[SF4] Ken?

System_1 · February 23, 2009, 10:56am

90% of the people I play online are Ken. Occasionally someone will throw in a Ryu.

Why is this?

Am I the only one experiencing this?

noontide · February 23, 2009, 11:25am

I’m guessing Because people stick to their comfort zone which is old school shoto street fighter.

Also Ken looks cool? and has multi hit special attacks which might make him more appealing than ryu for the casual player

System_1 · February 23, 2009, 12:44pm

you’re not the only one. ive also come across many that like to sit and watch who i pick. it must really throw them off when i pick dan

System_1 · February 23, 2009, 9:43pm

FriskyWalrus, you play Dan? Did we play last night? I’m a Ken user and played my first Dan online yesterday around 11 pm EST.

System_1 · February 24, 2009, 2:13am

i just looked through my recent players and we didnt play lol but i usually play as dan. you gotta figure out how to use him, but when you do, hes amazing

Kendrik · February 24, 2009, 2:36am

I, too, see more Ken players than anyone else… but I have no room to talk since I play/love Ken, too.

Demix500 · February 24, 2009, 5:29am

Sticking to shotos until i get the game mechanics down

Kros · February 24, 2009, 5:43am

I’ve never liked playing as ken. Seeing like 95% of everyone playing as Ken doesn’t make me wanna play him any more.

System_1 · February 24, 2009, 8:23pm

Ken is easy to beat, but i realized when i started to use him that he is really good against Sagats

System_1 · February 25, 2009, 9:54am

I’d rather it be 90% kens than Sagats… makes me cringe thinking about it

System_1 · February 26, 2009, 8:28am

I’ve ran into the complete opposite. I think all i’ve played was Ryu’s and then maybe every once an awhile a Sagat.

bmckay · February 26, 2009, 9:58am

“Just pick Ken already.”

That’s how I feel in the request matches. I go and bluff Ken and watch dude pick Ken. I go and bluff Akuma, and dude picks Ken. I bluff Dhalsim and dude picks Ken. I choose Viper and beat Ken. It never matters. Either it’s Ken, Sakura, or Ryu.

I would rather see more Sagats than Kens. Ken does have that fast-ass wakeup SRK, though.

Kros · February 26, 2009, 10:13am

I haven’t really seen any Sakura’s online much. Just like once or twice. Everyone else was Ken and Ryu. Even right now it just came up as straight up Ken.

baby_jesus · February 26, 2009, 10:20am

i wish i ran in to kens i run in to ryus only -_-

Rsnake91 · February 26, 2009, 11:17am

ive gone agiast millions of kens ryus and freaking geifs.

System_1 · February 26, 2009, 11:58am

I believe sf4 introduced tons of new people to street fighter. They see other people pick ken so they follow suit.

Rsnake91 · February 26, 2009, 12:37pm

probably.

System_1 · February 27, 2009, 5:54am

I blame it on the forum name.

Rsnake91 · February 27, 2009, 8:38am

i went agaist maybe like 5 sagats… 3 of them were really good.

bmckay · February 27, 2009, 9:36am

In <200 matches, I’ve probably fought 140+ Kens, maybe 12 DIFFERENT Sagats (Not a single one was any good), and the rest were either Ryu, Akuma, Sakura, 1 Gouken, 1 Viper (dead even fight, I won), 2 Giefs, 5 Blankas, 5 or 6 Cammys, and NOTHING else.

Ken Fighter IV. Seriously.