The FITE LAB: Post and talk about your fighting game matches

One of the less immediately obvious benefits of last week's patch is improved performance. There are a couple of stages in Guilty Gear Strive that, for whatever reason, are really heavy on the CPU and can send older computers like mine down to single-digit framerates. This was tuned up a bit somehow in the patch, and now I can play on this stage without issues:

lol I'm bad at Strive part 61: The Leo Sleeps Tonight



It's a celebratory moment for me every time I beat a Leo. He was the character I struggled against the most when I was starting out, so when I just completely shut down his gameplan like this, it's really gratifying for me.

Boy last night was not a good night of matches. For some reason, my internet connection kept randomly deciding to cut out at weird times, resulting in not just dropped matches, but a number of other bizarre phenomena, like the match continuing but me being unable to see what was going on. Really frustrating.

lol I'm bad at Strive part 63: My internet connection is awful

Honestly this is one of those cases where I really probably should've stopped playing and turned in early but I just wanted to play some Guilty Gear so bad I muscled through. 

I just realized I've now been doing this whole "post videos of me playing Strive" thing for a little over two months. I wonder if I've convinced even one person to buy this game?

lol I'm bad at Strive part 65: Outta Time




Sometimes the only way to get things right is to first get them very wrong. I've spent a fair amount of time getting my ass handed to me by Axl players by now. Somehow it just all started coming together.

As long as this series, has gone on, one thing remains constant.

lol I'm bad at Strive part 67: Yup, still got it




I am, always and forever, a goddamn pro at botching the dismount. If there's a way I can let a match slip through my fingers at the last second, I'll find it.

Hoo boy I was playing badly tonight. But somehow I got a bunch of wins?

lol I'm bad at Strive part 69: I'm Just the Worst





How did I win this match? I really don't know. I was playing horribly and my opponent had so many chances to take the W.

Also. New avatar. It's super cute. I hope people like it.

As frustrated as I get sometimes with fighting games when I feel like I'm plateauing or just not playing well, sometimes I have to wonder if I am, myself, that negative play experience for others.

lol I'm bad at Strive part 72: Maylethal, Ramnonlethal



As I note in the video description, I spent all day trying to pull off a combo I've been working on. I didn't manage it once in 71 matches. Yet still, there were a number of matches like this in my day. I really hope my opponent figured out something about their play from this match, and didn't just get frustrated themselves.

For the past couple days, I've been drilling hard on a combo I figured out. For some reason, though, every time I get it in front of a live opponent, I just forget an important step. It's not like I mess up the timing or something, I just forget to do it.

lol I'm bad at Strive part 74: My Brain is Bad


Even consistently forgetting part, though, the first three hits of it are very effective and trip opponents up hard. Oh uh, yeah. The second hit is a sweep. "Trip." I didn't intend that but I'm going to stick by it.