Bison and More Bison

Learning Cody Writeup

2011-05-04T05:52:00.000-07:00

After watching furansujin cody,I feel like playing Cody.(Reminds of the Makoto Claw period while I was dazed by the beauty of Claw,but I ended up giving up learning Claw as I faced the power of pohness that Claw need to face.)
Poh Jump In
Poh Uppercut

In the end,poh wins and I stopped playing Claw lol.Anyway this is not a writeup for any Cody players but rather some notes that I myself can take note of.(For example:Cody pokes.)

Notable Moves that Cody have:
Fwd.hk(Opponent crouching move like cr.mk go under it and link up to slam or frame trap.)
Cr.mk(Cody's slide-Can be used to get in or to beat moves like Sagat's st.hk and Bison's st.hk)
Cr.mp(Saw some of the cody players use it a mid range move supposedly to stuff out moves.)
Zonk Knuckle(Used as a mid range poke by some cody players.Not so sure of reason either.)
Bad spray(Cody sprays sand on wakeup.Seems to be a good wakeup move but unsafe.)

Cody's Combo
cr.lp,cr.lp,cr.mp,any versions of ruffian kicks/crimson upper
cr.lp,cr.lp,cr.lk,any versions of ruffian kicks(except lk)/crimson upper
st.hp,cr.mp,any versions of ruffian kicks/crimson upper

Combo to ultra
cr.lp,cr.lp,cr.mp,heavy ruffian kick,fadc,ultra1
cr.lp,.cr.lp,cr.lk,heavy ruffian kick,fadc,ultra 1
st.hp,cr.mp,heavy ruffian kick,fadc,ultra 1
Ex zonk knuckle,fadc,ultra 1
Ex Bad stone,ultra 2

Corner exclusive combo
st.hp,cr.mp,heavy ruffian kick,ex crimson uppercut
st.hp,ex zonk knuckle,ex crimson uppercut

Safe Jump For 5F?(Not sure can beat 4 frames lol.):
Back throw,jump immediately hk or lp,
Low version of ruffian kick,wait a while,neutral jump hp(Can mix up with cr.lk,lp crimson upper.This safe jump is provided that the opponent do not safe tech.)

Frame Trap for Early Tech:
Cl.st.mp

Frame Trap for Late Tech:
Cl.st.hp
Cr.hp
Fwd.mp

Show Me Thy Strength

2011-04-25T22:07:00.000-07:00

Every player is gifted in some way or another.There is a particular trait or attribute that we are strong at and I feel it is necessary to use it to the fullest potential.

1.Reaction
Some players have really good reaction.Some of players I could tink of are Leslie and Tommy.I feel players who have good reaction normally are able to punish thing not because they are baiting for it but because they are able to react to it and punish accordingly.

2.Execution
Some players I know have really good execution.One of the great example would be Xian who I tink can use pretty much all the characters.Some people I talked to have either problems with charge motion or shoto motion.People I feel have good execution are able to do 1 or 0 frame combo like a piece of cake.

3.Creativity
Some players are really creative.They invent moves that you dun see other people use and the move is useful.The best example I could give was the guy who do a uppercut cancel to akuma super and fake focus attack level 3 to ultra 1.

4.Patience
Some players I feel in Singapore is really patient.They can play to wear down the opponents and you see the time over with people who have great patience.They are calm and make few mistakes.One player I could tink of is a pesky Sagat player.A pretty easy guess right?

5.Adaptability
Do the same thing once in a round.Do the same thing second round you found yourself in trouble with people strong at this.This kind of player who is strong at this trait adapt really fast.You always need to have a new gameplan each round against this people or else you are screwed.The person I could tink of would be Soon Yong.I really cannot try the same shit against Soon Yong because he adapt fast to my gameplan.When I used too much of the same anti air against Soon Yong like st.hk and neutral jump hk,he did max range st.hp which can be used to beat my st.hk and he walk forward a bit and jump hk to beat my neutral jump hk.

6.Footsie
Some players space really well and when they use the normals,it looks so godly.One of the player I could tink of would be Raven.He really spaced himself well and know which normal to press at this and that distance.

This are some of the traits and attributes I could tink of and there are more.But I am up for a movie,Source code so this blog post ends now lol.

Confusion About My Playing Style

2011-04-18T12:26:00.000-07:00

After being a turtle for a long time,I realised that I cannot be a true turtle lol.At first when Person A told me that I was aggressive,I was like,'Really meh'.To give you some background information,there are countless times that I hide in the full screen distance from opponent.

It was after that I realised that I was running out of patience most of the time.Then it was somehow a week after the part when Person A told me that I was aggressive,Person A says something that I was surprised.

The conversation was somehow like this:
Person A:You like to get near the person but I want to get away from the opponent
Sherman:???

It was a moment of truth.I never really like to sit at the corner of screen and doing nothing.Surprisingly I never expect Person A would say that lol.But I really prefer to get near the opponent.Later I began to ask some famous turtles like Person B and Person C.

Reply From Person B:
The person more turtle I like.
I was thinking at that time:Wow.

Reply From Person C:
You cannot play like Person A.
I was thinking at that time:Ya...

Happy guessing who is Person A,Person B and Person C.No prize awarded lol.

Bison Vs One Eyed Joe

2011-04-15T23:19:00.000-07:00

Going to write this guide again..Haiz..

Things You Need to Know in this matchup:
Sagat have a kara uppercut which means that you had to be careful about jumping over lk tiger shot,even if you are 3/4 screen away from sagat
Beware of cr.lp when doing your sk loop.Cr.lk is not as strong as before..
Know the range where your cr.lk and cr.mk and also cr.mp beat sagat cr.lp after sk
Know your opponent's frame trap.(Is he catching your early tech or late tech?)
Ex tiger knee used to escape from corner.Look out for it..

I feel the main concept in this matchup is to drive Sagat into the corner where his options are limited.
There are technically 3 ranges that Bison players want to be in:
1.The range where you can ex sk over the fireball(Pretty good esp when you have life lead.).This is normally around a bit less than 3/4 screen away from Sagat
2.The range where you can do your sk loop(Highest damage potential for bison compared to other range that Bison can be in.)
3.The range where Sagat normals will whiff and be punished by st.mk and st.hk

Far Range:
Sagat do have pretty good tools to punish your devil reverse.
Since devil reverse can land in:
1.Full screen away from sagat(Slow tiger shot)
2.Middle screen away from sagat(F.hk or kara uppercut or ultra 2)
3.Right in front of sagat(Jump back hp)
But it is still a good way to earn a bit of meter and slowly advance in.
The range where you do empty jump to whiff sagat uppercut and do jump hk if sagat throw out a fireball is priceless

Mid Range:
This is a very tricky range for Bison.
Sagat do have pretty good normals that can stuff Bison's normals but Bison can also do likewise.
The best range i feel is the range where sagat normals will whiff and you can apply your sk pressure and your normals.
Look out for sagat cr.hp,st.hk,cr.mp,st.mk.Either whiff it and punish with st.hk or st.mk or just sk after Sagat's normal.

