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Barroth The Scrub

Barroth The Scrub

Huge Noob
Hello everybody. As you can tell from my username, I am a scrub and therefore terrible at fighting games. I wish to ascend from my scrubhood and actually get at good fighting games. Since I fear this process is too large for a simple question, is there anybody out here so kind to tutor me, be my training partner, help me ascend from scrubhood, or whatever term floats your boat? As of current, I have Mortal Kombat 9 for the Xbox 360 (my gamertag is Wargilgar), but I also play Injustice on my brother's Playstation 3. In addition, I also own some offline fighting games like Primal Rage and Mortal Kombat 2, both for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. As for games that are not in the fighting genre, I do play Monster Hunter Tri Ultimate for the Wii U (I'm actually pretty good at that game). So if anybody is out there who is willing to help me ascend from scrubhood to godhood, I will greatly appreciate it.

- A not-so-clever scrub.
 
Alien Substance

Alien Substance

Evanesce
I believe you are mistaken, Barroth The Scrub. You should be called "Barroth the Beginner".
As soon as you wish to get better and actually learn, you are no longer a "scrub".

Welcome to this site of knowledge, learning, darkness, and fits of bitching by vocal users, named TestYourMight.com!

Here are your forum recommendations to get you started:
Fighting Philosophy
MK9 Gameplay Topics
Injustice Gameplay Topics

Which characters do you like to play as?
 
Barroth The Scrub

Barroth The Scrub

Huge Noob
Alien Substance said:
Which characters do you like to play as?
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Well, in MK9, I don't think I've found the the fighters I really enjoy playing as (probably why I'm still awful at MK9), although Reptile and Ermac have began taking my fancy. In Injustice, I definitely have to say Doomsday is who I'm best with, as I can actually *gasp* beat the Medium level AI with him!

I'll be sure check out those links.
 
Farpafraf

Farpafraf

Apprentice
well this is definitely the right place I learned a lot here. Welcome to the holy spring of fighting knowledge:)
 
SilverKeyMan

SilverKeyMan

Dropping Combos like a MotherFucker!
Barroth The Scrub said:
Hello everybody. As you can tell from my username, I am a scrub and therefore terrible at fighting games. I wish to ascend from my scrubhood and actually get at good fighting games. Since I fear this process is too large for a simple question, is there anybody out here so kind to tutor me, be my training partner, help me ascend from scrubhood, or whatever term floats your boat? As of current, I have Mortal Kombat 9 for the Xbox 360 (my gamertag is Wargilgar), but I also play Injustice on my brother's Playstation 3. In addition, I also own some offline fighting games like Primal Rage and Mortal Kombat 2, both for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. As for games that are not in the fighting genre, I do play Monster Hunter Tri Ultimate for the Wii U (I'm actually pretty good at that game). So if anybody is out there who is willing to help me ascend from scrubhood to godhood, I will greatly appreciate it.

- A not-so-clever scrub.
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Which character do you use?
 
PunkMafia83

PunkMafia83

PSN: YaRnToNpUnKMAFIA
Wheres the fighting game terminolgy guide? might be useful. I prefer the word beginner, scrubs can be playing for years and not care about improving. Thats the difference.
 
webreg

webreg

Apprentice
@Barroth
I think your post isn't sincere. This may be an alt from some well known forum troll trying to prove a point or something similar. Humility sounds and feels different and so does a healthy sense of self-awareness and humor. Anyway, I might be mistaken and your choice of engagement may just be strange and if so I apologize.

The first and foremost question would by "why"? Why do you want to get better at fighting games. Depending on this answer suggestions may vary significantly. If it is out of intrinsic motivation then the path to become a better player is very different from the path you would need to take out of extrinsic motivation. Let me make an example that might be more easily understood. If you want to get better to prove to yourself that you are capable of this feat and that you have the ability, skill and determination to do so is vastly different from wanting to get better because you want to beat your mocking brother.

Now, despite this unclarity there might be some general advice you can follow. Watching better players than you play the game against each other can be tremendously helpful. Fortunately we live in a time and age where footage of every activity is ubiquitous. Just search through the forum and the news here for streams of past tournaments. It doesn't matter if they are older. You will see how experienced players move around the battlefield. How and when do they jump? How do they use their special moves? How do they defend themselves and when do they use a throw or an interactable? This will get you an idea on how other people play the game and this will get you started. Imitation is always the first step in an creative process and fighting games are partly creative. You have to find and develop your own style in order to become better. But to find your style you have to try out different approaches and tournament streams can inspire you.

Pick a character you think you might like. Not one you feel powerful with. If you like to see your character move and if you like his animations, his sound design and his style you will obviously have more fun while learning the game. Yes, different characters have different strengths and some are more powerful than others but that isn't important until much later. You WILL change your character choice as you get better and find your own playing style so don't think too hard about it at the start.

Read this forum here but ignore most of the information. Sounds strange but let me elaborate. Combo threads are nice and all but even top level players usually ignore most of the best combos because they are impractical or hard to pull off. A lot of people here also lie and are idiots that mislead others. So looking at what's possible is great but don't think that you need to use that stuff. It is much more important to have an idea on how you want to fight instead of learning complicated and hard to do combos. Make yourself a game plan for your character. What do you do if an opponents jumps at you? What do you do if you or your opponent is in the corner? How do you engage your opponent from far away? What do you do up close? Do you play defensive and try to punish your opponent if they do something stupid or do you want to be very aggressive? Choose two or three combos that suit your game plan and then try it out. Adjust your plan if it doesn't work but be aware that there is no single way to beat all other characters. As time goes by you will learn that each other character/opponent needs a slightly different plan and learning them as well as being able to execute those plans is what makes you a good player.
 
Barroth The Scrub

Barroth The Scrub

Huge Noob
webreg said:
@Barroth
I think your post isn't sincere. This may be an alt from some well known forum troll trying to prove a point or something similar. Humility sounds and feels different and so does a healthy sense of self-awareness and humor. Anyway, I might be mistaken and your choice of engagement may just be strange and if so I apologize.
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Rest assured, I am no troll. I suppose my choice of engagement is just rather awkward. I honestly just think I'm terrible at fighting games and seek to be better at them. I do realize that I put too much emphasis on how much I suck so I think I just have a weird grasp of humility.
 
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