> > Okay, I give up. I hate fighting games! Grrh! I have read everything in the forum on this dumb alley fight with Jean-Claude. I have tried every possible combination of lunging, spraying and stepping back, etc...to no avail. I have made a chart and tried to assign algebraic formulae to the whole mess. I've had it!!! Life is too short to spend the next ten years trying to clobber or get past Jean Claude! I have the: accident report, vault key, crowbar, knife, pulse gun, bazooka, uniform, spray and yellow plant. Please help!
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> Try doing the same cycle a few times and then confuse him by doing something different that would normally get you captured.
> Hope that helps! :)
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> Summer-stop and take a step back-Breeze

Thanks for trying Summer Breeze but I'm still hopelessly confused. I understand the part about doing something unexpected. I just can't lick the sequence before that--frankly, being at my desk at work, bleary-eyed on double overtime is starting to look better than proceeding with this fight. Boring....! A game should never be so difficult that you just want to give up on it. I'm getting to that point and I've loved this game--so far! Anyway, thanks for the advice and maybe I'll try again---tomorrow, next week...next month....