[QUOTE="freekninjinc"]whee!
and shen I know You read my pm admit it ha!
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Metamania
Is there a way we can report this guy or something? If all he does is troll, then he shouldn't belong in here. Consider it handled, man. No biggie.Alright, so. Ground Up Project. Gen. Me. Wow. *cough*
I made it through the entire month playing as only Gen. I didn't mess with any trials with other characters, didn't practice anything with other characters, nothing. I guess, strictly speaking, I cheated one way, though. First, in practice, I had my training dummy do a move that I was trying to figure out how to overcome. For example, Gief's lariat, or Blanka's electricity, or Akuma's air FBs. Of course, I was already well into my practice session before the thought of whether or not that constituted cheating hit me. Looking back, I would call that fair game, but then, the rules say... *shrug*
When the month kicked off, I hated having to flick down to the bottom-right corner and choose Gen. Every match I was in, I felt completely useless. I could barely even beat the AI. I kept getting confused on stances, I didn't know a single worthwhile combo or punish, and it just seemed like someone had blindfolded me, spun me on a merry-go-round, and then set me loose on a street riddled with potholes. I was stumbling around like a helpless baby, and I hated it.
I stuck with it, of course, and as time went on, I started to find that comfort zone where, even though I had way more questions than answers, I could at least make my way through a match competently. Before long I was getting the hang of Gen's low hop, his crossups, his wall jump kick shenanigans, his dual-Ultras, and so on. Switching back and forth between stances on the fly got a lot easier, in spite of having to second-guess myself at times.
By the third week, I had kicked virtually all of the "new character" jitters and had become, at least, a legitimate threat to other solid players. We enjoyed out first SFIV tournament in my area, here, and I won with the character I'd promised to stick with for an entire month. At the time, I feel like I was a competent Gen player on top of a more-or-less strong player in general, which usually isn't enough to win a tournament. I didn't even have a lot of Gen's BnB down at the time, and I made tons of epic mistakes. My opponents probably just didn't know how to react to such an ecclectic character, which gave me the edge. Considering I got fourth in the second tournament, losing to two of the players I'd beaten in the first one, I'd say yeah, that's the case.
Here we are at the end of the month, and I'm actually very, very happy I had this idea. I know it didn't resonate quite as well with you guys, but I hope you had fun anyway. This sort of thing is right up my alley, though - just do something that doesn't make sense, or that might make you uncomfortable, or whatever, because of those things. Weird, eh? *shrug*
Anyway, now that I can choose other characters, I have been. In fact, my first order of business on the 11th was to choose Sagat and Akuma and just revel in the feeling of having good moves again! I also had to get back in there and do some be-bopping with Sakura, because I didn't spend all that time practicing with her for nothing. And, of course, there was required time with Gouken, and yeah... didn't exactly lose my touch. But Gen isn't sitting the bench, and probably never will. I see him as a mainstay in my arsenal, now, and an excellent replacement for Vega's sorry ass.
It was fun, guys. Thanks for playing :)
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