I will be leaving tomorrow with Javier and meeting up with Tinh(Mine) and others. From there we will fly to Vegas to meet everyone there. Wish us the best of luck! Thank you ahead of time for the support! :)
-Miky
P.S. がんばります(Ganbarimasu)! - It means, "I will do my best!"
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
Lost Footage against Mago
I'm sorry to say that the footage that was recorded against Mago was lost. Our buddy that recorded it reformatted his camera and all of his footage from reveLAtions was lost. I'll try to get something up soon.
-Miky
-Miky
Chris King(Vega)
I had met many new friends at SBO Qualifiers. We had great food and had many laughs. I really enjoyed the event. One person in particular that I had met was Chris King. He uses Vega and did quite well in the qualifiers.
When I introduced myself to him I explained I wanted to fight him. Watching him fight FilipinoChamp at ReveLAtions and win was amazing. Upon meeting him I had found out he had gone to Japan. He had gone there for about a year as a foreign exchange student. This is something I have been wanting to do for quite some time. Along with school and culinary attractions, Street Fighter arcades in Japan are something I want to experience. Apparently, Chris had been using Zangief for a bit as his main but switched to Vega. I thought that was interesting since it's such a difference in character design. Chris was telling me how he had met and played against players like TKD, Mago, Fuudo, and many more.
The one thing he had said which stood out to me was about a certain player. He told me he had never heard of him and fought him for several sets. I don't recall his name but he is an unknown Ken user who just played fundamentally well. Using frame traps, block-strings, and setups to his knowledge the Japanese Ken user was able to streak on Chris. This was back in Vanilla and Super had recently come out on console. He then continued to tell me that the average skill level of the Japanese players, when compared to the U.S., is significantly higher. I agreed with him saying the Japanese players learn their character's weaknesses and make them a strength. They work around their character's design and make it something profoundly beneficial to their game-play overall. He was also telling me that the players there won't let you get away with anything and that they break down their character to their core. Chris later said that there were players just like the Ken user all over Japan. I was astonished.
Chris and I were able to play several sets and it was very fun to fight him. The way he had played showed me a different style of Vega play. His patience, spacing, defense, and mind-games were stronger than the Vega players I have fought in the U.S. After the sets he said he really enjoyed fighting my Ryu and that there weren't many strong Ryu players in Japan. He questioned if I had lots of match-up experience against Vega. I said not really it's just Kenny(Air) had helped me out with it. I continued saying Air was also helped by Daigo. He laughed saying, "Well, there you go."
Overall, it was great meeting him. To Tim Lee, Kai, and Victor for many laughs - it was great meeting everyone! :)
-Miky
When I introduced myself to him I explained I wanted to fight him. Watching him fight FilipinoChamp at ReveLAtions and win was amazing. Upon meeting him I had found out he had gone to Japan. He had gone there for about a year as a foreign exchange student. This is something I have been wanting to do for quite some time. Along with school and culinary attractions, Street Fighter arcades in Japan are something I want to experience. Apparently, Chris had been using Zangief for a bit as his main but switched to Vega. I thought that was interesting since it's such a difference in character design. Chris was telling me how he had met and played against players like TKD, Mago, Fuudo, and many more.
The one thing he had said which stood out to me was about a certain player. He told me he had never heard of him and fought him for several sets. I don't recall his name but he is an unknown Ken user who just played fundamentally well. Using frame traps, block-strings, and setups to his knowledge the Japanese Ken user was able to streak on Chris. This was back in Vanilla and Super had recently come out on console. He then continued to tell me that the average skill level of the Japanese players, when compared to the U.S., is significantly higher. I agreed with him saying the Japanese players learn their character's weaknesses and make them a strength. They work around their character's design and make it something profoundly beneficial to their game-play overall. He was also telling me that the players there won't let you get away with anything and that they break down their character to their core. Chris later said that there were players just like the Ken user all over Japan. I was astonished.
Chris and I were able to play several sets and it was very fun to fight him. The way he had played showed me a different style of Vega play. His patience, spacing, defense, and mind-games were stronger than the Vega players I have fought in the U.S. After the sets he said he really enjoyed fighting my Ryu and that there weren't many strong Ryu players in Japan. He questioned if I had lots of match-up experience against Vega. I said not really it's just Kenny(Air) had helped me out with it. I continued saying Air was also helped by Daigo. He laughed saying, "Well, there you go."
