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2011-11-16T23:29:00.001-08:00

Hello to all the fans and readers out there, this site will be closed...or I should say I won't be posting anything here anymore BECAUSE I HAVE A NEW AND BETTER SITE!!!

this is the domain www.airryu.com

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2011-11-15T01:27:00.000-08:00

Hi guys, sorry for not updating the blog after the first post of Canada Cup 2k11 day 1, i've been really busy and out of town for the weekend for NorthWestMajor3. I got 4th at the tournament and of course i will be sharing my experience of that event with you guys like i usually do.

On top of that...this might be the last post for this blog (domain) BECAUSE I do have a new blog/website that I've been secretly working on and it's 10 times better than this one :).

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Thanks a lot guys, greatly appreciate it and in a couple days the new domain will be announced :).

Canada Cup 2011: Day 1

2011-11-10T02:32:00.000-08:00

Canada Cup 2011:

Day 1:

No joke, but I am really excited to share this event’s experience. Friday wasn’t really the tournament, but venue was opened to everybody and there was a Canadian only qualifying tournament to determine who will be the last 3 members to be on team Canada. I didn’t really watch the qualifier mainly because I was in the international money match room. But to be honest, I wasn’t watching any matches or the qualifier, but I was trying to catch up with the people that I haven’t met for a long time.

When the qualifier ended and I found out who were my teammates, I was actually really relieved because those were exactly the players I wanted on my team before the qualifier actually started. (I did an interview stating that too ^^) In the qualifier some of the players were MEH….no comment, just that those are not the players or characters I wanted in the team. Anyways, in case you guys don’t know, the players who qualified are Jozhear (Vega), Snafoo (Dhalsim) and Riceata (Blanka).

After that I forgot what happened, lol…I guess I went to eat because I am always hungry :0. And I think that’s it for the day, real tournament for singles and 5 v 5 international exhibition.

Yun match up list by Kazunoko

2011-11-02T04:55:00.000-07:00

SSF4AE Yun match up list

Kazunoko recently made a Yun match up list vs the rest of the cast after taking the crown at this year’s SBO. Here it is!

The number on the left side is Yun and the right is the character he is facing against:

Ryu        6-4
Ken    6-4
Chun-Li      7-3
E.Honda    7-3
Blanka        7-3
Zangief      6-4
Guile          6-4
Dhalsim     8-2
M.Bison     7-3
Barlog        7-3
Sagat         6-4
Vega           7-3
C.Viper     6.5-3.5
Rufus       7-3
El.Fuerte    7-3
Abel       7-3
Seth       7-3
Akuma      8-2
Gouken       8-2
Cammy    7-3
Feilong    6-4
Sakura       7-3
Rose       7-3
Gen          8-2
Dan          7-3
T.Hawk       7-3
Dee Jay    7-3
Guy          7-3
Cody       7-3
Ibuki       7-3
Makoto       7-3
Dudley       7-3
Adon       6-4
Hakan       8-2
Juri       8-2
Yun          5-5
Yang       6-4
Evil Ryu 7-3

Oni 7-3

Conclusion…..SO YUN HAS NO BAD MATCH UPS according to Kazunoko. And if you guys don’t know who Kazunoko is, he is currently #1 ranked Yun in Japan.

Ryu vs Gen

2011-10-31T14:47:00.000-07:00

Gen

This matchup is rare to see simply because nobody plays Gen. But the matchup is slightly in Gen's favor, making it even harder since the Gen player will usually have more Ryu matchup experience than the Ryu player. This is most likely a 5.5-4.5 or 6-4 matchup in Gen's favor, especially when he gets Ultra 2. This matchup is difficult, as keeping Gen out is rather hard with his 2 jump ranges and insane amount of normals thanks to his two stances.

Ground Game:

Far Range: Gen has nothing at this range unless he has Ultra 2. Just keep him out while building meter with fireballs. The only thing he can do at this range is a wall dive to try to go over fireballs, but unless you throw a fireball AFTER he wall dives, Ryu will always recover in time to block or uppercut.

Mid Range: This is the range that Gen players will usually sit when they're getting close to filling up their Super meter. Gen's normals are superior to majority of the game's cast, including characters like Chun Li. So without a doubt, Gen's control at this range is insane. The range of his normals are extremely long, fast and recover very quickly as well. Gen's sweep outranges Ryu's by a mile and Ryu's sweep is punishable by Gen's sweep on block. Once Gen gains Super meter, any poke at this range will definitely lead into Super.

Close Range: When you realize Gen has such a great mid range, you wouldn't think his close range is that good, but his close range is probably even better than his mid range thanks to the new Target Combos that were added in to Arcade Edition. Gen has all sorts of frame traps and block strings, along with a pretty far ranged kara throw. But this is also the range Ryu wants to get in to, because with Gen's low Health and Stun, a few good guesses will win the round.

On Ryu's Wake Up:

One of the scariest things about waking up against a good Gen player is his Crane stance Jump Medium Kick that has an extremely ambiguous crossup hitbox. This move is very difficult to uppercut on wakeup, because the move is generally pretty safe, which forces Ryu to guess which side to block on most of his wake ups.

Counters:

Gen doesn't have a lot of Special moves but a good number of ultras. Although Ultra 2 is the favorable ultra for this matchup as Gen, Gen plays still tend to use Ultra 1 for it's high damage combo ability after a Super.

Mantis Stance

Hyakuretsuko (Hands): Generally used after a long ranged poke to confirm into super, or for the minor chip damage. (CANNOT be punished unless he randomly uses it, which can be punished by almost anything fast.)

EX Hyakuretsuko: Comes out faster, recovers faster, more hit and pushes opponent farther, but thats it. Won't really be used outside of combos, so not much to say

Gekiro (Upkicks): SRK will beat it since the HK version comes out in 7 frames while only LK is 5 frame start up. This move is tricky even when blocked, as Gen enters a very slow floating state that he can kick up one more time. Instead of trying to wait for a full punish, since he can just bait it out and kick you again, just SRK him after blocking the first hit. The normal versions and EX version all have 4 frames of invulnerability, but since the move doesn't hit until 7 frames, thats a 3 frame window to punish. If you beat out a normal version after the 4 frames, Gen is punished GROUNDED.

EX Gekiro: 7F start up and has more invulnerability than normal as well.

Zan'ei (Super): This move can be used to punish Ryu's sweep on block. Gen players won't use this outside of combos or punishes, but if Gen does it randomly, it'll put Gen at a far distance away, making it hard to give a full punish. Ryu has a few options. Walk towards and sweep, HK Tatsu, Super or Ultra 1 punish.

Zetsuei (Ultra 1): This move can also punish Ryu's sweep on block. Similarly to his Super, unless comboed into or used as a punish, this move won't be used often. On block, this move can easily be punished with Forward+Fierce combo or Ultras.

Shitenketsu (Ultra 2): Like all the previous moves, can be used to punish Ryu's sweep (close-mid range, safe at full range for this one). This Ultra comes out extremely quick, and is a decent anti-air, however it can no longer be comboed into, outside of a 1 frame link on certain characters. This Ultra is unique, in that it does GREY damage instead of normal damage. It's bad. Just run away from Gen until the damage is recovered, and Gen will have just wasted his ultra. Punish with sweep or Super.

Crane Stance

Jyasen (Roll): This move isn't that good. Gen rolls quite slowly, so it's easy to react to and punish from a distance, but if Gen does the Light version to poke at mid range, it's difficult to react to. This move is -3 on block, so a SRK or Super will punish it. SRK will only punish it if Ryu blocks the entire roll, if Gen only hits with the tip of the last hit, it's not punishable with SRK

Oga (Wall dives): This move and all of it's variations are quite bad. All of them are quite punishable on block, but a well timed SRK will beat them before they even hit Ryu. The straight down drop from above looks tricky, but Ryu can just block it EITHER direction. The move takes too long and lets Ryu walk under and just block it. If he tries to do it MEATY on Ryu's wakeup, just SRK him, however if you're not sure and you just want to block it, block towards the side that he flew to before he went above Ryu's head. IE If he clings to LEFT wall then goes top to drop down, you hold Left to block.

Jyakoha (Super): Hands down the best anti-air in the game. This move comes out at 1+1 frame, however it cannot catch a 4f safe jump like Ryu's sweep > jump in roundhouse. ANY form of jump ins are pretty much no longer an option when Gen has a super meter ready to burn.

