I know I'm late to the party but
I greatly enjoy when people complain about infinites in SG, considering it is the ONLY game since ST that
provably has no infinite combos. If you see someone using the word "infinite" you can pretty much write them off immediately. :^)
Re: SG and ranked doing a worse job than SF of matching you with players of your skill level:
If one beginner and twenty experts are online looking for matches at once, should the beginner be denied a match or be matched up with the "worst" expert? SG does the latter. And since SG has a playerbase that seems to consist of more experts than beginners, beginners end up fighting better players a lot. In SF you have a million scrubs to choose from.
Maybe it's more of a function of SG not showing you anything about your opponent? "20000 BP, oh crap" vs "Oh his name is 'Duckator', that's a kinda stupid name, I bet he sucks"...?
Would people honestly prefer BP? Because in the few-beginners scenario it doesn't change anything, but it gives you a number to look at...
@HodgyHype
I know it's already been said, but if you have basically zero experience (and if you have not played a Versus-style game before, 30 hours is zero experience) then you aren't playing to win, you're playing to learn. Don't focus on what happens after you got hit, focus on why you got hit and try to not get hit that way next time.
Combo length/number of hits are completely unrelated to player skill.
And for serious, let dekillsage teach you.