How to stay motivated

[IonlyLose]

Let me start with a list of things I'm good at. I was 2x diamond in LoL, top 10 smite joust 1v1 on leaderboards, I've done tournaments of black ops 1 2v2. I've done various martial arts and tournaments for over a decade. My friend won a world sanshou tournament in france and we spar regularly, I win mostly. I also did a few mma tournaments.

 

The point is, I'm good at anything I put time and effort in. But I cannot for the life of me do good in fighting games. I did 280 trials in kof13. All ssf4 trials except abel 24 atm. So combo's and execution isn't an issue. It's just when I lose, I never know what I could of done different, AT ALL. I played about 1000 games of usf4, and I have a 30% win rate. I played GGxrD and I had 30% aswell, but in this game it didn't bother me because I was actually improving but the online lag made me stop the game. Since I heard blazblue had good netcode, which I realise it does because I can play with 1 bar players sometimes.The only fighter I was ever good at was mkx with a 85% win rate, god knows why.

I can do or learn combo's without a problem, but guess what. I have 1 win online out of 60 matches. And that win was someone who let me win. The players in this game are very nice and really try to encourage eachother I've noticed.

 

--But If all I do is lose how in the world do you stay motivated, thats my question.

[ChexGuy]

stop focusing on your winrate

[Vosetri]

The motivation is trying to get better(for me at least). Something that could help is finding a consistent group of people to play against and train with.

[Airk]

Seems like there are a couple of different questions here.

One is: I am frustrated, how do I stay motivated?  And the answer here has mostly already been given - don't focus on your win rate, focus on improvement.  Focus on "Okay, I hit my anti-airs that match" or "I landed that tricky combo." as measures of improvement, rather than "My win rate is 30%" - which frankly, is an idiotic metric, especially in a game like SF4 where you've been playing for...a while, and the competition has been playing for 8+ years.

The other question is: How do I get better? The answer is, watch your replays.  It should immediately become obvious what you did wrong in any given match, whether it's 'I didn't hitconfirm that scramble into into a combo" or "I never anti-aired when he jumped at me." or "I can't block Gauntlet Hades.";  Look for times when you got hit, or lost a favorable position (You had pressure, then your opponent escaped to neutral.) and ask yourself, "Why did that happen?"  Then focus on improving that area.

[BlackYakuzu94]

It also helps to talk with people and ask questions on things you're having trouble with. Sometimes you can't figure things out by yourself and need to ask a better player for advice.

[xlolxlolx]

based on the wall of text, you're not paying attention to your opponent because you're too busy paying attention to yourself, basically playing with your eyes closed 

[gEasS_53]

We could play some Blazblue if you want. The fastest way to learn I think is to play someone who has the basics down for some immediate feedback. You could write half a page, and we'd still give better advice(probably) on what to work on after a few matches. Seems from your description, a nudge in the right direction is all you need, and you're able to properly research the topic you'll try to improve on.

[greatfernman]

On 13/12/2015 at 3:49 PM, IonlyLose said:

--But If all I do is lose how in the world do you stay motivated, thats my question.

you hold that shit, suck it up, and get good.

either that or quit.

if you're not motivated / don't find it fun then don't do it

[Poultrygeist]

The way I look at it is this.

If you really enjoy the game, then losing won't upset you THAT much.  I mean nobody likes to lose, sure, but if you love the game enough you'll be willing to invest time and effort into improving yourself.  Even if you are getting really salty from losing that in itself can be your motivation.  Understand that nobody on the planet can win every single match they play, not a single person.  Whether it's that one guy in your local scene that knows the game better than everyone else or your favorite Japanese god player, everyone is going to have days where they just can't get it done.  But if it's really upsetting you that much, you don't need to force it.

[TD]

Don't forget to take breaks and do something productive and/or fun. Cool off, then come back to it with a gameplan!

 

It would also help if you focused on game at a time. This way you can better hone your skills, knowledge of the system mechanics and the characters. For BB or GG, we have character subforums and you can go in and ask any character-related question you wish. There's the wiki for system mechanics.

 

Whatever fighting game you play, if it's popular and been out for a while, it probably has a detailed home somewhere on the internet lol. Get those skills boi