i’m pretty sure they used sweet and sour pork :wgrin:
Learn another character. A change in moveset, tactics, offesnive and defensive strategies gives you a whole new perspective on the game.
You gotta be like Kool-Aid man, son.
BREAK THROUGH THAT SHIT WHILE PLAYING THE SF4 INDESTRUCTABLE SONG.
We should always be doing this IMO.
It’s what Ryu would do…and, as cheesy as it sounds, it’s the way to go.
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If there’s one thing I’ve learned about LIFE is that you can ALWAYS grow and improve. There is no such thing as reaching a limit in terms of growth and learning. Even if you’re considered the best at something there are still things you can improve on. This is even more true in competition because your opponents are growing just as you are. There is ALWAYS something you can learn from a lose, you’re just failing to see it. Just keep at it and maybe have someone record your matches for you and review them later.
I thinked I played you several times the other night on xbox live. Same username Arkeen. We kept meeting up in the final round. I was using Chun Li, I believe I only won 1 of those matches. Good games. Very good games.
As for reaching a “wall” , you can always try learning a new character.
or make like this guy
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I don’t think i’ll hit a wall for sometime. Even if i lose to a guy abusing lag, i learn something so that it doesn’t happen again. I still don’t know all of the matchups, so that’s alot of room for improvement, and even then i wouldn’t know how to counter every possible scenario for those matchups.
Even if i did, i still have a ton of execution to work on. If you get beat there’s probably a reason, unless it’s just a blatant fluke out, so there’s always something to be learned unless you’re scoring perfects every round against anyone
Yeah that was me lol :chat: Sick Chun though. It was poke city for awhile there haha
I can’t help it. I can’t be at the arcades every night with school. I gotta live with what I got. :xeye: I’ve learned to love online again.
Yeah, trying to minimize risk. One mistake was jab, jab, headbutt, ultra. I was pissed, lol, but great matches we need to do it again. I like playing against players who are better than me. That’s the only way to get better.
Sometime you have to chillax man … If you try too hard and nothing is coming yer way, maybe you’re not having fun anymore.A videogame it’s first and foremost entertainment (Just like sport and everything else) … When you stress too much to do something … you fail.
Seriously the most fun match and it’s funny because the match where i was the better all around it’s when i really don’t take it seriously.Because i’m like - Oh well if that combo not coming out i’m going to get punished but who oh well … it’s fun!
When you take something too seriously… you end up angry … stressed and you just drop-out.
If you think you’re at yer peak…just play when you want to play … and play for fun .If you fail do improve something on yer 10 try…Do something else.It’s not the end of the world.Everyone fail .The fear of embarrassement kill people.
RAWR!!!
You bi-polar or something? Can we imagine you’ll pretend to take the advice in this post, then post a new thread about something else bothering you within a week? You blog?
Actually a city general felt oppressed, defending the Chinese empire, so he opened the gates to let the Mongols in. So in the end, it was the treatment of the people, that led to the downfall. Don’t ask me to google the name, I don’t feel like it. :X
In other words, “Do what the Mongols did… bring the enemy to their own destruction”
And I look forward to seeing you at Chinatown Fair 
(you the Asian wearing a blue cap). Did very well, Sunday at 3pm-5pm, so I don’t think I’ve been getting static/worse, even though I don’t play much.
yes yes yes.
i am surprised at how often this works. time and time again iv taken breaks from things (not just videogames) and then been surprised by how much good some time off can do for the skill or whatever it is your doing.
maybe playing as a character who is radically different can help you too. iv gone from playing abel and having everyone run away from me, to playing Dhalsim and having players rush me like theres no tommorrow and it can only be improving my game in the long run (although my short terms wins have taken one hell of a hit atm)
Do something else…then come back to the game after a week or so.
How do you play SF?
Pick your character, go into the matchup. Feel the opponent out with some pokes. Try to read what they are going to do and react accordingly. Perhaps you have a few mixup tricks to help lower their defenses.
If you do this, and you can do it fairly well, it will make you a good, solid player. But not top-level.
Over the past 2 days I’ve played against a top-level Ryu, Sagat, and Akuma. The difference with these players is that they don’t just do things - they set up situations so they can take advantage of it. For example, the Ryu player hits me with a block string. Its not a random block string, this block string happens to put Ryu at Chun’s sweep distance when it ends. The vast majority of Chun players will sweep here. We may not even think about it, our fingers just might move reflexively to the roundhouse button. But this Ryu player knew that. With one step backwards, he could move out of sweep range - one step forward, he can sweep Chun while she is still in recovery. Knock her down, set her up for the next attack. Or, he can use the FA dash like a parry, and go hit her with one of his hardest combos.
This was a high-level bait. It was far more than just hovering around on wakeup and trying to bait out a reversal. No, he used very specific knowledge of normals, spacing, and both characters toolsets to create this opportunity. It wasn’t just “I think the Chun player will sweep here”, but “how can I make this Chun player sweep, and what can I do about it?” To me, this is what makes high-level play. If you just try to react to your opponent, and maybe even if you have a few tricks or set-ups, you can be better than most of the masses, but it won’t be enough to make you top-level.
The Ryu vs Chun example is specific to Chun, but this Ryu player fought off a variety of characters during his win streak. He beat a Master class Akuma - I watched him bait out air fireballs from a very specific distance, and counter with a DP at the right timing/angle to go through it. He put himself into positions where Gief would want to go for Ultra, jumped out of it, and punished. He just knew the game.
This was a wall I hit myself, so I think maybe its one other players might face if they want to improve. Being able to create these situations where you can do damage, and doing so through multi-layered offensive and defensive moves. And not only that, but recognizing when this is being done to you and successfully avoiding it. Knowing which move beats what, and at precisely the right distance/timing. Its not a simple thing, but that’s why there aren’t so many top players.
For real though, you need to step out of your comfort zone. play the way you usually don’t play.
i never hit walls because i follow that.
Are you learning the more advanced concepts and trying to implement them? I took a break, and then researched and watched videos on frame traps, counter-poking and setting up expectations. After that, I went on a tear at my local arcades.