Where do I look to find a local scene? I’m in Denver.
I think everyone when they first start desires to be a top player; I was one I those people. Unfortunately I quickly realized I lacked the talent and skill to compete in the genre, my skill cap is someone who has a few BNBs down and that is pretty much it, it regulates to me only being able to beat beginners, and not much else which also isn’t covert fun in the long run.
Getting good at the games is stressful enough, there is hardly anytime, going to school as a computer engineer major full time and working part time takes all my time.
I used to be really motivated to go to evo and compete against other players, but that has since died, so I would have no point of going to an event since I can stream it.
Check the Regional Matchmaking section of this forum. Click on the area in which you live, and with some digging through threads, you should find some players close in your area. Worst case scenario, you can always just start a new thread and ask, but make sure you check existing threads first.
It’s hard to be a top player with no incentive. Most of the top players IMHO have amazing communities in their local area. Other than that, why try when the return is so small or non-existent if you have to travel.
I’d like to be a top player, but I accept with the amount of time and effort I put into the game, that’s just not a realistic goal.
At this point in my life I’m a lot more worried about making rent and finishing my degree than I am about finishing in the money at major championships.
I’m still involved in my community, attend weekly casuals and participate in tournaments. But that’s because I love my game and my community.
I just want to be… the very best
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On a serious note I just want to keep on improving as a player and conquer the next mountain I can do x combo, let me see if I can do y combo now.
I used to think it’d be fun. But then I get my ass handed to me and I realize I’ll never be able to do what they do so consistently. I’m much happier putting an hour or so in a few days a week, practice some combos, and give the good players a decent challenge. When I’m “on” I can hold my own much better, it’s just not a mindset I can get into easily I guess.
great stuff. This is why I keep coming back, To indulge in this hobby with others
LOL my girlfriend told me just yesterday that whenever she sees me play Street Fighter, she instantly got the Pokemon theme music playing in her head.
I just want to be really sick at 3s and have fun games with strong players
dope goal :smokin:
Why be a top player when I could have fun instead
Top players seem to be having fun being top players.
I want to be known as good in the scene of the game i love. Idc abt top player nonsense or winning evo, but getting top 8 would be nice
In MTG, some people think “casual” is a format. Same in tabletop wargames. They think it’s some jolly goodland, and those playing to win aren’t having fun. They are mistaken: Casual play is an atmosphere, oftentimes a place. I’ve been playing MTG for eight-something years straight, and consider myself good. Competent, but not a top player by a long shot. What’s kept me playing is a stable, casual gathering. I can go, play with people and just talk. Have fun. Have fun while trying our utmost to beat the crap out of each other with tuned tournament decks in standard Bo3 sets, fun while trying to improve our own gameplay to be as good as it can be. If it was only tournaments I’d probably have quit already. They’re fun and all, but I just like to play and relax. Random interested people can come to casual play nights, too, and the evening pretty easily changes to showing the new guy the ropes. A tournament with money on the line? Uh…
I think fighting games could stand to learn from that: A stable casual play night is a cornerstone of a healthy local community, I feel. The occasional tournament is necessary and very beneficial, too, but I think “competitive casual” as the foundation probably just has more potential to it. And more fun for that matter. Though I guess that’s more of an MTG thing because you have to keep the tournament procedure / infraction guidelines in mind and do official stuff like keeping track of life with pen and paper.
As for the topic’s question, I don’t know if I want to be a top player. Maybe? I really just want to feel like I play well. So I guess better opponents will drag me up eventually. Right now the objective is to pray MTG doesn’t devolve into “BIGSPELL HURDUR” and to stop sucking at this execution thing. KOF seems like a good antidote to “Z- tier execution” thus far.
What game would that be?
The Beautiful Game, MvC2
Why be a low level player when I can have fun and take peoples money while I’m at it instead?
I think a ton of people play video games to have fun, whereas work isnt fun and tedious. Playing these games and doing simple combos while hanging out and getting drunk is fun. Learning moves till theyre second nature and doing the input for 5 hours a day can get so boring and make you wonder why youre doing this when you could be playing another type of game, but when you go to an arcade for example and someone kicks your ass you either dont want to do this again or keep doing it till you surpass that guy. Luckily these games can keep you still going and trying to learn stuff, if learning is a fun thing to you then you dont have an excuse for not trying to get better at the game you like.
I beat one of the best 3rd Strike players at SF 4 AE on saturday night, he picked Akuma and I picked Cammy and beat him 2 rounds in a row. So, dont worry even if youre not the best at one game you could still beat that guy at another one with tricks youve learned from it and others youve played in the past.
EDIT, I meant one of the best 3rd Strike players at my arcade. He plays Akuma and Q and destroys people over and over again, only the other top players beat him.
I guess for me the goal is getting my fundamentals up. I’m not really aspiring to be the best, but I’d like to get to a point where my fundamentals/footsies are solid enough that I can hold my own against good players. As long as I’m actually learning from every loss I’m good.