Motivational Thread (I suck so bad)

Street Fighter V
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I’d highly recommend finding someone about a tier better than you. Someone that can consistently beat you but needs to work to do so. Play them. A LOT. It will start to improve you as you work to figure them out. Focus on fundamentals and don’t get hung up on combos. It’s better to pick and choose a JAB at the right time that you chose than spaz out a combo and get lucky to land (especially since luck doesn’t last).

Also take off the expectation of winning against this person. Be willing to try stuff in your matches against them to see what can work and what definitely won’t. Removing the pressure to win can often help you to actually win.

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I am having trouble also so you are not alone. One thing I know with fighting games is you will lose a lot. Ken seems to give me problems but I know that training mode will show improvement. I have to punish his dp and ex dp more consistently. I use Ryu and it seems like with him maybe more then others you have to know matchups for each character. I need to use lp and lk with some throws mixed in.

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I’m at that point exactly. I even managed to get 1450 (50 to Ultra Bronze), but I’m Bronze again with 890… Does it bothers me? Yeah a little.

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I feel the same :<

I like “TOO MUCH” the game but getting it’s so difficult to me not get salty…

I go practice: execution > anti-airs > some punish combos aaaand GO ONLINE! -> then get rekt, every day in the last 3 days… not a single win. I try to analyze my errors, etc but aaaaarg T_T

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Either I’m in a character crisis or something I cycle between Ryu,Nash too often I get upset because I can’t seem to get past 2500lp it’s either I get to there then go back down to 1900lp then get back to 2500lp it’s annoying. I’m looking for tips on how should I practice, should I play for 5-6 hours a day and just grind or is that just useless? I feel like I plateau.

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You certainly are in a character crisis. You use Ryu and Nash, but your main are Karin and Chun?

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I fall very often in my own automatic mode. I get trapped on the same patterns, the same stupid jumps that get easily punished and the same predictable mixups.

It’s annoying because after lossing two or three matches in a row, I realise of what’s happening so I try to stop a moment and think in a more creative way, to play smart. But after that, something happens on my mind, and It gets blank. There is where I get devastated for anybody, even for much less skilled players than me.

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yeah I main Karin an chun but I felt like Karin hasn’t been working well I’m waayyyyyy to defensive and chun while I do win I just find it kinda not fun right now I’m just waiting for guile so right now I’m not sure who I should use

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You know what feels good?

  1. Losing a close third round.
  2. Talking to yourself: identifying the wrongs and the could’ve done.
  3. A new fight comes your way and it’s the same opponent!
  4. Implement new gameplan.
  5. Win a close third round.

Gg’s Powerhouse.

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I have had a hard time clicking with this game too. My solution was to stick with it. Making improvements each day.

Hit Silver for the first time today. Felt good.

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Maybe one day, I’ll be ranked Silver… Maybe one day…

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with some practice most of you should get to silver easily, i havent played FG games for years(last one was CvS2) and im ultra silver, and im sure ill be gold any time soon.
Learn your combos,when to keep blocking and punish hard your enemies mistakes. throw a lot works too :stuck_out_tongue:

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I’m definitely motivated to get there, I look forward to fighting people at or above my skill level.

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I’m at Ultra Bronze and haven’t had anyone rage quit. Not even once. Been lucky, I guess. I heard silver is where all these people are?

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I beat a couple of silver’s today… It was easier than expected actually once I learn how to post pictures up I’ll show you guys… The level of salt with that one was insane.

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I think i can get to silver its just i don’t play rank because i dont wanna deal with all the ragequits. I rather play people in battle lounge and casual matches

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i’ve been bouncing between Ultra Bronze and Silver for a while now. If i don’t reach Super or Ultra Silver, fine by me

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I can dig it… It’s not the lp I care about it’s being able to give somebody a good fight regardless of rank.

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Seems like my plateau is silver, somewhere between 2k and 3k. Working on trying more just to have fun in my matches than caring about winning.

Still, the most frustrating thing is when I lose and I can’t seem to understand how to improve myself or knowing that my execution limitations prevent me from playing my character to the fullest (I play dhalsim and suck at doing tiger knee teleports).

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Is the freaking matchmaking broken for you guys too? I’m Ultra Bronze again and all I do is fighting against Super Silvers and above. I even managed to beat a Gold, but he RQ on me…