I agree with the stuff
@coolwhip has been saying
@MITDJT that is how I have been playing the game. A read isn't necessarily throwing out a yolo DP, it can be a soft read like this situation. Not all situations are pure read vs pure reaction as you know. As far as kitanas d1 being punishable on reaction, of course. On that note 16 bit hasnt used raw D1 up close against me (on purpose at least) in 2-3 years lol. I am speaking about d1 cutter mixed up with various other things.
I personally feel like you are incorporating reads more often then you even realize in your counterpoke game and not realizing it, and that is where the discrepancy in our discussion is happening. If you feel that's not true though, I don't think we can do anything besides disagree. All I have is my experience and opinion on the matter and I feel as though this theory of how counterpoking works that I have developed sometime in 2012 has carried me far in the game's life. But in the end, all it is, is a theory. I believe this theory is one of the reasons I have excelled in the Kitana match as well.