Good games man. I know my execution sucks. I’ve only been playing on sticks for about a month now. I need more practice with my timing, and I do need to lay off on that Ultra. Each time i pulled it out, I thought you were going to land in front on me. I was trying to figure out on the fly what works against Gouken, and I did start to adjust in the later matches. But every time I had your life low, you figured out how to get in with the throw and then Ultra. You picked all the characters I rarely fight against, but I had fun playing even though I kept losing. Thanks for the games.
Agree, your ten points have thus far been very detailed and makes it clear what needs to be worked on. But I don’t think everyone can be so detailed just yet, so just whatever works. As long as you feel you can express yourself.
Having a pen/paper/notepad open on computer is a great idea and I’m definitely going to start doing that to note things I need to work on and things I see for my opponent.
XBL Gamertag: Shirase Akira
Location: LA, US
Headset: Yes
Record Matches: Unable
Dedication: Training to compete in local tournaments
Characters: Ryu, Sakura
Strengths: Understanding of game mechanics and theory
Weaknesses: Zoning, being rushed down, teching out of throws
Characters Good VS: Zangief, Sakura, Abel
Characters Bad VS: Honda, shotos, Sagat
What I Need to Practice: Execution, zoning, mixups
vs ClydeByrd
nice gief, and dahlsim. also good games. some of your strengths with those two are you can keep me distant with them (especially with dahlsim). Some things you can improve on with gief is you punishing. I was distant from you most of the match, but when i came in those rare times, you didn’t punish me with the throws. Remember that giefs command throws have high priority. Another problem you had was that you jumped in a little too much (same problem). try approaching or green handing, which brings me to my next thing you can improve with. Try to incorporate your green hand in your game a little more, it is very usefull as it goes through fireballs. I can’t help too much with dahlsim but he was pretty good at zonging. Good games and nice gief
vs. JuIcY MaCkIn
Sagat:
Well it was a pretty even match. Just don’t do a lot of random TUs, you were open but I missed half of the whiffed TUs to do big damage. I get caught by a lot of your kara knees. You have a pretty good fireball game as well. Your AA reactions are pretty good as well but I think I was a little too obvious with the jump-ins. Overall, your Sagat isn’t too bad. Finally got to play a Sagat with a lot of variations in attacks, moves, etc. Just don’t do random TUs.
What I learned:
If Sagat whiffs TU, get the fuck in and do some damage.
I knew Akuma had a lot of tools but I didn’t utilize any of it until now. So I thank you a lot.
Sagat is fucking bullshit. Kara knee = fucking rapes face.
Don’t challenge Sagat to a fireball game.
Akuma:
We only played one match so I don’t have much to tell you but you have a pretty good Akuma.
vs. Shinjoku1479
Chun-Li:
We had laggy games but meh. Don’t do random ultras, you threw a lot of that out. Learn to predict throws and block cross ups. I think that’s all I can say. It was ridiculously laggy! xD
vs. Kuma0so
Chun-Li:
I don’t know who has the bad matchup but yeah. If I can remember you missed a few ultra opportunity when I threw out a unnecessary fireball. I don’t know much about Chun but from the looks of it just try to work more on your game overall. Usually I get wreck by Chuns even if Akuma has the upper hand.
Elf:
Kuma, I don’t what was going on. Do you play a lot of Akumas? Don’t do a lot of ex guacamole to get out because I usually end up punishing you for it. You can try ex tortilla to punish me when I try to meaty. I guess that’s all I can say. Try to mix up his attack and stuff. I was able to read and react to a lot of your moves for some reason. It’s not like me to be able to read somebody like that. Hope this helped you in some way.
XBL Gamertag: cyberekin
Location: SF Bay Area, CA, US
Headset: no
Record Matches: Unable
Dedication: Training to compete in local tournaments
Characters: Blanka, Dictator
Strengths: Timing
Weaknesses: Zoning, being rushed down
Characters Good VS: Ken, Gief, Dan!
Characters Bad VS: Balrog, Dhalsim
What I Need to Practice: Zoning, executions
vs. VietxMikey
Great games overall. One thing I noticed during one of the matches was that you shoryuken’d after I did my dash attacks. Keep an eye on this as it’s classic scrub mistake. I also noticed that you did not block during my sliding dash attacks and and this happened consistently in some of our matches. I don’t know if this was due to input lag or not.
What I learned:
If timed right, a crouching slide can dodge a demon flip.
Round 1 Tournament 2
The Brown 0ne vs KumaOso (5-0 in my favor)
Blanka/Ryu/Chun-Li vs El Fuerte
You’re mixups with your Fuerte were pretty good, except sometimes they weren’t that safe or were kind of obvious(ones off the wall). Against Ryu, you shouldn’t do those wall jumps because I can easily SRK on reaction. Against Blanka, you seemed to not block most of my balls. If you blocked, I’m pretty sure you can punish the blocked balls w/ your sliding kick (not sure if you need to do that speed run into that, but it’s happened to me). You did random air leg throws that are easily punished; you should use it more practically like that time you got me w/ a grab after you did an EX one. You should work on your teching and blocking slides and sweeps. I got you with like 3 throws in a row at one point, and you got caught by some sweeps as well.
