but u still cant beat gill…so stfu
Watching vids and replays is fun, but I think that it’s better to develop your own style instead of copying others. It’s good to watch vids to see how experts play so you are ready when competition comes, but someone might know you too quick if you try to mimic someone else(you might fail though). This is my opinion, though, and it’s probably stupid.
I just like this assumption that Intermediate 3S players are as common as 3S match vids. All the intermediate players at my arcade seemed to have gave up on 3S after the 102nd time they get genei jin’d to death for 2 mistakes by the top 3 players at the arcade.
I have become a much better player after watching match videos, so I don’t know what you’re talking about.
To me, they’re like instant experience. You get to learn what to do and what not to do in a much shorter time than you would through trial and error in actual fighting.
I once read somewhere, “The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in battle.”
I believe that watching match vids is part of training, as well as doing the things yourself.
I watch them for enjoyment,hell im not even that good in MvC2, I play with strider, jin and capcom for gods sake
Watching videos can help you out with many things
if you’re weak in a certain match-up and you see some crazy jap using mid/low tier to get around better characters, just watch how they use the advantages that the char does have. Tactics that come with experience comes from using normals in tons of different situations, use the videos to get an idea of which normals/properties of the char are really worth using.
Learning safe things/unsafe things, defensive tactics.
The only problem with videos imo, is that players don’t use them as deeply as they could. Emulating a set-up/counter and fully understanding all scenario’s based around a single normal attack are two totally dif levels of knowledge in the game.
Maybe it’s just the eye candy/flashiness that confuses so many people, but learning the basics is something the common scrub flat out neglects.