Very good games to Tonedef5959
well played man 
you wanna play shin golly, and you should probably put advice on what he can work on so he can get better, thats what this is about son
edit: advice for whoever you play
Vaccant1(Boxer) vs. Ultimate Erod(Ryu/Blanka)
Overall, you did really well at blocking my Overheads whether inside or outside of block strings I think I pegged you maybe twice with them and thatās impressive considering how many I throw out. However, it became quickly apparent to me that you werenāt blocking them on reaction rather you were just blocking high all the time. After our first match I started throwing a lot more sweeps and low rushes and I knocked you down with 80% of them sometimes 3 or 4 times in a row.
With Ryu, aside from the above, the most blatant problem you had was your anti airs. Balrog flew like an eagle all day and was completely unharassed. I have a bad ground game so this made life real easy for me. Try and shoryuken me on reaction especially when you have an ultra stocked, also cr. hp is good and FAs used sparingly are great.
With Blanka I know its hard to take advice from me since my win ratio against Blanka is damn near 0%, but I can see you were doing a lot of things wrong despite beating me 4 times in a row. First of all, Blankaās balls are unsafe against Balrog, you can use them in reaction to my dash punches but please donāt throw them out otherwise, theyāll just get you punched. Secondly, mix up your approach a bit once you start getting in close. I have this unexplainable inability to punish Blankaās jump ins, so it may not have seemed like what you were doing was terribly unsafe, but against a better player you wouldāve been getting knocked out of the air every time. Do more crossups and ground hops to keep from being predictable and to mess with Rogs charges.
I barely pulled out this set but, to be blunt, the only reason it was close was because of my inexperience against Blanka. Both of your characters were sloppy and predictable, I donāt even remember a single BnB coming from either. If youāre seriously training to play in Evo you need to get your ass off of CoD4 and get some real SF4 practice in.
Spend some time in practice mode working on your combos. Once you got your BnBās down challenge me again and weāll practice until your fingers are numb. :rock:
The SF4 YouTube Experiment
Hi guys
Saw this thread and love it. I think feedback is so important.
Iām conducting a little experiment of my own on YouTube.
I was hoping you could visit my channel subscribe and comment on my videos. Give constructive feedback and tips.
I donāt think Iām good enough yet to play you guys but we all have to start somewhere right? And if any of you want to train with me let me know.
Hereās my channel. Please check it out:
Cheers
Mark :wgrin:
All you need to play with us is dedication. I think everyone here will agree that there is far more to learn from a loss than from a win. Iām one of the worst players here, I lose almost every damn game I play against my team mates, but Iāll take an FT5 with them over a 100 Champ Mode rounds anyday.
Edit: watched your vids.
1st one.
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[]jab>jab>jab>jab is not a good combo no matter how much Iād like it to be.
[]Wake up shoryukens are bad unless theyāre on reaction to another move and your damn sure its going to hit or you at least have 2 super bar to FADC with.
[]I donāt like overhead punch on waking opponents, Iām pretty sure most if not all of the cast can easily punish it, and itās easy to see coming from a mile away especially if you do it more than once.
[]Soooo many random Tatsus.
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2nd vid.
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[]Getting Gief far away from you is the only thing that matters.
[]Use your fireballs, watch how he approaches, if you have good reactions you can endlessly punish him as he tries to close.
[]Neutral jumping is a good way to harass his wakeups I think, but I wouldnāt use it much beyond that. It does nothing to get him further away from you.
[]When he does get in close keep your block strings tight, if you throw a sweep out and heās not in block stun he will grab your foot and do horrible things to you.
[]When you score a knockdown get the fuck away unless your damn confident in your rushdown.
[]This match is a nightmare for Gief, itās all about zoning.
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3rd vid.
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[]Dash under or FADC through his jumping fireballs.
[]Ex. Shoryuken is not the answer to everything.
[]You werenāt lucky, Akumaās ultra will not hit you unless you doing something that has you rooted to the ground. If your in a neutral state all you have to do is jump and your home-free.
[]Iām pretty sure that super had no chance in hell of landing.
[]Learn how youāre ultra and super limits the movement of your opponent, itās important.
[]Be mindful of how your opponents ultra and super limits your movement, itās even more important.
[]You donāt HAVE TO use your ultra and super. Donāt think that way.
[]jab>jab>jab>jab is not a good combo no matter how much Iād like it to be.
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This is mostly very general advice and I couldāve given lots more but this is plenty for you to think about and try to incorporate into future matches. If you really are dedicated to improving you should definitely get your ass on our IRC and get some matches with us, we need more XBox players. I live a long ways away so I doubt our connection would be great otherwise Iād personally slap you around the ring with my Rog.
Iām gonna add you bro
Nice one. Thanks for taking the time out to review my videos and giving me some advice. My execution is bad the jab jab jab combos are supposed to be c.lp c.lp c.mk hadoken, but I get a little too excited sometimes because often my combos get interrupted by DPs or whatever (not sure if thatās an online thing). Lots to think about. Just recording my own matches and watching them back is helping. I think I need to also work on more punishing combos. I just played a rog match which I lost which Iāll upload. I probably will join this club soon.
