Quick notes real... uh... quick.

*ahem*

So far, I haven't had all that much time to dig in, but the time I did spend with Gen was cool. I just took him into arcade mode, and then took him back through his first 8 or so trials. I find it's better for me to learn a character "organically" before I learn the supposed "right" and "wrong" things with them. This helps me to have that control over the character I need to start playing them like an instrument later on down the line. That'll be especially important with a character like Gen, as I will want to have a visceral sense for what moves are available to me at what times, how, when, and why to change stances, and so on. I haven't been able to figure out how to cancel s.mk into hands, for some reason, but if I don't figure it out on my own, there's always SRK.

This is the last weekend before the tournament I'm hosting, so I'll be spending today, and probably a lot of tomorrow, passing out fliers, assembling my tournament directors, and coordinating with Hastings on some last-minute logistics. I also have my kids this weekend, so that might slow my SFIV time down, if not squash it out entirely. They may hang out with the neighbors, though, so if they do that, I'll get on tonight for some practice and teh hyp3.

I think, at the very least, I'll post up a video blog tomorrow just to start chronicling the project. If possible, I want to get on with you guys and get some beginning-of-the-month footage that we can compare with end-of-the-month footage.

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[QUOTE="DarkCatalyst"]Where do you live? Bet I can help you find some players.DarkCatalyst

I live in The UAE (United Arab Emirtes),in Abu Dhabi city, would be great if I you can help man.

Thanks a lot man, but the problem with my connection is that it is very unstable. The ISP is going through a transitional phase right now, and thier service is horrible, that means that I sometimes have to go through 3 or 4 days without being able to play online with anyone ( about a couple of months ago I had to wait 15 freakin days to be able to play), so this defeats the purpose of the project, which is practicing with dedication for a month... I dont know of any arcades around my arera because they are not popular in here, so I dont get to play offline as well :cry: my friends dont care much about SF too, all they play is FIFA soccer or Pro Evo Soccer... I would be happy this time to just watch you guys go at it, maybe if we do this again later my ISP will get thier act together, and then I am on.

games_soul

Hi guys, I wish I was part of this project, but due to my connection problems I cant be part of it. I read all of the recent posts, and I decided that I want to provide what little help I can, here is a bunch of youtube links to the best Dhalsim, Gen, Abel, and Viper players imo (Iyo for DH, Yeb for Gen, Shiro for AB, and Uryo for VI), I am hoping it will help you guys in improving faster with these characters. There is also some websites that you guys might know like streetfighterdojo.com and sf4db.com with a lot of footage, good luck guys.

shiro Abel: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=shiro+abel&search_type=&aq=1&oq=shiro+

iyo Dhalsim: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=iyo+dhalsim&search_type=&aq=f

uryo Viper: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=uryo+viper&search_type=&aq=f

yeb Gen: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=yeb+gen&search_type=&aq=f

games_soul

And hey, now that I think of it, what does connection speed have to do with anything? You want in, I'm cool with getting you in. Post up a brief player summary like the one I did (maybe just go ahead and copy/paste mine, then fill it in with your info) and we'll go from there. I'll read it, throw out a nomination, and we'll get you a project main this weekend. Guys cool with that?

Alright, bros, it's on. For me, anyway. I said, "tonight at midnight," without considering the fact that we're probably not all in the same time zone. Peh, details. Consider the Ground Up Project to be LIVE!

Until October 10th, don't use anyone besides your project main. If you cheat, you're just blowing the experience for yourself... but in all honesty, I don't think any of us would have agreed to do this if we weren't willing to see it through.

Thanks for the pick, too, btw. Gen is a character that I have flat-out run away from trying to learn, so you guys cornering me into it is just completely perfect. Honestly. It's intimidating, but exciting. Seems like everyone feels similar to me, in that regard. Looks like the project is off to a good start.

Hey Leo, can we get a Ground Up Project shout-out in the thread title?

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[QUOTE="LikeHaterade"]

Another good reason is one of his moves has a giant tornado.

King9999

Alright my fellas, the people has spok3n. We'll give it till tonight at midnight. If nobody objects, the Ground Up Project will be officially under way at the stroke of midnight.

Awesome nominations for me guys, thanks. And Gen - I just told my friend, who's doing this with me on the side, that HE is gonna be Gen, lol. So, looks like he and I are gonna climb the same mountain.

I'm thinking about doing a weekly video blog for the duration of the project that I'll post on YT and here on GS. If you guys have the means, you should too. Cuz it'd be cool. And because if you don't, I'll kill you with my giant tornado.

I'm kinda interested in getting a capture card, but I'm not really sure what's good. I know that I want an external card as I don't have room in my PC for any other hardware. Shen, which card do you have?

[QUOTE="King9999"]

Shen, I'm gonna go with Haterade and vote for Gen. My reason? We need more Gen players. :)

LikeHaterade

Another good reason is one of his moves has a giant tornado.

Alright my fellas, the people has spok3n. We'll give it till tonight at midnight. If nobody objects, the Ground Up Project will be officially under way at the stroke of midnight.

Awesome nominations for me guys, thanks. And Gen - I just told my friend, who's doing this with me on the side, that HE is gonna be Gen, lol. So, looks like he and I are gonna climb the same mountain.

I'm thinking about doing a weekly video blog for the duration of the project that I'll post on YT and here on GS. If you guys have the means, you should too. Cuz it'd be cool. And because if you don't, I'll kill you with my giant tornado.

Take the Giefer off your nominations. I was jk about that one.

LikeHaterade

So far, the nominations are as follows (we'll consider these confirmed unless anyone object to the choices):

LikeHaterade: Sim
martialbullet: Seth
Metamania: Abel
King9999: Viper
ShenlongBo: Sim, Dan, Gen

I want you guys to know that I am going out of my way not to speak on the nominations you've put out there so far. I don't want to sway the decision one way or another, so I'm just shutting up entirely. I appreciate you guys putting thought into it, but I'm not gonna headbang about my pick (and I can honestly live with any of them) until it's final. Just seems like it would be unfair of me to show a preference since the whole point of this thing is, to a large degree, NOT getting your way, lol.

King9, looks like it's up to you to either be the deciding factor on who my project main will be, or to nominate someone else, or whatever you want to do. Thanks again for coming with me on this, guys. Not really sure what made me decide to try this, but I'm glad I have some dudes willing to say **** it and give it a whirl. Should be good times.