Yeah, haven't made a real post in a while, or this year. I dunno. It just feel like it's time for more posts. The whole "post shorter posts to make more posts" post idea failed, but it's a fixable fail. BUT YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT.
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Anyway, fighting games.
So, last year, I had this whole goal of wanting to not be ass, go out, make a name for myself, blah blah blah. I feel like I failed that. I mean sure, I'm kinda known here and there, but it's mostly modesty for other reason, I don't call myself good. I didn't win anything of merit, so I dropped that. All in all, I chalk up last year as a failure.
I learned a lot of good stuff, so it's not like it was a waste, but I never fixed my biggest flaw of just playing people. Well, I was ok on playing people and just kinda stopped. Even with online, I'd just fine excuses not to play people, That's the main thing I need to fix overall. I know theory fighter isn't good, therefore I don't do it. Add not playing people and I'm just lost.
It's pretty funny, that thought came to my mind a few weeks ago when I was thinking of AE2012 matches. (Why the fuck is it AE2012 again? AE wasn't supposed to happen, and neither was 2012). But, somebody was asking me about Sakura matchups, and I could explain a handful of them with actual hard experience. The rest of them I was like ".... well I've seen" or "well in theory." And I got mad. I thought back to that Doc guide in melee that I gave painfully detailed explanations of every point of every match through experience. Yes, even Pichu, Kirby, Ness, and Mewtwo experience. Why the heck couldn't I do that for a character I actually LIKE playing now? (Because Sakura just jumps and doesn't scare of nothing!) But yeah, I need to play more people in stuff.
Gameplay-wise, however, I realized I'm horrible at real neutral-offensive pressure and CH setups. Like, I'm not clueless and I'm not afraid to do it, but I'm just overall bad at both of those situations. A lot of it stems from the characters I've actually learned and consider staple characters, but it's something I've been working on so eh, it's not really that big of a deal I guess. AE Sakura is so much fun now ^_^, but I gotta transfer it to harder situations. Melty Blood, Marvel, other stuff, etc etc. But eh, I'm not too concerned about those right now, they'll happen.
So, that leaves this year's goals. I'm just gunna set two easy worthwhile goals. First, I'm going to play a lot of people this year. I could blanket it and say "I'm going to play as much as I can", but I mean... if Nippon Ichi or Gust puts out another awesome jrpg, then I know I'm gunna put fighters on hold for a second sooooooooooooo yeah. :x (When Kingdom of Amalar comes out, I'm stealing that from Shin Reiatsu, so yeah) Second, I want to develop and define an actual playstyle. I think a lot of my problems come from the fact that I have too broad of a playstyle. Like, I don't think that itself is a bad thing, but I often find myself trying to force characters who are well suited for certain tactics into being awesome at other stuff. As much as I'd really like to, I'm not going to oki somebody to death with F-Kohaku, she just doesn't do that. So, I'd kinda like to define (or refine) my playstyle so that I could make better character choices in games I'm going to compete in.
And yeah, only in games I'm going to compete in, because there are still situations where if I'm not playing _____ character, then screw this game I don't really wanna play it. No matter what, I'm going to have a damn pocket Petra. I love large hoop skirts, long drill hair, and guns.
And even though Petra represents nothing but foreign concepts and illogical tactics, she's what makes Arcana Heart fun.... beyond me slamming Konoha buttons. [/AH3life]
Beyond all that, I think the only other thing I need to say is that I'm waiting for Soul Calibur 5. I'm just reeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally excited for it. I'm looking to make that my main game, although that's going to be an awkward switch. I've played Souls before (I've played every one), but I've never REALLY played one for tournament. Yeah, I played 4 and was a competent Talim/Cass, and yes Soul Calibur 2 was the first fighter I EVER played in tournament, but I feel like I've never REALLY learned a SC as well as I need to. On top of that, SC's the ONLY 3D fighter I've ever played since I've declared myself competent. I'm in the process of developing my Tekken vocabulary strictly for commentary (and cause I like saying "... can I (Art of) Phoenix that?", but I don't feel very confident in 3D fighters. So why I want to make this jump now, to a fresh game that has no aesthetic appeal beyond "it's coming out soon and it's not going to suck like Capcom games" is beyond me.
I DO have a few pluses going into this game, though. Talim probably fell into a cliff and Cass is M.I.A., so I already have this mindset of "there's no character I feel I need to play or need to keep in my pocket for _____ reason". That means I can hopefully figure out who doesn't suck and just ride that out. ... I'm going to be honest, though. As much as I -do not- like her personality, I'll probably wind up playing Pyrrha. :/ Kawaii-stab. :/ -siiiiiigh-
After that, I don't think I need to really drill AE2012 anymore, so I can just play people in that and rank up. I feel like I'm at the same place with Marvel, but I -just- switched my team. Ok... I didn't switch my team, I put the two mercenaries in my back pocket for my ORIGINAL MvC3 main and ~~ lemme stop talking in tongue. I'm playing Dante/Zero again, and I just have a random character in the third slot, just like Vanilla. I'm going to LMAO when Sentinel finds his way back on the squad in 2 months. Melty is going to be a roller coaster; I'm going to try more new stuff against Jx31 tomorrow. And Arcana... well, I honestly don't think I can learn ANYTHING else with Petra, maybe some new arcana. I just need to play more people.
So all in all, I feel very set for my goals this year, I just need to follow through on them. I thought my goals were low enough last year, but I need to lower them one more step and try 4 times as hard.
And that's... where I'm going to go now....
... Actually, na. I'm going to watch the new episode of Mirai Nikki. Then I'm going to bed and going to wait for Jx tomorrow. PEACE.
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