yea gg’s man your ryu has gotten alot better work on ur footsies a bit more you were doing well some what against chun just holding ur ground and doing fireball pressure on me and bison u let me jump in way to much when i was gief and rufus you was dragon punching me for free lmao u can do the same to bison at worst trade if you want bison pratice play tyrone kupples that’s were i got my aggression from with bison even though i’m better with him :looney: other then that gg’s and watch those random dp’s lol’s unless u were doing ryu’s option select idk but you would like just do a fp dp outta know where i’m like :wtf: but anyway ggs
Yeah, I need a better poke game (I’m not using c.MP or c.MK at all which I should). I think my current problem is, I’m trying to mix up my moves but I’m not really thinking about what to use when. That could just be an experience thing though.
VS pedoviejo *aka I OMFG its Jr I *
Good games last night.
I play about 3-4 claw players in my area. Two of them are good haha.
You definitely play like them but I suppose there are a couple things missing.
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The Gen match-up.
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You did a lot of tick-throws, but you can always do MORE tick throws haha. I’m always very stressed and annoyed when I play these claw players because I feel I’m constantly being thrown or teching their throws. It’s a legit tactic, and I don’t know if there’s something about Vega (maybe his walk speed) but I get thrown by him a lot when I can usually tech most throws.
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Air throw. Definitely one of Vega’s more powerful tools IMO. I jumped in a lot at you because you made me chase you. And because I’m afraid of your pokes, just by instinct I jumped at you. Use that against me and jump up and throw me, it’ll be a lot of my shit if not all of it. Also, I’m pretty sure you can air throw my wall dives.
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Whore out cr.MP, I see you did use it in block strings and combos, but when we’re playing footsies, cr.mp will beat all my pokes, especially my st.MK. I can counter the cr.MP with a st.MP, but it’s kind of tough for me.
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I wouldn’t use your ultra as much as you did. I don’t know when the best time for your ultra is, but I know I don’t see many Vega’s use it at all.
Other than that:
Good use of the EX-Sky High Claw (Superman!) I think I blocked it once 
you were very un-predictable with it mixing it up with your wall dive.
Good juggles when the opportunity presented itself, usually when I got hit by scarlet terrors.
Good zoning (aside from not whoring out cr.MP)
We’ll play again soon!
Good games again.
vs ImTomDotCom
vs Gen
your Gen game is top notch The reason i didnt air grab out of your jumps where because they where irregular. I also used st.mk because its my farthest reaching move, but it extends as my hit box as opposed to your st.mk which doesnt extend your hit box. Your block strings where on point, but id be carefull because when you FADC you either could not do it because your learning it, or the lag, but if i had an move with invul frames it would equal free damage. During the match i tried to vortex you but for some reason i couldnt start the loop. Your footsies are on spot, and pressure game as well, wouldnt know what else to tell you.
GG and play you again.
See, my block string is usually. cr.short, cr.jabxxhands, FADC, grab. I think I’m at + frames, but you’re right it is very dangerous if someone is expecting it. But I usually find it’s quick that I haven’t been SRK’d out of it yet haha. Also, when I do actually hit you with that combo, after the FADC I want to hit the MP then MKxxHands, but for some reason the combo kept missing. I don’t know if it was the lag or maybe vegas but it usually works -_-.
What is the vortex? haha, i’m unfamiliar with this term!
Sorry about the inactivity with the group… College is being such a pain. Hope to get some sparring matches tonight.
vs. MartinRob
You definitlly have a good Ryu, and we had some really good matches. I actually played my friends whose got a great Ryu just before we played, so it helped me see what he did that you didnt do. Against Bison you should definitly use more DP’s. My friend is constantly catching me with them, to the point where I’m afraid to jump at him. You didnt do this really, so it took the fear factor away from jumping at you. You do have pretty nice footsies though, and seemed like you were using hit confirm, which is good. I don’t remember being caught in your ultra too many times though, so maybe working on baits, and setups for that. But overall you were really solid, and I think i could give more suggestions with some more games.
One thing I’ll say though…is Ryu has all the tools to totally shut down Bisons air game. you have air hurricane kicks (prolly the best), ryu’s j.hp that juggles, nuetral jump mp or mk works great too. So try using those things alot and you pretty much force bison to come at you, which puts him at a disadvantage.
great games though, some nice close ones
Vortex, as far as I know, means some string of mix up block strings that usually have multiple things the opponent has to guess. I don’t really see how its different from a really good mix up.
But I’ve seen the term mentioned in some other threads such as Sabin’s QA thread in the main SF4 forum.
It’s supposed to be so confusing it just sucks you in! …Like a vortex… lol
tournament tournament tournament!!
XBL Gamertag: JiveTalknRobot
Location: Southern California
Headset: Yes
Record Matches: No
Dedication: Training to compete in next year’s EVO
Characters: Cammy, Akuma
Strengths: Understanding of game mechanics and theory
Weaknesses: being rushed down
Characters Good VS: Shoto’s, Blanka
Characters Bad VS: Balrog, Honda, Chun
What I Need to Practice: Execution, Better Mixups and Rush downs
Sounds good as I don’t think the last tournament went down.
Who’s down? I say Sunday night at 7PM PST (10PM EST). (Sorry I got stuff to do in the daytime).
Thanks that makes sense haha.
I think I’ll be down for this.
sign me up for this
That’s pretty perfect for me sign me up. Can you delay my match a bit cause I don’t get off till 10pm EST which is when it starts but it takes me about 10 mins to get home.
Let me know bro!
Good time for me, count me in for that sunday night tournament 7pm.
count me in for the tournament on sunday night, thats the best night for me to play
Alright! Sounds good so far. We’ll have everyone meet up at 7PM PST (10PM EST). I’ll give it an extra 15 mins for people running late. Cutoff is 7:15PM PST. If you show up after, you will not be guaranteed a spot. If we happen to have some and someone is getting a bye we can stick you in.
Once you are on, please send me XBL message stating you are on for the tournament. I will make the brackets at 7:15 (takes me about 3-4 minutes) and I’ll message everyone the round 1 brackets.
It will be double elimination. FT3. Winner must keep character. Finals will be FT5.
i’m down for the tourney. sign me up!
I could probably do this… This sunday? 
Sticking with sparring for now, but so wish I could watch those tournament matches. Looking forward to any videos.