Notes to be taken away from this vid: 1. Don't tilt queue. Only play when you want to for the sake of enjoyment, and you'll have more fun and you'll see better results 2. Don't make combos a priority, instead prioritize matchups. It doesn't matter if you have the best combo if you can't hit the opponent. Plus honestly you can get to floor 8 only using 3 hit combos if you wanted 3. Finally, take a break when needed. There will probably be a lot of people with more experience in fighting games than you, sometimes even in different games. Don't get discouraged and take your time learning. (Note this is mostly for myself lol)
No, combos are equally important to learning matchups. You could win neutral 5 times more than the opponent but if all you're getting are stray hits then you'll still probably lose. Converting from stray hits into combos with high damage / corner carry / wall breaks / oki setups are crucial for offense, while matchups are critical for defense - neither is worth much without the other
Disagree on matchups, especially the more characters there are in the game. The opponent's character is usually not the common factor between games, the common factor is you and your own character. So investing in getting better with your character is much more efficient than focussing on the opponent's. You don't have to necessarily learn combos for that though, you can also focus on getting better at winning neutral or offensive pressure.
Learning fundamentals is the most important for beginners. Learning that the game can be broken up in phases and that certain moves have specific purposes gives players the pieces to start putting together a puzzle.
For a complete beginner to classic fighting games you improved massively in just 24h. When I first started it took me like 20 hrs in practice mode just to learn how to do the "dragon punch" motion
Strive is also very new user friendly. I hadnt played any fighting games besides dbfz, but never got good. I was able to reach floor 9 in under 9 hours. Just learning off what my opponents do and a brief read of mechanics
Im a veteran to fighting games. When this game came out I placed on the 10th floor. I always forget that the majority of a fighting game playerbase are casuals or people that are newcomers. It so cool seeing how people start out and actually dedicate themselves to get better. Feels kinda nostalgic
this game is the first fighting game ive really ever played, i come back to it on and off trying to improve each time. mainly with ram, happy, and jacko
I played every version of street fighter 2, a lot of accent core, dabbled only a bit in Skullgirls and took a long fighting game break. I'm about 700 hours in strive mostly axl and ky and basically ping pong floor 6 and 7 for the last two years. Don't know what else I can do or learn
@@CenKyneat this point as long as you still enjoy it i think it's fine. Also if you're on floor 6 or 7 while you're playing on JP server then it's just that your opponent just too good because jp players are cracked. If you want to improve maybe try watch your match and analyze it
Yeah something i learned from others thats definitely helped me is that if you start to go on a losing streak and/or start to get upset, take a break. Its amazing how much it helps. Great video
It's really cool to see a journey of a beginner who is trying to learn and improve. If you ever decide to put more time in guilty gear I'd love to watch it
@@xxdoge105xx3 You can be carried to floor 6-7 just by spamming buttons on the right character, but to take floor 8 and further, you actually need to learn basic combos/matchups. Personally, I don`t recommend to focus on combos, there is no matter if you can land 20-hit combo in training if you`re getting zoned to death, instead, learn matchups and flow of your character, how he is designed to be played.
@@ДаниилЕрошкин-е9э hey there, it’s been a long time since I started playing and I’m happy to say I’ve been floating around floors 8-9! Your comment was a bit late but I have inadvertently followed all of your tips! I appreciate the comment regardless, thank you!
I wish there were a dozen or more videos like this. Seeing a thoughtful breakdown of the new fighting game player experience from said new player's perspective is so refreshing.
18:23 ngl a beautiful shot. He got the just guard which helped him avoid dying from chip damage and gave him the frames needed to get the best punish he could get. Honestly a great play by you.
no matter how bad you think you are at combos. just know i spent half an hour trying to get a perfect score on ram lethals first combo. The only enemy of success is giving up.
at 18:23 you actually got an instant block which is a pretty tight timing to get, instant block if you didn't know makes you take no chip damage and makes the opponent not get pushed back so they stay as close as possible. this instant block literally saved your life, if you blocked a couple frames earlier you'd have died to chip damage! that was impressive to see from a beginner.
To be fair, i'm very impressed at how you went online like this without a care in the world Disclaimer : i had never played a fighting game before. Not even a platform fighter. Excluding the 13 minutes i have in DBFZ because i felt intimidated by the combo system back then. It took me, like, 8 hours of training in training mode, figuring out how empty cancel works (i'm maining Potemkin), figuring out combos, what buttons do what, changing my inputs for some that fit the character better (like binding jump to another button, freeing the up for easier half circles), learning my options, and only after that did i feel confident enough to try these AGAINST ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE I had an unconditionnal fear of being one sidedly kicked in the butt and not learning anything out of it ... Turns out bots in the highest difficulty are infinitely better than players at floor 7 or 8. At least i chew very easily my way through floor 5 (the one i was placed after the evaluation) and 6, thank to all this time in combo and training mode, but i'm severely lacking in matchup knowledge thanks to my coming online pretty late (Fuck Chipp though. Like, seriously.)
That's honestly the takeaway I want people to have from my videos. Don't be afraid of pixels! I still think the fastest way to a W is building a staircase made of L's. Even if you don't think you're learning from a bad loss, you probably are picking stuff up without realizing it consciously.
