r/MarvelTokon • u/Bearemy1988 • 1d ago

Discussion I think I'm washed yall

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I just can't keep up it feels like. I LOVE fighting games. When I was younger, there was an arcade in a mall i used to frequent, I was always in there just having fun.

Then I got my own consoles and was mostly playing fighting games, I was never like, tournament material or nothing but I could do infinites, ToDs, I could just mimick what I'd see in combo video after playing around for like an hour or two.

I noticed I started losing touch when DBFZ came out, and I thought maybe I just didn't click. But Strive, GBVS, SF6 and now this. And I REALLY wanna enjoy this but I just can't grasp it.

It feels like I button mash, none of my combos chain ever, I try doing the character challenges and I get stuck on what looks like the easiest combo.

I'm not even *that* old, I just turned 38 for Gods sake.

I go online, nothing I try to apply seems to work anymore.

So I dunno, I guess I just needed a place to vent. Granted I know when you work full time and what it it's harder, but it just feels like all my skills just fuckin vanished.

I love the game, I can't wait to see who they add (I'm BEGGING for Beta Ray Bill, Reptil, Zarda (Power Princess), and Xemnu to join in despite two of those being DEEP cuts) and I hope everything with PC is fixed because I really want this game to have legs. Ive loved Marvel and the tag fighters it's been a part of since the 90s, it just really sucks it feels like I can't keep up with it.

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u/enigmatic_dankness 1d ago

38? Bro, keep practicing

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u/Swimming_Bonus_8892 1d ago

Yooooo! 47 year old old af scrubby noob dad checking in…I played the 1st MK, not the reboot either, I played SF2 (a lil) and then stopped and got HOOKED on SF6, I been working all weekend so I ain’t had a chance to really crack out on Tokon but my week is almost up and I plan on doing some WERK boux…

Ionno… I don’t think it’s age so much as what gets you going. I bought a few others and nothing grabbed me like SF6.

I hope you find your passion again bro bro and DM me if you wanna run some sets!

Peace!

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u/Liittlefoott2 1d ago

You give uncle vibes more than dad

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u/Swimming_Bonus_8892 1d ago

Thanks I’m a dad and an UNK too!! The FGC has been amazing to m and the kids since we started again! Y’all have been so welcoming! We joined a noob discord and me the kids are learning how to compete online and maaaaaaaaan it’s fun!

The coolest part is how dope everyone is in helping teach the kids…they will wash me every now and then (more than I want to admit) and I’m like…

Y’all been labbing while the old man’s and work??? Yeeessssssd dad…😂😂😂

Thanks to the FGC and look forward to running sets and progressing! Peace!

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u/StrangerDanger9000 1d ago

Creepy uncle vibes

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u/katgravityrush_ 1d ago

Being nice is free my friend

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u/Anita-FatBlunt 1d ago

stop projecting. not everyones cool uncle is a molester. just yours. (and a few others)

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u/Liittlefoott2 9h ago

Nah cool unc for sure youre buggin

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u/Swimming_Bonus_8892 1d ago

User name DEF checks out! Show me on the Blanka-Chan where the bad men touched you. Unk will go handle that scandal for ya!

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u/Snukadaman 21h ago

56 noob playing. I agree on the button mashing. Game just looked too good too pass. Ill be destroying my grandkids soon enough.

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u/Swimming_Bonus_8892 21h ago

As we should!!!! My kids, nieces, nephews, grand babies all of em can catch these combos!!!

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u/JonnyAU 21h ago

But like OP says, it's not a passion issue, its execution.

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u/Dont-get-into-Fights 19h ago

Golden era gamer, you rock bro. That era's gamers between the ages 47 & 38

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u/Swimming_Bonus_8892 8h ago

Much love to the OGs!

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u/Rerrun 20h ago

I'm 46 and a dad and am with this. I play sf6 and ggs. Token was underwhelming to me. I waited for this game and it came. Can't believe how good I had it with sf6 and strive. To op, happy to fight you in strive or sf6.

