Jake_K

I've been internet-less on my xbox for a few months now; only online play I get is mooching off friends. Most of my playing is with bros and soon to be at arcades if I can grow a pair and not be intimidated by the arcade rat crowd. I'll be getting internet back on my console by the end of the month though, we can mess around then.
 
Also... the even stranger thing is... with Ken/Akuma I can hit cr. jab -> cr. forward nearly every time; it's just with Ryu that I miss it. I mostly just keep it simple and use cr. short -> cr. jab -> fierce srk; doing a cr. strong to a fireball instead of a srk if they are blocking my string, simple yet effective and I can get an ultra out if I have the meter so if works great for me.  I like how many things Ryu can link together, and I'd love to casually be able to pull out crazy shit, I just don't have the timing for it.
 
I also love Ken's that don't spam; when I try to mix up a tick throw and a srk comes out as soon as I let them out of blockstun I facepalm. I then of course bait that shit and make them cry, but it's still annoying because I don't feel like I get to improve as a player when I have to wade through that garbage.

 Looking through Ryu's trials these are surprisingly solid combos that you should know (with the exception of his 5th, but if you just did an ultra instead of the FADC'd ex srk it would be good) which is why I'm suprised some characters just have bat shit insane combos. Same for 'rog; those are all things you will actually use. (But I may be talking out my ass; Marn hit vipers crouching jab to high kick to ultra in bar fights 2....)

Maybe I'm just too used to online play, but it feels like any time I try to do something too complex ken ends up just blasting me with an ex srk the instant I miss a link or something... spam is fun; so I try to play safe and clean... although I do miss my links a bit....
 
With Ryu I cannot manage to hit my cr. jab -> cr. forward consistently (but I can hit cr. strong instead 90% of the time......), and f. fierce -> cr. fierce after a focus is like 50/50.... I don't know where I'm going with this. Just rambling now so I'll shut up...

I played the first DoW so much it was crazy.... everday from when it was vanilla until a few months after dark crusade came out I was booting it up. Had a great time. Played with my bros (and even one of my teachers lol); it was great.

Sitting at 9999 hours.
 
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Gotta rock them all white buttons, son.
 
It's like wearing a white suit; Big Pimpin', baby.

Update - I just finished Blanka 5.... took me literally about 5 minutes; not sure what people have trouble with one that one.

With Ken's 4th I just can't get the Ultra to connect; I think I'm a bit too slow on my focus cancel (I play Ryu, I take it a little slower so the ultra connects) so even with the strong srk hitting hes already too low.'
 
With Viper 3 I just haven't spent time on it, I don't know the motion for high jump to ultra. I'll get it eventually.
 
With Gen 5... yeah, I'll just turbo it; it's just tough because I've never played Gen before yesterday when I did his first 4, so stance dancing is still ackward.  
 
Actually, apparently I haven't done Blanka 5 either, not sure why, it doesn't look too bad.

Fuerte didn't take me nearly as long as I thought it would; I had never tried his loop before, but I just got the rhythm and it was easy, took me about 20 minutes total. Abel on the other hand took forever.... hitting the dash kick to fierce link twice in the same combo is just stupid, as a not abel player I don't know the timing and it showed. Probably about 20 times I got to the freaking last hit and missed the link, I wanted to cry each time. Took me about an hour to complete... which seems like a waste of time looking back, but I feel alright about it.
 
Now all I have left is Ken 4 and 5, Viper 3 4 and 5, and Gen 5. Uggh. Any suggestions on those?