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I, Too, wish to chronicle my exploits

yeah ok I fought fenster at like 5:13 am wow I can't inputs anymore; he said stuff. he's probably on the money about the duckator thing

gentle reminder to watch the duckator thing? when was the duckator thing oh wow. man who even plays the game who I can bug comfortably? I fought uzu the other day but I dont rmemeber where I put the notes?? did I record notes? oh no. I remember the jist of it though? notice patterns first, react second. easy

I might have to ask mike to play me later too because I don't know ohw I feel about fortune bella I tried fort bella against fenster without much practice and it might work but I will need to become more formidable because it felt really.. easy to tear me down and I had no baseline confidence.

eliza bella may hav ebeen better but I didnt record so I can ttell if I actually got good reads or confused him enough to get an opening

I feel like I can't open anyone up in skullgirls it's infuriating. if it was vsav I'd be much better but I am starting to notice a trend overall and Id ont think I like the way its heading and I might really want to see what people consider opening up because I don't understand **why** people get opened up in SG but it probably has to do a lot with hiding intent with assist applicatiuon but oh well I don't know these things or else Iw ouldn't bne typing it but it does sound like something to talk to a person with but I have that instnat reaction of "who do I ask and who do I feel comfortable with" and thats always a thing I ahve to deal with internally. oh well

I do like fort bella alot though im surprised I didn't try my original team earlier!? maybe it will work out a bit more fluidly than eliza bella but I dont think I can also put down eliza bella because it DOes work but without a salty local tournament I dont get to make judgments like that.

I also really think I don't like uh square gate too much because I find myself thinking im blocking mid but then I jump anyways and Id on't want that and that gets me in owrse situations than if I just actaully tried to block the right way with octogate and it's really infuriating because at one point I have used square gate before for a long while, but on the other I had octogate for 2yrs+ so it's easy to remember where things are and I using teh gate to TELL me whats going on, which is the point. I don't like knowing absolutely what my guard is and that sucks, but I don't want it to become a johns moment that ruins my actual skill.

but at least I have a job now, that has helped my pace of learning a lot and it feels like a lot of the actual mental fog is clearing from earlier.

seriously its good.

I'll have to be reminded to fix the formatting here because I am tired but I don't care to type well right now because anyone can actually guess what simple words are cmon dude.