All in all, GG’s man.
Round 1 Tournament 2
GO0SE vs reelsmartkid ( 5-3) GO0SE won.
haha what can i say great games. literally every match went to the last
round and no health. your boxer is pretty good but i didnt see you AA me.
you would just eat my jumpins and not even block them.
you dont have to charge all the time. so yeah sick rog. and your abel was sick too.
there were a couple times you messed up his FADC combos.
they probably would have won you the round. so work on execution.
also start teching throws more. but other than those ggs man. really fun games
vs newbkills
nice ryu. it looked like you were really unfamiliar with gouken and then you confirmed it when we wrapped up. most people are i guess. after our matches went on and i shared some info with you it quickly helped you out and you started applying more pressure which became a little problematic for me. there were times when you could have untrad with ryu and you didnt. i already mentioned one to you but the other is when i would fb you from a semi close range as you were waking up. its pretty much free ultra for you. either you will get hit just as you release or the fb will pass through you. idk if you knew that, but its happened to me here and there so i try not to throw the fbs at that range, but occasionally i forget. nothing more i can say that we didnt already discuss.
vs cyberekin
hella good games man, i had to work so hard for my wins. most definitely the toughest matches i played all day. you really kept me on my toes and i feel improved my game vs blanka. idk how to improve your game really, cause idk blanka very well. but you did adapt to my playstyle as we went along. i was able to bait out your ex-ball with my fbs which was allowing me to punish and after a while you just stopped biting on that all together. also when i was baiting your wake-up super it took 1 or 2 times of punishment before you stopped biting on that as well. i found that really good that you were adapting so fast. mid-set i felt you changed your style all together and started rushing me down more and crossing me up a lot as well. this worked well as well and through me for a loop for a bit.
your bison was pretty good as well, i could not get you to do ex-head stomp like i wanted and you were not very predictable either. maybe just apply a little more pressure and that may help. i dont know too much about bison either, but im just going off of what other people do to me that is effective. one thing that you didnt do that other bisons do that works is ex-dr so the hand hits 2x or the ex punch thing after the head stomp. I can not parry that because the 2 hits come too fast for goukens parry to go off.
vs newbkills
You have a pretty good Ryu. If you can use your ultra more efficiently, you have quite a deadly Ryu. I also saw that probably there was too many reversal DPs, which are unsafe.
vs KiLLaKeLLy
Very nice words from him above. Definitely the best Gouken I met so far. I honestly don’t think I am at his level at this moment, so I don’t think I can give him too much advice. After trying many times, I could only win one match with Blanka. Sometimes, with Blanka, there are only so many tricks, after he has seen all the tricks that I know, there is not much I could do. Thanks for your comments above.
Vs ReelSmartKid
I did just let you jump in on me for some reason. I can honestly say your Balrog is better than mine. I was lucky to win a fight. I missed tons of combos. And that EX Focus Cancel one that I missed with Abel was huge.
I can’t really say what you did wrong, since no strategy worked on you for too long. I would get something in here and there, but not anything I could rely on.
VS Juicy Mackin
Your Akuma isn’t that bad. Don’t get discouraged when you loose. Everything match should be a learning experience. Don’t worry too much about the “Aww, I should have done this!” regrets after the fights. With every match, you gain experience and grow.
Okay so onto our matches.
You did a lot of wakeup DP, probably because I was doing everything I could to be in your face. You hit me a few times, but I mostly punished you after each wakeup DP. In my opinion, you could have beaten me if you used your FA more often. Akuma’s FA is beast man. It’s a great tool to dash back. It’s also great since you take a step back. So like if I try a poke, I’ll whiff and now you have lvl 2 FA. Cammy’s cannon strike (in air dive kick) is horrible. You can focus attack me when I hit the ground.
You did a few cool cross-ups against me, but you need to bring on more pressure. The more you rush on me the harder it is for me to play my game. To put my Cammy in her place, you need to go bat shit crazy rush down; that or DP on reaction. Make sure you watch my meter though. Cannon Spike FADC is beast. I can either go for a grab, go for a combo, or quick cannon strike if you block the cannon spike.
GG’s though.
**Round 1 Tournament 2
Vaccant1(Boxer) vs. Kyarisan(Chun-Li) (5-1 Kyarisan)**
This is one of my feared match ups. I just don’t know what to do when Chun starts pressuring me. I always seem to make the wrong decision. Despite that, I did manage to take a few rounds and one match. 