Overall, it was great meeting him. To Tim Lee, Kai, and Victor for many laughs - it was great meeting everyone! :)
-Miky
SBO Qualifications in L.A.
Had a very amazing trip to L.A. to SBO Quals. It was a great experience since Evolution 2011 is just two weeks away.
I had teamed up with my buddy Javier(Cynistar - Gouki). My other buddy Mike Chow(Abel) had teamed up with his friend Kurt(El Fuerte). I didn't get to catch much of their matches but they didn't run into much trouble. Sadly they were disqualified in the midst of picking up one of their friends. As for our matches we went 3-2.
Our first match was against Alex Valle and Justin Wong. As we saw, Justin decided to use Yun. I was a bit sad. I wanted to fight his Rufus since he killed me at SCR awhile back. Javier went up first and lost to Justin. He did well with little preparation before hand. I'm not sure what the actual match up is but from what I've heard Tokido say it is a 7-3 match up. I don't believe it is that bad but it is a bit difficult for Gouki. I had to fight Valle next. I was very stoic in this match up since it's one of my favorite. I decided to play just the way I had done at Hadocon - solid! I had remembered the match I had played against John Choi back in San Jose Bar and Grill. He completely out-played me in fireballs, footsies, and spacing. I was able to take down Valle playing exactly how I wanted to. It felt very good and that gave me confidence against Justin. Against Justin's Yun specifically I decided to keep away. I didn't know if Justin was comfortable with Yun but I wasn't going to let him display any sign of pressure on me. First round, I neutral jumped his dive kicks but he caught on quite quickly. Soon after he took me down a round. I was thinking I will be fine if I continue with my game plan. I was comfortable playing a keep away style against Yun since I had recently been playing Yun to feel him out as a character in general. With that said, I was able to take down Justin as well. It was a great victory for us both.
After that we lost to Alex(Fei Long) aka GameUp and Kimorchi(Ryu). Javier beat Kimorchi and I lost to Alex. My loss was more hesitation than anything else. From what I can take from that match is to trust your gut instinct and not to second guess it. If your wrong it's okay. You will learn from it. Alex then was able to beat Javier. We felt like the loss wasn't a necessary one. We should be able to fight Fei Long since fighting Mago back at ReveLAtions. However, Alex played well and we tried not to let that affect us for our later matches. We played a Dee Jay and Henry(Makoto) where I lost to the Dee Jay. The Dee Jay was playing very well against me but I played the match-up a bit wrong. I ate a couple unnecessary dread kicks and fire balls that came from impatient play. In that match up in general low forward can be a double edge sword. If you low forward and the Dee Jay player catches on to your spacing and patterns he can dread kick over it. Even one or two dread kick's can add up. With that said, I lost to the Dee Jay respectfully. Javier then was able to beat the two.
Our next match was against Jeremy(Yun) aka Vicious and Chris(Juri) aka DJ Divine. They are good friends of ours and have met them through past events. I didn't want to underestimate them at all. I wanted to fight against Jeremy(and later to find out Jeremy wanted to fight me as well) so Javier and Chris went up first. It was a close set but Javier played an impressive mix-up game while Chris wasn't able to keep him out as well. I then fought Jeremy which I barely came out on top. I took the same strategy against Justin Wong and applied it to the set. There is something significant I have noticed against Yun's. I was okay with crouch teching with jab. At certain angles, even if Yun uses jab(which is 3 frames) he can still get counter-hit out of a misplaced dive kick. I used that to my advantage since I believe crouch teching with jab also beats out command grabs(ex as well). It seems the start up gets interrupted by my jab. Correct me if I'm wrong though since this is only through experience and not through training mode. The hit-confirm of a successfully placed crouch tech jab can later lead to an untechable knockdown.
Our last match was against Team compLexity consisting of Mike Ross(E.Honda) and Ryan aka FilipinoChamp(Dhalsim). I was looking forward to fighting Mike but I didn't want Javier to fight him since I had played him the most out of us two. Mike ended up out playing me in spacing and wake up pressure. I kept trying to low forward and he counter-hit me with his 3 frame jabs to hand slap. Javier then fought Ryan. He played impressively with well-timed frame traps and throw setups. It is a must watch! He then fought Mike and lost barely. As for the loss he felt it was because of the match-up experience, but I told him he did very well. We both supported each other as we shook hands with Mike and Ryan. As I reached out to Mike's hand I grasped it for a bit. I said, "Hey Mike... I'm coming back for you." He laughed and smiled saying, "I know... of course!" We were out of the qualifier.