Ryukoha (Ultra 1): After seeing his Super, you'd think his Ultra would be a better version of it, but no it's actually FAR worse than his Super version. This Ultra comes out in 11 frames, and unless used near the beginning of an opponent's jump, will WHIFF as an anti-air. Be wary about trying to chip Gen to death with SRK if he hits this Ultra stocked up, as it WILL beat SRK.

Teiga (Ultra 2): Similar to Chun or Abel's ultras this one allows Gen to go through fireballs to hit Ryu. However Gen has to be in the air in Crane stance in order to use it. This Ultra travels extremely fast and covers a LOT of horizontal space, so FADCing a fireball will still get you hit by it. Once Gen gets Ultra 2, it's extremely hard to play a fireball game against him, especially if the Gen player knows how to tiger knee it, making it come out faster.

Mind games and Option Selects:

Gen is unique, as he wakes up slightly slower than the rest of the cast with 1frame invincibility if he stays neutral )not press anything) Yang and SSF4 Ibuki's glitch. Therefore as a result, Ryu's safejump after a sweep doesn't work anymore. Ryu has to delay the jump a TINY bit in order for the jumpin attack to connect. Ryu has to guess on which Option Select to do against Gen on every jump in. But jump in OS hurricane kick and sweep are the best choices. OS SRK will LOSE to Gen's EX Gekiro, stuff normal Gekiro and WHIFF backdash, as Gen's backdash is one of, if not the best backdashes in the game. OS Hurricane and sweep will catch his backdash but lose to EX Gekiro and trade with normal Gekiro. For the most part, the matchup plays similarly to the vs Chun Li matchup, except he doesn't have a fireball, so the BEGINNING of the rounds is where Ryu should shine. However Gen's Super and Ultras bring so much utility to the match that just having them stops Ryu from doing many things.

Gen's Super can be OSed onto any poke he throws out, ensuring that if he catches Ryu's limbs, the Super will come out instantly and guarantee a combo around 50% of Ryu's life. Gen's antiair super comes out so quickly that not even safe jumps are safe anymore. Gen's Ultra 2 immediately puts a stop to any fireballs, and antiairing Gen with normals are no longer safe. Ultra 2 WILL lose to a SRK though (or trade, completely in Ryu's favor).

Things to be aware of:

Once Gen obtains his Super/Ultras, the game is pretty much completely in Gen's hands and how he uses his Super/Ultras. Sometimes it's in Ryu's favor to try to make Gen blow his Super if it's only Round 2 where Ryu won the first round. Playing footsies against Gen with full Super is extremely deadly, as one mistake and you pretty much lost the round. Basically, Gen with Super+Ultra is extremely hard to zone, either you get in and wreck him at close range, or you try to make him waste his Super.

Credits to SCHOWT for helping me with this write up.

Once again, any questions please comment below or follow me @ facebook/twitter and I will answer you questions there.

Season’s Beatings Velocity: Final Day

2011-10-30T19:18:00.000-07:00

Final Day:

Sorry for taking so long to update this final part since it was my birthday + Halloween weekend, had to play hard.

Now here I am to share the last part of the event and I left off before the top 32 begins.

Started off getting in the venue and been invited to join multiple teams, but I already made a team with “Sabin” and “PerfectLegend” before the trip. However “Sabin” backed out saying that he doesn’t want to join teams no more and coincidently “Flash Metroid” didn’t have a team so we took him in our team instead. We won our first match then losing the next one to team “Korean Wolf”. We beat Laugh with an advantage of 3 vs 2, but Infiltration OCV us. Now we were put into losers we still managed to fight our way and placed 4^th in teams by getting OCV by Tokido and as a result, our team basically lost to Akumas -_-.

Right after we lost the Team USA vs Team World exhibition started, it was pretty entertaining (Team World won by the way)

Then right away Top 32 started and my first match was against a Dhalsim player “Playing to Win”. I of course went to the dark side by using Yang and easily took the game. Then the next match was against Floe’s Yang which is one of Ryu’s hardest match up and I lost my first set of the match. I then thought of using Yang to face a mirror match but I wasn’t confident with Yang mirrors, therefore in the end I stuck with Ryu losing the final set and got eliminated from the tournament. I wasn’t salty/mad/disappointed or anything maybe because I know that there will be a new version coming out or something. Meh, I’ll just try harder next time.

With the remaining time of the event, without a doubt I was watching the whole Top 16 of AE and on top of that I was side betting with Justin Wong throughout the whole thing. I made $ off Justin and also found out that him and Ricky Ortiz do not practice in this game at all…….they only play/practice during tournaments. I think they became my idol after I got that response from the question.

Momochi took the tournament, congratz to him. I took the rest of the time playing casual/MM until the venue closes realizing that it was already 2 am without eating dinner. I went back to the hotel and took a shower then back to the venue (I actually helped packing up at the venue J), then we (all the top players/organizer) went to this Pizza place that opens 24hrs to eat.

Very fun trip/event, count me in next year.

P.S I have been told that my blog not just helped Ryu players but also helped other character users learning the match up against Ryu. Keep supporting :)

Season’s Beatings Velocity: Day 2

2011-10-24T02:14:00.000-07:00

Day 2:

Alright, the reason why it took me so long to update this is because I lost all my pictures from this trip, ARGGGGG, all due to the iOS5 update……somehow it backed up everything BUT the freaking pictures…so angry!! Thought I could share it with you all….o well~

Anyways, so let me start telling you guys about this day. Once upon a time, there was an idiot who thought his bracket starts at 10:00 am, so he got up at around 9:00 am, showered, dressed and got himself ready for the tournament. This idiot showed up at the venue around 9:45 am with MacDonald breakfast in his hand figuring out that his pool doesn’t start until 12:00 pm. So I (yes I am the idiot) stuck around the venue, tired doing nothing when I could have been in bed for extra 2 hours…..

Mago entered the venue though his pool doesn’t start until much later, but he woke up at the wrong time due to jetlag. We had some good conversations and some about us back in Japan, blah blah blah, let me keep this shit confidential.

Finally, the time has come! My pool starts!! I beast all the way through winners final facing FlashMetroid and it came down to the final round. It was a really fun match and his Zangief is definitely at a different level and style, one of the hardest Zangief I have ever fought. Let me briefly write down what happened in the last round. We were both at the same amount of life, Zangief had me in the corner and we were at a pause at our safe distance (where I can’t be grabbed and where he can ex Hand my projectile). Then suddenly this faggot just dash in ultra my ass and I thought I reacted fast enough to jump out of it, but I failed L. I still made it out of the pool as loser.

The pool ended around 2ish-3, and there wasn’t much to do, so I spent most of the time playing casuals and MMs until the Good vs Evil of Mvc3 starts. Why am I watching Mvc3? Because CCG|Detrimantix is part of team Evil and I was rooting for his ass!

When the MVC3 exhibition was over, I went for dinner with some people at a Chinese Restaurant besides Momo2 and the food was fairly tasty :). Right after we finished eating, I stuck around the venue to play a little bit more then head to bed make sure I get enough sleep for next day's top 32 qualifier. ZZzzzz

Season’s Beatings Velocity: Day 1

2011-10-20T00:47:00.000-07:00

Season’s Beatings Velocity

Day 1:

I actually arrived the night before, so this is actually my day 2, but since I didn’t do shit but sleep and ate at Cane’s the other night so I won’t bother writing about it.

I remember I woke up pretty late..like around 3 PM since today is only Mvc3 day. Once I woke up I went to check out David “CCG|Detrimantix” because I remember him telling me that his pool starts around 2:30. I went into the venue (very nice venue by the way) to look for Dave, and he was playing on the stream. I quickly speed walked to where he is while watching the projector, he lost his first set before I get to him. I sat beside him and said calm down, you still got this no worries…then he told me that this is losers and he got put into losers by “FlashMetroid” therefore if he loses this last set he is eliminated. I was extremely shocked and cheered for him the second set. David raped his opponent the second set but unluckily he couldn’t take the victory of the last set and got eliminated in the tournament. He was very salty of course, but it’s already a fact that he lost so he just got to accept it. We then and a friend who is a member of “Focus Fire” Gary, who came along with us to eat lunch (breakfast for me) at AppleBee’s!

