just saw the latest GV ranbat, damn a lot of comebacks. Nice to see Aruka again, now where is KO and Senaka?
Who was the Yun in the Uriden match 060826 303? It was the one that was 18 mins long and the short kick Yun about 9 mins in.
Even disregasding those vids, I have a request (NOT a SBO vid request, since I already have those. Sure I don’t want to get banned): can anyone who has access to the SBo 2k6 dvd and knows Japanese please, PLEASE, translate the top 4 pre-match interviews? Seems like there’s funny stuff going around judging by the crowd reaction.
btw, MOV is crazy, trickiest Chun Li ever, and actually entertaining to watch. Too good.
Can you read? It is clearly stated not to post SBO 4 footage. I suggest noone else follow this idiot’s example.
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Well, it’s not like Pino’s the only one that uses cr. lk > SA3 (I’ve seen Sugiyama used it a couple of times in one of the more recent ranbats.)
You may not be able to hit confirm it, but it’s combos from an amazing distance (so Necro can still be somewhat safe even if it’s blocked), plus, it easily punishes whiffed normals/throws.
It’s one of those risk vs. reward things.
Yes, it can be red parried, but it’s not like Pino was being red parried and punished on those vids so I don’t see where the complaint’s cumming from.
Blah, just my opinion.
I suggest you go dig up the SBO blogs I did here on SRK. I translated some of the interviews im pretty sure.
Sean!!
He seems to switch up his playstyle a lot, hard to recognize him sometimes. I’d say he’s probably the best Yun if not Nitto. I get sick of people still referring to KO all the time as best Yun…
he is the best yun (talkin about ko) then nitto is number 2
It’s not like KO doesn’t improve his game. It’s just that he sticks to what works, has solid execution and is very consistent. Mester might have better attributes in your eyes, but winning when it counts means something as well.
Haven’t seen KO in many recent vids except a gvision ranbat not too long ago which he didn’t get too far iirc. He does have great execution and all but I guess I just don’t like his old school GJ style, I don’t enjoy pyrolee’s style cuz of this as well.
…whereas Mester and Nitto use some really nice techniques such as more hit confirms and sick GJ strings. They just seem to evolve their gameplay more and have fresh styles. I’d like to see a recent match between KO and one of these guys.
Well, it isn’t super recent, but KO dominated Nitto in this past SBO semifinals.
The irony is that KO generally doesn’t win the big big tournies, yeah? It’s just that he wins the rest of the time, and he does it so well. It’s hard not to have a lot of respect for KO simply based on how many characters he’s good with, too.
On a side note, I’ve noticed a few very good Yang players who switch over to Yun and do very well. They do things during matches that most Yun players don’t normally do. Kind of makes me think “hey, that guy plays like he’s playing Yang!”. Makes me wonder how well Roshihikari (Roshkari?) would do with Yun.
Yang is very technical and really the only difference between Yun players now are their GJ strings. How they connect them are the same and their pressure stays relatively the same. Mester and Nitto more offensive without GJ though, but their game is centralized on Offense. KO plays the crowd pleaser style. He keeps his rhythm constant which makes him imo more appealing to a lot of people. Stuff like reseting during a connected GJ string even without the command grab is just for fun. It serves no real purpose and the time spent to do that j.mk reset most of the time makes you lose damage rather than gain. You also give opponents chances to retaliate for no really good reason.
They have more dangerous styles of play than KO, but no matter how the character is played, in the end, KO’s results speak for itself. I remember a time when KO used to be fancy, but like I said, now he just sticks to what works. I’ll agree that Mester and Nitto are more fun to watch, but who wins more matches? It’s like watching Chun Li matches, most of the time it’s boring as hell and there’s not really anything exciting about it, but Chun Li’s defensive style works and even though it’s boring to watch, it creates strong results.
Are you sure it’s just for fun? I don’t really know for sure, but I thought the resets in the middle of a connected GJ were for more damage (i.e. the third strike rule where the more hits in a combo the less less damage you start giving… so the resetting would make for more damage). I’ve never tested it, but I’ve always just assumed that’s why KO and Pyrolee do it.
As for the Yuns, they’re all good. I think it’s true what people have been saying about KO vs. Nitto and Mester. He doesn’t have a fresh style like Nitto or Mester, and I believe that everyone’s style is changing (not necessarily better, just different)… so when Nitto and Mester come along with their more new school type of playing, it applies better than the rather old school Yun playing of KO.
i think you mean that the other way around mester is the og of yun attack all day, ko and nitto came with the new school run away build meter type of play that you see now, though i see ko rush people the fuck down these days it makes me happy
resets are usually for the meter if done off like a command grab walk up jab short strong type of thing or if you shoulder into genei jin; you’re not getting really that much damage off a reset since majority of the time you can only get like 2 more hits then the ender but you do get half a bar back
Lol uhhh no?
Resetting the combo means you reset the combo meter, meaning you get more meter back at the end of the combo for the ender.