Close Range:
Know the distance where your cr.lk and your cr.mk and your cr.mp can beat sagat normals.
Very Close Range-Cr.lk wins cr.lp
At the tip of the cr.mk and cr.mp-Cr.mk and the cr.mp wins
Beware of ex tiger knee which can be used to escape.Either st.hk after sk or sit around 3/4 screen where it can be reacted and punish.
Walk forward hk and jump mp to punish any jump back attempt from Sagat which is used to catch Bison sk.

Preferred Ultra-I feel that ultra 2 limits Sagat fireball game and punish pretty hard now compared to Super.If you wan damage,use Ultra 1.

Bison Vs Satsui No Hado

2011-04-13T22:14:00.001-07:00

Akuma vs Dictator

Taken from http://ps3maven.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/street-fighter-4-characters-moves-list-ps3-akuma.jpg

Things you need to know as a Dictator player:
Akuma do have option selects to beat your escape options.(Os heavy uppercut,heavy tatsu,ultra 1,Os jump back).Respect it.
Punish any whiffed st.hk if the 2nd hit of st.hk whiffs.(Tat dun applies when akuma has ultra)
Know akuma sweep range
Punish any teleport if you can with ultra 2 or ex psycho or slide
Lastly,respect akuma frame traps.(Is he catching ur late tech or early tech?)

Far Range:
Endless devil reverse and headstomp can be done if the akuma player do not know how to beat it.(like purposely walking forward and doing cr.hp or sweep.)
There are 3 ranges devil reverse can land:
Right in front of the opponent
1/2 screen from the opponent
Full screen away from the opponent
Some akuma players mixes with slow and fast fireball to catch it and therefore sometimes Dictator player need to land in the 1/2 screen from the opponent to avoid getting hit by the fireball.

Mid Range:
I going to repeat this again.Know akuma sweep range.(Getting knocked down by sweep is a pain in the ass for bison.Knocked down by sweep = free vortex from akuma.)
Punish the sweep with st.mk.One best way is to walk deceptively in the sweep distance.And then when they sweep,walk back to whiff it and walk forward to punish it.
Look out for ex fireball.I feel that blocking it is not rrly good for Bison.Try teleport or backdash away from it.
Outside sweep distance,st.hk and st.mk is your best friend.Scissor kick is naturally your best of best friend.:D

Near Range:
This range is rrly good esp in the corner.Sk loop is rrly rrly good here.But look out for jump back hk or sweep.Both are common tools that akuma players normally do that can hit you during the sk loop.
For sweep,know the distance where the sweep cannot hit you but you can still sk lockdown akuma.
For jump back hk,walk forward and press st.hk.
Ex headstomp is pretty good esp in the corner unless you fighting against xian...
Some other options that akuma can do is jump towards you.Look forward for it.:D

Ultra 1 or Ultra 2:
I prefer ultra 1 for me but ultra 2 deter akuma from firing away from 3/4 or full screen.Ultra 2 can also use to escape or catch akuma teleport.But if you looking for damage,stick to ultra 1.
So in conclusion,ultra 1 = big damage and ultra 2 = limit akuma

Review Of Tactics Ogre and League of Legends

2011-04-06T11:25:00.000-07:00

If you are looking for a challenging turn based game,I feel tactics ogre would be just for you.

Tactics Ogre:Let Us Cling Together

Pros:
Pretty good for ppl who like challenges(like saving an archer who rush to enemies frontline and ur main troop needs 3 turns to reach her.)
Chariot system(Got good and bad.
The good side-You can undo a turn when if you make a mistake
The bad side-You can abuse it since you can undo until 50 turns.)
Can have dragons and gryphons in the battlefield,instead of usual humans.
Classes can be changed around.(Warrior to Archer to Wizard or to whatever.)

Cons:
Can be hard to understand how to play it at first.In other words,its controls are not very straightforward.
Some classes are too overpowered...(Cannot say cause got leslie playing.:P)

League of Legends
I just started to play it with a little bit of dota knowledge.
The good thing is that you do not need to remember every heroes' hotkeys.
The best thing for me I do not deny my own creeps cause I very bad at it.

The system is almost completely identical to dota.
Heroes skill system same as dota except that there is no need to level up stats.Every hero got one special move like having cool down reduction or deal bonus damage or other stuffs.
The item system now is more classified for example magic would be separated into mana regen and mana and ability power and cooldown reduction.
Hero classification is the same as dota like dota has pushers and nukers.

If you are sick of the platform of dota,it is time to play league of legends.(Psychoing more ppl to play.lol)

There is only one sian thing is that you need to unlock the hero one by one..Heroes are priced normally 1350,3150,6300.Ok tat;s all folks.

Random Thoughts Again

2011-04-02T11:26:00.000-07:00

I was planning to try out different characters.But ended up kept losing until I chose the guy with the red hat,which ending up using him all the way lol.

Evil ryu and dan is rrly fun but my execution sucks to the point that my uppercut did not come when I reacted to the person's jump in..

The other thing I really learn is to respect ur opponent all the time.It really helps to improve your gameplay.

My advice for ppl who fighting Pei hoon's yang is that dun overuse a single anti air no matter how good it is.For me I always try to mix up with neutral jump hk or st.hk or even focus attack.

Normally I would do neutral jump hk outside the distance of his uppercut and his jump in attacks.I use st.hk outside his st.lk and I use focus attack against dive kick that is high up.(which is used to whiff st.hk)

Tat's all for now.

After Game Thoughts

2011-03-26T11:00:00.000-07:00

After just one week,everyone seems to have improved.Now got new setups,new 'POH' which makes thing pretty harder but fun.

Pei Hoon's Yang ex rekka mixup
Vintagesoul Grab ultra to catch tech slam

These are one of the few that I kena.Maybe it is the time for me to find and try out some new things also.Played with Xian's akuma and lost twice.Pretty much make a single big mistake in each round and gg lol.

Find out one new thing about Fei Long accidentally.I remembered teo pretty owned badly in the first round with Gackt Fei Long then and then on the second round I suddenly try out something.(It is like suddenly I feel like doing it out of no where.)

I stand outside less than 3/4 screen distance and spam st.mk/st.hk like no tomorrow.It hit gackt rekka most of the time.(It is like the rekka come out but get hit either by the st.mk or the st.hk.Normally when I stand within st.mk range,there are a lot of times that before I do st.mk I teo rekka....)

I tink going to test if I do at that distance,
would I lose or win his normals?

I realise there is a distance bison can jump on yang.The jump hp is fucking deep that it looks like a crossup hp.I tink bison can use that to get in.

Ok.Tat's all for now.Tired meh.

Random Thoughts

2011-03-18T10:14:00.000-07:00

Been playing around ryu.Pretty fun though with my execution keep failing...

There are 2 ranges for ryu:
1.A range where you fireball the opponent jump u uppercut
2.A range where you fireball at very close range(normally outside your opponent best poke)

Sian now ae very few ryu players.Mean no one share with me.:(

I learnt today that guile need to learn the distance where he empty jump,guile dun kena uppercut.But if he press hk(jump hk),if the opponent will to fireball,the opponent will teo hit.

