Be glad when wensday gets here and I get my copy that I already paid for fully...then I can remove my um other copy and go online finally. Downside of living in the midwest it will ship tuesday but wont get to EBgames till wensday morning.

Oh well back to practicing...

There IS a risk to Ultra... it's called missing a bunch of your life... and the idea that Ultra only goes to the loser is silly.  Most often both players will have Ultra, and in the case that one does not, it means they have near full life and if they are unlucky enough to get hit with Ultra than they would gain Ultra because of the damage.  If Ultra is so easy to do all the time then the person who got hit with Ultra should just do theirs back, honestly.

You ever seen a Seth vs Seth when they both have their Ultra?  That is a trippy mind-game right there.

Jul 1, 2009 -- 2:45PM, Exogen wrote:

GREAT JOB capcom in giving the loser of the fight a TOTAL come back move.

That's how it is in this game, deal with it.

This is just your pet peave, I don't see any scrubs and newbs winning tournaments on account of the ultra combo.

The better players win them, now why do you suppose that is?

Jul 3, 2009 -- 2:30PM, Exogen wrote:

I guess you like games that are self contradictory and have poor game design then? that's cool. nice argument btw, very poetic and logical.

Just because you don't like something or wish it was different doesn't make it bad game design.

If the game is too defensive for your taste or you think it is unfair or lopsided that every single character has an ultra available when they take x damage, it's just your opinion.

You like games that are different. That doesn't make this game bad.

Jul 7, 2009 -- 1:35PM, Exogen wrote:

defense is reactive by definition.

offense is predictive by definition.

prediction involves thought where as reaction only involves conditioning.

therefore offense involves thought while defense does not.

That is one of the most incorrect blanket statments I've ever seen.

Every single person who's been playing SF more than a week or so should be aware that there are (among other things):

1. Offensive players who do the same conditioned thing over and over without thinking

2. Very clever, crafty, and predictive defensive players.

Heh the whole Chun-Li thing is kind of hilarious. It's actually a good way to throw your opponent off which I love doing to Chun-li's and Abels. 

I come across one so I gladly start throwing Hadoukens at them cause this make's them think all I do is spam Hadoukens. Then once their Ultra or Super is full it's now turned into a mind game. Cause they expect me to throw a Hadouken and start waiting for it hehe. Chun-Li's will either be crouched on the ground or continuously backing up and Abel's will just stand there. And then once I don't throw a single one they're all thrown off their game and I go in with the cross-ups =P 

I'll admit when I first started playing the game I used to get caught by those Ultra's all the time.

I got like my own lil' rule book running through my head when I play though. Don't jump over ryu when he has a super or ultra, don't throw hadoukens when chun-li and abel's meters are full, when zangief lariats count the seconds and jump in mid way though it to land an attack. Knock down a shoto or sagat and then sit next to them and wait for them to wake up into what's usually a uppercut then grab or sweep kick. If M. Bison goes for a head stomp, EX Shoryuken him or dash forward and grab once he lands. I'm always trying to think of ways to read/psyche out my opponents. 

Still haven't got an answer for Vega, Guile, or Blanka though. Can't really predict Dhalsim to well either but luckily I rarely run into him.

Jul 7, 2009 -- 3:11PM, Artsta wrote:

Heh the whole Chun-Li thing is kind of hilarious. It's actually a good way to throw your opponent off which I love doing to Chun-li's and Abels. 

I come across one so I gladly start throwing Hadoukens at them cause this make's them think all I do is spam Hadoukens. Then once their Ultra or Super is full it's now turned into a mind game. Cause they expect me to throw a Hadouken and start waiting for it hehe. Chun-Li's will either be crouched on the ground or continuously backing up and Abel's will just stand there. And then once I don't throw a single one they're all thrown off their game and I go in with the cross-ups =P 

I'll admit when I first started playing the game I used to get caught by those Ultra's all the time.

I got like my own lil' rule book running through my head when I play though. Don't jump over ryu when he has a super or ultra, don't throw hadoukens when chun-li and abel's meters are full, when zangief lariats count the seconds and jump in mid way though it to land an attack. Knock down a shoto or sagat and then sit next to them and wait for them to wake up into what's usually a uppercut then grab or sweep kick. If M. Bison goes for a head stomp, EX Shoryuken him or dash forward and grab once he lands. I'm always trying to think of ways to read/psyche out my opponents. 

Still haven't got an answer for Vega, Guile, or Blanka though. Can't really predict Dhalsim to well either but luckily I rarely run into him.

Good chun's can be charging the move while using a frame buffer to throw it out at you...