After enjoying our meal, we headed back to the venue and wanted to get some games in to get used to the ps3 timing. However, there were only a money match setup that was crowded with people, and then two more casual setups that were also flooded with people. I guess I had no choice to watch people money match and luckily I was able to capture a couple of matches.

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Later on in the night, all the Mvc3 setups were all turned into AE setups and I was pretty happy and hopped on one and played for a few hours of casuals/money matches until I was really tired then I went back to the hotel and sleep. I think I had the ps3 timing down since I barely dropped any combos during casuals and I am prepared for tomorrow’s top 32 qualifier!

Ryu vs Ibuki

2011-09-29T04:19:00.000-07:00

Ibuki

This might be a lot of people’s worst match up and it’s also one of my worst. Even though it’s one of my least favorite match up, I think it’s only slightly in Ibuki’s favor because of her unblockable on Ryu. Ibuki actually has a hard time getting in against Ryu, and I know for a fact since I used to main her when Super just released (there are videos of my Ibuki beating Daigo and Tokido!! But I think it’s because they didn’t know the match up like how you guys are reading this to find out how to fight Ibuki.) The key is to focus on Ibuki’s movement, all her moves are actually not that fast and the strategy is to run away from her and throw fireballs (a.k.a TURTLE!!)

Ground Game:

Far Range: As long as Ibuki has no ex meter, she can’t really do much. Her kunai doesn’t hit full screen so basically she can only build meter and like every match up, at this distance, just keep chucking fireball and build meter on your own while interrupting her meter management. Take the chance to push her near the corner as she backs off or focus back dash your hadokens.

Mid Range: Watch out for her slide since it hits low and go through projectiles. This is Ibuki’s best tool to get in but it’s punishable on block with Ryu’s HP SRK unless slid from max range. Aside from the slide, she also has other normals you have to be cautious in this range, such as her low strong and standing forward. Usually I throw fireball at a range that is hard to react to and just simply low forward to keep her out or wait for a whiff and punish.

Close Range: Ibuki has fast low jabs which can link to any BnB combos leading to a knock down, it’s extremely dangerous. Her close up standing strong frame trap is rather scary as well, so mashing on tech throw might be risky as well as mashing on SRK. Depends how good you are with blocking and delay tech throws, I would say taking a throw might be worth it. (Even though after a throw, it might lead to a chaos…..)

Counters:

Neck Breaker: An attack causes hard knock down that hits low. This attack can only be countered by SRK/Super/Ultra, any normals fails to touch her. I would recommend you to block it rather than countering because the timing is strict especially using SRK as the counter. If you miss your timing, your SRK whiffs while Ibuki goes under it.

Ex Version: Any version of SRK

Kunai: Any normals can beat the Kunai as long as it’s right before hitting you.

Ex Version: standing round house, low fierce or any version of SRK (except EX actually…) right before they hit you.

Raida: I don’t really understand how this move works to be honest, but from my understanding this is a blockable grab. On top of that it's somewhat like the twin’s palm that has a shorter range projectile that doesn't negate projectiles (I don't know what i am saying, lol) and this attack has no invincibility. So far from what I have tested, any move beats it except grab.

Ex Version: From what I have tested, most of the move beats it, but some other normals like low jab or low short will trade against it, however without losing any life…it’s like a move that can beat high priority moves which sucks you in before your attack hits her (something like that....) Therefore hit her before she can perform this move.

Dash: Any attack or grab can hit her out of the dash.

Kazegiri: Any normal beats it.

Ex Version: Only ex SRK.

Tsumuji: SRK can beat it clean, and the jab or fierce version usually trades.

Ex Version: Same as normal version

Hop Kick: Low fierce or any version of SRK

Ex Version: Same as normal version

Against Ultra 1: This is actually a command grab, simple, just respect it when she has ultra meter and don’t try to attempt to grab on her wake up. One more thing you got to beware of is when she has Ultra 1 in stock, safe jump in attack doesn't work, however, a later timed jump in attack would work and of course, cross up attacks as well.

Against Ultra 2: An ultra that goes through projectiles which is mainly used in a combo, other than that, beware not to throw reckless fireballs.

On Ryu’s Wake up:

Unless you get knocked down by Ibuki's sweep or her neckbreaker, the chances of the Kunai crossing up is quite low. The best way to tell if her Kunai is going to cross up or not, is to judge based on your opponent's setups. If you don't have enough time to see the setups, the general idea is to see how high Ibuki jumped before she threw the Kunai. If she throws it at almost maximum height, the Kunai will probably cross up. But if she throws it from a slightly lower height, the chance of it crossing up is much slimmer.

However all that is pretty much useless if Ibuki does a different setup after a Neckbreaker or a sweep. After a Neckbreaker, Ibuki players like to command dash forward to set up the position, however take a close look at whether they step forward before/after the command dash, as that affects the timing on her crossing you up. If she does take a step forward, the following kunai is almost guaranteed to crossup UNLESS she does it at a extremely low point in her jump.

A personal tip that helps me is that to leave the stick in neutral state when you're getting up, then as Ibuki throws the kunai, commit to one side. As a psychological thing, second guessing yourself is where you might end up making mistakes. Learn a few setups, look online for a few, etc and try them all out in training mode (as certain characters with different hitboxes makes a difference). The key point though, is to learn some of the setups from experience. If you have access to training mode, set up a few different ways of it crossing up and not, and then look not at the kunai, but focus entirely on Ibuki's movements starting from the knockdown. Also, crouch block to shrink your hit box can make the kunai harder to cross up and even if you get hit in crouching motion, the (lp > mp > hp) target combo whiffs.

Key things to look out to dictate which side to block:

Method of knockdown

*Sweep

*Neckbreaker

*Spin kicks

Method of setups

*Walking

*Command Dash

*Dash

*Whiffed normals

Full ranged sweep is hard to judge whether it will cross up or not, as Ibuki will usually throw the kunai high into her jump. Just see how close she is (vertical alignment) when she throws it, the closer she is to you, the more likely it will cross up.

Close-Mid ranged sweep is similar to Neckbreaker+Command Dash setup.

Neckbreaker is typically followed up with a command dash and the following kunai is very tricky to block, if Ibuki throws the kunai roughly 50% of the way up her jump, the kunai tends to NOT cross up. Anything beyond tends to cross up more often.

Spinkicks has a few ways of following up. She can go for the full range sweep timing, or she can walk forward a bit and it goes to a Close-mid ranged sweep/Neckbreaker+Cmd Dash timing (or even go for something other than a kunai vortex)

*UNBLOCKABLE*

From what I know she has one off a normal Neck Breaker and one off an ex Neck Breaker, but you can do reversal jab SRK taking the hit and get knocked out of the air to get out of this setup OR you can take the hit by focus back dash.

Here are the setups, so once you see these, make a decision of either blocking or get out by using one of the methods I mentioned (THE UNBLOCKABLE TIMING IS REALLY STRICT, SO YOU CAN ALWAYS JUST BLOCK TO SEE IF THE OPPONENT CAN LAND IT PROPERLY)

-Off Neck Breaker > walk forward little bit > wait a split sec then forward jump LK or MK

-Off EX Neck Breaker > MK command dash > wait a split sec then forward jump LK or MK

Mind Games and Option Select:

After a hard knock down, no different from any other characters, you can jump in OS any attack, but when she has meters, only OS you can do is a safe jump OS sweep. Ibuki’s EX Kazegiri will hit Ryu before he can OS into anything, so similar to the twins, option selects are limited against them.

Mind games wise, I usually tend cross up with jump MK after I knock her down. Basically Ibuki has no answer but to block or focus dash out of it which can be easily react and punish her dash with sweep. After training my opponent with the same cross up, I will then mix it up with empty jump into throws, hitting low or simply do ambiguous jump in with jump LK.

Tips and Tricks:

On ground cross up Tatsu (Forward throw > whiff jab SRK > HK tatsu) and (Back throw > forward dash X2 > HK tatsu)

Things to be aware of:

I never mentioned about her over head, which is a slow slow over head with her lower hit box invincible (because she is off the ground).Why am I putting this in the to be aware section? It is all because of Iyo’s Ibuki who made me aware how dangerous (useful) this move can be. He likes to do an ambiguous empty jump off a Neck Breaker then mixing with either throw, low attack > combo into another hard knock down or the over head. So what I am trying to say is that it might not be a common move, but never forget about this move and focus on Ibuki’s movements expecting the over head.