Today I still tech by reaction....Still trying to tech the correct way.(crouch tech during the blockstring.)

Categorizing Your Opponents Part 3

2011-03-17T10:39:00.000-07:00

Okok.This is the final episode for the series Categorizing Your Opponents.I going to talk more in depth of knowing your opponent.

For those who have not read the first part or the second part,the first part is about why you should categorizing your opponents and the second part is categorizing your opponents in various group.(Example:Rushdown or turtling)

Knowing Your Opponent
Every player I would say confidently has a bad habit or weakness.
Some of the examples are:
Some player I know would always try to escape on their wakeup.
Some players tech slam not so strong.
Some players has a problem with blocking tricky crossups.

These are some of the various examples.Knowing your opponent's character also help.
For example,in the past,I would forward dash jump mp 2 times against akuma players and most of them kena cause they want to do jump back fireball.

And one trick that I use againt blanka players is that I purposely do a block string then stop to bait for upwards ball.

So what I am saying here is this,there is a habit for player who use that specific character and you going to punish that habit.There are player specific weakness that you need to abuse to ensure easier victory.:D

Hopefully this can give you a rough idea of catching the opponent bad habit or weakness and exploit it.(Anyway I wanted to do a player specific one but I feel this kind of thing can be sensitive.Hopefully you are satisfied.:D)

Bison Vs Yang

2011-03-11T11:13:00.001-08:00

Been 'purposely' playing against Pei Hoon's yang to understand how to fight him.

Things to know:
Yang's standing lk is 3 frames.:(
(Can punish Balrog's dash punch)
Best punish is to whiff Yang's standing fierce and do st.mk
Yang can punish all of Bison escape options.Best escape option is ex devil reverse.(Not away from him but towards.Mess up his uppercut lol.)
Yang got a bug where he do jump mk in the corner,it will always hit front..

Bison best anti air against Yang:
st.hk and neutral jump hk

Jump hk crossup(still not pretty sure can teo auto correct uppercut) is pretty good against yang when he is knockdown.

During sk loop,be careful of st.fierce or st.lk.Both can hit you depending on the distance.(Be sure that ur cr.lk can reach him or else dun do cr.lk.)

Tat basically it for now.Going to play more Pei Hoon yang in the future.

Thoughts on SSF4 AE and Bison

2011-03-08T06:45:00.000-08:00

I using a new email address cause my old one teo hacked.So pls add:
nagato_otoko@live.com.sg

Anyway those who faced other security issues:
Get an antivirus software
IE too many security issues.Mozilla firefox with noscript(firefox addon) bao jiak.

Thoughts on SSF4 AE:
After playing much and watching videos of SSF4 AE,I feel that:

Top 4:
Yun,Yang,Fei Long,Makoto

I feel that in this game,damage is freaking important.(High damage output and the ability to land it more often like Yun dive kick to cr.mp,cr.mp,st.mp,uppercut)The reason I feel that is because I feel that it is very hard to play a perfect defensively game.(Dive kick and command slam and great specials like rekka.)

It is not like in the past that you have to slowly move forward and block streams of fireball.Now you are blocking rekka,Makoto st.mp,dive kick and command slam which I feel which opens up your defense more easily.

The other thing which I also feel that is very important is that your character is able to fight these four characters.Good reversals is also important like shoryuken to get out of situations and also cuts off some offensive options.

Thoughts on Bison(Dictator)
Among all the charged characters that were nerfed,I feel that Bison is one of the few who get nerfed quite little in ae.I feel that his bad matchups who were mostly charge characters become better for him.:D

Fireball characters Bison is doing pretty alright like Sagat and Ryu.The SSF4 exclusive characters like(Guy,Ibuki,T Hawk) I feel pretty even or advantegeous for bison.

But the bad news for Bison player,some people say that Bison is doing well against top 4 characters.But sadly,I feel otherwise.The main problem is the damage.

Mostly,Bison do cr.lk to light sk as a combo but the top 4 charaters have combo that hit much harder.

Categorizing Your Opponents Part 2

2011-02-28T08:12:00.000-08:00

Had a quite a busy week especially with the HK vs SG thingy.(I feel that I did not do that well that time but it's over liao le.This means that more training needed.:D)

Anyway,pls play tactics ogre especially you have a workable psp.Hahaha.It is really fun(provided that I can kill you since there is a multiplayer mode.)Sadly for now,I only have one person to play it which is Leslie but he pretty busy with digging sand for army.:P

Back to topic now.

How do you categorized your opponents?
(Imo,there is no absolute right way of categorizing your opponents.But it works for me hopefully it also works for you.:D)

1.Rushdown or Turtling
Before you go into playing the opponent,you need to know what your opponent style is.(Mostly I feel that people here are more of the turtling kind...)
You may ask why I said that.I notice rushdown players generally are more impatient because they want to get in to do their things.So if I know that guy is rushdown type,I normally play a more keep away game so that they cannot get in.
About turtling players,they tend to do moves that are relatively safe or low risk.Generally they look out for reversals more than anything.

2.Poh A LOT or Poh very little
Poh a lot-means lots of random reversal or ultra on blockstring,wakeup,frame trap and etc
Poh very little-vice versa
People who poh a lot you do your frame trap.One word:You fly up the sky and eat a fwd.hk and ultra.Advice here:Dun frame trap happy on him and bait reversal.Normally people who poh reversals got two kinds:
One got brain and the other dun have brain
The one got brain do reversal when they feel that you tend to do something a lot.(like after doing cr.mp for ryu,you like to go for slam or another cr.mp all those)
The dun have brain one just do reversals without considering that your pattern.They just do it.This one is easier to bait.:D
For those poh very little,you can do your frame trap or block strings more generously.:D

3.Level of understanding
It is the level of understanding of the game.
Why is it important to know this?
It is because too many people play the opponents like everyone has a high level of understanding of the game.In the end,they eat those moves that people who know a lot dun use one.
One of the best example for me was fighting a guile last time.I forget who I was using that time.But to cut the story short,I teo sweep to death by guile...That guile was moving back all the time and doing sonic boom and cr.hp and sometimes air throw.That was okay but when I was doing my sk pressure,sweep came out and I get hit by it.I became du lan and more especially when I was walking forward,sweep came out and hit me.
I feel that understanding your opponent and knowing their level of understanding helps to deal with them better.

So that is basically it for now.And get ready for part 3.
Hint:P***er Specific

Categorizing Your Opponents Part 1

2011-02-22T22:56:00.000-08:00

Before I start in talking today's topic,I would need to 'announce' that Xian has started a new blog.

So do support his blog,here is the link.
http://www.xiansf4.blogspot.com

Anyway,back to topic.:D

Reasons To Categorize:

In the past,I applies the 'same character tactics'.(Like applying the same gameplan and mindset to that particular character.)

For example,when I play with other sagat players,I applies the same gameplan and mindset like how I played with Leslie.

The result was disastrous.I teo uppercut like how many times Balrog do cr.lp and the Sagat just spam st.hk like how Akuma fight Sagat in Vanilla and I teo killed by that single move.

