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ElementFree

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So after putting making a Training Diary off for awhile I decided to make one, I would like some advice about how I play and how to improve. I'm not very good at talking tech, but I can read it. I recorded a bunch of matches just recently and I'll post 'em here.
I feel like I either got into a groove near the end, or the people I were playing against were worse than me...
I also apologize for my cursor being in the video.
 
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that's a private video there so I can't see it

you need it to be unlisted at the very least mister

edit: it works now yay.
 
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Okay, I guess having a bad connection in most of these isn't a big help. And being a long video means its hard to point something out.

But here's one: at 19:20 and at 51:50, you are blocking a mashed super point blank near the corner and that character has almost no life left. In the first case your only punish was throw xx super, when you could've done a normal basic combo to kill them off, so instead you wasted a bar. And it cost you when you could've made a comeback against the double. Comebacks ARE possible, but they usually require you to be very smart with your resources and to generally play smart anyways. It's important to know your punishes in a fighting game and to do them properly, like knowing you can get a full combo after you block an unsafe super like dynamo or Double's car super. In the second case, you go for throw again and don't seem to know how to combo after it at all, which could've cost you.

Speaking of, I don't think you do a real peacock combo....ever? You should learn one, especially when you get a MP Bang in the corner since you go for that all the time.

Also, you don't pushblock much? Like There are several matches where you don't pushblock at all. And pushblocking is like....really good. TBH in general, you never really get "opened up" on your defenses because....you keep mashing buttons. 95% of the times you are getting hit here is from counter hit, usually because you were mashing jab with Big Band or MP Bang/cMP cause you messed up MP bang. Stop pressing so many buttons when in pressure, block a little more and when you block react with a pushblock.

48:59, you mess up getting argus after MP Bang. While that's a mistake to work on too, what's also bad is that you didn't dhc when they tried to sniper you. You need to remember that, if someone blocks argus and they try to do something to get in on you, and you have meter to DHC (and they can't counter super or DHC, which I doubt the other player would've here), you should do it to catch them.

Twice in two successive matches, you get hit by a raw sweep and get combo'd after. After a sweep, just tech immediately because you can't combo off of most raw sweeps in the game normally.

Hope something helps.
 
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fenster said:
Okay, I guess having a bad connection in most of these isn't a big help. And being a long video means its hard to point something out.

Speaking of, I don't think you do a real peacock combo....ever? You should learn one, especially when you get a MP Bang in the corner since you go for that all the time.

Is posting long videos bad? I'm not sure what the guidelines for making a diary are.
I'll also put in some extra effort in learning a Peacock combo, I've been trying to for awhile.
 
Its not bad necessarily, though I do think that the longer you make your videos, the less likely it is people will comment on them. Something like 15-30 minutes should be what is beter to digest and comment on without taking forever to watch and comment on.
 
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fenster said:
Its not bad necessarily, though I do think that the longer you make your videos, the less likely it is people will comment on them.
So a limit of, say twenty minutes per entry?
 
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Also, you don't pushblock much? Like There are several matches where you don't pushblock at all. And pushblocking is like....really good. TBH in general, you never really get "opened up" on your defenses because....you keep mashing buttons. 95% of the times you are getting hit here is from counter hit, usually because you were mashing jab with Big Band or MP Bang/cMP cause you messed up MP bang. Stop pressing so many buttons when in pressure, block a little more and when you block react with a pushblock.
I second all of this. Didn't watch the entire video (it's so long D:) but you reaaalllyyy need to just get confident and blocking + pushblocking. Even if you occasionally you jab people out of their pressure by mashing jab, any decent player would recognize instantly that you press a bunch of buttons under pressure; then they'll frame trap you for it and you'll just end up taking more damage due to counter hit. If someone starts hitting you, or puts you in block stun take your fingers away from your buttons unless you're going for a pushblock.
 
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fenster said:
TBH in general, you never really get "opened up" on your defenses because....you keep mashing buttons. 95% of the times you are getting hit here is from counter hit, usually because you were mashing jab with Big Band or MP Bang/cMP cause you messed up MP bang. Stop pressing so many buttons when in pressure, block a little more and when you block react with a pushblock.
Several of the jabs with Band look like they're messed up super inputs (first one at just past one minute). I'd say that input cleanliness and doing actual reversals vs. mashing and praying are the real issues there.
 
Oh boy, did those first few matches lag.
Upload is much shorter. I tried learning a few combos and tried push blocking more. The problem is that I keep forgetting that I can push block, that's just an issue I have to work on by myself though.
 
I think you should post sets against one person (2 Person Lobby, FT7, FT5, FT10) rather than random lobby play.

