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Thanks for the advice, I tried it out a few times, still no luck. D< Just need practice.

We switched off a few times. lol But all the matches with you were me.

Yeah, I still can't get it and it annoys me to no end. I have yet to pull it off on anyone and even on training mode. There must be something to it that I'm missing. As for the links, it's really all practice. Pokes{or whatever the SF correct term is} have a a smaller frame window in SF than in BB, so they are harder to link. Basically just practice it and from there the game is pretty easy compared to BB.

ggs, I had a lot of fun. Thanks for inviting me. &You have the right idea, since your SSF4 mains are similar to your BB main. xD You play high risk-high reward character like Juri and Ragna. Um, just get her bnbs down and you already play footies as you should. Also, I tried that wall-bounce ultra set-up too and I kept dropping it. DX I have no idea why! With Juri I mean.

lol No worries, I'm the same way when I switch to SF. xD I keep trying to barrier burst out of combos and then realize it won't work. oo; Wait, what else did you change to your stick? I'm glad to hear you aren't going to main Ryu. I like him and all, but there is too many of them around already. I should have SSF4 by this weekend for sure, so we can play then. Though I still want to focus more on BB, because then I would get rusty for CS. How are you liking SSF4 so far, is it that much better than SF4?

First, I want to apologize about yesterday. I got booted. Er, it was a weird room anyway. What were you and Luke fighting over anyway? >>; &That heroic idiot person killed some of my brain cells... Anyway, she is mostly zoning, but some of her old rushdown is still there. j2c is unsafe on block now, but Matsu seems to be using it and the risk certainly is worth the reward. How much has Lambda changed from CT to CS? I never really looked into Nu, so it only seems like she can't count on swords as much any more. Same here. She seems like she would play like Dizzy, who I used to play in AC, but if she is going to be god tier, I won't even sub her seriously. I tried Hazama and he looks rather fun, so odds are I will go with him. If you sub him too, I can probably learn from that. Nah, you aren't an auto-pilot Nu. Funny how last night that Heroic person complained about D and you beat him without it. Sorry, I'm a little tired of "omgz the top 3, tierwhores!" shit.

From all the lurking I do, I couldn't help but notice that you make sticks. I have a Madcatz SF4 TE stick and all I'm really looking for is someone to swap the art and maybe the buttons. Could you do that, and if so, how much would you charge?

No worries, it's SF. xD What's there to it? tigertigertigertigerantiairtigertiger

It was out of dumb luck against another Rachel. Regardless, freakin' awesome. Can't wait for gadget finger. x3

I managed to IB>720 with Tager today. Felt good man, now I understand why you main him.

Sorry for the slow reply, mid-terms are getting the best of me. Five bucks says that most Nu players right now will drop Lambda. I hate to say it, but most of them will probably jump ship to Mu-12. I mean, we all know more than likely she will be god tier. Who do you plan to main/sub in CS? &Wow, you've already done your research, huh? Good, I expect great things from your Lambda. There are very few Nus that impress me, you are one of them. You don't keep your distance as much or depend on 5d, so you should be fine. Have you tried CS at all yet? As for winning, I have come to accept that I won't be winning as much, but at the very least, I want to give good players a good match and work on my skill. I've been looking at how Matsu goes about it, took notes and gave myself a few handicaps in ranked. Like no pumpkin, no BBL an entire match, etc. I need to learn to not lean on BBL a lot especially.

Good, so let's have a team tourney some time. :3 Are you up for it?

Holy shit someone left me a 6 part post... Alex I mean. xD Anyway, sorry for the slow reply, I've had mid-terms and whatnot. I always keep track of what I owe though, no worries there. -OCD much?- Damn, I wish I could play beatdown character. Well, I can do a pretty good job of it in SF4, but it really isn't my thing. Nice though, I've always had trouble with DP motions, well, I can do them...Just not as well as I would want to. Hazama has DP motions I think, not sure, so I need to get used to it and I kinda want to learn Ragna as well. Except I suck badly with him. ;-; But I really want to! You played on stick before? Then shouldn't learning now feel kinda easy compared to, say, it was your first time on stick? No worries, I'm the same way. x3 As for SSF4, sure. I plan to have team tourneys and whatnot. I'm pretty decent at it and my cousin is a beast, so I look forward to it! Who do you play? :3 I play Sagat, Balrog and Bison. I plan to add Dudley as well.