Ibuki also has a really good footsie tool, the F.lk. A fast normal cancelable into special moves that can beat Ryu’s low forward if in the right range. Make sure when you are playing a footsie game, you don’t want your low forward to whiff, if you are unsure about the distance, I would rather not press anything instead waiting to punish her whiff.

Let me also talk about her Tsumuji. The LK version is always a true block string and the MK version is not. Well, it is, but only the first 2 hits like the LK version, the last hit is never safe. If you predict a third slash, you can do a focus level 2 right after you block the second hit for a crumple or SRK it. However, you can just simply back dash after you block the second hit without taking any risks. The only way Ibuki can catch your back dash is to guess or anticipate. Moreover, her standing MK > MK Tsumuji is a true block string while (LP,MP,HP Target Combo) into MK Tsumuji is not. Any moves with invincibility start up can hit her in between.

Once again, I hope this guide helps whoever read this and as usual, comment or questions, leave it below or my facebook/twitter page.

Bonus: My friend discovered some really neat super mix up with Ibuki

Canada Cup 2011 Qualifier: Road to Canada Cup

2011-09-25T23:01:00.000-07:00

To people who are at or near Vancouver, there is going to be a Canada Cup 2011 qualifier happening in Vancouver on the 22nd of October. This is a great opportunity to compete and gain experience in a tournament, and also, like I said since it's a qualifier, so the winner gets a free plane ticket to Canada Cup! Click this link or this facebook page for further information.

Hope to see some of you guys there!

Also, Ibuki match up guide will be posted with in a couple days! Stay tuned!

Videos I've been in!

2011-09-24T05:49:00.000-07:00

Just thought theses are pretty cool so I decided to share with you guys!

@ 3:10! less than 0.25 sec though! I think that high five is when I beat momochi or kindevu last year at SBO.

From 6:13 to the end, I showed up mutiple times

Ryu vs Yang

2011-09-14T02:40:00.000-07:00

Yang

Yang, Yun’s twin brother, in my opinion is as good as Yun in arcade edition. He does little damage, harder to use and seems like takes much more effort to win in a battle. However, if used in the right hands, Yang is extremely strong mainly because he has better normals than Yun. It allows him to create scary and deadly mix ups with just a knock down. It might be weird to say, Yang is actually like a Bison but stronger with similarity like Yang’s Roll Kick = Ex Psycho Crusher/ Ex Scissor Kick, 3f low short has a longer range especially when he can connect into another 3f stand short and he has a better teleport than Bison’s, an Abel roll. Without a doubt Yang beat Ryu 6:4 if you ask me….I think when I was training in Japan Yang was one of my worst matchup next to Fei Long/Dhalsim. Now I will share the knowledge that I know of in this match up!

Ground Games:

Far Range: Probably I don’t have to write it out, but YES, Yang is going to build meter full screen with his Palm and it’s a faster Palm than Yun’s so it takes him lesser time to charge up a super meter, however, like against Yun, you have to respect his full screen projectile invincible move, Yang’s roll kick. You can’t let him build meter for free because it’s a BIG disadvantage to Ryu, so like Yun’s matchup, throw Hadokens (unpredictable ones) to mess up his meter management or walk closer to him (close enough where his Palm whiffs) and then punish with sweep. If you are not confident with your spacing or zoning, I suggest that you should build meters yourself with jab SRK.

Mid Range: This is Ryu’s uncomforted zone because of Yang’s dive kick. Yang can just neutral jump here without doing anything and it’s already the strongest mind game. Ryu will lose air to air if you ever try to knock him out of the air, you are going to fail. If you throw a fireball, Yang can just react to it and dive kick so basically you have to wait for him to do something. I mean of course you can risk it and use HP SRK to AA his jump, but if you miss, basically you gave him a chance to land a free combo on you. It doesn’t really mean that you shouldn’t try to zone him, but make sure you are throwing your fireballs as a surprise attack or maybe throw an ex Hadoken making it harder to react or something.

As bad as it sounds, there are still strategies to not get owned at this range. The strategy is to always look at Yang and prepare to AA with St.LK or cr.HP (I prefer crouching fierce against Yang), of course if you can react to it, use SRK. Once you have focused on the anti airing, you will have to focus on footsies. Eventually Yang will put you in the corner by just walking you in the corner and out in order to prevent that to happen, you have to out footsies Yang.

Close Range: As I mentioned above, Yang is like a Bison, especially when he’s up close with his 3f low short, it has great range and not just that, it also allows Yang to combo into standing short into combo which greatly extends more range of 3f normals. Moreover, like Bison, depending on how close Yang does low short > 1 hit Rekka, he can do a loop like Bison’s low short > scissor kick. Bison can do it two times, but Yang can do it up to three times if he’s close enough. Not trying to repeat myself, but like I said, like Bison, you can also counter Yang like how you do against Bison by using standing short to make Yang’s low/stand short whiff to break his loop.

Counter:

Mantis Slashes (Rekka): Yang’s first hit jab rekka is always safe on block and the second hit is always punishable on block. His fierce on block is -6, which means you can always reversal with SRK no matter which hit of the Rekka you blocked.

Ex Version: The full combo contains 5 hits, the first 3 hit = a true block string, but after it’s not, which means you can mash a SRK on block unless your opponent stops during the 1-3 hits and that’s what usually people do when I was in Japan because the first 3 hits are completely safe on block. When you block the 1-3 hits of Ex Rekka, once they stop, they can grab you or keep applying pressure by attacking you, therefore make sure you pay attention.

Kaihou (Teleport): Any normal attacks (The normal version is useless on wake up)

Ex Version: Throw (Exactly like Abel’s Ex roll)

Palm: This special move is like an invisible projectile with little range and can only be countered with MP/EX SRK and ultra.

Ex Version: The ex version gives invincibility on start up, but it still can be beat by MP/EX SRK.

Roll Kick: A projectile invincible move, but any attacks can stop it before the kick stretches out.

Ex Version: Though this move starts up quite fast, you can still counter it with SRK (I never beat it with normals), however I would recommend you to block and then punish even if you can react to it.

Flip Grab: Any attack

Ex Version: The ex grab is invulnerable to any attack that has no invincibility. Therefore only SRK/Super/Ultra can beat it.

Against Ultra 1: This ultra is usually used to connect into combos and it’s an extremely great to use as an anti air.

Against Ultra 2: This is just a more damaging of the regular version roll kick. It has no invincibility on start up……hmmm I don’t think I need to explain much. Just don’t throw fireballs when he has ultra meter and at a distance where he can easily react to.

On Ryu’s Wake Up:

There are a lot of mix ups Yang can do on Ryu and here is a list of the general mix ups

-After forward throw -> dash forward -> forward jump mk = ambiguous cross up (Ryu has to block, wake up SRK will whiff)

-Forward throw -> dash forward -> dive kick = hits front (can be countered by wake up SRK)

-Anything that leads to low forward (cr.mk) > MK roll kick > immediately forward jump MK = an ambiguous cross up ONLY if you quick wake up (Ryu has to block, wake up SRK will whiff). However, if you perform a 5f delayed wake up (I mentioned this in the Zangief/Rufus guide) it is possible to auto correct wake up SRK.

-(I might be wrong on this, however, I am 80% sure, lol…somebody can correct me ) When Ryu is in the corner, after any knock down, whether you quick wake up or not, a LK dive kick on your wake up is always an ambiguous cross up and it always lands in front. The MK dive kick can land both front and behind, but you can still block it as a non-cross up. The HK dive kick simply whiffs.

-When Ryu is in the corner, after Yang lands a forward throw > forward dash X 2 > earlier forward jump MK = ambiguous cross up.

-When Ryu is in the corner, after Yang lands a forward throw > forward dash X 2 > late forward jump MK = cross up BUT you still block it as a non cross up and Yang will end up behind you.

-After forward throw > forward dash > forward empty jump > low short x 2-3 > Rekka

-After forward throw > forward dash > forward empty jump > command grab

These are general mix ups that Yang can do on Ryu’s wake up. I am sure there are more and on the other hand he also has a lot of reset combos that can lead to a command throw/hitting low/cross up/ambiguous crossup or simply just block. Therefore I will not list any because there are just way too much to and it’s not possible to react to it, it’s all pure mind games.

