stonebro: So I'm guessing you're really not meant to be playing this on the ol' keyboard, huh.
kianweic: Playing on keyboard is entirely possible.
I can do all moves on the keyboard including Zangief's 360 and 720 moves.
One thing I couldn't do on the keyboard is the focus cancel moves, no matter how hard I tried. And also for charged characters, you won't be able to do buffering.
Either get an arcade stick or gamepad (if you are on a budget)
Sorry but I have to disagree, I main Balrog on the keyboard (while I save some money for a good stick) and I can buffer the moves very well (not perfect but good enough), plus on the keyboard there are shortcuts for a few moves, such as any charge character ultra, all you have to do to pull an ultra on keyboard is hold back 2 secs then tap forward twice while still holding back and punch/kick.