cammy guile akuma must be protected 
So Iāve been able to stick mostly to the training plan I put together. 30ish minutes of working on stuff in training mode, then 3-5 online sets to try to apply. Nupo reminded me there is a summary tag on this board so Iām gonna save some of the wall of text. Thanks to anyone that reads this stuff. 
Summary
Overall, still a lot of ups and downs. The ups are that my AAs are better and I think as an aggregate Iām doing better against Ultra Silver/Gold players than I have been so far. The downs are that Iām not doing as well as I thought/wanted to be against the Ultra Silver/Gold players, and Iām still getting tilted/flustered under pressure.
Yesterday started off on a banger of a note: an Alex player who played like Jokeeās advice was real (Lariat4Lyfe) with serious teleports periodically. That was a perfect combination of all the stuff that sets me off, and I really should have taken a break after it but I played straight on. Didnāt do nearly as bad as I probably should have - especially since nerves and frustration at that point led to me dropping all kinds of stuff - but I really need to enforce a hard 5 minute break rule after matches like that. It does me no good to try to immediately hop back in.
Playing this game is a rollercoaster. One day Iāll finish up and feel pretty good about myself even if I lost all my sets. The next day I feel like shit, even if I go mostly even (which is what ended up happening yesterday).
I know one of the things that is frustrating me is the lack of what seems like progress, but I think Iām looking for that too soon and I think Iām expecting too much. Working at it isnāt going to get me to 2-0 sets against players I was having problems with before overnight. I have to keep at it until enough lessons click into place to where that starts to happen.
The other thing that is sort of discouraging is taking a good hard look at how Iām playing in reviews. I thought I was doing okay there for awhile but it turns out Iām mostly shit. 
The list of things I have to work on feels long, and that is without even getting into the really fine grain stuff.
Speaking of that, I think one of my bigger issues is that at a high level I donāt really have an offensive plan. I just kind of sort of poke away and take what damage I can, turn things up when I get an LP Bolt or decent blockstring in, and sort of wait it out. That has served me well up to this point and it still works well against some of the crazies, but against the more defensive or even minded players I feel like Iām not doing enough to dictate the pace of the game or put pressure on my opponent. And it leaves me open for a lot of dash up stuff because Iām just sitting there waiting (though that is something I need to train; its on the list).
Despite discouragement and frustrations Iām sticking with it. If nothing else Iām getting more and more match up and general player tendency knowledge. Iām dipping back into Ranked on Weds to see how things go there, though I also donāt want to de-rank too much if I can help it so I can keep getting experience against US/Gold (which is where I seem to need it).
Also has the connection quality been particularly shitty for anyone else? Out of the last couple of days of me playing only around 1/3 of the games Iāve played didnāt have noticeable rollback. Granted Iām running into plenty of PC/PS4 crossplay (which I remember having issues) and fuckers keep showing up with Suzaku Castle and such for stages, which doesnāt help.
I was thinking the other day: for the way I naturally want to play this game, maybe I should have picked Birdie. Not that Iām necessarily gonna do anything with that, just a random thought.
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Also @Evil_Canadian this is from another nerd dimension but its too good not to share:
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That feeling of a lack of progress is really discouraging, but you got this.
Sometimes progress comes in the form of being able to actually stay at your rank level for several days in a row and then something clicks in and you start ranking up again.
It seems you are in the right path at least and know the areas where you have to improve with your Laura.
Work on that gameplan and reach your plat rank in the next few months! pom poms
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Forgot which forum I was on for a second. I was looking for the Dime emote 
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Thanks B.
The biggest thing for me right now is just trying to not get too frustrated or bummed out. I have to remind myself that the players around this level actually know some stuff beyond just raw shenanigans so mistakes hurt more (both in terms of lapsing defense and not finishing rounds when I can).
Also have to remember that Iām playing the long game here. Its not going to do me any good to get a bunch of wins now just to plateau again later because Iāve built a bunch of bad habits or ignored building good ones. Still irritating as shit to lose to crazies but that is the game.
Keep your hands off me and Juriās waifu
Now we wait for buffs
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Just give me a Falken overhead. Anything else would be too much.
So likeā¦ this is what the OGās wanna go back to? I meanā¦ okay we #honestSF now.
you already have one
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If you mean VT2 then I guess that counts. Sorta.
VA witch hunting the ninja already.
At least he lets people know Rashid isnāt dead.
Nah, Fujimura played so well and no one want to look like a fool giving Ibuki any kind of props to the last weekend performance. Capcom canāt nerf Ibuki that much without ruining her completely, sheās a character too hard to balance. Guess what? Like every pure SF3 character. Urien is still good, Alex is that bad because they donāt clearly want him to be the next pre-patch Abigail. This kind of destiny well be carried over any character coming from that series, believe me.
Rashid is dead. Scouterās broken. Canāt detect powerlevels anymore. What good is he now?
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I couldnāt agree more. I would have bought DBFZ day 1 if was an 1-on-1 fg. I just canāt stand team battles, itās too messy for an old dude like me.
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that is beautiful! Especially the brass toe knucks
I got an artist friend on mine working on DBFZ art for me for the youtube/twitch garbage. This is BrolyMonkey work-in-progress.
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I must now channel my inner schoolgirl powers before I brace ranked with Sakura again in an hour and a half.
And some good rum too, to steady my hand. I aim for gold!
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Well damn. Thatāsā¦a bush.
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Umā¦ That looks incredibly dangerous.
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