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I played the game before, just only occasionally when I'm at GC anyway. I'm not very good and I usually only play as the easier manime gundams, so you know. Rawr hadn't played before, I asked him to play with me anyway. No regrets only the best times.

Oh, I think am sort of familiar with this topic, this is something I worried about myself. I started playing almost a year ago now, I think, and I sometimes feel like I'm not improving. I, if nothing else, haven't met the standards I set for myself. But to be honest I don't play a lot, my standards are a bit high, and maybe I do learn a bit slowly. But it's okay, not only because it's a lot of fun to hang out with the scene anyway, but because after a few months I can see I was mistaken the times I was worried I wasn't improving at all. I can't see the progress I made most recently very well, but sometimes I couldn't then either. It's hard to gauge your progress sometimes, and sometimes I told myself "Maybe I just can't do this. Maybe I will just never improve." Sometimes I still find myself thinking this. But it's a lie, as long as I keep sitting myself down for some matches. Every time I sit down and play and think to myself 'What am I doing right, what am I doing wrong? What is my opponent doing, what is my opponent going to do, what can I do about those things?' Usually the answers come with time, persistence, and especially turning to someone else for advice. Every time I can do that, and every time I play the game, I can comprehend it a little better. As long as I keep slowly understanding my opponent's and my own options, I am improving. It takes some time and is sort of a harsh curve against so much better players, but the way I have come to understand it I just have to take every small victory I can earn. Enjoy earning those small improvements in your game, whether it's managing to get a hit, block some mixup, or even just learning what to watch for from your opponent. it was still fun when I started, but for at least few months I felt like I wasn't able to comprehend what was even going on. I did on some level, but I felt like I wasn't able to comprehend well enough to react to it. It felt like an impossible obstacle. But looking back on it I did understand a little better every time I played, and it passes with every small improvement I earn. I've had a lot of fun. Just stick with it, it seems to be getting better every time I play, even if I can't tell right away. EDIT: Ehhh? It seems I spent too long thinking out a real response, and now it is too late, forever.

But if you're not here, then who am I going to body? You have to come back ASAP, okay?

I wanted to play BB this weekend, though.. I'm even finally, um, 'healthy'..

Well I've popped some medication, got some sanitizer to apply liberally. I can stop whining for long enough to make it out to play for a bit.

I'd be absolutely sure I'm be going if I wasn't down with a cold. I'd like to go, but I'm not sure if it's okay.

It doesn't look like the San Jose carpool exists today, no matter how hard I try to freeload. That'd be ShelledMenace, 2GB, and I aren't going today, probably.

I woke up for it at midnight, maybe we can have a nap time.. Hell yes, more new players! I don't think I can teach, but I'd be happy to play with you.

As much as I wish this were true, living near GC would be great and I desperately need to start playing more casuals, you might have me confused with someone else. I live down here in San Jose, but I'd kill to live up north for some games with this kind of glowing recommendation.

Yesterday was fun, though no improvement from me these last few weeks apparently. Was really tired, going to have to make up for it next week(?). Not that anyone noticed, what with the event clashing with Roll Cancel Saturday apparently. EDIT: Looks like I'm going to have to miss this week. I was looking forward to practicing more Rachel while Tari was here, before NCI rolled around, but nope I'm busy this Sunday. :c

Shoutouts to 2GB playing well, shoutouts to not hating noel, and shoutouts to gas money shoutouts to being even later about reading the thread Shoutouts to getting nervous in BB and letting people go 1-2 that I probably should not have let go 1-2 and scrubbing out back to 0-2 Shoutouts to AH3's round robin, getting destroyed by the community was a fun way to see more AH3. next time maybe i will know how to play konoha shoutouts to shining gundam, shining finger

I'm also planning on showing up around 3 PM. Thanks again for setting this up.

As a new player I would appreciate this so much, I'd absolutely show up. Sundays is also the day Gundam vs. Gundam happy hour is at Gamecenter right? Would be incredible to head up for both BB and GvG.

Any chance anyone will be showing up earlier, then? I'm also interested in improving, still very new and also still looking for casuals. I'm in San Jose, I can probably CalTrain up to GC that day and weekends but probably only until like 6/7 PM.

Yo, I'm new to the scene and fighting games in general. Was thinking of taking CalTrain up to Gamecenter for their Catherine event though I don't play Catherine (yet), was wondering if there were any BB players heading up there for that that'd maybe be interested in casuals?

Sorry I bailed so early and so suddenly. I was the shitty new Rachel player. To everyone who helped me learn today (WallJumpMan, Dacidbro, and you guys who's names I missed sorry :c) I really appreciate it, the scene is amazing. Stay godlike.