The Good:
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[]Again your corner pressure is scary.
[]You successfully escaped corners when I got you there.
[]You reacted very well to most of my rush punch mixups.
[]Almost all of our footsies ended with me on the ground.
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The Bad:
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[]A lot of your successful cross-ups and jump-ins ended in a couple of jabs and nothing more. I don’t know anything about Chun’s combos, I’m guessing your just missing links.
[]I threw out a few random ex dash punches from more than half screen. It looked like you watched them closely to guess which way to block. Keep in mind next time, if you have time to think which way to block, just grab.
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Vs Steinmania
Man I wanted to take a cigarette break after our session, I was so stressed out.
First off yo cammy is good…I?m talking high level good.
All them air cs was intimidating at first, but after I got hit by about 20 of em I got numb to it :xeye:.
Don?t have much to say about the match cuz its already 6-4 in cammy’s favor but it seemed to me that my throw game was slightly better than yours, I must be one of the few who know this cuz if cammy does ex hooligan it?s a free ultra for the other character…that?s y I was so stressed…cuz all those damn teleports was me trying to ultra:crybaby:
against bison feel free to srk more (when bison doesn?t have ultra) if cammy does a lk srk and its blocked she won?t take huge damage from bison cuz his punish game isn?t very strong against that move and it pushes her back which means he has 3 options…throw (lame), dash up and do a flashy combo (thorw damage and could prolly get srk’ed out of it), or just do a random move (throw damage). So dont be afraid to take more chances with it…also if timed right a regular srk from cammy beats out bison’s normal and ex HS clean.
From those matches u are clearly the better player in my eyes.The only way I kept up was because of cheesiness and moving around the screen like an idiot (unless I had a life lead then I would try to play more textbook).
gg’s tho I def wanna play u again!!!
Kyarisan(Chun) vs Vaccant1(Boxer) rematch!
Most of the same problems as last time man. You did start doing the headbutt into ultra, but it wasn’t consistent enough and most of your headbutts were reversals or counterhits, not comboed out of, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing but it’s still an aspect of your game that I feel is still lacking. You need to, again, go to training mode and perfect your BnB’s. That shit from jab gets me everytime when I play against good Rog’s. Which leads me to my next point, you should use your jab’s like all the time, for tick throws as well as to prevent me from walking in on you without earning it. You got thrown a lot after my crlp’s, but my grabs weren’t ticked so you had time to stuff me with jabs, I think you were just panicking. Anyways that’s all I can think of for now.
vs DomN8r (xbl TheBiledriver)
First thing I noticed was your failure to connect the ultra after headbutt. This only happened two times out of about 8-10, but more consistent execution would certainly help you win more. Second, as you mentioned, your cross-up defense needs some work. I was able to successfully cross you up a majority of the times I tried. Next, when you used the ultra/super in the corner, you would frequently go under me and miss a lot of the hits. Since I don’t play Balrog, I’m not sure, but maybe you could work on holding punch or kick or whatever to get better juggling and more hits. Also, your dash straights or whatever you would throw out at the beginning of the match became predictable. Granted it took me a while to realize this, but I think a better player would catch on more quickly, especially if playing multiple rounds as in a tournament. And finally, I was able to catch you once with a DP FADC ultra on wake up. I would think that a lot of Ryu players, having the meter, would throw out that DP on wake up if you’re hovering over them, as the FADC makes it safe. All that being said, you beat me most of the time and I really think you have a solid game. You were able to hit me quite a bit with that headbutt and connect the ultra or super. Also, you reacted well by frequently throwing me out of my FAs and teching a lot of my throw attempts. And you punished my whiffed moves with great consistency. I’m looking forward to playing you again soon.
You are one hell of a Dictator! You had some great combos on me I thought. I’ll try to add your advice to my game.
The only thing I can really say about your game was: damn, crazy shenanigans. I was really scared when you were on the other side of the screen pressing kick and holding back. EX hooligan you were ready for, and spiral arrow was blocked. I just sat on my side and built meter lol. Your crossups got me every once in a while too. Good stuff man.
I guess my only advice would be to not use those combos where you FADC to get more hits in. The damage scaling in this game sucks. I do that kind of stuff against total scru… wait…:annoy: 
GG’s though. Playing you made me wish Cammy had a fireball.:wgrin:
vs Steinmania
you have a good cammy just like the rest…you might wanna try cannon arrow through some fireballs…and you had very good throw mixups which the others who i played didnt.(rokubear, evildrakefang) you should also practice your block strings a lil more…i was able to shry through them pretty easily or you’d just messup n stop n back up…other then that gg sorry for leaving…just been really frustrated lately
I need help. I made it to G1, and now I suck haha. Mostly used Balrog but he’s not really fun for me. I rather be a good Ryu player. Add me on XBL: meZzedupdream