Hey there! Like it says in the title, I just started out in skullgirls last night. I am primarily a Smash Bros. Melee player, but I've played around with Blazblue and Street Fighter a bit (not much outside of learning the hadouken/shoyruken inputs and a few basic strings). After dabbling around with getting $15 in my steam wallet for a few weeks, I finally picked up the game. Happy I could pick up the Big Band DLC and get into the "endless beta" for no extra cost. I plan on getting squigly whenever I can.
Now onto the main reason I'm making this thread; You guys are awesome. After going through the tutorial and playing through the story mode and the arcade with Solo Filia, I decided to try my luck online. I tried the "Quick Match" option for a few games with varying results (also known as 0/3), then took a look at the Lobby Mode option. A few lobbies came up, but one of them had the title of "Now Streaming" or something similar to that. I joined the lobby, then searched the host's name on Twitch. Sure enough, Dakillsage was streaming at the time. After waiting around in the lobby and playing a match with someone, I get paired up with the streamer/host. I probably got a few hits in randomly, but the resets were real and I didn't last very long. I got destroyed.
I pop into the stream chat and say hello, and say that I started yesterday and all that. What I didn't expect was the encouragement from both the chat and the streamer himself. Everyone gave me a few tips including when to block, info about resets, etc. and they told me to come here. On top of that, I asked about any other characters I could pick up, and was promptly suggested Cerebella by around 4 people. Dakillsage posted in the chat a good set of assists for each and talked about it on stream, so I decided to try it out. Queue reading on Skullheart about Cerebella combos/inputs and a few hours of training mode, and I'm back into the lobbies.
Dakillsage did not appear to be streaming at the time, but I saw another "Now Streaming" lobby that was hosted by Elky Dori. I repeat the process that happened last time, and I get paired with him. Just like before, destruction ensued. I hop in the chat and say the same thing as before, and Elky apologized for beating me (I didn't mind at all). I stay in the lobby for a little while as I almost beat one of the other people I played against. A few more matches, then I get paired up with him again. This game went quite a bit better, with me actively blocking at least 40% of the attacks and actually landing bella's level one blockbuster throw (the one with the sword). Encouragement continued in the chat, and I was pretty satisfied.
In less than 24 hours, I managed to go from struggling through some of the tutorial to getting some hits in, making players have to work to get their combos in, and even taking a few games myself. All of this is thanks to you guys.
I hope to keep playing with you guys and to keep learning for years to come. :)
Sorry this got so long, didn't expect to type up this much.
Now onto the main reason I'm making this thread; You guys are awesome. After going through the tutorial and playing through the story mode and the arcade with Solo Filia, I decided to try my luck online. I tried the "Quick Match" option for a few games with varying results (also known as 0/3), then took a look at the Lobby Mode option. A few lobbies came up, but one of them had the title of "Now Streaming" or something similar to that. I joined the lobby, then searched the host's name on Twitch. Sure enough, Dakillsage was streaming at the time. After waiting around in the lobby and playing a match with someone, I get paired up with the streamer/host. I probably got a few hits in randomly, but the resets were real and I didn't last very long. I got destroyed.
I pop into the stream chat and say hello, and say that I started yesterday and all that. What I didn't expect was the encouragement from both the chat and the streamer himself. Everyone gave me a few tips including when to block, info about resets, etc. and they told me to come here. On top of that, I asked about any other characters I could pick up, and was promptly suggested Cerebella by around 4 people. Dakillsage posted in the chat a good set of assists for each and talked about it on stream, so I decided to try it out. Queue reading on Skullheart about Cerebella combos/inputs and a few hours of training mode, and I'm back into the lobbies.
Dakillsage did not appear to be streaming at the time, but I saw another "Now Streaming" lobby that was hosted by Elky Dori. I repeat the process that happened last time, and I get paired with him. Just like before, destruction ensued. I hop in the chat and say the same thing as before, and Elky apologized for beating me (I didn't mind at all). I stay in the lobby for a little while as I almost beat one of the other people I played against. A few more matches, then I get paired up with him again. This game went quite a bit better, with me actively blocking at least 40% of the attacks and actually landing bella's level one blockbuster throw (the one with the sword). Encouragement continued in the chat, and I was pretty satisfied.
In less than 24 hours, I managed to go from struggling through some of the tutorial to getting some hits in, making players have to work to get their combos in, and even taking a few games myself. All of this is thanks to you guys.
I hope to keep playing with you guys and to keep learning for years to come. :)
Sorry this got so long, didn't expect to type up this much.
