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Rose - A Guide By Derek Daniels
            Ver. 0.9  - The unofficial version
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 I.  Introduction
II.  Moves That Rose Has
      A. Normal Moves
      B.  Special Moves
      C.  Super Combos
      D.  Misc. Aspects of Street Fighter Alpha
            1.  Throws
            2.  Tech Hits
            3.  Rolling
            4.  Taunting
III.  The Combo Section
      A.  Chain Combos
      B.  Normal Move Interrupt Combos
      C.  COMBOS!!!
           1.  Chain Combo Combos
           2.  Special Move Combos
           3.  Super Combo Section
               a.  Normal Move SC Combos
               b.  Juggle Super Combo Combos
               c.  Friends
                   1.  Normal Move
                   2.  Special Move
                   3.  SC Section
                   4.  Friends Juggle Combos
                   5.  Glitch
IV.  General Info
 V.  Vs. Other Characters
      A.  Ryu
      B.  Chun Li
      C.  Charlie
      D.  Ken
      E.  Guy
      F.  Birdie
      G.  Sodom
      H.  Adon
      I.  Rose
      J.  Sagat
      K.  Akuma
      L.  Bison
      M.  Dan
VI.  Appendix
VII.  Conclusion

I.  Introduction
    The first thing usually remarked about rose is, 'Who is that?'  Which
   I'm sure runs through most peoples minds.  Yes, she is unique in the
   street fighter world.  Even if she does have a fireball and an uppercut.
   She also fights in a dress and high heels, which is not exactly a
   standard issue uniform.  And the darkstalker comment is usually thrown
   in around here now as well.
    Yes, Rose does possess a fireball and an uppercut, however she behaves
   nothing like a ryu clone.  Since she does have these 2 qualities and IMHO
   is designed as an anti Ryu/Ken character, she makes for a refreshing
   change to bored Ryu/Ken Players.  She also could add variety to the
   character pool of your arcade as well.
    While she has no past per se, we can gather some general information
   from her ending.  She fights with Soul Power, as opposed to "Pyscho
   Powa".  :)  Other than this, we can infer that obviously her and bison
   had some previous knowledge of each other.  This is clear when bison
   states, "I knew you would come sooner or later."  Other than this,
   there really isn't much else to say about her character info.  Besides
   that she is a hooker who everyone loves to hate.  ^_^

II. Moves That Rose Has
    A.  Normal Moves
    Rose's normal moves are very key to success with her.  More so than
    say with sodom or someone else.

    Standing
    ~~~~~~~
    Jab:  A short punch, kinda around the delay of a normal standing jab
          with ken or ryu.  Useful for fakes.
    Strong:  Same animation as jab except has a glow around it ala bison's
          fierce punch.  Slightly more range due to this.  The delay is
          barely longer than jab.
    Fierce:  She whips her cape out and swings it in an arc.  Excellent
          recovery.  Excellent range.  This is a great counter to jumpers,
          especially would be cross over (neck kick) attempts.
    Short:  A gimpy looking kick with more range than forward, less priority
          though.  Not really useful.
    Forward:  I love this button with Rose!  This counters ryu, ken &
          akuma's low roundhouse.  Also stuff's fireballs if in range.
          Very useful for poking.
    Roundhouse:  A weird kick where she plants one hand on the ground and
          swings one kick in an arc. Hits weird.  Only the tip of her foot
          actually hits.  Semi-useful against people jumping in from afar.
          Be cautious when using to stuff fireballs, because it's dp meat.

    Crouching
    ~~~~~~~~
    Jab:  A quick low punch.  Ok repeat rate.  Only useful in chain combos.
    Strong:  A low punch.  Same animation as jab, but has that little glow
          around it.  Again, more range than jab.
    Fierce:  She stands up and whips her cape in an upward arc.  Awesome for
          hitting jumpers.  Useful in combos.
    Short:  A quick litle kick.  Useful in starting chain combos.
    Forward:  A low kick with nice range.  Should use slide if you are
          going to poke low.  Useful in chains and other combos.
    Roundhouse:  Standard low rh.  More range than low forward.
          Useful in setting up juggling combos.

    Jumping
    ~~~~~~~
    Her mvoes look and for most purposes act the same no matter which
    angle you push.
    Jab:  She punches.  Good priority, it's a jab afterall.
    Strong:  Same animation as jab, but with the glow effect again.
          I never use it.
    Fierce:  Swings her cape in an arc.  Good range, useful, nice priority.
          I use this a lot when trying to corner trap people.  Or just
          keeping them pinned.
    Short:  Gimpy angled kick.  Since it's a short it probably has ok
          priority.  I use it in rare occasions which will be discusses
          further later on.
    Forward:  Good angled kick.  Nice for cross overs.
    Roundhouse:  Nice range.  Useful in jumping in over fireballs and
          starting jump in combos.

    Slide
    ~~~~~
     I decided to put this under normal moves instead of special, as it
    doesn't invlove a complex joystick motion.  The slide is simply
    performed by moving the joystick to offensive crouch and hitting the
    forward kick button.
     With rose, this is going to be your main weapon.  This thing has ZERO
    recovery time.  If you are getting swept afterwards, you either failing
    to block or you are trying to hit too deep.  Instead use a normal low
    forward and chain into low roundhouse.
     It goes cleanly under bison's fireball (even jab?), charlie's sonic
    boom (except jab), sagat's high tiger, and your own (possibly?).  It
    will trade with all others.  More than likely though the trade will be
    in their favor.   So be cautious.
     Don't get too predictable with this though, as it is easy to dp or
    fk it.  Can be AC'ed but most of the time you will recover in time to
    block.  It is much more useful than guy's slide IMHO.   You can add on
    another hit afterwards.  Nothing 'chains' so to say, but a standing
    fierce or standing roundhouse can be tacked on afterwards.

    B.  Special Moves
    These are moves that fill up your super meter when performed, involve
    a complex joystick motion and kinda make rose what she is.  The
    standard faq rules apply here, if you are facing left, reverse
    the motions, etc.

    Soul Spark
    ~~~~~~~~~~
    O--  / | \   --O + Any Punch
       O   O   O
     A standard fireball.  She extends her arm and cape and a ball comes
    flying out.  She can hit the opponent with either the cape or the ball
    but not both. Delay is long on recovering from it.
     Since her arm and cape are extended, dp's are attracted to it.  Be
    aware of this.
     I use it a lot after knocking someone down to play with positioning.
    The jab has a delay before it comes out.  The jab and fierce are the
    only 2 versions of it that i use as she really isn't a fireball
    character.

    Soul Reflect
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~
    |    /  O--  + Any Punch
    O  O
    An interesting move in that each punch reacts differently to projectiles.
    They can also be used as 'normal' moves in the sense of hitting someone
    with them.  They have crazy high priority but i really don't recommend
    this.

    Jab
    ~~~
      If you 'reflect' a projectile with jab, it absorbs the projectile
    and charges up your super meter.  Has a slight delay as you absorb
    the projectile.   Has no other real use, unlike the other two which
    can actually hit an opponent.

    Strong
    ~~~~~~
      If you reflect a projectile with strong, it reflects it back
    towards the opponent horizontally.  If you use this on akuma's air
    fireball, it usually reflects it back horizontally around head height.

    Fierce
    ~~~~~~
      With fierce, the cape will reflect the projectile back at the
    opponent on a upward 45 degree angle.  This is useful on opponents who
    like to throw a projectile than jump in after it hoping to catch you
    doing something stupid.

    Soul Throw
    ~~~~~~~~~~
    --O | \   + any punch
        O   O
      This is her dp'esque move.  She jumps diagonally and air throws
    throws the opponent to the ground.  Fierce travels damn far, 1/2 of
    the screen, easily.  Can be hit out of, but useful nonetheless.  Works
    good against hurricane kicks and some overheads.  Be aware of low jumpers
    like birdie and sodom.

    C.  Super Moves
      Moves that take away energy stored in your super meter.  level 1
    takes one level, level 2 takes 2 levels, etc.  With level 1, you need
    to only do the motion and hit one button.  Level 2 requires you to do
    the motion and hit 2 buttons. Level 3 requires the motion and all 3
    buttons.

    Aura Soul Spark
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    |   / O-- |   / O-- + punch
    O O       O O
    Level 1:  She does a three hit soul spark.  She is invincible until
              soul spark appears.  Can't be air blocked.
    Level 2:  She moves forward while doing normal attacks (last normal
              attack is a standing roundhouse) then ends with a 3 hit
              soul spark.  Is invincible until the end of the RH frame.  6
              hits total.
    Level 3:  She does a soul reflect than a soul spark.  The soul reflect
              in this is the only reason to do this SC.  The soul reflect
              not only reflects normal projectiles, but also SC projectiles!
              So now you can reflect ryu's SC!  Should be able to do so for
              Sagat, akuma, rose, and possibly akuma's air fireball.  Will
              check later.  4 hits total.  Invincible slighlty before soul
              spark appears.

    Aura Soul Throw
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    | \   --O | \   --O + punch
    O   O     O   O
    Level 1:  She does a more damaging soul throw.  Doesn't hit opponents
              on the ground.  More priority than normal soul throw.  It
              is invincible during the rise.
    Level 2:  She does a crouching fierce which knocks the opponent into
              the air and then jumps after the air-borne opponent and slams
              them to the ground.  This hits opponents on the ground and in
              the air.  Invincible til she leaves the ground.
    Level 3:  She does a standing strong, crouching fierce which knocks
              the opponent into the air then jumps up and slams them to
              the ground.  Invincible halfway when moving forward.

