[quote name='Mr. Beef']
Got 4th place earlier in a local SSFIV tournament. Got blown up early in the bracket by a Zangief. Forgot who/what I lost to in loser's bracket. Tons of fun.
I played a shitload of friendlies, and I think I'm gonna pick up Seth again if only for the Gief matchup.[/QUOTE]
Congrats! Where did you play at?
IMO, that Seth/Gief matchup is slightly in Gief's favor if the player knows what he is doing.
Stun Headbutt is ridiculous and a good Gief player will catch something random with it.
Also once Gief walks Seth to the corner (happens like a billion times in a match), if spaced right, Gief limits Seth's escape options.
EX Greenhand goes through Seth's U1, if it is thrown out on the ground. So if the Gief player isn't jumping too much, Gief can EX Greenhand into whatever he wants for free punish/knockdown.
Spaced right, lots of stuff trades with Seth's fierces.
The match is really just Seth throwing out Booms, changing timing on the Booms, and then repeating the same shit with fierces.
Lame Giefs (in this match) tend to space EX Greenhand wrong to get around, throw out Lariats too much, get jumpy, walk back, or make their attempts at Stun Headbutt too obvious.
EDIT: Beef, I just saw your thread in PacNorth SRK. Did you have to play CBK's (Reno) Gief?