Picking your main at a fighting game

So, whenever a person play a fighting game, there's gotta be a character in the game that would be considered his best character. The same goes to me. Whether it be Brawl or Street Fighter, there is a character that I prefer to use. A character that I think suits my playstyle and I enjoy playing that character, also known as my main.

So, who do I main in Street Fighter IV? That's a very good question. You see, I play SFIV/SSFIV on the PC and the arcades, and I have very different playstyles in both versions of the game. On the PC, I usually use the keyboard, so I use Ryu/Ken/Dan and other shotos and their clones more. But in the arcades (or whenever I'm using my PC joystick), I use grapplers like Zangief and T.Hawk more. It's just something about the arcade/analog stick that makes doing a command grab so much easier. Also, Zangief on the joystick is my best character. I could beat the game at hardest difficulty with him.

In 3rd Strike, I started using Ken at first. But once I switched to Ryu, I realised he suits my style more than Ken. I got better rank with him and my score is higher. And so, I try my best to train my Ryu. However, lately, I was bored. Not bored of using Ryu, just wanna try out other 3rd Strike characters (they deserve more love you know).

They were two characters that I planned to try (and as of this post, I have tried them a little). They were Dudley and Q. I tried playing Dudley in SSFIV and he was my main for a while. Then I just stopped using him. So I try to play him in 3rd Strike. He was fun to play, even though it kinda throws me back on the fact that his moves are half-circle instead of the quarter circle motion I'm used to (I've not played a mainly half-circle character for a long time), but he was good. Though I only lasted till Stage 4 and lost. 

Then we have Q, the first charge character that I try to use in 3rd Strike. While he was fun to play with, he isn't a really great character, as in low tier. I do not have a problem with low tier characters (I think I play Dan BETTER than most shotos in SSFIV), but his normals aren't good, and I haven't learn to properly do combos with him. And while he has a really neat command grab, I have yet to perfect the juggle timing. Also, sometimes I forgot to taunt, which is an important thing to do when playing him (it increases his health). 

While like Dudley, my best Q playthrough was till Stage 4, I think that Dudley is the better character among the two. Maybe it's because I managed to find more information on playing him than Q, and the fact that he has several target combos to use. Either way, I'll try my best to master them, or I'll try mastering other characters like Yun, Yang, and Alex.