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restive mixup is great, but it's all she has that's actually gay. it's like saying johnny has amazing mixup because of ji divine blade. and even though may's pokes are good, you can counter-poke her all the same. i think japan put it at 5-5 for a reason.

i was talking specifically about round start with 5HS and 3HS. at neutral, you should be doing your best to stay just out of range of her f.S/6HS and punishing those with 6HS, like i said before (in other words, let her press a button first). and of course 5K rules the matchup, because it's johnny's best poke, period. but at the same time, people are always on the lookout for your 5K, which is why we even have to discuss matchups at all. may has crazy mixup? really? you should be able to react to the fake dust with no problem; block high and react to her pulling her arm in if she does the fake. as for her command grab, it's like any other; you ib whatever she does before it and jump out. you can't react to it obviously, but it's not particularly difficult to predict, either. leads into a lot of damage when you do guess wrong, but hardly a mind fuck like say, eddie mixup. anyways, my worst matchups are faust, robo-ky, dizzy and baiken. i guess eddie too, but mostly just because i haven't fought eddie in well over a year now. oh, one more; ZAPPA.

what i wouldn't give to meet the real TOKiMONSTA...

i was referring to sbo 08, but whatever. point is; if you're going to hate on xi, it shouldn't be because it's imbalanced. i also fail to see how the game is "bad" because it doesn't have footsies, but i can accept that some people don't like that on principle.

i guess 98um is awful because everyone has krauser on their team?

if you wanna stuff may at round start, 5HS is your best bet, though 2D and 3HS can work as well. otherwise, just backdash or block low. when may's on the ground, i would advise against throwing any coins at neutral, because she can punish with a lot of nasty things (running 6P, running 3K, etc). save your coins for when she's already in blockstun. also, get really good at confirming 6HS, because it'll counter poke may's f.S and 6HS at max range (5HS will trade at any range she should be using it at, and that's a terrible trade for you). also, be careful when using f.S; it's great for counter poking, but awful at neutral. when may's in the air, i wouldn't even let her get within 6P range; just upper mistfiner her any time she's in the air- especially if she's fishing for that j.HS, because a counter hit level 1 can be confirmed into a nasty air combo near the corner (remember, it has no proration). vs dolphins, just block. yeah, you _can_ possibly 5HS may if she tries to jump in or something, but the risk is simply not worth it if you ask me. plus, she's fucking may; her mixup isn't that good, she just does a lot of damage (especially off of counter hits, lol). just learn to block whatever bad mixups your local may player does and don't give her the counter hit she's looking for. for oki, just do whatever. her only good reversal is the spinny super, and you can actually bait that with 3HS (it'll lose, but at max range you're pushed back far enough to punish with whatever afterwards). force this bitch to block you for once. was there anything else anyone was wondering about?

whichever i can get rides for

actually, would it be cool if we played this ae instead? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8dHg-qvPYw

i'm going to be far away from all you knob gobblers come monday.

cvs2 places a lot of emphasis on footsies and gives you retarded shit like rc lightning and 3 frame fierce/roundhouses; xi places a lot of emphasis on mixups and gives you retarded shit like gato and jenet vortex. there's no denying that xi isn't a "real" kof, but i fucking love xi because it's crazy as hell. same reason people like cvs2; not because it's the worthy successor to st, but because it's a crazy fun game.

hahah, you don't want any of my cs vids. they're a combination of still playing ct hakumen and trolling. here, in case you still wanted to see them, here's my first time playing cs: and here's me trolling.

xi is to mixups what cvs2 is to footsies, and that's why it's fucking amazing.

i called this a year ago, but my post has since been deleted. can we all just play guilty gear again?

see this as an opportunity to take some of what you've learned and apply it to a better game.

you really don't understand hakumen if you think walking forward is ever part of his plan. but, i take it this was a jab at me being bad or something, so cool. maybe you don't want to hear it from me, but you've really progressed as a player and i respect that. but please, stick to what you know. also scott, you've inspired me to write a greasemonkey script to filter out posts by certain users. now i won't have to go through the pain of reading a post by you or zidane ever again.

could you elaborate a bit on the rationale behind this? i'm trying this in training mode and it seems the only way to beat f.S with 6P is to straight up yomi it. and if that's the case, why not go for something that's both better and easier to do? like say, backdash 6HS? leads to a nice mist stance dash jackhound, ready to make your opponent frustrated and want to burst.

because i saw you play hakumen and you play him by-the-book american style; you beat jared with him because he doesn't know the matchup. you're no better a hakumen player than most of the ones i've seen in the states, so i know exactly how to beat you. this isn't shit talk or OOOOOOH or anything like that, just honesty. if people are losing to your hakumen, it's because they don't know the matchup.

lol, this is rich. i don't think anyone needs to say anything more at this point. i look forward to our mirror match in loser's bracket.

i would like to play st or cvs2, but i've missed those boats by a good ten years. oh well, there's always gg.

i don't play the matchup, so of course not. i don't even play the game, lol. spark aside, i don't think there's a single hakumen worth mentioning in the us. and i know exactly how american hakumens play, because i'm constantly telling them not to do the dumb things they (and you) do.

lol, i saw you play hakumen vs jared and it made me sad. i would money match if i wasn't broke, so i might just have to enter the tournament instead.

for what it's worth, i don't hold dacid's loss against tokido against him, nor do i think i could beat his bang ft10. and ernest, that's exactly right. i was just pointing out how norcal loves to give throat.

you placed in guilty gear tournaments? in america? holy shit, you must have been amazing.

i secretly want to start playing sfiv. don't tell anyone though or else they'll laugh at me and call me names.

i guess. i really wanna try ae though.