jettFTW (Yun) vs. crimsonsouLL (Evil Ryu) in Ultra Street Fighter IV

I normally don’t go out of my way to try out top-tier characters, though of late, I’ve been experimenting with Yun. Even though some people think he’s the best, I’m admittedly struggling to make sense of the character. My experience with Yun in comparison to my time with Evil Ryu, Decapre and Poison has been noticeably rougher. Still, this one is one of my “better” first efforts with the character.

Bonus video below of my Rose against a Guile player. I didn’t think the match was all that remarkable except for him taunting me in the third round. Take a guess at how well that worked out for him 😉


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Return of the Raging Demon

Years ago, I publicly dumped Akuma. Despite having invested hundreds of hours into the character, I felt like our relationship had run its course. I hit a ceiling with that character that was lower than where I wanted to go, so I thought it would be best to move on. As I’ve said multiple times on this blog in the following years, dropping Akuma for Rose was the best thing I ever did in a fighting game. Since dropping Akuma, I’ve leveled up to the point where my Rose is currently ranked 3rd in the world on PSN, which is a milestone that I wouldn’t have foreseen in my wildest dreams.

Was the dramatic turnaround all due to the character change? Part of it certainly is. However, having gone back to watch some old video and having played with Akuma recently, it’s becoming more apparent that much of my success now comes from personal growth.

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Ultra Street Fighter IV Guy Combo Video

Guy is a character I have no interest playing, but one that my training partner uses as his main. Of late, we’ve been talking about his combos and the execution techniques required to pull off his more advanced stuff. As a means of better understanding the matter, I spent some time in the lab to figure out what he could do. Hope you enjoy!


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Ultra Street Fighter IV: Rolento EX Stinger into Mekong Delta Air Raid Tutorial

Popularized by fighting game legend Nemo, I break down how to do this deceptively difficult Rolento combo. Hope this helps you add this technique to your arsenal!


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Ultra Street Fighter IV Rose Combo Video

In live matches, I tend to play a very conservative Rose. I generally go for simple combos, as I’m confident in my ability to land them consistently. However, I use this opportunity to show off a few more fancy things in my bag of tricks. I’m considering making more combo videos with different characters as a means of not only creating more content for the site, but also as a means of better learning the game as a whole. Let me know if you enjoyed the video and if you’re interested in more!


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EMERY-BOARD (Rose) vs jettFTW (Rolento) in Ultra Street Fighter IV

My Rolento squaring off against a highly-ranked Rose. I think he’s a good player, but I suspect that match-up experience played a key role in its outcome.


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KDA_SAKO- (Evil Ryu) vs. jettFTW (Rolento/Rose) in Ultra Street Fighter IV

Highly doubt that this is the real Sako, but at times he certainly dishes it out like his namesake. Here’s a few of our matches that went down a while back.


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jettFTW (Rose/Rolento) vs. Sacojericho (El Fuerte) in Ultra Street Fighter IV

A series of matches against a quality El Fuerte player from my area. I recognized his name from the times I was at T12 and Toryuken, so it was great to get some matches in against him!


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Guile (MAXSDAN) vs. Rolento (jettFTW) in Ultra Street Fighter IV

Squaring off against the #3 ranked Guile in the world on PSN.


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I Got Better Internet!

Having noodled with creating video content for the last few months, bandwidth has become a problem at our house. Our bandwidth limit was relatively small and the overage costs have been tremendous. While I was in the midst of considering ways in which we could scale back our internet usage to save money, I got a call from my service provider. Knowing that we’d gone over our limit for the last few months, they instead offered to switch us to a new plan.

With this new package, we get faster download and upload speeds, a new modem, and our limit over three times higher than before! Best of all, this new plan is actually a bit cheaper than what we’re paying now. Now that I have a much higher ceiling, it opens up more opportunities with video content. I can make videos that are longer at higher resolutions. I can crank out more videos overall. I may even noodle with live streaming more. For me, the biggest problem with live streaming was that I couldn’t play any online games while streaming at the same time, as my internet was too slow to handle both. It remains to be seen if this new setup will allow for that, but I’ll certainly try.

Kudos to my internet service provider for hooking us up. Not having to worry about the cap makes our lives a lot easier while allowing us to freely do what we want with the internet. When it comes to this site, hopefully that means more video content!