Cheers
DM
finally got live who wants to play
Itās not an online thing. I mean, there are people who mash, so random SRKās will come out. But if youāre doing a block string and itās clearly lose, people will input reversal SRKās.
If your combos are actually combos you wonāt get SRKād so just go into training mode and practice that kinda stuff :]
vs AssassinsCreed
Youāve definitely improved. Youāre mix ups were REALLY good. You caught me off guard pretty much every time. Keep it up.
Ryu
One of the things you can work on is spacing. I had you in the corner plenty of times and thats when Ryu works wonders. Use hadoukens more, but not too often.
Another thing thatās pretty obvious that you need to work on is execution. Youāre combos were great, but you messed up often. There were even a few times where you had me but you missed your ultra. You just need a little practice with this, youāll get it in no time.
Something minor, i noticed that you always ended your strings tick throws which is perfectly ok. But you got predictable towards the end. Donāt scared to end the string with c.mk -> hadouken, or even DP -> ultra, when you think youāre getting predictable.
DaMoney,
Sorry I had to go real quick. I have a lot of video editing and youtube uploading to do :-/
So hereās a quick rundown of what I saw.
Against my Cammy:
- Learned the tkstrike/throw game pretty quick. To play Cammy, you need to know how to play that.
- Started to DP when I usually jump. Worked well at first, but I figured it out after 1 or 2 reversals and it became your weakness.
- Too many Hadoukens. I started using ultra and super against your fireballs. (check my avatar lol)
- Lots of Crossups. I know theyāre cool and all, but they were easy to read. I remember dashing out of most of your crossups. I got hit by a few though.
vs Solerion
Your viper was really good, a offensive beast like any good viper should be, i canāt say much since you were dominating, but i guess what i can say is after a thunder knuckle you most often dash back, i got you for it once with a hurricane kick, but then you changed it a bit. Another thing is you grab after a over-head elbow, i noticed alot of vipers do this and i amot very good at teching so you got me most of the time. And i dont think saw you do your ultra at all, i seen moments where you could of done it but never did. Overall it was good, i wanna face you more often since i need to improve my match up with viper.GGS.
vs. Arbie21
Ryu
It seems like your Ryu has improved a lot. Your execution still needs improvement, as I donāt remember you connecting any ultras after FADC. Youāre also still throwing out a lot of punishable dps.
Balrog
Your Balrog was surprisingly good. I guess you didnāt use him as much as Ryu because you were less comfortable with him? Anyway, you just need to work on your pressure. Your tick throws were pretty good. Maybe you were just unfamiliar with the Sakura matchup?
And, again, sorry I had to leave like that w/o any notice.
On a somewhat related note, Iām working on a site devoted exclusively to SF4 training. If no one is interested, I understand. Hereās the link: http://www.demonicabyss.com
XBL Gamertag: wongkey3
Location: WI
Headset: Yes
Record Matches: No
Dedication: Better than average SFāter
Characters: Ryu
Strengths: Donāt know
Weaknesses: Rush downs, too predictable
Characters Good VS: depends on player
Characters Bad VS: Depends on player
What I Need to Practice: Execution, Better Mixups and Rush downs, wake up game, combo links, zoning
Wow, good shit.
I registered, dunno if anyone has. Maybe have a list of the registered users to leave feedback on? For some reason having to remember someones name is rough on my small mind haha.
Sup guys, Iāve been lurking here far too long and decided it was time to step up with my fellow SRK members
XBL Gamertag: bahnism
Location: Connecticut
Headset: Yes (but I donāt use during SF matches, sorry)
Record Matches: no (but welcome any players who do record/publish on Youtube)
Dedication: Former tourney player, looking to keep my techniques consistent and fresh.
Characters: Chun, Guile, Blanka, Rose (may officially expand to include Rufus and Bison)
Strengths: Solid knowledge of game mechanics, mixups, footsies, spacing
Weaknesses: linking
Characters Good VS: A majority of the cast
Characters Bad VS: Seth, Gen, Sagat, Elf, Sim
What I Need to Practice: adapting faster, using my secondary characters more often (lol)
XBL Gamertag: cruzanbwoy25
Location: Orlando, FL
Headset: Yes (but rarely use it)
Record Matches: No
Dedication: As serious as I can be
Characters: Chun Li (main) but I try to play with every one.
Strengths: being able to adjust
Weaknesses: I jump too much
Characters Good VS: Shotos, Cammy and Zangief
Characters Bad VS: Bison, Balrog, and less used characters
What I Need to Practice: Execution and Tech Throws.
I am getting off work early today, and I has hoping to get a few games in around 3pm Est time. We have a local tournament coming up this Monday, and I need to get some practice in. I would like to play against the matchups I am having problems with it. Anyone interested can add me as a friend, or you can PM me. Thanks.
I got the whole day off, so drop me an FR when you get in this afternoon. Since youāre on the EC, we should have a good connection.
Wow! I meanā¦woooow! This is good shit!
Cool Site, I signed up.