The trick to getting better is to spend more time looking at strategy and frame data over CAS nonsense.
I just felt like SCV wasn't a semi-pro's game to be playing. That's what I'm getting at. I keep running into players who don't know the game as much as you do.
My solution's the next game. I had too many exhausted options playing and making monotonous stratagems to continue.
I have been playing SoulCalibur since 2002 and haven't looked back since. I have been playing Street Fighter since 1994 and lost over a million games.