I felt as a team we supported each other quite well. Filling in the holes when one of us fell short was definitely our strength against other teams. We were confident but weren't as fortunate enough to continue fighting. Next stop - Evolution 2011! :)
-Miky
I had teamed up with my buddy Javier(Cynistar - Gouki). My other buddy Mike Chow(Abel) had teamed up with his friend Kurt(El Fuerte). I didn't get to catch much of their matches but they didn't run into much trouble. Sadly they were disqualified in the midst of picking up one of their friends. As for our matches we went 3-2.
Our first match was against Alex Valle and Justin Wong. As we saw, Justin decided to use Yun. I was a bit sad. I wanted to fight his Rufus since he killed me at SCR awhile back. Javier went up first and lost to Justin. He did well with little preparation before hand. I'm not sure what the actual match up is but from what I've heard Tokido say it is a 7-3 match up. I don't believe it is that bad but it is a bit difficult for Gouki. I had to fight Valle next. I was very stoic in this match up since it's one of my favorite. I decided to play just the way I had done at Hadocon - solid! I had remembered the match I had played against John Choi back in San Jose Bar and Grill. He completely out-played me in fireballs, footsies, and spacing. I was able to take down Valle playing exactly how I wanted to. It felt very good and that gave me confidence against Justin. Against Justin's Yun specifically I decided to keep away. I didn't know if Justin was comfortable with Yun but I wasn't going to let him display any sign of pressure on me. First round, I neutral jumped his dive kicks but he caught on quite quickly. Soon after he took me down a round. I was thinking I will be fine if I continue with my game plan. I was comfortable playing a keep away style against Yun since I had recently been playing Yun to feel him out as a character in general. With that said, I was able to take down Justin as well. It was a great victory for us both.
After that we lost to Alex(Fei Long) aka GameUp and Kimorchi(Ryu). Javier beat Kimorchi and I lost to Alex. My loss was more hesitation than anything else. From what I can take from that match is to trust your gut instinct and not to second guess it. If your wrong it's okay. You will learn from it. Alex then was able to beat Javier. We felt like the loss wasn't a necessary one. We should be able to fight Fei Long since fighting Mago back at ReveLAtions. However, Alex played well and we tried not to let that affect us for our later matches. We played a Dee Jay and Henry(Makoto) where I lost to the Dee Jay. The Dee Jay was playing very well against me but I played the match-up a bit wrong. I ate a couple unnecessary dread kicks and fire balls that came from impatient play. In that match up in general low forward can be a double edge sword. If you low forward and the Dee Jay player catches on to your spacing and patterns he can dread kick over it. Even one or two dread kick's can add up. With that said, I lost to the Dee Jay respectfully. Javier then was able to beat the two.
Our next match was against Jeremy(Yun) aka Vicious and Chris(Juri) aka DJ Divine. They are good friends of ours and have met them through past events. I didn't want to underestimate them at all. I wanted to fight against Jeremy(and later to find out Jeremy wanted to fight me as well) so Javier and Chris went up first. It was a close set but Javier played an impressive mix-up game while Chris wasn't able to keep him out as well. I then fought Jeremy which I barely came out on top. I took the same strategy against Justin Wong and applied it to the set. There is something significant I have noticed against Yun's. I was okay with crouch teching with jab. At certain angles, even if Yun uses jab(which is 3 frames) he can still get counter-hit out of a misplaced dive kick. I used that to my advantage since I believe crouch teching with jab also beats out command grabs(ex as well). It seems the start up gets interrupted by my jab. Correct me if I'm wrong though since this is only through experience and not through training mode. The hit-confirm of a successfully placed crouch tech jab can later lead to an untechable knockdown.
