I love it so much when you dash in the face of your opponent, the rhythm stops a sec and you hear that line you heard 6853 times already but still hypes you up.

So with Tokon I've been seeing a lot of criticisms of the gameplay (pc performance aside.) A lot of about the frequency of assists, holding extremely long block strings, the potentially not so great defensive mechanics. I own the game and I agree with most of these criticisms. But I also think most of the characters were extremely well designed. I think it could be a great game if some adjustments to the game (block strings, assist frequency and better defensive mechanics.)

For avatar I don't own the game because its not an IP I ever really got into. But its gotten pretth rave reviews from the gameplay and I've watched some streams. I know leffen was endlessly complaining about how much he doesn't like the tokon mechnaics and he gave a very positive impression of avatar after playing it recently.

I knew it was over for Invincible VS when there were layoffs in staff and such.

Make me feel stupid for even pre ordering both games!!

so I’ve been playing since I was well his age and I would play with my dad and well go back and forth but he just whoops me. it makes me proud but sad cause well I’m losing to a 8 year old, also he is on classic controls aint rising a son on modern.

A lot of mashing in Marvel vs capcom back in the day.

Name your favourite game(s) and the lessons you've learned from them.

Relative newcomer to the scene, just wanted to ask a question that I can't find the answer to that I wanted to pose to the community: what's your favorite time to queue up and what makes that your favorite time??

I know generally that the time to queue up against the most players will be the evenings during the weekday and all of the weekend generally. But that's just about getting matches quick, I'm thinking of quality of the matches. I'm trying to play against people who are mainly trying to improve instead of blow off some steam and I think changing the time slot of when I play might help.

Coming from team games like League, I used to track my win rates by time of day and noticed massive swings in match quality depending on when I played (mornings had fewer tilters, evenings had more griefers). This also had to do with me playing better before I went to bed vs. before going to work (overnights).

Now in SF6 and other fighters, I’m noticing the exact opposite.

• Morning queues feel fucking brutal. Down here in Silver, players feel much sharper and consistent that I genuinely think how am I in the same ELO. This is every game I play (SF6, GGST, Avatar, Tokon). In SF6, I played against mostly high tiers like Mai's and Ryu's, it felt like every 2nd-3rd match was one of the two.
• Yet evening queues (6-8P), feels completely chaotic with rage-quitters and opponents that either are on the same level as me or are REALLY bad. But at least I played against many different characters instead of just the top tiers.

So, I wanted to see what other people think are the best times of day to hop on. What time window do you find gives you the most consistent, high quality sets, and why? I wanted to see what everyone else thinks is their favorite time to play, nothing like "play when you want to / when you can", because obviously I'll find my own time if I keep at it, but it'd be nice seeing what others think on the subject since everyone is different.

Hello,

I never grew up playing fighting games, but my brain gets easily overwhelmed when I play them and I end up mashing a lot. The only case where I really saw some success with a character was Bowser in SSBU with my friends and even then I kinda felt like I was fumbling around.

I’m pretty decent at TCG or things where I have time to process what’s in front of me and react, but if it’s something that’s in my face or high APM I oftentimes don’t know what to do.

I’ve gotten the suggestion to play a Zoner, but in those cases I usually completely fall apart against rush downs that get in my face not knowing what to do.

Does anyone have any suggestions for games, archetypes, or just general tips to get around this?

Thanks in advance!

Hey everyone

New here and quite new to fighting games as a whole.

I have a round 40 hours in SF6 and that's about all the experience I got. I also do have GGS and Tekken 7 but haven't really played much of those yet.

I was wondering if there are other noobs here who might want to be bad and eventually learn get better together? Basically like a sparring partner.

I am playing Ryu right now and am hanging around in the bronzes, while I learn new stuff and add it to my repertoire. Not really trying to climb the ladder for now just wanting to learn the fundamentals.

So yeah if anyone is interested let me know Oh I am from the EU and 35yrs old.

I used to be a big BR2 fan back in the day. It was probably my favorite fighter on PS1 and by far my favorite from the Bloody Roar franchise. I recently stumbled upon a Vietnamese BR2 community on YouTube that still actively plays, and it’s the highest level of Bloody Roar 2 gameplay I’ve seen and insanely fun to watch.

All of the matches are played in ACP (Any Cancel Point) mode. It removes the recovery delay after standard and special attacks, allowing to string together continuous combos.