    Aura Soul Illusion (aka Friends sc)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    | \   --O | \   --O + kick
    O   O     O   O
    This is rose's comback move.  When activated 3 shadow's follow rose and
    mirror her actions.  Any move that hits, will hit 4 times (once by
    her and 3 by the shadows).  The only exceptions are throws, air throws,
    her crouching roundhouse and her standing roundhouse (which hits up
    to 7 times?!?!?!?!).  Her normal moves gain not only more priority,
    but also juggle properties.  When using this, try to penetrate their
    block with slides, cross ups and other attacks.
    Level 1:  5 seconds
    Level 2:  6 seconds
    Level 3:  9 seconds
    All time is 'Alpha' time.

    Alpha Counter
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Block + O--  / | + Any Punch
               O   O
      This technically isn't a super combo, but it does require 1 level of
    your super meter, so it is under here.
      Alpha counters are new to the street fighter series.  They are a type
    of guard reversal (ala darkstalkers 1 and 2).  Basically they allow you
    to attack right after blocking by-passing 'block stun'.  This hit is
    not a guaranteed hit, and rose has the weirdest (also best?) alpha
    counter in ther game.
      While every other character's alpha counter inflicts damage if it
    connects, rose does a mini (jab?) soul catch which stuns the oppponent
    for a brief second when they land.  However, in that brief second, there
    is only so much you can do.  The easiest is to slide.  You can also do
    a low forward into a low roundhouse.  Also you can do a level 2 soul
    spark (you have to be quick on the motions).  Finally you can just walk
    up and throw (least expected of all), but can be 'teched' (see later
    on for more info).

    D.  Miscellaneous aspects of SFA
      In this section, I will discuss things that are a combination of new
    things that are applicable to all the characters.  Yes, Ac's do fit in
    this section, but i put them above.  The reason i put them there instead
    is for the fact that they use up super combo energy.

    1.  Throws
        ~~~~~~
      Rose gets gypped in the area of throws, as she has only one throw
    (with punch - strong or fierce) and you always switch sides (which
    sucks when you are corner trapping someone).
      When you are close to someone (and i mean close in alpha!), press
    either strong or fierce to throw them.  She will jump onto the opponents
    head and do a headstand while their energy depletes.  Of course this
    can be softened (see below).  If the throw is successful, throw takes
    off around 6% (normal damage machine), you and the opponent will
    switch sides and you will be knocked from your opponent (no real chance
    of ticking them afterwards.  Unless you are in the corner?).
      Now that you know how to throw, you kind of need to know what you
    can throw.  The most general rule would be, "Any move during any part
    of it's animation as long as it's not an invincible frame."  Now, this
    statement does not take everything into consideration.  Some of these
    things would be meaty and well-timed attacks, as (flames will now be
    rejected) these attacks can not be thrown as you are getting up.
      On the other hand, it's easy to throw ryu or ken doing their over
    head attacks.  However due to the small throw ranges in alpha,
    throwing is harder to do.
      This brings up the topic of ticking.  Yes you can still tick in
    alpha, you just have to be more creative in doing it.  If you aren't,
    you could be eating a level 3 super combo, or counter thrown.  In
    case you aren't aware, ticking is defined as throwing someone right
    after you hit them.  An example would be, jump in attack, land and then
    throw them.  It usually works better if they block the attack before the
    throw.  In some circles, this is considered cheap or cheesy, thus not
    allowing this.  This is unfortunate as it is one of the most exciting
    aspects of sf.  And then in some archaic backwoods, throwing isn't
    allowed.  I feel sorry for these people.
      One of the better ticks for rose aside from the more typical low short
    throw, is slide into throw.  As the slide pushes you into the character
    so you will be close to throw them.  This is a pretty straight forward
    tick.
      Of course, to counter this you could either try to throw them instead
    which will result in two things.  Either you will actually throw the
    opponent or you will tech hit out of their throw attempt.  Or you could
    hit them before they enter into throw range, as the throw range in
    alpha is teeny tiny.  I suppose birdie and sodom could do their spd
    moves, so watch out for this also.  You could ac the slide if you
    anticipate it.  And finally you could sc after they slide if they are
    getting predictable doing this tick.  As you can see ticking just
    isn't a nightmare in alpha.

    2.  Tech Hits
        ~~~~~~~~~
      For some unknown reason when you soften a throw in alpha, it is
    called a tech, and you receive a tech bonus.  Any character in sfa
    can do this.
      Essentially as soon as you are thrown, you must press either toward
    or away plus strong, fierce, forward, or roundhouse.  Basically a
    throwing 'motion'.  This works for any throw, hold or air throw.
    Complex joystick motions cannot be softened though.  Example: Spd
    moves, guys bushin air throw, etc.  Do note though, this 'tech motion'
    must be inputted in the first few (first only?) frames of the throw
    animation.
      Do take note that you are vulnerable to attacks while you are falling.
    The ability to hit you though is so small, so don't worry too much
    about it.  You might just want to block low in case someone sweeps.

    3.  Rolling
        ~~~~~~~
      Ok...I'm not an expert on this, so i'm going to quote the alpha faq
    for this.  Make sure to note the fact that you can roll after air
    blocking.
      As you are knocked down, such as from a sweep or throw, perform this
    motion:
      O--   / | + punch (An easier way to roll is to just keep moving
          O   O          the joystick in quarter or half-circle
                         motions while press the punch button)

    and you will hit the ground rolling, similiar to Ken's rolling move.
    You can also roll after getting knocked from the air or even after an
    air-block.

    This move can be used to get out of corner traps, counter a fireball
    set-up, etc.  The roll can also go through projectiles.  However, you
    are not invulnerable to other attacks while rolling, like sweeps.  You
    can also get thrown if you end up too near to your opponent.

    Note that you can only roll towards your opponent, not away.  The only
    exception is Sodom who can roll forwards or backwards, or even
    initiate his Tengu Walk if he 'rolls forward' with a kick button.

    4.  Taunting
        ~~~~~~~~
      Yes, the sf series now contains taunts.  To do rose's taunt, simply
    hit start.  Rose will taunt her opponent by shaking her finger, shaking
    her head and saying, 'Mada Mada Ne'.  Which according to the faq
    translates to, 'You still have a long way to go'.
      During all of this, you are completly vulnerable and there is no way
    of interrupting this unless of course you are hit out of it.  You can
    only taunt once per round with rose.  Her taunt also doesn't do any
    damage to the opponent.
      A good time to use taunts are after a big combo, a big super combo,
    when someone is dizzy, or throwing a no thrower.

III. The Combo Section
    A.  The Chain Combo Section
    Faq Quoted:
   ' Like Darkstalkers and X-Men, SFA now has chain combos.  Not only do
    you have 'normal' combos from sf2, but you now have certain
    combinations of normal moves that are specifically designed to work
    together in a 'chain.'  More specifically, when you see a sequence
    of ground attacks and each attack 'interrupts' the previous one,
    that's a chain combo.  The only way you can recognize these chain
    combos is by the way the 'flow' together.

    These chains open a whole new door to comboing.  Take Ken for instance.
    If a chain combo starts with a jab, you can do the jab 1-2 times,
    follow up with a low forward, a low roundhouse, and then finish with a
    special move.  You can mix chain combos and super combos, or even lead
    off the chain combo with a jump attack.  The whole system is pretty
    flexible now, allowing you to use which combo you need at the right
    time, whether you are comboing in a super combo, going for maximum
    damage, or trying to get a dizzy.'

    With rose, chain combos are something you must learn.  Without them, you
    will not survive.  Simply.  Luckily, chain combos are simple to learn as
    they require no 'expert' timing.  And they do a fair amount of damage.
    They can also help you when you are jockeying for position.  In short,
    learn them.

    From Lanzers Faq, here is a list of normal moves that chain for her:

    Jab:  Standing and crouching
    Strong:  Nothing
    Short:  Crouching
    Forward: Crouching

    I have a list of combos in the next section.

    B.  The Normal Move Interrupt Section
      The classic way of doing sf combos still remains intact in alpha.  If
    you don't know how to buffer, I highly recommend you read T. Cannon's
    buffer workbook on brawl.mindlink.net.  As it it is a good beginning
    place.  I only wish someone would update it to take in account of
    supers.
      Essentially  while you are doing a normal move, you can interrupt the
    retraction animation and 'buffer' in a special move, such as a fireball
    or dp, or whatever.
      With rose, you won't be buffering many special moves.  Maybe an
    occasional fireball her and then.  You will be buffering a lot of
    supers however.  So make sure you practice well on this.

    Here is a list of moves that will buffer for rose.  These include both
    special moves and supers.

    Jab:         Standing and crouching
    Strong:      Standing and crouching
    Fierce:      Standing and crouching
    Short:       Standing and crouching
    Forward:     Standing and crouching
    Roundhouse:  Crouching only

    There will be combos in the next section.