Mind Games and Option Select:

Alright, like his twin brother, Yun, his roll kick is somewhat different compared to other wake up reversals. After a sweep, forward jump attack immediately then OS sweep is a true safe jump plus option select. But the weird thing is that whatever OS I do following the jump in attack voids the safe jump even if I use ex SRK.
As you know, when you do a jump in attack, you have two frames after you land where you cannot block or move or anything other than throw tech. After those 2 frames, there are two more frames where you can block, but you cannot perform any other actions except throw tech.
If you buffer a move during the jump in, the frames that you cannot block when you land are extended to 4 instead of 2, UNLESS the move you did ends in the down back position (which is why you can sweep)
This prevents stuff like OS srk beating reversal SRK, feilong safe jumping and performing ultra 2 against SRK.. anything like that would be ridiculously cheap.
Also against Yang, aside worrying about his back dash, he also has ex teleport to get out. Therefore you got to guess when he’s going to do it and switch up your OS into grab.

When I play against Yang, I usually don’t save up a super meter, instead I usually use ex Tatsu as a frame trap because it works extremely well. Whenever you approach Yang and he’s blocking your poke string, he’s going to mash on low short (tech throw) or back dash. Either one loses to ex Tatsu, and once they are scared to mash, then I throw or do an over head on his wake up.

Tips and Tricks:

Majority of the tricks are the ones I mentioned against Yun. The on ground cross up tatsu (back throw > forward dash X2 > HK tatsu, and then the fake safe jump ex Air tatsu to beat his wake up roll kick.

Also if you didn’t read it carefully above at the ground game section, Ryu’s standing short works extremely well against Yang because it makes all his lower normals whiffs (e.g Yang’s stand short, low short, low forward, etc).

Things to be aware of:

Yang’s dive kick into in to low short is a true block string (if Yang’s dive kick is performed correctly), so mashing on anything will get you hit. His ex command throw is like Yun’s, so basically there’s nothing much you can do but guess when he’s going to do it during a poke string then jump to evade and punish.

In this match up, it’s best to rush him down rather than letting him put you in the corner. Once you are in the corner, the match up turns in to 7-3 or even 8-2. But putting Yang in the corner makes the match up 6-4 in Ryu’s favor.

Offering Online lessons

2011-09-10T05:27:00.000-07:00

Recently I got my internet fixed and start doing business again by offering online lessons. I gave lessons for about 2 months and received a lot of positive feed backs from the students (not even one negative yet). I charge $25/hr , if anyone who is interested, contact me in the comment box below, my facebook page by clicking on the facebook icon on the left column of this blog or add me on skype @ username: Airgen72 (only if you are interested) and then we can arrange date and time.

This is for both ps3 and xbox live, thank you.

New Banner by BossLogic

2011-09-08T11:41:00.000-07:00

As you guys might have notice (should notice because it's HUGE) that I got a new banner for my blog! The famous designer, BossLogic did a huge favor for me, Thank you thank you x 1048105710981092.
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Vancouver Street Battle 4 Tournament Videos

2011-09-08T02:47:00.000-07:00

Some videos of local tournaments I attended, VSB4. The 5th one will be on the 17th of this month and for more information, go to this link VSB5.

Ryu vs Yun

2011-08-30T21:42:00.000-07:00

Yun

In arcade edition, though Yun is a really strong character (some might call him broken) and Ryu has been nerfed a lot, but this is actually one of the better match up for Ryu to put up against. A lot of people came to me for tips about this match up and telling me that they are getting bodied by Yuns. I can’t say this is an even match up right now…I would say 5.5:4.5 in Yun’s favor due to his damage output and various tools that can go through projectiles, however, I guarantee that this will be an even or maybe a match up in Ryu’s favor once 2012 hits. In this guide, it will cover little things that Ryu players might not know, and I am sure this will help you with this match up! Here we GO!!

Ground games:

Far Range: It’s free to throw fireball and all Yuns at this range usually build meters with his palm. Aside from building meters with Ryu, make sure you throw different versions of Hadokens to make Yun having difficulties to cancel the projectile with his palm. You can also walk close, NOT too close but right outside of the Palm range, once it whiffs punish Yun with sweep. Don’t forget that Yun has this move called the Lunge punch which reaches from full screen, however, the regular version if SRK reversal-able at this range while Ex version is not. So beware, Yun players with meter might try to get in for free with this tool (it actually not a really fast move, I would say almost same as ex psycho crusher, therefore it’s not too hard to react to)

Mid Range: I personally do believe that Yun has better footises than Ryu. Yun’s low forward (Cr.mk) is better than or as good as Ryu’s as a poke and his far target combo (strong > fierce > back fierce) has great range and the first two hit is safe on block unless Ryu has super. Yun players would usually dive kick in at this range since it is hard to counter SRK his kick (Yuns dive kick has to be reacted quick, otherwise it stuffs any of your moves). Always be ready to anti-air, however, it is not possible to react to his moves every moment (I mean it is…..but not for me at least..), therefore, substitute your SRK with stand jab or stand short as anti-air tools. I personally prefer standing short because of several reasons; first the hit box extends upward, second it beats Yun’s target combo and lastly it makes Yun’s low forward whiffs. As for standing jab, I would only use it when I am in the corner mainly because I can mash it hoping it will hit something, since it’s too hard for me to react to Yun’s dive kick at this situation.

Close Range: At this range, it really limits Ryu’s options. Yun has a 3f low jab which takes control of the whole range leaving Ryu 2 options, which are block or mash on low jab/SRK. Yun doesn’t have much frame trap, but he has a command grab, therefore I would recommend Ryu players to mash on low jab while blocking his poke strings. Worst comes to worst, you get ex command grabbed out of it, but at least you burnt one of Yun’s meter. I don’t think I need to explain why mashing on SRK is a bad idea….just mash it on your own risk.

Counter:

Lunge Punch: Any attack before it hits you. It is also punishable with SRK on block except the lunge punch it performed in max distance, than it is only punishable with SUPER.

Ex Version: Any attack can either beats it or make it trade. MP/EX SRK can beat it clean and THIS MOVE is not punishable on block.

Palm: This special move is like an invisible projectile with little range and can only be countered with MP/EX SRK and ultra.

Ex Version: The ex version gives invincibility on start up, but it still can be beat with MP/EX SRK.

Dragon Kick (Up Kick): Different version of his Up kick has different invincibility and priorities. His round kick version has the most invincibility which makes MP SRK trades (EX SRK beats it clean), however, the other two versions completely lose to MP SRK.

Ex Version: EX SRK only

Shoulder: Any attack including focus attack. It can be reversal SRK on block.

Ex Version: Same as ex version except it breaks guard because it contains 2 hits. This version is also SRK punishable on block.

Flip Grab (Command Grab): Any attack

Ex Version: This move is extremely broken…it beats any of your moves and grabs except SRK/SUPER/ULTRA.

Against Ultra 1: This ultra is usually used to connect into combos and doesn’t really do much damage.

Against Ultra 2: There’s nothing scary about this ultra at all. It does have good range through projectiles when performed, but other than that there’s nothing much you need to worry about. DON’T THROW FIREBALLS RECKLESSLY!

On Ryu’s Wakeup:

As scary as Yun sounds…he actually doesn’t have much mix ups against Ryu. The most common mix up he has is an instant cross up dive kick after Yun hits you with a round house version Up Kick. You can avoid this by not quick waking up or just simply quick wake up and perform jab SRK for a trade or an mp SRK. This mix up is the most often used, but however, Ryu player has to be careful that this mix up can also bait wake up SRKs but delaying his jump and using HK dive kick instead of LK (crossup). Going back to topic, at least from what I know of, Yun’s only mix ups are dive kick front and back to confuse their opponents which can be easily (to me at least) figure out which side they land.

Other mix ups that Yun can do on Ryu would be a frame trap with low strong alternating with command throw. In this case, I would usually just back dash on wake up if I see Yun on the ground, worst scenario is getting hit by an OS lunge punch which can’t be lead to any scary mix ups and it’s totally worth it to take the hit (only if you have enough life to take it).

Mind games and Option Select:

Sadly, there aren’t much OS you can do on Yun due to his round house Up kick, but gladly you can perform safe jump! After a knock down, jump forward HK immediately to make a perfectly timed safe jump and only OS you can follow is sweep or EX SRK (any other attacks lose to his HK Up kick). You can mix the safe jump with cross up hurricane kick like any other characters that have wake up reversals. And of course, without a doubt, on the ground, same OS, sweep.

