Tokyo CvS2 11/07/07: Six Match Videos

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11/07/07 Dan vs AO Match 2
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CvS2 Match Discussion

11/17/07 Dan(C) vs Mizoteru(K)

CvS2 Casuals: 11/17/07 Dan vs Mizoteru
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For people that have never played Dan before, it really is hard to get an idea of just how good he is.If you ever do play vs him, he'll make you think C Ryu is up there with A Blanka.

1. Dan is so good at mixing up his attacking that its hard to predict what he will do and where he will be. This is evident in Ryu vs Blanka, in which Blanka usually has more of an advantage in ground control.

2. Ryu does a good job of charging meter and staying away from Blanka.

3. 1:56 I woulda of chosen to do the full ken corner combo in order to waste more K groove rage time. Dan is also pretty ballsy in attacking cammy after he landed the fierce uppercut.

4. 2:10 A cammy dive kick after a knockdown seems really cheap. It probably is a free jump in thats moderately easy. The dive kick can also be used to setup an ambigious cross up after a knockdown. I know Combofiend uses it a lot. Which means all of you should too.

5. 2:30 By this time, Cammy realizes that she has landed several heavy hits on sagat. Which means that fool is about to get dizzy. Mizoteru succesfully keeps the stun bar from going down as his Cammy stays on the attack using alot of low jump early roundhouses(Kinda reminiscent of a low jump blanka).

6. 2:38 Should always do Sagat low short links into low tiger super if you are feeling not confident in the combo coming out.

7. 2:58 Ouch.

-Kim

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CvS2 Match Discussion

Kisshi(C) vs D44(N)

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CvS2 Casuals: 11/03/07 Kisshi(C) vs D44(N)
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1. 00:17 Nice fake roll cross up with Kim

2. 00:28 the counter hit low short into stompkick is a pretty cool safe offense option. Obviously this is a good example of keeping track of stun thus Kisshi stays on the attack.

3. N Bison is garbage, whats he going to do when hes running at you?

4. 1:10 Pretty cool low jump overhead with N bison

5. N Bison is still garbage

6. IMO, after blocking a psycho crusher, should punish it by going straight into super.

7. 2:38 Potential free jump in with sagat? (roll, jump rh after landing fierce uppercut)

8. Low jump Blanka is cheap.

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Mikado 081107: USA vs Tokyo vs Nagoya Matches

Updated 10/21/07

Kurosu(C) vs Iyo(C)
KOH(A) vs John Choi(C)
John Choi(C) vs Iyo(C)

Irvine sucks

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Sega Club CvS2 3on3 Tournament Videos

That's right baby, more footage just days prior to Evolution! This tournament was held at Sega Club arcade which actually doesn't allow recording, so yeah that's why the footage isn't as sweet as it can be. This tourney was double elimination for some reason too... Perhaps someone(bas) is preparing for evo... Thanks to Gunter for the footage.

Gunter vs Kurusu
Gunter vs Komemaru
AO vs Komemaru
AO vs Gao
Gunter vs Yamatei
Gunter vs Pinokio
AO vs Pinokio
BAS(IN CAPS) vs Pinokio
BAS vs Yoshio

Winners Finals
Gunter vs Nuki
Gunter vs INO(also always in CAPS)
AO vs INO
AO vs Tokido

Losers Finals
Yamatei vs Nuki
Pinokio vs Nuki
Pinokio vs Tokido
Yoshio vs Tokido

Grand Finals
Nuki vs Gunter
Tokido vs Gunter
INO vs Gunter

1st Gunter, AO, BAS
2nd Nuki, Tokido, INO
3rd Yamatei, Pinokio, Yoshio

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Mikado 8/11/07 CvS2 Singles Vids

Finals between AO and Iyo.



The rest and other vids are on Gunter's youtube account.
http://www.youtube.com/user/GunterJPN

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EvoWest Part 3 DAMMIT

Ok ok, stop being lazy kim. So I played COMBOFIEND(always in CAPS) twice in this tournament. Playing vs him is always challenging, cause he's always fiending for wins. Whenever we play vs each other after how ever many casual games, we always do some first to 5 shit. And the score usually is 4-5 him. I'll always have this wild ass lead, then K cammy fucks everyone up. Fuck K groove. ahem...

FUCK K GROOVE

Anyway, It's a good thing I only had to beat him 4 games. Cause if it was a race to 5, somehow I would have lost 4-5. I haven't won a singles tournament since like 2003 I think. Side story: I prefer team tournaments to single tournaments. Teams are just way more fun to me, and less stressful. Most CvS2 players I talk to lately, know that this years EVO in Vegas is probably my last. I'm pretty sure a lot of people actually say that. But for the most part I mean it. If next years EVO is a team tournament though, I would consider that. Singles every year is just blah imo, it's the same rinse and repeat stuff. Hmmm.. while I'm on the subject of big national tournaments...

I watched the majority of SBO from the niceness of my own home this past weekend. And yeah that shit is dope. I've been to every SBO except for this year, so it was kind of cool I was able to watch it live. Anyway, the whole reason I bring SBO up is cause I was just thinking of the US's performance in it. I'm not going to bag on any players. IMO I think one of the weaknesses of top american players is we aren't use to tournaments where every single person is on your level. Each round is scary. You think first round single game elimination is scary at evo? Go to fucking SBO and play against someone of a higher level. The best players going out first round is pretty common at SBO. I'm sure it's a humbling experience. When CvS2 was in SBO, I'm telling you...that was the most exciting time if you were a CvS2 player.

Ok so where was I? Ok so I won EvoWest right, but its odd cause I don't remember what happened after I landed the final uppercut to kill cammy. I just remember a bunch of handshakes. Someone I know told me that she doesn't even remember her wedding. Because it was such a fantasticular time and all these emotions and shit were going on. So yeah, maybe that's what happened to me? No, not random marriages, but me just being overwhelmed with happiness, shock, and other really amazing adjectives. Like the brain isn't ready to take in all that emotion, so it doesn't get processed into long term memory(or something). In my mind I imagine me slamming the buttons after I landed the uppercut. And jumping up and doing some wild ass pose. But yeah, I honestly don't know what happened. Hmm yeah.. that reason makes sense. I'm not like the other top players. I don't like american joysticks, therefore I don't go to the very few arcade tournaments left in the US. When I was getting good at games, It was really hard for me to win tournaments, cause my crowd involved Choi, Cole, Nelson, Ricky, Campbell, and the Ultimate Warrior. So yeah, it feels great to know that I could do it, I just had to have patience. It also feels good to hear things like "this win was long over due" and "you really deserved this win" from friends and people you respect. Have I covered enough dammit! Evo Vegas is in one week and I need to get motivated and hype. I know myself pretty well, and I know that theres a part of me that just wants to coast on this win. Somehow I'll get lazy and barely practice for vegas. So yeah, from this point on, I gotta do things the Kim way, watch vids of me getting rocked, learn from my mistakes, practice execution, and use a lot of commas in one sentence. And as a closing note, I get alot of messages about EvoWest Vids. James Chen has the final footage and plans on putting up the vids when he has time. (James is basically a one man production crew for SRK). If I happen to get vids from top 8 from someone else though, then I'll upload those as soon as I can. PEACE AND SEE YOU IN VEGAS. one.
-Kim

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