I also saw some people in tournament that they do well against top players but ended up losing to some players who is less skilled when they are using the same character.

The answer to why we lose is that our gameplan or tactics is not for that particular opponent.So how do we categorize the opponents?

This will be discussed in the next post.Stay tuned.:D

Random Rants

2011-02-19T10:21:00.000-08:00

After some games with HK and Taiwan,I feel quite impressed but sad at the same time.Impressed by their spacing,matchup knowledge and gameplay.(They know bison st.hk and st.mk range and also knows way to beat it.)

The sad part I feel that there were some matchups that I really sucked at now.Some of the characters like good adon,fei long players which I deal really badly.(Like not knowing what to do...)Haiz..

Today was really tired.For a first timer who slept at 4.30am and had to wake up at 7.30am,it was really exhausting.(Though I did slept until 1 when I came back after the exams.Then after that,I went to the console session at orchard towers to practise against hk.(Anyway that was yesterday.)

So in the end,I opted to go to nex which was nearer to my house.:D
Played a few games with some random people and also against the toa payoh smelly gang.

Managed to also psycho Leslie to go nex and played with him for a while.Did okay against him lol.He win me 1 or 2 game more.:(

For Bison Players:
Smelly sagat players like leslie when trapped in corner like to do jump back hk when st.hk is out of range.
3/4 screen devil reverse teo hit out by balrog running low smash(Balrog armor breaker).zzz.

Ok too tired to write more liao.Tat's it.:D

Kim1234 Updated Bison Tier List

2011-02-16T09:41:00.001-08:00

This tier list is created by Kim1234 himself.(Master Dictator in Vanilla)

____ Vs Bison

Abel 6:4
Makoto 6:4
Yun 6.5:3.5
Yang 5:5 or 5.5:4.5
Fei 6:4, if you are a good player 5.5:4.5

Other characters ? Who cares you never seen them being played

http://shoryuken.com/f260/ask-kim1234-about-random-bison-sh*t-254545/index31.html

Anyway,I edited the previous post regarding frame data,on the part of frame advantage on block and frame advantage on hit.(Thanks to Xian for telling me it was unclear.:D)

Flame Data For Dummies

2011-02-10T08:13:00.000-08:00

I going to talk a little bit on some of the more technical things rather than the adventures of Sherman or some Chronicles of M Bison.

Why do you read frame data:
1.To understand better each move's property
2.So that you can use that understanding and utilize technically correct move

Here are some of the things you see in the arcade:
1.Wah this person use Chun Li can super Balrog's dash punch.Somemore do from far leh.
2.How come Balrog cr.lp so much blockstun one?
3.How come sagat players dun use cr.hk?

The answer can be confidently said that the frame data answers such question.:D

So the question here would be what is frames?

Frames is technically game time.Just like in real life there is seconds,minutes and hours.Sf4 also uses the time factor.

Startup-How fast the moves starts.(For example,Ryu cr.lp startup time is 3 frames and Ryu sweep startup time is 5 frames.In here,you will notice that the smaller the value the faster the move starts.Zangief ultra startup time is 1 frames(Fastest).)

Active-It is the duration of the move.It is how long the move will last.(For example,you all notice Bison sweep animation is freaking long.U count to like 3 seconds and he is still sweeping.It has an active frames of 12 frames whereas bison cr.lk only has an active frames of 2 frames.2 frames would mean that duration is short and 12 frames would be vice versa.

Frame Advantage on Block-It is technically how fast your opponent recover from blocking when you attack him.For example Ryu cr.mp frame advantage on block is +2.This means that when you do cr.mp(I mean that you are the ryu)and your opponent block,your opponent would recover 2 frames slower than you.

Frame Advantage on Hit-Almost exactly as the frame advantage on block but this time it is technically how fast you recover from getting hit compared to your opponent when he attack you.For example Ryu frame advantage on hit is +5.This means that when you do cr.mp(I mean you are the ryu) and your opponent get hit,he would recover 5 frames slower than you.And during that 5 frames,you can combo to moves that are 5 frames and below.

Chain-This moves can be chained to another moves.The negative way of putting it is that this move can be mashed.And some moves like Bison cr.lk cannot mash.:D

Special-Can be cancel to a special which means uppercut and hadoken or those.Cr.lp all those are called normals.

Super-Can be cancel to super

Tat's it.Folks.

HD recording

2011-02-03T10:49:00.001-08:00

Anyway guys,I doing some HD recording of SF4 matches.So I would need ur advice like frame rate and the best device to record SF4 matches.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fbo5wgmqrw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tVBDAChphg

Problem here is the arcades here dun allow recording matches.:(
Hopefully I am able to record some of the matches in Sg like some of the top player's matches.

Anti Dictator Tactics

2011-01-30T23:14:00.000-08:00

Today's topic would be:

How To Dictate the Dictator himself

If you are under the category:
1.Kena dogspammed cr.lk
2.Kena sk loop until you hold the joystick with one hand and the other hand pointing middle finger at M Bison
3.Kena 99 seconds devil reverse and headstomp only
4.Teo st.hk and st.mk like a dog

Hopefully this post would help non bison players in this matchup.

Tips here:
1.Know the charge time.Most dictator players like to do lk scissor kick when they have enough charge.You can try neutral jump to punish.
2.If the dictator player is blindly spamming lk scissor kick,focus attack in the way that the you would absorb the second hit of the scissor kick and punish it.Alternatively,you can whiff the lk sk and punish with whatever shit you want.
3.Dictator's st.hk can be whiffed by low attacks like ryu cr.mk and slides.
4.Far psycho crusher crossup can be reversal uppercut.
5.If the dictator is spamming devil reverse,just keep moving him to the corner.
6.If you find it hard to punish ex psycho on reaction or your character cannot punish,stay within around 1/4 full screen from bison.If he just poh ex psycho at that distance,it is free punish for you.
7.Much characters in the roster benefits from playing the run away game from the dictator himself.
8.Unjumpable ultra can teo reversal uppercut and ultra..
9.Learn os against dictators.Make him tink again when he want to try to escape.

Daigo,Mago and Tokido Tier List

2011-01-30T17:54:00.000-08:00

This is tier list taken from eventhubs.

