Wakeup, Shoryuken E086 – Masta CJ: Run, Run

“CRACKLE” “CRACKLE” dude “CRACKLE” was the bes-”CRACKLE” Dorm has “CRACKLE” move is “CRACKLE”

“CRACKLE” “CRACKLE” dude “CRACKLE” was the bes-”CRACKLE” Dorm has “CRACKLE” move is “CRACKLE”

“CRACKLE” “CRACKLE” dude “CRACKLE” was the bes-”CRACKLE” Dorm has “CRACKLE” move is “CRACKLE”

That is the weirdest looking cup of coffee I ever seen in that logo.  Is the inside part facing us transparent yet the rest isn’t?  Is it filled with pieces of the ground and sky?  Why are those wavy lines the same color as the cup, I assumed it was smoke but since it’s the color of the cup, maybe it’s dissolving?  Maybe there’s acid inside the cup?  Wtf is going on…

You’re high and confused. It’s fine. In fact, there’s no cups on this page at all. Nope. 

You’re high and confused. It’s fine. In fact, there’s no cups on this page at all. Nope. 

You’re high and confused. It’s fine. In fact, there’s no cups on this page at all. Nope. 

You’re high and confused. It’s fine. In fact, there’s no cups on this page at all. Nope. 

Love CJ, he’s such a cool guy and fellow pad player. He brought some much needed variety to MVC3 when he introduced us to rush-down Dormamu. He gets so hype too. Good stuff! keep doing it big CJ.

Love CJ, he’s such a cool guy and fellow pad player. He brought some much needed variety to MVC3 when he introduced us to rush-down Dormamu. He gets so hype too. Good stuff! keep doing it big CJ.

Dear Keits,

Is there something you can do about all of the clutter being spammed on the front page every day by the same person? Or at least add a “filter articles by user” option?

Dear Keits,

Is there something you can do about all of the clutter being spammed on the front page every day by the same person? Or at least add a “filter articles by user” option?

Level 4/5 Frank West is the best character in the game

Masta CJ sounds like a chill guy who enjoys playing fighting games.

Masta CJ sounds like a chill guy who enjoys playing fighting games.

Masta CJ sounds like a chill guy who enjoys playing fighting games.

In regards to musicianship aiding execution; the neurons in your brain create pathways to commonly used areas. So, if you play an instrument you will have more neural pathways leading to your hands which means more dexterity and more sensitivity in your hands. The same can happen the other way around too. The ability to practice and perform combos can help you pick up an instrument easier.

Zam, just woke up.  I’ll post timestamps in an hour or two.

agreed

agreed

Wesker is EXTREMELY powerful and a very large threat to be reckoned with but he is NOT the best character in the game. I’m sorry but Wesker has deficiencies whether they are “large” or not. He has NO air control nor air mobility, and cannot combo off of anything above normal jump height. He can be lamed out pretty well by those with fast projectiles and air mobility such as Zero – (the REAL best character in the game in my opinion) and magneto. Wesker’s fear and power comes form his safe super, his gun lockdown, his pretty fast yet VERY unsafe teleports and his x-factor.

Zero however has infinite lockdown loops with select assists, can play lockdown or runaway at the tip of a hat, has an anti-xfactor cancel move that stops any counter-attack besides a pure super, + 1million combos that leave him EXTREMELY meter positive, 3 crossup attacks, a ridiculous air H hitbox, major priority in attacks, VERY good air mobility, and flight. The ONLY downside to this character is strictly his health and lack of usefullness as an assist but any real zero player will be playing him on point. And if his health were any higher, he would be more than broken. Zero is a character that has tough matchups but no Bad matchups. He can play any role and be more than effective at it.

Spencer is also a character that is extremely capable at aggressive lockdown and +1million damage combos and priority out the a$$. Plus an invincible super that plows through everything and anything that comes his way.

I’m not trying to downplay the effectiveness of Wesker but you cannot gauge this effectiveness based on the amount of times he is used in tournaments as this choice for using his is based mostly on his easiness in his combos. Wesker is easy to use and does pretty good damage. Not one touch = death damage by any means but good enough nonetheless. This however does NOT make him the best character in the game, just the easiest to use that comes with a good payout.