Our last match was against Team compLexity consisting of Mike Ross(E.Honda) and Ryan aka FilipinoChamp(Dhalsim). I was looking forward to fighting Mike but I didn't want Javier to fight him since I had played him the most out of us two. Mike ended up out playing me in spacing and wake up pressure. I kept trying to low forward and he counter-hit me with his 3 frame jabs to hand slap. Javier then fought Ryan. He played impressively with well-timed frame traps and throw setups. It is a must watch! He then fought Mike and lost barely. As for the loss he felt it was because of the match-up experience, but I told him he did very well. We both supported each other as we shook hands with Mike and Ryan. As I reached out to Mike's hand I grasped it for a bit. I said, "Hey Mike... I'm coming back for you." He laughed and smiled saying, "I know... of course!" We were out of the qualifier.
I felt as a team we supported each other quite well. Filling in the holes when one of us fell short was definitely our strength against other teams. We were confident but weren't as fortunate enough to continue fighting. Next stop - Evolution 2011! :)
-Miky
Monday, June 20, 2011
NCR - NorCal Regionals
NCR was another hard event. Lots of strong players to fight against.
In teams we did okay. We ended up losing to John Choi's team consisting of himself, Hsien Chang, and Buktooth(Campbell). Then we lost to Air's team. My buddy Javier beat Marn then played Air. It was down-hill from there. Air played well and OCV'ed us. Yang is very strong and we didn't prepare much against him.
Singles started and I had to fight Laugh around my 5th match. I attempted to throw fireballs to help myself get better with them. It wasn't a good idea to test a different style during a tournament match. I ended up jumping too many times and trying to tech a grab when he had 2 meters. I lost 0-2 without putting up a good fight. I saw a sense of relief from Laugh when he beat me. I felt we both knew it should have been a much better fight. He told me that he knew when I was looking for a fireball and when I was going to throw a fireball. With that being said, my fireballs were very weak.
Right after that match, I had to play Crackfiend. I knew he was a strong player, but I did not care. I was really upset how I lost to Laugh. I didn't attempt to footsies or play fundamentally well, and because of that I played that way against Crackfiend. I beat his Dudley convincingly the first set. He then chose Balrog. It was as if he was getting better and better each round. I ended up beating him 2-1 but it came down to the last set. I was able to footsies his sweep and take whatever mistakes I had made against Keno/Laugh and take him down.
After that, I had to play Filipino Champ. Before I had worked on hitting his limbs, but forgot to fireball when he stopped throwing limbs. I hit his limbs, he would stop, then I would fireball. I got him to the corner, but I forgot to DP his limbs to make him stop pressing buttons in the corner. I had forgotten something so crucial and lost 0-2. I was out of the tournament. It was frustrating for me to forget something so important. I had felt I played worse than I had played against him at ReveLAtions. It was as if I was taking two steps back and that didn't feel good at all.
Later, Anthony(Crackfiend) came up to me and said, "Man those matches were amazing. I had a blast. No one has ever pushed me to play as I did. The only players that have done that to me are John Choi, Filipino Champ, Ricky, ect. Those players are fundamentally sound and I feel you are trying to do that as well." I thanked him and told him that I appreciated his compliment. I began to tell him that I'm not trying to be an egoist and that these events aren't all about me. Since my buddies and I travel as a group it is always nice for us to all do well. But watching them do well while I struggle is something I don't want happening. I wanted us to all do well. I also began telling him that fundamentals are what I've been working on this whole time playing the Street Fighter 4 series competitively. Now that AE has come out I feel as if that has no meaning anymore. However, from what Anthony said to me, I feel I am following the right path to becoming better.
Working on fireballs, footsies, and fundamentals with Ryu is very hard. Especially against players who are already fundamentally sound from the many years of playing older fighting games. I just hope I am going on the right path to fight the best. With my progress so far I can only hope to see from here on out. Next up, Evolution 2011! :)
-Miky
P.S. My buddy Javier tied for 9th place at NCR. Good job to him! My other buddy Mike Chow did okay, but I'm not sure what he placed. I did the worse out of all of us. Javier did very well in fighting his matches. He lost to Vangief(Vance) before making top 8.
