What I mean is, you could develop a certain gimmick that catches players by surprise, and itāll work online because youāre always playing someone knew (who maybe hasnāt seen it or hasnāt learned how to block it or counter it), so you get used to using it. It doesnāt necessarily make you good, or make you better, but it gets players wins and a lot of time thatās all online players are concerned with.
Also, I definitely form bad habits when playing online, primarily because of lag. For example, relying too heavily on overheads because overheads are harder to block online (because of lag), poorer execution if you hit-confirm combos because you have to execute fast cancels before you can confirm that theyāve hit, executing reversals too early because of the lag window, all of these affect your play against a person whether you think they do or not.
Also, I think a lot of people in the SF4 community can attest to the fact that most decent players of the game are some of the friendliest guys around.
i Played SF and marvel for years but i get to a certain point where i could never improve.to put it more simple i dont know the more advanced stuff like plinking option select.but to be honest i think the only might of Gave some bad habits like mashing and Getting extremely angry at simple mess ups.
how often do you read information on matchups?
plinking and option selects wont help you one bit if you dont know how to control space and what the other character is capable of
i really dont look at the match ups but there have been some tough match ups that forced me to look (geif guile chun)
thats a massive problem right there
guess ill have to look at the match up threads 
lelezi
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Going to tournaments is going to make you a better tournament player, but you can also learn a ton lot playing online with other people in the same vicinity or with 3 bars. You can practice execution in training mode, then when you are feeling comfortable, start doing online matches and practice your execution. After you got your execution down a bit, start learning how to zone and then footsies. A good way to get better is to lose matches and learn from your mistakes.
Honestly, I find 3 bars unplayable.
To the OP: youāre best off finding a local crew to chill with. Try regional matchmaking.
As far as execution goes you need training mode and lots of it. Muscle memory is key but you also need to apply this in real time with suitable players. You also need to focus on your punish options as well with your character. Like itās already been said plinking and double tapping is also another skill that must be attained with in time and can only be mastered with a stick. Practice makes perfect enough said.
Yeah you need green bars and nothing less. If your on PSN your shit out of luck because everyone on there has 3 bars at the most. Invest in XBL where connectivity is supreme and GGS also.
I used to find green bars on PSN all the time when I played SFIV online - itās not a matter of one system having better online (all of that is handled by a gameās netcode), XBL just has more players (so youāre more likely to find players nearer you -> better connections).
Iāll admit it: A fighting game scene is one of the minor criteria on my āPlaces Iāll move toā list. Its not high priority (like public transit and enjoyable weather), but its on the radar (just like: Pro sports team, or pretty much any other sort of entertainment). But I digress.
Meh, itās all overrated. If someone wanted to get good, a good player could simply tell them how to get good, if that good player wanted to.
azproc
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I disagree. Any top player could write a book on how to get good and their lifeās story. You still wonāt improve until itās put into practice.
Example. Studying for a medical degree. You can buy all those books easily on the interwebs. Even video tutorials on passing licensing board exams.
But to put that into practice by seeing and managing patients makes you a doctor, not memorising and theory-fighting a heap of facts.
Well thatās kinda the point. Thereās two people involved. You either fail the teacher or the teacher failed you. If you have a good teacher and fail, your just wasting time. But itās not like anyone hires a personal trainer to tell them exactly what they are doing wrong or how they could play better on every action or move they make.
azproc
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Unless I misunderstood you with the part about āoverratedā, where did Private Eyeball mention anything about a personal trainer? He just wanted to move to somewhere with more competition to level his game up. And my reply to yours was that itās not overrated, and itās the best thing that can be done if anyone chooses to pursue the hobby of playing fighting games.
Iām not sure what your post above means in this context. Maybe Iām slow. My bad if so???
The part that we seem to disagree upon is that: I would prefer a personal trainer over moving somewhere randomly and expecting to good only playing good players but not being good or bright.
Well, technically, I really want to move to a big city with public transit because Iām sick of small towns, and I donāt want the hassle of a car. Having a fighting game community of more than two people is just an added bonus. But I foresee that being one of my main forms of entertainment. :razzy: Iād imagine moving to any big city, I could find a fighting game scene without too much issue (of course, its a job which would be the difficult part).
Just move to Vegas then, thatās where all the Evo tournaments are.
Iām more partial to the midwest. Iād say Chicago is my likely destination.
