[CT] Taokaka Video Thread 2.0

[Ronove]

Good stuff, boss! I have a new update coming in a few hours since there are a couple of new japanese vids around, featuring evergreen Keita, and recent discovery Mao. And of course dustloopers' vids will be added to the list as well. :kitty

[unkyrona]

Got a few more to add. A couple of my scrubby butt getting whipped >.>.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1sQq9_2ZvU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozHufUezSrE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-2DQEB2rX0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_yoC3swt1o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiBVkxa5X48

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slA6GGfT0CM

[lurch_E_bean]

Does anyone else think a new thread for critique of those still learning is a good idea? It seems weird to put my stuff up here with the pros...

I put up a hefty amount of videos. Some from over a month ago, and some from last week. I think there's some definite improvement, but still a long way to go... Constructive criticism is welcome.

From 08/2009:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSNlnQeY4dE (vs. Nu)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPS-TPjINiU (vs. Tao)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR10DTOHR6M (vs. Rachael)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF4K_LcIvzE (vs. Ragna)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYiGpVJw3Ks (vs. Rachael)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTQSxDciIm4 (vs. Nu)

From 09/10/2009:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB6MMG0xKOc (vs. Nu)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcy22I1Ht0g (vs. Bang)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j609ugRoHYM (vs. Jin)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbh8dt9m9Zs (vs. Ragna)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OaUZsBiiXk (vs. Haku-men)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX8pwYcvIzw (vs. Haku-men)

[XDest]

More of my replays.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUFcAdr38Zc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq7Ubd0tEOQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFGgaq5L7rA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyibA5GQ-WE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyMHpaJ-tiw

[ShakunohaChaos]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYSpu3gM8k8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq4QRVi730U

Matches of Xdest vs a Bang and Ragna

[Sileh]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYSpu3gM8k8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq4QRVi730U

Matches of Xdest vs a Bang and Ragna

Do you main Nu now? Wtf

[lurch_E_bean]

Here's a couple combo video gems I stumbled upon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6pJ9CCVN8c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79vlx3ILyIo

Video 1 is mostly stuff we've seen before, but there's a few new things. Video 2 is full of new tricks. The damage isn't great on a lot of the combos, but we might be able to steal some ideas to better some current combos. Crazy use of RCs, and I think there's some TK Cat Spirit 2 in there, or at the very least, JC -> j.236b.

[MumMum]

Video two, combo 0:49; I wanna learn that one.

[ShakunohaChaos]

Do you main Nu now? Wtf

Umm yes and no lol I still play Tao just in smaller numbers.

[lurch_E_bean]

Video two, combo 0:49; I wanna learn that one.

(5b -> 5c -> 236aa -> 5d -> RC) x2 -> 5b -> 5c -> 236aa -> 5d (~3.5k)

Doesn't seem worth the 100% meter, but it seems you can start just about any combo after the RCs.

5b -> 5c -> 236aa -> 5d -> RC -> Taunt combo?

That might be worth looking into...

The combo on Jin at around 3:06 (video 2) is pretty slick. It breaks 4k (4071) before the air throw.

6c -> 5d~a -> 5c -> 2d -> 5d -> j.c -> 5d~c -> 5d~a -> 8d~6 -> j.236bb -> j.b+c -> Taunt -> 214214c

After the air throw is kind of pointless, but the beginning is what I like. You even have another "jump" left over, so you might be able to tack on another j.c -> 8d~6 before Cat Spirit 2. I'll have to try this out later.

[canned.air]

that 2nd video, the one that looks all fancy, looks more like a technical exercise than anything else; not a whole lot of it seems usable or desirable to execute in an actual match...especially if its an online match with lag. seems like an awful lot of effort for damage that you could whip out with less chance for error with a simpler, easier to execute combo. nonetheless, it's very fancy and fun to watch though =3.

[MumMum]

(5b -> 5c -> 236aa -> 5d -> RC) x2 -> 5b -> 5c -> 236aa -> 5d (~3.5k)

Doesn't seem worth the 100% meter, but it seems you can start just about any combo after the RCs.

5b -> 5c -> 236aa -> 5d -> RC -> Taunt combo?

That might be worth looking into...

The combo on Jin at around 3:06 (video 2) is pretty slick. It breaks 4k (4071) before the air throw.

6c -> 5d~a -> 5c -> 2d -> 5d -> j.c -> 5d~c -> 5d~a -> 8d~6 -> j.236bb -> j.b+c -> Taunt -> 214214c

After the air throw is kind of pointless, but the beginning is what I like. You even have another "jump" left over, so you might be able to tack on another j.c -> 8d~6 before Cat Spirit 2. I'll have to try this out later.

Thanks for posting the combo. I had a pretty good idea, but this helps me from looking at the video over & over. lawl.

[lurch_E_bean]

More of my matches. More improvement, but still things to work on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIgchaQi_eQ vs. Bang

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbLSKq4viG4 vs. Carl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LRsaH8ApG0 vs. Carl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT7CrOlxmb8 vs. Noel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p90lMOkhJMw vs. Nu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIp9KlbkG10 vs. Tager

[unkyrona]

Your vids make me want to start playing again.

[Yellowcorn]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlYoDL9vU64

PSN replay of Kazukaka (Kazuhiro?)

