For you to even think that the developers were like "Hey lets make this character a frame trapper to lock down an opponent to the point of not being able to escape even with ex specials, wakeups, push blocking, supermoves, interactable escapes ect, Oh! and lets leave a frame hole in the programing to allow for crossup tech".
lol. I don't think so. It doesn't surprise me at how you would even defend a flaw in the game just because you choose to exploit it and make it one of the most important features in your gameplay that allows you to win matches by basically frame trapping your opponent over and over again. Even to the point of nullifying most wakeup attempts with the flawed exploit. I'm sorry but you struck out big time here. You can try to defend a flaw in the game you have chosen to exploit, use and call "cross up tech" till you're blue in the face but your defense will always be egg shell empty.
The block button basically says '' nope, can't do that flawed move here, you're going to have to actually develop better timing and reaction speed to catch me open. Nope, you can't hit confirm me because you jumped while I was grounded and defy the blocking system by connect on me before the game program recognizes we are facing oppposit each other and has not had enough time to register the blocking direction".
Sorry, B2B is garbage for fighting games. Just because street fighter and Marvel vs Capcom have it doesn't mean its good.
Why are you talking about "constant frame trapping" when talking about b2b cross-ups?
Reading your complaints about it, I have a feeling your experience with b2b is mostly Injustice and not much else. Because when you say "cross-ups are stupid because they deny your wake up options", to me it sounds like you are referring to OTGs like Wonder Woman and Superman have. But that's Injustice not b2b or cross-ups in general.
In sf4 for example you can backdash, sometimes low profile or auto-correct reversal a cross-up. And if it's a safe jump+cross-up (rare) you can delay quickstand, fadc or just call their OS. And now you can even delay wake up on hard KD. Or just block... It's really not the same as Inj OTGs and resets that take all of your escape options away.
On top of that, as it was already mentioned, true ambiguous cross-ups (the ones where the attacker himself doesn't know which side he'll end up hitting) are REALLY RARE. The reason why I mentioned Daigo earlier is because he proved that you can hit the lab, study a character's setups and block 99% of them. Because he did just that against every single setup Xian threw at him in that FT10. He didn't guess right 20 times in a row, he noticed how long Xian waited before jumping, which normals where whiffed, if Gen changed stances etc. so he always knew which side Gen was going to hit on. Because for hours he practiced defending against those setups in training mode.
If you don't want to deal with cross-up pressure, don't get knocked down. That's a huge principle of SF in general. You constantly fight for position advantage and you engage in multiple footsie battles. And when you finally get this knockdown then you are rewarded and should get rewarded with an OPPORTUNITY to mixup. You're SUPPOSED to be scared of the okizeme. Getting back up on your feet is supposed to suck for you. They should have an advantage as you're getting up and you shouldn't be allowed to get out of pressure for free. The bullshit okizeme is supposed to be an incentive so you try to not get knocked down again next time.
And to people saying the cross-up opportunity shouldn't be a guess. lol? EVERYTHING you do every second when you are fighting someone is a guess. Every time you walk forward you are guessing that they won't throw a poke at you. Every time you poke you are guessing that they won't counter hit or whiff punish you. Every time you block you are guessing they won't throw you. Every time you crouch tech you are guessing they won't frametrap you. Every time you go for a frame trap you are guessing that they won't reversal. Every time you jump you are guessing they won't be ready to anti-air. Every time you throw a fireball at mid-range you are guessing they won't read it or react to it in time. So reality is that fighting games are all about guessing and making constant educated reads. It's about bluffing and calling someone out. It's about courage and sometimes a little bit of luck.
Being against ambiguous mixups is like being against gravity. You can hate it all you want you're still gonna have to deal with it no matter what.
I was just giving you reasoning behind the "random" factor that you were talking about.
