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That is another big one ya. 
 
Some of the most useful advice I came across in my studying was stuff talking about how to watch a game (SFV specifically but the ideas transfer around). Years of playing other kinds of games trains us to look at our chars but there is so much else going on in FGs that it pays to train screen awareness.
 
Watching your opponent, keeping your eye on meters, being mindful of the round timer and relative life. Takes time to just get used to doing that during a match and it makes a significant difference. Also kind of helps with adapting to your opponent because you are already looking at them so you kind of can't help but notice what they're doing.

This is a key point. 
 
When I was trying to figure out how to get better, a lot of the advice I kept coming across was about actually paying attention to your opponent and not just flowcharting/assuming everything. They do this for a lot of reasons (Bison in SFV is the kind of char I could start a new account with and have my cat just roll around on the hitbox during matches and probably make it to Gold) but for the most part these kinds of players aren't going to change.
 
Which can be fine. Not everyone is playing to be the next CFN phenom (concept not the player). But that approach to the game is hyper limiting and honestly a lot less fun than really engaging. The absolute most fun I've ever had in FGs is when you feel the push and pull of each of you adjusting on the fly. It was one of the things that made playing against Akhos such a good time even though I'd end an evening 2 - 40 and want to die.
 
Cold hard reality is though that most folks just want to play their fight games on the internet and are gonna do what they are gonna do. Playing around that is gonna be a component to any game. One of the reasons randos can get a little exhausting.

Star Wars should have stuck with the original 3 movies and then all the EU stuff (books, comics, etc.,) Seemed like it was more fun then. Not that I'm any kind of Star Wars fan anyways.
 
@M A R T I A NI never made it too far in SF5's ranked (tapped out at Super Gold) but that is how the game be a lot of the time. I hear you on the experience; that is one of the things that keeps me from rolling the rando dice again.
 
DevilJin on the old forums used to talk about the difference in mentality that playing short sets leads to, which is why 95% of online players in a given bracket play so similarly (and have maybe been there forever). They're going with what has worked so far and they're gonna keep turning the crank until they either win or die (50/50 when they die that they'll RQ).
 
Part of it is just playing enough to be able to classify the different archetypes that players fall into. That helps a lot with being able to make decent reads on player tendencies in a format where you aren't likely to get much data.
 
And yeah SF5 isn't a game you are really going to win on the defense. The ratio of good decisions you have to make vs mistakes you are allowed to get away with is not favorable to that play style, though at lower levels sometimes you get some more wiggle room (I feel like SF5 is actually harder in than some games in this way because doing optimal or near optimal damage is surprisingly accessible right out of the gate). You need to know when to turn the pressure on, how to do it effectively, and how anticipate opponent reactions.
 
Replays will definitely help identify specifics. Plenty of people here who can provide helpful feedback.

Actually the fact that you didn't get any of that means that you are less of a dork than I am. So go tell your wife you were better than someone today.
 
I'm not sure if it would be a reverse Cool World but I think so? Been awhile since I watched that movie. And I'm keeping it that way.

Actually the fact that you didn't get any of that means that you are less of a dork than I am. So go tell your wife you were better than someone today.
 
I'm not sure if it would be a reverse Cool World but I think so? Been awhile since I watched that movie. And I'm keeping it that way.

No she is so goddamn hot that Clint Cool World'd but backwards just to hit it.
 
Its his actual only superpower but damn is it a good one.

They ported Red Dead Redemption 2  on the Switch. 
 

SMB3
 
 
I just picked up my DualSense controller today. This fucker feels NICE.

Jesus Christ how many realities ahead do you have to be for that read 

Hi.
 
 

That is another big one ya. 
 
Some of the most useful advice I came across in my studying was stuff talking about how to watch a game (SFV specifically but the ideas transfer around). Years of playing other kinds of games trains us to look at our chars but there is so much else going on in FGs that it pays to train screen awareness.
 
Watching your opponent, keeping your eye on meters, being mindful of the round timer and relative life. Takes time to just get used to doing that during a match and it makes a significant difference. Also kind of helps with adapting to your opponent because you are already looking at them so you kind of can't help but notice what they're doing.

This is a key point. 
 
When I was trying to figure out how to get better, a lot of the advice I kept coming across was about actually paying attention to your opponent and not just flowcharting/assuming everything. They do this for a lot of reasons (Bison in SFV is the kind of char I could start a new account with and have my cat just roll around on the hitbox during matches and probably make it to Gold) but for the most part these kinds of players aren't going to change.
 
Which can be fine. Not everyone is playing to be the next CFN phenom (concept not the player). But that approach to the game is hyper limiting and honestly a lot less fun than really engaging. The absolute most fun I've ever had in FGs is when you feel the push and pull of each of you adjusting on the fly. It was one of the things that made playing against Akhos such a good time even though I'd end an evening 2 - 40 and want to die.
 
