[SSJKarma]

DAN, my bet is that you don't know the DOA like i do !

i played with BUtton Mashers as you say they are, yeah it doesn't take a lot to be beaten in this... but then why am i winning 9 out of 10 fights against those button smasher you speak about ?

truly, doing combo's in any game requires BUTTON SHASHING. as you gotta be fast and creative to achieve a good combo, there is so much in this game i don't even know them all ! button smashing doesn't bring any one of them. i know pretty much all of the combo's of every fliping person thus it takes me a lot more time to react as i know what is coming !

if the guy just does a combo, you know how it is, you got 4 thing you can do, all of them will get you out ! either you block and throw (the guy will be close to you after it, thus you'll get priority over him, reguardless of what he does) either you dodge, which will make him go past you like a moron ! either you block and throw ! either you grab and counter !

button smashing gets you so far. that you won't even go in depth thus you won't know the moves that actually hit the opponent !

how many chances do a good ZACK player has against a ZACK SMASHER ?
actually none, as zack isn't a combo freak that can be made with only a fewbutton, he takes lot more to know his moves ! a good example would be his upper knee followed by a bicycle kick ! MAJOR DAMAGE, but you will never see any button smasher that pushes random button do it, as you it takes more then 2 button to accomplish !

want me to go on like that...
besides my favorite JANN-LEE no one there is a button smasher freak as all the charcaters combo requires many arrows and many different combination which if anyone doesn't kow can't go far !

all they will do is hit the kick and punch button randomly which will get them so nowhere because they will be doing the same moves again and again which is the best way to be countered !

seriously, i find DOA better then TEKKEN !

as for everything else...
seriously...
the charcaters can never be stronger then any other, for all characters are made by many people, thus you would need one designer to make all of his character stronger then others ! but others will have the same idea thus giving you the why tiers do not exists !

all characters been created by different people thus each devver gave them special ability for them to get advantage. which makes it end up with their own advantage, thus making all charcaters have their own advantage in the different situation !

example, chunli may have a lot more priority then any other charcter, it won't help her again cyc|ops. in close range, RYU have his chances against bison. thru escaping his the way to be with bison, he won't necessarely have a chance against sagat !

all this is not how the character acts, but how the player will play, and since we always have someone stronger then us int his world, there is no best of the best ! thus all players ave their chances against everyone else !

as simple as that !