I went back to Southtown this afternoon.
Unfortunately there was only one player: "Jose"
And FYI he is the one I've played against last time. (so didn't play against GEO :-()
Unfortunately it seems I won't be able to play against other players in the area just yet.
Will be there tomorrow. Was at gamecenter working on a few things with K' and running the Melty Blood gathering.
Yea, that sounds like Geovanny. You'll see that happen a lot if you play him; it's not a traditional fighting style. He fights on full aggressive energy, doing as much damage in one combo as he can fit.
I guess we all have a different definition of high damaging combos, Geo's combos in general, are not the strongest combos at all. He tends to "waste" his HD meter a lot canceling very early into NeoMax. Also, NM combos are not necessarily the most damaging combos. Try playing Mr KOF and company and you'll see. I would actually rather get hit by Geo's combos lol =)
I've said that for a while and no one really listens to me. I'd rather get hit by him than anyone else at Southtown really. The problem is I keep getting hit after the first few ):
I don't feel it's a matter of not listening to you as it is that's not the overall problem playing Geo. It's just he could Super, Ex Super, Neomax; it doesn't matter. He still beats us.
Let me clarify what I wrote. I said that he fights aggressively to fit as much damage in one combo as he can fit. Whether that does a 100% combo or 60-70% is not what I meant. I only meant he will cram as much damage in one big burst with just about any character like a nuke. When questioned about his choices of attacks, his reasons fringe on the "entertainment" factor. This was why he stated he switched characters when he won or taunted people in game. He does it to make the tournament interesting, for viewers or himself. Don't think a majority of us can make him play seriously.
As Isaiah mentioned earlier, he states he rarely gets a "flashy" combo done on him because Geo spends most of his meter getting out of the pressure being applied to him or missing EX opportunities. Either way it goes, I feel that what's being done is dumbing down a threat. Sitting in the tournament and watching people play Geo, even in casuals, he rarely gets pushed to his second character. That's a problem that needs solving. He could be as good as Mr.KoF or waste his whole bar on whiffing, but if he rarely is challenged, there shouldn't be discussion about his meter usage. He's hitting people and capitalizing on every opportunity while not being challenged enough by our gameplay. That's the problem. When or if we even hit him, I'm watching competent players get 15-20% on his first character
in a sitting. The only time we're getting meter is when we're being hit by him. Getting hit once is okay, but it's too much when it's a constant barrage.
This is honesty. Up here in NorCal, we're not going to get anywhere unless we can all beat Geo or atleast make him try to play. We're getting there, yes, but talking smack about him blowing meter doesn't mean anything when we still lose.