    C.  The Combo Section
    1.  The Chain Combo Section
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      These are the main combos you will be using for rose.  In fact, more
    than likely you will be using one main combo, the low short, low
    forward, low roundhouse chain.  This is by far the best chain combo
    for rose as each kick is longer than the next, so it connects easily.
    Plus all 3 buttos are next to each other, so you don't have to do any
    fancy fingerwork, plus it knocks down.
      The only way to really mix up this combo is to either put a neck kick
    in front it, or put a jab in front of it.  So it would be: Jumping
    forward (neck kick), low short, low forward, low roundhouse.  Or:
    Jumping forward, low jab, low short, low forward, low roundhouse.
      If you REALLY want variety as you are bored to death doing this
    combo, you could put a standing roundhouse or standing fierce at the
    end instead of the low roundhouse.  These have more of a tendency
    to be dp'ed though against a blocked form.  Plus these don't knock
    down giving you that positional advantage.
      And as with most chain combos, you can skip the middle attack if you
    want.  Say you jumped in early or the opponent does a small dp, etc.,
    you can do a low short to low roundhouse for a nice 2 hit knockdown.
    By knocking the opponent down, you can position yourself better for the
    next attack.
      Also, an early slide as an opponent is getting up can be followed by
    a low roundhouse.  This is not a chain in the alpha sense, rather in
    the previous sf series (ex: Super Turbo) sense.

    2.  The Normal Move Interrupt Combo Section
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      The thing with rose is that her fireball has a slight delay in
    execution.  Due to this delay, fireball combos are real sketchy with
    her.  Her other special move that would combo is the shawl reflect,
    and this is just as sketchy.  Both of these moves just don't like to
    actually connect.  Here are a few combos that work semi-regularly
    stolen from various places.

    Soul Spark (fireball)
    ~~~~~~~~~~
    Jump in roundhouse, standing fierce, JAB soul spark.
    For some reason fierce soul spark just does NOT connect.  I'm assuming
    the delay starting is longer than jab.  Either that or the shawl hits
    first with jab or something.  *shrug*  Umm...ok combo I suppose.  I
    never use it.

    Soul Reflect (That shawl thing)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~
      Yes, this move does combo.  Why?  To knock the opponent in the air.
    Once they are in the air, you can tack on a super, but more info on
    super juggles later.
      The standard soul reflect combo is usually this:  Jump in roundhouse,
    low/standing strong, Fierce soul reflect.
      With this combo, I cannot get any other soul reflect to connect
    other than fierce.  You would think strong would work, but it just
    doesn't.
      Once again, I never use this combo.  I don't know, just too sketchy
    to rely on and there are other that do more damage.

    3.  The Super Combo Section
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      This is the section that I'm sure most of you have been waiting for.
    For rose, I've decided to break this up though.  A normal SC combo
    section, a Juggle SC combo section and a friends specific section.
    Hope this helps, if it just confuses you, please let me know.

    a.  Normal Move SC Combo
      All of her normal moves except standing roundhouse buffer into her
    super combos.  For right now, let's just concentrate on her fireball
    sc and her level 2 & 3 soul throw sc (because with level 1, the
    opponent must already be in the air via a juggle move for it to
    combo).

    Aura Soul Spark Combos
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      For this style of combos, these pretty much fall into this pattern:
    jump in attack, ground attack buffered into sc.  In all honesty you
    should probably use the level 2 version as it pushes you forward.
    Because of that, even if you were far from the opponent (say due to
    a high jump) it should still connect.
    Jump in roundhouse, standing fierce, L2 Aura Soul Spark Super Combo.
      Another good combo is standing forward into soul spark.  Since the
    standing forward has so much priority over low attacks, this will
    connect when people are playing 'footsie'.  This works particularly
    well when combined with a sweep.  A lot of people will try to sweep
    you afterwards, just do a standing forward buffered into level 2
    and watch their health go bye-bye.

    Aura Soul Throw Combos
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      We are going to concentrate on only levels 2 and 3.  Level 1 will
    be discussed in the juggle section.
    Jump in combos work well here also.  A simple combo of jump in rh,
    standing fierce into level 3 AST does massive damage.
    You could also just do a standing fierce into level 3 when someone
    misses a dragon punch or whatever.

    B.  Super Combo Juggle Combos
      This section is a vital part to rose's strategy.  Aside from the
    friends sc, these combos can do most of your damage.  Now, these are
    some of the harder combos to land, as a lot of prep work must be done.
    Ranges become more important now.  Knowing what your opponent is going
    to do next is vital, as it might put them at either the perfect
    distance or at a horrible place.  Knowing timings of attacks is a must
    now.  In short, you should be familiar with the joystick, familiar with
    rose, and familiar with with street fighter in general.

    Aura Soul Spark Juggle Combos
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      The best version to use IMHO is level 1.  Levels 2 and 3 just don't
    juggle.  I've tried and tried, but I cannot get either to juggle.
      The best move to begin the juggle would be low roundhouse.  This
    can be used in conjunction with a jump in roundhouse.  This would
    give us:  Jump in roundhouse, low roundhouse, L1 soul spark juggle.
    Of course if the opponent was in the corner, you could do jump in
    rh, low short, low forward, low rh, L1 ss juggle.  You can do parts of
    this out in the open but it all depends on ranges.
      If the opponent is in the corner, you can wait til maximum range of
    the low rh til buffering the ss.  In fact, it connects better if you
    do.
      Of course, if the opponent is out in the open, you want to be as
    close as possible to the opponent when you hit them with the low rh,
    as the delay on the ss is long and this will put you at the proper
    distance.
      Her other normal juggle move, the fierce reflect does not work.
    Again, I've tried and tried and i cannot get any level soul spark
    to connect.  So, I guess you'll have to stick to low rh, level 1
    as her only ss juggle.

    Aura Soul Throw Juggle Combos
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      Ahh...combos.  For me, these are some of the more fun combos to do
    in alpha 1.  It just looks so sweet when rose jumps up and grabs
    an airborne opponent and slams them to the ground.  Makes one feel
    warm inside.
      Ok, I will start off first with what is known as her defensive
    juggle combo.  Most characters have something along these lines in
    alpha.  It basically involves knocking a character out of the air as
    they jump towards you, then hitting them again before they recover.
    With rose, hers is low fierce (as they jump in at you) buffered into
    a level 1 ast to grab them before they recover.  This is semi hard
    to pull of in an actual game.  That is if you ever remember it.  I
    never do.
      Another move you can use to launch the opponent into the air is her
    fierce soul reflect.  But this is strictly limited to the corner though.
    Does ok damage.  The best combo i know of is:  Jump in rh, low strong,
    fierce soul reflect, level 1 ast.  The part of this combo that is
    sketchy is getting the soul reflect to connect.  I would personally
    say stay away from this combo except for stylish purposes only.

    The Low Roundhouse Launcher
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      As far as setups go for a juggling move, rose's low rh is her best
    move, especially for her ast.  As it can be used either in the
    corner or out in the open.  This factor alone makes it one of the best
    juggle combos in the game as far as usefulness is concerned.
      Just a low rh buffered into a level 1 ast is a good combo for a
    counter to a missed fk, dp, super, etc...You may have to take a step
    forward first.  Nonetheless though, this is a very good counter and you
    should practice this.
      If you are wanting to put it in a jump in combo, a good one is jump
    in roundhouse, low jab, low short, low roundhouse, level 1 ast.  If you
    try the official rose chain, make sure you are in the corner.
      Another good combo for the low roundhouse is as follows:  Do an early
    slide as your opponent is getting up so that it hits meaty, low short
    chained into low roundhouse into level 1 ast.  This of course is harder
    to pull of as the slide needs to hit meaty.  Refer to the appendix if
    you need or want more information on meaty attacks.
      And yet another good combo for the low roundhouse, is by putting
    it together wither her ac.  If you are in the corner, ac, then low
    short, low roundhouse, L1 ast.  Of course, you need to have at least
    level 2 built up so far.  This is a good combo, impresses people.  And
    if you have level 3, there are better combos.

    Combining Supers
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      Lastly you can combine super combos.  In all honesty, the below
    example isn't the greatest combo, especially when combining supers.
    Well...the opponent must be in the corner for this one to work.  Jump
    in rh, low short, low forward, low roundhouse level 1 soul spark,
    level 2 aura soul throw.  First, you need to get down the soul spark
    part down.  Once you are competent doing this, practice tacking on a
    level 1 ast.  You need to have the motion completed as soon as the
    'black' screen disappears from the soul spark animation.  Once you
    get proficient at doing this, you can practice on tacking a level 2
    after the 1st sc.  The trick to doing this, is making sure that the
    first part of the level 2 connects so that it will juggle the opponent.
    If it doesn't, you will miss your window to juggle, and your soul catch
    will miss.  If you are going to use this combo in actual gameplay, I
    would say, just use a level 1 ast.

    C.  Friends
      This super combo is why rose is hated so much.  It won't win all of
    your matches, but if combined with intelligent gameplay, good buffering
    skills, it can win most.  And while you may be losing a round, this
    super combo allows you to comeback in a major way and possibly win.  I
    suppose if you don't win, it would make for an exciting match.  So, I
    would say keep in mind (and your opponent's also) that there's always a
    possibility you can come back and win.
      I will break this sc up into many sections, so that i can explain
    it in it's fullest.  Once again I'll preface this by saying that if
    it confuses you, mail me.

   1.  Normal Move Combos
       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      In this section, I'm going to just cover the usage of normal move
    combos.  With the friends sc activated you can do massive damage.
    However, you must keep a few things in mind, such as:  You have to
    take in account that with all these images hitting the opponent, they
    get knocked back more so than usual.  Also, low rh has some strange
    propertied when friends is activated.  As in sometimes it knocks down,
    sometimes it doesn't.  Sometimes it hits more than once, sometimes it
    doesn't.  More than likely it has to do with distance, but I haven't
    played around much.  Also, depending on how fast you chain from one
    attack to another can determine the number of hits.  I'm sure there is
    more, but I'm still experimenting, if I missed something (like why
    her standing roundhouse hits 7 <up to 8?> times), please mail me.
      Ok, as far as this section is concerned, I'm only going to concentrate
    on the slide, as every other normal move combo would be a waste of
    a level IMHO.

