Street Fighter 6

Yeah GGs Nick. I want to hate Blanka but his victory dance is so delightful!

That command throw though.. who thought it would be a good idea to give him that?

What was the issue?

Found a Ryu of a similar skill level to me last night and it was an absolute blast - no matter how good you are, the game completely transforms when you find someone whose technique matches your own.

We had around 15 matches and I edged it something like 9-6. Picked up a few tips and made a new Street Fighter friend!

I wonder if it's the same problem I was having last night. I think I was rushing a bit, because moves just weren't working. I slowed myself down on the inputs and suddenly was executing everything I wanted.

Something else I found last night, and this had been annoying me for a few days, was that Drive Impact reversals weren't a case of me just being rubbish! I swapped LT and LB around and suddenly I was winning those battles. I think my LB must be weak on the edge where I press it. Very annoying as that's the 3rd Elite pad I've had!

Ok, I'm not happy with this game.

One of my fav characters, Jamie, I was playing my 10 placement matches for my ranking last night. I have expressed previosuly that I am not very good with Jamie, but I enjoy playing him.

Somehow I managed to win about 7 of those matches, and I beat an absolutely useless Gold rated player twice. So the game has now decided my Jamie character is ranked PLATINUM!!! hahahaha, my god, he's Bronze at best.

So now I cannot win at all with him. Every time I lose, I only lose about 40 points, so I can't even reduce my grade very easily by continuously losing. Now I don't want to play as him at all, because of this and the unfair match-ups.

Anything like this happen to anyone else?

I think I may be sticking with the battle hub from now on then. I guess it will give a lot of people a lift when they think they have beaten a Platinum ranked player, lol. Once I was platinum with Jamie, I must of lost about 10 games on the trot. You would think the game would re-evaluate your ranking instead of just dropping a few points each match.

There's quite a gulf in ability within ranks isn't there?

I've only played in casual/unranked but one Gold absolutely hammered me 10-0 and played as well as I've seen some people in Master play whereas someone else ranked Gold was on a similar level to me and I edged it 7-5.

Apparently so, which is the worst! Although now that I think about it, someone who wins the first match then quits is _actually_ the worst.

I've found most people hang around for another match. Think I've only had 1 or 2 people leave after the first match.

Managed to get a Double K.O in a game the other day. It was in a match where we had already won 1 round a piece, so it ended in a draw. It still had the time after it announces the KO and when the winners animation plays, so it left us with the perfect comedy silence.

Cheers for this, Nick. Definitely helped using the store charge: I could consistently pull off both the fireball and the SBK if I was charging the hold during another animation etc. Still struggling to do it 'cold', though.

Jumped into the training to check the inputs and the back>forward>punch does appear to be registering, just not the hold part, particularly when used from a standing start (i.e. if I jump and do it, then there's often no issue). Weirdly, I seem to have more luck if I'm pushed up against the corner, as opposed to move back ... I do think it's just me fucking up the execution, but seems so odd at times. Frustrating.

Still absolutely loving the game, though. With MK1 on the horizon too I suspect my fighting game itch is going to be sorted for a long time.

You should probably get used to charging fireballs with down back because you really don’t want to be walking yourself into the corner

You can even charge if you're attacking forward as in a heavy or a jab and pressing back as you attack, you'll barely move back and it will allow you to combo into a fireball. Or like a jumping medium kick and pressing down as you come down, a few medium punches, like for Guile, and then that combo into a flash kick.

It does take a bit of getting used to but most people I play against who are charge characters have that shit locked down really well. Like Onny's endless headbutts.

Yeah the down back has really worked for me now, cheers. I think the main issue was releasing too early in some cases; if I stupidly count it out in my head, I tend to be able to get it more consistently (even without down back).

The inputs are really generous/I suck in this and Im *constantly* getting accidental supers. If the character has a fireball and a super on the same motion and button, I'll get the super quite regularly. Like Marisa. If I have two bars and walking forward, if I go for the big bonk punch, Im getting super.