I may be back here after I start nailing my lp srk fadc ultra. I used to main akuma (rather scrubbily i might add) and now that I’ve moved to ryu it was refreshing to see such a dedicated community around my new character. A++ thread and idea.
XBL Gamertag: The Brown 0ne (zero in one)
Location: CA
Headset: No
Record Matches: No
Dedication: I play to get better and for fun.
Characters: Blanka, Ryu, Chun-Li
Strengths: I just play. You tell me.
Weaknesses: Experience, ability to do legit combos.
Characters Good VS: Depends on skill of player I’m playing. Have a good idea of match ups, though.
Characters Bad VS: Balrog
What I Need to Practice: Mix up. Ability to adapt.
strenghts
zoning
footsies
spacing
weakness
none that i saw you played well, while i played flawed
i usally sit with ultra and start to think on how to aproach with out getting hit, but yeah need to work on what to do on my opponents wake up game more. Your game was solid your zoning was top notch, and placement on fireballs would had been risky had i used mp instead of fierce punch. your pressure game is great and tick throw set ups good as well. Footsies where good to and you didnt miss any bnb combos.
Dannkk vs. Desi Monk
Overall you’re pretty solid. I didn’t want to jump in on you because your AA is solid. I think I hit you with crossup tatsu 3 or 4 times in the first match, but you blocked pretty much every one in the rest of our matches. I couldn’t get to close to you in the groundgame because your footsies are decent.
Most of my success came from finding two things you hadn’t really learned about yet. I saw you playing some footises, so I was getting at a range where you could only hit me with c.mk, c.hk, or a fireball and doing focus attacks. I was just walking up there, focusing and then if you hit a button i’d let it go, or I’d backdash if you didn’t. Couldn’t do this so much after I told you a couple ways to beat it.
The other was the tatsu over your fireballs. This is mostly a guess, too, so you can eliminate it pretty easy by throwing out your fireballs randomly.
Find something else to toss out after a focus crumple. F+hp, srk does a little more damage and has no links to mess up.
Learn to hit confirm that c.lk, c.lp, c.hp, tatsu combo. Put the training dummy on random block and just practice. It’s tough, but worth the time put into it.
Desi Monk vs Dankk
good games man. some matches were very close, mainly cause we got used to each others strategies and style-of-play. i found that facing your focus attacks was my no.1 problem, as it was unpredictable and well planned out at the same time, so you know how to use focus attack effectively. your cross-ups are nice and wake-up game is solid too. that was the 2nd thing i had problems with.
combos-wise, your fine and have plenty and can dish em out without worrying about messing up a links timing, especially your c.lk->c.lp->c.hp->tatsu link.
as for tips, i guess you could work alittle on your anti air and use s.rh more depending on the range i jump in at you on, cause sometimes id be successful at jumping in at that range where you coulda used it. also, just use footsies a little bit more.
other than that, your baiting is very nice, your mindgames are nice and you got nice tick throws.
wkwong vs shunsuke ( in wkWong’s Favor 
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Good fights man. Though at some point the lag was annoying and i think it messed with our inputs.
I can’t wait to play most of you guys.
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wkwong , you have a great ryu and your use of cr.mp xx hado is really good. You countered my focus a lot with it.
I noticed you rely a lot on lp srk, you got me with it a lot. -> EX hado / Ultra
You have good anti air game, i couldn’t get too close without using focus. You also pressured me good in the corner !
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Some non safe srk here and there easily punishable. ( Doesn’t mean i did punish you :s )
Just be careful on cross ups. I got you with cr.hp xx shinkuu tatsu which deals a lot of damage.
Focus on Jump-ins ( we all do that anyway lol ) I figured it out and threw you.
shunsuke davsan vs newbkills Feedback
Pretty good match despite only having 2 bars. I suppose I was lucky in that sense since you seemed to miss a lot of big link combos that would have easily swung most of the matches your way. It might be the lag, but I didn’t get AA’d a single time.
I think when playing online, we must force ourselves to play a slightly different style. Especially when dealing with lag. In the beginning, I had plenty of time to SRK FADC Ultra a few of your jump ins, but our poor connection simply made that damn near impossible to do. Your footsie game ended up eating a lot of my fireballs when I’m sure you would have blocked them normally. I would also expect similar results from your FAs. I basically switched to “lag” mode and played much safer with easier inputs. That’s the ugly truth of online.
I would probably throw in some more tick throws to mix up your game. I felt way too safe during your block strings. Keep me guessing. Your FA usage didn’t seem to pay off during our games, again, perhaps due to lag, but if it ain’t working I’d probably stop doing it for the time being. Inside and right outside footsies range, I felt like your main goal was to look for a jump in. I felt like I didn’t have to guess and felt pretty comfortable throwing fireballs as well. I would pressure back with your own fireballs or throw some pokes. From 3/4 screen and further, I felt really safe. Again, more fireballs from you would pressure me and might even force me to come to you.