    Slide
    ~~~~~
      With the friends super combo activated, the slide becomes even a
    bigger threat than before.  The main reason behind this, is due to the
    fact that the slide pushes you forward, thus pushing you deeper and
    deeper into the opponent, when used repeatedly.
      One of the better things to do when you activate the friends sc, is
    to slide repeatedly at the opponent.  If they are open, such as landing
    from a dp, you can rack up some serious damage.  This works better the
    closer the opponent is to the corner.
      Chris Finney also posted this, cross the opponent up with forward,
    low jab, low fierce, L1 friends, then as many slides as possible.  If
    they block, do a low fierce into fierce fireball instead to push you
    back.
      Of course, James Chen had to outdo everyone with his crazy xmen
    skills and came up with this. You need Level 3 for this. Put Sodom
    in the corner.  Low short into Level 1 Friends.  Low Jab, Jumping
    Fierce, Low Jab, Jumping Fierce, Low Jab, Jumping Fierce, Low Short
    into Level 1 Friends, Low Jab, Jumping Fierce, Low jab, Jumping
    Fierce, low jab, jumping fierce, low jab, jumping fierce, low short,
    low forward, low roundhouse.
      An actual 101 hit combo than CAN be done in a real match provided the
    enemy didn't die too fast nor redizzed.  You CAN do this on the training
    mode after beating the crap out of sodom for a while (lowers his dizzy
    potential) and on the training mode, since the meter recovers, it can be
    an infinite combo.  I've gotten 123 hits, but Sodom redizzed so the
    combo ended.  It's a BITCH to time and to do, but very much possible.
      The jumping fierce must be done the INSTANT you leave the floor and
    the low jabs must be done IMMEDIATELY upon landing.
      I've personally only got like 30 some hits for it.  Timing the
    jumping fierce and low short sucks and it's quite hard.
      These are all of course if the opponent doesn't block, what do you
    do then?  Well, there are a few options, and I will try to cover
    them all.  Probably the easiest way to confuse your opponent's block
    is to cross them up with a jumping forward.  If they are blocking low
    to block images of slides hitting them.  This can be somewhat effective.
    But the downfall with this tactic is that most people (should be all
    by now) know how to block cross up attacks.  A good tactic is to jump in
    (friends sc already activated) with kick, slide, cross up kick, slide,
    cross up kick (if they blocked), slide, cross up, cross up, slide, etc.
    Just try to mix it up looking for them to fail blocking then punish
    them with slides.
      Another tactic that will guarantee you a hit, but it will only get
    you that, one hit.  Well, technically 4 hits due to the friends SC :)
    But there is no chance of adding more hits, so I suppose use this
    technique only if they've blocked everything else and you don't want
    to feel like you wasted a level.  First, have friends going and slide
    into your opponent.  While they are blocking the images you can move
    around.  This is where the guaranteed hit comes in.  Since they are
    blocking low, they can be hit by high attacks.  Well...Rose doesn't
    posess an overhead attack, so you have to cheat a little.  In this
    sense, you have to hit your opponent with a jumping attack.  Backing up
    and jumping in doesn't work because they will recover and block.
    Jumping up and down won't work either for the same reason.  So what can
    you do?  Hit them on the way up!  The most effective move is short, as
    it angles downward.  Just hit up and away and short immediately.  Since
    they are blocking low, they won't have time to block this, thus scoring
    four hits.  Is it cheap?  I really don't care as it works, besides, it's
    not like it does massive damage.
      You can also do up, toward and short, but it is easy to get thrown
    out of this.  So, be careful.  I suppose this angle would give you
    more of a chance to hit the opponent more, who knows.

    Redizzy
    ~~~~~~~
      Yes, rose does have a redizzy in street fighter alpha.  It requires
    the opponent to be dizzy in the corner, for you to have level 3, and
    to be within jumping distance.  Ok, activate a level 3 friends sc,
    jump in with a deep short, do a low jab, then chain into six low
    slides.
      Yeah, it's near impossible, only works on big characters as far as
    I can tell.  I hear she has another one as well.  If anyone can tell
    me what it is, please write me.

    Training Mode Infinite Combo
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      A while ago, someone posted a combo that only worked in training mode
    for rose that was infinite.  What exactly was it?  Is it the combo
    that James Chen posted?  Any information would be appreciated.

    2.  Special Move Section
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      As far as the friends sc is concerned, any special move is a waste of
    precious sc energy.  In fact, I only know of one combo that would take
    advantage of this.  That is, activate friends when the opponent is in
    the corner, do a strong soul reflect, which will knock the opponent into
    the air, then add a L1 Aura Soul Throw.  A Jump in attack can in the
    beginning works nicely.  A waste of time IMHO.

    3.  Super Combos
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~
      If you thought your super combos did damage before, imagine them
    hitting an extra three more times!

    Aura Soul Throw
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      Well, Level 1 is only a thorw, so combining friends with this gives
    you no extra damage.  Level 2 is a different story though.  Any
    Normal Level 2 combo can be combined with friends already
    activated for massive damage.

    Aura Soul Spark
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      Well, level 1 won't result in 12 fireballs, so that is a waste of
    sc energy.  You can't perform Level 3 obviously, so that leaves only
    level 2.  However, it pays off big time!  Normally level 2 hits six
    times, but if combined with friends, it hits 15 times (12 from friends,
    plus 3 with the fireball).  This makes for incredible damage.
      There are a few good combos using a shadowed level 2 soul spark.
    Probably the best one is friends, jumping fierce, standing fierce,
    L2 soul spark. 20+ hits easily.  This is hard to land though as everyone
    will try their best to block once they see friends going.
      The best way to get around this is activating friends in the middle
    of the combo.  For this particular combo, this works very well.  Do the
    jumping attack, do a standing fierce buffered into a level 1 friends
    super combo.  Immediately buffer the level 2 soul spark.  If done
    correctly, they will NOT be able to block the now shadowed level 2
    soul spark.
      The key to doing all of this is to buffer the soul spark sc motion
    during the 'black screen' frames of the friends sc.  It should go
    like this, jump in fierce, standing fierce buffered into friends
    (opponent is in the 'reeling' animation, during the start up frames
    of the black screen of the friends sc, buffer the level 2 ss so that
    it begins as soon as the friends black screen ends, and while still
    reeling (should be same frame if done quickly enough), the level 2
    ss will come out, hitting the non blocking opponent with a shadowed
    level 2 soul spark super combo.
      This is a skill you MUST learn, buffering a friends sc into another
    super combo.  Why rose can do this is beyond me.  This is one of the
    many factors that have many people believing rose is overpowered.  I
    would have to agree with them.  Like a wise man once said though, "If
    it's in the game...."  In Sfa2, sher retains this ability.  *shrug*
      A combo that I feel has more uses is either a standing forward or
    low forward (just be careful of doing the slide on accident) buffered
    into friends, buffered into level 2 SS.  The reason why I feel this has
    more uses is due to the length of the standing forward.  This is a good
    counter combo to missed dragon punches, missed flash kicks, missed
    super combos, blocked fireball combos, low roundhouse attempts, etc.
      The standing forward just has so much range and priority.  Plus the
    fact that it buffers makes this game sick.
      One last combo that involves friends and L2 SS is this:  Friends,
    slide x 4, level 2 soul spark super combo.  First of all the opponent
    must be in the corner, and it also helps if the opponent is a big
    character.  Second the slide does not buffer!  So the L2 SS must be
    chain at the end of the slide.  If friends runs out before you activate
    L2 SS, only do 3 slides then.

    4.  Friends Juggle Combos
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      Well, for some unknown reason that I CANNOT figure out, when friends
    is activated, rose's normal moves will juggle once.
      So...what does this mean?  In all honesty not a whole lot.  But it
    does lead to some interesting combos.  Below are a few, if you have
    more, as always, please e-mail me.
      I think Dave Kirsch posted this one to AGSF2...if it was someone
    else...I apoligize.  Jump In roundhouse, low short, low roundhouse,
    Level 1 friends, standing roundhouse, Level 1 Aura Soul Throw.  The
    standing roundhosue will juggle the airborne opponent.  Corner only.
      Another one along the same lines is this:  Jump in roundhouse, low
    short, low roundhouse, Level 1 friends, standing fierce, Level 2
    Aura Soul Throw.  The standing fierce will juggle the airborne opponent.
    Level 2 is really hard to tack on.  Go with Level 1 if actually done
    during battle.  Corner only.
      And last, Rahmon Deloney says vs. Sodom in the corner - jumping
    roundhouse, low short, low forward, low roundhosue, Level 1 friends,
    jumping jab (juggle), Aura Soul Throw.
      This is a dman funny combo IMO.  Just due to the fact that the jumping
    jab knocks Sodom crazy high in the air.  Again...who the hell would
    use this during game play?

    5.  Rose Is One Cheap Glitch
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      Rahmon Deloney ([email protected]) posted this to AGSF2 awhile
    ago.  Really interesting and semi useful.  Any questions should probably
    directed towards him.
      'Hey all, just thought I'd explain Rose's unblockable glitch in as
    much detail as I can, so as to make experimenting easier.

