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In article <1993Nov5.1...@newstand.syr.edu> jrta...@rodan.syr.edu (Jack R. Tallent) writes:
>	I regularly play the same person every day during lunch.  I usually
>play Raiden against his Liu Kang.  Before I begin, let me just mention that
>this guy double kicks the shit out of me on a regular basis and does fire ball
>flying kick combos as well: both very effective combos.
>	Well, today he was crying 'Cheap!' because I backed him into a corner 
>and flying tackled him three times in a row.  Is this cheap? (Be honest, as I
>will not do it any more if the consensus is against this move.)  Is this move
>really 'unblockable' as Liu 'crybaby' Kang was claiming?


The reason I am crying 'Cheap!' is because if the move is executed with
the proper speed, it is unblockable, and you can use it repeatedly to totally
finish off the opponent.  The only way out of the corner is if Raiden has the
slightest hesitation, which gives the opponent a chance to step out of the
corner and block, or to jump over the incoming dive.  If the dive is done
quick enough, there is no way out. This in *no way* compares to the double
flying kick or to the fireball/flying kick.  Yes the opponent is helpless
for ONE hit, but ONLY ONE hit. Raiden's dive into the corner is comparable
to Sonya's leg grab and the freeze/throw combo of SubZero.  If they hit
you with one of these moves ONCE, then with proper execution (which anyone
who is fairly decent at the game should have) the opponent is defenseless
for repeat attacks until dead. With Raiden, you don't even have to get
backed into the corner (which I wasn't).  If you are on the outer-third of
the playing field, Raiden's dive will put you into the corner, in that oh
so defenseless position.  In other words, if you make *one* mistake
against Raiden, you are dead (at the discretion of whoever is playing
Raiden, of course)  If you make a mistake against LK, then you get hit one
extra time, and the fight goes on.  

One other thought.  This isn't the first time this has happened, and
whenever it does, it always seems to be in the third round of a match.  If you
are going to use an arguably cheap move, you don't use it in the third
round of a match.  His argument is "Well, I didn't kill you with it", no
you didn't (this time...), but you took so much of my strength that all you
had to was spit on me and I'd fall over dead.

So, we leave this to the gods of the Internet to decide....


Ron (aka Lui 'crybaby' Kang)