Red/White Venom tactics, MvsC CT tourney

[WhoaMoses]

There was a big Marvel vs. Capcom tourney in CT today, and here's just a few of
the things that I saw that really impressed me:

Red/White Venom actually does have two real infinites. The first of which you
guys probably have already seen: just knock them up with fierce punch near the
corner, do the normal air combo, but do it REALLY slowly (for white venom
anyways) so that the last hit of the jumping roundhouse connects just before
they hit the ground. Then when they land, OTG them with a standing short, then
do repeated crouching strong->crouching FP, crouching strong->crouching FP,
etc......ouch, it's pretty easy from there on in.
But then I saw something I couldn't believe: the simplest infinite ever. Just
do a normal jump forward and catch them in the air (they have to be jumping
too) with a forward->roundhouse chain. Land, jump back up, juggle with another
forward->roundhouse while they're still in the air (the first time is the only
tricky part), land, jump again, etc. It's ridiculously easy and ridiculously
cheesy. I couldn't believe my eyes, and neither could anyone else.
As if these two tactics weren't enough, Red/White Venom is a ground monster
too. That ducking FP is sick man! I've heard that SpiderDan is king of R/WV, I
hope I can see him play one day.

Overall, the tourney was pretty much a success. We had 43 entrees, although
about 3 didn't show. In the end, it came down to me (Phil Burnell, don't know
if anybody's heard of me besides Viscant) and Rob Aponte, who got 2nd at ECC4.
Well let me just put it this way: after the results of the last tourney (Rob
beat me, sent me to the loser's bracket, I fought my way back up to him and
beat him once, but then he barely won the final match, I was stuck with 2nd and
disgruntled) I was pretty determined to do my best. Well it finally came down
to me and Rob again...only this time I beat his double War Machines with
Wolverine/Ryu. Let me tell ya, Wolverine is the GWM killer! Jumping FP->RH,
drill claw away. He can't do anything to retaliate, and you can do it all over
again. If he tries the knee drop->FP->standing forward->shoulder cannon
(missle), just push block and throw. He was mad, you could tell. Ryu isn't too
shabby either: walk underneath GWM's knee drop and throw, then call out
Colossus while he's getting up (he's stuck in hitstun) and shinkuu-hadoken. And
if he goes for the aerial smart bomb, jump up to him and shinkuu-hadoken right
through it. I didn't even try to stop his dual attack because I didn't want to
risk it, so I just blocked and took all that damage from about 10 War
Destroyers. Well anyways I beat Rob and sent him to the losers bracket....and
no surprise he fought his way to the top and defeated Brian Jin (I think that's
how you spell it) although his White Venom almost killed him, until a massive
comeback. By the way, I hear that Brian got all his White Venom skills from
watching SpiderDan in action...anyways! It came down to me (I was undefeated)
and Rob again. It was kind of ironic, because last tournament HE had been
undefeated, and I had fought my way to the top of the loser's bracket to fight
him again. Well to make a long story short (too late!) I used the same tactics
and beat him. So I was undefeated for the whole tournament, and received $75 in
tokens. I was SUPPOSED to get a tape of the tourney, but of course they didn't
record it....arg, cheap bastards.
Actually, Rob could have beaten me if he had used Strider or Zangief in place
of GWM, simply because I can trash him now. I'm surprised he didn't try it out.
Oh well, until the next tourney.....

WhoaMoses, KING of all things Video
My favorite quote came from Rob: "I knew that if somebody would beat me, it
would be you....because of those bitchy throwing tactics."
My reply: "Victory, by any means necessary...."

[Shadow Me Twice]

Now......that tourney must of been amazing. Wish I was there! :)

-Shadow Me Twice-