What I Wish I Knew Before I Started Playing Fighting Games | Fighting Games Beginner Guide

[00:00] hey YouTube this is diaphone today I

[00:02] want to do a guide for people that are

[00:04] brand new to fighting games you know

[00:06] when I first started playing fighting

[00:07] games I wasn't a guide like this out

[00:09] there and I made a lot of mistakes along

[00:10] the way and I want to share the lessons

[00:12] learned from those mistakes I also pose

[00:14] the same exact question to Twitter and I

[00:17] wanted to share some of the results from

[00:19] this to help you guys as well so I

[00:20] basically asked would you wish you knew

[00:22] when you first started fighting games so

[00:23] for me it was funny enough it's about my

[00:26] controller so I waited a really long

[00:28] time to play Funny Games I waited about

[00:30] almost a year to play funny games

[00:31] because I had to save up enough money

[00:33] for a stick turns out this is not very

[00:35] important and actually people have won

[00:37] tournaments with a variety of different

[00:38] controllers including pad which I had

[00:40] access to and other controllers such as

[00:42] hitbox right personally I wish I knew

[00:45] that I could have played on pad honestly

[00:46] what controller should you play on

[00:48] doesn't really matter just play on what

[00:50] feels the most comfortable for you

[00:52] so first question I see people say a lot

[00:54] is do I need to play an easy game or

[00:56] what game should I play or I heard this

[00:58] game is hard should I play it honestly

[01:00] it doesn't really matter play what you

[01:01] want hard games are hard for everyone so

[01:03] it's an equal disadvantage right how I

[01:05] choose what funny game to play

[01:06] personally my criteria are is it fun

[01:09] that's number one important and then

[01:10] does have people playing it right

[01:12] because if you don't have anyone to play

[01:13] a fun game it's honestly there's no

[01:15] competition it's not fun okay so you

[01:17] find your game where do you start well

[01:19] generally every game is gonna have a

[01:20] tutorial start there right start the

[01:22] tutorial understand the game system like

[01:25] you can go on YouTube watch a guide or

[01:26] two just understand how the game

[01:28] generally works then you need to figure

[01:30] out who to play generally the same kind

[01:32] of rule applies pick you like if the

[01:34] character is hard it can't take more

[01:36] time to learn the game that is the thing

[01:38] just expect that and as long as you're

[01:40] okay with that I think it's perfectly

[01:42] fine but I do suggest that if you think

[01:44] you might get frustrated or if you do

[01:45] start to get frustrated and want to win

[01:47] faster learn an easier character you can

[01:49] learn two characters at once a lot of

[01:51] people do this McLean myself so and then

[01:53] do tearless matter for new players well

[01:55] not really you're basically as a

[01:57] beginner you're playing a completely

[01:59] different game than anyone else

[02:03] you know when you get to a higher level

[02:05] you can always just switch a character

[02:07] that's not a big deal right but if you

[02:09] do win a quick win pick an easy

[02:10] character learn what your character can

[02:12] do and then you want former General game

[02:14] playing of how the characters should be

[02:15] played so one of the most stressed

[02:18] things to new players is don't Focus

[02:20] solely on condos if you want to win

[02:22] combos are not what wins you the game

[02:24] it's getting into the position to land

[02:27] that combo that's way more important

[02:29] learn what you do in the neutral game

[02:31] that's like when you're far away from

[02:33] the opponent if you're a Sony character

[02:35] you want to keep them away how do you

[02:36] keep them away effectively but you can

[02:38] learn the basics you can learn them

[02:39] through guides you can learn through the

[02:41] games tutorial or you can look at

[02:43] matches that other players have played

[02:45] that are higher level and just kind of

[02:47] copy some of the stuff they do that's

[02:49] one of the most effective ways to learn

[02:50] a character the other recommendation I

[02:52] would make is just go in the matches

[02:54] don't be afraid to play you know if you

[02:56] play without that much training time

[02:58] honestly you'll probably lose right but

[03:00] that's okay one of the most efficient

[03:02] ways to learn a fighting game is to lose

[03:05] honestly so don't be afraid to go online

[03:07] lose and you'll get stronger from that

[03:10] and so if you do pick up a guide I make

[03:12] guides on my YouTube so if you're

[03:14] interested in that consider subscribing

[03:15] but there's a few things you need to

[03:17] know so there's this thing called number

[03:18] notation and the idea being that do a

[03:22] quarter Circle forward and then a punch

[03:24] button that takes a lot of time to say

[03:27] right and people don't rate that kind of

[03:28] stuff out so the most common thing that

[03:31] you'll see when you look at a combo

[03:32] Guide online is I'll use a number system

[03:34] and the idea being like look down at

[03:36] your keyboard and so if you see

[03:38] something like a 236 that means quarter

[03:40] Circle forward and then you just do the

[03:42] motion and there are some games like

[03:44] Tekken or Mortal Kombat that the numbers

[03:46] are the attacks and they'll do stuff

[03:48] like down forward but in general you can

[03:51] understand the notation pretty easily

[03:52] just don't get discouraged if you don't

[03:55] understand it right away the other thing

[03:57] you'll run into you'll hear words like

[03:58] neutral game

[04:00] footsies meaties

[04:04] okizemi oh Kazumi and you'll be like

[04:06] what the heck does any of this mean so

[04:08] they actually have a glossary if you've

[04:10] never heard of any of these terms and

