....because playing online can be quite fun. I have had a great time playing in ranked but you get a series of shit players who do annoying things instead of just play the game. If you suck, who cares? I fought a Raiden player yesterday who absolutely blew chunks but I give kudos to the guy for at least trying to play. I had TWO people yesterday just keep jumping away to let the timer run out, one guy just kept shooting Sindel's attacks from the other end of the screen, several Noob players who just used two shadow moves the entire time, a Mileena player who just kept rolling and teleport kicking, a Scorpion player who just kept teleporting and spearing, a Raiden player who did nothing but torpedo, a Shang Tsung player who just kept the fire skulls going, a Liu Kang player who just bicycle kicked and shot fireballs......these are the people who make online garbage.
Losing is not the issue for me. I think my record is 40-75. I don't really care, I am just trying to use it as practice so I can get really good at Sonya and to have some fun. It's the lame players who don't try to play. Most of them are easy because you just watch their pattern and you know when to block and when to go in for the attack but I want to play people who actually give a shit about putting on a good match, win or lose.
Most of these people actually know how to play the game, they are just trying to be cheap to get a win.
Well, in all honesty, part of becoming even just decent is knowing how to beat these players.
Trust me, as a Johnny Cage player I know how annoying zoners can be. I have
ONE move that can go through projectiles, one ****ing move. Johnny and Jax are probably the hardest characters to play against zoners. But it's still possible to win.
People play Sindel and Noob like that because that's how they are meant to be played. It'd be the same as me using Johnny as a zoner type character, it's just not gonna happen. Minus Sindel's few mixups, and Noob's "get off me combos" their pressure game sucks. They rely on shooting their projectiles as far away from you as possible. It's annoying and lame, but it's true. Especially since you play Sonya (a great pressure character with VERY high combo damage output) they don't stand a chance up close. Noob, Shang, Sindel, these are all meant to be played as zoners.
As for the Scorpion, Liu Kang, and Mileena, you should welcome these people. A Scorp who just teleports and spears? Block, Punish with a 40% combo, done. Liu Kang who only shoots fireballs and kicks. Use Sonya's lunge kick to get close, block the bicycle kick, punish with 40% combo, done. Mileenas who just roll are the best. You don't even have to low block. Just block, let them roll right into you, punish with 40% combo. As you said,
Most of them are easy because you just watch their pattern and you know when to block and when to go in for the attack
Use these people as combo practice so you don't freak out when playing someone much better. That's what I did and it worked wonders. Plus you get to see how players tend to use characters so you know what to expect when facing Noob, Smoke, Scorpion, etc.
