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    3-Minute Fundamentals: Option Selects

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    Edited By lordofultima

    An Option Select is a joystick or button input which functions as multiple possible actions simultaneously, letting the game engine decide the best counter to a situation. Specific instances allow only certain moves to come out, so you can worry less about your opponents options, and focus more on your own offense. 
     
    In my second 3-minute fundamental tutorial (I know it's closers to 4 minutes, I really made it as short and concise as possible) I cover option selects in a general way that you can apply to any character. I go over the main archetypes of OP/SEL, such as Crouch Teching, Meaties (ground & air), and Buffering (ground & air).  Really busted my ass on the editing for this one, feedback is appreciated! Enjoy. 3-Minute Fundamentals Playlist.
      
      

     
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    #1  Edited By lordofultima

    An Option Select is a joystick or button input which functions as multiple possible actions simultaneously, letting the game engine decide the best counter to a situation. Specific instances allow only certain moves to come out, so you can worry less about your opponents options, and focus more on your own offense. 
     
    In my second 3-minute fundamental tutorial (I know it's closers to 4 minutes, I really made it as short and concise as possible) I cover option selects in a general way that you can apply to any character. I go over the main archetypes of OP/SEL, such as Crouch Teching, Meaties (ground & air), and Buffering (ground & air).  Really busted my ass on the editing for this one, feedback is appreciated! Enjoy. 3-Minute Fundamentals Playlist.
      
      

     
    edit: Score another for Event Hubs, and my first iplaywinner plug! yeaaahhhh boiiiiii.
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    #2  Edited By ZombieHunterOG

    good stuff as always

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    #3  Edited By slax

    This was excellent!

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    #4  Edited By EvilGreenDevil

    I recently started being aware enough to use crouch teching...it's one of the many awesome tools you talk about in your video. Having it all in a nice format saves the time of scouring forums and reading into the technical crap you sometimes find on SRK.  
     
    Keep it up, homie

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    #5  Edited By Plasma

    Really good content, with excellent editing.

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    #6  Edited By AndrewJD

    Great stuff as per use.

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    #7  Edited By newmarcom

    I've read a lot about option selects but never quite understood it until now. Thanks for demonstrating it!

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    #8  Edited By lordofultima
    @newmarcom said:
    " I've read a lot about option selects but never quite understood it until now. Thanks for demonstrating it! "
    No problem, glad you enjoyed it.
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    #9  Edited By ArbitraryWater

    I give you a virtual High-Five for this video sir. I'm not quite at the level where I can actually use these techniques (I'm still struggling to get combos down on an Xbox controller), but when or if I eventually get to that level it will be a nice frame of reference.

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    #10  Edited By Jeffsekai

    amazing

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    #11  Edited By Stang

    Will you have my baby?

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    #12  Edited By Scooper

    Very good.

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    #13  Edited By AniMoney

    Nice work as usual. I kind of wish option selects didn't exist though, people should make their own guesses and decisions. I know option selects aren't perfect and they only cover a number of options, but they're still annoying to deal with, especially shotos with jump in option selects.  
     
    In case anyone's wondering there's a a few videos demonstrating these for a lot of characters on youtube.

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    #14  Edited By AURON570

    So what part of meaties are option selects? From what i understand meaties are attacks that you use on a knocked down opponent, so that the frame that he wakes up, your attack hits on the very last active frame right? This way he is forced to block or try a reversal.

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    #15  Edited By lordofultima
    @AniMoney said:

    " Nice work as usual. I kind of wish option selects didn't exist though, people should make their own guesses and decisions. I know option selects aren't perfect and they only cover a number of options, but they're still annoying to deal with, especially shotos with jump in option selects.   In case anyone's wondering there's a a few videos demonstrating these for a lot of characters on youtube. "

    I enjoy option selects, although they're pretty tough to implement successfully into your game. Since my whole game plan is to guess as little as possible, and to limit my opponents options so I have to think about less, they're perfect for me. 
     
    I know of many option select vids, I'll be linking them in the OP and the youtube info a bit later. Kinda sick of Op/sel at this moment, ha. 
     