P.S.S. Shoutouts to Johnson(Ryu), Paul(P.Viper), and Disable(E.Honda). They did well in the team tournaments almost beating team Korean Wolf(Laugh, Infiltration, Wolfkrone). Watching them play was amazing. They are still very strong players. Johnson and Paul are from Fresno as well. It was nice seeing them! :)
P.S.S.S. I didn't get to money match Daigo's Yun, but I got to money match him in Marvel. He used Wolverine, Dante, and Akuma while I used Storm, Sentinel, and Magneto. I thought about putting Magneto up on point but I figured if I lose him I would have much more trouble. I ended up beating him 3-2. Magneto as my anchor in level 3 ex factor carried me against his team. Since he used level 1 ex-factor to instant kill my first character and do a mix up on the second, I knew that if I can block the mix-up with Magneto and block safely I can win.
In teams we did okay. We ended up losing to John Choi's team consisting of himself, Hsien Chang, and Buktooth(Campbell). Then we lost to Air's team. My buddy Javier beat Marn then played Air. It was down-hill from there. Air played well and OCV'ed us. Yang is very strong and we didn't prepare much against him.
Singles started and I had to fight Laugh around my 5th match. I attempted to throw fireballs to help myself get better with them. It wasn't a good idea to test a different style during a tournament match. I ended up jumping too many times and trying to tech a grab when he had 2 meters. I lost 0-2 without putting up a good fight. I saw a sense of relief from Laugh when he beat me. I felt we both knew it should have been a much better fight. He told me that he knew when I was looking for a fireball and when I was going to throw a fireball. With that being said, my fireballs were very weak.
Right after that match, I had to play Crackfiend. I knew he was a strong player, but I did not care. I was really upset how I lost to Laugh. I didn't attempt to footsies or play fundamentally well, and because of that I played that way against Crackfiend. I beat his Dudley convincingly the first set. He then chose Balrog. It was as if he was getting better and better each round. I ended up beating him 2-1 but it came down to the last set. I was able to footsies his sweep and take whatever mistakes I had made against Keno/Laugh and take him down.
After that, I had to play Filipino Champ. Before I had worked on hitting his limbs, but forgot to fireball when he stopped throwing limbs. I hit his limbs, he would stop, then I would fireball. I got him to the corner, but I forgot to DP his limbs to make him stop pressing buttons in the corner. I had forgotten something so crucial and lost 0-2. I was out of the tournament. It was frustrating for me to forget something so important. I had felt I played worse than I had played against him at ReveLAtions. It was as if I was taking two steps back and that didn't feel good at all.
Later, Anthony(Crackfiend) came up to me and said, "Man those matches were amazing. I had a blast. No one has ever pushed me to play as I did. The only players that have done that to me are John Choi, Filipino Champ, Ricky, ect. Those players are fundamentally sound and I feel you are trying to do that as well." I thanked him and told him that I appreciated his compliment. I began to tell him that I'm not trying to be an egoist and that these events aren't all about me. Since my buddies and I travel as a group it is always nice for us to all do well. But watching them do well while I struggle is something I don't want happening. I wanted us to all do well. I also began telling him that fundamentals are what I've been working on this whole time playing the Street Fighter 4 series competitively. Now that AE has come out I feel as if that has no meaning anymore. However, from what Anthony said to me, I feel I am following the right path to becoming better.
Working on fireballs, footsies, and fundamentals with Ryu is very hard. Especially against players who are already fundamentally sound from the many years of playing older fighting games. I just hope I am going on the right path to fight the best. With my progress so far I can only hope to see from here on out. Next up, Evolution 2011! :)
-Miky
P.S. My buddy Javier tied for 9th place at NCR. Good job to him! My other buddy Mike Chow did okay, but I'm not sure what he placed. I did the worse out of all of us. Javier did very well in fighting his matches. He lost to Vangief(Vance) before making top 8.
