From: skillian@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Seth James Killian)
Subject: Re: SF2 regulars at UIUC.
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 05:16:14 GMT

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

>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
>------
>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
>-------------------------
>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 (?)
>------------------------
>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"
>-------------------------------
>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...

	In defense of my numerous posts, I will say that my life has shriveled
	and died since finals began.  I can't get away from studying long enough	to do anything but spew SF2 crap to other pitiful USENET addicts...
	I will only comment on my own "review", but I encourage all the other
	regulars to talk back too.  You make us all sound like SCRUBS for 
	God's sake, if I was reading this, I would sure think I sucked!  First
	off, I will grudgingly accept the moniker "Annoying Ryu" but I got stuck	with this, Cybergeek got to make up his own, and just cause I don't
	change my sig.... Anyways...
	About Ryu:  I must accept most of your criticism's, but with regards to 	my style, you forgot to mention the HK!  It is this that I proudly 
	consider my most annoying trait.  I think I have title for "master of
	the annoying HK".  No one else seems to share my fondness for this moves
	near infinite utility.  It serves as my main ground to air defense (the
	Dragon Punch crutch), offers increased range to my FB trap, and is 
	boundless fun when you can HK over FB's at any time (you guys still 
	don't see it coming!) The HK trades damage better than any other move
	I can think of as well.  Secondly, although I do have a soft spot 
	against Bison (unless I'm ticking like there is no tomorrow) I think 
	most of us do.  And vs. Blanka?  I love fighting Blanka.  Excepting
	Ming's Blanka, which uses the same basic style as my own, I can beat
	_all_ of the numerous Blanka masters, about 80-95% of the time.  Also,
	I consider my Blanka to be at least as (probably more) devastating than
	Ryu.  Many others laugh, but they have not seen "Evil Blanka".  I also
	play Dhalsim and Sagat and Vega (even a little Guile!).  I think that
	our schedules have drifted apart for some time, I have changed somewhat
	considerably.  I also think that you are just sore cause of all the     	times I've roundhoused Guile out of the air :).  I think the roundhouse
	is actually _better_ than the DP for knocking Guile down, but this is 
	P$#^^^#$%^@%^(%&^%&%&#%^()^&$#^*&(%^#@!@%^*%^*$^&#@$^@%&*^#@@%$%^&**@&%!a
	D
	a separate thread.  Look what you've done to me!  Sent me rambling on
	a defensive rampage.  Anyway, come by and see the "new" Annoying Ryu,
	I think you'll be unpleasantly surprised :).  Also, any other feedback
	from you other regulars is also more than welcomed.  Use e-mail or feel
	free to continue making me look bad with your net posts.

		Seth Killian

>AstralWolf AKA Jim Loverde
>--------------------------
>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
>-----------------------------------
>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... 



>-- 
> Kenneth C. Wang	| University Of Illinois Champaign-Urbana	
> 			| Internet: c-wang@uiuc.edu