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FoolishB

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Hello everyone, my name is FoolishB you can call me Brandon, I'm picking up a PS3 this weekend and Soul calibur 5 I've been watching videos for the past 2 weeks and I am very interested in this game and I want to start learning it, It's going to be my first fighter so I need to know the basics and everything, I'm going to be using a regular PS3 controller because that is what I'm most comfortable with, I already did research and learned that stick is preference so I will use the pad, If anyone could provide links to everything I need to know it would be greatly appreciated I hope to be competitive some day and be a challenge for all of you.

So yeah links to everything a complete newbie to SC5 needs to know will be nice, I'm interested in learning Tira and Xiba but I'm sure I will find other which I will find enjoyable, to my understanding no character is low tier if you know how to play him, this game seems pretty balanced in my perspective.

That is all, cheers! :)

-Brandon
 
Nice to meet you Brandon! And it's good to hear you're looking to sink your teeth into this game. It is rich and meaty, with just a hint of taragon. Some things (resources) that will help speed you on your way to mastery:

To read a lot of the advice on this board and make sense of it it would be good to check out this thread first:
http://8wayrun.com/threads/soulcalibur-v-basic-notations-terminology.12553/

For everything else after that check out the rest of the soul calibur tactics board. A lot of seasoned folks like to patrol the board regularily and they should be able to help you with your general questions.
http://8wayrun.com/forums/soulcalibur-tactics.4/

For character specifics, check out the soul arenas. Most of them are fairly busy.
http://8wayrun.com/categories/soulcalibur-v-soul-arenas.86/
 
Thanks guys! I was wondering if there are more defensive/offensive styles of play I would like to really get the hand of guarding and stuff before I try to be offensive, or will being offensive first help my success ? I really want to know everything before I turn my new PS3 on saturday.

EDIT:I went to the moves section and there is so much I still dont understand yet,theres a bunch of numbers and all that jazz also theres one notation I didn't see yet (JS) is there a specific number of moves I need to know for certain characters ?
 
The numbers you speak of may be the directional notations. It's like a numerical keypad on a computer. Cardinal directions would be: 2(down), 6(forward), 8(up) and 4(back).

Unless you are talking frame data. Which is a little more advanced knowledge having to do with how many frames an attack takes, how many frames you lose from being blocked etc... It can be a little overwhelming but experience will help that knowledge start to click.
 
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