Since there is only one timing to perform the safe jump, it leaves no extra time for Ryu to perform any threatening jump in mix ups, therefore, other simple mix up becomes handy such as over head.

Tips and Tricks*NEW*

If you guys have ever watched my dvd tutorial or read most of my guides, you should know my on ground hurricane kick mix ups and one of it works against Yun. I will post it here one more time in case some of you don’t know; back throw > forward dash X 2 > HK hurricane kick.

After a knock down, as long as the Yun player quick get up, doing a meaty standing fierce OR standing roundhouse can cover two things.

Hits him out of his back dash
Trades with any version of his UP kicks (except EX version)

It’s a really useful trick because the trade UP kick does barely any damage to you and worst comes to worst, you eat an ex version UP kick trading your life with one of his meter not allowing him to save up for SUPER meter.

*NOTE* when you do a meaty standing fierce, making sure you cancel into fireball for the following reasons

-If Yun does an UP kick, the fireball never releases

-If Yun ever blocks your standing fierce, you will never be punished because you canceled into Hadoken

-If Yun back dashes, fireball never comes out

Also you can do this trick now thanks to EX Tatsu’s buff in AE. Forward throw > jump forward (there’s only one range, so try it out in training mode) and do an Ex Air Tatsu. It beats any version of his up kick CLEAN and also allowing you to connect with ultra 1 (Yun will fly really high compared to the ground ex tatsu, therefore a half screen U1 is possible). Why is this useful? As I mentioned above that a safe jump is very hard on Yun, timing is strict. If he is knocked down by a sweep, it does the timing for you, but after a forward throw, it’s all muscle memory and I don’t think it’s 100% possible to perform it every time. With this fact, your opponent wouldn’t know if that timing would be a real safe jump, therefore they might take a chance to UP Kick hoping it will hit. It’s just a very neat option in AE that you can try, and on top of that, even if your EX Air Tatsu whiffs, you land without recovery!

Things to be aware of:

Zoning with fireball is a key to win this battle. Maybe to a lot of Ryu players it’s really risky to throw fireballs, but in fact, you do need to throw fireballs (smart ones, not predictable ones) to make Yun move. He basically has to work his way in which is not that easy unless he has ex meters (you can also throw fireball where his ex shoulder only lands 1 hit). Yun either has to get in with shoulder/ex shoulder, far dive kick or regular jump in. With good zoning, either of these 3 can be easily baited and it can be very rewarding.

When a Yun player is down by life, majority of the Yuns will be very desperate and might try to do reset combos with cross up LP shoulder during Genei Jin or command grab on your wake up or during poke strings. Jumping back during poke strings is the only way out against an ex command grab since it has great range and as I said before, I do not recommend mashing on SRK.

*Incase any of you guys don’t know, cross up LP shoulder can only be done if Yun hits you air to air, and then LP shoulder once he lands, it will be a cross up. So with this info, make sure you block the correct direction.

As always, any questions or comment, leave it on my Facebook page or the comment box below! Hope this helps!

p.s once 2012 version is released, I will update all my guides with new strategy, tricks, graphics/videos and hopefully a better format! Keep supporting

GodsGarden 4 Player List

2011-08-18T22:14:00.000-07:00

GodsGarden 4 Player List

Invited Players:

eLive|RF
MadCatz|Daigo
Uryo
Kazunoko
KOK (Actually qualified from a qualifier)
Hori|Sako
MadCatz|Tokido
Nemo
Haitani
Fuudo
EG.Momochi
YHC-Mochi

Qualifier:

Pool A

Poongko - Seth
Eita - Akuma/Gouki
Shungoko Neurosis - M.Bison
Joe - C.Viper
Ueto Aya - Chun Li
Abelity - Abel
Jkumo - Zangief
Ishi-Puro - Hakan
Aldogoliath - Fei-Long

Pool B

MadCatz|Mago - Fei-Long
Nekosuke -Yun
Kyoku - Yang
Kiryu Tsukimiya - Guy
1P - Ken
Bikkudanmuru - Makoto
Yuuuuuusuke - Ibuki
StripFighterIV - Dan
Nole - Ryu

Pool C

Dogura Devil - M.Bison
Akua -Yang
Binbinman -Yun
Tetra -Yang
Hanamaruki - Sagat
HydeBuffy - Adon
Yanaga -Yang
Nagai Minoru - Guile
eLive|Kindevu - Evil Ryu

Pool D

BNBBN - Yun
Bonchan - Sagat
Nishikin - Blanka
Karisuma - Adon
Aruchan - Ryu
Akuesu - Guy
Okkun - Ibuki
Haibu - Makoto
Moni - Sakura

Pool E

Shiro - Makoto
Zangitan - Zangief
Chobixinco - Rufus
Yoosan - Juri
Iori - El. Fuerte
TazanHachigi - Zangief
Gocchaa - Ibuki
Ukms - Zangief
Masan - Ken
Hamu - Guy

Pool F

Xian - Yun
Itabashi Zangief - Zangief
Reiketsu Hidou - Vega (Claw)
Togawa - Ryu
Matsuri - C.Viper
Papaya - Akuma/Gouki
Erunia - Sakura
Ginga - Ibuki
Purikuma - Hakan
Anchoupi - Chun Li

Pool G

Nekojita - Abel
Tonpy - C.Viper
Kim1234 - M.Bison (GO KIM!!!! YOU GOT THIS!!)
Nyanshi - Sagat
Kiyomatsu - Guy
Karasu - Adon
Initial Kyouso - Rose
Eni - Guy
Kyan - Yang
Dragon Smasher - Ken

Pool H

Haneyama - Yang
Final Atomic (Faxgimoto) - Makoto
EG.Choco - Blanka
Gashuuku - C.Viper
DB Kupa -Yun
Gowasu - E.Honda
E.yume - Sagat
Gorugu - Adon
Charidoro - Sagat

Evo 2k11 Trip Final Part:

2011-08-18T02:14:00.000-07:00

Evo 2k11:

Final Part

This is the last day of Evo and it’s the matches of top 8 finalists. Once we got up I went to the venue with my friends and a lot of players were many money matches happening at the “Focus Fire” stand. I quickly lined up and hopped on one of the setup for MMs and it suddenly became my own station. I looked around other setups I would see Shiro, Ryan Hart and other players were kind of doing the same thing having their own station. Before I realized people were lining up to money match me. Made some money and once the stand was closed I went to the next hotel called Gold Coast for brunch with my Canadian friends and the food was pretty awesome especially the French onion soup, loves soup!! The first half of the day of Evo is just games like Tekken, MK9, just some games that I am not really into. I wandered around the strip with my friends until Mvc3 of top 8 starts (I don’t play that game but I find it really fun and exciting to watch).

French Onion Soup!! Droolz!

Headed back to the venue, the seats were nicely organized and it seemed like there were more people than the first few days and I am really glad that the community is growing bigger. There were so many people that it wasn’t possible for us to find a seat, therefore I sat on the table where it was located @ the center of the venue and it was where the Japanese streaming the event. I watched every match of Mvc3, it was really hype and entertaining especially when Pr Rog landed the Tron level 3.

Finally SSF4AE started and I wasn’t really expecting much since most of them are rush down characters and a lot of the same characters. I was rooting for Tokido most of the time since he’s using shotos and made it that far. Don’t remember what really happened in most of the matches except Poongko vs Daigo…I have never seen Daigo played so scared and it was so obvious that he didn’t know what to do against Poongko’s Seth. Daigo got exposed really bad…I think if he used Ryu/Ken he could have done much better, at least all he needed to do is guard himself instead of figuring out how to approach him.

When talking about top 8, have to mention about Fuudo’s jab OS into ultra against Poongko, it was god like! I wasn’t amazed that he can jab into OS ultra because it’s something I can do myself, but I was amazed at how he predicted it. He could have done so much other things than an option select ultra…it was just amazing, I was speechless. He is the true champion, congratz! In this tournament, Latif also did a great job against the big names, but I wasn’t happy of how Viper gets so many wake up options….especially her burning kick, it’s totally a free get out jail card. Out of so many characters in the game, why does she have a move that can completely get out of throws and poke strings. Viper with that move has one less thing to worry about, that’s frame trap, and it’s a really big role in this game. I really hope Capcom can do something about that move @@.