Wesker is EXTREMELY powerful and a very large threat to be reckoned with but he is NOT the best character in the game. I’m sorry but Wesker has deficiencies whether they are “large” or not. He has NO air control nor air mobility, and cannot combo off of anything above normal jump height. He can be lamed out pretty well by those with fast projectiles and air mobility such as Zero – (the REAL best character in the game in my opinion) and magneto. Wesker’s fear and power comes form his safe super, his gun lockdown, his pretty fast yet VERY unsafe teleports and his x-factor.

Zero however has infinite lockdown loops with select assists, can play lockdown or runaway at the tip of a hat, has an anti-xfactor cancel move that stops any counter-attack besides a pure super, + 1million combos that leave him EXTREMELY meter positive, 3 crossup attacks, a ridiculous air H hitbox, major priority in attacks, VERY good air mobility, and flight. The ONLY downside to this character is strictly his health and lack of usefullness as an assist but any real zero player will be playing him on point. And if his health were any higher, he would be more than broken. Zero is a character that has tough matchups but no Bad matchups. He can play any role and be more than effective at it.

Spencer is also a character that is extremely capable at aggressive lockdown and +1million damage combos and priority out the a$$. Plus an invincible super that plows through everything and anything that comes his way.

I’m not trying to downplay the effectiveness of Wesker but you cannot gauge this effectiveness based on the amount of times he is used in tournaments as this choice for using his is based mostly on his easiness in his combos. Wesker is easy to use and does pretty good damage. Not one touch = death damage by any means but good enough nonetheless. This however does NOT make him the best character in the game, just the easiest to use that comes with a good payout.

Either the RSS is fucked up, or you guys haven’t updated the google listen in months.

Either the RSS is fucked up, or you guys haven’t updated the google listen in months.

Either the RSS is fucked up, or you guys haven’t updated the google listen in months.

Either the RSS is fucked up, or you guys haven’t updated the google listen in months.

Either the RSS is fucked up, or you guys haven’t updated the google listen in months.

Either the RSS is fucked up, or you guys haven’t updated the google listen in months.

Oh btw in my tournament I said we’re having SFxT, sorry I was confused, I meant Soul Calibur 5…. too many new games on my mind.

CJ seems like an awesome guy, here’s hoping he flips his team order to Dorm / Wesker / Magneto, haha.

CJ seems like an awesome guy, here’s hoping he flips his team order to Dorm / Wesker / Magneto, haha.

CJ seems like an awesome guy, here’s hoping he flips his team order to Dorm / Wesker / Magneto, haha.

“some audio cracking we were unable to remove in a few small parts of the interview.”  I’m 30 minutes in and I’d say it’s a lot more than “a few small parts”, nice to hear CJ though.

“some audio cracking we were unable to remove in a few small parts of the interview.”  I’m 30 minutes in and I’d say it’s a lot more than “a few small parts”, nice to hear CJ though.

“some audio cracking we were unable to remove in a few small parts of the interview.”  I’m 30 minutes in and I’d say it’s a lot more than “a few small parts”, nice to hear CJ though.

“some audio cracking we were unable to remove in a few small parts of the interview.”  I’m 30 minutes in and I’d say it’s a lot more than “a few small parts”, nice to hear CJ though.

“some audio cracking we were unable to remove in a few small parts of the interview.”  I’m 30 minutes in and I’d say it’s a lot more than “a few small parts”, nice to hear CJ though.

“some audio cracking we were unable to remove in a few small parts of the interview.”  I’m 30 minutes in and I’d say it’s a lot more than “a few small parts”, nice to hear CJ though.

“some audio cracking we were unable to remove in a few small parts of the interview.”  I’m 30 minutes in and I’d say it’s a lot more than “a few small parts”, nice to hear CJ though.