@@bentefft1611 People learn at different paces. If you apply yourself to learning then you’ll get there eventually. I’ve put like 1600 hours into fighting games and I’m still stuck between 9 and 10! Part of that is probably the learning disability but whatever. Point is, put yourself to it and don’t give up!
Stuck in Floor 8 and always get sent back from Floor 9 right after I rank up. Almost 200 hours in, then again I'm playing in Japan servers and it could be Japan players are just cracked
The Chon music got me way harder than it should have Keep up the hard work. Fighting games are incredibly rewarding journeys and Strive really is one of the best out right now
Honestly i thought this was gonna be another basic meme video, but man you managed to put some real emotion into your story and i really appreciate that. I also love your choice of music. Mathrock is one of my favorite genres of music out there and It really strikes a positive chord with me. And finally all i gotta say is you've already got a much better way of playing than a lot of other newcomers do. You already knew what you were doing wrong with your inputs and how you needed to improve your timing on inputs. "Those last few attacks were me whiffing super" usually other people would blame the game saying that the super didn't come out because it was the games fault. Of you ever come back to the guilty gear series i myself would gladly welcome you back and i'm sure others would too. Best of luck to you on your gaming travels, friend.
thank you for including the song Perfect Pillow in this video, never heard it before but it's probably gotta be one of the best songs i've ever heard, wow
Always nice to see a beginner get into fighting games. Very impressed by the self reflection you had in the later part of the video. From what I've seen, the hardest thing about getting into fighting games for most people, is the feeling of not knowing why you lost, and not knowing how to improve (thinking "I just need to learn better combos" seems to be a very common beginner mistake). I think that's where most people quit and declare "I don't like fighting games". Learning match-ups and focusing on fundamental is, indeed, the most OP strategy, including the shorter play session and the rest time (The brain truly makes you internalize all the training you do when you're not playing). The evolution of you pressing random buttons to you applying very solid pressure in the last few matches really put a smile on my faces :) Hopes it motivates you to try other fighting games (gonna be hard to find games as polished as strive, but who knows, you might find a new obsession).
How would you necessarily practice fundamentals, I play faust floor 4 with 7 hrs playtime and while I know I'm bad at the game I'm not sure which area to pointpoint. Sometimes I win and sometimes and ramlethal gets two hits and then pulverizes me. Also I don't know how to convert a hit into a combo string many of the times.
@@puppetmaskerr I know this is a old comment but fundamentals like footsies come with playing the game. As for conversions, I would practice scenarios that would happen in game (jump ins, counter hits, air to airs, etc) by recording and setting the dummy to do these actions and I would practice how to combo off of them and practice setting up pressure. Everything after this really comes with experience. I would also suggest looking up character guides if a character interests you as they can be really helpful in breaking down said character's weaknesses and strengths. I hope this helps even a little bit
I know its an old comment by now But you really dont have to make it into work You just need to keep playing and learn things as you go Focusing more on enjoying the moment to moment And you will get better over time Its a journey not a destination
I really like the video, gives a solid insight into the new player experience I think the hardest thing about getting into the genre is to learn to lose well And to just find the fun in it regardless and taking breaks when appropriate
Great vid! Really encapsulates the struggles of playing trad fighters as a newbie, while also showing how rewarding it can be to push past the tilt and the misinputs. I’d show this to anyone trying fighting games for the first time.
suuuper chill video, love the music choices and humor and no homo dude, your voice is very calming the editing is pleasant and not overbearing watching this really felt like hanging out with ur homie playing games all in all, a W
im a whole year late, but the music in this video is top tier. when chon's perfect pillow started playing i went apeshit, also the battleblock theatre music brought back so many memories. edit: DUDE, CARPENTER BRUT AS WELL?!!?? im subscribing
Very nice video, I started my GGS journey a couple of days ago and I have 8.7 hours in it and I got sent down all the way to 2F. I'm probably just too slow / perma brain fogged to properly play the game (was playing Kei) but it's impressive you got all the way up to 8F, like wow that's so good :O
This was honestly an awesome video. From humble fumbling beginnings as a noob mashing buttons to realizing you’re pretty bad at the game then back to long practice sessions in training mode to realize you only really get better by playing more matches. Watching the salt start to set in and then rising above it and Faust to make it to floor 8 all with the right amount of funny sprinkled throughout the video. Great stuff man👍
15:40 Little do you know as someone who plays a lot of fighting games fairly seriously, this statement most accurately captures the feeling of playing fighting games
In my first day of GG after playing a week of my first street fighter (6) I bumped up to floor 7 after seeing the best feature in a fighting game possible, an online combo finder. I’ve been able to learn Zato 75% combos on my own now and learn the basics of most characters within 10 minutes of playing them, finding decent damaging combos. I’m impressed with myself
really cool video man! I want to give you some advice, if you are aiming to keep playing. Play every character in practice mode, even some online matches, because once you understand those characters and their combos better, your giovanna gameplay will be a lot better.
i also like guilty gear, rivals of aether, team fortress 2, chon, smiling friends. what a coincidence, now i dont have to make a internet presence since youre basically me. gamer. youre probably very attractive too
Started Rivals right before watching your first vid, then sunk 100 hours into GG before this one. The game is like crack. Really good video, though. I like the balance between commentary and gameplay-- but if the focus is on seeing how good you can get you could add some more hindsight improvement comments on your earlier gameplay. The mental aspect is good for all fighting games imo (just play matches), it could be interesting to see when you learned about what faultless defense does or that 6P's are invincible anti-airs for example. Really good stuff either way!