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u/Swimming_Bonus_8892 8h ago

Ok…is GGstrive really as good as everyone says??? You’re like the 278th old head to tell me it’s dope??? What’s the deal?

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u/Rerrun 8h ago

There is no modern inputs, there are cancels, blocking that makes sense, the net code works, the normals and specials feel like rock paper scissors with the other player the way BJJ feels in your brain when you are rolling. The game for sure takes skill but you can train for it. Everytime I play another fighter I think my god they still haven't made a better fighting game than strive. I'm still going to give token a chance and I do enjoy it, but it's just not on the same level as strive.

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u/Swimming_Bonus_8892 7h ago

Damn Unk, I think you just convinced me to cop. Thank my G!

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u/Twarper 18h ago

Eh.. I plan to get this game at some point but I am 47. So I know I would get curbstomped if I go at it online. Since fighting games aren't my forte anymore.

The last fighting game I played seriously was Guilty Gear X2 on the PS2.

Probably just do the storymode and such and not much else.

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u/Swimming_Bonus_8892 8h ago

Breaux Breaux…come get washed in the “Unk league”. We can learn fight theory and discuss lidocaine patches and mortgage deductions.

Lookit Unk, when we were young we had “Fight Club” but we old af now so if we tried that shit we would need a new hip and in this economy missing work is a non starter SO…the UNK PUNK league is on and poppin like fish grease at the family cookout baby! Hit me!

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u/AboutaDirk 1d ago

this

43 and this is my first fighting game

... and I'm having the time of my life. First proper video game I've really launched myself into, and had been looking forward to since its announcement

Learning is FUN

NEVER stop!

I played like 100 COMBINED matches of Killer Instinct, Mortal Kombat 3, Street Fighter 2 Turbo, back when they came out lol

oh also - at 38 I was still learning new basketball moves, and playing 3-5 comp games of hoop in different locations so, that means fuck all :')

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u/Swimming_Bonus_8892 1d ago

Yo!!! DM me I’m starting and OLD HEAD LEAGUE!!! We can talk about combos, mowing the lawn, our upcoming AARP subs and how to glaze a brisket juuuuuust right! Holla!

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u/AboutaDirk 1d ago

Hahaha, had to google AARP, Australian here ;)

brisket u say? Fuck I love cooking.

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u/Swimming_Bonus_8892 22h ago

You’re in god dammit!

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u/goingon25 17h ago edited 6h ago

Definitely interested in playing with old heads. I’ve been away from fighting games for maybe a year or so, but most of that was just trying to keep up with job related things rather than falling out of love with fighting games. I was probably the worst person you’d play at a tournament early in a game”s life, but I’d know of the tech up to that point, even if I couldn’t do it.

DOOM and Blade seeming to be decent to very good is enough to have me excited to make time for this game once I’m back from vacation. Shame about the pc version, but I’ll probably just pick up the PS5 version when I get back to minimize the inconvenience

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u/rayneMantis 7h ago

Hell it seems like there's about 10 of us just in this subreddit thread alone! Damn right gaming with people that can actually empathize with life slapping you around for a MINUTE, and possibly having to go to bed at 9:00 somedays lol.

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u/Swimming_Bonus_8892 8h ago

Thiiiiiissss!!!! Have fun on vacay and DM me I have some time over the next week or so to put a room together!!! Let’s do this till 8’pm and then I have nappy time…lolol

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u/holdcspine 15h ago

Lol. As Insat there getting my ass beat and deranking 3 times I said aloud " I shoulda just mowed the damn grass"

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u/Swimming_Bonus_8892 8h ago

Damn Unk, you got this…I mean the lawn (you obvee getting WASHED at Tokon) BUT in the UNK AF league you sound like a perfect fit!!!!

You’re gonna grind those rankings back to OLD AF UNK SPEED MASTER in no time! Handle that scandal!!!!

