Hello, NightmareQueen1. Welcome to 8WayRun. I like your enthusiasm. Usually I find people, especially women, fans of Siegfried rather than Nightmare. So you are unique in that respect. Anyways, it's one of my jobs here to help the newcomers find their place within our community, so I hope I am able to succeed with you.
First off, since you're asking what the rules are, I'll take care of that first. There is a thread here in this very section that addresses what those rules are, you can view them here:
Site Rules
You may want to familiarize yourself with the many terms and acronyms you'll see regarding character moves and inputs. One of our moderators created a thread
(and video) that explains these. You can see this here:
8WayRun General Directory and Offline Matchfinder Reception You can refer to this thread if you run into something you're not familiar with.
We have a Wiki section here as well that lists all of the characters moves, frames, damage they do, ect... for SC4. This will of course be updated once SC5 is released, but check it out anyway if you're interested:
SC Wiki
For more in-depth discussions regarding characters stregnths, weaknesses, practical combos ect..., view the
Soul Arena's. The one I linked you to is for the SC4 section, but we also have a
SC5 section as well, but there isn't much going on there as of yet.
If you're looking to find the latest information regarding SC5, and discussions regarding that, you can jump right in over here:
SC5 Multi
I think that's pretty much all I can show you for right now. Do you play SC4? If so, which system? Do you play alone, with friends offline, or do you play online? We have a section for online play as well that's practically another community in itself. So if you're interested in that, I will provide a link. Just say the word!
If you have any questions at all feel free to send me, or one of the other mods a PM and we'll be happy to assist you. You can also post it in your thread here and one of our members can also help you. Welcome again and I hope you enjoy yourself here.