[0:00] hey YouTube this is diaphone today I
[0:02] want to do a guide for people that are
[0:04] brand new to fighting games you know
[0:06] when I first started playing fighting
[0:07] games I wasn't a guide like this out
[0:09] there and I made a lot of mistakes along
[0:10] the way and I want to share the lessons
[0:12] learned from those mistakes I also pose
[0:14] the same exact question to Twitter and I
[0:17] wanted to share some of the results from
[0:19] this to help you guys as well so I
[0:20] basically asked would you wish you knew
[0:22] when you first started fighting games so
[0:23] for me it was funny enough it's about my
[0:26] controller so I waited a really long
[0:28] time to play Funny Games I waited about
[0:30] almost a year to play funny games
[0:31] because I had to save up enough money
[0:33] for a stick turns out this is not very
[0:35] important and actually people have won
[0:37] tournaments with a variety of different
[0:38] controllers including pad which I had
[0:40] access to and other controllers such as
[0:42] hitbox right personally I wish I knew
[0:45] that I could have played on pad honestly
[0:46] what controller should you play on
[0:48] doesn't really matter just play on what
[0:50] feels the most comfortable for you
[0:52] so first question I see people say a lot
[0:54] is do I need to play an easy game or
[0:56] what game should I play or I heard this
[0:58] game is hard should I play it honestly
[1:00] it doesn't really matter play what you
[1:01] want hard games are hard for everyone so
[1:03] it's an equal disadvantage right how I
[1:05] choose what funny game to play
[1:06] personally my criteria are is it fun
[1:09] that's number one important and then
[1:10] does have people playing it right
[1:12] because if you don't have anyone to play
[1:13] a fun game it's honestly there's no
[1:15] competition it's not fun okay so you
[1:17] find your game where do you start well
[1:19] generally every game is gonna have a
[1:20] tutorial start there right start the
[1:22] tutorial understand the game system like
[1:25] you can go on YouTube watch a guide or
[1:26] two just understand how the game
[1:28] generally works then you need to figure
[1:30] out who to play generally the same kind
[1:32] of rule applies pick you like if the
[1:34] character is hard it can't take more
[1:36] time to learn the game that is the thing
[1:38] just expect that and as long as you're
[1:40] okay with that I think it's perfectly
[1:42] fine but I do suggest that if you think
[1:44] you might get frustrated or if you do
[1:45] start to get frustrated and want to win
[1:47] faster learn an easier character you can
[1:49] learn two characters at once a lot of
[1:51] people do this McLean myself so and then
[1:53] do tearless matter for new players well
[1:55] not really you're basically as a
[1:57] beginner you're playing a completely
[1:59] different game than anyone else
[2:03] you know when you get to a higher level
[2:05] you can always just switch a character
[2:07] that's not a big deal right but if you
[2:09] do win a quick win pick an easy
[2:10] character learn what your character can
[2:12] do and then you want former General game
[2:14] playing of how the characters should be
[2:15] played so one of the most stressed
[2:18] things to new players is don't Focus
[2:20] solely on condos if you want to win
[2:22] combos are not what wins you the game
[2:24] it's getting into the position to land
[2:27] that combo that's way more important
[2:29] learn what you do in the neutral game
[2:31] that's like when you're far away from
[2:33] the opponent if you're a Sony character
[2:35] you want to keep them away how do you
[2:36] keep them away effectively but you can
[2:38] learn the basics you can learn them
[2:39] through guides you can learn through the
[2:41] games tutorial or you can look at
[2:43] matches that other players have played
[2:45] that are higher level and just kind of
[2:47] copy some of the stuff they do that's
[2:49] one of the most effective ways to learn
[2:50] a character the other recommendation I
[2:52] would make is just go in the matches
[2:54] don't be afraid to play you know if you
[2:56] play without that much training time
[2:58] honestly you'll probably lose right but
[3:00] that's okay one of the most efficient
[3:02] ways to learn a fighting game is to lose
[3:05] honestly so don't be afraid to go online
[3:07] lose and you'll get stronger from that
[3:10] and so if you do pick up a guide I make
[3:12] guides on my YouTube so if you're
[3:14] interested in that consider subscribing
[3:15] but there's a few things you need to
[3:17] know so there's this thing called number
[3:18] notation and the idea being that do a
[3:22] quarter Circle forward and then a punch
[3:24] button that takes a lot of time to say
[3:27] right and people don't rate that kind of
[3:28] stuff out so the most common thing that
[3:31] you'll see when you look at a combo
[3:32] Guide online is I'll use a number system
[3:34] and the idea being like look down at
[3:36] your keyboard and so if you see
[3:38] something like a 236 that means quarter
[3:40] Circle forward and then you just do the
[3:42] motion and there are some games like
[3:44] Tekken or Mortal Kombat that the numbers
[3:46] are the attacks and they'll do stuff
[3:48] like down forward but in general you can
[3:51] understand the notation pretty easily
[3:52] just don't get discouraged if you don't
[3:55] understand it right away the other thing
[3:57] you'll run into you'll hear words like
[3:58] neutral game
[4:00] footsies meaties
[4:04] okizemi oh Kazumi and you'll be like
[4:06] what the heck does any of this mean so
[4:08] they actually have a glossary if you've
[4:10] never heard of any of these terms and
[4:12] you can literally search like okay what
