I stopped playing ranked cause of it tbh. once I got to Silver it was like every other match. this was before punishments happened though.
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Street Fighter V |OT3| Frauds Among Us
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I stopped playing ranked cause of it tbh. once I got to Silver it was like every other match. this was before punishments happened though.
CrackpotDesert
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Zombegoast
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I had four today in about two hours. I'm somewhere in silver.
skLaFarebear
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When you get to silver it starts getting more frequent. That's why BronzeBoys are the best. We never RQ.
Sorry
It's fine. More importantly i learned a lot while playing against your Birdie and know what to practice for when I play more Birdie's. That's more important to me then taking a few games anyway
HappyPuppy
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Been playing casual since the game released. Decided to try rank yesterday and got 8 straight wins and out of Rookie, guess I'm not that scrubby as I thought.
Returned to casual and now I'm getting only opponents with LP, used to get 0 LP. Mmmhhm kinda want to stay in this range to farm a bit of FM.
Anyone know what rank is considered average in terms of skill? that is my goal.
Returned to casual and now I'm getting only opponents with LP, used to get 0 LP. Mmmhhm kinda want to stay in this range to farm a bit of FM.
Anyone know what rank is considered average in terms of skill? that is my goal.
Honestly trying to equate skill by LP is a bit iffy.
I say it is all a wildcard until you get up into Silver and above.
When you get up there, you get paired with Bronze/ultrabronze and whatnot and losses hurt so keeping your rank starts to mean something.
That's rough. I think 4 is like the total amount of ragequitters I had since the game came out.
Currently in Ultra Silver, will probably go back to Super tonight.
BronzeBoys VoHiYo
It's rough. My winrate is pretty good and I want to rank up but I know if I do bother to wait 10 minutes between matches and wade through rage quitters and have the server actually send my match info the only thing left to greet me is longer queues and more rage quitters.
Fuck that I'm gonna go to the arcade or LAN center.
Omnistalgic
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rank is not a good barometer for skill. Besides seeing someone in platinum, usually means they know fundamentals and are pretty good. Frauds, rage quitters, players that just know setups can rank even up to gold, but wouldn't last 2 rounds in a tourney.
lucebuce12
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lucebuce12
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Before Patch that adds rematch:
"Dhalsim is perfectly balanced guys, you just don't know how to play against him!"
After Patch that adds rematch:
"Dhalsim is fucking terrible, so easy to beat him. Capcom please buff!"
also, you can replace Dhalsim in the above post with FANG and it would still work.
To be fair (as far as I remember) that was a specific case where the person was taunting at the end of his second win. I think most everyone is fine with taunting to get in the opponents head. Most players get mad and do SUPER unsafe things if you taunt in the middle of a match. It's great bait.
In my opinion, though, taunting at the end when you've won and there's no chance at a runback (second set) is unsportsmanlike if there's been no taunting in the match previously. It just becomes an extra kind of "fuck you" when you can do nothing about it. I realize this isn't a popular opinion on here but that's not going to stop me from getting FURIOUS when it happens. All I think is "You didn't have the balls to taunt me earlier in the match? Only do it when you know you're going to win? What a bitch." (I then immediately lose the next two matches because I'm on tilt.) (I hate that it affects me so much) (I realize this is MY PROBLEM) (I'm getting better at just laughing at it).
All punches + Kicks at the same time (6 buttons).
Taunting usually only "works" on people that are pretty new to the game / don't show a lot of discipline or knowledge of the game. All of these things can be assessed easily without actually taunting your opponent, that's why I never do it. ^^
Would love to see the taunt buffs from SF3 make a come-back, though...
Would love to see you expand on this.
Case in point: there's no "better" choice between a stick or a pad, it's all a matter of preferences.
im playing right now
Strange, it's down for me and I don't see anyone streaming it on ps live.
I'm playing but it's been messed up all day.
If you were mashing as much as the person getting taunted and refusing to learn, imo you deserve a taunt like that.
