So I went to the Chinatown Arcade today, and got the opportunity to play top players (Chris Hu, Rico Suave, and Sanford). I performed terribly. Against Chris, I was almost able to beat his Juri, but I threw out a c.MP, and got hit with her U2, costing me the match. His Juri had about 1 HP left, and I was sitting on about 40% health with a round lead. Then I faced his Dhalsim, and he maintained a strong lead in both rounds. Against Rico, I pretty much got almost perfected by his Bison both rounds. He didn’t use Abel…but if he did, I’m sure I would have been perfected. Against Sanford, I did pretty well against his C. Viper, but lost both rounds. Other than those matches, I pretty much lost almost every single one except one. At this point, I really don’t know what to do to take my Rose to that competitive level. I can tell that my excessive poking habit that I picked up online has NOT helped me a lot. I met Jae there and he tried helping me with p-linking (I’m going to try mastering this technique, as I’ve been doing it on and off with quite a bit of inconsistency. I most likely will show video attempts of me doing it, and failing at it.). I’m also going to work on FADC’ing as well; I haven’t done it very much at all, except when throwing solely a Soul Spark. I feel at this point, my Rose is mediocre. I’m going to have to change my habits around a bit now, if I truly want to be successful with Rose. For those who watched my videos in the video thread, what do you think of my Rose? Is it above average? Is it good? What do I specifically need work on in order to move to that next level?
don’t hesitate to ask any of them there for help if you feel lost on a matchup. I’m sure they’re willing to help out.
I’ll definitely do that next time around, as I need to take advantage of it.
Heh. Welcome to my world. Thats me everyday in this game.
I think its great that you have access to these guys now. Just be part of the group more often I say. I like your videos. You are good with spacing and stuff but I feel you can use her U2 in so many more ways. See my blog about Rose U2 for examples.
Uh…okay, that’s weird…my Xbox is working again? Uh…explanation?
Been playing Rose since Super came out. I was in the same boat where I was losing so much that when I won it was something odd. But then about three weeks ago something clicked…and I started to win all of a sudden. One thing I must stress…LEARN HER FRAME TRAPS AND POKES, especially her crouching MP, MK and standing MK, HK. Stop doing unsafe shit, and learn to space those spirals. And against certain characters like Bison, Cammy or Rufus, stop hitting buttons and just block their pressure strings until they push themselves back enough for you to safely poke them. Finally, use her incredible backdash. One good way of using it is after throwing someone, bait them into doing a dp or something on wakeup, backdash, and punish accordingly.
It’s more about experience than anything else. Time after time, you’ll begin to notice the unsafe things that you do and will find alternate ways to attack.
So, I didn’t know where else to put this, but here goes:
I am a makeup artist and had some business cards made months ago that were really plain and boring because I just needed something to give to people. Last night I was brainstorming on a new design and came up with this:
Let me know what you think. And I blacked out my phone number because I don’t want you mofos calling me. :wgrin:
I definitely like it, and I know that I’ve seen that render before. It’s a great Rose picture.
Thank you! Thank you! Which render are you referring to? I agree about the Rose picture. I wanted something with a lot of color since the front is so simple. And that picture pretty much has every color of the rainbow in it. 
Make up artist?
interesting lol.
The Rose image on the back of the card. I saw the exact same image over at Planet Renders, when I was trying to look for a Rose render that a friend wanted. I certainly agree, it’s full of life.
Yes. And Rose is beautiful (that’s my job, making people beautiful), and in the picture she is handing a CARD to you. 
I’m pretty sure she is throwing the card. I saw the render on DeviantART.
She is. I’m playing Rose in Street Fighter Alpha 1, and it’s hard to believe that she doesn’t even have Soul Spiral in that game. She gained the move in SFA2. Imagine Rose without her Soul Spiral in SSFIV.
Super Garbage?
But now you make me want to drop in SFA3…never played that seriously…or even researched it that much other than knowing V-Ism is god for everyone except Rose who had Soul Illusion.
A3 rose is such a ghost compared to A2 Rose though.
If Rose didn’t have spirals in Super, she’d get something in the special department. If not, her normals would be super buffed ala guile, soul throw would probably be useful and not get beaten out by the smallest crap. Piede would possibly even be a overhead but that’s me jumping ahead. this is capcom and Ono doesn’t favor females not named Chun-Li.
Well I know that, but I don’t have Alpha 2…just Alpha 3.
-Ono is not the mastermind behind the game’s balance, he’s the producer, so he’s on top theoretically of the whole project, but they actually have guys who handle that.
-Rose, Viper, Ibuki and Cammy are non Chun Li females who are very good in this game.
Yeah, she’s probably throwing the card, but either way, the people who I give my business card to are RECEIVING it from Rose.
clearly joking.