P.S.S. Shoutouts to Johnson(Ryu), Paul(P.Viper), and Disable(E.Honda). They did well in the team tournaments almost beating team Korean Wolf(Laugh, Infiltration, Wolfkrone). Watching them play was amazing. They are still very strong players. Johnson and Paul are from Fresno as well. It was nice seeing them! :)
P.S.S.S. I didn't get to money match Daigo's Yun, but I got to money match him in Marvel. He used Wolverine, Dante, and Akuma while I used Storm, Sentinel, and Magneto. I thought about putting Magneto up on point but I figured if I lose him I would have much more trouble. I ended up beating him 3-2. Magneto as my anchor in level 3 ex factor carried me against his team. Since he used level 1 ex-factor to instant kill my first character and do a mix up on the second, I knew that if I can block the mix-up with Magneto and block safely I can win.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Matches against Laugh, Mago, and Sako
Playing against Laugh was interesting. I'm so used to playing John Choi's Ryu. It was a good change of pace. He played very strong and in the end it was even. At the end of the last day, I got to talk to him. Laugh said he liked my Ryu which meant a lot. He also wanted to mention something that he noticed in my game play. He told me that I rely on reactions. He also said that it was okay to play like that, but in the cases where you get punished with a focus it may be hard at times. He also compared good reactions to Ricky's. If you don't have Ricky-like reactions you have to be careful at times, he told me. I agreed with him. I remember hearing Alex Valle commentate on Perfect Legend and Kineda(Terry's) first to five sets. Valle said that ground game players look for mistakes. That may also be a double-edged sword since a player may occasionally not make mistakes. I thought it was very interesting of Laugh to tell me this as I thought this as well.
After I played Laugh I money matched Mago. The first set was first to 3 for $20. It was amazing playing him. His block strings, footsies, and spacing were off the charts. I struggled very much. I lost 0-3 very quickly. I asked Mago and his translator Nekohashi how I did in the sets. Mago said I did well but that I needed to stand my ground and fight back. The next time I fought him for another first to 3 for $20. I was able to keep up barely. I blocked his mix-ups in the corner after a forward throw. The mix-up is a jumping strong and a close fierce into ex rekka to make it safe. The jumping strong never crosses up in the corner. Occasionally, he would do forward throw, crouching short or jab, jumping strong, and he would land in front of you instead of behind. I had seen that setup before since I had studied Mago's videos. However, after blocking those setups he changed it up. He did the same setups but used jumping medium kick to cross me up. I got killed from that alone in one round eating big damage. His footsies were remarkable. I still attempted to challenge him. His reactions were very fast. He focus crumpled and even ex chicken winged through the fireballs I threw in his face. I also attempted to low forward his 50/50 setups on wake-up after throw. He told me not to do that but instead to use saving attack(focus attack). Finally I played him a first to 5 for $20. I asked him if we could do first to 5 and he said it was okay. Before we started Nekohashi told me he noticed my changes. Nekohashi said, "Everything that Mago and I have told you to do... you are doing it. That is great! Go for it!" With that I took every round as if it was my last. Most rounds were really close and I felt I was keeping up with Mago himself. I ended up losing 1-5(1-11 overall). I was impressed in taking a game from him and I felt Mago was impressed as well.
Afterward, Mago told me to not throw fireballs in certain situations, but you must throw fireballs. My buddies and I laughed but it made sense. Before leaving Nekohashi gave me some words of wisdom. I believe it was mainly from Nekohashi but a bit from Mago. He said, "I like the way you play for I play Ryu too. I think it is like Super Turbo." He then said, "You are missing something. Your heart is weak." He then pointed to the wall while giving it a loud thump saying "Daigo..." and then lightly tapped the wall and said "You..." He was having trouble getting to his point but I believe he meant that I need to be solid in very specific situations. The rounds where I kept up with Mago came down to very specific solid situations. I failed to come through and lost the round.
The next day I played Sako in a money match. I fought his Cammy and his Rose. I tried to remember how he played against me in SCR where I lost to him 0-2. I was able to take advantage of his movements by using low forward into fireball or ex fireball. I beat his Cammy and he switched to Rose. He couldn't get anything going and I beat his Rose beating him 2-0. It felt good since the last time I had played him. I later played him again and lost to his Ibuki 0-4. I tried to play it the way Daigo fought against Acqua in Gods Garden. However, I should of played it the way Daigo played Momochi in the first Gods Garden. Nekohashi helped me translate into what Sako was telling me. He said, "You must move forward. You play too defensively. You must throw fireball."
After Sako left Mago came over. I immediately hopped on to fight him. It was amazing how much I was able to keep up with him. I ended up barely losing 1-2 in casuals. The last round came down to a pixel. I was very satisfied and I believe Mago was as well. Air(Kenny) was there and told me good job, but that I need to have super meter to make the match easier. Meter management is really important against Fei Long.