I'm glad you liked the vid! In my ranno video, it was just me explaining complicated tech for like 7 minutes, and I figured it got a bit boring I tried to show my improvement rather than telling the viewers about it. In hindsight, I probably should've done both.
@@sefflikejeff1917 Nah, neither’s right or wrong. One of the main reasons I play games is for the overcomplicated tech, it’s really just about what sort of content you want to make ykno
I can’t tell you how important this video is to me right now. I got this game on sale several months ago, I wanna say Christmas last year. I’ve played fighting games before, but not enough to really understand them. This one has such a fantastic presentation to it, and all the things I’ve seen online said it had great beginner-friendly content. Well, only about 5 hours in, I was getting my SHIT kicked in left and right. I was beyond tilted and frustrated that I wasn’t connecting any of the tutorials to real-time instances. Even the bot was destroying me. I got so mad I gave up, uninstalled, and declared I’d never play a fighting game again. Today, something is drawing me back to it, and I cannot for the life of me explain why. I’ve never discredited the incredible visuals or soundtrack or the missions, I just thought I was completely incapable of learning even the basic mechanics. I’m at work so I haven’t been able to actually play just yet, so I’ve been watching a bunch of videos to sort of prepare myself. Out of all that I’ve watched, this is the one I needed to see. I didn’t put even a fraction of hours into the game like you did when I first started, of course I expected good results right away, because if I’m not good at something immediately I don’t want to bother trying to get good. This video really helped solidify my feelings of defeat and learning. I’m ready to try again, I KNOW I’ll get my ass kicked, but I’m dedicated to learning now. Thank you for the amazing video and insight.
was not expecting to hear Chon in this video lmao hell yeah. I'm trying to learn ggst and just fighting games in general, I love content like this so thanks for the video and keep up the good work :)
This such a good concept for a series. Would love for you to do more traditional fighters so you can compare and contrast to your Strive experience. The nice thing is that a lot of the skills you built in this game will carry over to others. Some suggestions: DNF Duel, King of Fighters 15, and Street Fighter 6 when it comes out early next year
Okay, Razoff profile picture and Infinite Realm of Incomprehensible Suffering as the outro song? I gotta subscribe out of principle, recognizing a fellow cultured man.
Learning not to tilt yourself into oblivion and how getting frustrated effects you is one of the BIGGEST skills you can learn when playing any competitive game. That will help you a ton in your future videos, good stuff.
As a now competitive Strive player who mains Gio. It’s humbling to watch a new player struggle and reminding myself of what once was. Great music choice. This video was amazing and I will be sharing this to my homies
I literally have never played a fighting game at length before, but this is my start. GG apparently has like one of the best learning curves, and I honestly just want to beat my GG friend at a tourney in February. (currently June) I'll update this in February after a woop his ass, bet on it.
as someone who just picked up strive a couple months ago it feels nice to watch someone play it their first time, even if this was about a year before I found the game. You learn so much from just a single game, now I understand fighting game notations, am pretty consistent at every input in the game, main Johnny and Sin, already have about 300 hours in the game, and most of all... nonexistent fingers hopefully other people will learn to enjoy the game as much as me 👍
Actually good vid I'm suprised you have so few subs this genuinely felt really well made, good meme edits without it making it felt like it was added but a zoomer chained to a computer with ritalin. Would have liked to see ya touch on/highlight the OST of this game since I feel like the OST is a big part of why learning the game is fun.
I've been watching pro matches for fighting games for years at this point but could never truly pick up a game because I just couldn't understand fighting games. I got Guilty Gear because I loved the aesthetic and characters and have tried many times to get into it. I just got into it again with my friends with a much healthier mindset. This video was super cool to watch and I'm excited to see what else you do
Honestly though this is very beginner gameplay it’s still very interesting seeing you play the game, improve, and seeing how you react when you hit a combo or go up a floor. To a fighting game fanatic these small things seem trivial but it’s so refreshing seeing you play and getting hype over the small stuff. I really hope this comment doesn’t sound disrespectful lol
Great video! Honestly has some of the best advice for beginners I've ever seen: (1) only play when you're in the good mood, (2) spend as little time in practice mode as you can, (3) just play as many matches in the tower as you can while having fun.
