xSMoKEx
Coward Character User
Got talking about this with a few MK9 players, and I found the topic to be pretty interesting because you typically don't associate things like studying habits to games, so I just want to see how everyone learns.
Everybody learns differently, even when it comes to fighting games. Some people are auditory learners and they really rely more than most on sound queues, other are purely visual and need to be able to see whats going on in order to understand it, and some are neither; they just practice and practice until they eventually learn the premise of that game.
Personally, I'm a visual learner, even in real life I need to see what I'm learning. I think it's why I like MK9 so much, you can really see everything that is happening with ease. Everything from combo timing to counter poking to punishing, it's all very easy to see because the game is slower paced. If I go for a Smoke reset I associate the gravity scaling and position on the screen (the variables in hitting the Smoke reset) with a portion on Smoke's body so I know what to aim for. Other games like Marvel present a bigger issue for me, everything is so fast I honestly don't learn well. I can't learn combos to well because the combos are so fast it doesn't allow for me to see when I need to input something, combos in general are just harder to follow. I really don't listen to sound when playing unless it's music lol.
I know some people that really tune into the noise, of course seeing is still apart of their game, but they rely on sounds quite a bit. My old training buddy BigKaballs used sound quite a bit when NDC'ing with Kabal and another one of my old clan-mates said he relied on sound a lot when he played. Then other people are really neither, they just practice in repetition until they get it.
So my question is, how do YOU learn?
Everybody learns differently, even when it comes to fighting games. Some people are auditory learners and they really rely more than most on sound queues, other are purely visual and need to be able to see whats going on in order to understand it, and some are neither; they just practice and practice until they eventually learn the premise of that game.
Personally, I'm a visual learner, even in real life I need to see what I'm learning. I think it's why I like MK9 so much, you can really see everything that is happening with ease. Everything from combo timing to counter poking to punishing, it's all very easy to see because the game is slower paced. If I go for a Smoke reset I associate the gravity scaling and position on the screen (the variables in hitting the Smoke reset) with a portion on Smoke's body so I know what to aim for. Other games like Marvel present a bigger issue for me, everything is so fast I honestly don't learn well. I can't learn combos to well because the combos are so fast it doesn't allow for me to see when I need to input something, combos in general are just harder to follow. I really don't listen to sound when playing unless it's music lol.
I know some people that really tune into the noise, of course seeing is still apart of their game, but they rely on sounds quite a bit. My old training buddy BigKaballs used sound quite a bit when NDC'ing with Kabal and another one of my old clan-mates said he relied on sound a lot when he played. Then other people are really neither, they just practice in repetition until they get it.
So my question is, how do YOU learn?