Timestamps:

00:00:00 – Shoryuken! Guest intro by Nick Accristo
00:00:42 – Skisonic Opener: Keits Away/Moving to Chicago, Skisonic Solo
00:01:21 – LG SSFIV Tournament: MCZ|MRN|Wolfkrone Winner of Console & Phone Versions
00:01:56 – LG SSFIV: James Chen DLC Sound Pack Introduced
00:02:13 – Western Wolves: Laugh, Infiltration, F-Word, Chocolo Added
00:03:00 – Capcom: Dawgtanian Joins Capcom UK as SFxT Community Manager
00:03:35 – SFxT: 6 Characters Revealed Yesterday
00:03:54 – TxSF: Harada Allowing For Character/Mechanic Suggestions on His Twitter
00:05:01 – Day[9] Daily #400: “Eliminating Assumptions” (Uses MvC2 Yomi Examples)
00:06:03 – Skisonic Throwing a Tournament on Feb 11 in Wheaton, Maryland
00:06:52 – “He Stands Up for SSJ3 Status, It’s MastaCJ!” (With Excessive Static Noise)
00:07:42 – MastaCJ’s Fighting Game History
00:08:12 – SSBB: His Start in the FGC (He Sucked; Played for Fun)
00:09:01 – SSF4: Next Game in the FGC (He Sucked; Played for Fun)
00:09:18 – MvC3: His Love for Fighting Games Blows Up 
00:10:43 – MastaCJ’s First MvC3 Tournaments
00:11:52 – Continued Sessions at The Break, Guard Crush/Big Two & 8 Bit
00:12:16 – MastaCJ’s Recollection of NerdJosh Adding Him to East Coast Team @ EVO2011
00:13:17 – His First Major (East Coast Throwdown; Placed 5th)
00:13:49 – “I Love the Community…” (Catch him on SRK, Mahvel Reddit, Youtube)
00:15:00 – Skisonic & MastaCJ Discuss Going to the Tournament Scene
00:16:31 – How MastaCJ Found & Traveled to Tournament Locales for SSF4 & MvC3
00:17:35 – “I Used to Be a Stream Monster”
00:17:56 – What MastaCJ Does Outside of Fighting Games
00:19:01 – MastaCJ & His Electric Guitar / Internet Spammer
00:19:42 – As an Afterschool Teacher
00:20:21 – How the Pad Warrior Started and Maintained Pad Play
00:21:42 – Musicians & Dexterity in Fighting Games (Desk, MastaCJ, MarlinPie)
00:23:48 – MastaCJ Playstyle Inspirations (MarlinPie & Chris G; Demon Hyo)
00:28:16 – MastaCJ’s Ideas On Auto Pilot Play
00:30:05 – Skisonic’s Salty Runback from EVO 2011
00:31:09 – “If You Can’t Block It, I’m Going to Do It”
00:31:35 – MvC2 Yomi; Winning Strategy Discussion
00:34:45 – Dormammu: Damage Output / Incoming Mixup Strategy
00:36:50 – Guard Breaks vs Mixups
00:38:13 – MastaCJ’s Experiences at APEX 2012
00:38:38 – “If it Was the Worst Tournament I’ve Been To… Oh Yeah, it Kinda Was”
00:39:46 – His Toughest Opponent, AG|Demon Hyo (And Other Match Ups)
00:41:25 – Magneto & Wesker, the Real Characters Behind  MastaCJ’s Win
00:42:10 – X-Factor Discussion
00:43:17 – Using Snap Backs to Rearrange Team Order & Control X-Factor Strength
00:45:22 – MastaCJ’s Outlook on the New Characters
00:46:18 – Doctor Strange: “Mix Up Potential Similar to Dormammamu”
00:47:04 – Nova: “I Think He’s Godlike” /Bad Anchor, Great Point Character
00:48:02 – Nova: Rewarding Grabs
00:49:54 – Changes in Ultimate vs Vanilla MvC3
00:51:58 – MastaCJ’s Ideals on the Top Tier Characters
00:52:14 – “Everyone Knows That Wesker is the Best…”
00:52:48 – “Spencer & Zero are Top Two”
00:53:46 – Doom, Vergil, Super Skrull, Wolverine, Dormammu, Dante, Nova (or Iron Fist) + Viper
00:56:53 – Doom: “You Never See Doom Prior to Ultimate… It’s Dat Footdive”
00:57:32 – Nova w/ Doom Rocks
00:57:53 – Player MastaCJ Believes Will Come Up: DragonGod (RayRay & Fab as others)
01:01:20 – MastaCJ’s Other Fighting Game Interests: KOFXIII, MK9, Skullgirls, SCV
01:03:37 – Other Games:  Diablo III, Heroes of Newerth, Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, other RPGs
01:05:21 – MastaCJ Shoutouts
01:07:15 – MastaCJ! Out
01:07:25 – Taking Comments
01:07:41 – “How Can You Not Respect Viscant?”
01:08:01 – “Love Love Love These Theory Fighter Podcasts!”
01:09:34 – “How Could Guys Not Have Asked About Iron Fist?”
01:10:38 – Team Tournaments (2v2) & EVO 2012
01:12:04 – “Every Week They Only Talk About Marvel” /”100% Marvel vs Capcom 3″
01:13:21 – “It’s Not ‘Wrong’- It’s ‘Mahvel’!”
01:15:34 – I Swear, Ski, I’ll Never Shake Ur Hand!”
01:16:05 – How to Listen to Wake Up SRK
01:16:18 – Closing Comments
01:17:05 – Dat Skisonic Motto
01:17:31 – KO! – Out