Just found your channel, and gosh, I was able to watch through this decently lengthy video, as you were just so entertaining. And your choice in music is superb!
i loved watching this as someone who got into strive too as my first fighting game, a friend of mine is teaching me the game and ive gotten to floor 10 in around 16 hours its been quite the experience
I know this video is a year old but u just earned a new subscriber. I started with strive back on release date and watching u learn the game reminded me of how i was first learning the game. Haven't played in about 6 months but getting back to the grind since johnny was just released
Good thing about when i was learning and even now trying to learn johnny and just relearn the whole game, i have an amazing friend who used to compete for fighting games :)
Really high prod value man, love the video man and btw I'm in ur exact situation from the beggining in ggst, gio main that's been hurlez back and forth between floor 4 and 5
As I was watching this, I had to stop to comment that I was shocked to hear older Chon playing at 9:40. Good stuff good stuff, also a good video so far!
There are no words that describe the feeling you get when you go from someone who's just hitting buttons to someone who's learning combos and can consistently get their inputs in. It's really just a magical feeling.
I love you so much. Skullgirls, Lethal League Blaze and Guilty Gear Strive are some of my favourite games and I'm so glad you're looking into Skullgirls and LLB, because both of them are fun as hell! I know this is a pretty old video but if you haven't, learn some big band music combos in skullgirls cause they're funny as fuck.
Personally I’ve found that the survival mode helps me a lot with getting practice in when I’m getting tilted at the online. I can practice new combos I’m trying out against a wide variety of opponents and learn how to respond to smarter and smarter CPUs with their characters. Also it lets me win a lot while still having the threat of losing so I get incremental improvement but without the constant setbacks 🤣
When you said "24 hours", I thought you literally meant a day. You mean putting in 24 hours of effort and to see you get better as you went along was actually kinda nice to see. I'm an active participant in fighting games, but I do like to watch them. This didn't inspire me to try to actually play, but it was a great journey to see unfold.
the vid the editing the choice of music and how the vid plays out is really nice im finna sub i hope you keep playing some fighting games bro it was nice watching this
i was taking a break from gg because of a massive loosing streak and decided to finish watching this vid, made me want to hop back on, it reminded me that just like any game with a high skill ceiling that you need to loose a lot before you start winning
What game/thing should I learn next?
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Tekken 7 is a lot of fun and also kind of hard seeing as most characters have over 100 moves.
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Man, be glad you didn't get floor 1. People on that floor have connections so bad that the floor basically doesn't exist.
And they are always way too good to be down there somehow
Notes to be taken away from this vid:
1. Don't tilt queue. Only play when you want to for the sake of enjoyment, and you'll have more fun and you'll see better results
2. Don't make combos a priority, instead prioritize matchups. It doesn't matter if you have the best combo if you can't hit the opponent. Plus honestly you can get to floor 8 only using 3 hit combos if you wanted
3. Finally, take a break when needed. There will probably be a lot of people with more experience in fighting games than you, sometimes even in different games. Don't get discouraged and take your time learning.
(Note this is mostly for myself lol)
still good advice
Good advice
Also learn how to lose
And learn how to relax under pressure
No, combos are equally important to learning matchups. You could win neutral 5 times more than the opponent but if all you're getting are stray hits then you'll still probably lose. Converting from stray hits into combos with high damage / corner carry / wall breaks / oki setups are crucial for offense, while matchups are critical for defense - neither is worth much without the other
Disagree on matchups, especially the more characters there are in the game. The opponent's character is usually not the common factor between games, the common factor is you and your own character. So investing in getting better with your character is much more efficient than focussing on the opponent's.
You don't have to necessarily learn combos for that though, you can also focus on getting better at winning neutral or offensive pressure.
Learning fundamentals is the most important for beginners. Learning that the game can be broken up in phases and that certain moves have specific purposes gives players the pieces to start putting together a puzzle.
For a complete beginner to classic fighting games you improved massively in just 24h. When I first started it took me like 20 hrs in practice mode just to learn how to do the "dragon punch" motion
well its prove strive has very good system for new player
Strive is also very new user friendly. I hadnt played any fighting games besides dbfz, but never got good. I was able to reach floor 9 in under 9 hours. Just learning off what my opponents do and a brief read of mechanics
@@Mir0skies Wow that's amazing and here I am like 3 hours in and still doing terrible 😅
@@wolferhairem5172 the first few hours are the most confusing, hope it didnt put you off
Trying to explain motion inputs to my friends that play smash bros is fucking hard lol
happy chaos is one of the only characters that can't get away with mashing even at low level
Yeah, hes deadly at high level play though it's scary
I don’t think beginner mashing is that efficient… he is good at screwing up beginner that’s for sure
I fought a masher and it worked but once he ran out of ammo it was kinda over for him
Im a veteran to fighting games. When this game came out I placed on the 10th floor. I always forget that the majority of a fighting game playerbase are casuals or people that are newcomers. It so cool seeing how people start out and actually dedicate themselves to get better. Feels kinda nostalgic
this game is the first fighting game ive really ever played, i come back to it on and off trying to improve each time. mainly with ram, happy, and jacko
Sick humble brag
I played every version of street fighter 2, a lot of accent core, dabbled only a bit in Skullgirls and took a long fighting game break. I'm about 700 hours in strive mostly axl and ky and basically ping pong floor 6 and 7 for the last two years. Don't know what else I can do or learn
@@CenKyneat this point as long as you still enjoy it i think it's fine. Also if you're on floor 6 or 7 while you're playing on JP server then it's just that your opponent just too good because jp players are cracked. If you want to improve maybe try watch your match and analyze it
Pretty sure you can only place 6-7 at the highest unless you’re coming back in from an account you haven’t logged into for a while
Yeah something i learned from others thats definitely helped me is that if you start to go on a losing streak and/or start to get upset, take a break. Its amazing how much it helps.
