Why Cody/Guy are good for SF4 beginners

Cody and Guy are very basic characters. I say this because all of their options for playing in a "gimmicky" fashion are easy to react to or are terribly punishable.

If Cody doesn't want to play footsies, he has to:
- throw rocks, which are probably the worst zoning projectile in the game
- ruffian, which are all fully punishable under most circumstances
- zonk, which is again usually punishable.

The corner cases where these moves can be made safe are irrelevant because, again, this is a beginner we're talking about. Because of these restrictions, becoming a good Cody involves learning how to walk, poke, counterpoke, and anti-air effectively with very few alternate plans of attack.

If Guy doesn't want to play footsies, he has to:
- bushin flip, which becomes less and less effective as your opponents stop jumping all the time and know they can crouch the throw. Even -if- a beginner could learn to utilize the safe elbow drop, they'd then have to be proficient at mixups for this move to be abusable.
- run mixups, which are all unsafe on block, and a beginner won't be able to FADC consistently or do quick stops yet.
- shoulder, which requires pure reads to take advantage of, because they are either negative or punishable.

Guy is also very basic after you realize the relative weakness of his gimmicks. Like Cody, walking, poking, and anti-airs are the basis of his gameplan.

Playing as either of these characters practically -forces you- to learn how footsies works and how to love your normals.