Oh, now it makes sense. I played your Ragna a few times in ranked. I got caught off guard, didn't expect that good of a Ragna. I'm pretty sure you were probably "lolscrub" the whole time. Regardless, I had fun. ggs. :3 It would be nice to play again.

So uh, we sticking to BB? xD But if you are getting SSF4, I can try to learn Dudley. SF4 just kinda sucked, so my cousin usually plays it, not me.

I have looked at a few of Matsu's CS matches and a combo video I found. I know there is already a section for that, but it's nice to get some feedback from another Rachel player. Like, what bnb do you think is more practical, what are the best option to abuse. Like 6a and all that, though it's not as great as it was before. We Rachel players are going to go through hell once CS is released, so getting input at little things that work, outside of combos(that may not be practical) would help greatly. Because in the end, we only have each other, right? Those who don't play her act like it's alright, but damage isn't the biggest issues, it's the fact that she has no way to get it and when she does, lol at her damage.

I still have trouble hitting Noel and Carl with 3c after summoning the pumpkin, outside the corner anyway, but it's getting there! As for that combo, nice. xD I have yet to land it on a Nu. I am landing it more and more often now, it is pretty damn sexy. By the way, dude, have you had a chance to try CS? I go to AI once or twice a month, and it was kinda depressing to play Rachel. I'm happy that my Rachel is improving, but only in CT and that obviously won't mean much in CS. Like I said earlier, I count far too much on BBL. Er, for instance: I will 6a them into BBL if I catch them in the corner and follow up with the usual frog and stuff. The thing is, that won't mean much in CS and well, yeah. What I'm getting at is if you've had more of a chance to play CS Rachel, what would you suggest working on? Also lol, yeah 6d j2c is risky, but it catches the opponent off guard. Obviously it should be using rarely.

Sorry for the slow reply, I wanted to try out some of the stuff you suggested before leaving this. Anyway, I have been using 3c pumpkin in corner situations, especially against Hakumens. I must say, it's pretty effective. I always wondered why my opponent was able to tech out of it, I guess it's because I waited till the frog got most of the hits. I will try out the mix ups you suggested, see how those work out. I've found myself using BBL a lot more now, and it kinda scares me, considering I can't count on that super damage in CS. Anywho,

Ah, I see. Oi, I really do need to work on my Rachel. But anyway, I never know what to expect when we play. xD When the round starts I expect you not to use D and then bam, sword. It caught me off guard the first time. But I'm glad it's helping, I can't wait to see what you do in CS. Things will shift quite a bit for everyone and I'm curious as to how everything will shape up. As in, who will still be doing well and whatnot. As much as I hate a nerfed down Rachel, I'm still happy to work on the basics. Er, but you're probably wondering how this is all relevant, it really isn't...Anyway, hopefully we get a better connection once you're back home, but I think a lot of the lag has to do with the EU release. It started for me around the end of March, so yeah...xD Another reason why I can't wait for CS. Sorry for the wall of text.

I was surprised you both did as well as you did, considering the conditions. Perhaps next time I will make a room when someone isn't draining my connection.

You would think the lag would make IBing impossible and therefore making Hakumen suck... God damn, ggs though. I wasn't sure if you and Minion had ever played before, so I made the room. He's rarely on, so took the chance, despite the lag.

Hey Cake, sorry. x.x; I'm usually connected directly, but not atm, so when someone uses their laptop, it all goes to hell...Damn router.

You do realize I am now determined to at least do it once, right? D< You have insulted my honor.