From: cw21219@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Crying Freeman)
Subject: SF2 regulars at UIUC.
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 04:12:37 GMT

Since it seems the "regulars at UIUC seem to be quite
vocal on the net, I thought maybe you guys would be
interested in an overview of the players here at the
U of I. (From one perspective anyways)

Myself
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My main character is Guile, and I think I'm one of the
best overall players around here. Since I'm a renmant
from last years "tick" masters, I believe I'm one of
the better tickers (and counterers) here. I've been
playing some Bison lately, but am basically only
a "master" of Guile. I can play the other characters
above scrub level, and can win because of throwing
and can do most special moves and basic combos for
basically all characters. I am completely pathetic
with Zangief though...

Cybergeek AKA Eu-Ming Lee
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I'm sure most regular readers of the net are aware of 
this guy. He's not the best player of any one character,
but he's a near master with ALL the characters... Of 
the players here, he's probably the most aware of the
subtle nuances in the game. He's also probably the
best thrower (and counterthrower) This isn't saying
he dominates and wins all the time, in fact I haven't
seen this happen in a LONG time, but in terms of
timing, ranging, spacing and the nuances he's on
of the best.

Quasiboombi AKA Amin (?)
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Though he doesn't use the net, he is our resident
Ken combo master. You name the combo, he's done it.
He's probably the ultimate "style" player here.
He doesn't ever throw after a blocked attack
(tick) at least not intentionally... However,
since he is also a remnant of the "ticking" 
era, he's one of the better counter throwers here
as well.

Seth Killian AKA "Annoying Ryu"
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I'm sure you've all seen his 20 posts per day :)
Anyways, he's predominantly a Ryu player. Hmmm...
How should I describe this... You know the
fireball-fireball-ROUNDHOUSE kick players?
Yup. Seth is the epitome of one of these players.
In terms of style, he plays the "safe" style.
His ultimate goal is to win. He doesn't really
take risks except against scrubs. In terms of
combos, he's probably one of the weakest "comboers"
His main "combo" is jumping roundhouse, short dragon punch.
Originally, we called him one of the "non-dragon
punching Ryus" (We got a few of 'em)
Despite all of this though, he does win his fair
share of matches. I'd say his main weakness is
against masters of characters which require a
consistent dragon punch (Blanka, Bison, esp.)
His main strentgh lies in his ranging...

AstralWolf AKA Jim Loverde
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Still on the brink of becoming a master, I feel.
He's learned how to play many characters on the
SNES, but he's not the typical weak SNES player
cause he actually plays regularly in the arcade.
He's one of the local Sagat players... He has a
pretty reliable "deep Tiger Uppercut", but hasn't
quite risen to the status of "master Sagat" He
is definitely a "style" player rather than a "safe"
player. He is capable of "ugly" style (ugly ticks)
and has no qualms about using them. (I consider this
a positive attribute.)  


Dark Lord of the Sith (?) AKA Caine
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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.



We also have our slew of Ken/Ryu pseudo masters as well
as pseudo masters of other characters, but since they
don't really post on the net, I didn't bother to include
them... Maybe when I have more time... 



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 Kenneth C. Wang	| University Of Illinois Champaign-Urbana	
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