Good Games Thread

lmfao thanks bro.. sorry to cut it short, but i was too wrapped up in the livefeed from VA that flash was hosting. we'll have longer sessions next time around. ggs

 

Yeah I've noticed that sometimes the few times that I try the Serpent Cannon, sometimes it looks like it should hit if you base it off of the hitboxes of other moves like Goh's /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/f.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/f.gif+/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif or everybody's wakeup attacks. Her rising knees don't hit consistently either when it seems like it should (like against Shun's sweeps and sometimes after Pai's sweeps). Against crouching jabs I can sidestep, /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif+/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif. It eats them up. But in comparison to some people like Goh and Aoi and Vanessa..... let's just say it gets hard and the flamingo is my only hope..... if I can get into it and get the flow going.

Ggs today so far to......

Chief Flash - I jumped up and down when I won the one match out of 8 the we had. Your Wolf is vicious.

Marredjin - Fun going back and forth. You pretty much showed me that I need to learn how to throw escape quicker.

TrueWiseman - Sabakied my entire movelist! :lol: It was good though. I got some wins when I decided to back dash after my jabs to let the sabakis whiff and hit you. You're better than me though.

SilentNephilim - I wish my Aoi was like yours. No matter what I tried I just could not stop your offense.

GentlemenThief - Thanks for the combo. I had no idea you could do something like that with Goh. And of course..... you kicked my ass up and down the ring.

good4somethin - I kept getting splashed on the ground because I tried to roll backwards. :lol: I don't know much about Blaze so I deserved that owning.

SoulKatana - Pretty cool mirror matches we had. Your jab-> throw strat seems to be on autopilot though. I could see it coming and ducked and punished a number of times.

And props to other guys like Dark3rdeye and some other guys whose names I can't remember.

Sarah will probably be the death of me but..... she's my main. Maybe they'll fix her up in VF5:R? *crosses fingers*

 

GGs to everyone I played! ^_^

 

Well, the 2nd hit of Serpent can sometimes completely whiff, even when the 1st kick hits or counter hits. Alot of Sarah's mids, the other characters have moves that can slip under them on Sarah's advantage. 2K(K) is a pretty decent choice for mid however. Dragon is also a good mid that works like it should, cause it scoops from the ground, but it's not always so fast in speed unless you buffer it ahead of time.

Shun's lows and Pai's lows are a great example, of some of the hitbox issues. It kind of leaves you stranded, allowing some characters to spam even more moves, besides their general safety on the stuff that gives Sarah a ton of trouble in the first place. For Pai's sweep you can try Serpent cannon, and the good news against Pai is that you can do a more damaging combo no matter the foot stance. Generally the deeper Pai does the lows on Sarah, you can use elbow.

Most of other characters have moves that can pass over, cause whiff, or catch 2P in disadvantages, safely, but Sarah only has access to those tools in flamingo which upon having them fail, you lose(if your opponent is paying attention).

With Sarah reading your opponent is paramount, there aren't really any easy outs. You have to always punish moves, and be impossible to guard, because once your moves get guarded, your in big big trouble. You need to really be on point with the games core defensive techniques, or you're going to always get hurt. The good news though is that you have a ton of moves with different hit levels, and if you can read your opponent and make use of every advantage, you can be pretty much unblockable.

Flamingo or nothing, but even then most of the characters can take it away from you pretty easy. You just have to be really good at reading and don't screw up.

 

ggs to akira# - man, I pretty satisfied with myself after the first half of the session... I thought I had some yomi, thought I knew which traps you'd fall for consistently, thought I could confuse you, etc. I was *wrong*. I knew after that first match against your lei that I was in trouble. The yomi evaporated, NO traps worked on you, and you knew exactly what I was doing at all times. I basically had to rely on luck to pull down the matches I did.
Sheesh. Thanks for the lesson in humility, and also, for demonstrating clearly just how agressive my character *COULD* be if used properly.

 

ggs to holyvagabond: beat me 2 outta 2, lol, quit complaining, your flamingo owned me. Playing you those matches was an exercise in frustration, i knew there was something i could do to kill your flamingo...uh....just didn't know how to do it. nice sarah, i'll get you next time /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif

Marlo: if you played this guy a month or so ago and thought he was average, you were right. If you think he's average now, GOOD LUCK. Your improvement is spectaculor bro. I remember when i thought you were noobish, then i thought you improved but were a punching bag. Then you grabbed master and we played and i thought, he's good but i'm suprised he's able to keep master, cause he still has alotta holes. then we didn't play for awhile till last night, and......you are better than me. Solid, the holes dissappeared. I figured out a few tricks to work on you as the session progressed. BUt that was it. I think i managed to smoke and mirrors it out to only losing about 60%, but you illuminated alot of solid (less risky but still very rewarding) thots on offense that i'm going to start working on. Your use of 2p was nice, and you're throw game was smart from start to finish. Alot of good things you are doing, half of that is just your style, the other half i'm going to steal the best i can.
my only advice to you would be (and all top lei's neglect this b/c its noobile) ppp is still a good combo, it should find its way into your attack every few matches or so.