    For Street Fighter Alpha:
      The glitch was first discovered in the first SFA and is 100% (yes,
    I've confirmed it as well--Derek) confirmed.  Here's an explanation on
    how it's done (it's actually pretty easy).
      If you own a saturn or PSX the easiest way to try this out is to simply
    have another person play the other character.  Knock them down with a
    sweep (they can start blocking now) and immediatly do Rose's Friends
    super.  Now get close to them and time a standing jab so that it comes
    out a split second before the 'getting up' animation ends.  The initial
    jab will miss but the following images will hit the other character just
    as they are coming out of it.  If your timing was correct, the images
    will be unblockable and your opponent will be open for one of Rose's
    many combos.  Unfortuantely, it won't work in practice mode, because the
    cpu will automatically block _any_ attack immediately after getting up
    from a knockdown (it will even block Sodom's standing roundhouse).  It
    will still work on autoblocking opponents, however.  Of course, this
    trick is vulnerable to reversal attacks and throws, but we can't have
    everything :).
      This glitch works for all of Roses ground based normal movs, except
    standing roundhouse, but timing and distance become more of a factor.
    For instance, to perform an unblockable sweep (the images won't knock
    the player down), you have to be about a character length away from
    them as they're getting up.  Next, do a very early sweep so that only
    the last image hits.  The timing and distance are slightly different for
    all the normal moves (some are done early in the 'getting up' animation,
    some are done late).  I used standing jab in the explanation because the
    timing doesn't have to be precise as some of the other normal moves,
    which leaves more room for error.  Also, it's also easier to follow up
    with a combo because your opponent doesn't get pushed very far.
      This trick also works on jumping opponents, but it's very hard to
    position and is only midly useful.  Anyhow, you can do this by having
    friends already activated or done _just_ as your opponent jumps.  Then
    position yourself so that you'll be about a character length away from
    when they land.  Next, do an early sweep (about when they reach the peak
    of their jump), they will land right on the images and not be able to
    block them.  Again, it is unlikely you'd be in position to do this in
    a real match, but it does work.  '
      He also posted a combo on AGSF2 implemeting this:  After a knockdown,
    activate friends, do any early low jab so that it just misses, but the
    images connect (if your timing is right the images will be 100%
    unblockable), low short, low forward buffered into Aura Soul Spark.
      I'm still experimenting with this.  I will hopefully update this and
    include more information as it is found.

    IV.  General Info
      This is the general info area.  A tad bit of where rose fits in, and
    a preface to fighting vs. other opponents.  I'm sure something else
    will be mentioned.
      First, is Rose overpowered?  Simply, yes.  Is she the best in the
    game?  Well, I don't know what gamest said, but the general consensus
    for sfa1 is that akuma is the best.  Akuma is probably the best oveall,
    however, rose destroys him.  That air fireball only weakens him vs.
    rose.  The teleport isn't an option, and well, that's it.  :)
      She is a very fun character to play.  If she wasn't, I would not have
    written this.  She is also effective when playing various styles.  She
    is best played offensive, but turtles rather well.  Who would dare
    jump if you have level 3?  They either eat a Level 3 Aura Soul Throw,
    or an alpha counter, Level 2 Aura Soul Saprk.  Jumping in on her
    with Level 1 (aura soul throw) isn't exactly the greatest idea either.
      Her normal moves have so much range, priority and I swear all of them
    have zero recovery.  Especially the slide.  This thing has crazy
    recovery time.  Slide, if you think they will do anything, just do a
    Level 1 or 2 Soul Spark.  If they do nothing, throw them, or a standing
    fierce into fireball works well.  She has so much flexability in the
    ways she can be played effictively.
      Lastly, I'm not going to discuss fighting computer controlled
    opponents.  A)I don't want to write that much, B)There already exists
    a faq based solely on fighting the cpu with rose.

    V.  VS. Other Characters
    A.  Ryu
        ~~~
      More than likely, you are going to be fighting a plethora of ryu's.
    Luckily, ryu's fireball trap has been somewhat diluted.  More so vs.
    Rose.  Given hat most people who play ryu have been playing him since
    1991 doesn't help much though.
      Rose definetly has the advantage in this matchup.  Essentially you
    have nullified his most effective pattern, the fireball trap.  Ryu would
    be silly if he tried it.  Essentially you have nullified any fireball
    attack he might present.
      If ryu does fireball, you have a few options.  If you are close enough
    and anticipated it (as most ryu's are patternish), jump in with a combo.
    If you are near full screen away, absorbing it isn't that bad of an
    option.  That brings us to midscreen options.  You could reflect it with
    fierce if you think ryu will jump towards you after throwing the
    fireball.  Sometimes, reflecting it with fierce gives you a good window
    for jumping in at the opponent.  Of course beware of dragon punches.
    This brings us to reflecting it with strong.  If you are close enough,
    you can hit ryu with his own fireball before he recovers from throwing
    it.  This is the ideal use for it.  If you think he will recover from
    it, you might try throwing a fireball of your own to give him something
    else to deal with.  This also allows a windows to jump in at him.
    Finally, if you anticipate the fireball, a level 1 or 2 ss works nice.
    Also...be aware that there is a range where ryu can throw a fireball and
    you will not have time to reflect it, it will hit you as soon as you
    begin the reflection animation.  If this happens, either jump up and
    kick with roundhouse on your way down, or just block it.
      Ok, so now you should be able to take care of ryu's fireballs.  What
    we need to concentrate on now is what he might do afterwards.  A lot of
    ryu's will fireball then jump in after you.  A fierce soul throw is a
    good bet.  If not, a level 1 AST works well.  If you don't have time
    for that, a croucing or standing fierce works good.  Of course, either
    can be buffered into a L1AST.  Also, a standing roundhouse can work well
    from afar.  Lastly, simply block any attack that ryu throw at you, and
    AC, low forward, low roundhouse.  The major downfall to this is ryu
    may simply do nothing during the jump, then land and throw you.  I guess
    that is the risk you take.
      He might either hurricane kick or air hurricane kick.  Both of them
    present the same solutions.  A soul throw works great.  L1AST works
    better.  And a crouching fierce works, just not as well.
      He could also throw another fireball.  If he does this, know your
    ranges.  More often than not, you've been fireball trapped before, so
    you should be able to detect the beginnings of it.  If you are close
    enough jump in and combo the hell out of them.  You could also just
    jump straight up over it and air block the fireball then roll torwards
    him catching him off guard, or react to it as suggested above.
      You could also block it and see what he does next.  If he does nothing,
    slide in.  He might expect this and either dp or ac it.  If he blocks
    the slide, you have a few options.  If you think he will sweep, do a
    standing forward or L1ASSSC (level 1 aura soul spark super combo).  If
    he does nothing you can do a standing fierce into fireball to knock you
    back, or simply throw him or tack on a roundhouse to push you back.  But
    keep close to him.
      Sliding does not work as effecive as it does vs. other opponents.
    The main reason is that damn hop kick.  It hits you clean every damn
    time.  Always try to throw him afterwards to either counter throw
    or tech hit it.  If you get predictable with the slide he will dp it.
    So don't.  The best time to slide is as he is getting up, or when he
    is throwing a fireball.  It trades more in his favor, so try to use it
    when you are ahead, and the slide will kill him.  Also, he could do a
    'reverse' dp and hit you after blocking the slide.  His fireball sc
    when performed with 'reverse' timing (the reverse message actually
    appears on the screen) will probably hit you also.
      The last thing you need to worry about is his super combos.  The
    hurricane kick one can present problems.  It simply does too much
    damage.  If blocked, AC it, but sometimes I've missed the soul catch,
    so beware.  The fireball one is more often that not used in combos but
    for some reason if it isn't, simply block it.  It does such little
    block damage, even level 3.
      Umm...A blocked fireball combo from ryu will leave him more open
    than in previous versions.  A low roundhouse works nice.  Try
    buffering it into one of her super combos.  As well as a standing
    forward buffered into one of her super combos.  Lastly, an AC works
    well here also.

    B.  Chun Li
        ~~~~~~~
      Well...this hooker is just that, a hooker.  Maybe I'm just jaded
    by the fact that I know how she will be in sfa2.  ^_^  Anyways...she
    still is problematic.  With this matchup from what my personal experience
    I would say that chun li has the advantage here.  Yeah, she is a fireball
    character and beating those chumps is what rose is best at, but she
    plays better without it.
      Your main attack vs. someone is usually the slide and the tricks that
    come along with it.  Not vs. chun li.  She can just block and ac the
    hell out of you.  After blocking she can do her overhead attack that
    will pass through everything I swear.  Actually your Aura soul throw
    beats this thankfully.  But it goes through your level 1 Aura soul
    spark.  Level 2 hits her..but only once.  Major waste of super combo
    energy.  If you do something low to hit her out of her overhead attack,
    she can mix it up and throw in the neck breaker to hit you out of
    whatever you might try. But this can be soul thrown, either normal or
    aura.  She can do her blade kick to knock you out of most attempts of
    anything also.  In other words...watch your back and see how the
    person reacts to your slide before you start throwing out attacks
    afterwards.  She could also do a reverse timing super combo..the
    1000 burst kick works well as well as the rising kick one.
      Ok...in all honesty her fireball should not pose a problem.  She
    doesn't need it to win.  In fact it would only cause her problems.  But
    if she does...just react how you would vs. ryu and counter what she
    throws at you.
      Her air game is better than yours also.  Her jumping forward, fierce,
    and roundhouse all have crazy priority.  Just air block and roll or
    try jab or short.
      Beware of doing a normal soul throw to grab her.  A lot of her normal
    moves will knock you out of it.  If you can, always do level 1 to
    grab her out of the air.
      Be careful jumping in at her also.  Her standing roundhouse knocks
    everyone at of everything.  As well as her standing forward, fierce,
    strong, etc.  She could also just blade kick you.
      Her supers cause some problem.  The giant marshmallow thing can be
    easily beaten by sliding into it.  The burst kick one you should just
    block and ac it.  And try to avoid the blade kick one.  If you can AC
    it or aura soul throw it.
      So how do you beat her then?  Well, chain combos work well.  Try
    to stick close, look for mistakes and combo her.  Try to tick her
    as well.  She has a good throw so watch out for ticks.  Her air throw
    might present a problem, but I cannot think of how at the moment.  I
    really can't see her throwing you out of a soul throw.  Also when she
    leaves herself open (say a missed blade kick) try to catch her with
    a friends combo thus knocking off major damage.
      I have a hard time fighting against her and am still working on it.
    If someone has some suggestions please mail them to me.  Thanks

