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Dingofist

Breaking through the wall, Badguy style.

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I've been playing Guilty Gear for a long time. A really long time. Ever since I was thirteen or so and spotted GGX in the local EB and bought it on some odd whim or reason I don't recall, I've loved the series. The characters, the graphics, the music, the balls-to-the-wall gameplay, you know the drill.

I've had numerous highs and lows with the game through the years, whether it was playing for hours after school before track practice with pals in high school or beating on scrubs at some random C-bus anime convention. The whole while I always felt I was pretty solid at the game, though obviously not champion material.

Then came October 2010 and Season's Beatings 5. I signed up for the GGAC tourney, with my only intentions being to have fun and see what I could do. I practiced and practiced my CLSW loops all day, and tried my best to up my game as much as possible before the big weekend.

In the first round I was matched against Sesshryu and his Order-Sol. Despite terrible tourney nerves and awful execution I somehow won the first game. My God, I thought, am I actually gonna get out of the first round?

Nope. Everything fell apart those next two games. I got mixed up, tossed into the corner, and obliterated. My only answer was random VVs on wakeup. Onward to Loser's, where I was promptly and effortlessly eliminated by a May player.

Ever since I've lost some of my love for GG, I think largely because I'm not sure where to go from there with my Sol playing. There is zero scene in my area, and I've never met another person who even plays GG without having it introduced by me. I've tried to train friends up but they never really pose a legitimate threat or a real desire to level up their games at all.

Just the other day I was playing against a friend who never plays fighters seriously. He picked Bridget, for whatever reason. I rushed him down and hit him with loops and combos and what-have-you, but it took entirely too much effort and I ate way too many random, mashy hits. After that, I really feel as if I've lost my taste for the game, and it saddens me.

BUT! Powerup 2011 is coming in just over a month...and I want to try again. I wanna get back in there and see what I can do. However, I'm still lost as to what I can do to get better. With no equal training partners, no online play, and feeling at the end of my own personal knowledge, I come here with a question: what can I be doing?

Practicing my loops and combos will only get me so far. Have any of you ever been in a similar situation? What would the superior Badguys out there recommend I try? Any help is greatly appreciated. :psyduck:

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I know this isn't "my" forum (I'm a Johnny player, obviously, though Sol is one of my two alts) and I don't really have a solution to your problem, but I feel I must say that I greatly empathize with your situation, as it seems quite similar to my own current position. I absolutely love the game in general and I practice in some way, shape or form on a daily basis (mostly survival runs, but I'll quit and go into training mode if I feel it's necessary to iron out any execution inconsistencies I notice) but I am also suffering from an utter lack of local players to practice on, let alone genuinely compete against, and I know that grinding out fights with the AI is probably harmful to my overall game despite keeping my execution in shape...

TL:DR I feel your pain. I'm in pretty much the same boat :v:

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where you at in ohio? i will find you guys to play buddy.

i really don't know what to say to help you other than get out and play people. all the training mode time in the world can't help you if you don't know what you need to practice. and someone on an internet forum isn't going to be a good judge of what you need to practice. although i guess i'd say to make sure that you are completely reliable with your bnbs (and make sure they always knockdown) in any situation.

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I'm on the eastern edge of Ohio, close to Pittsburgh.

I appreciate that advice though, and it reinforces what I was already thinking, so that's good (I guess?) Looks like the first step would be to go on a Marvel strike and hook the PS2 back up. :gonk:

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