Bl4ckMaj1k
Noob
Good point brother!For the scenarios thing, I think it comes down again to matchup knowledge and understanding your options vs. your opponent's options in a given situation. I think a good way to learn this stuff would be to simply play, and whenever you recognize a character or tool that gives you trouble, take it to the lab and figure out what you can do about it.
When you say you try not to overcomplicate things - its good to keep things simple and consistent so you don't drop combos etc., but its bad if you fall into the trap of playing flowcharty, because then you become predictable and therefore easy prey. We have such easy access to good plus frames from our trait, its ok to get a little gimmicky. Like you said before, back when Adam was flavor of the month, everyone had a pocket Adam, but 99% had 0 tech and just knew the basic 1 bar bnb, so gimmicks can work a lot of the time.
Also, if you want you could upload matches here, and we could help look at how you are playing different matchups, what tools you use, etc.
I'm definitely on that upload idea bro -- that was super solid. I'll get some matches in tomorrow and let you guys see what's going on. Man I wish I knew about this option in the MKX days! I had a really good Butcher Leatherface (and by good I mean I had a 40% meterless BnB that I mastered). Would've been great to figure out why I was always losing in tourneys though lol
I'll try and get some clips up tomorrow or later in the weekend. Do any of you guys ever play online together and practice in the lab like as a collaborative effort? I wouldn't mind seeing the process first hand, the mindsets used to come to some of these conclusions, etc.