Daigo Umehara

S: Fei Long

A+: Yun, Yang

A: C. Viper, Akuma, Ken

B: Makoto, M. Bison (Dictator), Dhalsim, Balrog (Boxer), Ryu, Cammy, Dee Jay, Zangief, Sagat, Sakura, Adon, E. Honda, Rufus, Vega (Claw)

C: Abel, Blanka, Chun-Li, Cody, Dan, Dudley, El Fuerte, Gen, Gouken, Guile, Guy, Hakan, Ibuki, Juri, Rose, Seth, T. Hawk

Mago

S: Fei Long

A+: Yun

A: Yang, Balrog (Boxer), Chun-Li, C. Viper, Akuma, Cammy, Sagat

B+: Ken, Adon, Zangief, Sakura, M. Bison (Dictator), E. Honda, Makoto

B: Rufus, Abel, Vega (Claw), Dhalsim, Guile, Dee Jay, Ryu

C: Blanka, Cody, Dan, Dudley, El Fuerte, Gen, Gouken, Guy, Hakan, Ibuki, Juri, Rose, Seth, T. Hawk

Tokido

S: Fei Long

A+: Yun

A: Yang, Akuma, C. Viper, Makoto, Ken

B: Ryu, Chun-Li, E. Honda, Zangief, Dhalsim, Balrog (Boxer), Sagat, M. Bison (Dictator), Vega (Claw), Rufus, Abel, Seth, Cammy, Sakura, Adon

C: Blanka, Cody, Dan, Dee Jay, Dudley, El Fuerte, Gen, Gouken, Guile, Guy, Hakan, Ibuki, Juri, Rose, T. Hawk

Top Ten

1. Fei Long
2. Yun
3. Yang
4. Akuma
5. C. Viper
6. Ken
7. Sagat
8. Cammy
9. Makoto
10. Zangief

Extracted from:
http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2011/jan/30/complete-ssf4-arcade-edition-tiers-daigo-mago-tokido/

The Claw And The Dic

2011-01-28T05:24:00.000-08:00

If you read the title,I bet you are thinking that this is another matchup guide.Today is just a comparison between the beautiful Vega and the cool M Bison.

Strengths of M Bison over Vega:
Stronger ground to air(example-cr.hp,st.hp,cr.hp)
Better specials(example-sk pure ownage)
Better escape options(example:ex psycho,teleport,ex devil reverse,ex headstomp)
Has 3 frame moves like cr.lk
No such things as bison cap or shoe drop and his walk speed becomes slower:D
Better forward dash

Strengths of Vega over M Bison:
Stronger air to air(example-air slam,jump hp,jump back mp)
Better jump frames
Better backdash
Punish standing tech better(example:cosmic heel to scarlet terror)
Cr.mp and st.lk owns.:D
KARA Slam
Better damage output(Not sure it is the same for ae)

I tink I will be concentrating more on Vega from now on.Vega I feel is more of a footsie char compared to Bison.Bison sk is too good and most dics are opting for the charge for sk than walking around landing a st.mk and st.hk.

Weaknesses

2011-01-26T09:33:00.000-08:00

I going to talk about weaknesses which is one of the most sensitive topic in Singapore.People may share with you option select,frame traps,matchup knowledge and some other technical stuffs.

But the last thing people will share with you is their weaknesses.For a matter of time,I PERSONALLY also dun feel like sharing my own weaknesses with other people.The fear of losing to more opponents is haunting me but I realise that to improve,you need to conquer my weaknesses.

Some of my weaknesses are:
Doing too much cr.lk to tick throw(I realise that when I use M bison,I use too little of other moves to slam.)
If I have bar,opponent is cr.lp distance away from me,it is ex psycho almost 90% of the time.
My offense is really lacking behind.I realise my offense with M Bison is like a lorry trying to race a Ferrari...
If I realise that some of your moves may counter mine,I tend to not to use the move at all which results in me losing some of the matches

So basically I going to improve all these things and move to become a top player man.The other thing I have to solve is to have the mentality of a killer.(Determined to win by the most smelly tactics rather than be intimidated by the opponent.)Need to have the will win attitude than the may win attitude.

Anyway if anyone has advice for me,pls voice it out man.Seeking to improve.:D

Bison Vs SF4 Li Xiao Long

2011-01-18T07:23:00.000-08:00

I ask some of the fellow bison players and most complained about this matchup,which includes myself.I tink ppl would kb me if I complained about a good matchup of Fei Long,which I beginning to feel why.

There is an advice that I would give to bison players against this half naked martial artist.
'Just block and punish.'

At the start,I tried to play the footsie game with Fei Long like how I do with Ryu and also Balrog.Then I realised a bit bo hua...

Examples:
Fei Long cr.hp can punish whiffed st.hk
Fei Long st.mp can beat st.mk
Fei Long has a cr.mp that has a startup of 4 and bison fastest mid range normals is 5 frames,cr.mk and st.hk/st.mk has 6 frames
Fei Long has a decent far.st.hp
Almost every whiffed normal including st.mk is a free rekka

Far Range
Not much things here but you will see a bison flying here and there like superman.Then Fei Long is trying hard to hit you out of your devil reverse or trying even harder not to get hit by it while moving..

Mid Range
Most favorable range in mid range I feel for bison is a max length of st.mk.St.mk at max range beat cr.mp and also cr.hp technically because fei long cr.hp has a startup of 8 frames.
The only thing problem here is Fei Long rekka.(Startup of 6 frames.)
Here a rough distance gauge of Fei Long:
Light rekka-1/5 full screen
Medium rekka-Between 1/5 and 1/4 fullscreen
Heavy rekka-1/4 fullscreen
If he do rekka in Bison st.mk distance(2 scenarios-you block it or whiff it),if you block it,it is free punish for you.(st.lk to st.hk or cr.lk to lk sk.)

Here the thing about rekka.Some ppl gamble their rekka even up to 3 hits...After 2nd hit of rekka,you can mash st.lk if you are bison and before he even do 3rd hit rekka,he will get hit by it..1st hit rekka not favorable to punish since some ppl gamble 2nd hit rekka and hit you when you try to punish it.

Sk is still good to throw around as long as it is not whiffed.Look for Fei Long doing FA to punish your scissor kicks.(Not hit by 1st hit of lk sk.)Max range cr.mk works wonder against rekka.:)

Close Range
I remembered getting hit by cr.lp in AE when doing my cr.lk.Not as favorable as last time since lockdown is weaker with more pushback from scissor kick and nerfed hitbox of cr.lk.Be careful of random flame kicks lol.

Tat's all man.One more thing is that I going to have two more tournaments.After that I would be retiring competitively for SF4..But this blog shall continues for now.:D

Trains Of Thoughts-Gameplan

2011-01-09T00:35:00.000-08:00

I remembered when Momochi came to Singapore and play,everyone agreed that he was like giving you a free round and later murder you brutally in the next rounds to come.

Sadly,if Momochi was still here,I wish to ask him that,'What were the questions that he asked when he fought a stranger?'

Questions like:
'What is the player style of play?'(Turtling,Rushdown,Technical)
'What kind of tech punish does the player do?'(Standing tech punish,late crouch tech punish,early crouch tech punish)
'How does the player tech my slam?'
'What is the player's bad habit?'(Example:Doing too much whiffing cr.mk')
'Does the person do random uppercut?'

These were the questions which I guess he may ask himself.(Anyway these are random guesses...)To be honest,asking these questions in the actual match and solving them all is something that I hoped to achieve but I failed.>.<

But now the biggest problem for me now is being caught off in the battle of play to have fun or to play to win.

Imo...Play to win is those people who is serious all the time and looking to win by hook or by crook.Play to have fun is those people who are more or less relaxed even if they lose and normally they prefer to win cleanly.

To be honest,there are times that I know that guy scared of slam but ended up hesitating to abuse his weakness.Personally,I dun really like timing out the battle but I realize that to win,sometimes you need to wear down the opponent's patience to win.So basically in one part,I would want to play to have fun and the other part I would want to play to win.