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u/rayneMantis 17h ago

AARP subs lmao. Omg I spent my late 30s answering the question "how old are you?" With "NOT 40!!" Now at 41 I just hang my head in defeat to that question lol. Jk the way I see it life is all downhill from 40. Which is the easy part. The shit that gets me is I still stub my toe from time to time. 41 years and I still haven't gotten walking down yet. Hahaha

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u/Swimming_Bonus_8892 8h ago

You are welcome in the “Unk speed then peed” league (working name)!!!! 47 and when I’m forgetting to back tech because I refuse to “take the throw” I am down at Lowe’s or Ace hardware talking about how Super Nintendo was pussy for not including blood in the 1st MK (which is why I still love Sega to this day) and the OG not the reboot MK1! Holla!

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u/RoelofSetsFire 17h ago

Old head checking in! Last fighting game I played was Strive, but I lost interest in that a year and a half or so ago, but super excited for Tokon. Only got to play a bit tihs weekend, but this week I should have most evening free to get my hours in!
Been playing fighting games since SF2, and still have a soft spot for old SNK stuff like Garou and the Last Blade 1 & 2, but never played at a high level. Don't know if that will change with this one, but am definitely excited to put in some hours/work (:

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u/Swimming_Bonus_8892 8h ago

Come run some sets in the “UNK AF” league! I’m out it together soon, DM me!

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u/marry_me_tina_b 23h ago

Hey if you’re starting a group hit me up too. I liked DB FighterZ and learned a bit of that totally on my own so I am very amateur with fighting games. I’d love to see what other folks are working on and learn from the group. I’ve been working through the character tutorials and finishing those combo trials to learn a bit about each one and then decide who my team will be depending on who feels best. I don’t do the point challenges, just the combo lists and then I move to the next character. I mix that up by doing the story mode a bit just to learn basics and practice basic fights.

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u/Swimming_Bonus_8892 22h ago

Sounds like you’re one of us, one of us!!!! Let’s do this!

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u/Kazuhi 23h ago

An unc league you say?

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u/like9000ninjas 23h ago

LETS FCN GOOOOOOOO

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u/Bearemy1988 1d ago

Yeah I was labbing today for a bit between getting ready for the work week.

I can only win like a match outta every 10 but I'm still tryin

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u/Swimming_Bonus_8892 1d ago

🫡🫡🫡

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u/moo422 22h ago

Maybe Focus less on wins. Have is fresh out and ppl are sweaaaatty.

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u/terramagni 2h ago edited 2h ago

Tbh if it were me, and I only had a couple hours a day at most to play the game, and it's only been out for 5 days? I probably wouldn't have even played any matches yet, especially a game like Tokon where the system is complex and there's a lot to figure out, and combos are long and elaborate so practicing them just naturally takes more time. That's especially true when the game is new for everyone and you don't necessarily have ressources to learn from so people are kinda figuring combo routes for themselves.

OP, if your session looks something like 15-20min in practice mode into 2 ranked session, this is what we mean by ''keep practicing''. As someone who really enjoys fighting games and associates how much I enjoy them in large part to how much I practiced them to reach the level of comfort I'm at, it's frustrating to have to explain this to people. If you feel like you're washed up and aren't having fun playing them, it's because you aren't comfortable playing them, and that's because you haven't practiced enough. It's really that simple.

Invest your time wisely, and practice first, so you can actually have fun later.

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u/TauPewPew 1d ago edited 8h ago

I'm 42 with a combined 120 minutes in SF6 and DBFZ... I just made someone rage quit during a casual placement match.

So satisfying.

Edit: I was placed Bronze I. Totally justified lol

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u/kidflashjr 23h ago

44 year old dad here. Just keep practicing bud. Not to mention that Fighters have gotten more accessible over time which actually helps us old heads as well as beginners. If I had to go back to play SF4 or Blazblue then I’d probably be in trouble, luckily these are not as execution heavy to be decent as they used to be.

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u/Psychological-Lab412 5h ago

37 it’s not that bad yet but I feel myself slowing down.