Jason hehe 3 long posts so far bro :bgrin: . Anyway, I agree with you fully with seeing mindgames fun than just fancy combos/glitches, cause it shows how good the players are. I watched the old A3 video, when V-Ism was still new and everyone was still playing with footsies and not about V’s. And it reminded me how good Valle is. Anyway, as for the Daigo vs Justin and Daigo parrying that super. I know people can say “well Justin could’ve thrown a Koken before Super and that could’ve fuck’d Daigo’s timing up”. But if you look at the video again, that the fireball was too far for it to actually fuck Daigo’s vision of the super, that’s why (I think) Justin didn’t throw it out and wondered if Daigo can parry the super. Obviously after watching that video, you can see Raoh and Mester’s reaction. They weren’t surprise and whats funny is, they looked like they were laughing at what just happened. Why? Cause that shit is normal for them, and I believe that they can always pull that at a normal basis if they need it.
You get pluses and minuses to playing side by side compared to head to head. Apoc already spoke about pluses, but things like elbows, big dudes, really bad BO, guys who rattle the entire arcade stick layout cause they are used to shitty weak controls, and finally if your side to side, the guy gets a free shot to the side of your head or kidneys if he’s in a particularly violent mood. Hey don’t laugh, I’ve seen it happen.
Therefore in my opinion, I’d prefer the head to head, even if it does take away some of the atmosphere.
Funny that you mention A3 nationals. I watched that about 6months ago and noticed the same thing. I could really see raw Valle there. No bs, just straight serious SF. That too reminded me of how good Valle can really be. But that’s why there’s so much lame bs in fighters now. They’re made the way that they are so that ppl that will practice 24/7 can compete with the players that don’t need to. There’s good and bad to that. I like the idea that practice clearly makes you better. I’d just prefer the practice to be more mental than manual. Philoshophical as opposed to just going through motions.shrug
times have changed both for better and worse, brosky:)
I think that’s nothing but mere speculation IMO. I can also speculate that they’re laughing at Justin for doing something that didn’t pay off, or they’re enjoying the moment when the crowd gets hella loud; hell, I think it might be even louder than the SBO crowd based on what I’ve seen in the videos (but I dunno, might have to ask the peeps who were there i.e. Buktooth, Pyrolee & crew, etc.).
Otherwise, we’ll never know unless we hear from them directly.
Question about this full parry… when you say this is easy to do, do you mean it’s easy as in “I’m a top gamer” easy or is it more? i heard there was so much involved in that. what all do you have to know to be able to do that?
You need to know how to parry the first hit consistently and how many times your character must parry each set(usually 7-8 iirc. Been a long time) and, of course, which combo you’re going to come down with.
As many have stated, after the first parry, it isn’t too hard as long as you’ve got a lil rhythm. It may take some practice if you don’t but, a lil practice will make this easy. In fact, the only thing iffy about this is the first hit. Parrying rhythms were much harder on New Generation. 3s parries are pretty slow and rhythmic like 2i.
Learn how to catch the first parry and you’re 90% there, imo.
sorry, lemme rephrase myself… is it so hard to do that you doubt the best player in the would could do it?
my friend claims that Justin didn’t think Daigo could parry like that. to me, it looked like he knew… it looked exactly like he ran into an attack that he knew would be his downfall. players of all levels, even the ones with good fighting game knowledge, do this sometimes… what do you guys think?
