rurouni572

I guess I'll have to brush up on my motions. I always seem to backdash whenever I try to parry out of block.

Any tips on Tsubaki? I'm having trouble getting around that damn 5B. My friend and I aren't that good, so using the tail above him seems to get him every time, but I feel like that's a horrible habit. Is the answer just space better?

A Makoto team won lol. YESSS!

Ah, I see. Boy, time to learn another combo T_T. I got a generic corner combo, midscreen combo, and I'm working on the midscreen PF combo. Now I have to find a CH j.b combo >_<.

Question about her j.B. I see everywhere that "it's amazing" but I can't seem to hit crouching opponents with it. Is it just that it recovers really quickly?

Alright...I read through all 30 pages and it seems the 214B~B > j.D question has already been asked and answered a couple times already so cool. I'm still missing the 214A~CCCCC half the time and I'm confident I'm buffering the 214 correctly. Normally I don't mash combos, but for the 214A~CCCCC part I input the 214A and just mash C. Might this be why it's not connecting?

Hello everyone. I'm a Rachel main but after watching some Makoto and how fun her combos look I have been inspired to pick her up. Possibly even switch mains =X. Are her challenge mode combos a good place to start? I got through 1-7, having difficulty with 8 and 9, not gonna attempt 10 until a little later. The part I'm having the most trouble with in 9 is the 214B~B > JC > j.D > 2366A~D. I was reading that I have to delay the ~B, but I still seem to whiff the 2366A. Do I have to do the j.D really quickly after the 214B~B? Also, for some reason for the midscreen combo 5BCC > 6B > 5C > 214A~CCCCC, I'm missing the 214~CCCCC about 50% of the time. Does the input just need to be faster? I'll try to put up a video soon to demonstrate what I'm talking about.

Question on the inputs for lvl2 j.2c from 5b (or any combo requiring j.c into j.2c). Is the motion 5b JC j.c 2d THEN jump cancel j.2c or j.c JUMP CANCEL then 2d j.2c?

Oh man...Reading Soniti and Kro's posts are making my heart sink. I was hoping there's still some game breaking secret tactics that we have yet to discover that'll make Rachel viable/CT tier, but seeing those two posts is really disheartening. Is there anything we can do other than to just "deal with it" or pick a new main? In the wave of new 2D fighters, I figure developers should have somewhat of a better idea to balance characters. To make a character almost completely unviable without that being the intention from the beginning (i.e. joke characters) seems so last decade.

I don't know if this was changed between loke tests/release, but does pumpkin no longer have a timer? I only see a timer for george in the videos I've watched so far. Also, again, I haven't played the game yet and probably won't until FFA gets it, but honestly, from the vids, she doesn't look as bad as people are making her out to be. It's not the same Rachel as CT but her zoning seems pretty good still, based off the no pumpkin timer that I may or may not have seen correctly. Who knows. I haven't played enough Rachel in CT to make any sort of credible judgment but in my opinion, being this early in the game (4 days since release) and in the videos seeing her sort of holding her own, there still maybe be a chance!

This was posted in the general BB:CS video thread: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gffe3hdj75o A lot of 6b guard libra breaking going on in the first round. I think Noel's libra was down to 1 point 2 times during that one. I don't exactly know how safe that option is since there's that startup time on 6b. It looked like her zoning game didn't change much. As a new rachel player I don't know what else I can comment on, or if my conclusions on CS rachel are even valid at all based on my knowledge on CT rachel. In my opinion, though, that match made rachel look not as bad as people feared she'd be. That airdash air iris combo looked kinda cool =S.

Thanks for the advice. Could you clarify one thing though? Do you mean full screen interrupt, or interrupt him when he's running in? In terms of block, I guess I should be more patient. My friend does really predictable block strings, but I think I get too antsy and try to punish everything. It's usually 5c 5d then either ice sword or ice car. I guess I don't know when it's actually safe to try to break out. If I don't I eat the same 5d 5d 5d until guard break, if I do try to get out of there, usually by jumping, I eat the upper portion of a 5d. This coming week I should have another round of videos. I'll try to apply as much as I can, but often times I get a bit overwhelmed trying to remember everything, like counter assaulting, or jump + wind out of corners, etc. >_< I thought you said you'd get it done before CS!!!! Joking, joking, I appreciate all the work you've done on your guide so far. It's helped me get to this point as fast as I have as opposed to probably struggling on more basic stuff.

