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In article <1993Jan28.054959.19339@wam.umd.edu> vgriscep@wam.umd.edu writes:
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>Could someone tell me the location of the Mortal Kombat newsgroup?
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alt.dev.null, I believe.  Strange name, but...

>Elliott Kim, aka milkman@wam.umd.edu

- Mike Lewis
trump@leland.stanford.edu

Here are some things I have discovered in my semi-mastery of Ken (almost there).
I'm playing Ken since Dhalsim sucks now - he loses more priority in exchange
for a useless teleport, oh well..he was nice while he dominated.


KEN:


NEW COMBO: (I think).

    Flying roundhouse to the head buffered to a nice air HK that hits 4 or so
 more times - STUN!  It looks really cool to boot (totally of guard, most people
 will be trying to crouch block at the time (but it happens too quick).  If 
 you do this right you should NOT touch the ground until he is stunned [total
 AIR combo].

NEW STRATEGY:

    My added dimension to my new strategy more or less revolves around the HK,
 one hell of an awesome move.  
USES INCLUDE:

  - There is no real SPEED difference in Ken's HKs (ie. opponent doesn't know if
   you are doing a roundhouse HK or a short HK).  To screw with FB throwers
   heads you can do a nice roundhouse HK, land behind them, and DP them.

  - After that is old (probably already is) they will look for it and either
   try to stop you as you pass over them or just wait and throw.  Now you can
   short HK over FBs, land before they thought you would and DP/throw them.
   Their "prevention" attack was too early and missed.

HK to turn the tables on FB traps:

  - You are cornered, you take the 2 blocked FBs, now what?  Jump at him? No.
   Jump up? Well you are back where you started.  FB?  You get comboed.
   hmmm.  Guess what he's gonna do? (not a good plan).
   HK!

  - Jump backward (into the wall, so you are really going straight up).  You
   now have the option to air HK and just spin in place.  You can spin for a
   length of time ranging from short to roundhouse - and he can't know.  So
   you jump.  If he FBs you can HK long enough to land right after the FB (you
   will get the timing), then you are out.  Your opponent goes "aha!"

  - This time he will time his FB to hit you as you land.  You jump, he hasn't
   thrown one yet (he's gonna wait till you start spinning). So you SHORT HK,
   he FBs, you land before it gets to you and then jump it.  If you do this
   right you can nail him.

   - The point is, if you add the HK to your escape method HE is the one who
   needs to guess what YOU are going to do - the tables are turned.  I now
   let Ryus get me in the corner, since they are the ones who need to guess 
   right - and the advantage is mine.  Also, when I get out, it is much
   easier to throw them into the corner (and Ken's FB trap KICKS ASS).

'nuff for now.
Ciao...