[4:14] does Okie mean and it says Okie also
[4:16] knows okisemi and it's the Mind Games
[4:18] the mix-up that occur around attacking
[4:20] and blocking so if you ever hear any of
[4:22] these terms and like a guide or when
[4:23] you're communicating to like friends or
[4:25] looking up stuff for the game just go to
[4:27] this website it's amazing and it'll
[4:29] really help you out when you're learning
[4:30] a game so once you get the basics down
[4:32] you know you play some online matches
[4:34] you start to you know train look at some
[4:36] guides and some matches how do you
[4:38] improve well just like anything
[4:40] repetition is the mother learning so
[4:42] just keep doing those things a few other
[4:44] tips I would recommend if you want to
[4:46] get better and then enjoy yourself more
[4:48] is number one join a community one of
[4:51] the coolest things about the fighting
[4:52] game Community is like very accepting
[4:53] and they want to teach people about
[4:55] fighting games because well fighting
[4:57] games are really cool we want to share
[4:58] our passion right so how do you find a
[4:59] community well I recommend starting with
[5:01] your local community so not sure how to
[5:03] do that so I used to be from Pittsburgh
[5:04] so if I just Google piss for fighting
[5:06] game Community it's literally the first
[5:08] result so try that in Google those
[5:11] bigger cities have a fine game community
[5:13] and they're all really cool at least the
[5:15] ones that I've seen a couple other
[5:16] discords that I recommend for new
[5:18] players is a Discord called New
[5:19] Challenger and then there's also a
[5:21] Discord called wasd gaming links down in
[5:24] the description below but there's also
[5:26] many great streamers that have their own
[5:28] Discord so find the community that works
[5:30] best for you I also recommend joining
[5:32] the Discord for your specific game right
[5:34] so if you're looking to find people that
[5:35] play the game especially if it's a less
[5:37] common game in my experience one of the
[5:39] best ways to level up is to have someone
[5:42] that you can communicate and learn with
[5:44] as you play the fighting game a couple
[5:46] other things so there's this thing
[5:48] called Frame data basically the idea is
[5:50] is that think of fighting games as a
[5:52] turn-based game
[5:55] so if you block a jump in for example
[5:58] generally it's not your turn because the
[6:00] opponent has an advantage which means
[6:02] you should not press a button however
[6:03] there are some moves that are what we
[6:05] call myosin block which means it is your
[6:07] turn so when you block a move like that
[6:09] you can press something so you don't
[6:11] need to know specifics but you want to
[6:13] learn the basics that there's some moves
[6:15] that you don't want to press a button
[6:16] after and there's some moves that you do
[6:18] when I press a button after and you'll
[6:19] pick that up as the game goes on but
[6:21] just understanding that concept is
[6:23] really important and if you search for
[6:25] Frame data guides you can learn more
[6:27] about the subject a couple things I
[6:28] would also recommend is your mentality
[6:31] matters a lot there's a Twitter page
[6:33] called scrub quotes these are people
[6:35] that get really salty at the game and
[6:37] they say things that are not helpful
[6:39] towards their own progress so whenever
[6:42] you see things like this if you ever
[6:44] have this thought in your head that like
[6:45] someone's spamming d1d1b that's doing
[6:48] crowd shab over and over and you don't
[6:50] know how to deal with it and you get
[6:51] salty the thing you shouldn't do is
[6:53] everything that's on this page scrub
[6:55] quotes the thing you should do is try to
[6:57] learn from it if someone is spamming or
[6:59] if someone's doing tactics that seem
[7:01] really cheap the cool thing about
[7:03] playing games is this is almost always
[7:04] an answer so take your loss and learn
[7:07] from it and just recognize that like if
[7:09] you are losing learn to be okay with
[7:10] blaming yourself for the losses because
[7:12] again you're new right so it's okay to
[7:15] lose and recognize you have the ability
[7:16] to get better just like anything and
[7:18] overcome your previous faults so make
[7:20] sure you persevere because fighting
[7:22] games are truly a rewarding and fun
[7:24] genre and the one last thing I'll say is
[7:26] trust yourself right trust your
[7:28] instincts you know believe in your ideas
[7:30] and test them out but also like if you
[7:32] get advice from other players doesn't
[7:34] mean it's necessarily right so trust
[7:36] your instinct and if in your gut you
[7:38] don't think it's good advice it might
[7:40] not be good advice right but yeah so
[7:42] welcome to fighting games I hope this
[7:44] content was useful I honestly think
[7:46] playing games aren't as hard as you
[7:47] think just like anything it takes time
[7:49] to learn so be patient with yourself if
[7:51] you like this kind of content consider
[7:53] like sharing and subscribing really
[7:54] helps out the channel
[7:55] um I really like helping people that are
[7:57] new in the fighting game scene because I
[7:58] want fighting games to grow so I hope
[8:00] this helps if you're looking for a
[8:02] community to engage with I also stream
[8:04] on Twitch I have a Twitter and a Discord
[8:06] links down in the description below
[8:07] consider following me on those platforms
[8:09] as well and if you have any questions or
[8:12] anything that you want new players to
[8:13] also know leave it down in the comments
[8:15] below thanks everyone and have a great
[8:17] day
[8:18] oh and don't forget an ethernet cord
[8:21] don't play on Wi-Fi new players don't
[8:22] play on Wi-Fi