Dear New/Bad/Frustrated players who might quit (please don't!) MY SEMI-Helpful (and semi late) guide to not quitting this game after a week!

[AxleBro]

I don't usually post on the steam forums because, honestly, I'm not a forum kind of person, but I came here randomly and the amount of people having trouble and getting frustrated makes me pretty sad, and a lot of you are saying you want to quit because you're losing online? PLEASE DON'T LOSING IS PART OF FIGHTING GAMES!

I'm just gonna beg you guys to not quit because this game, it's pretty sweet, and you must think so too because, hey, you bought it!

now, I'm not the BEST player, but I dunno, I think I'm pretty up there, I don't usually lose, maybe 3 or 4 times a day in ranked if i play a lot, BUT THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT! HERE'S WHAT IS:

1. Learn to play, no offense meant, but if you just smash the buttons you won't have fun, personally what i used to do what look up high level play of my character, see what they do, and just do that, its that simple, a 5 minute match video for me personally goes a long way.

2. Don't give up! why does everyone stop moving when i kill their first character or kill them in the first round in a 1v1 with 2 resets? you just need to understand why you got hit and ADAPT (this words important, more on that in a minute or 2). most importantly, don't put down the controller! (also, i recommend a controller, if you have a ps3, go grad that pad and plug it in to your USB, google motionjoy to get that thing working, its what i use and its pretty sick, yo!)

3. Don't Complain, ADAPT: this game has issues, and unfair stuff, all games do, fighting or not, its just extra bad in fighting games because some people like to "spam fireballs" its called zoning, or space control, yes its "Cheap" but hey, it works, and securing the win by exploiting what the other player can't fight is just another way to play that game... and yes i totally used to play peacock on the ps3 and spam all that garbage, ITS FUN YO! but if it gives you trouble, just figure out where and when you can go through it, there's always an opening! otherwise it wouldn't be in the game! (this one especially cause the guy who does the balance is a NUT with this stuff!).

4. PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT, after a long day of getting your behind area ravaged by internet strangers, you might consider the next day going back to TF2 or Chivalry(yo chivalry is sick tho so i don't blame you but keep reading). just turn the game back on, and get back in there. and keep learning! you just need to watch more videos, learn more about your character(s) and keep improving, and if you feel your not improving, you're wrong, you are. its just hard to notice, like growing a tree, you don't notice the changes day by day, but year by year there's a big difference (depending on the tree, but for this analogy you're a beautiful tree that grows up fast and strong, i promise!). so keep practicing, and learning combos, and don't be afraid to hit the training mode for 10 minute breaks when losing gets you down, just because you don't get that super sick double re-launch loop-de-loop backwards super combo the first time doesn't mean you'll never get it. BABY STEPS!


That's all i got for now, and i dunno, you're a beautiful flower, so don't give up! and if you read all this and want pointers or anything specific.

PS: feel free to make fun of me for any bad grammar or spelling in here i don't proofread anything! and if you read all of this you're a champ and I love you

AND BY THE WAY! IF ANYONE NEEDS AND MORE SPECIFIC TIPS OR JUST WANTS SOMEONE TO PLAY WITH, FEEL FREE TO ADD ME, I'M A PRETTY NICE GUY WHEN I'M NOT ON MY MAN PERIOD! PLEASE LOVE ME....I'm so lonely... and cold...



TL;DR: Don't Quit Skullgirls I'll Be Lonely! Learn, Practice, Adapt, Play!

[fastlosa592]

Agree with everything you said. I think it's an unfortunate effect of
1. the match-making not working right; where if it were, you wouldn't see your opponent doing significantly worse to you than you feel you could do to them.
2. in Skullgirls, every time you make a mistake you have to 'wait your turn' again while watching a long combo--which is useful time to reflect on how you got hit, but fewer individual opportunities to learn; even knowing how to think in those circumstances is a skill in itself, and most people will just be dumfounded and discouraged.
3. people sometimes don't realise they're being reset rather than comboed and that they had an opportunity to escape.

[Vulture]

You sound like a good player, I need to play better players. I'l take you up on that add friend offer.

[Wudz]

Originally posted by AxleBro:

a 5 minute match video for me personally goes a long way.

Key words here being "for me personally". Not everybody learns this stuff the same way, so you can't assume that it'll work for everybody.

Originally posted by AxleBro:

2. Don't give up! why does everyone stop moving when i kill their first character or kill them in the first round in a 1v1 with 2 resets?

because they're new to the game and still getting a handle on the controls. don't try to make them SUPER MASTER PROS all at once. If they want to mess around first and foremost, let them.

Originally posted by Axlebro:

i totally used to play peacock on the ps3 and spam all that garbage, ITS FUN YO! but if it gives you trouble, just figure out where and when you can go through it, there's always an opening!

hey man I'm gonna put you at the end of this small hallway and roll barrells and shoot baseballs at your face, don't worry though you can dodge it IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING (hint: they do not yet)

Originally posted by Axlebro:

4. PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

Yes.

Originally posted by Axlebro:

you just need to watch more videos

Not necessarily.