Sorry to dash out on you without any fanfair. looked at the clock and it was 7:05, and there was somewhere i was supposed to be @ 7!!!!!!!!!!!! I tried to send you a quick message but couldn't find you on my friend's list and didn't have any pm's to reply too, so after a futile search, i turned out the console and bolted to my tardy destination.

I look forward to our next session, unless you keep improving, haha, in which case i'll avoid you. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif
really look forward to it.

 

Marlo has definitely gotten better. I used to pass him up most of the time
unless I wanted to do a quick shagging. I think he even played my Jeff
and put up a decent fight....or was it Goh. Goddamnit playing more characters
makes it too hard to reference lol.

Only thing I'd say is try to ration the 2P I know that cost you a lot of matches
versus me.

 

Hah. THinking back, that's true for me too. I think we managed one throw escape each that session.

I kept eating your flamingo like it was candy if I couldn't stop you from starting it up. I gotta OM more consistently.

 

aaaaahhhh, OM, noted. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif

 

Good Games to the usuals yall know who you are

Cadorna lol do not use K+G on me /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif When I dont know what to do in smaller frame situations, Im gonna crouch attempt a fuzzy 60% of the time. Vanessa is a tough, tough character to use effectively... your definitely on the right track

Good Games to BadSeed, honestly I didn't expect you to beat me with Goh. I escape one of your down grabs and you never let me escape them again you asshole! It's a pleasure playing with you man.

Good Games to Junosynth. Goddamn! You got a monster Lion I'll tell ya.

Good Games to Denkai hahaha I didn't expect you to play Kage... and therefore i didn't expect any TFT ringouts! haha

And finally Good Games to CidKid. Your biggest advantage is that you have an IMMENSE amount of confidence. Add that to an exceedindly exceptional knowledge of Lei-Fei and its a wrap. I have the ideas but sometimes I lack on execution... you were right there to expose me during those times. It was more than a blast going rounds with ya homie.

 

man, I swear to god I was trying 6K+G and 44K+G>G when that stupid kick came out those three times, grrrrr. It's a recurrent mistake I make, just horrible execution /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/frown.gif
One you duck it once I never try it again, much less against a player of your caliber. Grrrr.
Great fights!

 

gg's...

Glory85 you gave me some great tips as well as some awesome matches. Every time we fight I learn something new about Jacky. Thanks!

Cadorna we had some good matches. Hit me up for some non ranked games some time.

SMBisme as always our matches are a ton of fun. We both have improved greatly and it makes each round a real nail biter. Sorry I couldn't get anymore games in, it was late and I had to crash.

 

Good Games to Gentleman Thief...

You have become my XBL nightmare. The ass-beatings you deliver to me hurt after a while and I have to stop. I know you are way better than me and I should hang in there for as long as you are willing but I have to stop after a while. It amazes me how you can steal that 5th round EVERY time. If you want the round bad enough, I feel like there's nothing I can do about it...

Anyways, thanks for the beat-downs... You are an incredibly good player and I'll leave it at that...

 

Auvii, great matches on your part, I could not do much this time, it seems you really have improved a lot. I will definitely go for some player matches.

 

ggs to:

Auvii--I didn't get many ranked in last night, i think you were about the only one i played. Hope you didn't think i was stalking you, but it was back and forth so that was fun. Lets do it again, your skills have taken a step up. I'm back upto master, but my games still a little shaky, altho i did find a fantastic new tactic that helped me claim the last two......low attacks, lol. I started mixing in the sweep and it made a world of difference, i get to darn combo heavy and there's not alot of sweep kick combos so i end up being all mid and high, all the time.

 

ggs to Linzhoumin and Shinn Akira

 

THE GLORY HOUND - Man you know how to play an Aoi and made my Akira look like a scrub. lol

turpenoid - Your Lei is pretty fun and nice dancing at the end.

KUROKUROSAWA - Your Goh was awesome. We were almost evenly matched and I look forward to more matches.

 

good games to all i played this week

 

He is one of the top 5 on here i think. his goh is def top goh on vfdc. his execution and defence are top tier. very fun to play.

 

GG zextremekid, sorry if I was evading into throws a lot, it wasn't my intention. Was practicing ETEG on pretty much every evade I was doing so throws would come out a lot if I didn't get my finger on G quick enough. I remember our connection being better last time so our matches felt a bit sluggish this time.