Qaenyin, is it true you really haven't played like almost at all previous to the tourney? If thats true, then I think there's something wrong with norcal (hint, this is to get you guys mad, to get better, beat me in a tourney I'll show up to next month, in turn makes me want to get better, etc. No hard feelings.) Good shit anyways, too bad I couldn't make it out to see this (plus I hear you're a player of really poor fighting games now) so we could have played some random shit.
I've only played casuals 2 or 3 times since I was at evo, yeah, but I did a lot of combo grinding and shit over the week before norcal install. But yeah, I'm mostly poverty fighter player now lol, so I'm down with that. I won't be able to make it to April's ranbat but I'll do what I can to get to May's. Get hype!
Also DJCream, you have a valid point. Although, EX beam is actually a tech punish setup, if it's done properly you can't avoid it, you just have a choice of either risking taking a bunch of chip/getting tech punished by teching or taking like 800ish extra damage by not teching. EX Deer Taxi vs YAT was honestly psychic dumb luck, as I accidentally reversaled the only move I know of that it can actually punish as a reversal vs kouma.
GL to you guys on improving though, and if you want to PM me with some questions about NAC I can always clarify some of the shit about him if you want.