    @Stang said:
    " Will you have my baby? "
    No sir I will not. Feel free to have my child of course.
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    #16  Edited By lordofultima
    @AURON570 said:
    " So what part of meaties are option selects? From what i understand meaties are attacks that you use on a knocked down opponent, so that the frame that he wakes up, your attack hits on the very last active frame right? This way he is forced to block or try a reversal. "
    Yeah, they wake up into your attack, and since your attack is hitting later you recover quicker, allowing you to block. That in itself is an option select. You can do a meaty crouching jab which will hit if they do nothing, and you also block automatically if they perform a reversal. There's two options right there. And of course you can do multiple jabs, and block will take priority over that. From multiple jabs that's enough time to hit-confirm into a big combo. That's just the basic meaty, there are other meaty options such as safe jump setups and opsel sweep (as I explained in the video).
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    #17  Edited By Thrawn1

    too bad i play a charge character

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    #18  Edited By Jeffsekai
    @Thrawn said:
    " too bad i play a charge character "
    WORD
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    #19  Edited By AniMoney
    @Jeffsekai said:
    " @Thrawn said:
    " too bad i play a charge character "
    WORD "
    mhmm
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    #20  Edited By demigonis

    Nice video, Ultima. Concise and helpful.

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    #21  Edited By copycatzen

    awesome video

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    #22  Edited By Jeffsekai

    DUDE UR ON IPLAYWINNNER

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    #23  Edited By sweep  Moderator

    damn, I am continually impressed by the quality of these videos. Great job dude :D Subscribed 4 life

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    #24  Edited By lordofultima
    @Jeffsekai said:
    " DUDE UR ON IPLAYWINNNER "
    Yeah I know it's dope, the next evolutionary step from being on Event Hubs I guess. That website is so a couple months ago.
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    #25  Edited By AniMoney
    @lordofultima said:
    " @Jeffsekai said:
    " DUDE UR ON IPLAYWINNNER "
    Yeah I know it's dope, the next evolutionary step from being on Event Hubs I guess. That website is so a couple months ago. "
    If you post these on SRK you could probably get on the front page. It's user nominated now I think. 
     
    What's the next topic gonna be? plinking? punishing? antiair?
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    #26  Edited By thatpinguino  Moderator

    Great video as always.  These are always really helpful so please keep it up

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    #27  Edited By Stang

    Honestly, what is your deal Ultima? You obviously have the know how, why arn't you in the tourney scene? Why do you sand bag and let my garbage Ken beat you? Are you stoned? Do you like Coco Puffs?

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    #28  Edited By lordofultima
    @Stang said:
    " Honestly, what is your deal Ultima? You obviously have the know how, why arn't you in the tourney scene? Why do you sand bag and let my garbage Ken beat you? Are you stoned? Do you like Coco Puffs? "
    Scrub Puffs.
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    #29  Edited By foodchaiNN

    lemme sit on your face.

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    #30  Edited By zyn

    awesome!

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    #31  Edited By Jeffsekai
    @lordofultima said:
    " @Stang said:
    " Honestly, what is your deal Ultima? You obviously have the know how, why arn't you in the tourney scene? Why do you sand bag and let my garbage Ken beat you? Are you stoned? Do you like Coco Puffs? "
    Scrub Puffs. "
    holy shit me too
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    #32  Edited By Scooper

    I haven't had Coco Puffs in years... ;( My life fucking sucks.

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    #33  Edited By Jeffsekai
    @Scooper said:
    " I haven't had Coco Puffs in years... ;( My life fucking sucks. "
    what kind of life are you leading then?
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    #34  Edited By Driadon

    Great stuff! Proof that I am a scrub: I had no idea about Option Selects at all until this video. Time to rethink my Blanka...

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    #35  Edited By Scooper
    @Jeffsekai said:
    " @Scooper said:
    " I haven't had Coco Puffs in years... ;( My life fucking sucks. "
    what kind of life are you leading then? "
    *cuts wrists*
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    #36  Edited By napalm

    Does Guile have any viable options for something like this?

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    #37  Edited By Plasma
    @Napalm said:

    " Does Guile have any viable options for something like this? "

    At the character select screen, go one to the right.
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    #38  Edited By lordofultima

    Well Canada apparently loves the tutorials! Keep up the good work Canada!