This shit is too good!

Overall the top 8 matches weren’t really interesting IMO because there weren’t a lot of footsies/zoning involved (except Fuudo). It was pure mix ups and rush down, it felt like King of fighters for while…the matches were over way too fast for me and I thought SF is suppose to be a slower game @@. However, I also realized one thing; the result was same as last year, #1.Japan, #2.USA and #3.Korea. I hope another countries get on the list next year, especially Canada :P.

@0:40...I only won like $100 and my friend screamed as if I won a million, everybody gathered and came to see wussup -_-...embarassing...

I remember this day people being telling me that they love my blog and they click on it every day. Some people like my Ryu and some loved my DVD. It made me really happy but majority of the people liked my blog > dvd > Ryu..so I guess I have to work harder as a Ryu player instead of a writer -_-. Anyways, this is the end of my Evo trip but it’s not the end of my Vegas trip.

I stayed one more day so that I can relax and enjoy Vegas. We woke up pretty late since we never really had some “real” sleep the past few days. David, my friend and I went to Planet Hollywood for buffet as breakfast (by the time we got there it was 5pm, haahahha). The FOOD WAS EXCELLENT and during the meal, my boss of CCG, “LapChi” texted me and asked me to eat Thai food with him. But David and I were already too full to fit in anymore food, than later on he invited us to watch PeepShow, and I was like…meh…why not? After food we walked around the strip and we went to Coca Cola store (my favorite!), took some pictures with the hugeee coke bear and of course I bought a lot of stuff. Right next to Coca Cola store is the M&M store and we a long while in there as well.

Inside Coca Cola Store

CCG|Detrimantix, CC|Polar Bear, CCG|Air

When we were done shopping, it was time to head for the PeepShow. To be honest I am not really into stripping shows (AND NO I AM NOT GAY) because I can’t touch them! Gootecks was also invited to the show, same with other CCG staffs of course. After the show I went back to the hotel to find my friend (he didn’t want to come to the show) and poor him…lost all his $ within that show time. But yah..that’s it from what I can remember..sleep and next day back to Canada! It was a very memorial trip and I had a lot of fun! Met a lot of people and hope to see you guys next time!

Evo 2k11 Trip Part 3:

2011-08-14T03:21:00.000-07:00

Me, Dieminion, Sanford

Evo 2011:

Part 3:

Arrived back to the Rio at around 4:30 pm…it was still a hour and a half before the pool starts again, I hung around the venue for a bit watching other people play, and trying to find out who made it out, but it wasn’t possible because there were way too many pools + players. When the pools ended, the EVO staffs were announcing player names of who goes to which pool/station. The first one they were announcing, I don’t remember who was suppose to be in there, but I was like “alright, this pool doesn’t sound too hard” and yet I wasn’t in that pool. They kept announcing and I was cool with most of the pools until I hear this pool “Poongko, Fchamp, Shiro, Floe….(I remember there were a lot of hard match ups for Ryu…don’t remember the players exactly)” then I was talking to my friend, “HOLY SHIT, ANY POOL BUT THIS POOL!!” and the announcer continues listing the names and when I didn’t hear my name I thought I was safe…but FUCK NO, he went “ANDDDDDDD Air”. Great, I was the last on the list; I was banging my head on the chair and went WTF!! WHY ME!

Anyways, I went to my station and get ready for my matches. I took a glance at the bracket sheet and Floe looked at me and said “Our pool is ridiculous” and I agreed….my first match was against Ramen Addict (Adon) player. I beat him and my next match was supposed to be Mr.SNK and I was pretty confident beating him since it’s a Honda. Then the staff suddenly came up to me and said “Oh, I made a mistake, you were suppose to play “Scott Bender” first”, so then Ramen Addict got another life and I had to start over again, and I ended up losing to Scott Bear’s Sakura. First I wasn’t familiar with the Sakura match up, second I was going over the match up in my mind against Honda and lastly I was under a lot of pressure since I was already put into losers. The matches against Scott were very close, but I totally underperformed or I don’t think I played how I used to play. I played way too safe and backed off after every knock down even though I knew I was safe to do mix ups on Sakura, and not just that, I missed lots and lots of combos, or I should say ALL my combos. I was MAD salty after I lost, all the training I did in Japan (FUCK YEAH, ONLY like 3 match ups in Japan, Yun Yang Fei Long) and how confident I was at this tournament…I was very upset and disappointed the people from Canada who were supporting me. I was so salty that I couldn’t think in my mind, I don’t know how to explain that feeling…it’s like anger with sadness….I was angrier when I know that I am the better player and could’ve won that match.

I saw that Ramen Addict made it hella far because he was playing Shiro (Shiro was at the side of the bracket),I like how he got another chance when he already lost. I forgot what happened after, I remembered that I went to eat with the CCG staffs then went back to the venue and watched some of the matches…then I forgot. There were still a lot of people who came up to me to ask for pictures and autographs also asking how I did, it wasn’t a great feeling and I am sure the pictures I took with them weren’t great. I think I went to the money match room after the venue was closed, but the room was filled with people, moreover it was stinking hot, I didn’t stayed for too long and after that I went out to the strip with my friend and gambled for a bit then we went back to the hotel and slept.

MM Room

The next day was just Marvel, no point of me being there, I was at the venue for a little bit then off to the strip with some friends and walked around + gambled. I went back to the venue because I wanted to see how my team mate David “CCG|Detrixmantix” is doing at Marvel, and I couldn’t find him. However, my manager “Troy” told me that he got top 16? and I was very proud of him! I went to the MM room again, I stayed longer but it had more players than last night. I stayed until the room was closed and headed back down, after a short walk I saw a lot of people were drinking at the bar. Mago was super drunk, he and other people lifted me outside from the fence inside the bar and everybody was going crazy (in a good way), it was a good feeling, everybody was having fun, even though that I can’t drink I had a great time chilling at the bar with them and meeting some new people. I forgot what happened after…I think I went to eat or something? Again I went to gamble with my friend (he played another game because he didn’t like the game I was playing), so I kept playing (game was called PAIGOW POKER). While I was gambling, people (gamers) were watching from behind…..it felt really uncomfortable because it wasn’t street fighter that I was playing…they didn’t say anything but I kept on winning my hands and one guy who introduced himself (sorry that I forgot your name) and said “you should make a guide/dvd of how to play this game” -___-…..I mean there’s like 10% skills and 90% luck, I am sure there’s nothing that can help you win in casino table games. I stopped when I made about a hundred, went to check out my friend, I think he lost quite a bit…but we went back to the room together and I played some mini games on my iphone before I went to bed.

David "CCG|Detrimantix" Perras

These paragraphs are not really EVO related, but I am going to write it anyways. I think as a player myself, I’ve been underestimating the competition in NA or maybe over confident during tournaments. In casuals it’s different; I can play my best, not representing anything but myself and no pressure. I do take the game seriously, but life wouldn’t let me do so due to work, gf, families and FUCKING BILLS. Especially my job, working in a restaurant that starts at 4 pm and ends at 1-2 midnight, leaving me no extra time to practice games. However, since I win almost 95% of my matches online (Even though online is laggy as fuck), so I thought making a trip to Japan will greatly benefit me. Therefore, like I mentioned in my blog before that I took two weeks off work to train in Japan and I mean I got a lot out of the trip, but I mean, this game is really based on how well you know about the match ups (Daigo vs Poongko was a really good example) and yet, Yun and Yang were the most characters that I played against in Japan and there were none in my pools. Anyways, just last minute training was totally not enough, I can be honest and say that I never practiced when AE was released due to poor netcode. Besides these reasons, I think the main reason of me losing or not performing well is the fact of how I think during tournaments. When I lose a round or a set, I would think “how to beat him” instead of “why/how did I lost”. For example, let say I am leading about 30% in life when my opponent has like 5% left or a pixel, whatever, then I try to attempt a throw, then OK, he did some wake up reversal into Ultra n then I lost. So after I lost that round I would probably say to myself “ok, if this situation comes up again, I will do an overhead or whatever that’s not a throw”. Alright I win but I mean that probably only works against that opponent because I read him or adapted to his game play or I should say I was trying to be too smart and gambled and this is an example of “How to beat him”.

