i think sim vs ryu is at least 6 - 4 in sims favor btw. as a player daigo is way more skilled than philipino, only reason he won was because of the match up. in fact, id say its 6.5 - 3.5 in sims favor. its 6 - 4 when the ryu is a better player than the sim. when their equal, id say 6.5 for sim.
also what you doing this weekend? i might have some time later this weekend. otherwise ill see you online.
p.s. players with lesser skills can do better with characters like rog, sim, guile, bison, vega and blanka. because they can be much more effective at a way lower level of play (and play the waiting game better). even ryu to perform good with him, you need to have some more skills and execution to be effective than with charge characters (and ryu has some of the easier links). difference is that charge characters are turtle based and boring to play as. but they are easier to win with imo. i like how people always talk shit about how its still hard to play like say tsrais blanka, yeah it is. but you dont need to be that good to be really effective with them.
i wonder how good ae will be?