Totally unrelated picture. Based on Choi vs. Ed Ma Devastation 09.

Here is the second of my arcade battle logs. It is also going to be my last.

I have finally decided to put away the notebook. The major reason being that I simply have more fun at the arcade that way. Instead of scribbling away at my notebook and getting weird looks from people, I can forget all that and turn to the guy next to me and have a conversation like I normally do. I can live an care-free arcade life. So I’m glad to be not doing it anymore!

You can see the entire table after the jump. I was going to do it month by month- but since I decided to end the series I thought I may as well put all my remaining logs into one post.

Naming system description (taken from first log):

I write my matches down chronologically, and the system I used interestingly enough, evolved over time.

I named every player I knew, and made an effort to ask the names of people I didn’t know.

Initially for players that I didn’t know, I labelled them as “unnamed’. Later on I realised I needed to differentiate between unnamed players who don’t really know how to play, and unnamed players who are actually competent and good.

So somehow I took to calling the unnamed mashers “Random” and unnamed good players “That (insert character here) guy”.

Not the most complimentary system, I know!

But it allows me to check my “real” win rate against people who actually know how to play.

Some quick stats:

Total games played/W/L: 189 games played/108 wins/81 losses or 57% winning percentage.

Hm, my win % is marginally up from 53.7 % the month before.

Subtracting “Randoms” from my log yields a win/loss record of 170 games played/89 wins/81 losses or 52W/L%.

That’s an significant increase from my previous “non-Random” win % of 43.9%! And probably what I should be most happy about. Maybe I am slightly improving…

Guys who beat my ass the most:

Baz: 0-6!

Kilok (Ryu): 4-9 (Improved slightly.)

Rory (Zangief): 1W 4L

That Bison guy: 8-16

That Yun guy: 4-7 (Surprising to me, feels much worse.)

Okay, time for character breakdown (W/L):

Adon: 2W 3L

Akuma: 2W 3L

Balrog: 2W 3L

Bison: 11W 16L

Blanka: 2L

Cammy: 2W

Chun: 8W 5L

Cody: 3W 1L

Dan: 1W

Dhalsim: 2W 1L

Dudley: 2L

Evil Ryu: 1W

Fei Long: 3W

Fuerte: 1 W 1L

Guile: 2w 2L

Hakan: 1W

Ibuki: 1W 6L

Juri: 2W

Ken: 9W

Makoto: 1L

Oni: 2W

Rufus: 1W

Ryu: 25W 16L

Sagat: 3W 1L

Sakura: 3W 2L

Seth: 1W

T Hawk: 6W

Vega: 1W

Viper: 1W

Yang: 4W 5L

Yun: 5W 7L

Zangief: 4W 4L

Overall Notes:

Generally I played less games this month than last month. Hm. I wonder why…

Nice improvements in some areas and matchups (like finally not being negative W/L in the mirrormatch at long fucking last.)

Matchups to work on- Ibuki (Baz), Zangief, Dudley and Bison. But overall, I’m pretty happy.

Feels like it’s been a pretty solid month of training.

Maybe I should continue logging my….No! What am I thinking.