Onilink

I'm feelin' it. My main problem is charging her drive, though. In game, that is. In the lab, I don't have trouble hitting my combos. I feel like it's kinda a mix between connections and my nerves when facing another player.

Well, I hopped online today, played quite a few matches online. I did bad. And I don't mean just a little bad. I mean I did TERRIBLY. Horribly bad. I won ONE single round all day today. Just one round - not one match, one round. One round that I'm not even proud of winning 'cause the dude didn't even try after he crushed me in round one. Then in round three, he crushed me again. And to top it all off, I got taunted in pretty much EVERY round. And that just pissed me off, honestly. I get it, I completely suck and you can wipe the floor with me, I get it. You don't have to taunt me just because you're so much better. Really, I've already told myself I quit. I've already given up. I just feel like I don't have what it takes to play BlazBlue well, and after seeing all of those taunts -.- I don't even care anymore. I really, really don't. I've already told myself that I should just stick to Street Fighter. Except even though I said all that shit, I'll probably just go right back in tomorrow or the next day and try again. But for right now, I'm just done. Oh, and this isn't just for Makoto, I played more than just her .. Although, I played her quite a bit, so I guess it could fit in here too.

Ahh, I too come from a Street Fighter and Tekken background. I subbed Makoto in CSE, but now I switched to main her in CP. I can play against the CPU easily .. but, of course, when facing real opponents, I get crushed. Being stuck in Street Fighter mode hasn't done anything good for me! I suppose I'll just do some reading up around here and then go get actual gameplay experience this weekend. The only way to get better is to play the game and practice, after all.

Nah, didn't ask him afterwords because I was really tired from a mix of work and lack of sleep, so I just passed out on the couch. I'll try to get on more matches with him soon. I'm sure he won't mind. He's been my sparring partner ever since I got SF. Hell, he pretty much taught me the game. And yeah, I guess nine isn't that much, but it's sure more than I've ever lost in a row before, so that got me all frustrated. As for dropping Makoto .. never. I have way too much fun playing her to just toss her out like yesterday's garbage. And on top of that, low tier characters are just fine to me. There was a point in time that I really only played Dan Hibiki, so the fun is more important to me.

I'll be sure to hop over to the character specific forums soon, then! And I do play online, my PSN is Onilink154.

Hm, all right. I'll be taking your advice on this. Getting Ignis out really isn't a problem for me unless I'm being heavily pressured from the get go and can't break free. Thanks!

Well, most of my trouble comes from not knowing how to work out any real tactics. I pretty much get stuck in SF mode in a match and try to approach, but get crushed. When that happens, I usually start to panic and go for throw starter combos instead of normal starters. I caught my friend off gaurd a couple of times using Val Lyra (Actually seems to work .. okayish against his Nu, sometimes.) to start my combos, but usually I start 'em with 5B .. if I can even start them. Other than that .. I usually can't even get my offense started because I dunno how to go about it.

Well, I really only play Street Fighter and BlazBlue now. It's been a while since I've taken P4A or Tekken seriously. And SG? Never really took it all that seriously. I played it, learned combos, and dropped it. And I feel pretty comfortable with Street Fighter now, so BlazBlue has my focus. I totally understand where you're coming from though.

First off, sorry if this is the wrong place to post this. If it's not a good place to post this, feel free to move or close this. All right, as the topic title says - I dunno how to BlazBlue. Allow me to give you a bit of a background. I recent purchased a copy of CP, however, I had been playing CSE for a while before. I play Relius and Makoto. I know midscreen combos, corner combos, combos into super, oki, etc. However, when I play in a match, I seem to be unable to do well at all. I am aware that knowing combos isn't enough to do well, though. I've been playing Street Fighter for a few years, and Tekken since I was just a kid - I never had trouble getting right into them. However, BlazBlue is a different beast. When it comes to the neutral game, getting in, punishing, and overall gameplay, I just can't do it. At least in CP, that is. In CSE, I could hold my own. I did take quite a long break to play other games like P4A, SG, and to become more skilled at Street Fighter, so that might explain why I'm so much worse. I'd really like to get better at this game, but the other day, after losing .. I believe nine times in a row to my friend, I'm kinda losing heart. (Eh, well, he has been playing BB far longer than I have, so it shouldn't be a surprise that he'd wipe the floor with me. Hell, he's the one who introduced me to CSE.) If anyone has any tips on how I can get better, I'd absolutely love to hear them. However, I have a feeling that the only way to fix my problem is to play in more matches instead of cowering in fear. But I can only fail so much before I give up. Of course, I'm a little stubborn, so even if I tell myself, "I'm NEVER going to play this stupid game again." .. I usually just go right back the next day.