Originally posted by Axlebro:

don't be afraid to hit the training mode for 10 minute breaks when losing gets you down

Yes. Also, try arcade mode at varying levels of difficulty. It's not the same as an equally skilled person, but it shows you a lot of the BS you'll be dealing with on a much smaller scale.

[💉Dr. Reckless💊]

I have this problem where I keep roflstomping people. How can I fix that?

[GhostyGG]

I don't know but, some people leave because they feel like they're being spoonfed all this information like children. For example, I dislike everyone telling me to block/pushblock because I already know how to do them.

fighters do take a bit of dedication and it's not a genre made for everyone.

[Hydra]

Agreed mostly, though it is kinda frustrating when you lose a bunch of matches to guys who just spam the same combo infinitely, leaving you helpless aside from a finicky breaker move. At least vary it up...

[Wudz]

Originally posted by Reichtoffen:

For example, I dislike everyone telling me to block/pushblock because I already know how to do them.

Absolutely. Telling me to "Learn to block that ♥♥♥♥" does nothing when I'm in the middle of an endless combo/reset loop. Yeah sure, resets are supposed to give an opening for blocking or whatever, but guess how many times that has happened? LIterally zero. Because they always use something to stagger before they reset.

Originally posted by Unique Profile Name:

it is kinda frustrating when you lose a bunch of matches to guys who just spam the same combo infinitely, leaving you helpless aside from a finicky breaker move. At least vary it up...

Yeah, when the match starts and you know you've seen all you're going to see, it sucks.

[Qviss]

Originally posted by Wudz:

Originally posted by Reichtoffen:

For example, I dislike everyone telling me to block/pushblock because I already know how to do them.

Absolutely. Telling me to "Learn to block that ♥♥♥♥" does nothing when I'm in the middle of an endless combo/reset loop. Yeah sure, resets are supposed to give an opening for blocking or whatever, but guess how many times that has happened? LIterally zero. Because they always use something to stagger before they reset.

Try to learn to pushblock and counter since it helps versus endless assaults and resets. One method is to use a super or a invincible special after you've pushed them away.

Also, try to get support attacks that are good at defending versus high pressure. For example, fiber upper is a good support for this cause.

[Qviss]

I should also learn to read. But pushblocking is the best counter for blockstrings... so, yeah..

[Wudz]

Originally posted by Qviss:

Try to learn to pushblock and counter since it helps versus endless assaults and resets.

That requires being able to pushblock which requires being able to block which I am not given the opportunity to do so uh
Edit: yeah, that

[💉Dr. Reckless💊]

Originally posted by Wudz:

Originally posted by Qviss:

Try to learn to pushblock and counter since it helps versus endless assaults and resets.

That requires being able to pushblock which requires being able to block which I am not given the opportunity to do so uh

Everyone has the ability to block, you're just not trained to see the the patterns yet

What really rustyles me about the beginners mindset in These threads is that the begginers mindset is that they think intermideat and expert players got good overnight. They pit the time in to get good and took their beatings, no one es a free ride

[Wudz]

Originally posted by Dr. Furry:

What really rustyles me about the beginners mindset in These threads is that the begginers mindset is that they think intermideat and expert players got good overnight.

That's not what I think at all. I think they've had tens of hours of practice because they probably started on the console so they know everything about everything.

Originally posted by Dr. Furry:

you're just not trained to see the the patterns yet

True, but I can't learn to see the patterns when there is no visible end to the untrained eye. That is the problem.

[Uzkniso o.o]

I, also, don't think that losing fight(s) is reason enough to quit.

I, personally, made use of the training mode. Just made the npc char stand, while performing various attacks, so I notice what combos I can pull off with my char.

Some random tips:
- memorizing is important. Esspecially the super attacks. I sometimes lose a fight, simply cuz I forgot which buttons do what I want (hilarious, but I doubt that I'm the only one, hah)
- if your char is blocking, you can push the opponent away. It's a crucial feature for chars, which rely on range (squigly, peacock etc). Use this feature (it's explained in one of tutorials)
- each character has a tutorial lesson, play it

[💉Dr. Reckless💊]

Originally posted by Wudz:

Originally posted by Dr. Furry:

What really rustyles me about the beginners mindset in These threads is that the begginers mindset is that they think intermideat and expert players got good overnight.

That's not what I think at all. I think they've had tens of hours of practice because they probably started on the console so they know everything about everything.

Originally posted by Dr. Furry:

you're just not trained to see the the patterns yet

True, but I can't learn to see the patterns when there is no visible end to the untrained eye. That is the problem.

10s? Don't low ball my hours. As for patterns, I'd ontnknow what to tell you. I'm not gonna give you one magical tip wheremyou're gonna get it. Just learn your audios que and what the colorend sparks mean, and react faster

[Wudz]

Originally posted by Dr. Furry:

10s? Don't low ball my hours.

Sorry, 11s of hours.

Originally posted by Dr. Furry:

As for patterns, I'd ontnknow what to tell you. I'm not gonna give you one magical tip wheremyou're gonna get it. Just learn your audios que and what the colorend sparks mean, and react faster

Gee thanks for this helpful thing that I've never heard before.