The time to choose play to have fun and to play to win is ticking..(Especially when tournaments are coming..):(

Bison Where Got Pain

2011-01-02T07:08:00.000-08:00

I was playing bison on training mode and tested out some of the pretty not so known counter hit combos that bison is actually capable of.
Bison Counter Hit Combos
Cl.st.hp,cr.mp,Heavy Psycho Crusher(317 damage)
Cl.st.hp,cr.mk,Heavy Psycho Crusher(302 damage)
Cl.st.hp,st.hk(225 damage)
St.hk,st.hk(225 damage)
Cr.mp,cr.mp,st.hk(195 damage)

Cr.mk,cr.mk,Heavy Psycho Crusher(206 damage)
Far.st.mp,st.hk(213 damage)
Cl.st.mk,st.hk(213 damage)

FA Level 3 Goodies
U seen before when the opponent just wake up, the focus attack level 3 hit him when he just wake up. It seems bison have it too.:D
(Opponent do not safe tech)-After sk knockdown,cr.mk,FALvl3
After slam,walk back 2 steps,FA Level 3
After psycho crusher,FADC,FAlvl3

Muay Thai Lameness

2011-01-02T03:23:00.000-08:00

Been playing around the training mode.

Sagat Counter Hit Combos
Cr.hp Counter Hit Combo
Cr.hp,cr.mp,Heavy Tigeruppercut or tigershot
Cr.hp,cr.lp,Heavy Tigeruppercut or tigershot
Cr.hp,cr.mk,Heavy Tigeruppercut or tigershot

Cr.mp Counterhit Combo
Cr.mp,cr.mp,Heavy Tigeruppercut or tigershot
Cr.mp,cr.mk,Heavy Tigeruppercut or tigershot
Cr.mp,cl.stmp,Heavy Tigeruppercut or tigershot

What the Pros Tink About Bison

2010-12-28T11:09:00.001-08:00

KSK: Let’s see… I think Dictator is the only one left.

Itabashi: There’s more push back on Double Knee Press.

Nemo: It pushes back really far. Crouching LK doesn’t reach anymore so it’s hard to lock down now.

Hiropon: But I think some characters benefit and some characters suffer because of it. For example it was scary to go in on Zangief before, but it might be OK now. As for other characters…

Tokido: I think he’s gotten weaker overall. He really couldn’t do damage outside of Knee Press.

Itabashi: I think Dictator is better off sticking close to the opponent.

Nemo: Also, his roundhouse got nerfed to 80 damage. It’s supposed to be the same as Honda’s fierce.

KSK: And what about his Ultra 2 getting changed to a charge move?

Hiropon: I think that’s not going to affect the top players.

Itabashi: You think so? In any case I always thought it was weird for him to have fireball commands for a move.

Tokido: I think it depends on the person, but I think it the command change makes a difference.

KSK: So maybe Dictator is going to have a harder time in AE?

Hiropon: I think as long as he finds a way to deal with characters with horizontal momentum, he’ll be OK. I think it’s more of a relative nerf than actual ability nerf.

Mago: I think it’s going to be tough for him.

So who will reign supreme in the long awaited AE?

KSK: So, who is going to be top tier, ability-wise.

Mago: Yun, Fei Long, Viper, Chun, and Boxer.

Nemo: And Sagat, Adon, and Zangief.

Itabashi: Zangief, too?

Nemo: Definitely! He has a lot of good match ups.

Itabashi: No, I think he has more bad match ups.

Mago: No no no (laughs). You’re not giving him enough credit. Zangief is pro.

Itabashi: Is that so (laughs)?

Tokido: And Akuma, and definitely Makoto.

KSK: That’s 9 characters. Isn’t that too much? What about characters to keep an eye on?

Mago: Umm, I’m only thinking about Fei Long [?].

Nemo: For me, Makoto, Adon, Yun and Yang. I think they’ll be very fun characters.

Hiropon: They do seem fun.

Mago: Adon is fun, especially if you get in [to him?]. Air Jaguar is really dangerous.

KSK: Itabashi?

Itabashi: If we ignore strong and weak for a moment, then I’d say Hakan seems fun.

Hiropon: Makoto for me.

KSK: There was talk that Makoto is unstable. What do you think, Tokido?

Tokido: Stable hmm… I think in the hands of a good player, a player that knows Third Strike Makoto, she’ll be pretty solid. With Kara-Karakusa and the like.

Itabashi: I’m also curious about Makoto. I think she’ll be pretty scary in the hands of a good player. They’ll bring out her explosiveness of Third Strike.

Mago: There’s a lot more defensive/evasive maneuvers in SFIV, so I think it’s going to be harder to do her mixups.

Itabashi: But once she gets a bit of Yomi, she’s dangerously explosive.

Mago: She is dangerous.
Extracted from:
http://samjkim.wordpress.com/2010/12/28/gods-garden-x-4gamer-interview-ae-first-impressions-22/

A Tale Of Rushdown To Turtling

2010-12-27T08:56:00.000-08:00

I remembered the time when I only know Joseph as a friend and he was there to advice me on my gameplay.

His words to me,'You need to train your defense.'At that period of time,my defense was fucking weak.My tech slam was slam and there were countless times that my defense was broken down just by one move:slam.

Normally if you kena slam a lots of time in a round,you begin to do stupid things like mashing slam or stop blocking which only ends up dying faster since you become more frustrated.

In the past,I aimed to kill the opponent less than 45 seconds or else I chiong him even if I have much larger life lead.The only moment that I turtle was when I was du lan and unable to handle the 'turtle' opponent.:(

Only when I begin to know Tommy + Leslie and I slowly become more turtle lol.I was able to tech slam with advice from Xian and regularly play.It took me around 4 months to become a wu gui.:D

Turtling achievement:
Once have life lead with Tetra,play mid screen distance with Tetra until he buay tahan.
Turtle Pei Hoon until time out
Once have life lead with Tommy,do same thing until the matches drag until nearly time out

AE Bison

2010-12-22T09:52:00.000-08:00

I kind of relieved that Bison is still quite the same but I feel that the 'ssf4' and 'ae' exclusive characters need to watch out liao.*Hint hint

Close Range
His close range I feel that it is pretty much the same since Bison is still able to do a cr.lk to light scissor kick after a near range light scissor kick.The cr.lk hurtbox was not really that significant fortunately..

Mid Range
Pretty much the same with the exception of st.hk damage nerf.

Far Range
Nothing changed here lol.

What I feel:
Yun and Yang I feel it is still manageable but again,I feel that yun and yang players needs more time to test out thing first.:P

Cammy matchup I feel is quite the same with the exception that she need to use ex to do the meaty 'dive kick'.Her combos are still very pain.:(

Guy matchup I feel now is going to be harder in super because Paul nearly win me.Haha.No la..Better cr.lk and st.mk.(I could swore that guy's st.mk become better..)

Viper matchup,a bit like Cammy.Dun ever teo Viper cr.hp combo.The kiddy neutral jump is reallly goood against her.ABUSE.