    C.  Charlie
        ~~~~~~~
      I happen to think that rose has the advantage in this matchup.  Yet,
    a good charlie can cause you some major problems.  For you to win this
    matchup you have to turtle kinda and react to what charlie does more
    than you usually do vs. other people.
      His main attack is the sonic boom.  All versions of this projectile
    can be overcomed with a slide except jab.  If you stay close enough to
    him at all times, you can hit him CLEANLY every time he does either
    a strong or fierce sonic boom.  Of course, most charlie players know
    this, so they won't do this.  He has no recovery time from throwing it
    so if you plan on doing a jump in combo, make sure you will land it
    because a standing strong will be waiting for you if you mistime.
    Reflecting them isn't necessarily a bad idea either.  Just be careful
    absorbing them, for he has no recovery time and you do.  Of course
    you can do an aura soul spark (level 1 or 2) to go through his
    projectiles.
      His flash kick just isn't that great.  I believe every version can
    be airblocked except is it short?  The main reason you have to fear
    his flash kick is because it is easy to fk you out of the slide.  So
    again, try not to be predictable.  Jumping in isn't always that bad
    of an option, just watch out for his backfist, standing strong and
    sometimes don't expect to airblock the fk.  If you do though, roll
    when landing and try to catch him before he recovers.
      Back to the slide.  Well...he can fk it, so watch out.  Also with
    reverse timing he can hit you with the fk super combo or the horizontal
    kick super combo.  Both hit you easily and do nice damage.  But easier
    than that, he can do his overhead attack to hit you out of it.  Once
    again though, this can be aura soul thrown.  Other than that, once
    he has blocked, just be careful of a flash kick.  But if he does a low
    forward, Yep!  Standing forward buffered into a super combo works
    wonders.  Same with low roundhouse.  He could throw a sonic boom after
    blocking the slide, so a level 1 soul spark is a good idea to throw in
    if you expect this.  Or simply block and AC.  Speaking of AC's, his
    is really horrible.  Works mediocre vs. jumpers and blocked up close
    fireballs.
      This leaves his supers, the sonic boom one can be air blocked so that
    isn't that much of a problem.  The horizontal one can simply be blocked
    and AC'ed.  The flash kick one...well, try not to get caught up in it.
    That one does major damage at level 3!
      After knocking people down with a low roundhouse or super or whatnot,
    a lot of times I will throw a fireball so that they have to block it
    when they are getting up.  Beware that charlie can either flash kick
    or flash kick super coming up off of the ground and hit you cleanly
    out of the fireball.  Same with hitting him with the slide early.

    D.  Ken
        ~~~
      If you don't have a problem with ryu's, then expect to have problems
    with ken.  Ken fights totally different than ryu in alpha now.  He
    still retains his fireball trap, as if that wasn't enough.  Now he
    has a roll which has introduced the roll trap.  Sigh.  I would give
    ken a slight advantage in this matchup for various reasons.  One,
    his roll trap.  Two, people who generally play him haven't moved the
    cursor in years.  Three, he has really useful supers.  Plus he is
    just annoying for being ken.
      First things first, The Fireball Trap (tm) as well all know it still
    remains.  For ken in this version, it consists of fireball, either
    dp when you jump or his standing forward kick to knock you out of the
    sky.  Sure, there is some variation, like crouching fierce, or jumping
    kick but it still remains in the same form.  Combined with the fact
    that super meters charge just for doing a move, not actually connecting
    with that move, which means the longer you are trapped the higher his
    meter gets can cause some problems.
      Ok, you should try to reflect his fireballs as much as possible.  Both
    with strong and with fierce.  If you are far enough away, absorb as
    many as possible so you can build your meter.  You will need it more
    than likely.  Next, never jump unless you are positive that you will
    hit him.  If you do jump, try to connect with a big combo or your chain
    combo to knock him down, thus giving you the positional advantage.
    If you are close enough and he is still trying to fireball you, let
    loose with a level 2 ASSSC to punish him. Level 1 works nicely also.
    By not jumping you are forcing ken to come to you which is always a
    good thing.  If he hurricane kicks, simply grab him.  This applies to
    both air and ground hurricane kicks.  If he jumps in at you, use a
    level 1 ast, as the normal one can be hit out of easily by ken's
    jumping fierce.
      If you do pursue him, try to poke with standing roundhouses and
    standing fierces.  Yes, both can be dped but that is the risk.  The
    slide is iffy vs. ken.  He can dragon punch it.  Both of his supers
    murder it.  And lastly he can AC it easily.  And at certain ranges
    his standing roundhouse will trade or cleanly hit you out of the
    slide.  Plus he can reverse it after blocking with both of his supers
    and his dragon punch.  Kinda sucks don't it?  :)
      Now, if ken comes at you with the roll you have problems.  Yes, the
    roll can be simply stopped with either a slide or low roundhouse,
    but that isn't the problem.  The problem is this, the roll trap.  The
    roll trap is essentially this:  Do a low attack buffer it into the
    roll and then stick at another low attack, chain, throw, combo, etc,
    or do another low attack into roll, chain, throw, combo, etc.  The
    problem with the roll trap is that after blocking the low attack, the
    jab roll arrives as soon as you get out of block stun.  So, say you do
    try to attack, more than likely you will be hit out of it by either
    a low short or super combo, or meeting a blocked form thus getting
    alpha countered.  For rose, she has a harder time than most getting
    out of the roll trap due to not having a wake up move that would
    knock ken out of something (like a dp, fk, etc).  Most of your supers
    are countered with a low short by ken.  So, I would say try to alpha
    counter some of the low attacks.  Once you do that, then chain into
    low forward, low roundhouse so that you knock him down.
      This is of course if you face the roll trap.  Improvise to get out.
    Sometimes sliding the roll will confuse ken.  Sometimes ken won't even
    be aware of it.  All ken's are somewhat different so just take care
    of his fireball patterns and you should be fine.
      His overhead attack cannot be soul thrown.  So be aware of this.
    It's pretty slow so you can just throw it though.  I do this a lot to
    ken's.  You also have to watch throwing blocked chains at ken due to
    his alpha counter.  If he does miss with his dragon punch though,
    punish him with a friends combo, like standing fierce into friends into
    level 2 ASSSC or whatnot.

    E.  Guy
        ~~~
      Guy can be problematic sometimes.  It all depends on who is playing
    him.  First of all, Guy's main strength is fighting a fireball
    character.  Well, since you technically aren't this gives us an
    advantage.  On the other hand, guy isn't a fireball character either
    thus giving him an advantage.  But, rose fights better vs. non fireball
    character IMO than guy does.  Overall, I would say that rose has
    the advantage in this matchup.
      The first thing we need to discuss is his main weapon, the bushin
    run.  This thing can be stopped early thus drawing out counterattacks
    or put into a slide that has to be blocked low or changed into a crescent
    kick that has to be blocked high.  So the best thing to do is try to
    stop the run before it becomes something.  A slide should take care
    of that.  A bushin slide might be countered by either a standing forward
    of a slide, still experimenting as I have very few guy players to
    play against.  The crescent kick can be taken out with either a normal
    soul throw or an Aura soul throw.
      The hurricane kick can cause problems.  It has the trajectory and
    priority of a dragon punch and will be used like such.  So be careful
    when jumping in.  Usually it will go over your slide though.  It can
    also be soul thrown very easily.  Level 1 Aura Soul Throw grabs it
    also.  Can be alpha countered pretty easily as well.
      Another thing is that is jump has a crazy high arc so he jumps
    really, really high.  This can be easily soul thrown.  His roundhouse
    might knock you out of it, if this happens just go with level 1 to
    grab him.
      His ac is something you need to worry about.  Especially when playing
    foot games with him.  Just be aware if he has level 1 and whether or
    not he will spend it for an ac when you slide in to him trying to
    chip off energy.
      Something else you need to worry about is if he will tick.  Guy has
    a STRONG ticking game.  His standing forward has incredible range
    and can be easily buffered into that bushin throw thing of his.  He
    can also use the elbow instead of the throw to knock you out of an
    attempt to counter this.  The only good counter is hope that he throw
    out the elbow instead and ac it.  Guys usually love to tick with the
    slide also.  Bushin run then stop right in front of you then throw.
    Or slide then throw you after you block it.  This all depends on whether
    or not you play a ticking game (you should), if you don't, then just
    worry about boring attack patterns.
      Speaking of boring attack patterns, guy has probably more chain
    combos then anyone else.  And a good guy will implement this.  So what
    does this mean?  It means block, block, and block some more.  Then ac!
    Either that or stay on the offense and ac and thing he might try to
    counter one of your chains with.
      The main thing you have to worry about when being offensive vs guy
    is his slide.  It seems to trade more often than anything else, with
    him doing more damage.  But it will cleanly hit you out of yours enough
    that you should be careful. Also he can reverse it after blocking and
    hit you with both of his supers.
      His overhead is one of the best overheads in the game.  This one you
    can't soul throw.  It is quick and chains into other moves rather easily.
    The best bet is try to throw him out of it as he starts it.  Rather
    hard though, I must admit.
      His supers are really good also.  Level 3 vs a jump is just damn
    painful.  So, jump with caution.  His ground one has good priority and
    can be easily comboed off of his low forward.  Beware if that low forward
    does connect.  It can easily be chained into low roundhouse or his
    offensive crouch roundhouse or buffered into slide or crescent kick or
    both of his supers.
      The only other thing that I will touch on until I get further
    experience fighting guy is that he is vulnerable during his bushin run
    and can be easily hit with Level 1 or 2 Aura Soul Spark.

