Skullgirls

[Magma442]

As someone whom tends to... Ah.. be rather competitive but has little experience with fighters, would Skullgirls be a good introduction to the genre?

Yes it's a great introduction to fighters.

 

[BDNation]

AAAyyyyyyyyy Fam's!

 

[Geno]

Let's just get all this out of the way.
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Me Mod
Happy Birthday Shade
Two Weeks


K, no more memes

 

[fenster]

Hey, this is actually a game I play.

I use Double, Fukua, and Cerebella because that team is the fairest. :^) I've also been learning Valentine recently for a change of pace.

Yeah but when are you going to learn an interesting character? :^P

 

[Anthony.D]

Big Band will always be high tier in my eyes.

 

[juju_for_president]

Great to all be here again. I can only hope that in the coming election, I can safely bet that you'll all be voting for the soon-to-be POTUS: Juju.

All that aside, I still main Solo-Val, but I've been trying to spend more and more time with Robo Fortune + Double. I've been getting some decent results out of them.

 

[Some Person]

Yeah but when are you going to learn an interesting character? :^P

Yeah more like STOP TALKING, FENSTER

 

[Sharpie]

Just a reminder that one of the devs, @Oreo, plays SG and hates it so much that he reminds people how often he plays it at every Xanadu and major he goes to.

SMOOTCHES OREO

 

[MPK]

>Squiggly hitboxes
You mean the same ones with hurtboxes on them?

 

[Fosh]

Yeah but when are you going to learn an interesting character? :^P

Have you not seen the busted ass stuff Mock has with Cerebella, how is that not interesting :V

 

[SubrosianDimitri]

Well, before my controller broke (I used a USB Snes controller, and it worked like a dream), I mainly played Parasoul, Squiggly, and Big Band. I especially loved Big ol' Brassafrass, and was trying to learn how to play him solo.

I'm probably not getting a new controller for a good long while, so I'm probably out of the skullgirls scene unless I have the money to repair or replace it.

 

[AsiagoUnicorn]

Well, before my controller broke (I used a USB Snes controller, and it worked like a dream), I mainly played Parasoul, Squiggly, and Big Band. I especially loved Big ol' Brassafrass, and was trying to learn how to play him solo.

I'm probably not getting a new controller for a good long while, so I'm probably out of the skullgirls scene unless I have the money to repair or replace it.

Give keyboard a shot! I may just be an intermediate player, but the game plays just fine on keyboard. And if you're having problems with ghosting and such, that's a problem with your keyboard specifically, and not keyboards in general.

 

[Mirage Seraph]

Give keyboard a shot! I may just be an intermediate player, but the game plays just fine on keyboard. And if you're having problems with ghosting and such, that's a problem with your keyboard specifically, and not keyboards in general.

I'm still unsure of why people say keyboard is bad (outside of performing 360 motions but Mike Z fixed that)
Been playing on keyboard for years, never really felt I was at a disadvantage.

 

[fenster]

There isn't anything wrong with playing keyboard itself, the largest hurdle is if you play on keyboard but also want to go to tournaments/locals. Usually it's reccomended for keyboard users to switch to hitbox. But if you don't plan on going to offline events, then there's nothing stopping you from doing keyboard.

 

[Mirage Seraph]

There isn't anything wrong with playing keyboard itself, the largest hurdle is if you play on keyboard but also want to go to tournaments/locals. Usually it's reccomended for keyboard users to switch to hitbox. But if you don't plan on going to offline events, then there's nothing stopping you from doing keyboard.

Why is it a hurdle for tourneys and such? Are they not permitted?

 

[SubrosianDimitri]

Giving it a try now, I'll see how it works out.

 

[CamTSB]

Oh man, Skullgirls? And Skullgirls memes?

Pretty sure @fenster doesn't have an avatar on here yet.

 

[Some Person]

Pretty sure @fenster doesn't have an avatar on here yet.

H E D O E S N T

 

[NuclearPotato]

Why is it a hurdle for tourneys and such? Are they not permitted?

Tournament standard is PS4, which isn't exactly keyboard friendly. Also what up fellow SG dudes and dudettes.

 

[Oreo]

I played this game for a while. I'll admit, I picked it up because I wanted to get used to the quirks of the Z-Engine once it was confirmed we'd be using it. That being said, I entered tournaments up until early 2015, when I kinda lost interest in playing it competitively. If I see people playing casuals at a venue though, I'll sometimes feel inclined to hop on and get destroyed.

