga Catastrophe, however you hit it with a regular Hadouken before hand so you essentially had 6 hits where he only had 5 :bgrin:

u need a more excited voice

“that was awesome” 8D

Haha. I can’t be exciting on the microphone at home. Outdoors I can. And Sugami you are right. It was that first Hado that gave me the edge. Me and my opponent both forgot about it lol.

Nothing escapes my eyes :rofl:

Hey Lex did you upload any of your matches by any chance?

A set of online casuals against Baszoo from Sweden:

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I’ve got about 13 more videos on the way up, I’ll post them all here tomorrow.

edit: forgot 1

I got a set of matches myself so without further ado…

[media=youtube]PLQn5K1E3CA[/media] - Sakura (De) vs. got Potential (Akuma) - 2 matches [P.S.: I swear, the ending to this vid has got to be the BEST one I’ve ever done as a Sak player… Talk about a clutch combo…]

[media=youtube]BAEgRbE2Fl0[/media] - Sakura (De) vs. Sakura/Juri (General Vivi)

[media=youtube]RARVNgauxCE[/media] - Ranked matches vs. Abel

[media=youtube]VvMBjIQi6O0[/media] - Ranked match vs. Makoto

[media=youtube]MoynUj9Qsog[/media] - Ranked match vs. Guile (GeoM CaPzOne) [sequel to the one that was already posted before]

I got one more on the way with me vs a friend of mine who plays a nice Akuma, so you definately wanna see that one.

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Nice matches DeNice and Skatan Milla. I need to get a microphone for XBL so we can all get in the lab. We can continue to take Sakura to the top…she is a deadly character in this game!

Thanks, Shogun. You wanna know the kicker though, is that despite all the things I do and the various amount of people that give me praise, I always get that nut from nowhere that badmouths me points to ‘that one comment’ I just got on my Akuma/Sakura video And it always just seem to be some random guy who only recognizes the “famous” players. rolls eyes Impossible to please them all, therefore I no longer try to.

Skatan why do you keep hitconfirming into Fierce Shoueken

Here’s the rest of the videos:

Casuals against different players:
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A set of casuals against Violent Alioune:
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Daimasuke:** Because it’s awesome

What’s a “shoeken”? :rofl: HP Shou is awesome and sometimes it’s the only option, one guy I played caught him with AA LP > HP Shou then cross-up j.MK > c.LK > s.LP > c.MK xx HP Shou TWICE and finished on a perfect :rofl: That video to come soon, even though it’s not a good match it’s still nice getting a perfect :bgrin:

great matches both of u guys,

nice to see shou FADC working so good for u online.

Gonna try a again for it now with console timing instead of PC =)

Sorry I ment to say why do you hitconfirm into HP Shoueken opposed to hitconfirm into EX Shenpu. I can understand if you’re too far away for the EX Tatsu to connect or to build up meter but when you’re close enough to do cr.short,cr.jab,cr.forward,fierce.shoueken you’re close enough to do cr.short,cr.jab,cr.fierce,EX Shenpu.

Pretty damn sure EX Shenpu gives beter dmg and oki

Great matches against Alioune btw, I can see you wrecking him :slight_smile: Just stay solid and get the most of every situation

Getting revenge against my Vega friend :bgrin: - [media=youtube]ZgOrzDyV9cU[/media] (just one match with Sakura)
Getting a perfect on a kinda crappy Ryu in second round :tup: - [media=youtube]nR8JHHrF1sk[/media]

What the fuck’s a “Shenpu”? :rofl: He prefers to use HP Shou over EX Shunpuu Kyaku as he likes saving meter for FADC combos and HP Shou leaves you with pretty good wake-up options.

Sounds like Skatan has a menagerie in the background :rofl: Also a nice sound system :bgrin:

So abandoning EX Shunpuu Kyaku completely for meter management… I guess it’s personal preference we can’t all be textbook sakura but still… IMHO Skatan could take more games with EX Shunpuu Kyaku ;p

I only use EX Shunpuu when it’s not scaled much.
And I’ve got an 85% win percentage with Sakura atm so I think my strategy for her is working out just fine.