Not me..I played one tonight and got straight owned. And I didn't feel cheated or played. Dude had a straight up mastery of the character. Now, true enough, I was up 5-1 on the online session as a whole and I was dealing with the typical cheesy type of 'strategies', so I wasn't in a real righteous zone to be taking on someone who was legit AND great.

But wow...I got P'd for round 1. Round 2, I tried to get my mind right and at least compete. I did some chip damage. And by some I mean a little bit. Maybe two hits. Otherwise, I couldn't get anywhere near him without feeling like he was going to end the round. He eventually wiped me out with a stun string combo followed by another 'training mode' combo off of a focus attack. Whooo...straight ownery. I gave up the lovin like prom night after the 'fight'.

Two fights later I double P'd a novice Ken. I felt bad, but shit son! I just got owned in a mirror match! I was sensitive!

Jimaveli: update...fuck Bison/Dictator and Blanka.

>@ 350 replies, I think it's time to start anew.
>
>are y'all still playing?
>I've been "lurking"; my time's been snatched by various forces
>out there, but I'll be around toward week's end.
>
>Look for me on PSN and 360 (see: Gamertag post).
>
>while I don't generally pay attention to tiers/character
>ranking, I had to see what was with these claims that my
>chosen main, Dan, is no longer the worst of the bunch... and I
>was shocked to see who was at the top:
>
>JB's gal (Chun), Spank (Honda), N!!! (Dictator), and GUILE.
>
>Guile?! GUILE?!
>
>the same Guile that was GUILED in the previous installment?
>
>were the nerfs to Sagat, Zangief, Ryu, et al were that severe?
>Cammy was buffed so much that she leap frogged all the way in
>that group?
>
>well, at least it wasn't Fat Boy, or Pinwheel Puff. the
>ticky-tack games best popularized by Yun/Yang in original
>SFIII were (and still) are annoying as shit.
>
>the cool thing is that the current ranking really hasn't
>affected the character selections of the hangers on. I still
>see cats sticking with the FFDP (Spanish Claw Man), Fuerte,
>Gen, Viper, and the like in the tournaments. I think an
>upswing in Abel players might be coming... because that Ultra
>II is some BOOOOOOOOLSHEEEET.
>
>Controller check:
>
>what are you players using?
>has the rise of players like Zangief (and good ol'
>cost-prohibition) inspired you all to stay with what's
>comfortable and familiar?
>
>or are you (like me) falling to the peer pressure and moving
>out of the comfort zone?
>
>if so, what's yours of choice? are you on a SE, TE, custom?
>old school via a converter?
>
>sort of related, I've been fooling with the official Dreamcast
>arcade stick. Got a Namco stick (PS1/PS2) on deck and a Real
>Arcade Pro (v1, for PS1/2) on the way. After all this SFIV on
>sticks, I'm trying to see if I can play the older games (3S,
>SFA, ST) on other consoles with one.