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[00:00] with the upcoming release of Street

[00:03] Fighter VI in just a few days a lot of

[00:06] new people are going to be playing

[00:07] fighting games again for the first time

[00:09] only to once again get thrashed by the

[00:12] existing and Niche fighting game

[00:13] community that has long been the

[00:15] greatest obstacle to new players joining

[00:18] the scene namely because of their

[00:20] complete inability to explain how to

[00:22] play even the videos you see that

[00:24] attempt to explain what to do often

[00:27] approach the topic from the complete

[00:28] wrong direction often throwing you into

[00:31] the deep end and expecting you to

[00:32] understand terminology that only they

[00:34] know

[00:35] I however want to correct for that and

[00:38] teach you the very basics of how to

[00:40] learn any fighting game and get good

[00:42] regardless of the game so that you can

[00:44] finally go from being a button-mashing

[00:47] noob to an intentional button pressing

[00:49] Chad

[00:50] to do this I will explain what not to do

[00:53] what you should do how to think about

[00:55] fighting games and most importantly I

[00:57] will not be using any fighting game

[00:59] terminology whatsoever so that you can

[01:02] better understand what exactly it is

[01:04] that I'm talking about and please keep

[01:06] in mind that while this video is

[01:08] intended for teaching the complete

[01:10] beginners that doesn't mean that there

[01:12] is an information here that isn't also

[01:14] useful for more experienced players as

[01:16] well so for starters what is the

[01:19] conventional wisdom you'll typically get

[01:21] from the fgc on how to play and why is

[01:24] it wrong ask just about anyone in their

[01:27] community and they'll tell you that you

[01:29] should just learn a basic combo and then

[01:31] play a bunch of games where you try to

[01:33] land that combo and this is terrible

[01:35] advice

[01:36] why because they're telling you to run

[01:39] before you can walk

[01:41] you can't just run into a game with a

[01:43] random combo move and spam it hoping

[01:45] that it lands that's idiotic and doesn't

[01:47] teach you anything about fundamentals

[01:50] so what are the fundamentals and how do

[01:52] we learn them

[01:54] for starters forget about combos for now

[01:56] you don't need to know even a single one

[01:59] and try to memorize a big flashy combo

[02:01] at this stage is only going to hinder

[02:03] your progress and be completely useless

[02:05] without knowing how to actually land it

[02:07] consistently

[02:09] instead I want you to learn all of your

[02:12] basic moves and specials first and

[02:15] practice with performing them by

[02:16] themselves in isolation again no combos

[02:20] right now once you feel like you can

[02:22] both remember most of your moves and

[02:24] execute them reliably it's time to do

[02:27] some sparring you can do this with

[02:29] either a human opponent or the CPU and

[02:32] the goal is very simple all you have to

[02:34] do is land some heads but don't try to

[02:36] combo and don't Mash buttons instead

[02:40] play defensively try to block your

[02:43] opponent and look for openings try to

[02:45] remember the moves that you practice and

[02:47] attempt to land one where you see an

[02:49] opening think about an action and

[02:51] perform that same action

[02:53] again don't press buttons randomly doing

[02:57] so you'll eventually start to see which

[02:59] hits will land in certain situations as

[03:02] well as slowly build up your muscle

[03:03] memory for executing those certain moves

[03:05] maybe your opponent jumps and you throw

[03:08] out an uppercut which knocks them out of

[03:10] the air or they try to throw out a heavy

[03:12] kick so you jab and interrupt it this is

[03:15] the core fundamentals of any fighting

[03:17] game knowing what techniques you have at

[03:19] your disposal and in what situations

[03:21] those hits will land there isn't any

[03:24] magic combo that will make you win even

[03:26] the best combos in the game are

[03:28] completely useless if you lack the

[03:30] fundamentals on how to actually land

[03:31] that hit first if you can master that

[03:34] you're already better than most and yes

[03:37] you can actually win matches with just

[03:40] good fundamentals alone without throwing

[03:42] out even a single combo the whole game

[03:45] of course we do eventually want to learn

[03:48] how to combo but don't think that just

[03:50] because you have some fundamentals down

[03:51] that it's time to jump into memorizing

[03:53] some and hit super combo if you do then

[03:56] you'll just end up spending all of your

[03:58] matches constantly trying to throw out

[04:00] that one combo and making yourself

[04:02] completely predictable and even if you

[04:04] land that first hit you're almost

[04:06] certainly going to fail to perform the

[04:08] whole thing in a real match by trying to

[04:10] do it all at once

[04:12] instead you need to build on your core

[04:15] One Step at a Time start by learning

[04:17] just one move extra that can combo off

[04:19] as your first hit and try to do this for

[04:22] each of your different techniques it can

[04:24] be as simple as throwing out two Jabs

[04:26] instead of one that both connect it

[04:28] might not be flashy but it is still a

[04:30] combo practice doing this in some real

[04:33] matches and soon enough you'll be able

[04:35] to reliably pull off that extra hit

[04:37] every time then add a third and a fourth

[04:40] so on and so forth and each time treat

[04:42] it the same way simply learn one more

[04:45] step of the combo and practice that

[04:48] extra step in real matches until you can

[04:50] reliably execute it every time

[04:53] eventually you'll be landing full-on 10

[04:56] hit super combos and stealing your

[04:58] opponent's lunch money but that all

[04:59] started by learning good fundamentals

[05:01] and knowing how to learn it does take

[05:05] practice and it does take time but yes

[05:08] anyone can learn to be good at fighting

[05:11] games

[05:12] they just have to know how to start and

[05:15] now so do you

[05:17] I understand that for experienced

[05:19] players this may all sound redundant but

[05:22] that's only because you already have

[05:24] that core experience that everyone else

[05:26] is lacking and I hope that with this

[05:28] video both new and old players are able

[05:30] to learn something about the way we

[05:32] approach learning so that we can all be

[05:34] better about expanding the fighting game

[05:36] community and teaching newcomers how to

[05:39] play

[05:41] thank you all so much for watching if

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[05:46] and I'll see you all next time