Cold hard reality is though that most folks just want to play their fight games on the internet and are gonna do what they are gonna do. Playing around that is gonna be a component to any game. One of the reasons randos can get a little exhausting.

This is a key point. 
 
When I was trying to figure out how to get better, a lot of the advice I kept coming across was about actually paying attention to your opponent and not just flowcharting/assuming everything. They do this for a lot of reasons (Bison in SFV is the kind of char I could start a new account with and have my cat just roll around on the hitbox during matches and probably make it to Gold) but for the most part these kinds of players aren't going to change.
 
Which can be fine. Not everyone is playing to be the next CFN phenom (concept not the player). But that approach to the game is hyper limiting and honestly a lot less fun than really engaging. The absolute most fun I've ever had in FGs is when you feel the push and pull of each of you adjusting on the fly. It was one of the things that made playing against Akhos such a good time even though I'd end an evening 2 - 40 and want to die.
 
Cold hard reality is though that most folks just want to play their fight games on the internet and are gonna do what they are gonna do. Playing around that is gonna be a component to any game. One of the reasons randos can get a little exhausting.

Related to this:
 
A piece of advice I received from LordKnight a long time ago (that I don’t always do).
 
”where are you looking on the screen during a match. Too many players are watching their own character, why, you know know what your character is doing. Keep your eyes on your opponents character, so you can react to what they are doing.”

Yeah this is a pretty important thing. The other day I was fighting this Bison that was all gimmicks. Every stock burned immediately on EX Blast, lots of raw DR, full screen VS2, etc. No “fundamentals” to speak of. 
 
The thing is that I was losing to it because:
1.  I didn’t expect him to keep being dumb (lol)
2. I was letting him run his game while waiting for him to hang himself. Everything Bison does it safe, plus, or a spacing trap tho...so i was waiting a long ass time and getting rolled. 
 
I was at the last round about to get 2-0’ed thinking to myself the classic “how am I losing to this guy...he’s flowchart trash”. At some point tho i realized I was playing right into his strategy and I changed tactics. Got way more aggressive and in his face...not even trying to rush him down but just throw him off balance by setting the pace. 
 
Not only did it work, this guy absolutely crumbled. Dude had zero fundamentals and it showed. No defense, shit footsies, and absolutely no ability to make adjustments. Won the set and the next ones after so decisively he started denying runbacks lol. The funny thing is that every time I saw him he had more points.  
 
A lot of people online are like that. Not playing the exact same way necessarily, but they have their one flowchart strategy that they either can’t or won’t deviate from too much. They’re playing their character and running their game while not really paying attention to you. 
 

Tsk tsk 😟 You don't deserve the favor of the... LIVING DEAD GIRL!!
 
 
 
 

Holly would if she could

No she is so goddamn hot that Clint Cool World'd but backwards just to hit it.
 
Its his actual only superpower but damn is it a good one.

I think the Alternate Ending review mentioned this but it is basically a whole movie based on the idea of "everyone wanted to fuck Jessica Rabbit right? what if we made a movie about doing that?"
 
It is a great skeleton in Brad Pitt's closet. Also maybe Kim Basigner though her closet is already pretty stuffed.
 
It is an interesting thing to revisit because of how deranged and shitty it is.

Actually the fact that you didn't get any of that means that you are less of a dork than I am. So go tell your wife you were better than someone today.
 
I'm not sure if it would be a reverse Cool World but I think so? Been awhile since I watched that movie. And I'm keeping it that way.

Squadrons is $20???
 
Ya Boy is about to go to MOTHAFUCKIN SPACE!! 

Starting up a new DMC5 playthrough tonight. Gotta get my practice in for when Virgil comes. Playing him in DMC3 was one of my favorite gaming moments. So much fun to use. 

Such a wack ass Halloween this year, but looking forward to watching Hereditary. May pick up Halloween 2018 as well. I think that was my second favourite of the franchise... nothing will touch 78 though

Took me almost 4 hours to get home tonight due to some crash on the highway. Normally the drive takes 30 min. 😖

In North America lots of people are afraid of eating fish.  They're even more afraid of eating raw fish.
 
To counteract this, sushi restaurants came up with all sorts of rolls that use cooked ingredients and lack raw fish.
 
One such roll is the Philadelphia roll, which contains smoked salmon, cucumber, and cream cheese.  Another such roll is the famous California roll (imitation crab meat, avocado, cucumber), known for being the go-to choice for spineless sushi eaters everywhere.
 
Western novelty rolls can be pretty good but a lot of them were created because some people are total wusses. 🙃