EDIT: Just to add a little bit to the conversation.
I may be a little biased because its how i have always played. But i feel that specialization may be more effective in the long run. There’s a saying that goes with this: One can be a Jack of all trades, but he will be a master of none"
In other words by picking up a plethora of characters, you will learn how to play them fairly well. However at the end of the day you will NEVER be able to play them extremely well.
Of course i can’t speak for everyone, A player may very well have the ability to play a plethroa of characters extremely well, but if it does occur, it would be a rare case. And in a fighting game there’s really no need to pick up a million of characters. You really just need 2 characters/teams. Your core and then the backup to cover bad matchups.
Im not the best fighting game player (yet) but it only makes sense to me. At the same time people do what they do and they will play in their own way, and thats what makes these games fun.
then a second team will be formed. However, I want that team to work we will see what happens. I suppose this is where the fanboy in me gets in the way when it comes to this game lmao
That said, I am perfectly willing to accept that I could be wrong. I mean, the Japanese have been character specialists for years, and we see how that’s developed. Ultimately, until my other characters develop on the same level that Rog does, then I will be forced to go back to Rog, but the more I understand this game, the cast, and the more that my playstyle continues to develop, the more I understand that Rog may not be the character who I’d want to stick with in the long run.
But then again, I’m also the guy who wants to be able to play in tournaments with random select, so that might say something.
EDIT: I played one of my friends/training partners yesterday after a long time, and beasted on him with 11 different characters, including his main. Not bragging, but not gonna lie: it felt real nice to be able to put somene else besides c.LP on the screen and play with some level of proficiency.
EDIT2: Order is in. Adam, got you covered. Mike, got your bat top on the way. Back to the modding lab for me over the next few days.
I could be wrong in thinking this, but specializing in ONLY one team seems both good and bad. You’ve got a team to call your own, one that you know the ins and outs of, but people know you as the guy that plays THAT team and they too will learn your strengths and weaknesses.
I play a team that is one big fucking gimmick, and even if I was really hot on point with MODOK, Doom and Dorm the core of my team relies on a gimmick, and if you can get around it then I’m forced to play Marvel and not my gimmick. Blow up my gimmick and the skill gap becomes more apparent. I will continue to play and improve Team Chair through sparring with you guys, practicing defense in those matches and practicing combos/setups in training mode.
But having a backup team doesn’t mean your primary has to suffer. You just have to be spot on in remembering what goes where (if you know what I mean). I’ll occasionally do ABD instead of ABC6CD with Akuma because I’m so used to Dorm and Modok. It’s a weakness of mine, one that could be removed completely by sticking to one team but I’d like to have a back up.
Plus playing more than one team is fun, and I like fun!
Now that I’m done with “The Ramblings of a Noob”. . . Bringing a setup tonight. Can anyone give me a ride?
I used to be the same way like 4-5 years ago and it felt great but all i ever as able to get out of it was being the jack of all trades players and master at none.
You can kinda relate it to starcraft in the fact that the player that plays one race is better in the end game than the guy who plays random. Mainly because in starcraft the game is broke down into 3 segments early game, mid game , and late game.
The single race player and the random select player will know the early game equally as well. (correlating fighting games, basic bnbs with the race/character)
as the game progresses the random select player can even continue on into the mid game on an equal footing (basic game sense, moderate execution, reaction time(but might not know the proper reaction) etc)
then in the late game you see a sharp dip. most random select players DONT know how to take there main race into the late game mainly because they have to play 3x as much (3 diff races) to get an understanding of how there race does in the late game. (Late game in fighting game sense could be mastery of footsies with that character, advanced game sense, high execution with that character etc)
I guess the main point im trying to state if i didnt say it clearly is that. It will take alot longer for a player who tries to master a plethora of characters than just sticking with one. It may seem like theres no difference when your landing your bnbs(early game comparison), having moderate game sense (mid-game comparison) but taking your character up against someone who has mastered one character and knows what to do better in the MU and has the ‘late-game’ or that specific characters advanced mechanics mastered youll soon find that it your overall game with any of those multitude of characters will take you alot longer to master in the long run than if you had just stuck with one. (although you can get away with 2 in ssfiv lol
I see where you’re going with that Matt and I think it’s really informative! I’ll keep that in mind as I pick one backup team.
It is pretty fun to at least know braindead bnbs with a lot of characters, if only for playing with some of my scrubbier friends. Random select win feels pretty cool. But when my friends decide that this is a game they really want to play I will stick with my main team and tell them to pick theirs and train them.
It better be ribs…I know way too many black folks and none of em ever bring me any ribs. Don’t they know that I know that black folks make ribs better? Ribs. That is all.