Not calling you out, just how I see the circumstance
Seems to work just fine on K-Brad. The type of personalities who get affected by taunts can be found in all levels of play, sometimes they're people who taunt too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsgRnBazeSY
HappyPuppy
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Stun = Taunt
It's ok, when I win Chun says Sorry.
I love emotes.
It's ok, when I win Chun says Sorry.
I love emotes.
skLaFarebear
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kingofthedead45
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lucebuce12
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Fang's is awesome for this situation. It's like he's saying "You know this is no one's fault but your own right?" when he taunts.
Liquidsnake
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Noray
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Christ, Laura is just the frame trap queen isn't she? Just fought 2 sets of ft3 against one in lounge, and every time I thought it was safe to stick out a button after a block, it wasn't. Really frustrating. Once I got her down and could keep up pressure I did okay, but her ground game is very strong.
edit: christ almighty quote your pic
edit: christ almighty quote your pic
The Hermit
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my first RQ! A 9 streak win Ryu, from US.
I feel so especial
I almost lost to a much better Ryu with literally half his BP
What is the point??
I feel so especial
I almost lost to a much better Ryu with literally half his BP
What is the point??
After her elbow move she is -2 at best, so you can go for a throw or a fast normal. That's kind of when it's your turn again.
To me she feels really one-dimensional, I don't like her as a character
skLaFarebear
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lucebuce12
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I think she's more the mix-up queen rather than the frame trap queen. Mika, FANG,Bison have better frame traps than hers.
Personally, I think Necalli is a much more binary character than Laura. Necalli is either rushing you down, or keeping distance and using his V-Skill, waiting for you to jump in.
Laura still has a lot more going for her.
LP elbow is -2, MP elbow is -7 (punish this!), EX is -11 (punish punish!)
You can tell the difference between the two by the height at which she comes at you with her elbow: waist is LP, face is MP
You're better off throwing a 3-4 frames normal after the LP version, that way you gain the advantage back, otherwise the Laura player will just throw tech and you'll be back to the neutral game.
How is that? Serious question.
No offense taken, but if you can only taunt me when you know you've won I know you're a coward.
KhalilSyncere
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Man, you need to take your ass to tournaments already. You definitely more than solid enough to do so.
If you can't quote me and say that I'll just call you the coward.
skLaFarebear
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Her fireballs are multi-use (frame traps, combo-extenders, build meter, in the case of EX-for resets, etc.) She has surprisingly strong footsies and counterpokes with cr.hp, cr.mp, and st.lp. Her light elbow on hit can lead to a ridiculous amount of mix ups. Her target combo alone might be simple, but with v-trigger cancels, it's a free combo into super or a reset. Her overhead is excellent off a confirm, for catching people off guard, or for frame traps. Her EX elbow allows her to armor through a lot of stuff, especially people who throw fireballs. And I won't even get into the ridiculous stuff she can do to people who jump or get hit by an EX fireball.
Chronospherics
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There's not much merit to that iteration if you can't do illegitimate flashkick combos though, lite controls all the way.
CountBlack
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Laura has good frame traps IMO
lucebuce12
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Well you know how fighting R.Mika turns into a guessing game when she's got you in the corner?
Like that but it only takes one successful grapple or shoulder to get in that position.
Her fireball may not look like much but it allows her to go for mixups that can get extremely hard to predict. Her v-skill dash is fairly fast and her overhead can sometimes catch you from a distance you thought you'd be safe.
I will say that she takes a damn good understanding of offense and the ability to make reads to be successful with her.
Though her Crush counters are absolutely terrible IMO. The HK is so unsafe, realistically only doable when it's a guaranteed CC.
EDIT: Her EX moves are by-far some of the best in the game as far as how much better they are compared to the regular ones. And as skLaFarebear pointed out, she has fairly solid tools in a footsie situation.
Not saying they're bad, they're definitely good. I was just saying that other characters have more unpredictable frame traps than hers.
....I wasn't talking to you? No need to get your feelings hurt.
skLaFarebear
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st.hk is solid on meaty and can link into medium elbow, which does good damage.
Her st.hp is amazing for CCs though since that can link into almost any button, including itself.
I'm the one from the video you're talking about.
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