What if I put it this way, same example “leading, and attempted to land an attack and got reversal attacked and lost that round” and then I should ask myself this “Why/how did I lost? Hmmm, because I tried to do something on his wake up which was really risky, I should just back off and be safe and hold my lead”. With this logic it will work against any opponents because YOU ARE learning your mistakes from your experience instead of playing too smart to outplay your opponents because it might not work on the next opponent because everybody plays differently. (Those were just some obvious examples, I don’t play like that :P) I mean even though if you know that you can beat that player, in a tournament you should give full respect and treat him like the best player in the world or something. After a lost, being salty is important because that means you take the game seriously and that’s how you get better naturally, but not TOO SALTY that you forgot your mistake and asking yourself this question “WHY/HOW DID I LOST”. I mean when I lost to Scott Bear I just couldn’t or didn’t think right, first I was just trying to blame everything to the staff, but after when I was calmed and asked myself the question “Why did I lost” then I remembered the main reason was that I didn’t apply pressure on his wake up and let him up for free everytime.

I think I am still very young in this scene, started since Canada Cup, so less than a year, I have much more to learn and hopefully with the “why did I lose” point of view I can improve faster and do better in the future. I’ve been so serious about gaming since EVO that I actually quit my job and found a new one with “normal” hours. I also been creating gathering events in my local scene just so that I can practice offline (online is a complete joke..not that I don’t want to play, it’s the fact that I couldn’t play), I also try to help other players in my scene in order to help them improve faster and build up the competition.

Blah blah blah, I realized I spent so much time in these last few paragraphs that I am already tired of typing, so the next part of Evo post will be the Last part, stay tuned!

Evo 2k11 Trip Part 2:

2011-08-09T21:23:00.000-07:00

Evo 2011

Part 2:

I woke up 2 hours before my pool starts, and I was all hyped and stuff. My friend also got up and we head down to the venue together. On the way to the venue I was asked for pictures and autographs (should have charged!) until I reached to the line up where we get our badges. I forgot who exactly but by the time it was my turn to get my badge somebody told me that I don’t even need one to enter the venue…and I remember CLEARLY that whoever told me was somewhere in the line with me #%@#%#$^#^! However, I still took the badge, I didn’t want to line up for nothing…..anyways..I entered the venue and I was overwhelmed by the amount of people and how organized the venue looked. Aside from the venue, what caught my eye was this decent Asian chick who was handing out tissues?...I think she was pretty cute (if you are the girl and you are reading this, wussup, lol). I don’t think my girlfriend will read this post or at least I hope she doesn’t @@....

Venue

While I was looking for my pool (I totally forgot which one I was in so I had to ask around to find out) and like every major tournaments, it’s never on time :/…so I used the time to check out the venue and talked to other players. During the free time I did multiple of interviews (sorry that I forgot your company’s name….) I remember this interview these guys made me said weird things on the camera -_-…but it was fun.

Finally my pool started, I took a glace of the players in my pool, there weren’t any familiar faces until Hugo101 came up to me and told me that he was in my pool. I was like meh…Bison is one of my best match up, I got this, I can make out of my pool as a winner. I fought all the way to winners final facing Hugo, like usual, I was up a set and a round, and in the end I choked and he came all the way back and I got put into losers…..You guys can’t imagine how salty I looked when I lost to him..I didn’t expect to lose to him especially when Bison is one of my best matchup..O God…then I began to worry that I can’t even make it out of my pool. At losers final I think I had to fight a Chun Li which I didn’t have problem beating, and as a result, I made it out of my pool as a loser. LOSERRRRRR, FUCKKK.

I started to lose confident (I was so confident that I can do well at EVO….) and I little bit salty, but I just had to forget about it and went to fill my stomach. However, since the next pool doesn’t start till 6pm, I had almost 6 hours to spare, I went to walk around (gamble) @ the strip with my friend. God damn it was hot and we couldn’t wait to walk in to some casino for A/C. We wanted to try variety of games that BC don’t have, and our plan was to win $50 off each casino. Since I am writing this post after a week of what happened, so I don’t remember the scenes exactly but the memorable ones and it was me winning over $300 within 15 mins at Flamingo casino in a game called “Mississippi Stud”. I was SUPER happy that I totally forgot about getting put into losers at EVO, lol.

It was about 5:30 pm, we took the cab and headed back to the Rio and back to my battlefield…..

Women's Meaning

2011-08-08T21:37:00.000-07:00

I found this picture when I was digging through my phone’s photos and I found it very funny so I wanted to share with you guys. I took this picture when I was training in Japan and this was written on the board @ the living room.

Women ‘s meaning

We need = I want

Maybe= No

Do what you want = You gonna regret it

We gotta talk = I wanna complain

I just need 1 minute = It takes forever

No, I’m not angry = Fuck you, asshole

You gotta learn how to communicate = You gotta learn to share my opinion

He’s ok, but not really my type = I wanna fuck him so hard!

I found these 80% true, LOL. Whoever is unhappy or already happy, hopefully this will make you cheer up or have a good laugh.

Evo 2k11 Trip Part 1:

2011-08-08T20:24:00.000-07:00

Evo 2011

Part 1:

I am trying to remember my days while I am writing this..too much things happened on this trip and one thing I remember for sure is that THIS TRIP WAS A BLAST! I HAD SOOO MUCH FUN even though I didn’t perform too well at Evo L, but met lots of people and a lot of familiar faces, it was like a huge party J.

I remember clearly that Day 1 when I got off the flight, walked into the Rio, already a lot of gamers recognized me and I felt special J.

My friend from Vancouver also came along (though he plays SF, but he does not compete in tournaments. He was there just there to chill with the Vancouver crew + gambling who does not want his name revealed), lined up to check in for our room and then we bumped into our Vancouver crew. All of us were pretty hungry so we stopped lining up and went for some food right next to the reception, and they had a Chinese food court and a Deli. I don’t know why my friend chose the Chinese food…it was pretty tasteless in my opinion…o well.

Back to the lineup for checking in and I think it took over 30 minutes until it was our turn, moreover, it took us OVER an hour to get our room checked in/registered because the receptionist told us that they had to do it manually due to computer broke down or some bullshit. Anyways…they gave us a free upgrade to a SUITE so I was like….hmm….alright I’ll take it!

We got to our room, and holy shit there was only 1 big fucking bed! ONE BED! 3 GUYS (Detrimantix, me and my friend), how the heck are we going to sleep and hell no I will sleep with a guy especially when there are rumors of me being GAY according to this resource à http://supastew.blogspot.com/. (And yah….both of them didn’t mind being in the same bed btw…) Thank god we called for the hotel service and we were able to get another 2 small beds in our room.

I took a quick shower so did my friend (and NO we did not take it together) and we were ready for some action (gambling). People recognized me when I was gambling as well and I was very surprised. I mean I am not @ some place where SF was related, I didn’t have my uniform, but I guess when you are living at the same hotel it’s not hard to tell.

We played all kinds of table games and at this game called “Three Card Poker” I hit a straight flush which was the biggest bonus @ this game and I bet $5 on the bonus so I got $200! I was extremely happy because all I had for this trip was $300 and now I have some extra cash to spend. It was sure my lucky day and I was smart enough to stop playing before I lose them all. Since my pool starts in the morning I didn’t want to stay up too late in case I have no energy to compete tomorrow, therefore I went back to my room and ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Quick post

2011-08-05T04:02:00.000-07:00

Sorry guys, since after I got back home from EVO, a lot happened in my life, so kind of busy for the blog. However, give me a couple days when everything been resolved then I will update it asap!

I got to say thank you to the people/fans who I talked to, telling me that they love my blog and clicking on it everyday made me really happy and more reasons for me to keep writing. Also knowing people around the world are reading my blog (I knew because I can check from stats of this blog, but people telling me in person made me happy) THANK YOU!

My friend, "SupaDonkie's" Blog

2011-07-28T15:11:00.000-07:00

http://supastew.blogspot.com

It's some what related to me and he wants to write some random stuff plus some impressions about life.

This is not my friend but his Dog (OBVIOUSLY), my friend is also a CAR mechanic so feel free to ask him any questions about cars!

Have a good read, Cheers!

Departing to EVO 2k11

2011-07-28T11:56:00.000-07:00

Alright guys, I am departing to Las Vegas for Evo 2k11, wish me luck and root for me if you want some Ryu actions! Hope to see some of you people there! Good Luck to everybody