I want to get better at using Zangief and considered going to cross counter and getting lessons from Snake Eyez but I wasn’t sure if it was worth the money
I’ve never taken lessons from them so I couldn’t tell you from firsthand experience. I would strongly suggest you first watch all the free youtube tutorials you can find as well as searching through all forum guides before trying it out.
You also have to ask yourself if you’re willing to commit to multiple lessons worth of money. Because one lesson alone won’t get you very far. There’s just too much strategy to learn.
I didn’t know there was such a thing but like what learis1 said, it’s better if you look at the guides on youtube and here first. Even then, I personally wouldn’t want to fork out any money, let alone $50 on training for SF, even if it’s by the best players but that’s really up to you if you want that training but honestly, I don’t think one needs it
No, just play with good players willing to teach you (or learn from your own mistakes if you can’t find anyone willing). Just watch videos of good Zangief players (Hagejin, Itabashi, Zangitan, Snake Eyez, Carlos) and try to understand why they’re doing what they are. After playing for a while, you will start to realize more and more why they choose to do what they do, and that is when you will transition from mediocre to decent.
Anything past an intermediate level is almost impossible to achieve without a proper offline scene and a willingness to break down why you are losing and what you need to improve upon. Not sure if you’re trying to go that hard with it, but that’s what it takes to become good at this game.
I don’t think that any 1 hour lesson will make you any better tbh.
Getting good at this game requires hours of hands on practice to feel the game out. I believe that the best way to learn this game is by feeling your way while applying tech along the way.
If you are willing to pay 50 bucks for some tech then I guess its cool. But the majority of the game is knowing when and what to do at what time to do it.
Thank you and I’m going to take your advice but whenever I look for tutorials they’re usually an older versions and considering Zangief changed a lot it can be difficult to follow the guides
I’ve taught a player to play even beyond my level, and be good enough to place in the top 16 of majors when he started off struggling in locals, and it took him playing 40 hours a week for over a year, with me giving hands on instruction for about 1/4 of that.
And now I like Snake as a dude, and I’ve talked the game a lot with him(we had a great talk years ago after we played something like 13 games in the same tournament), and you’d probably learn some things in that time frame, but there is no “have better spacing than people who have been playing fighting games for 20 years” lesson you can learn in an hour. I think anything you can get out of a player of that level that will really change your perception of the game is something you can either learn from grinding training mode/videos/talking to other players, or isn’t something you’ll appreciate at your current level.
High level matchup psychology is what you’re getting out of a player of that level that you can’t get anywhere else. For now scour the internet for resources you can use. Read his posts, watch videos, and form a coherent gameplan based on what to do in situations that are easy to compartmentalize. When you’re no longer thinking about what combo to do, or what setup, you’ve eliminated something to think about and your offense as a whole can flow together much more smoothly. When you understand how another character’s mixup works, you don’t have to worry about how to block, just what happens when you’re wrong or right.
tl;dr by the time you’d be good enough to make it really valuable, you won’t need it. Grind harder, and maybe find a Gief player better than you who is willing to help in bits and pieces over a long time frame.
Now if you’re some millionaire, whatever throw 10gs at snake, he’s my boy.
People who take lessons from pros are just fans.
These lessons won’t make you better in an hour, or tell you stuff that you can’t find out from browsing this forum or talking to other players.
Other players are not SnakeEyez, Justin Wong, ChrisG or even KBrad though.
So that’s what you basically get for your money. You can play and talk with your idol, that’s all.
For 50 dollars an hour… some therapists don’t even charge that much.
Lessons from a decent teacher are always worth it if you make it worth it. Ignore anyone saying otherwise.
Practice is what makes you better and your research and/or lessons (which includes chatting and playing with anyone much better than you) inform your practice. You can get everything in any lesson from dedicated research, lab work and experience over time and that will still be the bulk of how you learn, but getting select elements of knowledge from a tutor, and having someone to pick apart your weaknesses and make you aware of them is always invaluable, no matter the profession.
If you are looking for the basics in the game, a teacher could inform you of some things but everything is still at your fingertips on the internet.
If you are looking for high level psychology or pro matchup strategy etc, then having a tutor to give their opinions/theories and for you to bounce ideas off can be invaluable.
Nothing is available ONLY in a lesson, but that doesn’t make it not worth it. That just means there is more than one valid option.
Time is what you make it and relative- one hour of learning basic combos is still worth it to a beginner that doesn’t have time to practice much or research.
If you go into a lesson knowing the elements you want to ask about, especially elements that are not so easily available on the net, then you will make it more worth your time.
Money is relative, if you struggle to pay rent - then a SF lesson will be low value and expensive to you.
If you generally can splurge on ritzy dinners and going out - then a SF lesson might be much higher value and relatively cheap to you.