From: cw21219@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Crying Freeman)
Subject: Re: SF2 regulars at UIUC.
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 06:42:42 GMT

caine@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Dark Lord of the Sith) writes:

>cw21219@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Crying Freeman) writes:




>>Dark Lord of the Sith (?) AKA Caine
>>-----------------------------------
>>Basically, one of the many Ken "experts" in the
>>arcade. Not quite master level, but not a scrub
>>either. He's been playing Sagat lately I believe.
>>I think his main weakness would be counterthrowing,
>>but I usually play a low-throw style against him
>>so I haven't really put this to the test. I guess
>>I don't really have much to say except he's basically
>>your standard Ken/Ryu/Sagat player who can dp/tiger/etc.
>>consistently.

>Yeah, yeah, I'm one of those Ken, Ryu, Sagat, and Vega guys.  I play a risky
>type of game, and therefore I don't win very much.  I know a lot about the
>game, but when the joystick doesn't work...arrrggghh.  I hate that.  I quite
>better at throwing than he said, but countering is not a strong point, suffice
>to say, given the opportunity, I'll throw your ass.  I don't tick too much,
>but I can do it.  One thing I'm working on is figuring out the timing on Vega's

As I mentioned, I never really tested your counterthrowing ability,
cause for some reason, we always end up having low tick matches when
we play each other...

I didn't say you CAN'T throw! :)

Anyways, I just assumed your countering wouldn't be as strong because
at the beginning of the semester, you were an anti-tick advocate. :)

>air choke throw, and also trying to break the Sagat pattern play that has 
>become very popular.  May main difficulties lie in fighting against tickers,
>fighting vs. Blanka w/ Sagat, and I STILL have problems vs. Zangief.  Grrr...
>My downfall is a falling apart at the end of the round or match.  I usually
>get ahead, and then start to tail off in the end...but if it happens to me
>(getting behind early) I can fight back and make it interesting and still
>lose.  That sucks.

>More on da tough guy Eu-Ming:
>He probably has not won a lot lately because everyone is getting better.  He
>plays a high precision game, that's very tough to beat.  He experiments with
>lots of new stuff, like the standing roundhouse DP.  Seeing him play one-
>handed is cool, too bad he's leaving in a few days :(.  I'm sure that he
>could play all day on one quarter if he wanted to.  Cheap Fridays when he
>was there was always a great laugh...too bad this is the last one.  One of
>the craziest things I've seen was on a Cheap Friday:  instead of cheaping,
>he did combo attacks the whole round.  He did not let up, he'd jump in and
>do some absurd combo while the poor sap blocked it all...combo after combo,
>of course all the hits were blocked, but still cool.  He even taught me some
>things...

True. That's one thing I should have mentioned, he experiments to try to
figure out EVERYTHING possible in the game. I can think of days where he
would just try to practice his shortkick dragon punch combo... In addition,
he would sometimes put him self in "tick" or disadvantaged situations
to see if he could get out...

>More about "Annoying Ryu":
>The best with the HK I have seen.  He does that thing at the strangest times
>to get the draino hits that win you matches.  That fireball trap of his
>is impeccable.  Doesn't DP much, but helluva lot more than he used to.
>Has a good combo, just one albeit: flying roundhouse, ducking strong, jab
>DP.  Quite effective.  Very good thrower, he makes you pay for mistakes
>every time.  Better with Ryu than eveyone else recently.  Very solid.  Think
>he learned a lot from Ming also.

Yeah, I another thing I forgot to mention is that Seth IS one of the strongest
counter throwers here. I remember when he completely couldn't counter and
I believe he went with Ming on some "training missions" at Space Port. 


>Obviously, we have a good crop here.  There a dozens more of good players here.
>We didn't mention the "What der fock?!" guy...he's a real character (he POUNDS
>the buttons, probably responsible for 99% of joystick and button damage!).  Lots
>of other faces in the sea.  The Evil Bison guy here is amazing...when he 
>gets going, cheese starts flying.  Incredible!  

I didn't have time to mention non-Usenet SF2 masters here... (Not the
the "What der fock" guy is a master... but he's a pretty cool guy...)
BTW we used to call him the Puerto Rican FOB Spaz. (Don't ask, we 
have lots of really wierd nicknames for people...)

Evil Bison? I think you mean the "Babyfaced Thug" He's also pretty
decent at most of the other characters... He used to be a Blanka
player on Classic...

>I'm what could be called a precision player:  I rely heavily on the joystick
>doing precisely what I want.  So a bad joystick leads to difficult playing,
>and to make matters worse, the stick is like stubble (quite short).  Enough...

>Caine Schneider
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