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SFIV's watchability (don't kill me) highly depended on the characters on screen for me. Fei-Long, Elena etc. were boring as hell but if you had an oddball on screen like Hakan or Seth, no matter how infuriating they might have been to play against, it was really fun to watch. Classic shoto mirrors were also really cool at high level, even though we got fewer and fewer of those as the game matured.

SFIV's watchability (don't kill me) highly depended on the characters on screen for me. Fei-Long, Elena etc. were boring as hell but if you had an oddball on screen like Hakan or Seth, no matter how infuriating they might have been to play against, it was really fun to watch. Classic shoto mirrors were also really cool at high level, even though we got fewer and fewer of those as the game matured.

Yeah grapplers are definitely feel the least viable archetype in the game so far. I think Manon is the best but like you said that’s a race to the bottom. Like I’ve said before I’m gonna give AKI and Akuma a hard look a probably move Manon to sub status. Even if I don’t like them I really like Chun-Li, she has pretty much everything.
 
Aesthetically speaking however Manon is my favorite character in 6 by far, up there with Vega, Nash, and Ibuki. Unless there is a patch that claps her to Z tier for no reason I can’t see dropping her permanently.
 
In fact if I could find a good Manon avatar I’d switch to that

Wow, I just noticed this new twitter logo. That might be the most lifeless, boring thing I've seen since the initial SF6 logo.

Wow, I just noticed this new twitter logo. That might be the most lifeless, boring thing I've seen since the initial SF6 logo.

I think Manon is the quintessential secondary character you pick depending on matchups and if you need a break, but there's just not enough there to sink your teeth into as a singular main character. Lily is the same, so maybe that's a grappler syndrome. Gief seems a bit more nuanced, ironically, but there's really no reason to play him over the other two.

A bot would have put a period at the end of the sentence. Unlike people they have some decency.

Wow, I just noticed this new twitter logo. That might be the most lifeless, boring thing I've seen since the initial SF6 logo.

Wow, I just noticed this new twitter logo. That might be the most lifeless, boring thing I've seen since the initial SF6 logo.

Wow, I just noticed this new twitter logo. That might be the most lifeless, boring thing I've seen since the initial SF6 logo.

Wow, I just noticed this new twitter logo. That might be the most lifeless, boring thing I've seen since the initial SF6 logo.

Wow, I just noticed this new twitter logo. That might be the most lifeless, boring thing I've seen since the initial SF6 logo.

Wow, I just noticed this new twitter logo. That might be the most lifeless, boring thing I've seen since the initial SF6 logo.

Yeah, I agree, you're spending more time either using the Drive mechanics or preparing yourself to deal with them than actually playing the SF core underneath. I'm not saying that's either good or bad, but subjectively I don't like it too much and I kind of have stopped playing already mostly for this reason (will pick it up again when Aki comes out though).

A bot would have put a period at the end of the sentence. Unlike people they have some decency.

A bot would have put a period at the end of the sentence. Unlike people they have some decency.

A bot would have put a period at the end of the sentence. Unlike people they have some decency.

Yeah, I agree, you're spending more time either using the Drive mechanics or preparing yourself to deal with them than actually playing the SF core underneath. I'm not saying that's either good or bad, but subjectively I don't like it too much and I kind of have stopped playing already mostly for this reason (will pick it up again when Aki comes out though).

That DR cancel shortcut is welcome, because I actually don't like double tapping too much and that's pretty much all you're doing in this game, either for raw Rushes or to extend your combos.
 
If it's a good idea is another question, because it removes a certain input barrier almost completely. I haven't played in a bit, but I remember messing up some of the more awkward cancels in terms of timing, like going into DR from Manon's command overhead, here and there. That most likely won't happen anymore if I can just mash two buttons.

Finally found out how that one track is called that occasionally plays in the Fighting Ground, it's just the instrumental version of the main theme:
 
 
Personally I think it's godlike.

I wonder what kind of "discussion" Mena wants to provoke by just throwing "SF6 is scrubby" on twitter. 
 
That's like trying to fish by poisoning a lake.

I wonder what kind of "discussion" Mena wants to provoke by just throwing "SF6 is scrubby" on twitter. 
 
That's like trying to fish by poisoning a lake.

I wonder what kind of "discussion" Mena wants to provoke by just throwing "SF6 is scrubby" on twitter. 
 
That's like trying to fish by poisoning a lake.

I wonder what kind of "discussion" Mena wants to provoke by just throwing "SF6 is scrubby" on twitter. 
 
That's like trying to fish by poisoning a lake.

I wonder what kind of "discussion" Mena wants to provoke by just throwing "SF6 is scrubby" on twitter. 
 
That's like trying to fish by poisoning a lake.