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i don't play balrog!
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http://www.ustream.tv/channel/iplaywinner

SSF4 3v3s

edit: they just ended :(

edit 2: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/teamspooky

GG
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most of the GG players are really bad :(
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okay the SSFIV singles are going on again
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what the fuck I think that last sshot is a sexual assault super
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can't hate on ricky. he earned that.
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Great post Ben.

Interstellar Dinghy: As a Ryu player in ssf4, Ryu has both enough matchups to make games interesting, and his playstyle against a lot of the cast needs to be varied significantly in one matchup to the next. This is contrasted against pretty much the entire rest of the series where you don't really need to do much different unless you're playing against Gief or Sim. (the exception to this is of course alpha/2/3) The Dictator matchup for example is something I always have trouble with, maybe beating an equal skill Dictator like half the time.

Bunch of practical knowledge about ryu vs. dictator matchup from yours truly, feel free to disregard: he has incredible pokes and pressure game, and to add to that, it's far too dangerous for Ryu to use some of his tools (FB et al) to build precious meter or do damage when you see he has U2 or 1+ bars (EX knee press can punish FB from 2/3 screen length and has frame advantage on block if done from afar), c.HK is punishable on block by LK knee press, which very nearly eliminates the use of that normal as a poke. SRK and normals trade with headstomp more often than not it seems, making the air a dangerous place to be when you're more than mid-screen away. Dictator also has this amazing corner pressure game that Ryu has very few answers to. Numerous frame traps and LK knee press basically for free pressure and chip damage and s.HK to thwart every jump out attempt. Ryu's best bet is air tatsuing away, but that's not very safe either (can punish with U2). So, even if you manage to keep yourself out of the corner, you find yourself in a tense game of footsies at most times (only when he doesn't have U2) and Dictator is going to be trying to bait out those c.MK xx FB cancels so he can nab you with EX knee press or U2. All of these things lead to a very dangerous game, but it's really all balanced out by the fact that Ryu can jump in for free and once you land a knockdown you can maul the shit out of him.

So generally what you get in that matchup is a very static, patient game with lots of blocking since everything either player can do is risky. If you're playing against say, boxer, the game is much simpler to think about simply because boxer doesn't have all that many tools to deal with anything other than getting in, and since getting in is all you need to worry about him doing, it's a much less dynamic game.

Ryu isn't boring since it's all up to the skill of the player to make him effective.
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james but what does that have to do with fighting games?

I think I used to really like 3S back when I didn't know exactly what was required to be good at it, that and my friend played Urien about a thousand times better than I ever could and it really just discouraged me from playing it. That said, it's really fun to fuck around in just because it's so breezy and nice looking and I wouldn't mind fucking around with it on a lazy Sunday afternoon. Perhaps I'd like it more if someone showed me the ropes of Ryu, but I'm too busy grinding my SSF4 Ryu up to bother with that.
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Bloody Roar was good. The sequels, perhaps not so good, but more polished.
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However anime, I am gradually warming up to BB. I am comfortable with this.
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GGXX eddie 4 lyef (would that be cheap i don't really know tiers etc. in the GG continuum)
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It's been being available to buy for months now.
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I am gonna try to make it work with a team that has both Chris and Wesker on it.
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It grows on you if you try playing it a couple times.
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Hakumen and tager look beast as fuck in this now.
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http://www.brokentier.com/collections/frontpage/products/hype-dog

brokentier is having a sale for 24 hours, 20% off, simply use merryxmas as a promotional code at checkout
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robotrocker i posted the hype dog t-shirt just for you :(
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Also that shirt is quite terrible :(
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Man you liked MK2? What the hell.
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Man, ryu looks terrible in mvc3. So sad.
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I've played him since SF2 in literally every game (yes, including street fighter EX + alpha and pocket fighter) since then so. . .

I mean they could pretty much just fuck with his framedata so that all of his moves reach further or adding special properties to his moves like a vacuum effect on his hurricane kick. I realize I'm really reaching here but I still think they should try to make him a viable character. Maybe just make him the new cable with air shinkuu hadouken x2
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Man that background is the shit.
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So does ryu, surprsingly
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No I did not.
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thanks for the vs. ryu info my brothers
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