Not loving the way folks play with Charlie now. They are Guiling it up. Then, in close it is the one combo bugaloo. Survivor mode is bringing out the worst.

And I'm still not loving dealing with the Laura stuff. I need to spend some time playing with her. That helped me with Karin. I'm starting to see Lauras at a shoto bro frequency too. I gotta get my punishes properly placed. It ain't like she's tricky.

I played a gief that brought a vortex with jumping knee and crouching punch. It was reasonably brutal. I got away here and there but never really cracked it, so it is my fault. But dude did it for most of all three rounds. Masterbatory shenanigans that I don't love, but that's the ranked life if you don't shut it down immediately.

I played a couple Birdies. I felt pretty bad about having him as my main after seeing how he can be approached by a less 'decent' person.

I have like no respect for the average Spammy either. It's like the lamest Ken players on earth switched to her and kept on rolling.

I prolly should just avoid playing ranked on Saturdays. Hehe.

>for Ken:
>
>Gief -- good gracious, I feel helpless in this one. your
>footsies have to be perfect, and one mistake puts you in a cr.
>jab / meaty headbutt / ex SPD / air SPD vortex if he lands a
>knockdown.
>
>Mika -- not even sure what's safe and unsafe with her yet. she
>has a lot of mix-ups into command throws and a misplaced
>fireball puts you in a world of hurt. oh yeah, if you're in
>the corner prepare to lose 50 percent life.
>
>Nash -- I've gotten a lot better at this one (cr. hp beats
>moonsault at most distances and easier to react to than mp
>srk) but a comparably skilled Nash player is going to beat me
>every time. his block strings and buttons in close seem strong
>against Ken.
>
>Bison -- fuck this guy! I know top players are saying he's not
>as good as first thought, but if he has meter he's fucking
>brutal.
>
>I haven't played many good Lauras or Sims. Ken is OK in
>mirrors because most of them are flowchart with a heavy dash
>of YOLO. I played an Ultra Bronze Ken that was doing random
>fullscreen hard tatsus.
>
>Ryu is even because of his damage potential but again, at my
>level (1000-1300 LP) you can beat 70 percent of them with
>simple anti-airs and wake-up shoryuken baits. plus it's the
>matchup I've played the most.
>
>Cammy and Karins do some annoying things, but I think you have
>to be really good to maximize their advantages. Necallis can
>usually be blocked and punished when they go for stuff like
>half-screen disc guidance, or spam HK on rhythm. I do get
>wrecked by Vegas but don't play them much. Chun is super good
>but most people under Silver can't do all her dirty stuff.