Some of you probably saw this already on PSN, but it's worth posting now that it's on youtube

Not an even match or anything, but a fun watch of combos on a live opponent

[ChiisaiRamen]

heres some replays of my matches I suppose.

Casuals Vs my friend using Noel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eImHwvHuAw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jna9Jfagpxk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a--xVE5AH70

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usnIBRdVCXQ

Ranked

vs Bang

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAZnV3dfO7c

vs Rachel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDBTEjFSXQE

vs Arakune [spammy dive =( ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDpn_uDMkAI

[lurch_E_bean]

More vids from me.

From 9/18, all vs. Tager

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu2ZAk4DaZg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feM2qd-txTc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4VY8KkKGDY

From 9/20

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVKbOEbvuIU vs. Arakune

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kVp4_YmXjA vs. Arakune

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C4Xd9aZAbA vs. Arakune

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj7eiQ2qC8U vs. Nu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU-kqmi0dXI vs. Tao

It kind of feels like I'm only good enough to realize how badly I play while watching these replays. It's frustrating at times.

The Tao mirror match is pretty much an exhibition of everything you shouldn't do while playing Tao... Half of me wants to laugh, because it's just comically bad, and half of me wants to because one of those Taos was me...

[Pirateyoshi]

I know how you feel Lurch lol. I find it better to focus on the things you straight never see used with other Tao's. Like, I try to 2D people out of the air too often (got addicted to Arakune counter) and still have problems with trying to not poke out of pressure, and its just something that will go away with more offline matches. For you, I would say the main issue is trying to highlight Pounce Super (if the accidental 22C's are any indicator) too much, and using 3C in blockstrings (although I will admit its ok to do sometimes- we cant control our human urge to dial combos) Geez, Tao mirrors are just an urge to D Spam.

[lurch_E_bean]

Another slew of replays uploaded by me. I ran into a level 60 Tao a while back, and had a pretty good match. Still a fair amount of mistakes, but definitely much better than my last mirror match...

From 9/23

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T0H50LShsc vs. Tao

From 10/03

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opS5UvO41Q8 vs. Noel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NAEPONI5Ic vs. Jin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p6uj0Uh2o8 vs. Ragna

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64KTI5jHhrA vs. Ragna

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE9ulMewgT8 vs. Ragna

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGjnLAEZS1c vs. Haku-men

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6tJqI4JIfU vs. Litchi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfUlALS7Cpc vs. Noel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcp7Lk_cExE vs. Haku-men

I think I turned a corner this weekend. There seemed to be fewer glaring mistakes. I also tried adding a few new tricks to my repertoire. I also landed my first successful taunt combo online in the last Noel video at the very end, so I was really happy about that. I hope I can keep this up.

[Death134dzhonor]

Another slew of replays uploaded by me. I ran into a level 60 Tao a while back, and had a pretty good match. Still a fair amount of mistakes, but definitely much better than my last mirror match...

From 9/23

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T0H50LShsc vs. Tao

I recognized your name and was like "oh, a DL member!". I was wondering when you were going to upload this haha:keke:.

I was pretty bad during this match. Couldn't make my mind up on whether to try some stuff or play it safe(blue connection), and that led to a bunch of retarded half done or dropped combos. It was fun though. If I remember and you have space, I'll add you later. I'm really just a mediocre Tao that has played a lot.

I'm glad you beat that 2ND Noel. I fought him in my first ranked match and he D-spammed me to death. I had no clue how to deal with it back then. I got my revenge but for some reason it still feels really good seeing him lose:yaaay:.

[SyfexBlade]

Single round against an Arakune.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS8uwbfpABs

Nothing great, but it was nice to hit that opening combo and halve health early. I need to work on the video quality though.

[lurch_E_bean]

I made a video about Super Flash Buffering with Tao. The original was taken off YouTube because of my background music (jerks), but I reuploaded it with regular audio. For those of you who want to rock out a little instead of hearing 4 minutes of Tao's DD cries, I'm putting up the original video on Rapidshare.

Super Flash Buffering

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv_LF2tM8hU

http://rapidshare.com/files/297466221/Taokaka_-_Cat_scratch_fever.avi (143 MB)

I suppose I'll put my last set of uploaded matches in here, too. I feel like I'm flooding the thread a bit, but I'm getting some good advice and no one's told me to get my scrubby ass out of here yet, so I suppose I'll keep it up.

From 10/13

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdSb5qNTtFg vs. Bang

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8u7y8T2LpU vs. Haku-men

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XmBsDNRvw8 vs. Tager

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO7guAPrGRo vs. Tager

From 10/14

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaiNd8OKunE vs. Arakune

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyrVP6dNHFo vs. Arakune

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMYIE7AyK_c vs. Nu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfCCiHy5cKg vs. Ragna

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcW9rM9Fh8Q vs. Ragna

[Pirateyoshi]

Since I wub you, I posted on all of them for you. I think I might take the time next week to go to my local game shop and use their PSN. PM's me, maybe we can get some casuals in.

[RinHara5aki]

Props ronove, this thread rocks. Even tho I'm pretty dead, I still enjoy watching and cheering for Tao's from the sidelines :3

[PlasticChicken]

haha I remember playing both lurch_e_bean and death134dzhonor on psn. I don't play online much because lag ruins most of taokaka combos. We should one day spam taokaka mirror matches .