Timestamps:

00:00:00 – Shoryuken! Guest intro by Nick Accristo
00:00:42 – Skisonic Opener: Keits Away/Moving to Chicago, Skisonic Solo
00:01:21 – LG SSFIV Tournament: MCZ|MRN|Wolfkrone Winner of Console & Phone Versions
00:01:56 – LG SSFIV: James Chen DLC Sound Pack Introduced
00:02:13 – Western Wolves: Laugh, Infiltration, F-Word, Chocolo Added
00:03:00 – Capcom: Dawgtanian Joins Capcom UK as SFxT Community Manager
00:03:35 – SFxT: 6 Characters Revealed Yesterday
00:03:54 – TxSF: Harada Allowing For Character/Mechanic Suggestions on His Twitter
00:05:01 – Day[9] Daily #400: “Eliminating Assumptions” (Uses MvC2 Yomi Examples)
00:06:03 – Skisonic Throwing a Tournament on Feb 11 in Wheaton, Maryland
00:06:52 – “He Stands Up for SSJ3 Status, It’s MastaCJ!” (With Excessive Static Noise)
00:07:42 – MastaCJ’s Fighting Game History
00:08:12 – SSBB: His Start in the FGC (He Sucked; Played for Fun)
00:09:01 – SSF4: Next Game in the FGC (He Sucked; Played for Fun)
00:09:18 – MvC3: His Love for Fighting Games Blows Up 
00:10:43 – MastaCJ’s First MvC3 Tournaments
00:11:52 – Continued Sessions at The Break, Guard Crush/Big Two & 8 Bit
00:12:16 – MastaCJ’s Recollection of NerdJosh Adding Him to East Coast Team @ EVO2011
00:13:17 – His First Major (East Coast Throwdown; Placed 5th)
00:13:49 – “I Love the Community…” (Catch him on SRK, Mahvel Reddit, Youtube)
00:15:00 – Skisonic & MastaCJ Discuss Going to the Tournament Scene
00:16:31 – How MastaCJ Found & Traveled to Tournament Locales for SSF4 & MvC3
00:17:35 – “I Used to Be a Stream Monster”
00:17:56 – What MastaCJ Does Outside of Fighting Games
00:19:01 – MastaCJ & His Electric Guitar / Internet Spammer
00:19:42 – As an Afterschool Teacher
00:20:21 – How the Pad Warrior Started and Maintained Pad Play
00:21:42 – Musicians & Dexterity in Fighting Games (Desk, MastaCJ, MarlinPie)
00:23:48 – MastaCJ Playstyle Inspirations (MarlinPie & Chris G; Demon Hyo)
00:28:16 – MastaCJ’s Ideas On Auto Pilot Play
00:30:05 – Skisonic’s Salty Runback from EVO 2011
00:31:09 – “If You Can’t Block It, I’m Going to Do It”
00:31:35 – MvC2 Yomi; Winning Strategy Discussion
00:34:45 – Dormammu: Damage Output / Incoming Mixup Strategy
00:36:50 – Guard Breaks vs Mixups
00:38:13 – MastaCJ’s Experiences at APEX 2012
00:38:38 – “If it Was the Worst Tournament I’ve Been To… Oh Yeah, it Kinda Was”
00:39:46 – His Toughest Opponent, AG|Demon Hyo (And Other Match Ups)
00:41:25 – Magneto & Wesker, the Real Characters Behind  MastaCJ’s Win
00:42:10 – X-Factor Discussion
00:43:17 – Using Snap Backs to Rearrange Team Order & Control X-Factor Strength
00:45:22 – MastaCJ’s Outlook on the New Characters
00:46:18 – Doctor Strange: “Mix Up Potential Similar to Dormammamu”
00:47:04 – Nova: “I Think He’s Godlike” /Bad Anchor, Great Point Character
00:48:02 – Nova: Rewarding Grabs
00:49:54 – Changes in Ultimate vs Vanilla MvC3
00:51:58 – MastaCJ’s Ideals on the Top Tier Characters
00:52:14 – “Everyone Knows That Wesker is the Best…”
00:52:48 – “Spencer & Zero are Top Two”
00:53:46 – Doom, Vergil, Super Skrull, Wolverine, Dormammu, Dante, Nova (or Iron Fist) + Viper
00:56:53 – Doom: “You Never See Doom Prior to Ultimate… It’s Dat Footdive”
00:57:32 – Nova w/ Doom Rocks
00:57:53 – Player MastaCJ Believes Will Come Up: DragonGod (RayRay & Fab as others)
01:01:20 – MastaCJ’s Other Fighting Game Interests: KOFXIII, MK9, Skullgirls, SCV
01:03:37 – Other Games:  Diablo III, Heroes of Newerth, Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, other RPGs
01:05:21 – MastaCJ Shoutouts
01:07:15 – MastaCJ! Out
01:07:25 – Taking Comments
01:07:41 – “How Can You Not Respect Viscant?”
01:08:01 – “Love Love Love These Theory Fighter Podcasts!”
01:09:34 – “How Could Guys Not Have Asked About Iron Fist?”
01:10:38 – Team Tournaments (2v2) & EVO 2012
01:12:04 – “Every Week They Only Talk About Marvel” /”100% Marvel vs Capcom 3″
01:13:21 – “It’s Not ‘Wrong’- It’s ‘Mahvel’!”
01:15:34 – I Swear, Ski, I’ll Never Shake Ur Hand!”
01:16:05 – How to Listen to Wake Up SRK
01:16:18 – Closing Comments
01:17:05 – Dat Skisonic Motto
01:17:31 – KO! – Out