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    #39  Edited By AniMoney
    @lordofultima said:
    " Well Canada apparently loves the tutorials! Keep up the good work Canada! "
    That dude's a douchebag, you should have a set with him and kick his ass.
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    #40  Edited By Driadon
    @lordofultima said:
    " Well Canada apparently loves the tutorials! Keep up the good work Canada! "

    Correction: good work London, Ontario. I understand what this guy is saying, but he makes it sound like any technical knowledge is useless. Hell, this tutorial told me that this shit exists period, and that alone is incredibly valuable.
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    #41  Edited By lordofultima
    @AniMoney:  I'm perfectly willing to go a set with the guy even if I lose miserably, but he's not even up for that. It's just mad ignorant to be talking ish about someone you know nothing about. Making a point to not give those people the time or effort anymore.
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    #42  Edited By Scooper

    Wow. Just read all that shit and Mihai, no matter how long he's been in the 'scene' or whatever is a nasty fucker and pretty ignorant or in denial saying that no one who's top tourney level uses this "fancy shit" when it's blatentaly obvious they do all the time. He keeps going on about how it's all about fundamentals and the top level players have both their fundamentals and "fancy shit" locked down. I think he holds himself in higher regard then he actualy is. It's like someone's told him for the first time what these things mean and he's like "Oh yeah!? Yeah! That shit. I don't use any of that. I mean what use is any of it" to cover up.

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    #43  Edited By Stang

    Tell that tool to lick your balls. Even acknowledging him with that is giving him too much attention. SRK, home of the 3 inch peen asshats.

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    #44  Edited By Jeffsekai

    Glad you all found my thread.  :D

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    #45  Edited By lordofultima
    @Scooper said:
    " Wow. Just read all that shit and Mihai, no matter how long he's been in the 'scene' or whatever is a nasty fucker and pretty ignorant or in denial saying that no one who's top tourney level uses this "fancy shit" when it's blatentaly obvious they do all the time. He keeps going on about how it's all about fundamentals and the top level players have both their fundamentals and "fancy shit" locked down. I think he holds himself in higher regard then he actualy is. It's like someone's told him for the first time what these things mean and he's like "Oh yeah!? Yeah! That shit. I don't use any of that. I mean what use is any of it" to cover up. "
    yeah, he's a scrubidub, no doubt.
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    #46  Edited By Jeffsekai
    @Scooper said:
    " Wow. Just read all that shit and Mihai, no matter how long he's been in the 'scene' or whatever is a nasty fucker and pretty ignorant or in denial saying that no one who's top tourney level uses this "fancy shit" when it's blatentaly obvious they do all the time. He keeps going on about how it's all about fundamentals and the top level players have both their fundamentals and "fancy shit" locked down. I think he holds himself in higher regard then he actualy is. It's like someone's told him for the first time what these things mean and he's like "Oh yeah!? Yeah! That shit. I don't use any of that. I mean what use is any of it" to cover up. "
    I have to deal with this in RL. Hes an a good guy, this is the first time hes done this that i have seen. The worst part is that hes not trolling. he means it
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    #47  Edited By lordofultima
    @Jeffsekai said:
    " @Scooper said:
    " Wow. Just read all that shit and Mihai, no matter how long he's been in the 'scene' or whatever is a nasty fucker and pretty ignorant or in denial saying that no one who's top tourney level uses this "fancy shit" when it's blatentaly obvious they do all the time. He keeps going on about how it's all about fundamentals and the top level players have both their fundamentals and "fancy shit" locked down. I think he holds himself in higher regard then he actualy is. It's like someone's told him for the first time what these things mean and he's like "Oh yeah!? Yeah! That shit. I don't use any of that. I mean what use is any of it" to cover up. "
    I have to deal with this in RL. Hes an a good guy, this is the first time hes done this that i have seen. The worst part is that hes not trolling. he means it "
    Well yeah, that's what makes it sad. People out there are actually that ignorant.
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    #48  Edited By Jeffsekai
    @lordofultima: real talk man...
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    #49  Edited By Jeffsekai
    @Driadon said:
    " @lordofultima said:
    " Well Canada apparently loves the tutorials! Keep up the good work Canada! "
    Correction: good work London, Ontario. I understand what this guy is saying, but he makes it sound like any technical knowledge is useless. Hell, this tutorial told me that this shit exists period, and that alone is incredibly valuable. "
    HEY I LIVE THERE :D
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    #50  Edited By Necrotrophic

    some people on SRK just have shit fits over anything.

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