Playing these players gave me an idea of what is the next level for playing Ryu. That is the master level: Fireballs. :)
-Miky
P.S. My buddy Alex recorded some of my matches against Mago. I'll let you guys know when they are up on YouTube. Thanks again for reading. Hope to hear from you guys soon! :)
P.S.S. My buddy Mike Chow(Abel) fought Mago and lost 1-2. Mago said he was impressed with his style. My other buddy Javier lost to Mago(0-4) and Sako(0-4). Mago told Javier he knew he had studied Tokido's videos. We all laughed. He needed to use more jumping dive kicks instead of demon flip kicks. Sako told Javier to knock him down more and vortex on his wake-up.
P.S.S. My buddy Mike Chow(Abel) fought Mago and lost 1-2. Mago said he was impressed with his style. My other buddy Javier lost to Mago(0-4) and Sako(0-4). Mago told Javier he knew he had studied Tokido's videos. We all laughed. He needed to use more jumping dive kicks instead of demon flip kicks. Sako told Javier to knock him down more and vortex on his wake-up.
ReveLAtions
At ReveLAtions we went 0-2 in teams losing to our buddies Team Utah(Renzo, Andy, Gustavo) and then lost to another strong team(Ibuki, Ryu, Dhalsim). We didn't play up to our expectations and there's not much to say about our performance(or lack thereof). In Marvel teams I teamed up with Martin and LPN(aka Long). We ended up going 0-2. :(
ReveLAtions was a very hard tournament. Lots of strong players in the bracket itself. They decided to do a whole bracket instead of pools for singles AE. As soon as you won your first match you would have to play a strong player. I had to play John Choi after my first win. Choi's spacing was on point. He out footsied, out fire balled, and out spaced me the whole two sets. I tried to challenge him. Maybe it was a mistake to do so, but it was a great way to see how I was doing compared to his experience. I ended up losing 0-2.
After playing a couple of matches I had to play Filipino Champ(Ryan). When we got to the setup he was saying to himself that he's going to play 100% and he knows that I'm going to as well. From there we played a very intense set. I noticed something after I had played the sets. I was out poking his limbs at first, but when he stopped throwing out limbs carelessly I struggled. This is where I should be throwing fireballs in mid screen to challenge his spacing. Otherwise, I'd be stuck in the corner and it's hard to punish limbs in the corner. In the end I lost 0-2, but put up a good challenge(not good enough for me as I didn't win). I was out of the tournament.
In Marvel singles I went 0-2 as well. Nothing worth mentioning since I am not good at that game at all. I money matched Fanatic for $20 first to 4. I lost 1-4 and it was really bad. He used the same team as me(MSS) but his order was mag/storm/sent. My order was storm/sent/mag. As soon as I lost storm I struggled.
Overall it was a tough tournament. I placed 33rd overall. My buddy Mike Chow placed just below top 16 and my other buddy Javier placed just outside of top 64 I believe. It was great meeting everyone again. You know who you are. :)
-Miky
ReveLAtions was a very hard tournament. Lots of strong players in the bracket itself. They decided to do a whole bracket instead of pools for singles AE. As soon as you won your first match you would have to play a strong player. I had to play John Choi after my first win. Choi's spacing was on point. He out footsied, out fire balled, and out spaced me the whole two sets. I tried to challenge him. Maybe it was a mistake to do so, but it was a great way to see how I was doing compared to his experience. I ended up losing 0-2.
After playing a couple of matches I had to play Filipino Champ(Ryan). When we got to the setup he was saying to himself that he's going to play 100% and he knows that I'm going to as well. From there we played a very intense set. I noticed something after I had played the sets. I was out poking his limbs at first, but when he stopped throwing out limbs carelessly I struggled. This is where I should be throwing fireballs in mid screen to challenge his spacing. Otherwise, I'd be stuck in the corner and it's hard to punish limbs in the corner. In the end I lost 0-2, but put up a good challenge(not good enough for me as I didn't win). I was out of the tournament.
In Marvel singles I went 0-2 as well. Nothing worth mentioning since I am not good at that game at all. I money matched Fanatic for $20 first to 4. I lost 1-4 and it was really bad. He used the same team as me(MSS) but his order was mag/storm/sent. My order was storm/sent/mag. As soon as I lost storm I struggled.
Overall it was a tough tournament. I placed 33rd overall. My buddy Mike Chow placed just below top 16 and my other buddy Javier placed just outside of top 64 I believe. It was great meeting everyone again. You know who you are. :)
-Miky
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