I think the first is a bit of an autopilot problem. I a lot of what I do is autopilot, sadly =(. Especially when I try to mix it up by going 2b 5b j.3dc 5b 3c vs. 2b 5b 3c, I always seem to ONLY go one or the other for long periods of time. Every time I meet up with PanicKing I always tell myself "watch your inputs," so I don't put in too many d's or c's during stuff like 5cdc and such, but I always seem to end up tearing through wind. >_< This was something I actually worked on in training mode for a little bit. I got myself to the point where I can instant block most of his 5d's because if he does 5c, he always, ALWAYS does a 5d right afterwards. I actually asked around for help on irc and spirit juice recommended I factor another midscreen combo into my game, the one where you summon pumpkin after 5cdc knockdown. I believe on soniti's page it goes something like blah into 5cdc, pumpkin, 6d dash 6c j.c 5b 3c. This leads into good oki position and closer to the corner. I have pretty terrible reaction time...haha. I forget which of the videos they are (I have about 20 of them recorded) but he gets me multiple times with purple throws even. I try to supplement my poor reaction to just looking out for every possible situation, but that overloads my mind sometimes and I still fall for everything anyway T_T. How does one go about upping their reaction time? Autopilot =(. I try to keep my mind focused but sometimes I take mental shortcuts. Thanks, haha. I can do combos. With not much competition around, all I have is training mode, and my ability to learn things based on repetition is pretty good, but this tends to increase my tendencies to autopilot. It's the situational things, the stuff that requires thinking, that I'm horrible at. Here's a big problem I think, haha. Apparantly I linger around mid screen for waaay too long, instead of being up in their face dealing pressure, or way far away where I can summon the gang. I'm pretty balls at zoning though, and most of my attemps are thwarted rather fast due to PanicKing shooting swords to force me to block and remove my pumpkin, or just me failing at lobelia seeds. Often times it only requires him to block once or twice before I've already used the wrong seed and he's inside. I stopped trying to zone him at one point because I'd always lose but I know I should keep practicing because I won't get better otherwise =S. Again, autopilot. I see him airdash towards me, I do another airdash backwards. I guess I should grow some balls and have faith in 6a, haha. Hahaha, I'm a little embarrassed by the loud clicking and my "what?!"s. I don't know how to use a video editting software though so I couldn't edit out the sound, and I value getting better over saving my voice/face from the internet >_<. I suppose I'm expecting too much of myself right now, especially since I'm still rather new to the game, I don't play much against real people, and I JUST started Rachel probably less than 2 months ago. Also, right now my friend and I are super scrubs and we're the only competition we got. The rest of the kids at my school are even super scrubbier than we are and I'd imagine we'd wreck them, and develop HORRIBLE habits, worse than we already exhibit. I know I can get better if I start thinking about my actions a lot more, but it's hard for me. It's so obvious sometimes, like specifically my friend always starts the match IAD in, firing an air sword, I try to hit with 6a, block the sword, try to hit him with 6b on his way down, and eat a 5d. After being hit by that for the 11th, 12th, ... , nth time, you'd think I'd learn to do something different, but I don't >_<. I guess I'm afraid to try new things because of the chance I'll get super punished for it. But I won't get better if I don't try, so I'll try to keep in mind more things. Hopefully the next batch of videos show some sort of improvements. For reference, my record that night was 1 set win out of 22, with approx. 5 of my losses going past 0-3 in the set, and like, only 2 of them going 2-3 in a set. I'm pretty awful >_<.

I shot a couple videos on my crappy canon powershot yesterday. In order to maximize my memory, every video except 1 was shot in 320x240 res at 15 fps. It's going to look like crap >_<. Also my button tapping is a bit loud, so play with the volume a little lower if you don't want to hear loud tapping. All vids are of me against my friend PanicKing, who plays Jin. Me going 0-3 against my friend. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub69EKn021U Me going 3-1 against my friend (probably the only time I won a whole set that night). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyKqYZvsMIA One of our "closer" matches. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBamiE3e2K8 I get manhandled in this one =(. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_QKY5NMXJk So a couple problems that were pointed out to me already was my over use of 6B, and staying too long in midrange as opposed to creating space. When I try to make space my friend usually airdashes in and closes that space up in almost the same amount of time I create it. I figure I should be better about trying to pick up on these things and 6A'ing him out of the airdash, but I don't know. Anything else I should be aware of?

Oh mah gah nice corner rape hahaha. I try to do that to my friend who plays Jin but I think I still lack confidence in my ability to keep him in the corner and he finds ways to mash out. I figure there's a way to punish his mashing 5a or 2a in the corner with pumpkin but I think I'm mistiming my wind vs. his roll or wake up. I'll try to get some recordings up too via cheap digital camera >_<.