Hate Speech: Character Selection

I think it is interesting to hear Hates say that aesthetics are not completely unimportant because I thought that he would echo Idle's opinion. KowTow for example is no scrub but has been talking about how the new Cervantes costume is unfathomably lame while Crow is excited due to his love of pink (pink Berserker days, anyone?). Kowtow also said he will main the highest tier non-loli, which begs the question what if Viola is on a tier all to her own? Decisions based on asthetics could greatly handicap him but still a guy has to have their pride.

But anyway the rationale for my character selections can vary. I was determined to learn Baiken in Guilty Gear because after reading up on her style I decided that it would be a good fit for my playstile while her design I find the least interesting of the entire cast. I used Lion in Virtua Fighter before Eileen because I have a love of functionally useless animal based martial arts. People who know VF know that Lion is one of the most annoying FG characters ever concieved (I still say Sigurd and Jin are worse though). Same rationale for Tekken got me interested in Lei and Zafina (although I admit I do get a certain perverse enjoyment out of Zaf's animations).

Cervantes is unique in that I love both his style and asthetics and after using him for so long he fits like a glove on my Calibur playstile. While I, like Rekano, know that I need to expand my specialization I don't think I will be able to give up Scurvy Cervy no matter how much they nerf him or how fruity he looks.
 
I have an strict rule of maining just 4 characters per game, and they have to be 2 guys and 2 chiks.
In SB I loved Sophi because of her design and I am German so I had to
use Siegfried, pure pride. I was 8 back then so I knew shit about tiers or matchups, to add two more to my rule, I started to use Mina and Cerv.
In SC I was already in love with my two mains Sophi and Sieg, but I wanted to change my other two so I switch to Taki and Hwang.
In SCII Sophi and Sieg/Nighty and since Hwang was gone I mained Raph and kept on using Taki.
SCIII Sophi and Sieg, but this time around Raph got my complete attention and Setsuka, she was pretty much as fast as Taki but was more complicated to use.
SCIV Sophi and Sieg, Raph was already a character I love so I kept on using him, but changed Setsuka for Mina, just because Mina was low tier and winning with her was a real challenge.
In SCV I will keep on using Sieg, but with Sophi gone I will switch to Pyrrah or Viola, and for the other two of course one is gonna be Raph and I really want to main Hilde this time around.

First I choose my characters based on their design, I mostly use only blond characters, no matter the game, don't ask me why.
Secondly I choose them because of their fighting style, it has to be badass but with style.
Third comes the personality, I like cocky characters but I hate immature fuckers like Yunshit.
Then comes the technical aspects, speed (I like fast characters but Sieg is Sieg), zonning, CH, mixups and tech traps. I don't care about tiers, low or high, if I like the character I'll use it, BUT, I do like challenge, so when someone says that a given character is shit, be sure I will main that charater just to kick that person ass with it.
 
Azazel said:
I don't care about tiers, low or high, if I like the character I'll use it, BUT, I do like challenge, so when someone says that a given character is shit, be sure I will main that character just to kick that person ass with it.
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Good for you... some top player said to me "Siegfried is better than Nightmare in this game, that character is really insane good!"

That Night I pick Nightmare, more people pick Nightmare too... everybody kicked his ass... "Oh Wow is so hard to play as Siegfried! I don't know how you still pick him".... the thing is that people won't know till somebody explain in a really violent way. I always check/test all the character in SC/SF series so I can really have a decent understanding of their features, so I can talk with knowledge. I encourage all of you to do the same :D
 
I pick a character that i can relate to, or just like the look/weapon off. i could care less if there good or not(id rather them not be though). I play Zasalamel because i think scythes are the coolest weapon in existence. I play Cerv because hes a challenge, That 214 just isent something i get every time so i have to work around me messing up. I played Raph because i could relate to him in the fact that i love rapiers and that he is left handed. It all depends on how i feel towards a characters look personality and weapon for me, not there power.I decided i want to main Z.W.E.I because of the fact he is a dark unknown character with magic about him and an interesting weapon. I rule out all females.
 
Soul Edge/Blade: Seigfried as he had a big sword, plate armor, and he could headbutt things. Rock as he could break weapons like a champ (yeah, remember that!?)

Soul Calibur: Astaroth for Damage out the ass and I wanted nothing more than to crush all the little girl players under the heel of a large, angry 3 year old. (I also played virtually everyone as the best way to prepare for a fight against a character is to understand them yourself)

Soul Calibur 2: Astaroth

Soul Calibur 3: Astaroth, though I didn't play SC3 all that much.

Soul Calibur 4: Astaroth and then someone, possibly the author of a weekly column on this site, said, "Hey you should pick up Hilde... and by 'you should' I mean do it." And so I play her now as well. (in addition to the ongoing dabbling with everyone in the cast)

Soul Calibur 5: Probably Astaroth and Hilde though who knows until I actually get my hands on the game.
 
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