I can't enjoy fighting games

[Fried Rice of Many Honor]

I love them, and I appreciate the encouragement people give me to play, but unfortunately it doesn't make up for my fear of people and hopeless thought pattern my brain wants me to be be a better player and not meeting those standards just tears at me. Like I can't do a combo on trials I completely hate myself. As matter of fact I just deleted the game over Blanka trial 6 no matter how hard I tried I just can't get the aerial ball to come out, now this is hard enough since I can't even play against CPUs, I'm that fearful against playing the actual game. I just do trials and sit in practice mode, why I do this is a long story. I just cant muster the strength to face a challenge.

[N7 ElusiveOne]

Did you refund the game? Because you don't own it.

[Sixtyfivekills]

In my case, when I got introduced to fighters on PS1/2, all I ever knew were CPUs until I began playing SF5. Even SF4 was mostly offline for me.

I was horrible, I thought me doing a jumping heavy into a sweep was peak combo mastery, I didn't understand the timing, super inputs, almost nothing. I got better with time because I really liked the characters and """"lore"""" which kept me playing these games, but reaching that point where I can say I'm decent/above average was not easy.

I lost so many times, did so many dumb mistakes, got so salty to the point where I wouldn't touch online for weeks, but I'm different now. Now I wouldn't touch online for a day.

[Fried Rice of Many Honor]

Originally posted by N7 ElusiveOne:

Did you refund the game? Because you don't own it.

Nope own it on PS4, steam is questionable since I don't have the proper running tools for it. Computer isnt on par. Wish I could get a refund feel like I'm just rinsing and repeating what I do on every fighting game stay within trials and practice mode with lil play of the actual game from fear of disappointing myself cause I can't keep up with the standard of skill I hope to set myself to.

[HoneyDrake]

I will be blunt: this is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ attitude towards anything in life.

Without practice you will suck at anything.

It doesn't matter if real life sports, some video game or something else, like studying and co.

If you truely can not muster up courage to play, because you already got drugged by modern media to get positive reinforcement and results spoon fed to you, you should stop using social media, delete every game you have on your phone and most games which are rather easy.

This is a video game, hands down: enjoy it. You clearly wanted to but couldn't. It's an mental disorder. Get your ♥♥♥♥ together.

It will not get better till you actually do something yourself and fforce yourself into a "bad position" and no: nothing bad about sucking at a game, especially not a fighting game.

Do yourself a favor and try more.



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You talk about a basic game mechanic. You could have asked on discussions how some stuff works, like that Blanke Ball. It's an charged attack. You hold down the directional button down for a second and then flip it and attack. You can show timers and co to help you out.

[HoneyDrake]

Here is my personal experience with this game: when I did the trials I had issues stringing some moves. I didn't get the timings right.
What did I end up doing? I slowed down the game speed to 50% (normal ingame option during trials). I took notes, created muscle memory and once I did it twice on 50% I magically could do it on normal speed.

Did it take me some hours? Hell yeah. Was it worth it? Hell yeah.

[Higon]

Yoooooo, Gintokiiiii. Whaaaaaat's up.

I surely remember you used to post kinda depressing texts on SFV forum over a year ago. That was very similar to this and hitting hearts of many. How's been? This time right now at this moment is the best time to start off of fighting games in this decade. There're millions at your skill level in SF6. Communicate with them. Exploit them. Let's slowly face our weakness one by one and become stronger together. It's only just a game but still the game that can stay with you a next decade.

You have freedom and opportunity. Exploit the system. Do whatever you want in the game. Skip the trial if you can't do it. This game doesn't need long combo. I already helped out 4 beginner-level fighters in battle hub. I've been playing with them using custom room time to time. They were crying out loud in battle hub chat and wanting to learn. They got multiple players like me as friends. You might as well shout in the battle hub regularly, someone might help you. Or find someone close to your skill and tell/stalk him to have some match with you once every 2 weeks. Fighting game will never have this many new players again. Don't dare to miss the party.

[vSandro]

Originally posted by Sai D Gintoki:

I love them, and I appreciate the encouragement people give me to play, but unfortunately it doesn't make up for my fear of people and hopeless thought pattern my brain wants me to be be a better player and not meeting those standards just tears at me. Like I can't do a combo on trials I completely hate myself. As matter of fact I just deleted the game over Blanka trial 6 no matter how hard I tried I just can't get the aerial ball to come out, now this is hard enough since I can't even play against CPUs, I'm that fearful against playing the actual game. I just do trials and sit in practice mode, why I do this is a long story. I just cant muster the strength to face a challenge.

Thank you for your TED.
What exactly do you expect from this thread?
Noone will be honest with you because it could lead to a ban if someone tells you the truth.

[CATMAN]

Just learn it bit by bit, we're all individuals and no need to rush at all

[Clonedpickle]

If you want to get better, start by going into training mode and looking up a character guide to practice combos and hitconfirms. Can also dissect videos of pros using your character as well while you do combos and such if you have a second monitor.

[Reticeo]

Trials are called trials for a reason. If you spend all your time in training, then enjoy that time. Also, you can fight the CPU in training as well, no fear of losing there. Try World Tour Mode. It's a lot more of a Beat Em Up than a 1v1 test of experience.

Assuming you purchased the game, you clearly have some sort of interest in it. Don't let not being good make you lose said interest.

In short, learn to have fun. Not everything is competition.

[Vol'pe]

First of all, you don't need trials to be good at the game. What you need is 1. find best pokes for your character to keep your opponent at bay, 2. best anti-air tool to prevent opponents from jumping on you, 3. have a basic combo for a punish counter situation (after successful drive impact or after your opponent did a special on block), 4. use drive reversal when you're being pressured by normals and you can't get out (forward+DI at the moment of blocking a hit). This is it to get you started.

Second, Blanka is a charged character, which is very difficult even for experienced players who never played charged characters. In fact, you can never say that you're good at fighting games unless you're a pro player who literally plays this game from sunrise to sunset. No. You may be good at playing a certain character in a certain fighting game, but the moment you pick someone new, you're a dumpster fire abomination of a player who needs dozens of hours in the training room again if you want to reach the same level as you are with your main. Of course it would be less of a challenge if you have years of experience, but it saves you a couple of hours and some nerves at most, it's still quite a challenge to overcome. I have 600 hours in SFV and 100 at SF6 already. I've never played charged characters and I spent hours of trying a combo that includes DR, switch to her stance and then a charged move in one sequence. It's difficult as hell.

Third, you might wanna check your controller just in case. D-pads tend to become less study to the point it's rubber underneath tears and doesn't allow you to perform directional moves.

Fourth, don't think about winning or loosing. Fighting games is a genre where "you lost hence you should be ashamed of yourself" isn't a thing. Loosing is improving, every match you see something new and note new things about how you play or what you should be aware of. You're supposed to look for small wins like "I blocked this difficult move, I landed a combo I've been grinding in the training room against a real opponent, I anti-air every jump, etc.", rather than big ones like destroying your opponent and not breaking a sweat.

Thus, you actually need to play online. Get used to use your best pokes, wait for jumps and learn how to counter it, and learn one combo to punish your opponents. Then go to ranked and play 10 matches to get a rank and don't mind the loses, focus on patience and countering and praise yourself for every successful one. You can't just spend 100 hours in training and then destroy everyone. You need this online experience, it's not the same as fighting CPUs.

Good luck