[04:12] you can literally search like okay what

[04:14] does Okie mean and it says Okie also

[04:16] knows okisemi and it's the Mind Games

[04:18] the mix-up that occur around attacking

[04:20] and blocking so if you ever hear any of

[04:22] these terms and like a guide or when

[04:23] you're communicating to like friends or

[04:25] looking up stuff for the game just go to

[04:27] this website it's amazing and it'll

[04:29] really help you out when you're learning

[04:30] a game so once you get the basics down

[04:32] you know you play some online matches

[04:34] you start to you know train look at some

[04:36] guides and some matches how do you

[04:38] improve well just like anything

[04:40] repetition is the mother learning so

[04:42] just keep doing those things a few other

[04:44] tips I would recommend if you want to

[04:46] get better and then enjoy yourself more

[04:48] is number one join a community one of

[04:51] the coolest things about the fighting

[04:52] game Community is like very accepting

[04:53] and they want to teach people about

[04:55] fighting games because well fighting

[04:57] games are really cool we want to share

[04:58] our passion right so how do you find a

[04:59] community well I recommend starting with

[05:01] your local community so not sure how to

[05:03] do that so I used to be from Pittsburgh

[05:04] so if I just Google piss for fighting

[05:06] game Community it's literally the first

[05:08] result so try that in Google those

[05:11] bigger cities have a fine game community

[05:13] and they're all really cool at least the

[05:15] ones that I've seen a couple other

[05:16] discords that I recommend for new

[05:18] players is a Discord called New

[05:19] Challenger and then there's also a

[05:21] Discord called wasd gaming links down in

[05:24] the description below but there's also

[05:26] many great streamers that have their own

[05:28] Discord so find the community that works

[05:30] best for you I also recommend joining

[05:32] the Discord for your specific game right

[05:34] so if you're looking to find people that

[05:35] play the game especially if it's a less

[05:37] common game in my experience one of the

[05:39] best ways to level up is to have someone

[05:42] that you can communicate and learn with

[05:44] as you play the fighting game a couple

[05:46] other things so there's this thing

[05:48] called Frame data basically the idea is

[05:50] is that think of fighting games as a

[05:52] turn-based game

[05:55] so if you block a jump in for example

[05:58] generally it's not your turn because the

[06:00] opponent has an advantage which means

[06:02] you should not press a button however

[06:03] there are some moves that are what we

[06:05] call myosin block which means it is your

[06:07] turn so when you block a move like that

[06:09] you can press something so you don't

[06:11] need to know specifics but you want to

[06:13] learn the basics that there's some moves

[06:15] that you don't want to press a button

[06:16] after and there's some moves that you do

[06:18] when I press a button after and you'll

[06:19] pick that up as the game goes on but

[06:21] just understanding that concept is

[06:23] really important and if you search for

[06:25] Frame data guides you can learn more

[06:27] about the subject a couple things I

[06:28] would also recommend is your mentality

[06:31] matters a lot there's a Twitter page

[06:33] called scrub quotes these are people

[06:35] that get really salty at the game and

[06:37] they say things that are not helpful

[06:39] towards their own progress so whenever

[06:42] you see things like this if you ever

[06:44] have this thought in your head that like

[06:45] someone's spamming d1d1b that's doing

[06:48] crowd shab over and over and you don't

[06:50] know how to deal with it and you get

[06:51] salty the thing you shouldn't do is

[06:53] everything that's on this page scrub

[06:55] quotes the thing you should do is try to

[06:57] learn from it if someone is spamming or

[06:59] if someone's doing tactics that seem

[07:01] really cheap the cool thing about

[07:03] playing games is this is almost always

[07:04] an answer so take your loss and learn

[07:07] from it and just recognize that like if

[07:09] you are losing learn to be okay with

[07:10] blaming yourself for the losses because

[07:12] again you're new right so it's okay to

[07:15] lose and recognize you have the ability

[07:16] to get better just like anything and

[07:18] overcome your previous faults so make

[07:20] sure you persevere because fighting

[07:22] games are truly a rewarding and fun

[07:24] genre and the one last thing I'll say is

[07:26] trust yourself right trust your

[07:28] instincts you know believe in your ideas

[07:30] and test them out but also like if you

[07:32] get advice from other players doesn't

[07:34] mean it's necessarily right so trust

[07:36] your instinct and if in your gut you

[07:38] don't think it's good advice it might

[07:40] not be good advice right but yeah so

[07:42] welcome to fighting games I hope this

[07:44] content was useful I honestly think

[07:46] playing games aren't as hard as you

[07:47] think just like anything it takes time

[07:49] to learn so be patient with yourself if

[07:51] you like this kind of content consider

[07:53] like sharing and subscribing really

[07:54] helps out the channel

[07:55] um I really like helping people that are

[07:57] new in the fighting game scene because I

[07:58] want fighting games to grow so I hope

[08:00] this helps if you're looking for a

[08:02] community to engage with I also stream

[08:04] on Twitch I have a Twitter and a Discord

[08:06] links down in the description below

[08:07] consider following me on those platforms

[08:09] as well and if you have any questions or

[08:12] anything that you want new players to

[08:13] also know leave it down in the comments

[08:15] below thanks everyone and have a great

[08:17] day

[08:18] oh and don't forget an ethernet cord

[08:21] don't play on Wi-Fi new players don't

[08:22] play on Wi-Fi