Please give KOF another shot Papstr. I think you will like the more aggressive footsies over SF's and also you can jump in KOF. Plus I'll help teach you (and anyone else) the game.
As an akihiko player the one area that makes me feel uncomfortable against Elizabeth is mid range where she throws the cards at you. you can 2B from that range consistently if he tries to jump at you and your j.b works well since he has no option but to block it if you space it correctly.
So on the weekend of the tournament around saturday at 11 p.m. arcrevo is going to start streaming. I was thinking after the tournament we hang out play games and watch the arcrevo stream at someone's place. If Kyle and his crew comes we can do it in a hotel with wifi.