The Guai Lan Adventures of Sherman and the 'Toa Payoh Gang'-Xbox live Japan

2010-12-15T06:46:00.000-08:00

I held a console session with the 'Toa Payoh Gang',who consists of Tommy,bishan Jonathan and Dixon.

It was the most epic console session because it was a console session that only have ONE joystick.So if you were asking why are we not playing with each other,tat's the reason.

So the result of living with ONE joystick,was to play XBOX live with the Japanese lo.

Around 4+-I fetched Dixon and Jonathan to my house.Strangely,it was the FIRST time that I actually went to play custom match with the japanese.

It was some random play with some random Japanese.I was the scout that time to sieve out the famous players.

After some random play,I found the best Japanese seth,Hiropon.The Gambleboxer went out and won.(win 2 rounds lose 1 round) And it ended Hiropon eat Dixon cr.lp,ex headbutt while blocking and lost....

After that match,I went to find Hiropon again and with great luck,I found him again.(Win 2 rounds lose 1 round)Nothing much special but my neutral jump hk seems to win his wall dive jump hk a few times..Jonathan also played with him and also did not bad too.

Besides Hiropon,we found:
iceage r(Played with Jonathan once with cammy and then kicked us out.):(
piyoppia(Known as AFG and rumored as Pie)-Did not kicked us out but did not start the game..
TAKEHOKO(Jonathan played with him...)
AudioSunSun(I played with him and when I was about to win,he stood there and did nothing.....)
toro1006t(A okay okay akuma.)
DX MATSUKO(A really good ibuki here.But I think the bison vs ibuki matchup is quite tough for ibuki so I won.)

Genius K127
There was a vega which was the most turtling vega I have ever played.Though it was the right way to play(at the time I was using balrog),but I ran out of patience on the third round.(3/4 and full screen turtling)
In the third round I snapped out and I did balrog's ultra when I only a little health.The result was I got TOP TIER XIALAN JAPANESE TAUNT.(Vega signal his hands to ask the opponent to come.

I was playing Arcade mode at that time so he was the guy who challenged me first.And then he appeared again.In my mind,I was like,'Ccb,this time you die liao.'

And of course the person I was using was Bison here lol.This matchup I feel that,'If anyone has a life lead here,the person with lesser health is in for a tough time.'

There was a distance I know where I can jump where Vega needs to block but the same also applies for Vega itself.So both players were actually finding a jumping spot.Once I was able to have life lead,I give him 3/4 and full screen turtling and could not resist a little Xialaness.(Crouch,stand,crouch,stand)

There was some jump ins he landed but I poh a few times ex psycho which was punished by his slide and some he kena.I was able to win the first round through this..

Second round I manage to make jump in here and apply some frame trap here.(Cr.lk,cl.st fierce and cr.lk,delayed cr.lk) I must say this guy tech defense is quite strong.But I was able to tech his slam much in the round.

I take some risks by doing st.hk a little outside the cr.mp which he got hit while doing his hk slide and moving in.Fun,tough and good game with this vega.Though later he did not play with me again.:(

After that,he played with Tommy himself and Tommy was using chun li.(And tommy mentioned that he played offensive instead.Maybe vega players would understand why).Tommy lost.:(

Tat's pretty much the console session is about.:)

Facing A Gangat Or Leschan Part 2

2010-12-13T08:16:00.000-08:00

Ultra Selection
Ultra 1
A lot of people may say why use ultra 1 than ultra 2.Reasons I heard:
1.Can poh 50-50
2.Sagat-fireball char
But recently,most bison players switched to ultra1 which I feel that their rationale was in high level games,people are not going to throw fireball blindly or at least do feint attacks that make u tink that they are going to fireball.

Plus sometimes with ultra 2,you also begin to wait for fireball which ends up you get frustrated because he dun fireball at all.(Also,SY has a great post about his ultra2,here.http://www.round1.sg/forums/index.php?topic=1247.45)

With that said,ultra 1 is not something to brush aside especially when there is fake focus attack level 3.:D

Ultra 2
I feel that when you use ultra 2,your mentality must be,'There are other ways to get in.'The only time I feel you should wait is the you have a life lead or the player teo pressured until he blur or the player is dumb.

Facing A Gangat Or Leschan Part 1

2010-12-10T09:15:00.000-08:00

Time to talk about my favorite matchup for super and also for vanilla.(Depending who I am playing with.:D)

Sagat was pretty toned down compared to Vanilla but I personally feel that it is a matchup that Bison still has to play smart to win.

Far Range

This is a pretty tricky range for bison, I feel. If you do devil reverse/headstomp mixup, sagat players would:
Jump front hp(Kills heavy devil reverse)
Jump back hp(I personally like sagat to do this, imo. They only trap themselves into corner in the matter of time.)
Light tiger shot/Heavy tiger shot(To hit you while you land)
Neutral Jump hp/??? (Kills heavy devil reverse and headstomp)
Ultra2(Kills light reverse)

But again, this range is quite good when sagat has much lower health than you and is using ultra 1. Just squat there with ultra 2 and ex sk mixed with neutral jump, 623 teleport and devil reverse.

Medium Range

Some players tell me that,’ Just spam hk la.’ But the problem here is, sagat st.hk startup time is 5 frames and ur mid range pokes like st.mk and st.hk is 6 frames. So, if sagat pressed st.hk first, u going to get hit first..

The good news is, you can whiff his st.hk by walking backwards and do a walk forward st.hk. Other ways are doing cr.mp/cr.mk which will go under st.hk due to the hitbox of st.hk.

Sagat st.mk is a pretty decent poke but it has a slow startup time of 9 frames and of course, not forgetting low tiger shot. So how do you go about through this matchup?

First, condition sagat player not to do standing hk by trying to punish it.Slowly move in with st.hk and st.mk cautiously and not forgetting light sk.

Close Range

I feel that this is the position where bison most excels in.Unfortunately,it is the same distance where sagat player LOVES TO POH UPPERCUT.Bison players needs to give a delusion to sagat players that they are baiting for uppercut.

After sagat blocked your jump hp,you do a teleport or cr.lp 3 or 4 times and backdash.When you see that sagat players did not do a uppercut,this is when u apply frame trap and mixup with slam.So first you condition the sagat not to do uppercut and that is how you are able to do your mixup shits.

But for me... it was Tuesday.

2010-12-02T20:03:00.000-08:00

Bison vs Chun Li

This matchup is one of the most annoying and bad matchup since the time of vanilla. I think the matchup is improved since the arrival of bison’s ultra 2.

The idea in this matchup is to push Chun li into the corner and keep her there.
The annoying things here:
Light kikoken is too freaking slow to do an ex sk.(By the time it reach you,chun li has already recovered.)
Bison jump in attacks can be stop by Chun Li:
Jump hp,hp
Cr.hk
Far.st.hp
Now:
Df.lk(T_T)
Not only that,even when you are in range of cr.lk after light sk,cr.lp can stuff it.:(

Can link to ultra 2 or ex lighting kick.