Overall, I thought your rush downs were good. Those close up FA’s actually put quite a bit a pressure on me even though I hit you a lot of the times. Made me think twice before throwing a poke. Your F+HP really shut down my use of FA. I didn’t like eating 2 of those with SRKs. Great combos, great damage.
I’ll post the vids when I figure out what I need to edit these files. Seems like I’m missing some codec to edit them.
Yeah , my AA sucks big time. Not because of lag, but my timing is horrible. Need to work on that.
What program are you using to edit the file ?
XBL Gamertag: DweignOmari
Location: NC
Headset: Yes
Record Matches: Unable
Dedication: Training to become decent with my Ryu and to win a g2 championship
Characters: Blanka, Ryu (Need help with Badly)
Strengths: Decent execution, understanding of game mechanics and match ups.
Weaknesses: Wake up options, teching throws on reaction
Characters Good VS: Shotos, Able
Characters Bad VS: Guile, Zangief
What I Need to Practice: Patience, throw techs, ambiguous cross ups, tick throwing
XBL Gamertag: nyuro
Location: FL
Headset: Yes
Record Matches: No
Dedication: Training to compete in next year’s EVO
Characters: Ryu
Strengths: adaptability, defense, basics
Weaknesses: Rush downs and being rushed down
Characters Good VS: shotos, boxer, gief
Characters Bad VS: dictator, guile, chun, blanka
What I Need to Practice:fundamentals
nice thread btw. i wont be home until sun/mon so dont sign me up for any tournies till then !
XBL Gamertag: kyarisan
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Headset: Yes
Record Matches: Yes (direct feed)
Dedication: Very high, if I’m not at work or asleep, it’s likely I’m either on XBL or will accept a match. Sun-Wed 4pm-12am is my work schedule.
Characters: 1) Chun-Li 2) Akuma
Strengths: Good sense of timing, decent rushdown
Weaknesses: Many weaknesses
Good against: Ken/Ryu (because theyre always chosen), as well as bad characters.
Bad against: Rose/Rufus/Honda/Dhalsim (because no-one ever uses them online), as well as Sagat.
What I Need to Practice: Execution, better reactionary punishment
EDIT: If it isn’t too late, could I replae the BYE in the bracket? ^^
XBL Gamertag: chickeny dinner
Location: WA
Headset: Sometimes (request and I’ll find it and put it on)
Record Matches: I don’t have a capture card
Dedication: Training to compete in next year’s EVO. I hope to win at least 1 match.
Characters: Ryu
Strengths: Solid ground game, understanding of game mechanics and theory
Weaknesses: Rush downs and being rushed down, mixing up, footsies, mashing
Characters Good VS: Shoto’s, Cammy, Abel
Characters Bad VS: Boxer, Sagat, E. Honda, Dictator
What I Need to Practice: Execution, Better Mixups and Rush downs
yeah we played a few matches, but i had to jet off so I didnt get enough matches to give any feedback. Im hoping to play with ya’ll today if you’re on.
also I see I gotta play Iwannaquit (or something like that) for the tournament. Ill try to link up with him tonite.
also…you have me down as a Ryu player…
I main Bison, Akuma and Fei Long right now.
Only use Ryu occassionally. Anyone else can send me a FR for some practice sessions.
my friends list is almost full though
XBL Gamertag: SoleAssassin10
Location: London, U.K
Headset: Yes
Record Matches: Yes
Dedication: To carry on improving
Characters: Ryu
Strengths: Solid ground game, understanding of game mechanics and decent match up knowledge
Weaknesses: Being rushed down and execution
Characters Good VS: Shoto’s
Characters Bad VS: Blanka, Balrog, Guile, Abel, rushdown players
What I Need to Practice: Execution, Better Mixups and defense
I’ve added you to the tourny. Please get a hold of MartinRob and schedule a match.
As far as all the other matches go, I’m not seeing 90% of play their matches. This tells me that a weekly tournament is probably out of the question and my point requirement to enter the next one will probably need to be enforced so I know only active players are entering. Single elimination for next tourny.
My guess is that I’ll be eliminating most people from the bracket tonight. I’ll probably need to redo the whole thing. And place any winners one bracket up.
im hoping to play my tourney match tonite. if i don’t see they guy online, ill just play some practice sessions with some of the ppl I’ve been meaning to link up with on here.
and yeah, weekly tourneys might be stretching it. Bi-weekly would prolly be more reasonable.
I’m going to be out of NA for about a month and was wondering whether it would be possible for me to join this “league” after returning?
Yeah, I’ve PMed my opponent, but I still haven’t gotten a response…
I think a lot of people lied about their “Dedication”
I have been playing message tag with my opponent for the past day lol. Hopefully we can do our matches tonight.
Maybe so, unfortunate as it is, hopefully this first tourny will help weed out those who aren’t really in it.