Great video
I refer to it as the hyperbolic time chamber, you always come back stronger
It's really cool to see a journey of a beginner who is trying to learn and improve. If you ever decide to put more time in guilty gear I'd love to watch it
same
When I started playing this game I climbed all the way from floor 4 to floor 7, and have now dropped all the way back down to floor 5, it’s tough man
@@xxdoge105xx3 You can be carried to floor 6-7 just by spamming buttons on the right character, but to take floor 8 and further, you actually need to learn basic combos/matchups. Personally, I don`t recommend to focus on combos, there is no matter if you can land 20-hit combo in training if you`re getting zoned to death, instead, learn matchups and flow of your character, how he is designed to be played.
@@ДаниилЕрошкин-е9э hey there, it’s been a long time since I started playing and I’m happy to say I’ve been floating around floors 8-9! Your comment was a bit late but I have inadvertently followed all of your tips! I appreciate the comment regardless, thank you!
I wish there were a dozen or more videos like this. Seeing a thoughtful breakdown of the new fighting game player experience from said new player's perspective is so refreshing.
I’m gonna be honest seeing a millia mash was heartbreaking
Giovanna was much better a choice
I started playing Guilty Gear Strive like a month and a half ago myself, and I now have the overwhelming urge to fight everyone I come across
18:23 ngl a beautiful shot. He got the just guard which helped him avoid dying from chip damage and gave him the frames needed to get the best punish he could get. Honestly a great play by you.
i absolutely adore this game, probably one of the best fighters of all time imo. great video man, keep up the good work
no matter how bad you think you are at combos. just know i spent half an hour trying to get a perfect score on ram lethals first combo. The only enemy of success is giving up.
at 18:23 you actually got an instant block which is a pretty tight timing to get, instant block if you didn't know makes you take no chip damage and makes the opponent not get pushed back so they stay as close as possible. this instant block literally saved your life, if you blocked a couple frames earlier you'd have died to chip damage! that was impressive to see from a beginner.
The music you put in the video was amazing, I was so Excited when you played rain on brick
Katana Zero music + storm light quote had me hype. Subbed. Life before death.
To be fair, i'm very impressed at how you went online like this without a care in the world
Disclaimer : i had never played a fighting game before. Not even a platform fighter. Excluding the 13 minutes i have in DBFZ because i felt intimidated by the combo system back then.
It took me, like, 8 hours of training in training mode, figuring out how empty cancel works (i'm maining Potemkin), figuring out combos, what buttons do what, changing my inputs for some that fit the character better (like binding jump to another button, freeing the up for easier half circles), learning my options, and only after that did i feel confident enough to try these AGAINST ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
I had an unconditionnal fear of being one sidedly kicked in the butt and not learning anything out of it ... Turns out bots in the highest difficulty are infinitely better than players at floor 7 or 8. At least i chew very easily my way through floor 5 (the one i was placed after the evaluation) and 6, thank to all this time in combo and training mode, but i'm severely lacking in matchup knowledge thanks to my coming online pretty late (Fuck Chipp though. Like, seriously.)
That's honestly the takeaway I want people to have from my videos. Don't be afraid of pixels!
I still think the fastest way to a W is building a staircase made of L's. Even if you don't think you're learning from a bad loss, you probably are picking stuff up without realizing it consciously.
I was NOT expecting chon to play that rules so much omg
You've improved a ton in just 24 hours! Seriously I have like 70 hours in this game and I'm still stuck in limbo between floor 7 and 8. Great video!
Im on like 10 hours rn, and im losing in floor two. Basically crying rn
@@bentefft1611 People learn at different paces. If you apply yourself to learning then you’ll get there eventually. I’ve put like 1600 hours into fighting games and I’m still stuck between 9 and 10! Part of that is probably the learning disability but whatever. Point is, put yourself to it and don’t give up!
Stuck in Floor 8 and always get sent back from Floor 9 right after I rank up. Almost 200 hours in, then again I'm playing in Japan servers and it could be Japan players are just cracked
@@serene-illusionnah broo take pride in your skill. It's just Japan players are cracked when it comes to fighting game
These are really high quality videos for a channel of this size. The comedic timing is good and can keep the viewer interested. Great stuff 👍
You're the only non-music UA-camr that's added a CHON song in a video and that was amazing. My favorite band since 2013
You can only do it if you forsake all ad revenue like me
Totally worth it
Honestly the fact that you got to the point where inputs and footsies were your biggest obstacles is super impressive
Nohadon coming out of nowhere got myself way more excited than it should. subbed.
