Street Fighter IV

[Deejay]

huh? abel's falling sky doesn't trade with anything. it's just a shitty air grab that can only be used inside of combo's.

[Semitry]

what's your XBL name? mine's WonkyKillbishop (since no one plays on XBL at all it seems)

also, @Leisli fun games today! sorry I had to leave early though, and I know the lag was a little hard at times but for 1 bar i'd say it was really not so bad. but i definitely saw lag kill a couple of your links with Chun/Ryu, play me again sometime i'm game whenever =D

Semitry is my gamertag and Deejay plays at least on BG. There's a ton of people on championship mode and I can always find a game but sometimes it's nice playing the same person instead of randoms.

[Semitry]

huh? abel's falling sky doesn't trade with anything. it's just a shitty air grab that can only be used inside of combo's.

if someone neutral jumps out of his normal grab in the middle of your f.mk xx randomshit string will falling sky grab them in time?

[Ramor]

Semitry is my gamertag and Deejay plays at least on BG. There's a ton of people on championship mode and I can always find a game but sometimes it's nice playing the same person instead of randoms.

won't be on tonight, but i will be tomorrow so feel free to hit me up whenever

[Deejay]

if someone neutral jumps out of his normal grab in the middle of your f.mk xx randomshit string will falling sky grab them in time?

The startup on falling sky isn't fast enough to catch jumpers on reaction. I would have to predict your jump and even then, the timing on it is extremely strict. And I think falling sky only works when you jump back.

Abel's biggest weakness is his inability to control space in the air directly in front of him. A lot of ryu's/balrogs like to abuse this by neutral jumping on wake up, because all I can do is block.

Don't be afraid to neutral jump all day against abel. Especially when you block his f.mk xx forward dash. I can only go for a regular grab, command throw, or start another jab/block string after a blocked f.mk. Neutral jumping gets you out of all of those moves for free and allows you to counterattack on your way down. However, a smart abel will try to use a standing normal to slap you out of the air if you do this often, but it's better to eat one of those than a tornado throw/grab knock down.

I think the combo you also might be referring to is the CoD xx FADC -> cr.HP xx lk roll xx falling sky.

The EX version is also decent for grabbing people out of hurricane kicks, but thats about it.

[Semitry]

The startup on his grab isn't fast enough to catch jumpers on reaction. I would have to predict your jump and even then, the timing on it is extremely strict. And I think falling sky only works when you jump back.

Abel's biggest weakness is his inability to control space in the air directly in front of him. A lot of ryu's/balrogs like to abuse this by neutral jumping on wake up, because all I can do is block.

I think the combo you're referring to is the CoD xx FADC -> cr.HP xx lk roll xx falling sky.

The EX version is also decent for grabbing people out of hurricane kicks, but thats about it.

Oh didn't know that lol. And the combo I'm referring to is f.mk dash into s.fp xx COD.. the link is 1 frame so you probably don't use that one yet lol

If the f.mk is blocked then he can TT or normal throw after the dash or after the first hit of COD. Abel can also fadc after the first hit of the COD and mix it up. So sometimes abel oponents will neutral jump because it'll get them out of 2 of the things abel likes to do, TT or normal throw. Figured Abel could air grab them if they did that.

[Deejay]

Yeah, you already know the deal. I sometimes FADC after the first hit, but a lot of shoto's like to spam reversal shoryukens while I attack, so I don't do it often.

And don't get me started on that damn f. mk -> st.fp link...

I have to do 2 of those in the same combo for abel's hard trial 5. I've been stuck on it for months...

[LAGUNA]

Any of you want Sim practice just hit me up on AIM when I'm on and I'll be happy to give you all an ass whooping

[octopus]

Hmm welt, I'm gonna go to bed if you don't show for another half hour and try another day ;o

[Weltall]

Shit, sorry Octo...go ahead man, I'm stuck doing some work for a meeting I have tomorrow ;x

[octopus]

np!

Also Laguna, if I see you online I'm gonna ask you for some Dhalsim practice then ;o

[Scunsion]

how bout them sbo results

[Hitoshura]

Don't really give a flying fuck until I see some footage, EVO > SBO because of how bad they fail at not making it a streamed hype.

[Scunsion]

if we did well at all id be more pissed about that but since all our teams got peaced out first round its like ohhhh wellllll, maybe we'll do better in 3s heh

[LAGUNA]

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SBO brackets

[octopus]

Can't wait to see a video of that claw player doing major damage...

[100percentile]

Ah, didn't know there was a SFIV thread.

SBO really just shows how utterly behind the US and everyone else is compared to Japan. Can't be helped really. SFIV netcode is pretty bad, there is literally no arcade scene outside of major areas (so/noCal, ny, couple of others) meaning most people never have the chance to play real good players and will never have the chance to get real good themselves.

SBO results had me smiling. Surprising but at the same time not, it's like Daigo once said(I think it was him?) when there are so many people at that level of play it's very easy to lose against anyone no matter if he's a "no name" or not.

[LAGUNA]

US got peaced out first round of every game so far

[Ramor]

Glad to see some variation in the characters in there, are any of the matches online in a specific place?

[Krandor]

50 million years later, I finally get down the technique for Dash Canceling out of Dragon Punches, god I hate my life.