So me and SpecialBuddy did some super casual matches a few days ago (some of the matches recorded are a straight up joke haha). But there's some good combos and matches sprinkled through out, so I recommend watching them all :).  I defiantly play better in these videos than I did against JJOR64 SO CHECK IT SON
 
  
 
   http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D93E5191986CD02A
 
 
  I tried to embedded the playlist but I cant get it to work :(

Myself and JJOR64 played some matches last night, and I must say I didn't do very well. My play was off the whole time so I really only included the matches that were actually close. Out of the 20 or so matches I only won 1 . I defiantly need to find some answers for a turtle E.honda because as you will see I pretty much just give him the win alot of the time. Oh well, enjoy!
 
 
   

 

     In the article Gaming and Violence by Harvey Rothwell, Harvey writes about how a boy who played a lot of video games essentially took the law into his own hands and died because of it. The boy was shot and killed with his own hand gun by the custodian Brice Smith after a botched robbery. After the boy’s death Coalition against Teen Subversion (CATS) is calling for a Canadian ban on internet communities for students under the age of 16. For the most part I agree, I think that kids should not have access to online communities until they are at least 16+.

                Kids are like sponges they suck up any information that is presented to them, which is why they should be banned from online communities, I say this because most online communities are sees-pools of hate and violence towards each other. It is the last place any parent should let their kid spend time. So really it’s not the violence in the actual game I am worried about (TV, movies, and music are easier to use and just as violent/vulgar) it’s the people that they will interact will interact with. I have been on X-Box Live for almost 4 years and I cannot even fathom the amount of times I have heard the words nigger, fuck you, shit etc. But I don’t let it bother me (I also report the person that spews this hate) but I cannot say the same for kids (heck half the time it is a kid saying the vulgar words), because of this I think that kids should be allowed to play the games online as long as they meet the ESRB’s age restrictions) but should be banned from talking to others, they should be able to still talk to friends and people they know.

                A lot of people would probably ask how I can count the actual violence in video games as such a moot point. Well that’s quit easy for me, if the parents are supervising their kids (You know instead of using the video game as a babysitter) and talking about right and wrong, and the difference between the virtual worlds vs. the real world. I for example grew up with Mortal Kombat, and Turok two extremely violent video games and I turned out fine, mostly because my mom was always making sure I know what I was doing and that it was not okay to do in real life.

                At the end of the day this whole “violent video games are evil” thing will be over this same exact thing happened to TV, Movies, and Music. It’s just a collection of people freaking out about something they do not understand. Education on the subject of violent video games would be beneficial to both parents and their children. Also, the video game industry has its own rating system called the ESRB which rates games based on their content (i.e. violence, drugs, and sex) and gives them an appropriate rating, E for Everyone, T for Teen, and M for Mature are the main ones. So if a child is playing an M or T game and the child is not actually old enough it’s not the video game industry’s fault it’s the parents. At the same time just following these letter grades isn’t where the parenting should stop, parents need to make sure they know who their child is talking too, because generally people online are horrible people and as such kids should not be allowed to interact with the online gaming community until they are 16 or older.

As some of you may know a month or so I made a post that basically said I was ready to quit SF4 because of limitations I experienced within my own thought process while playing. Well I took alot of the advice I got to heart and now a month in the future i belive I am a much better SF4 player and have defiantly gotten over that wall I was at before. 
 
I went back to the drawing board on which character I wanted to use, not so much as a main but just to break the habits I had gotten into while playing Blanka. I bounced around from Akuma, M.Bison, Rose, and E.Honda. I went though all of these characters hard trials in an attempt to learn then and then i went online with them and now like i said before a month later I am at the very lest decent with each of the before mentioned chars and also as a result I was able to improve my Blanka game and break alot of the habits I had developed which is great!! 
 
 
Defiantly enjoying the game a lot more now.   :D
 
 
In other news a very good fighting game resource www.iplaywinner.com just recently received a face lift, and a revamped SF4 guide section I suggest everyone check it out.

I main Blanka and use a SE stick with modded parts

 
 
I bought Street Fighter 4 first day and have been playing it since I have over 150hrs of game time in it, I love it when im doing well ( and even sometimes when im not) I'd like to think Street Fighter 4 is one of my favorite games ever and that im better than the average player. But even after all this time I still cant wrap my head around even some of the most basic prince-ables of Street Fighter 4 most notably combos(Links in particular) and cross-ups. I have no idea what it is with trying to link things together that gives me such a hard time I either just end up spamming the button (even tho I know that wont work..) or waiting too long and miss the combo seriously its depressing when I read everything I have and still cant preform one of the most basic things in the game. Secondly the cross-up I can neither do a cross-up or defend againt one...ever. When ever I try to do a cross up(with Blankas j.mk) it just fails they either just anti air me or I don't even make it over them and then get raped. Now before you ask I under stand the concept very well of defending the cross-up you just block in the opposite direction but no matter how hard I try or how fast I block in the other direction it never works, I either get crossed up anyways or they don't make it over me and im left walking into them. And if I try to use Blankas up-ball? nopeee they either punish it completely or we trade...hell even if I go for electricity it never comes out in time EVEN if i am using turbo (which I never do unless im testing this very situation) it never works and it saddens me that I can't do anything about it..I;ve have a perfect going un-till the other player decides to cross me up ..it works and they do ti again they then reliase they have a good thing going and win the match.
 
 Now this is'nt me calling Street Fighter 4 a bad game..hell no I think its amazing and I love watching it and playing it( as I said before) I am just so frustrated with it right now to the point where its depressing. I think part of the reason why I have such a hard time with combos is my character choice, Blanka, I love the guy and even before the game came out I decided he was going to be my main because of how different he played...little did I kn ow how little combos he actually had not to mention hes a charge character. By picking him up as soon as the game came out I seem to have built a huge wall between me and every single other character in the game (except maybe geif) I tried learning the shotos but can't do any of there combos or apply any of there basic stratiges to my gameplay to help me get better with them but nothing works I'm stuck just throwing fireballs and spamming dragon punch while I mash on light punch.
 
I really don't know what to do at this point, I really wanna keep enjoying street fighter but even the newish people in player matches seem to give me a hard time...as I said before its depressing. I am sure I'll just keep working on it mabey try to learn how to FADC or somthing hell I don't know....
 
 
I love you...why don't you love me back.