The Chon music got me way harder than it should have
Keep up the hard work. Fighting games are incredibly rewarding journeys and Strive really is one of the best out right now
Honestly i thought this was gonna be another basic meme video, but man you managed to put some real emotion into your story and i really appreciate that. I also love your choice of music. Mathrock is one of my favorite genres of music out there and It really strikes a positive chord with me. And finally all i gotta say is you've already got a much better way of playing than a lot of other newcomers do. You already knew what you were doing wrong with your inputs and how you needed to improve your timing on inputs. "Those last few attacks were me whiffing super" usually other people would blame the game saying that the super didn't come out because it was the games fault. Of you ever come back to the guilty gear series i myself would gladly welcome you back and i'm sure others would too. Best of luck to you on your gaming travels, friend.
The clip of me uninstalling was a just a joke, I still play GG and have made more videos about it since this one
Glad you enjoyed the video!
thank you for including the song Perfect Pillow in this video, never heard it before but it's probably gotta be one of the best songs i've ever heard, wow
Chon rocks, one of my favorite math rock bands
Always nice to see a beginner get into fighting games.
Very impressed by the self reflection you had in the later part of the video. From what I've seen, the hardest thing about getting into fighting games for most people, is the feeling of not knowing why you lost, and not knowing how to improve (thinking "I just need to learn better combos" seems to be a very common beginner mistake). I think that's where most people quit and declare "I don't like fighting games".
Learning match-ups and focusing on fundamental is, indeed, the most OP strategy, including the shorter play session and the rest time (The brain truly makes you internalize all the training you do when you're not playing).
The evolution of you pressing random buttons to you applying very solid pressure in the last few matches really put a smile on my faces :)
Hopes it motivates you to try other fighting games (gonna be hard to find games as polished as strive, but who knows, you might find a new obsession).
How would you necessarily practice fundamentals, I play faust floor 4 with 7 hrs playtime and while I know I'm bad at the game I'm not sure which area to pointpoint. Sometimes I win and sometimes and ramlethal gets two hits and then pulverizes me. Also I don't know how to convert a hit into a combo string many of the times.
@@puppetmaskerr I know this is a old comment but fundamentals like footsies come with playing the game. As for conversions, I would practice scenarios that would happen in game (jump ins, counter hits, air to airs, etc) by recording and setting the dummy to do these actions and I would practice how to combo off of them and practice setting up pressure. Everything after this really comes with experience. I would also suggest looking up character guides if a character interests you as they can be really helpful in breaking down said character's weaknesses and strengths. I hope this helps even a little bit
I know its an old comment by now
But you really dont have to make it into work
You just need to keep playing and learn things as you go
Focusing more on enjoying the moment to moment
And you will get better over time
Its a journey not a destination
dog this video is genuinely fun and interesting im surprised you have such little subscriber. the music is fire 🔥
I really like the video, gives a solid insight into the new player experience
I think the hardest thing about getting into the genre is to learn to lose well
And to just find the fun in it regardless and taking breaks when appropriate
Great vid! Really encapsulates the struggles of playing trad fighters as a newbie, while also showing how rewarding it can be to push past the tilt and the misinputs. I’d show this to anyone trying fighting games for the first time.
suuuper chill video, love the music choices and humor
and no homo dude, your voice is very calming
the editing is pleasant and not overbearing
watching this really felt like hanging out with ur homie playing games
all in all, a W
Your Avatar is pure perfection. When it popped up at 5.31 i instant subbed. LOVE IT
im a whole year late, but the music in this video is top tier. when chon's perfect pillow started playing i went apeshit, also the battleblock theatre music brought back so many memories.
edit: DUDE, CARPENTER BRUT AS WELL?!!?? im subscribing
Very nice video, I started my GGS journey a couple of days ago and I have 8.7 hours in it and I got sent down all the way to 2F. I'm probably just too slow / perma brain fogged to properly play the game (was playing Kei) but it's impressive you got all the way up to 8F, like wow that's so good :O
Hearing CHON was a surprise, but a welcome one.
Seeing you fight the bot in beginning made me feel better about my attempt at if /affectionate
This went from cool to disarming to even cooler
Also you deserve more auidience
0:45 This was the best explanation I've ever seen of all the nuanced differences between classic 2d fighters and Smash/Brawlhalla. Well done.
This was honestly an awesome video. From humble fumbling beginnings as a noob mashing buttons to realizing you’re pretty bad at the game then back to long practice sessions in training mode to realize you only really get better by playing more matches. Watching the salt start to set in and then rising above it and Faust to make it to floor 8 all with the right amount of funny sprinkled throughout the video. Great stuff man👍
From Carptener Brut to N.EX.T - great choices on bgm for your vid in the latter half. Love the 24 hour dedication.
15:40
Little do you know as someone who plays a lot of fighting games fairly seriously, this statement most accurately captures the feeling of playing fighting games
In my first day of GG after playing a week of my first street fighter (6) I bumped up to floor 7 after seeing the best feature in a fighting game possible, an online combo finder. I’ve been able to learn Zato 75% combos on my own now and learn the basics of most characters within 10 minutes of playing them, finding decent damaging combos. I’m impressed with myself
really cool video man!