What bison should do:(imo)
Have life lead.Turtle like no tomorrow.
If chun li is a bit predictive with far.standing mp or cr.hk,it is time to focus and punish with slam or cr.lk sk combo
I think the best punish for hazanshu is cr.hp(Saw this when lsy vs some other chun li) or ultra 2(if you have leslie like reaction.)
Neutral Jump hk on kikoken combined with empty neutral jump works wonder except on tommy.

Bao Jiak Frame Trap

2010-11-23T08:23:00.000-08:00

Utilizing Frame Trap
Have you asked yourself these questions:
"Sian siah.He tech all my slams and block my frame trap.How ar?"
"How come this guy do frame trap ppl normally kena one?"

Today's topic will cover all these questions.Hopefully this will help you.:D

Just as I said in the previous post:
There are 3 ways of how an opponent tech their slam
1.Early Crouch Tech
2.Standing Tech
3.Late Crouch

Here is a more technical detail of how a slam works.
Slam
Startup time(The startup time of the slam)-3 frames
Active frames(The animation of the slam)-7 frames

When They Tech:
Early Crouch Tech and Standing Tech:4th to 7th frame
Late Crouch Tech:7th frame to 10th frame

So technically,you can also say that,if I am a ryu(since most ppl know ryu frame data lol),

To punish early crouch tech and standing tech:
You can do:
cr.lp,delayed cr.lp....
cr.lp,delayed cr.mk...

To punish late crouch tech:
You can do:
cr.lp,far.hp....(Ryu far hp has a startup time of 8 frames)

Testing The Waters
So u know how to punish these different techs,but now,how do you know he doing which kind of tech?
You do early crouch tech and standing tech frame trap,if he block it,there are 2 reasons,
1.He not teching slam
2.He doing late crouch tech

If you do late crouch tech frame trap,if he block it,there are 2 reasons,
1.He not teching slam
2.He doing early crouch tech and standing tech

Tat's all now.Your comments pls.:D

Frame Traps For Dummies Part 1

2010-11-20T09:51:00.000-08:00

Wah.This one is going to be one hell of an explanation.But I will try my best to explain it.lol.

I going to divide into different parts for this frame trap explanation:
Part 1-Brief introduction of frame traps
Part 2-Utilizing it effectively
Part 3-?????

Part 3 would be a nice surprise or even no surprise for you lol.

What is a frame trap?
a frame trap is when you hit someone with a move with frame advantage so they're basically locked in blockstun while you can perform another slower move that will provide just enough gap so they can start a move, but then get hit by that slower move you just did.
quoted from kumakendo,shoryuken.com

Tat is the best explanation I could find and if you want me to put it in my own words,
It is an offensive counter to an opponent move such as tech slam or pokes.

Why do I want to do frame trap?
In high level games,players are able to tech slam consistently through 3 types of tech:
Early Crouch tech
Late Crouch tech
Standing tech

Frame traps are the key to breaking the opponent's defense.Because your opponent think that,"Oh he is going to slam me!!!"And then frame traps come in and he pays for teching it.

Tat's all for now.And one more thing:Put real name la.*Hit the guy whose name starts with the L

Bison vs Ken Part 2

2010-11-18T22:40:00.000-08:00

As a bison player,you need to know where is your best range and your opponent's best range.
There are two best ranges for bison:
One is st.mk distance
The other is st.hk distance whenever ken fwd.mk is done,bison do st.hk and beats fwd.mk.Not only that,this is where you could anti air pretty much what ken does.

The key here is to have a life lead and 'lame it out'.Devil reverse always have a way of attracting people to attack you except one character.Clue:Start with S and is an ass.

Tat's all for the Ken's matchup.

I also finding players who are interested in posting their views about matchups and tricks they know in a blog.Just tell me on the tagboard or facebook or msn and you will be an author lol.

Bison vs ChineseBoy and Bao Jiak Part 1

2010-11-16T22:28:00.000-08:00

I was scratching my head,thinking hard of which matchup would I talk about.So I decided to talk about the matchup that I played most often which is none other than:

KEN

Ken has a surprising scary okizeme:
Setup for ambigious jump lk
Setup for crossup jump hp
Setup for crossup tatsu

The first one is freaking ambigious.Ken's jump lk can land in front or behind you depending on the distance.(Even Ken players told me that they do not know where it would land.Lol.)

The second one is also as scary as the one above and land more damage.The third one is self explanatory.

Ken also have a "ryu-like" option select:
Option select shoryuken wins ex psycho(Medium one beat and light one trades.(Clarification from joseph himself.)
Option select hk/ex tatsu/ultra 2 wins teleport

Ken....cannot option select....ex devil reverse...even with ex shoryuken...Just abuse only la.Joseph did a yomi neutral jump hp to hit my ex devil reverse which resulted in a equally yomi ex headstomp.:D

Ex Psycho Goodies

2010-11-13T19:35:00.000-08:00

Normally,people would use ex psycho as defensive or offensive tools.

Defensive:
Using Ex Psycho to escape

Offensive:
Using Ex Psycho in fullscreen(Where you get frame advantage)

These are more common ways that bison player normally use.Now I introduce something:

Offensive:
Using Ex Psycho in the corner(This means that if you manage to ex psycho through the opponent,you would end up in the corner.)

Why do you want to do this?Because people always try to block front when blocking the ex psycho where NOW YOU COULD END UP BEHIND THEM.

The setup for this ex psycho corner shennigans:
After slam,cr.mp(Use to time the thing),ex psycho
After knockdown(opponent choose to wakeup tech,do cr.lp(Same thing as cr.mp),ex psycho

Tat's all liao.Going to rush to AFA later.:(

Bison Jump Hp Crossup

2010-11-10T23:55:00.000-08:00

It is time to write my own character liao."All hail Bison!!!".Lol.

There are actually three ways to do a crossup hp.

1.After a back throw
2.After a forward/back throw in the corner
3.Around bison cr.mk distance

The first one is really delicious.After a back throw,the distance away from you and your opponent is a bit more than bison cr.mk distance.

If you still do not understand,here is a hint.After bison backwards throw,the opponent WAKES UP WITH HIS BACK FACING YOU.AFTER THAT,HE WILL TURN AROUND AND FACE YOU.So the hint is,to hit him at the time before he turn around and face you.

The second one is pretty straightforward.After a forward/back throw in the corner,do a cr.mk to time the crossup and do jump hp immediately.

The third one is too situational.You get a crossup on him using this one because his character is not moving or when you jump,the distance was luckily just right.:X

Tat's all from the still weak Bison player.:(

I would also love suggestions and questions too.:D

Akuma Ex Demon Flip Goodies

2010-11-10T08:21:00.000-08:00

I realised the best way to destress was to do the akuma hk loop especially on SAGAT.The combo makes you feel that you have been a best friend to the sf4 world who is not using sagat.

After some time,I decided to test out the ex demon flip setup after akuma sweep.(I testing out on sagat.)

The setup is like this:Sweep,Dash forward once,ex demon flip

1.If you press lk + lp,akuma will do a command throw.
2.If you press lk,akuma will hit in front.
3.If you press mk,akuma will crossup.

From my observation,it hits deep enough to kill off uppercut.Another question would be,does this apply to all other characters?