I played CT casually back when I lived in the college dorms. Didn't really have a main, but once I got my own place and a copy of CS, I immediately went for Hazama. Since I was (and still am) a newbie, I was terrible no matter which character I chose, going from Noel, to Ragna, to Rachel, to Bang, to Tsubaki, and back to Noel. I almost shelved the game because I couldn't find my niche. Then I saw Lambda and fell in love with her air combos. I even started to learn the fightan game lingo, numbers, and downloaded her frame data.
Then the game and I had a long time apart.
Then I picked up CSEX last Saturday. Been grinding my thumbs dry in Lambda's Challenge mode and raging online like nobody's business (I don't send hatemail, though). Just managed to complete Challenge #12 a few minutes ago (first 3 hits of 3C > 236DC > 236C > etc. > 632146D) after having failed miserably at it a couple nights ago, and damn did that feel good when it finally clicked. Since it's Friday tomorrow I'll be practicing with her a lot more.
(also: Hi, I'm new)