I play ryu. Yep,the go to guy for all new players and he happens to be my main guy. It's not like I haven't tried playing everybody. I've spent days playing guile,balrog,sagat,zengief non-stop and yet I'm never quite as comfortable as when I'm playing as Ryu. So I always feel wierd playing him online,there are SO many Kens online I feel wierd playing as his counterpart. Should I feel bad?


*Side problem* Holy shit T.Hawk needs to die in a fire,seriously I beat SFIV on medium so I thought I was getting better and I felt like I had a good grasp of the games concepts but good lord I was playing HD remix and I always make it up to T.Hawk and he fucking destories me. I can't hardly get more then a couple of hits before dying. Note I'm playing HD remix on EASY. EASY people.  Ugh.....

Don't feel bad about playing Ryu...by this point, I'm so used to fighting against Ryu, Ken and Akuma they're practically guaranteed wins.

"Don't feel bad about playing Ryu...by this point, I'm so used to fighting against Ryu, Ken and Akuma they're practically guaranteed wins."

Go ahead and play as Ryu.
Play as anyone you want, dude, whoever you enjoy playing as or/and are good with is cool.

I think generally people need to get over the whole 'everyone that plays <insert fighter here> is just a noob shit, of course there are people that will still mostly play Ryu or Ken, not all of them suck though, or it means that you suck in general if you do. I'm pretty used to fighting them by now, I can usually win fairly easy unless a player really knows what they're doing...still the bitching that people do is just old at this point. As you said, just use it to your advantage, if you're good with Ryu and people immediately think you a shit player, when they get wrecked they are probably crying then. So I'm sure its worth it in the end, use whoever you like and don't take the opinion of morons seriously.

"I play ryu. Yep,the go to guy for all new players and he happens to be my main guy. It's not like I haven't tried playing everybody. I've spent days playing guile,balrog,sagat,zengief non-stop and yet I'm never quite as comfortable as when I'm playing as Ryu. So I always feel wierd playing him online,there are SO many Kens online I feel wierd playing as his counterpart. Should I feel bad? *Side problem* Holy shit T.Hawk needs to die in a fire,seriously I beat SFIV on medium so I thought I was getting better and I felt like I had a good grasp of the games concepts but good lord I was playing HD remix and I always make it up to T.Hawk and he fucking destories me. I can't hardly get more then a couple of hits before dying. Note I'm playing HD remix on EASY. EASY people.  Ugh....."

Taylor Hawkins? (J/K)

"Taylor Hawkins? (J/K)"

I agree with the sentiments for T. Hawk.  He has way to much of a reach for that heavy low kick (And in general) and he has way to good of a forward jump compared to guys of a similar size.  On harder difficulties all he does is turtle then do that stupid dive that's difficult to block or counter unless I'm Cammy or Guile.  He somehow manages to get past Sagat's Tiger Knee and Uppercut with that stupid move.  I always dominate as Sagat on hard or expert until I get to him.  He's like a brick wall of game killing unfunness.  I always seem to quit after he beats me a couple times.  Or I get Bison and spam that move where he turns into a fireball as he flies across the screen (What's it called again?  You charge back then hit forward and punch.).

T-Hawk isn't that bad when it comes to his design, he isn't that bad. As for his move-set well.....It'd be nice if Capcom went back and reinvent T-Hawk if he returns in SFIV.

"T-Hawk isn't that bad when it comes to his design, he isn't that bad. As for his move-set well.....It'd be nice if Capcom went back and reinvent T-Hawk if he returns in SFIV."

It doesn't matter, when I play ranked matches, I only play as Ken because that's who I'm best with. People only care when they see you pick Ryu after you were picking someone else and changed your mind because they picked Ken. Play who your good with.

Theres seems to be a kind of a stigma around using the shotos (I blame the prevalent Ken abuse), but really, they're all perfectly legit characters (except Dan, lol), and I see no reason why you should feel even the slightest bit awkward or bad about maining Ryu. Dude's a savage, and he's a comfy character. Fuckin' run with it.

I would suggest that if you really, really want to pick up another character, play someone who is WAY different from any of the shotos. Play Rufus. Or maybe C. Viper. Give that weirdo El Fuerte a go - he's more fun than you might think. Point is, do something that totally flips your game on its head and is far, far away from what you might be accustomed to in playing Street Fighter. I don't have anything extremely concrete to back this advice up except that it has worked for me (in CvS2, I mained Blanka, Ken, and Geese, for example).

You're right about T. Hawk too. He's just ridiculous. I push a button, he smashes me. Ugh... it's stupid playing against the AI... don't let it get you down.