kriaser

Welcome... to the dark side.

I don't want to think of you mashing 3C in a corner as an oki game =o Crazy scary! I was only up for Makoto, Akuma and Juri trials. I can't get Mak's #24 trial. Hayate canceling is harder than I expected. Some of Akuma's new trials are pretty retarded too lol. And I am prepared for the scissor kick trap. Most Bison's were always pretty scrubby, so I don't mind getting my ass handed to me. Mainly when Makoto doesn't seem like she'll be a walk in the park to master.

Dudley doesn't interest me but Hakan is a maybe if I decide to work on another grappler who isn't Makoto. I'm going to focus on Mak, Akuma, Juri and Cody for now.

Haku plays the closest to SF series. He has hops instead of a dash and he has attacks that don't link like everyone else in the cast. Specials into specials, etc. He's totes SSF4 in BB. If anything, using Haku, you should have a 1up on anyone coming from BB into SSF4

I get my SSF4 tonight at midnight, so after classes at 6pm, I'm going to nap until midnight. The stick takes a bit. I pretty much went straight into using a stick and was only on a pad for maybe a month or two. I can't even imagine doing combos on a pad. Seems so... unnatural. And dirty. I'll have to send your brother a friend invite so he can play against me and Rathi when we get into it. Sherwin or something? Sherin? Side project was allright, already looking at a 2nd attempt but SSF4 and EVO is like "play meeee"

So, as soon as you know you're for sure going to EVO, tell me so I can sign up and we figure the times better and such.

I know better than to bring my Haku against Arcade, I don't have that experience just yet. I was pretty annoyed with how I lost to the Ragna with my Haku though, so yeah, I was like Fuck this shit, you're getting raped.

Yeah, if we figure 3 nights, splitting it at 75 per person, it'll cost me upward around 700 total, but I should overestimate it just so I'm not dirt poor while over there.

Well, it's around 130-150 one way on a non-refundable ticket via Southwest airlines which is normally the cheapest for us Midwest people in the middle of no where. I'll look around more though.

So, I got the vacation days I needed to be able to go to EVO. Next up is making sure I can secure the funds. MORE TO COME!

Bed? I got 2 SSF4 streams going and forum whoring for Makoto information. There's no time for sleep!

Her backdash was nerfed actually. It doesn't have the same distance or invincibility as Nu's I believe. It's still a solid backdash, but a well placed IAD jC from Haku will always land.

If I go for the air saber cancel routine for zoning, it means I'm really desperate to keep you out. This isn't a problem in CS because you won't be losing primers from D swords, so you can normally just wait it out for a chance at their fuck up or they pushed themselves into a corner. But like you said, you can 623A and get through the j2D sword but the positioning is pretty tight and you'll just be throw back into the zoning game if you get clipped and take a j214D. I don't know how people are going to play Lambda here in the States, but they can't Act Parcer backwards anymore. So, if they move forward, they're closer to you and your goal of raping them. We'll have to practice some of this. It'll help us both.

Anything that hits a crouching opponent will hit them out of a roll. That's why Jin's 5BB works against rolling opponents. And it works VERY well. Same goes with D swords. They'll hit people out of rolls because they also hit crouching opponents.

Yeah I haven't seen you do that combo without going for 6C > shippu against me. It's mostly because we always tech grabs though.

I would stick to 2A jabs for confirming. You'll be able to recover if they try to do a 632146D reversal. Plus Haku's jabs are fast enough to recover and 623A dash at them if they tech backward. Or if you're good on reactions then yeah, 6C > shippu is a great choice. If you got time, I can get online and we can try some things out

One combo I think you should look at is Throw > 236A > 623A > 2C > j2C > air dash > j2C. It's 2 stars off a throw and pushes them farther into a corner than Throw > 236A > 6C. The timing is a bit retarded IMO, but you basically treat it like a Tsubaki combo and just do 236A 623A right after eachother. No waiting.

However, I think sitting in the dead zone of Nu is the best when I fight Nu as Haku. Nu normally will just try to zone, so you can expect a tech roll backward if you're deadzone distance away on her wake up. With this in mind, you can IAD on their tech backward and likely be able to land a jC/jB into whatever. Or maybe even catch them for an air grab. It's kind of risky because you can get caught by a 2D if they're sword spammers. So, if you're deadzone distance, you might want to just 623A at them. As Haku, you need to capitalize on any chance of damage against Nu. You basically need 1 poke and 2 combos to win this fight. Don't burn your stars unless you have like 6+.

Nu has no DP, so she can only tech or neutral tech to be completely safe against oki games. Rolling is a very rare option and is generally only safe against Haku or Tager (teching AWAY from him). Haku can normally 2A at Nu's wake up and be entirely safe, even moreso safe because a lot of scrubs would be mashing 2C and get CH'd by your 2A. However, like I said before, online is gay shit and I have been reversal'd by 2C on Nu wake ups when I was mashing 2A at them on Nu's wake up. So, it's pretty situational and depends on how you feel like approaching it.

It looks like around 360 or so for the plane ticket for me. Not bad for a non-refundable ticket. It's still looking to be around a $750 trip for me all around. Damn your free ticket lol. I'll see what I can save up.

I'll have to check how much it'll cost me to get to Vegas. I'll get back to you on that

I'd highly consider it. I have 9 vacation days to blow that I can set up for around 9th to 11th in July. How would we work this out? Free plane ticket for me, split cost of hotel for the weekend?

EVO eh... Are you taking part or anything? I'll be rooting for your Haku if so =p You can be online and fail in front of the whole world! Also, just play SSF4 and you'll hear from me all the time. CS is taking too long to be released. And I don't really think I'm going to have to adjust my playstyle with Haku and Lambda much aside from combo usage. I don't think it'll be a hard transition.

I don't think some low tier salesmen wants my amazing painting. Worth a try maybe.