Then some drama happened, the owner of the company bailed, nobody got paid for their work, and the world went back to terrible fighting game strategy guides until the BradyGames SFAC Guide seven years later.

Personally i only found out about the SFA2 guide and the story behind it way later, after i got into the SHGL tournament scene. I found it on ebay and bought it as a collector’s relic because i was curious. I was absolutely astounded by the insightfulness and depth of the strategies.

They talked about throw setups, zoning, footsies, all the advanced stuff. I mean the content wasn’t really new to me at that point, but i can only imagine how amazing it would’ve been if i happened to pick up that guide when SFA2 first came out.

Anyway, i think Jeff Schaefer (aka LAAkuma) wrote most of the Charlie section. All the combos in the guide had difficulty levels written next to them: beginner, intermediate, expert, etc.

Schaeffer included Charlie’s s.HK xx lvl1 Somersault Justice combo in the guide, entitled “7-Hit Roundhouse Justice Combo” with this byline:

“(40% Damage • Master • LA Players Only)”

Haha of course Jeff was a big-time trash talker so i guess this was him taking a jab at NorCal, or possibly East Coast?

Then NKI saved the day – i think he was living in St. Louis at the time. And that’s the story behind that Charlie sequence at 1:31 in NKI’s Volume I, Act IX.

Yes, i should add at the transcript that the vs Rose combo is Tool Assisted (i only wrote “provided by Maj”), so it’s ok that is tagged as a tool assited vid.