03:44 AM - RK | Midiman: ok hold on coming
04:11 AM - fenster is now Online.
04:13 AM - RK | Midiman: to my credit im sad that I missed that one string
04:13 AM - RK | Midiman: I was doing ok
04:18 AM - fenster is now Away.
04:24 AM - RK | Midiman: why did you change teams though
04:24 AM - fenster is now Online.
04:25 AM - fenster: I was getting tied of trying things out and wanted to do something different
04:25 AM - fenster: do you want me to go back?
04:25 AM - RK | Midiman: I kind of wanted to figure out the matchup but its not a big deal
04:25 AM - RK | Midiman: I was just like confused overall
04:30 AM - fenster is now Away.
04:56 AM - RK | Midiman: 2 more
05:00 AM - fenster is now Online.
05:00 AM - fenster: okay, ggs
05:00 AM - RK | Midiman: advice ?
05:00 AM - RK | Midiman: because asides from (input errors) I .. feel like it decently got better in the end
05:00 AM - RK | Midiman: I don't understand when the hell you want to throw or low and it's pretty hilarious and also you have assists that are good so I don't get to play the game :<
05:00 AM - RK | Midiman: I want some of those I only have fortune
05:01 AM - fenster: I disagree, you only started to do better when you started doing random bella options that I wasn't adjusting to at first :/
05:01 AM - RK | Midiman: what defines random
05:01 AM - fenster: thats basically what you were doing, you just kept doing random stuff with bella till it got you killed
05:02 AM - fenster: stuff like doing kanchou out of resets, wakeup kanchou feint xx 360, a lot of your jHKs that only hit when I missed my inputs on landing
05:02 AM - RK | Midiman: so when I became predictable,
05:02 AM - fenster: or your random jabs that happened a LOT in the mid part of the set (which eventuall I blew you up for)
05:02 AM - RK | Midiman: a lot of the random jabs were probably not on purpose
05:02 AM - fenster: its what duckator said to you a long time ago I'm pretty sure
05:03 AM - RK | Midiman: if I had recording I'd probably be able to point out what was intentional or error tbqh
05:03 AM - RK | Midiman: and since this is the internet there's no real proving my argument without recordings so just assume I did them all on purpose heh
05:03 AM - fenster: also stop going for sMP anti air with bella, it's okay but you really should just go for air throws or just back the opponent into the corner
05:04 AM - RK | Midiman: yeah I figured as much but I don't have muscle memory for 5LK/2MK/Excella/ .. I just
05:04 AM - RK | Midiman: I dont think you can beat frying pan with upfwd airthrow
05:04 AM - RK | Midiman: I dare ask what makes you think that works with a deep jump in
05:04 AM - fenster: It doesn't matter if it was error or not, the point was that it was random and thats why you got the hits, which works out SOMETIMES till your opponent adjusts
05:04 AM - RK | Midiman: also seriously what defines random though
05:04 AM - fenster: and you need the ability to turn off and on that random switch at will
05:05 AM - fenster: It means going for nonstandard options
05:05 AM - RK | Midiman: because I can't tell if you're trying to say random in a disparaging way or random as in factually random
05:05 AM - fenster: I just said before it was okay :/
05:05 AM - RK | Midiman: typed it and sent it while readin' man
05:05 AM - RK | Midiman: I assure you I'm listening it's just typing is not voice
05:05 AM - RK | Midiman: my tone is probably not as hardheaded or whichever you are inferring
05:06 AM - RK | Midiman: I can't feel like going into nonstandard things works against you because every time I try to do just
05:06 AM - fenster: w/e, ppoint is that your neutral with eliza/bella is just all on the random switch
05:06 AM - RK | Midiman: "ok let me try to do any sort of low into throw" i just get hit by any big band string
05:06 AM - RK | Midiman: and I'm like yikes
05:06 AM - fenster: which is okay but you need to turn that off every now and then
05:06 AM - RK | Midiman: because the few times I try to actually force you to overcommit it works but then happy hands happens then I lose the advantage then there's no punishing going on and
05:07 AM - RK | Midiman: maybe if our connection gets a little better I'll ask for a fight tomorrow something
05:07 AM - RK | Midiman: because I sure as hell wasn't doing well despite any other fact
05:07 AM - RK | Midiman: factor
05:07 AM - fenster: man please don't try to blame the connection >:/
05:07 AM - RK | Midiman: (I am NOT blaming you or lag, I am blaming me)
05:07 AM - fenster: well okay
05:07 AM - RK | Midiman: cmon dude
05:07 AM - RK | Midiman: sigh I swear communicating with you would be so much easier with voice
05:07 AM - fenster: what I typed came out before what you typed so lol
05:07 AM - fenster: no worries
05:07 AM - RK | Midiman: yeah I figured
05:07 AM - RK | Midiman: but it's still a pain point overall because I feel like my conversation style makes no sense to you without any other kind of tone
05:08 AM - RK | Midiman: anyways uh thanks can I just post up this in my diary anyways though
05:08 AM - RK | Midiman: (it'll be verbatim)
05:08 AM - fenster: umm I guess, I don't think its offering anything new though
05:08 AM - fenster: cause I'm sure this is what duck said to you too
05:08 AM - RK | Midiman: why does it have to offer anything new though
05:08 AM - fenster: I mean ti doesn't but I mean
05:08 AM - RK | Midiman: an info dump is enough to learn trends no?
05:08 AM - fenster: its time better worth spent review what he said imo
05:09 AM - fenster: I read wahat he said and I was like "Yup, he's right"
05:09 AM - RK | Midiman: I'll probably end up doing the same though
05:09 AM - RK | Midiman: it's easier to just put any information there and review it on a whim than just not
05:09 AM - RK | Midiman: like what if I didn't review ducks advice :o
05:10 AM - RK | Midiman: also wait, are you recalling ducks advice from [ a long while back ] or did he say something recent
05:10 AM - fenster: its w/e
05:10 AM - RK | Midiman: ok well im just going to interpret that as "its ok to post"
05:10 AM - fenster: it was a logn while back I think
05:10 AM - fenster: long*
05:11 AM - RK | Midiman: ah alrighty then
05:11 AM - RK | Midiman: thanks for games, peace out homie
 
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fight with mikez time to remember where to put the archive
2:52 AM - RK | Midiman: ok. well. there was that
2:52 AM - mikez: I'm attire
2:52 AM - RK | Midiman: report?
2:52 AM - mikez: Report is as follows:
2:52 AM - mikez: - You need to be aware of when you should DHC for damage, for the kill, or to get your character out.
2:53 AM - mikez: - You need to stop doing full combos before snapping if you have the meter or will get the meter.
2:53 AM - mikez: - You need to go learn when you will get the meter for things. :^)
2:53 AM - RK | Midiman: can I post these things in training diary?
2:53 AM - mikez: And, go learn the basic Fortune s.HK combo and stop dropping things.
2:53 AM - mikez: Yeah, sure.
2:54 AM - RK | Midiman: cool thanks
2:54 AM - mikez: It's serious advice - I mean there's other stuff, but those are the MAIN MAIN MAIN things.
2:54 AM - RK | Midiman: I don't think you're the type to give not serious advice fwiw
2:54 AM - mikez: Your defense is fine. Your offense needs a lot of work. This isn't a problem most people have! :^)
2:55 AM - RK | Midiman: yeah I dont know why I kept doing but I assume it would.. work anyways
2:55 AM - RK | Midiman: that was dumb
2:55 AM - mikez: You're DEFINITELY not mean enough on offense.
2:55 AM - RK | Midiman: I stopped wheautopilot
2:55 AM - mikez: DHCing into PPX or whatever we called it gives knockdown
2:55 AM - mikez: works off Dynamo super easily
2:55 AM - mikez: gives headless if you want it
2:55 AM - mikez: AND does a LOT
2:56 AM - mikez: Also you don't throw a whole heck of a lot.
2:56 AM - RK | Midiman: I don't know when to throw without getting bopped
2:56 AM - RK | Midiman: like, again, I can't offense :x
2:56 AM - mikez: You got bopped anyway, might as well try throwing at times and see when it works....
2:56 AM - RK | Midiman: well, when you say it like that, you're definitely not wrong
2:56 AM - mikez: Also you don't adapt well. Like your defense is solid to start with, but you don't learn from situations.
2:58 AM - mikez: But yeah if there are takeaways, it's learn to DHC, learn to snap ASAP, and learn what to do with Fortune when you DO hit. Because you hit plenty.
3:00 AM - RK | Midiman: cool. ok thanks man
3:00 AM - mikez: I hope it helps....
 