    F.  Birdie
        ~~~~~~
      Birdie in the right hands can definitely be a problem character.  A
    good birdie well do everything he can to tick you with his chain grab.
    Birdie fights better versus fireball characters and you can easily
    beat him without resorting to playing as a typical fireball character.
    Rose has the advantage in this matchup due to this.
      If you do want to play like a fireball character, never, ever throw
    a fireball when birdie has level 1.  A good birdie will do his hop
    super combo and grab you out of it.  Especially due to the long delay
    that you have throwing that projectile.  Also...Never do a level 1
    Aura Soul Spark when he has level 1.  Again, a good birdie will buffer
    the motion for his during your black screen animation of your level 1.
      Birdie will try to get close by doing either his turn around headbutt
    (tah) or his other rush.  If you see either one coming, just slide to
    knock him out of both.  Just be aware of the fact that the tah has an
    invincible frame in the beginning.  Other than that they are both easy
    to beat.
      Another way birdie will try to get close is by jumping in at you.
    His jump is so low that you normally won't have time to pull off a level
    one ast.  A standing fierce or low fierce should help.  If he does jump
    and you block it, try to ac as much as you can.  If not, more than
    likely he will tick you with short then chain grab which can start
    hurting after a while.
      Also, beware jumping in at birdie.  His low fierce is a good anti
    air counter.  Also, he can do a level 1 hop sc to go through any
    attack you may make and grab you when you land.  Not too many birdies
    I have fought do this, but I'm sure there are a lot who do.  I've
    also seen a few to his tah when you jump in.
      A good way of beating birdie is ac as much as you can, poke with
    long range attacks like standing rounhouse and standing forward.  As
    always, if the forward connects buffer it into something.  Either
    friends into sc or just a sc.  Speaking of friends, he is a good
    character to 'friend' to death.  Activate friends the slide and
    cross him up like no tomorrow.  His ac should beat you slide but
    I'm not positive at the moment.  Will check later.
      When birdie does get in close, and more then likely he will manage
    it.  Take caution due to the chain grab tick, and try to tick him
    before he does you.  Also, try to chain combo him a lot to gain
    position.
      Other than this, I can't really think of anything to add.  I have
    fought so few birdies and I usually do ok.  He is definitely an
    underplayed character so you will have to figure out how the person
    playing him plays him.  After blocking the slide, he should be able
    to do his birdie super combo with 'reverse' timing and hit you out
    of it.  Have never seen it done though.

    G.  Sodom
        ~~~~~
      The character that some consider to be the cheapest in the game.  Next
    to akuma I'm sure.  I could care less who the cheapest is.  Yes, he
    does frustrate me sometimes but a good anyone does that.  Overall
    including the standing roundhouse 'trap' I would say that rose wins.
      Sodom is another one of those characters that have a low jump.  His
    jumping fierce beats out a lot of your anti air attacks so try to block
    and ac a lot of his jump in attempts if you can.  If not, try either
    standing or crouching fierce.
      Sodom is a player who will rely on a lot of ticks.  Any spd character
    does.  The fact that his standing roundhouse timed well is unblockable
    doesn't help things.  The standing roundhouse trap if you aren't aware
    follows like this:  Knock someone down, then do a well timed standing
    roundhouse, if timed right CANNOT be blocked!  Coupled with the fact
    that it buffers can cause problems.  A lot of Sodom's will buffer it
    into a fierce jitte scrape.  This knocks you down, thus allowing them
    to walk up and do it again.  There are two ways out of it.  One is
    rolling but this leaves you open.  They can easily slide your roll.
    The other is with a super combo.  Probably level 2 or 3 aura soul
    throw would be your best bet.  This is of course if the sodom player
    does use the unblockable roundhouse.  Most good sodom players will only
    use it once or twice a round or game.  Again...I hate to say this
    a billion times but sodom is an underplayed character and all play
    different.
      With his slide I think that his beats yours.  Or trades in his favor.
    Fortunately your slide beats any of his rushes if you hit him soon
    enough.  So you have that in your favor.  Especially since it is an
    easy way of trying to get close for sodom.  Expect him to use these a
    lot and either slide to knock him out of them or block and ac and
    combo accordingly.  Also, after blocking the slide he should be able
    to reverse it with his rushing super combo.  Again, never seen it
    done but it should.
      Again, play keep away with him and make him come to you.  Use a lot
    of chains and slides vs sodom.  Poking with roundhouses and forwards
    is a good idea.  His ac is designed for vs jump in attacks so just
    be aware of that.  His spd supers do some nice damage so try to not
    let him get close enough for that.  His other one goes through fireballs
    so just take caution when he has level 1.  Also, his kick spd can be
    comboed or done from afar so make sure to either trip him or slide
    him when done from afar.  Other than this, I can't think of more to
    add when fighting him.  If anyone has anything to add or correct
    email me.

    H.  Adon
        ~~~~
      Yet once again Adon is one of those characters that fight best versus
    a fireball character.  So don't.  And yet once more, he isn't a fireball
    character either.  And even more than all of that, adon just happens
    to be one of those characters that few people play.  In fact, I have
    very little experience playing him, that I would appreciate if people
    could email me some stuff that would make this section accurate.  Oh
    yeah...I think rose has the advantage in this one too.
      Let's talk about what can be soul thrown.  Jaguar kick can before
    it is in it's 'attacking' animation.  So can the rising jaguar.  And
    so can the jaguar tooth.  All are tricky when throwing.  For the tiger
    knee it 'attacks' all the way until the peak of the jump.  Sometimes
    you can grab it before then, other times not.  Best to wait until
    after the apex of the jump.  The jaguar kick can be thrown all the
    way until the apex of the jump.  Then it 'attacks'.  And the jaguar
    tooth is more or less the same.  Vulnerable until he touches the 'wall'
    then it 'attacks'.
      His jump is rather mediocre also.  Off the top of my head I can't think
    of anything that knocks you out of your soul throw.  Probably roundhouse.
    Or some other goofy looking attack of his.
      When jumping in make sure you are aware of two things, either the
    tiger knee which cannot be air blocked, or that little jutting kick
    of his (offensive crouch with forward) which cannot be air blocked.  The
    jumping fierce might beat it.  Not sure.
      His supers are pretty boring.  The jaguar kick one can knock you
    out of the air.  The varied assualt one can go through projectils,
    so just use caution when throwing fireballs.  His ac is one of those
    that are good vs. jumpers, so it shouldn't bother your slide.
      Speaking of your slide.  Slide him like no tomorrow.  Slide, then
    low roundhouse into fireball or if it connects into level 1 aura
    soul throw, or slide then standing fierce, then slide again or
    slide then standing fierce into fireball.  Just trap him like no
    tomorrow.  But beware of him reversing a blocked slide with his rushing
    super combo.
      He does have good poking range so watch you for this.  His jaguar
    kick 'trap' shouldn't pose that much of a problem.  Alpha counter it
    or slide after the low forward so that you go under the jaguar kick
    or whatever variation they use.
      His throws are good, so watch out for this.  His ticks are really
    boring and mundane.  Nothing too creative comes out of a ticking
    adon.  Other than all of this, he shouldn't cause you too much of
    a problem, if there is something I'm overlooking please tell me.

    I.  Rose
        ~~~~
      Yeah right, like someone else would play rose.  I have absolutely
    no experience fighting this matchup as I am the only rose player around
    here.  I would say an even matchup.  :)  All of this is guessing,
    if something is wrong, please email me.
      I think you can slide under her projectiles.  Possibly all but jab
    or maybe none.
      I don't know what to write.  Just see how the person plays her,
    if they try to play her like ken or ryu just destroy them.  If they
    actually know what they are doing then ask them how to play versus
    rose.
      If anyone can send some info, it would be much appreciated.

