CvS2 in Ikebukuro, my opinion of Zero/Alpha 3

So my plans for the evening changed and I decided to play CvS2 in Ikebukuro. When I got there, there was someone on there with a 3 game win streak using C-Yuri, Balrog the Boxer, Cammy-2. Since the Shizuoka tournament is coming up, I jumped in using my real team. I played him a couple of times, this K-Groove guy (various mixtures of Beni, Haoh, Raiden, Geese, and other random characters), some C-Groove guy, and some N-Groove guy. I didn't lose, and after 12 or 13 wins ppl stopped playing me, so I left the game and went to a manga kissa.

After meeting up with Wakamatsu and getting some Italian food (and for some reason, they had escargot, which was pretty fucking good), we stopped by the Sega arcade. Miu was randomly there, playing Z3, using V-Gouki. He doesn't play the game, but he had 1 win. I jumped in with Z-Gief, took him out in 3 straight rounds (yes, they had it set to "first to 3"). Wakamatsu came in with Z-Cody. I took him out in 3 straight rounds also. Then some guy came in with V-Ken and reminded me why I hate the game.

The guy had no ground game whatsoever. He was fireball-DP, corner the opponent, and hadou rave. That's it. But because V-ism is so ridiculous in that game, I lost to him several times. Many times I would have a huge lead, then get corner VC'd. The game is sooooooooo stupid. I can't see how anyone in their right minds would rate it higher than Zero 2. In Zero 2, everyone has 4 ways to use their meter. Because of this, it came down to who was better with what character. In Zero 3, you only have at most 2 ways to use it (not counting VC strengths - but if you do, that's another reason the game is so shitty). The game seemed less about who was better with which character, and more about which -ism is better.

Although CvS2 has 6 grooves, they're balanced a lot better than the 4 tournament-accepted -isms in Zero 3. In each groove there are numerous characters that can be used. In Z3, no one is good in no-ism. 3 or 4 characters are good in Z-ism. Basically the game requires you to use V-ism, where everyone is capable. I never liked V-ism. It just seems so, for lack of a better word, GAY. Since, for all intents and purposes, Z3 = V-ism, Zero 3 is GAY.