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I can bring mine ?!

You can also find pieces of information that might lead to understanding how a character should play by looking at character specific matchup threads. For instance, I started off playing Hakumen, and almost every matchup is like "Hey, 4C him!" At first I wasn't sure how exactly one was supposed to zone with this, but when the stressed importance of it in almost every matchup sank in, I stuck to it until it felt more natural. Generally a matchup thread will tell you some tools that are most effective against certain matchups. Explore them and see how it works out. Also, once you start actively playing people (online at least,) save replays! Even bad ones! Not only can you analyze them at a later date if you want to figure out why you got stomped so bad, but they are an incredible morale booster down the road when you are watching old replays and saying "Wow, what was I doing?" Do not give up! Some people might put you down, but as mAc said, persistence is your greatest ally in this genre. We were all new once. I have only been playing this genre for about two and a half months and I am generally immensely satisfied with where I stand now, in spite of being frankly not very good. The mechanics and what kind of tricks the roster has in their arsenal can only come from total experience. Don't be afraid to ask questions! When something goes wrong or you don't know how to counter something, ask people who have the answer.

i will do it also I did end up getting a HDMI -> DVI cable, so that opens up options for us. I have a nice monitor to use it with if need be?! I've been working on my lambda a lot so i really want to take a stab at some people who aren't tagers or tsubakis :X

I was hardly insinuating that using no swords at all was a good idea. Does "Kickumen" sound like a good idea? ... I wasn't making the comment to try and discredit your opinion of melee mixup or whatnot either, which is hardly a black and white matter :p

"No swords Lambda" (given that that's how this conversation started) sounds startlingly similar to a game a friend of mine likes to play called "Kickumen..."

Yes, apparently I was slightly misinformed... I could've sworn I'd seen at least C called unsafe in another thread somewhere. i bad

Act Parsers are very unsafe on block, especially C. B Parser is a low. If you see a Lambda using these inappropriately (ie, not when you're in hitstun,) then you have already won. Chances are if they aren't using them correctly, then they aren't clever enough to slip in an A for a tick throw, but being ready for it is sound advice regardless.

just can't beat those amish tagers

New information! Already noticing lots of different information from stuff I picked up off the old thread as a newish Lambda player. Thanks!

asdfsfsa you snapped a fucking photo of the tagerbattles?! what a hero

incredible tager battles