 

[Geno]

I played this game for a while. I'll admit, I picked it up because I wanted to get used to the quirks of the Z-Engine once it was confirmed we'd be using it. That being said, I entered tournaments up until early 2015, when I kinda lost interest in playing it competitively. If I see people playing casuals at a venue though, I'll sometimes feel inclined to hop on and get destroyed.

See me in casuals at Winter Brawl?

 

[Oreo]

See me in casuals at Winter Brawl?

I'm not going to Winter Brawl, sorry man. I usually go to every Big E tournament, but I'm ducking out of this one to save for EVO.

 

[Geno]

Maaaan
Fine, Summer Jam? I'll let you body me in Marvel in return

 

[D-Money107]

I mainly play Filia, Parasoul, and Eliza. Trying to work on adding Fukua. I like to fool around in Training Mode with the rest of the cast for some fun stuff.

 

[Oreo]

Maaaan
Fine, Summer Jam? I'll let you body me in Marvel in return

Haha, if I'm not financially drained after EVO, then you're on.

 

[crispyruffles]

Man, Skullgirls continues to be the best game i never in' play.

Then Play!!! You won't regret it.

 

[crispyruffles]

I'm still torn between Fillia, Peacock and Ms. Fortune for my favorite. So I'll just say that this trio is my fav to play as.

 

[Magma442]

I mainly play Solobella but I'm thinking of picking up Parasoul so I've been practicing with her for a bit.

 

[BDNation]

Peacock + Big Band = Tank.

 

[BDNation]

If anyone want to go a few rounds feel free to add me on steam.

 

[Sharpie]

Hey @Oreo, are you going to CB? Do I get to hype you up in pools for your marvel play again this year?

 

[Sharpie]

Hi, what's good.

I'm actually really happy to see your thread because I was trying to do the same thing in the Skullgirls community. I initially started by helping out in an online weekly tournament called "Newbie Night" and ran it along side DoubleDark, before I moved out to making my own show called "I Wanna Be The Skullgirl" which kinda crashed and burned before moving over to another format.

In any case, I don't think I've ever talked to you at events, since I was relatively drunk at almost all the majors I go to, but I really respect what you're doing mostly because its something that is essential to the game and community growing in a positive manner.

Now, I know what you're thinking, "But Sharpie! This isn't a shitpost!"

 

[Sharpie]

I'm hoping my focus with the newer fighting game players will help force me to get better for their sake so I can more easily integrate into communities like yours.

Getting better just takes time and patience.

For now, just focus on listening to the more experienced players and finding simple and easy ways to regurgitate that to newer players. I think that its incredibly important to stay open to all types of advice since you're essentially going to be the liaison for people who don't really understand things.

If you don't have the knowledge, be sure to mention that when you're teaching. The most important thing is being open and trustworthy.

Anyway, if you ever need help, I'd be more than happy to assist. I'm really just an intermediate player, but I love helping out!

 

[Sharpie]

f u c k

I forgot to shitpost.

 

[Yeena]

Skullgirls is probably my main game, at least until TFH comes out. I'm trying to pick up Fortune and Robo-Fortune at the moment, but if I'm feeling particularly salty I'll use Squigly and Bella. >D

 

[Adwins]

Man, Squig Bella is nuts and you should feel bad.

It's the team I eventually wnat to play lol. but for now I've got Squigly/Ezlia under my belt.

 

[SubrosianDimitri]

Robo-Fortune is a beam-spamming pain in the tuchus. Her moves are a sheer pain to deal with, especially her head drones.

 

[Muro]

It's also possible you think my idea's a crock and that I should get way better before trying to do all this.

Let me just say I'd disagree if someone did say that. Being top-level in a game and being a good teacher/organiser aren't directly connected skills.

I mean sure, it's pretty great if both are there, but point is I've known people who were very good at the game while teaching/organising just wasn't their thing, as well as (and this is the important part) people who were okay-ish at the game, but helped keep communities alive thanks to drive to the provide good things and the persistence to do it regularly and consistently.

That said, any reason and any initiative to have a thing going, to have people meet online and play vs each other is good. Even if there isn't any direct teaching or not a high-level one going on, the fact alone that people develop competitive feelings about the game and spar with each other frequently boosts their experience bit by bit. Multiply that by how many people a thing manages to keep interested and bam, you got a functional online community.

 

[Sharpie]

Muro is the most positive bad player I've ever seen.

:^)

 

[fenster]

sharpie pls

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