Last night comprised of me being moral support for Tyler as he started working on more Kokonoe combos. Honestly? I haven’t been practicing any of anything. And yes, the local tournament is coming up on Saturday. All of my practice has come from Estevan, Jamie, and Tyler. Which is nice, believe me, but I don’t think that’s enough. With all these mechanic changes and me trying to break out of old bad muscle memory habits, I really think I need to play more. So, while he was hammering out those combos, I just sat around and watched a bunch of Japanese match vids.
There are so many things I love about fighting games. Some of these things include frame data, combo threads, and match vids. I like seeing other strategies I could be using. I like knowing where I have advantages I’m not using. I also like trying out new things to add to my repertoire. I love observing other people’s play styles. It’s so rewarding.
I guess there were a couple of observations I made while sitting around and drowning myself in research.
Gravity Seed: You would almost think this move doesn’t even exist for my Nu. The only time you’ll see me use it is when I use it ON ACCIDENT. I think this was a residual effect of me playing a really heavy rushdown Lambda (yeah, yeah, I know… it doesn’t make a lick of sense… but apparently it worked well enough because no one expected it). Now that I’ve been taking my zoning seriously… it’s almost like I had this moment where I thought, “why am I letting this go to waste?!” I swear, this would probably save me most of the grief that I’ve been having. Of course, I’m not entirely sure I’ll get this mechanic implemented before the tournament, but I really need to just throw them out. I can go heavy on combos with it later. I had a couple of combos where I did use it, but I don’t even know if those are even viable anymore. Blah. Well, we’ll see, I suppose.
D~C: …now I feel like a total airhead. This used to be a huge staple for me in prior games, and I just kinda forgot about it entirely, especially with my aerial combos. HOW. DID. I. FORGET. THIS. I feel like such a noob.
I’m sure there is more I can add to the list, which I’ll probably do tonight when I’m practicing. I just wanted to make some notes to myself so that I could remind myself of things to remember when I practice later tonight. 🙂