I want to give you some advice, if you are aiming to keep playing. Play every character in practice mode, even some online matches, because once you understand those characters and their combos better, your giovanna gameplay will be a lot better.
i also like guilty gear, rivals of aether, team fortress 2, chon, smiling friends. what a coincidence, now i dont have to make a internet presence since youre basically me. gamer. youre probably very attractive too
Started Rivals right before watching your first vid, then sunk 100 hours into GG before this one. The game is like crack. Really good video, though. I like the balance between commentary and gameplay-- but if the focus is on seeing how good you can get you could add some more hindsight improvement comments on your earlier gameplay. The mental aspect is good for all fighting games imo (just play matches), it could be interesting to see when you learned about what faultless defense does or that 6P's are invincible anti-airs for example. Really good stuff either way!
I'm glad you liked the vid!
In my ranno video, it was just me explaining complicated tech for like 7 minutes, and I figured it got a bit boring
I tried to show my improvement rather than telling the viewers about it. In hindsight, I probably should've done both.
@@sefflikejeff1917 Nah, neither’s right or wrong. One of the main reasons I play games is for the overcomplicated tech, it’s really just about what sort of content you want to make ykno
I can’t tell you how important this video is to me right now.
I got this game on sale several months ago, I wanna say Christmas last year. I’ve played fighting games before, but not enough to really understand them. This one has such a fantastic presentation to it, and all the things I’ve seen online said it had great beginner-friendly content.
Well, only about 5 hours in, I was getting my SHIT kicked in left and right. I was beyond tilted and frustrated that I wasn’t connecting any of the tutorials to real-time instances. Even the bot was destroying me. I got so mad I gave up, uninstalled, and declared I’d never play a fighting game again.
Today, something is drawing me back to it, and I cannot for the life of me explain why. I’ve never discredited the incredible visuals or soundtrack or the missions, I just thought I was completely incapable of learning even the basic mechanics. I’m at work so I haven’t been able to actually play just yet, so I’ve been watching a bunch of videos to sort of prepare myself. Out of all that I’ve watched, this is the one I needed to see. I didn’t put even a fraction of hours into the game like you did when I first started, of course I expected good results right away, because if I’m not good at something immediately I don’t want to bother trying to get good. This video really helped solidify my feelings of defeat and learning. I’m ready to try again, I KNOW I’ll get my ass kicked, but I’m dedicated to learning now. Thank you for the amazing video and insight.
was not expecting to hear Chon in this video lmao hell yeah. I'm trying to learn ggst and just fighting games in general, I love content like this so thanks for the video and keep up the good work :)
Great video! Good editing and pacing. Seeing you go from mashing buttons as Giovanna to doing actual mixups is really satisfying
I love the fact you included chon into this video! Made it such a highlight for me aha! Great video man!
This such a good concept for a series. Would love for you to do more traditional fighters so you can compare and contrast to your Strive experience. The nice thing is that a lot of the skills you built in this game will carry over to others. Some suggestions: DNF Duel, King of Fighters 15, and Street Fighter 6 when it comes out early next year
it is indescribable how weird it feels to recognize CHON music on a random ass fighting game video
waw, only 3k subscribers? super underrated channel!
the quality of the video is so high
Okay, Razoff profile picture and Infinite Realm of Incomprehensible Suffering as the outro song? I gotta subscribe out of principle, recognizing a fellow cultured man.
Learning not to tilt yourself into oblivion and how getting frustrated effects you is one of the BIGGEST skills you can learn when playing any competitive game. That will help you a ton in your future videos, good stuff.
Great vid in my opinion, basically you approached the game open minded and with a growth mindset while keeping it fun and meme-ish. Great job man !
Appreciate that 🙏
This was a really fun video, I just started playing it a few days ago myself and as someone who also gravitated to Gio I'm pretty inspired
As a now competitive Strive player who mains Gio. It’s humbling to watch a new player struggle and reminding myself of what once was.
Great music choice. This video was amazing and I will be sharing this to my homies
Seff: I’m never playing a fighting game ever again in my life
Literally a couple months later: HOW GOOD CAN I GET AT SF6 IN 24 HOURS
I literally have never played a fighting game at length before, but this is my start. GG apparently has like one of the best learning curves, and I honestly just want to beat my GG friend at a tourney in February. (currently June)
I'll update this in February after a woop his ass, bet on it.
BEAT HIS ASS!
I saw the beginning of the video and subbed, ty, for this quality content
And the rest of the video was incredible as well :D
as someone who has been getting into GGS this past week this is the perfect video for youtube to have recommended me, Great video :D
lmao the edits at around 4:40 from the “!” sound effect to smash music starting to play while calling it a platformer top tier editing 😂😂😂
man hearing that CHON song just hit me with a huge wave of nostalgia, I used to listen to that song so much, really brought me back a lot of memories
as someone who just picked up strive a couple months ago it feels nice to watch someone play it their first time, even if this was about a year before I found the game. You learn so much from just a single game, now I understand fighting game notations, am pretty consistent at every input in the game, main Johnny and Sin, already have about 300 hours in the game, and most of all... nonexistent fingers
hopefully other people will learn to enjoy the game as much as me 👍
I was enjoying the video, and then CHON played.
