:shocked: Dude, that whole post was in one sentence!
As for the ryu pausing, nah, cheapness is a part of this game, the reason he made cyc|ops slower was because the beam went across the screen very fast, thus making it impossible to counter, and very hard to dodge.
But Ryu, on the other hand, shoots a fireball, not a beam, that moves across the screen, not appears instantly like optic blast, making it easy to parry (just shoot another fireball, for crying out loud) or just jump over!
Therefore, I see no need to change the Hadoken!