professional procrastinator. computer enjoyer. 1-800-didge.
Should I learn to play a fighting game where I could potentially get mad and frustrated, or should I just keep playing singleplayer games?
They always look cool in theory and then it's like "wait I tries this once and I wasted a bunch of time learning a character only to be bad"
You can be bad at single player games but like oh no you can just restart. That's different.
If there's something about them that draws you in then it's probably worth trying them out! dealing with frustration in healthy ways is important, though.
if you can, try to reframe being "bad" as being new or learning. set small goals that aren't about wins/losses, like comboing into a super or using some specific tool or setup that your character has well. It could even be something like "I want to focus on anti-airing with one specific normal".
you can try to win while doing those things, but the small goals should be your first priority. learning those small skills and scenarios will add up to you being a better player overall as those things become familiar and automatic to you.
also, try to play against other people at a similar skill level to you and learn together if you can! finding the fun in learning will get you very far.
Maybe. I will say since posting this I've been thinking about briefly playing with a friend when I was over at his house or years ago finding Guilty Gear XX on a laptop I had and playing a bit of that on keyboard. Or when I really was a tryhard with Third Strike with Q for some reason.
Needless to say all I have is a keyboard and a Street Fighter 4 AE stick. Which is- dubious at best. I think controls might be my biggest hurdle. My friend had a fightstick and it felt comfortable as hell.
I'm rambling though; redirecting learning to be fun instead of frustrating is an even bigger hurdle still. I realize people will play on damn near anything as long as they know how to play.
It moght help your learning process if you can find a buddy of a similar skill level to learn with, or pick a game that has a healthy group of beginner's.
It can be frustrating and managing that frustration is challenging at first, but like mir said, you dont wanna think of yourself as being bad, but learning and beginning.
You'll get alot of mileage out of never referring to yourself in the negative. Always describe stuff as "I wish i played better" or "my opponent did really well there." It's easy to get down on yourself since someone has to lose, but having a positive outlook makes the fighting game journey 100 times more enjoyable.
That's always the problem. Seems like it's a coinflip if a community's gonna die or not sometimes unless it's like, brand new. I thought about Strive but apparently that sunk like a rock. Had a bit of fun with SF6 and I played a little bit of Tekken 7 so assuming my computer doesn't light on fire I'd like to give Tekken 8 a shot.
I think the main thing is remembering the long combos and having the muscle memory to pull them off. My friend that's a bit better than me said I have good neutral and zoning if nothing else but I start checking out when it's like 2 frame links and shit like that. (I'm exaggerating but it certainly feels like it when I'm dropping them.)
