New to 8WR -- Please take care of me!

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JozyOko

[01] Neophyte
Hi!


I'm Jozy and I've been playing Soul Calibur since SC2 (back when nobody knew what they were doing). I've played very few FG's outside of SC (Blazblue and some SFvTekken), but I've really been enjoying SCV so far!

I've been trying to get into combos and playing mind games with mix ups, but my ground play and anticipation with guarding isn't very good. Coupled with my bad wifi signal in the basement, I find myself only playing my brother and my best friend. I played Taki and Setsuka a LOT in SCIV, and main Natsu now. I really enjoy her ability to combo and mix-up with different openers. I've recently also taken up Patroklos (even though I don't really like that he has no priority) and Alpha Patroklos (even though JF's kill me). I really like the feel of those characters and how they play. I consider myself a beginner to the game, but don't really feel motivated to try to "be the best", I only wanna understand what it really means to be good (practicing on the other hand depends on how much time I have after school and work).

Questions I'd like to ask:
  1. What makes a good SC player?
  2. What are the basics I should know about Soul Calibur?
If you can link me to another page that'd be fine. I'm on the east coast and my PSN is: unanimousConsent if you'd like to play me some time (I'm not that great and my connection isn't too good.)
Anywho, much thanks in advance for any posts.
Best Regards,
Jozy
 
Welcome to 8WR:

To answer your questions:

1. I don't really know what constitutes a good SC player. There are many things. For me, it's mastering spacing in this game as movement is really crucial in any fighting game.

2. Basics: Ins and outs of your character(s). Range, pokes, fastest punishing moves are just to name a few.

I don't know if that helped, but I hope that did. Also, if your taking up Patroklos, I would recommend watching DrakeAldan's videos. He's a senior mod on this site and his articles are really helpful as well. I hoped that helped as well.

Enjoy your stay.

Also, if you want to play some games, you can always hit me up on PSN. It's just right under my avatar.
 
@Sojoro

Thanks for the warm welcome and your insight :) I'll hit you up sometime soon -- when I get the internet working well on my rig. I'm also thinking about working on Cervantes, since alphaPat is much harder than Setsuka... but then I tried the iGDR... gg.
 
JozyOko said:
@Sojoro

Thanks for the warm welcome and your insight :) I'll hit you up sometime soon -- when I get the internet working well on my rig. I'm also thinking about working on Cervantes, since alphaPat is much harder than Setsuka... but then I tried the iGDR... gg.
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Haha, yea. Cervy is pretty hard if you want to learn iGDR.
 
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