This does a couple things
- You won't get paired up against 'that one guy with 400 ping' in the lobby.
- You have time to adapt to your opponents set ups and how they play, and can slow down and try and find the solution to things that are wrecking you.
- It's easier to keep track of the score between you and another player.
- Faster play again button = less time for uploads.

It's a lot easier to be like "Oh it looks like you couldn't find the answer to this set up" or "Hey you were going about this wrong a few times against this person, next time give X a shot!"
Sets are also more fun to watch imo.
 
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I think longer videos are fine if its against one player, FT10s often end up being on the longer side (1 hour+) if there is a lot of back and forth. That being said, FT5 will generally tell you everything you need to know. I suggest doing FT5s will one person, and that will keep the video length down. I record my own matches, but I rarely watch ALL of the footage anymore because I'm able to figure out what I need to work on based on a few matches if my habits are bad enough.

So yeah: shorter videos and sets with one person rather than a bunch of people on ranked will help you with making videos that are easier to give feedback on.
 
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Like this fellas?
So I feel as if I found out how to deal with Squigly players now, they've always given me trouble in the past.
Also, I haven't had the best connection at where I am right now, probably by sunday or monday I'll be back home and able to record better quality matches.
 
Your videos seem to get really laggy when you go ingame, you might want to look into using less resource-intensive recording software if recording affects your framerate. Mirillis Action works for me, might work for you.
 
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Flotilla said:
Your videos seem to get really laggy when you go ingame, you might want to look into using less resource-intensive recording software if recording affects your framerate. Mirillis Action works for me, might work for you.
Thanks Flotilla, I'll try it out.
 
I would be down to play with you Xbox Live. If you have gold, add me.
 
you just have to be good at defense because theres no mashable option
 
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I would be down to play with you Xbox Live. If you have gold, add me.
Alas, I only have silver at the moment.
I mostly use Xbox for local play.
 
Just a little test.
I got back home and messed with OBS a little and got a good framerate ingame.
It was mostly the bad connection I had where I was that slowed the game, I think.
 
Yeah that seems good enough quality I think. Now just play someone who does more in neutral against peacock than jump jab and doesn't try to confirm jab-jab-fierce so much.

But for what little was there, it did seem you pressed less buttons on defense and started pushblocking, which is good. Still need to work on peacock combos though.
 
I haven't been able to record as often as I'd like recently.
Did a Ft7 with Lux and decided to record, I'd recommend you just mute the audio, the audio is way outta sync and it awful.
If anyone has any fixes for the audio desync pls help.
I need to learn what to do when someone can actually deal with my zoning.
 
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If I may make a suggestion, you may want to stay on the ground a bit more as Peacock. The ground is where you get to throw the bombs and items that make this character good. You should really only be jumping back to create space when you're not at a good spacing to throw projectiles. There are several instances where you hit with Argus Agony then followed it up by jumping back and doing j.HK or j.MP or something; that's about the worst possible time to do that. After Argus you have the best spacing possible for this character, fullscreen, so that's the time to fill the whole screen with garbage.

I'd also recommend working on your Big Band combos. There was a point in game 3 where you had a chance to win but did a combo with 2 sound stuns.

Can't help on the audio desync thing, sorry.
 
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Ok, I need to stop relying on mp bang. I mash it everytime I get into trouble and it backfires quite a bit.
 
Niko wanted to go at it abit, recorded the session and all that jazz.
I found that I just need to throw more bombs, get settled down and start chucking, keep his Val away and then tear at his Squigly. His Filia is still an issue though.
I need to improve my Band too, I cringe watching myself play him.
 
So, last sunday I finally got my first stick.
I really, really suck now.
Does anyone have advice for using a stick or a link to some tips?
My hands are on a new level of mixed up right now.
 
just give it time, you're resetting all of your muscle memory so it's expected to be a lot worse at first. might not be a bad idea to play through the tutorial again, or basically just grind out all the motions in training mode. using BigBand as an example, try to do 10 DPs in a row, 10 rush punches in a row, 10 giant steps, etc... don't move on until you can do 10 in a row.

also, don't be afraid to try out different grips on the joystick, everybody is different, do what feels most comfortable for you.

there's probably other articles to read, but heres a thing that EventHubs wrote up, may be worth a read: http://www.eventhubs.com/guides/2009/jul/08/tips-switching-pad-joystick/
 
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The way I learned how to use a stick was to practice basic motions over and over and over again.
So pick filia and do updo after updo after updo.
Then pick fukua and do fireball after fireball after fireball until you can do it in your sleep then your good
 
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Looks like i'm going to be doing a bunch of training streams now.
yehaew
 
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