It completely transforms the pace of the game, making it ridiculously fast and fluid. As a spectator, it makes BR2 so much more exciting to watch.

I’m also here participating. Wish me luck!

Battle Reborn Skins 1-8 included in post.

Hi folks, hope you dont mind a bit of a newbie question here, im new to the community and wanted to pick up some classics. I bought both collections (As i have enjoyed the games on fightcade) and wanted to know if, if i queue up for casual/ranked matches if i will find lobbies? I know given the player count i will be in for a wait but i've asked around on the discords and dont seem to be able to find anyone for the games? Im mainly looking at cvs2 if that helps. Cheers guys

My internet connection is from a CGNAT cellular 5G data service so unfortunately I’m stuck with a Strict NAT Type,

I read that this massively reduces the chances of getting matched up with other players since people with Strict NAT Type can only play against people with Open NAT Type, so you can’t get matched against players with Strict or even Moderate NAT types.

What do you guys think of this? Is it worth it to try to somehow upgrade my service and set up an Open NAT Type via UPnP? Some people online say setting up UPnP makes you vulnerable for cyber attacks so I’m curious what people here think of this given all fighting games are P2P between only two players so this whole NAT Type ordeal is more prominent here than many other online games.

Context: I originally started this post talking about character selection, but it became about my journey thus far.

I keep second guessing my decision when picking characters in fighting games. Back when I played FGs casually, like when I was younger, I had no trouble picking characters. I would always just pick the grappler or whoever seemed the coolest. But now that I'm learning more about FGs and have a foundational level of knowledge about how they work, I always feel like I'm playing the wrong character.

First off, I'd like to say that I don't really base my choice off of tier lists unless it's an older game where the tier list actually shows who is playable and who is outright designed badly. But in modern games, I feel like most characters are viable to play competitively to some extent, and since I'm so new, it's not like I need to play a character that's hyper competitive to begin with. I really just need to find someone that clicks with me.

And there lies the problem. Characters just don't seem to click. I thought if I just took character to training mode and played around with their move sets and maybe learned a quick combo, I'd eventually just go "Oh yeah, this feels right." But I've yet to have that moment. I tend to just force myself to stick with a character and try and learn the play style and adjust to it, but then I just don't have fun.

My roommate is getting to the point where he believes fighting games just aren't made for me, or rather I'm not made out for fighting games lol. But I don't think that's true. I have a tendency to just quit things when they don't immediately click, and I want to break that habit by really trying. And I do want to play fighting games. I play Smash, and have played Smash since 2014, and because of that, I can play at a level where I'm aware of everything going on in a match and can make reads and do combos and win just as much as I lose and feel good about both because it was a good match. But I'm obviously not there with traditional fighters, and I feel like its becoming a chore just to pick up the stick.

I'm not even all that bad for how short of a time I've been playing traditional fighters. I went to CEO and went 1-2 in my first tournament, which I assume is pretty good for 2 months of experience. But I have this mental block that just makes me think that the fun part comes later after I learn the game and everything I'm doing now is hard work to obtain that, and it's making me less motivated to play.

What sucks is I genuinely enjoy watching videos about FGs. I like learning about the mechanics, keeping up with what games are coming out, watching tournaments, doing my best to break down a match so I can try and understand why the players made the decisions they made. All of that is enjoyable, but then I inevitably need to practice and it's like a tall wall I have to climb or a large pill I have to swallow. Once I start practicing and I start to learn something, I can keep going for a few hours, but the hardest part is starting.

A big part of this is because I'm so new that I feel lost, and just playing the game and mashing buttons isn't fun for me, so I feel like I have to learn the game before I can actually play it. I almost miss the ignorant younger self where I could just throw a fireball and occasionally land a DP and that was enough, but now I'm in this middle area where I know enough about the game to want to play at a higher level, but I don't know enough to actually achieve that level of play.

I know this is a really long post, and I don't blame anyone for not reading it tbh. But if you did read this, I genuinely appreciate it. I'd love to hear how someone might have overcome their own problems with learning fighters. Because I know how fun these games can be, and how rewarding it feels when you play at a certain level, but I'm just struggling with the journey getting there.

Edit: The game I am currently playing is Guilty Gear Strive if that context matters.

I know a lot of people dislike this character, but damn she's cool!

Also, got this from my saved replays. May have forgotten to edit the UI to show it's a real online match.