I see alot of Misturugi players do this, and this is why I complain. Its so dumb.
Yeah Im starting/trying to side step more because thats when you get people off guard, but sometimes with people like Nightmare, Sieg, Astroth and Misturugi, they'll knock you down anyway, so sometimes I just start by backing up. With them anyway, and throwing Xiba in there too.
What you say is true, but sometimes if they wanna play the stupid lets keep pressing this button, I try to do the same and somehow they're still more faster? (Getting the hit in more quicker than me) And that's how I get my ass kicked at times. =[ But yeah true. These people are just button mashers, imo. I'll have to find weak points in the future.