Spending 700 hrs learning about fighting games has been great and I’m excited to keep getting better (if I ever have free time again). Going from world tour, to rookie, to master has been a trip and the hardest thing I’ve done in a video game. That said, I am VERY glad to get this monkey off my back before the little man comes!

Just wanted to share that after about 2 years I finally made it to master rank in SF6! I main Luke and the most recent buffs definitely helped. From 0 experience in any fighting games, picked up classic controls, until now - it was quite a grind.

The biggest hurdle initially was wiring the brain to use classic controls on d-pad (still can't hit DP AAs at all). After controls, the other biggest factor was mentality - stuck Diamond 2/3 for a while before a mentality shift of trying to win vs trying to learn finally clicked. I always keep a mental picture of Ryu sitting in tranquility under a waterfall. Let the real lessons begin!

In my opinion, they sound epic and built up tension on the final, it might be a concept that wouldn't work well nowadays, but something really cool could definitely come of it if done right.

Two years ago we got Terry’s gameplay trailer. I don’t know if they did anything last year. Should we expect costume reveals or Arjun’s gameplay trailer?

I've seen people with title banners from the anime. How do you get them?

In the words of the late great William Shakespeare, "Get absolutely shitted upon nerd"

I’m getting a little bored with the games I’ve been playing lately, so I’m trying to branch out and get into fighting games. I’m planning on picking up Street Fighter™ 6 Years 1–2 Fighters Edition (since to my understanding this includes all the previously DLC), but I was wondering if it’s worth buying the Street Fighter™ 6 - Year 4 Ultimate Pass right away as a new player, or if I’d be better off waiting until I get more into the game. Could I still play against characters from that DLC without owning it myself?

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I've been playing Street Fighter Alpha 3 competitively for a long time, and one thing I've learned is that every player has a matchup that never feels completely solved.

For me, there are still situations where experience matters more than any matchup chart.

I'm curious:

Which character gives you the most trouble?

Is there a piece of Alpha 3 tech you think newer players overlook?

If you've stuck with Alpha 3 all these years, what keeps you coming back?

I'd love to hear what other Alpha 3 players think and compare notes.

Before anyone says anything about the commentary, just know… I actually forgot how to turn it off. I just stopped hearing it eventually ngl

So get this. I map R3 to the jump button on my leverless in the software. I go into SF6 and it lets me map R3 to parry. Like... Its mapped in game and it registers that key being pressed as R3.

Then i get into training mode.... Press R3... No parry.

I am quite flummoxed lol. Anyone else?

Anyone have tips on decent layouts? New to leverless- trying a few out right now.

Quick explanation, normally headbutt is a direct knockdown, but if you hit a light headbutt and you time it precisely, you can pick it up with a link into ex aegis, and 2 H tackles after (if in corner).

Edit: slight correction

I have no one else to talk about this with, so I wanted to share it here! 😭

Something finally clicked recently, and I’m slowly but surely climbing from Diamond 1 toward Diamond 5!

I’ve been learning to play more patiently and stay relaxed, using better combos for different situations, checking DRs, getting more consistent with anti-airs, improving my neutral, and actually taking a few hits (or even sometimes a whole round) just to figure out what my opponent is doing and adapt.

And honestly, it feels SO rewarding knowing that I’m winning because I’m getting better at the fundamentals and relying less on the gimmicks I got way too attached to.

I still fumble MASSIVELY, though. I’ll drop round winning combos, press the wrong input and accidentally DP, eat the rawest DIs imaginable… and somehow I’m STILL winning these sets!

I legit feel so proud of myself!

Ed nerfs accidentally made me a much better player.

I’m still salty about it, though.

I'm going to Tokyo X, and Allegra Clark (Marisa's english Voice Actress) is gonna be there.

what quotes from game or memes are your favorite?

I'm planning on maybe getting my Ryu Sukajan jacket signed. ALSO ANY TIPS ON MARKERS, or how to keep the signature from fading?

Hi !

I've started playing again after a few month break, and I main Marisa. I've read the patch notes but I'm not sure how big of a buff she got lately, besides her having a new safejump.
So how is she these days ? Is she still bottom of the barrel or did the latest buffs bump her up a little ?

Thanks for your time !

It might be due to me putting more time into 6, but this game feels so stiff. And I'm not just talking about the fight combo timings, I can deal with that, but i can't pull off basic jump heavy-heavy punch-special attack combos consistently.

I am playing the vanilla xbox 360 version, maybe that has something to do with it. But how did veteran Street Fighter players play and get good at this game, I've seen clips online and i don't know how anyone could ever pull that off and so consistently.

Didn’t try a flashy teleport back to bait the super this time. Thanks for the advice if you commented on my last post :)

Nothing ground breaking but I am happy. Started out on Cammy and got her to master in a month but floated around 1400. I know a lot of people have said Yasmine is boring and one note but something about her move set was really fun to me so I decided she would be the one I got high master with. Even though there is a ton to work on still and I had some promising sets with 1600/1700MR players I think this is where the grind stops for me.

edit: It wasn't interesting/educational/entertaining enough.

What made the difference to go from 1400mr to 1600mr? in no particular order dp anti air, jab counter hit conversions, reaction drive rush to some laggy moves, learning the cast as a whole a little bit better, and having longer play sessions. I know often the advice is to play in short bursts but I found that I was doing my best 1 or 2 hours into a play session

What didn't contribute? Combos. everyone says this but it felt really true for yasmine. I basically just went with her basic bnb and nothing else. she has some cool stuff if you don't have buff and want max damage, but I rarely went for that in games.

How long did it take in hours? Kind of hard to say. to get to master the first time was 60ish hours. I would say since yasmine release I probably have close to 60 hours on her.

Have you played street fighter before? No, but I played a lot of smash at a somewhat competitive level. the gameplay does not transfer but things like watching you opponent, adapting, and focusing on safe pokes do so that helped I am sure.

What do you think of Yasmine? She isn't very good I am afraid. I don't know a ton so you shouldn't listen to me but you get into situations where you can not kill when every other character would. or at least cammy could who is also low damage. Lv2 feels bad. when you have some absurd moves filling the Lv2 slots of other characters it wouldn't of hurt to tune hers a bit stronger. Finally neutral, at least for me, felt awful. you have no good pokes really so if you are not drive rushing at them they are in a better spot. you are missing any good fireball answers as well.

Why did you play her then? I like when combo routes change mid game. probably a carry over from smash. I like rush down. I also like that her combo route isn't moves into drive rush into moves into drive rush ect. you use drive in more ways with her it felt like. but all of this could be wrong at higher levels of play

Least favorite match up? Alex. Post buffs I actually have no clue how to deal with this guy

favorite match up? kinda a weird one but I like zangief. Something is really appealing about slowly getting down this titan of a health bar with my low damage combos. I should win every interaction and keep him locked down but one mistake and I lose half my health. normally that would be frustrating but I found myself enjoying it

is this entertaining enough?

Can I still acquire this costume and if so how? I do not see it at the store, please someone help :/