I swear, if I hear that word one more time I’m gonna scream. I need a real answer! Isn’t there something else I can do to get better? What is it that I am overlooking? Are there any quick fixes? I’ve been practise, practise, bloody practising for ages and I’m still rubbish! WHY? Why do I suck? Don’t you dare snigger at that, I’m serious.
I usually find that I learn pretty quickly and can get decent enough at anything as long as I put my mind to it. Street Fighter IV, however, and its new Super sequel, is beating me. It’s wearing me down, chipping away at my spirit.
I’ve tried 360 controller, fight pad and arcade stick. Nothing’s working. I AM practising. Every chance I get, til my wrists are aching and my brain is crying out for a break. I need to figure this game out. I study videos of other gamers’ matches, I search for tips and tutorials and I fry my brain pointlessly reading up on and failing to understand subjects such as frame rate data. The only thing I’ve discovered from playing randoms online is that fireball spam almost makes me cry and all I’ve learned from playing with friends is how to take a beating. I have never rage-quit anything in my entire life, I will not give up until I have mastered this game. Someone out there must know the secret. C’mon, no game takes this long to learn. There’s an old-skool cheat code you can use for extra damage right? Or there’s a way to mod my stick to map combos to a single button press or something? Is there? Is there? Gah, I don’t know why I’m wasting my energy, I know what you’re gonna say – practise, practise, practise.
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