I needed to get my rank up because I've been demolishing everyone that matchmaking put me with in casuals (2600 lp neighborhood), and I needed better competition to continue getting gud. I made super silver in like 40 minutes. I think I can get gold no problem if I hone in the late tech and jumpback tech OS.

I have gotten rid of a lot of bad habits. Panic wakeup EX flashkick is almost entirely out - it's a read if I do it. My worst habit is probably respecting folks' wakeup too much, and doing nothing sometimes when I score a knockdown. At minimum, it should be a late tech against non command grab characters. This is mostly an indecisiveness thing.

I've gotten much better with patience and spacing. I get jumped in upon when sonic booming much less. I have also gotten good at making people respect the boom so that I can do the v-skill boom and pester them with that.

I can do the corner sonic boom loop in practice mode pretty easily. Haven't done it in a match yet, that's a different beast.

I have gotten better at the Birdie matchup....I actually react to his shenanigans like 1/3 of the time now, as opposed to never.

The Chun Li matchup still makes me want to jump off of a balcony.
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