No troll-feeding.  Just flag this dude.

No troll-feeding.  Just flag this dude.

oh yeah, BRING BACK STEVE H on another show.  :D  

I still go back and listen to the Steve H episode/Ep 43 every now and again

oh yeah, BRING BACK STEVE H on another show.  :D  

I still go back and listen to the Steve H episode/Ep 43 every now and again

oh yeah, BRING BACK STEVE H on another show.  :D  

I still go back and listen to the Steve H episode/Ep 43 every now and again

Oh wow. This podcast is still going? My feed hasn’t gotten any updates since episode 69…

MastaCJ is a pretty cool guy, Dormammu’s and doesn’t afraid of anything.

Interview is great Ski, other than the crackle at the start, MastaCJ is a bro. Hope to hear from him soon and hope that the hate just feeds him to strive more.

I love CJ’s playstyle, he’s got the same mentality as me. If that shit works, keep doing it. If it doesn’t, do something else. Why complicate it!

You guys should talk about KoF next week, get some hype going for it since it’s an evo game now and all. Maybe just talk about how manly Takuma is if nothing else.

You should interview the developers of the Pony fighting game. Ridiculous theme aside, their game is shaping up to look surprisingly solid.

You should interview the developers of the Pony fighting game. Ridiculous theme aside, their game is shaping up to look surprisingly solid.

You should interview the developers of the Pony fighting game. Ridiculous theme aside, their game is shaping up to look surprisingly solid.

Just saying, thanks to the FBI closing MegaUpload and iTunes refusing to work for SRK, I have no way of listening to this besides the web page…

Crackling didn’t take away from the interview at all, CJ seems like a cool dude. Hope to see him do well in future events and continue repping Dorm

Good stuff as always Ski!