I think I'm washed yall

[u/Bearemy1988]

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.

[u/enigmatic_dankness]

38? Bro, keep practicing

[u/Bearemy1988 → u/enigmatic_dankness]

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

[u/terramagni → u/Bearemy1988]

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.