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Eh, I suppose I'll try and make this since I haven't been to a tourney since Belfast like 6 months ago. Looking forward to throwing my $10 away.

I was probably just being salty and overly negative. Not long after complaining I played a few Yu's online and tried some of the stuff suggested, it really helped a lot. Basically, everything you said is true. It's definitely not a great match-up but it's also not that bad. Also, totally forgot Akihiko has a counter. Whoops...

I don't know the frames on j.C or C either but they both seem to be heavily dependent on height (j.C) and distance ©. If you're a little too high with j.C and it gets blocked you'll probably end up paying for it. I generally don't use C since it's very slow and I've been hit out of it almost every time. Though I suppose if you were calling out Yu mashing 5B or 2B then you could potentially get a CH. But on block I'm pretty sure that C is more unsafe than j.C, it's also slower. In general I've found j.C to be of far more use than C. D, in my experience, is pretty much useless in this match-up. Not that you'll find many Yu's just throwing out Ziodyne (I think that's its name, the lightning super), but after IBing it, assuming they don't RC, it's punishable by B kill rush. So, you know. There's that.

My two least favorite characters... ugh. I'll be scrubbing it up as Akihiko, the manliest of boxers and the lowest of tier. Actually, is he low-tier? I don't remember.

Why am I even playing this character? Oh wait, because he's awesome! I wasn't really mashing it out, but trying it at different times to try and find openings. Apparently blocking is really the only option I have.

Yu's tool that goddamn sword's range and amazing 5D oki on knockdown Akihiko's answer block... I guess. Hope Yu messes up at some point. I've tried Double Uppercutting out of his pressure, but most of the time it just gets stuffed. ----------------------- Akihiko's tools Duck and weave baby, duck and weave. Even that doesn't work a lot of the time. Yu's answer Uhhh, everything... All of Aki's pressure is pretty much DP-able and his persona is not useful for anything other than random hits occasionally. Yu will outpoke Aki no matter what. His mix-up and pressure make it difficult for Akihiko to do anything. Once he gets momentum it can be incredibly difficult just to get out of his pressure. If you end up in the corner, you might as well burst because if the Yu is any good you won't be getting out. Oh, and if by chance you do block Big Gamble then he can still cancel to Cross Slash (in Awakening) which is pretty much safe. ----------------------- Maybe I just suck, but this match-up is giving me a really hard time. I can't get in, and if I do I get almost nothing for it. Yu's damage and reset potential just keeps forcing me to block constantly. It feels like playing against Yu is just "Down-Back: The Game"

I got nothing. I just keep eating axe all the time. This game sucks...

I know that. Just look at Valk. Nerfed every iteration yet still exceedingly good. FC 5B though was pretty bullshit. Im glad they got rid of that. I heard that people were saying that Akihiko was too strong and he did too much damage and that's why he got nerfed. But, it didn't seem like that many people we're doing well with him so I guess someone just hates the poor guy.

correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Chie get nerfed before the console release? Also, isn't she still really good. I keep seeing a lot of people playing her. She seems to have strong pressure and decent damage output, not to mention a pretty good counter.

P4U... not bad... Naoto/Akihiko are easily my favorites.

the sheep stares at you for like the last 20 seconds of the gif... I'm freaking out man

so what do I win?

Dunno if you guys have seen this yet. I am very, very, excite.

nice...

course, I plan on playing Naoto or Yousuke

Haha! After much traveling and hardship I have finally reached America's heartland... Northern Virginia... I mentioned before that I wanted to start a scene around here and a few people seemed interested. I was thinking I would try and get the gamertags and psn ids of as many people as possible and try to start organizing something. btw, my gamertag is TagerFTW and my psn id is gadgetfinger

Yes!!! We can do this! Haha! I'll start a VA scene if it kills me.

It's worth a try I suppose.

seriously? It's just netplay heroes around here? Come on, even Ireland had a damn scene. Alright first I suppose I need to find out who's in the area. Don't be shy people, if you live in northern Virginia speak up, unless you dont play BB, then I don't care... but seriously who lives here?

Damn... Looks like I'll have to start my own scene. Casuals at my place!...when I get a place...

In a few weeks I'll finally be back in my homeland of NoVA (not really my homeland). Where do people meet up for casuals and crap? I didn't read through all the pages, there's like 300 of them, is the only arcade type place that Xanadu in Baltimore? Or is there somewhere closer to the Leesburg/Ashburn /DC area?

well this sucks... turns out I won't be able to make it after all. Oh well, if people go during the weekend I might be able to make it out then, but that's iffy at best.

I'm also going to be in San Mateo very soon, today actually, I'm not sure how often people show up but it'd be great to play some norcal BB players. I should be at Gamecenter sometime this afternoon, if anyone is going.

I'm honestly surprised Noel's 2D ever beat Tager's 2D, the amount of active frames alone should've stuffed her 2D. Generally you don't want to use drives to stop 2D, it'll nearly always beat whatever you use and give Tager a free CH combo which can lead to quite a bit of damage and of course GF oki. If you're close enough you can hit Tager before 2D starts and you'll get a crouching CH, but if it's active frames have already begun than you're best bet is to either try and jump away or just block and be prepared for a game of rock, paper, scissors where no matter what you chose, you are still are at a disadvantage. I hate this match up, it cost me grand finals and my undefeated streak at the last tournament I was at.

Well, like I said, 6D sure ain't the safest option but if you always 5A after Deadspike then you become very predictable. 6D is just a once every so often option to mix it up and keep your opponent guessing. It is by no means the go-to move post deadspike.