A month or so back i found out that there was a Street Fighter 4 scene in my area after posting a bunch on the SRK thread I deiced to go (Really it was 2am when I found it and I had already decided to go). My first time going was less than amazing, I was still playing Balrog at the time and I didn't win a single match it sucked. Also going from Online where you see different characters every other game (and crazy combos) to a group of Sagat, Balrog and Ryu (Guile and Honda also made an appearance) was kinda depressing.  I could not stand for this, so I went home dropped Blarog completely and went back to Blanka. This was due to there already being a Balrog there (2 even) and me not really liking his play style. Anyways I also orderd a glove the next week so that i can take my Blanka game to the next level. 
 
 
     Fast forward 4 weeks and my gloves have been here for a bit and my Blanka is back on top. Last Thursday I went to the meeting and payed the 2$ entry fee to compete in the tournament,  my first match was up against a solid Bison (Bison is a bad match for Blanka) which kinda sucked. But hey that's life. I lost and went to losers, there I went on what I would describe as a rampage (not really) and beat 3 people (one of which doesn't play SF4 a lot) in a row. The last match (be fore finals) was against a very 
 solid Guile but I manged to beat him. Which bring me to the Losers Finals and I had to fight the same Bison. Here's a video.
 
 
 

     A month or so back i found out that there was a Street Fighter 4 scene in my area after posting a bunch on the SRK thread I deiced to go (Really it was 2am when I found it and I had already decided to go). My first time going was less than amazing, I was still playing Balrog at the time and I didn't win a single match it sucked. Also going from Online where you see different characters every other game (and crazy combos) to a group of Sagat, Balrog and Ryu (Guile and Honda also made an appearance) was kinda depressing.  I could not stand for this, so I went home dropped Blarog completely and went back to Blanka. This was due to there already being a Balrog there (2 even) and me not really liking his play style. Anyways I also orderd a glove the next week so that i can take my Blanka game to the next level. 
 
 
     Fast forward 4 weeks and my gloves have been here for a bit and my Blanka is back on top. Last Thursday I went to the meeting and payed the 2$ entry fee to compete in the tournament,  my first match was up against a solid Bison (Bison is a bad match for Blanka) which kinda sucked. But hey that's life. I lost and went to losers, there I went on what I would describe as a rampage (not really) and beat 3 people (one of which doesn't play SF4 a lot) in a row. The last match (be fore finals) was against a very 
 solid Guile but I manged to beat him. Which bring me to the Losers Finals and I had to fight the same Bison. Here's a video.
 
 
 

Oh and here is the Grand Finals so you guys can see what that looked like.
 
 

BLANKA HYPE ALL THE WAY BABY!!!!!!!!!!             
 
It does get tiring fighting Sagats, Ryus, and Rogs all the time so that's why online is fun.  You get see see different characters a lot.  I need to learn the Bison match as well.  When ever I play against a really good one, I usually lose.
 
Did I mention that Blanka is sexy?

I love watching blanka provided it's not me facing him.
 
HYPE GOTTEN!

Dude you can rent a cabinet? Man I really missed out during the 90's. 
 
BLANKA SUCKS BTW 
 
sorry jeff

You will always be free to me <3
 
Good job though :)

I would think Rufus used pretty often too, but hey, the only person I have problems with out of those five are Honda.
But you're using Blanka now? I'm so bad against Blanka it isn't funny, we should play some matches soon.

oh man, i need to go play some street fighter RIGHT NOW!!
 
(get hype)

blanka is my main
blanka love ftw! 
 
 
 PS... i hate fighting against balrog and bison

Great job with the green man of awesome! HYPE GOTTEN!

" I would think Rufus used pretty often too, but hey, the only person I have problems with out of those five are Honda. But you're using Blanka now? I'm so bad against Blanka it isn't funny, we should play some matches soon. "

" oh man, i need to go play some street fighter RIGHT NOW!!
 
(get hype) "

You bought a glove to play SF4?

" You bought a glove to play SF4? "

" 1. Pianoing which is pressing 5 x Punches/Kicks in rapid succession so that the move comes out this does not use a glove. The problem with this one is that it is not very reliable and you get the EX version alot of the time. "

" @Jeffsekai said:

" 1. Pianoing which is pressing 5 x Punches/Kicks in rapid succession so that the move comes out this does not use a glove. The problem with this one is that it is not very reliable and you get the EX version alot of the time. "

lol that's exactly what I say about sliding: that it's unreliable. maybe not so much the ex part but when I piano I definitely have a higher execution rate. I think the reason why you can piano and get ex moves is because it happens so fast that you run into problems with negative edge. I'd say that if you haven't practiced pianoing or sliding, sliding is going to be way more accurate. However in the long run after lots of practice/muscle memory I think pianoing's the way to go. Especially if you're doing honda combos (such as jab hhs, hhs) where you need to place the last button (hp) of a mash move within a 2 frame window it's better to piano. You need to have exact control (within 1-2) frames over when you hit that last button and I've always felt that sliding is too sloppy for such strict timing.  Some odd stereotypes I've noticed from reading srk: Chun/blanka players mash......gen players slide.......and Honda players piano "

" @Thrawn said:

" @Jeffsekai said:

" 1. Pianoing which is pressing 5 x Punches/Kicks in rapid succession so that the move comes out this does not use a glove. The problem with this one is that it is not very reliable and you get the EX version alot of the time. "

lol that's exactly what I say about sliding: that it's unreliable. maybe not so much the ex part but when I piano I definitely have a higher execution rate. I think the reason why you can piano and get ex moves is because it happens so fast that you run into problems with negative edge. I'd say that if you haven't practiced pianoing or sliding, sliding is going to be way more accurate. However in the long run after lots of practice/muscle memory I think pianoing's the way to go. Especially if you're doing honda combos (such as jab hhs, hhs) where you need to place the last button (hp) of a mash move within a 2 frame window it's better to piano. You need to have exact control (within 1-2) frames over when you hit that last button and I've always felt that sliding is too sloppy for such strict timing.  Some odd stereotypes I've noticed from reading srk: Chun/blanka players mash......gen players slide.......and Honda players piano "

What ever. I see you trying to do hands and getting a C.HP half the time. I slide once and get SLAP CHOP! "