Old School Life Long Fan help?

Street Fighter V
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Hey all,

I’m 35 this year and find i’m worse than ever at Street Fighter. I grew up with SF2/C/T/S/ST and the Alpha series in the Arcades. And then moved states and was introduced to SFIII via Double Impact, and then Third Strike.

I was doing OK with SF4 when it came out, bought a 360 just for SF4 (which ebGames promptly sold the morning of release, because i didn’t answer my phone at 10am so I got it from Target), then went to PC when Steam AE came out.

But these days with SFV, its like I get nervous and tap buttons a lot because for some reason even with practicing timing like i used to do i can’t confidently pull off combos… :’(

EDIT: But SF2/Alpha/III i don’t seem to have this trouble on FightCade.

Anyone else like this or have any help for me?

Thanks so much.

<3

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Sounds like youre getting old, man

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just an old man losing his touch, return the game and start saving for a decent retirement home

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LMAO you guys are mean!

Honestly @Vykyan It’s just day 1 jitters. Fighting people online and being away for so long has probably got you nervous as fuck.

I was like that for the first few months I played the game. Just take it easy and enjoy the road to gettin’ gud. You’ll overcome it eventually.

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I’m almost the same age as you and have been playing since Fighting Street in the arcades and on Turbo Grafx. I’m definitely not as good as i was a kid.

When I had to catch a ride to the arcade and only $20 worth of tokens, I was a different animal. I just felt like i HAD TO learn and i HAD TO win.

But now im just careless when i play and have no patience lol. Console gaming enabled bad habits for me and gives me the luxury of being yolo, so i tend to take that too far. SF4 and SFV also don’t feel like the older games.

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You need to calm down and play more and realize it’s just a game. If you can hit combos in training mode but can’t hit them in combos that’s all a problem in your head. This game (like most sports) it’s mostly mental more than physical. It’s easy to learn a combo in a day. But doing it in a high pressure situation is a whole nother thing. Just play a lot of casual matches online and battle lounge until you start naturally nailing your combos in match. Then move over to ranked. Relax.