    J.  Sagat
        ~~~~~
      Yeah...A fireball character to pounce on!!  Poor sagat, once a
    decent character humbled into what ever alpha passes him off as.  Most
    people I know who played him moved onto whoever, so there really aren't
    that many sagat players left.  If there are, it's those poor souls who
    just play him because his tiger uppercut hits 7 times.  Ooooh...
    Anyways...Rose definitely has the advantage here.
      If sagat does throw a high fireball, slide the idiot.  Doing this
    a few times will make him quit doing this quickly!  So this will only
    allow him the option of throwing low fireballs.  :)  This is good
    because of the delay that exists on it now.  And if you see it coming,
    as you usually will, reflect it back at him with strong.  You could
    also slide it before it comes out but that is taking a risk.  Why
    would you want to do that?  ^_^
      So when he does throw a low fireball, either reflect it or jump in
    for a combo.  Always jump in pulling back, in case he does recover and
    tries to uppercut you.  This will be often airblocked, so just combo
    him when he lands.  If it isn't, it does pitiful damage unless he hits
    all 7 times.  He could also do a standing roundhouse which will hurt
    after a few times.
      When sliding, you need to realize a few things.  He can dp it and it
    will hit all 7 times which hurts.  If he is quick, he can do a low
    roundhouse to knock you out of it.  If I remember right his ac can't
    touch you.  But his tiger raid super combo can hit you clean out
    of it.  Other than that, he can't do much to counter it.
      Also his fireball super combo will hit you if you go around chucking
    fireballs like a mad man (woman).  Also his level 2 and 3 tiger raid
    goes through fireballs, so use caution when lobbing fireballs up
    close.
      His tiger knee can be soul thrown at the right distance. So can his
    tiger uppercut.
      Sagat just isn't that much of a threat anymore.  His fireballs are so
    slow in comparison to how they used to be.  His fireball trap patterns
    are still there but by playing rose you shouldn't have to deal with
    them that bad.  Just reflect or absorb accordingly.  Really shouldn't
    be that much of a problem.

    K.  Bison
        ~~~~~
      The Psycho Powa man himself.  Well...it's one of those things that
    no one here learned him well enough for me to give an accurate way
    of fighting him.  Personally I would say that rose has the advantage
    but the feel of agsf2 is that bison slaughters her.  More than likely
    it has to do with beating the slide with either super combos or something
    else I'm not thinking of.  Such as maybe if he can scissor kick over
    it or something else.  So for right now, this section is dead until
    someone mails me what I'm missing.

    L.  Akuma
        ~~~~~
      The little overpowered guy who grunts too much.  Yeah he probably
    is the best in the game, especially overall.  And yes he is played
    way too much.  Ryu players actually move the cursor now a days.  But
    there are very few people that actually play akuma, and not just ryu
    with an air fireball.  I personally feel that rose wins this.  I know
    Jeff Schaefer agrees with me on this.
      Ok, first you have to see what kind of akuma you are playing.  If he
    plays him like ryu, then destroy him.  More than likely this is the
    majority of akumas you will fight.  They just play ryu with an air
    fireball.
      Ok, lets discuss the air fireball now.  First, it does horrible damage
    if it hits but damn it can be annoying sometimes.  A lot of akumas will
    throw them every time they jump, whether it be backwards or forwards.
    So use caution if you try to soul throw the chump.  A level 1 soul throw
    done as you are being 'hit' by the fireball will go through it and grab
    akuma.  If they jump forward and do it, simply slide underneath and
    do a standing fierce (you usually turn towards them to do this) to
    him akuma before he lands.  You could also reflect it back towards
    him with fierce.  This is kinda tricky because the angle on the reflect
    can be weird when done with an air fireball.  Also, reflecting it with
    strong if done early will reflect it back around head height.  If they
    jump back and do it, simply absorb it or reflect it with strong.  Some
    times jumping over it isn't that bad of an option, just be careful of
    dp's and super combos.  Also, if you jump you can air block the air
    fireball and roll as soon as you land, thus giving you some positional
    advantage sometimes.  The only other time akuma will throw an air
    fireball is when you are getting up, then he will either do a low
    combo whether it be chain or whatnot.  Or he will do his overhead
    attack.  He could also throw you.  A good akuma will mix it up so
    you have to know what each looks like, especially the overhead.  This
    can be easily thrown if he does it close enough.  Try to ac any low
    attacks he may make.  If he throws you, simply throw him first.  Either
    you will successfuly counter and throw him or you will tech hit the
    throw.  Sometimes 'waking' up with a super combo works well also,
    like a level 2 soul spark super combo.  Rose has no wake up move so
    sometimes his air fireball trap can get annoying.
      The air fireball super combo isn't that big of a deal if you are
    paying attention.  The only thing is you can't air block it, so just
    be aware of this when jumping.
      Ok, the other thing that is annoying when playing against akuma is
    that damn air throw rip off of guy.  I've only played against a few
    akumas that actually made use of this move.  After knocking you down
    akuma will usually come in with this move or if you are throwing
    a fireball or fireball super or what not.   A standing fierce is your
    best bet of getting out of it.  Sometimes you can slide past it because
    his doesn't go as low as guys.  More than likely you won't have to
    deal with it though.
      The teleport shouldn't be used very often.  If he does, either
    throw him when he comes out of it or simply slide into it.  Like I
    said though most akumas won't use it unless they are escaping a really
    bad corner trap or like once in a round.  It just leads to his death
    to keep using it.
      Speaking of sliding into him, be careful.  He can dp it, super dp
    it, hop kick it, block and ac it, or something else I'm probably
    forgetting.  But don't discount it all together as it can be effective
    especially countering the air fireball.
      The only other thing that he has that I think I'm forgetting is his
    bison killer sc.  You have to remember that it isn't blockable, but
    you can throw him, hit him out of it or just avoid it.  Very few akumas
    will use it, but there are a few that are really good at it.  Watch
    out for those.
      Also remember that akuma has a damage handicap.  By this I mean that
    a move that would do so much damage versus someone else, does more
    to akuma than it would that person.  This is particularly noticeable
    when you activate friends and punish the little demon.
      All in all, akuma is pretty damn powerful and flexible, but if you
    keep your head together than you should be able to win.

    M.  Dan
        ~~~
      Do you really need help vs. dan?  I didn't think so.
      If he is gale kick happy, simply block and ac it.  Also, beleive
    it or not, but you can reflect or absorb his fireballs.  You gotta
    love dan.
      Dan shouldn't pose a problem, so just take care of him.  But he
    can ac your slide.  Damn him.  Also his short gale kick can go over
    your fireballs and nail you before you recover.  And beleive it or
    not he does have a few good super combos, particularly the level 3
    one...the one from art of fighting i think.
      Other than all of this, dan is a joke and should really pose no
    big problem.  And if he does, maybe you should re-think learning rose.

VI. Appendix
    Meaty Attacks
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    This was something that Seth Killian ([email protected]) wrote to me a
    while ago concerning meaty attacks and well timed attacks.  I saved it
    because I felt that it answers a lot and have decided to include
    it here.  As far as I know seth is still in europe or has moved from
    UIUC so I haven't  yet asked him if I can include it here, but I will
    try soon.  Please note that this was concerning the traditional sf2
    engine (st, super, etc.) and so some stuff doesn't concern alpha.
    However, over all it is still applicable, thus I'm providing it for you.

    MEATY ATTACKS (def.1):  A ground based attack that hits the opponent
    (typically while the opponent is standing from a knockdown) with a
    retreating or otherwise non-stnadard frame of an attack's animation.
    To wit:  If you walk up to a standing opponent and perform a cr.
    short kick w/Ryu, it will hit, but you will not be able to combo
    anything beyond another light attack into it, because it will hit
    with an earlier frame of animation, and then there will be a puase
    as it retreats to allow you to do another regular move.   The only
    way out of this pause is to interrupt the normal move with a special.
    However, if you hit an opponent while they are standing with a
    "meaty" cr. short such that it hits with a retreating frame of
    animation, you do not need to interrupt the cr. short to combo it
    because the time before you can do another normal move (the previously
    referred to "pause") is now absent, since the move is already
    retreating when it hits.  This allows non-standard combos, such as
    cr. short, standing fierce, FB.  There are many possibilities.

    This definition can be extended to cover jumping attacks in a sense.
    While jumping attacks will not hit with a "retreating frame"
    typically, they can be made to hit very deeply such that the attacker
    lands almost immediately following the attack, and can launch
    a ground based attack while the opponent is still reeling from the
    aerial hit(s) so as to insert extra hits into a combo that would
    not have been possible vs. an already standing opponent.  This
    effect can also be seen sometimes by jumping in (and "neck-kicking",
    usually) a crouching opponent, although this is rare (since it is
    usually dumb to cr. vs. an attacker trying this without attacking).

    The confusion arises because meaty attacks as originally meant
    referred to a particular timing of the attack to prevent the
    possibility of a "wake-up" reversal by the person getting up after
    a knockdown.  While the existence of this timing is in dispute, it
    is still true that not all attacks which hit "meatily" will be
    timed in the proper way.  Certain moves, such as Chun Li's palm
    press, keep attack sprites out for a long time, but they do not
    seem to hit in a constant way such that "simply" doing the fierce
    palm press early guarantees that it will prevent a DP (still
    assuming this is even theoretically possible).  The timing of these
    attacks is referred to as "well-timed", such that a "well-timed
    attack", while not necessarily hitting with a retreating frame of
    animation, will prevent the possibility of a wake-up reversal.

VII. Conclusion
      Well, I hope after all of this, that someone somewhere has learned
    something.  Initially this was supposed to be out way before now.  But
    with the advent of so many things, it has been delayed until now.  Not
    that anyone was expecting it or anything.  If you have any questions,
    comments, things to add, remember email me at [email protected].
    I promise I will update it here soon to take in account of alpha 2.
    Unless I decide to write that rolento (you know, the flying monkey)
    guide.  Shrug.  I will update it here soon if people email me stuff
    that I'm missing, especially vs. other characters.  Thanks to everyone
    and I do mean everyone at AGSF2.  Everyone has provided more knowledge
    to this faq that you can imagine.  Thanking people individually would
    take up too much time!  Just remember, keep posting stuff to AGSF2 so
    everyone will progress.  Hopefully we can start documenting street
    fighter a little more than we have here lately.  Thanks.....

           Derek Daniels
           [email protected]

           "This is no way to run a revolution....."
             -A good friend of mine.

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