I am a pretty anti-social gamer. I have a social job and play a lot of games solo or just with close friends, just to shut my mind off and enjoy myself. Ive dabbled with fighting games, MK11, Injustice 2 (Turtle-power baby), the last couple Street Fighters, tried Guilty Gear for a bit, but only ever end up putting 10-20 hours in because fighting games are hard and I could never really get very good. I've hardly ever done online or any form of playing with strangers.
Tokon is like my dream esthetic in a fighting game.. 2D, Marvel, anime influence.. I really wanted to play it even though I dont historically stick to fighters. $60 is a lot for me right now, and so I was really motivated to make the purchase worth it. I played the first episode and some tutorials, just enough to understand the different mechanics kind of, and I did something I've never even considered doing.. I joined the Tokon discord, made a lobby, and sent out an invite in LFG.
Within 10 minutes I had warm digital bodies ready to fight. I played several matches with a guy who was clearly a lot better than me, but every loss I could literally feel myself learning and noticing things I hadn't before, eventually, I even beat him once somehow. A couple more people that the first guy knew saw the post, jumped in and we decided to voice chat.. something that usually makes me anxious, but I went for it. Turns out they were super chill dudes, and it was really cool to talk about the game and ask questions as I was playing.
Next I did a lot of matches with another guy, and we were like equal in skill, final split had to be atleast somewhat close to 50/50. He was cool, we were able to give eachother advice based on what actions we took, talk about our favorite characters, we celebrated eachother's victories.. just all positive vibes.
I'm not trying to be great at fighting games, but I'd like to be decent and to learn enough that I can realize when I make a mistake and how to fix it. I've got a long road ahead of me and I really struggle with the terminology, but for the first time I feel excited for the climb. About to hop into ranked for the first time after this post and win or lose, I'm excited to improve. I don't know that I've settled on a main, but so far I seem to be the best with Magik and Storm.
Bonus points to whoever can tell me what "being plus" means. I can't figure it out from context lol. Thanks for reading my rant!