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If you are looking for the s.HK combo with fortune he was talking about, it's:

starter into s.HK(2) xx LK fiber
j.HP, adc, j.HP, MK axe kick,
c.MP, MK, HK(2), LK fiber,
j.LK, j.HP, MK axe kick,
LP, blah blah ender

It's nice because its universal, saves otg, and carries to corner with super.
 
I forget if it matters if you do sHK2 or sHK3 but it does matter if you end in sHP because it still does more damage, so that is worth noting.
sMK also has two hits.

cLK sMK2 sHK3 LFiber
jHP adc jHP MGato
cMP sMK2 sHK3 LFiber
jLK jHP MGato
sLP2 sLK sMPx sMK2 sHP HRekka3 CSF
 
You typically only want the second hit of s.HK because its the hit that pulls them in. If you do the 3rd hit, it'll push them away and it has a tendency of making fiber uppercut miss, especially if they were crouching.
 
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I'm gonna try to give you some advice based on our set.

First off your team. I like it, but cerecopter doesn't really seem to do much for you so I'd stick w/ lnl. It's better as combo ender cuz only one hit, if your opponent blocks it you get the mix up, it's armor'd etc. In terms of your beo assist I like what you do w/ Chair Slide to help out your Eliza high low game so that's great. Not really sure what you're try to do w/ Blitzer, but I know you like to mess around w/ assist. So in terms of Beo either Chair Slide or Chair Toss, because I think a DP would really help. Not saying your defense is bad, but it helps to have ya know. Axe assist is fine.

You do a lot of hard knockdown set ups so you get oki, but I don't feel like you incorporate your assist enough like call axe go then go low. Or call chair slide, and then do j.HP > AD j.LK > j.HP string w/ Eliza.

With Eliza after you commit to a Sehkmet move you tend to jump alot after it to avoid getting throw, and I air threw you almost every time. I'm p sure this is mostly reflex. So try to relax after. Typically after blocking Sehkmet ppl (or at least me) are really scared about what to do next.

Uhh this is all I really have for now. Not sure if it's useful to you or not. I can play the game, but I'm not really good at explaining or talking about it. I want to help you improve tho.
 
You rely on sekhmet too much sometimes you even seem to use her during a blockstring I dunno if it's autopilot or if it's supposed to be a frametrap but even then you're going for an awful frametrap I mostly just snapped you because rather than call your assist to cover while you return you STILL tried to fight as sekhmet which is a bad idea considering what happened every match. All my characters have options against her other than throw, Fortune has nom or snap, Painwheel has buer or thresher robo just has snap (and magnet if you jump I guess) but she has the biggest snap in the game so it works out

You're always pressing buttons look at our set and count how many times I get a counterhit on you because you're always trying something this happens the most in the air like if I was a much better player you'd be dead so much faster. Most of the matches I lost I put down to "didn't bait enough". You call axe at really poor times in neutral I can just avoid it but on wakeup it always seems to come too late and I almost never have to block it try using it with a fake kanchou or something bella has so many dumb set ups adding axe shouldn't be too hard

I also got so many noms because you either pressed buttons fullscreen or just stopped blocking there's still some level of respect to give to the head unless you're hitting it but you didn't even do that much either

I'm also pretty sure that in the whole set I rarely had a need to reversal because the pressure is so weak usually I just found myself jumping over it or something

Honestly for the eliza duo copter is better since it makes sekhmet safer to return to eliza I dunno what to say about the trio I feel like it would be better to Eliza(I dunno what assist maybe dive)/Beo(H chair)/Bella(copter) but the way you have it isn't bad either it's just that (I think) Beo has some trouble in neutral as he doesn't move as fast and blitzer loses to assist all day so he'd be a much better second since his mixup game is pretty good and he doesn't need an otg to get a hard knockdown and this is where axe or dive or copter would be really really good

Take these with a grain of salt
 
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how offense.
 
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