I love this video.
Somehow "alright/10" made me laugh more than anything else today.
Glad you enjoyed, that joke really upset some people lol
yeah, as someone in the same situation as you, I got clapped by the entrance bot too.
Entrance bot got hands
Actually good vid I'm suprised you have so few subs this genuinely felt really well made, good meme edits without it making it felt like it was added but a zoomer chained to a computer with ritalin. Would have liked to see ya touch on/highlight the OST of this game since I feel like the OST is a big part of why learning the game is fun.
I've been watching pro matches for fighting games for years at this point but could never truly pick up a game because I just couldn't understand fighting games. I got Guilty Gear because I loved the aesthetic and characters and have tried many times to get into it. I just got into it again with my friends with a much healthier mindset. This video was super cool to watch and I'm excited to see what else you do
Honestly though this is very beginner gameplay it’s still very interesting seeing you play the game, improve, and seeing how you react when you hit a combo or go up a floor. To a fighting game fanatic these small things seem trivial but it’s so refreshing seeing you play and getting hype over the small stuff. I really hope this comment doesn’t sound disrespectful lol
Great video! Honestly has some of the best advice for beginners I've ever seen: (1) only play when you're in the good mood, (2) spend as little time in practice mode as you can, (3) just play as many matches in the tower as you can while having fun.
Watching this video I just assumed you had at least a hundred k subs. This video is really great quality. Good job!
Just found your channel, and gosh, I was able to watch through this decently lengthy video, as you were just so entertaining. And your choice in music is superb!
This is the best fg I've ever played, had 24hrs in the first 2 days of owning it. keep at it fam :))
I hear you throwin some chon in the vid 🙏🙏😮💨 subbed
i loved watching this as someone who got into strive too as my first fighting game, a friend of mine is teaching me the game and ive gotten to floor 10 in around 16 hours its been quite the experience
I know this video is a year old but u just earned a new subscriber. I started with strive back on release date and watching u learn the game reminded me of how i was first learning the game. Haven't played in about 6 months but getting back to the grind since johnny was just released
Good thing about when i was learning and even now trying to learn johnny and just relearn the whole game, i have an amazing friend who used to compete for fighting games :)
Ah yes the hardest matchup in Guilty Gear- Connecting to servers lmaoo
Really high prod value man, love the video man and btw I'm in ur exact situation from the beggining in ggst, gio main that's been hurlez back and forth between floor 4 and 5
As I was watching this, I had to stop to comment that I was shocked to hear older Chon playing at 9:40. Good stuff good stuff, also a good video so far!
There are no words that describe the feeling you get when you go from someone who's just hitting buttons to someone who's learning combos and can consistently get their inputs in. It's really just a magical feeling.
Recognising that Giovana is the only true 0 iq character helped me a lot too, when I was starting
YOOOOO chon!!! Great video btw. Wait Newfoundland time at 23:38. I'm from Newfoundland too
beautiful video my boy. please make a lethal league blaze video. ive been so starved for LLB content please bless ya boy up. much love. xoxo
I love you so much. Skullgirls, Lethal League Blaze and Guilty Gear Strive are some of my favourite games and I'm so glad you're looking into Skullgirls and LLB, because both of them are fun as hell! I know this is a pretty old video but if you haven't, learn some big band music combos in skullgirls cause they're funny as fuck.
JUST 24 hours? That was great progression within a small amount of time!
Personally I’ve found that the survival mode helps me a lot with getting practice in when I’m getting tilted at the online. I can practice new combos I’m trying out against a wide variety of opponents and learn how to respond to smarter and smarter CPUs with their characters. Also it lets me win a lot while still having the threat of losing so I get incremental improvement but without the constant setbacks 🤣
Nice improvement. Also, very good music choice!
Damn I did not expect to see such quality content ! Keep it up man !
When you said "24 hours", I thought you literally meant a day. You mean putting in 24 hours of effort and to see you get better as you went along was actually kinda nice to see. I'm an active participant in fighting games, but I do like to watch them. This didn't inspire me to try to actually play, but it was a great journey to see unfold.
I feel like I wouldn't learn a thing if I did 24 hours straight lol
Hoops is such a great band! Good music choice my friend
Surprised this video doesn’t have more views. Hope you keep going on yo ur fighting game journey.
And I'm suprised it got as many views as it did lol
the vid the editing the choice of music and how the vid plays out is really nice im finna sub i hope you keep playing some fighting games bro it was nice watching this
This was fun to watch, great video!
Awesome video, glad it's getting traction please keep making more :)
i was taking a break from gg because of a massive loosing streak and decided to finish watching this vid, made me want to hop back on, it reminded me that just like any game with a high skill ceiling that you need to loose a lot before you start winning
As PhiDX once said, you gotta get washed to get clean
5:40 : *does 30%*
"WHAT IS THAT DAMAGE"
oh my sweet summer child
It was my first match ok, I hadn't played against a potemkin yet lol
that stuffed crust intro is the best intro I've ever heard and got me to watch the entire vid. The power of pizza
One of my favourite fighting games paired with one of my favourite CHON songs, hell yeah