Oi. I'm Necrosquelch, or just Necro for short, and I've just picked up Skullgirls again, this time with the intent of getting gud.
Strangely enough, my interest in fighting games was sparked by Dark Souls. I was familiar with the name, but my friend only just introduced me to the game in early summer of this year and I've been absorbed by it ever since. Soon after playing Dark Souls on the Xbox 360 I bought the DLC followed by it's second installment and its respective DLC soon after. I saved small portions of cash from my paychecks for 3 months and bought a PS4 specifically for Bloodborne and even picked up the Scholar of the First Sin Edition of Dark Souls 2(which, if we're being honest, I don't feel was worth buying a second time aside from having a revitalized PvP community) with Dark Souls 3 trailing soon after.
Dark Souls 3 was the game in which I'd decided I'd really dedicate time to understanding the intricacies of the meta game and do everything in my power to be the best player that I could be. After what's now been months of practice I'm able to win fairly consistently. It's certainly satisfying, but I tend to get the most satisfaction out of getting hard reads on my opponents, comboing them until their health bars are damn near empty and I've yet to obtain a scratch. When I picked up a new weapon I'd dig through youtube videos, forums, reddit posts, getting any information I could on strategies. This led me to discovering a youtube channel lovingly named Praise the Sun. His Training Room series in particular became a sort of religious watch and it regularly becomes background noise when I'm working on something else.
Aside from Dark Souls content, he's also got plenty of Street Fighter videos showcasing his talent with Ibuki. Watching him fight was pretty amazing and I realized something. Fighting games are entirely based around the same thing that felt so good in my DS3 duels; comboing. With this in mind, just tonight I dusted off the fightstick I'd bought about a year and a half ago when I'd originally bought Skullgirls and took it for a spin.
Full disclosure, I've got very limited experience with Skullgirls and really fighting games as a whole. I mean, I've played Smash Bros and that's all good fun, but I wouldn't even begin to call myself a decent player. As a matter of fact, I'd given up on trying to get good at fighting games some time last year. Not necessarily out of salt, mind you. I was well aware and prepared to get bodied over and over again for months with the payoff being a better understanding of the game. Hell, even in Dark Souls 3 I take a damn good spanking now and again. The time commitment and my(at the time) limited network of friends willing to play the game were the main reasons I left SG alone for so long. Now that I think I've gotten a small taste of what improving in a fighting game has to offer I think I'm wiling to put forward that time and take a few thousand more beatings.
As of now I'm at the barest possible minimum that a player could be at. I've only barely got the controls down, I've decided on Ms. Fortune as my main due to her quick movement, mobility, and because frankly I just like her silly personality, and I've discovered a simple combo with some practice in the training room that I managed to pull off five times consecutively(LP, LK, MK(be patient and let both hits land), c.HK, jump forward, j.MK, j.MK, HP, HK). I've also decided to work with Eliza and Beowulf after mastering Ms. Fortune. Yes I'm aware they've all got drastically different play styles, but I like their style and I'm an art student. Aesthetics are important to me.
I've still got plenty to learn and hopefully through here I'll find people to bring along with myself on our journeys to the top. See you all in the fight! Stay flashy out there!