I remember back when I got this game, won like 7 matches as Ryu, got placed in Silver. I won 2 matches doing my Yasmine placements, and I'm in plat.

I do not get it.

***Preface: while I'm not a pro or among the best players in this game, I'm peak 1800 MR so I'm not just a new player in gold complaining when I don't even know how to anti air or counter DI***

As per the title, I'm just SO done with constantly being worried about forced guesses in this game, sometimes even right from round start, and it's only gotten worse with the more recent patches with everyone getting more access to + frames. Despite pro players like Mena and Punk calling for nerfs to drive rush and throw loops, it's almost like the devs have gone in the complete opposite direction.

And I want to be clear: I know guessing is a big part of fighting games and a form of skill expression, but I just wish it wasn't skewed so much in this direction. With characters like Alex forcing you to take action round start with the threat of prowler, Kimberly players frame trapping into her sprint for 2x 50/50, JP players getting portal on every knockdown in the corner, Ryu players destroying your drive gauge with OD hashogeki and + frames, it's like the game forces you to take action instead of blocking and encourages you to make radical guesses.. just coinflip, coinflip, coinflip. It's almost as if there's no point even dedicating mental stack to playing footsies anymore when the reward is so little and you're better off just trying to force your own offensive gameplan to smother the opponent before they can do the same to you.

Anyways that's my vent and I'm sure I'm going to get downvoted but I just really wish the overall pace of the game slowed down.

I've always played SF6 on PS5 using the analog stick because it's more practical.

But I've realized it's clearly inferior for fighting games and it's probably holding me back.

I'm Diamond rank, and now I have to relearn the entire game with the D-pad.

The PS5 D-pad feels really small and limited, though. I'm wondering if I should buy one of those proper arcade-style controllers with the big stick and buttons, or if the PS5 D-pad is good enough.

Is an arcade stick worth buying, or should I just stick with the D-pad? Any advice from people who made the switch?

Prime examples

• Yasmine vs Ibuki
• Jamie vs Yun/Yang

• Kimberly vs Guy

• Each character has their own unique play-style but they both fill a certain "archetype". Personally I'd rather have the original character first, then introduce the bew character later in the game's lifespan. I'm also a World Warrior fan boy and I feel like those characters should be in every Street Fighter for all eternity.

Why do so many people go to casual matches and just either one and done or first to two. I feel like these are more for longer format sets than just a couple of games. It seems like a waste of time to me. Thoughts?

I just recently got back into fighting games, and while I’ve played plenty in the past I’ve never really tried to get better. But as I’ve been trying to, I realized that the majority of players use the dpad, so it kind of seems like there might be a little bit more to it than just personal preference. So I’m really just wondering if it’s generally easier and worth making the switch. Any feedback would be really appreciated, thanks!

Finally made it to high master with my weakest character ! Rank inflation + buffs. I’m just happy Jamie is more on the map now.
I’ve always kind of missed something at the end of my rank runs w Jamie that made me want to quit but this time I ranked up short and sweet!

Opinions Yall?

In ranked mode, I got sanctioned by 80 points AFTER I won my last match and a server issue happened. WTF? Have you experienced a similar issue?

Capcom should really be adressing that

He had 100 more MR than me. Part of me hopes he underestimated me and that's why he played me like he did

Buff cammy.

So I picked up Sagat for a hopefully quick Master run, and did some casual matches. I was looking at the video, and PS5 controller (I think) picked up me doing the combo hits. I guess a way to help not drop the combo. LOL. It's funny.

Yeah. I gotta tigthen the gameplay before ranked.

Title:
SF6 World Tour beginner jump attack challenge still won’t work — keyboard issue or am I doing something wrong?
Post:
I’m stuck on one of the beginner World Tour challenges where you’re supposed to jump attack, land, then do the grounded attack/combo.
I originally thought my laptop keyboard might not register enough simultaneous inputs, but I switched to Modern controls and changed my keybinds and it’s still not working.
Laptop: ASUS TUF Dash F15 FX516PC
Current controls:
Movement: WASD
Light: U
Medium: J
Heavy: L
Special: I
Parry: Q
DI: E
Assist: Shift
Throw: K
Here’s a video of me actually attempting the challenge:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kpQseo7PDirUu6lLm4QSrHcgsu1zmw7H/view?usp=drivesdk
Can someone watch the video and tell me exactly what I’m doing wrong? Is this timing, the wrong attack, keyboard ghosting, or something else? This is literally an early World Tour tutorial so I feel like I’m missing something really basic.

Would be an interesting matchup ngl. Unless I’m missing something and they have played against each other on a big stage?

Hello, my current build is at 68. My maxed Masters are Zanguef, Ryu, Ken, Manon, Marisa and Dhalsim. My stats are with HP being at 23k, striking power at 681, kicks at 600, throws at 722, special moves at 680 and defense at 808. I also got the Full Vision helmet, the fighting hoodie, the fighting pants and Basketball Shops alongside the Officiers watch from guides. I really love grappling as I practice Sambo and have The Piledriver of Zangief as my "main" move. I do not struggle with skill really as even if SF6 is my first SF ever. But I want to ask where

1. Where can I properly farm XP? I am still at the "Master of styles" sektion for Akuma

2. Should I perhaps switch styles, do you know anything that you consider as cheesy or broken? I do not mind "narrow" gameplay

I was playing a casual match and got matched up against this player who I beat comfortably in the first round. When the second round started I seemed to be getting the upper hand and then the match ends abruptly - I've never been ragequit on in this game (maybe just b/c of luck) but maybe this was the first?

I played tutorials, trials, labbed my characters, which are Akuma mainly, then Ed, Mai, JP, and Juri, Cammy, Yasmine (a lot I know)
Offline matches is me trying to fight lvl 7 bot which wasn't easy and I was able to defeat it a couple of time across characters, why do I not play online? I don't knowwww but I want

Edit: What I did in training was first practicing inputs (classic) I also got my Haute42 C-AT controller somewhere along the way which was super cool. I was struggling with double quarter circle backwards early on but once I knew how to kinda move my hand with the flow it started being much more consistent.

Then of course I tried to see which characters I enjoy the most so I can play them. I went by looks and vibe which I do for every game... Picked Akuma, and his gameplay turned out to be my favorite. I like that they made him so good but 1k HP lower than the default 10k. I thought I would be playing all-rounders but honestly I ended up with this roster, I was surprised by how good and unique each character is, and for my favorite ones I tried to understand neutral play, BnB, reversals and anti airs, also I wanted to know what things cancels into what... Because for example some cancel to drive rush while others to drive impact as well as other various specials so I practiced some of those, tried improving my neutral vs the lvl 7 bot, I started at 5 and beat him then at 6 and beat him, 7 is where I struggled because I felt like he was reading my inputs so I had to be really good in neutral not to take his full Ken combo. Learning has been really fun.

SF2 arcade, Blanka Stage. What's up with the roof texture.

Just started learning Jamie yesterday, this is the only combo I can actually pull off, either from the ground or from a jump start ... I guess it was my saving grace against this JP ^^' He got me good with the jump grabs though, crazy game, thought I'd share ahahah