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#1
Finally got a PS4 so I can play some KOF.

I'm new and I'm bad, and I'd love to find a training partner of any skill level to play against. I want to learn and I want to become a functional player ASAP. I love the game. I have extremely minimal experience with KOFXIII and some moderate FG experience in general (mostly SFIV and some SFV). I learn fast. Located in the US. If it matters, Central/East coast-ish area (kentucky) but if the netcode is good, I can connect to Cali, Canada, etc without much trouble.

Currently my team looks roughly like Rock (point) Leona (mid) Shun (Anchor) with Yamazaki swapping out for Rock or Leona occasionally when I want to play him (he's dope as hell) and there's a small chance I'll drop Leona for Yama. Opinions on this are welcome, i don't know shiznit about tiers in XIV and haven't done any research on who all works together.. i just went with 4 characters I liked a lot.

Ill keep it short.. Hit me up if you're interested in either helping me learn, or learning alongside me! Or, hell, if you have any advice.
#2
Im brand new to the forum and just as new to KOFVIII. I posted an intro thread a bit ago if anyone wants to read it.. Its long. I type a lot.

Anyway, I'll try to keep this short and to the point.

First, I am looking for people to play with on Steam. I'm located in the US, and would LOVE to find an experienced player who'd be interested in teaching a newb the game. Consider me a student, kick my ass and give advice. I learn quick. Steam name is EntropicByDesign

Second.. and this is a VERY vague question.. but, here goes.. I would like some advice on where to begin. Some help picking a team, and perhaps some guidance on what I should be working on for each character once I have picked a team. There is simply so much to learn, and my unfamiliarity with the game makes it hard to even know where to start.

I have found the AMAZING wiki page you all have made, with combos and info and everything on it.. That thing is incredible (thank you btw). So I do have that as a guide.

But, on to picking a team.. I like a huge number of the characters in KOF and my understanding is that the game is very well balanced. There are the high tier guys I seem to always see when I watch tournaments and such like Mr. Karate, EX Iori and Kim, but at least from what I have read, there arent any dumpster characters that are just crap.

Now, one thing that's important to me is ease of use.. I have bad hands and execution is always going to be a hurdle for me. I don't mind to practice and I don't mind to put in work but while learning a game with this much going on I want to keep my first team relatively simple on the execution side of things.. So characters with a nod towards ease of execution for the important stuff. And obviously I'd like a team that make sense and compliments itself well.

Any advice you all have would be appreciated. I figured I would just list some of the characters I have gravitated towards, and maybe you guys can chime in with opinions on a good team comp or maybe recommend a character I have missed or overlooked. Also, when I refer to a character as being easy/difficult to play, all I'm really referencing is that characters execution requirements on the BnB stuff the character NEEDS to be effective.

Kim (I see him on EVERY team when i watch tournaments, but hes just.. fun. I dunno how easy he is to actually utilize but he has a short list of specials and just looks bad-ass)
Ash (heard he is very difficult to use correctly.)
Saiki (havent unlocked him yet, LOL, but have liked what I have seen of him on streams and such, BnBs Ive seen look hype)
Kyo (Ive heard he hits hard and isnt super hard to learn?)
Benimaru (Coolest name ever)
Daimon (big, hits like a truck)
Shen (Again, heard he isnt too difficult to play?)
Duo Lon (Cool as hell. heard he is difficult)
Andy (Dunno, something about how he 'feels'. I like him)
Yuri (reminds me of Sakura, whom I VERY much enjoy in SF.. Some of her combos look hype as hell too)
Mr. Karate (Hes just a bad-ass, but dunno where he is on execution requirements, and I see a little too much of him. Not against playing him at all though)
Ex Iori (Love this guy.. But see so much of him.)
Mature (Super fun and feels very quick and responsive)
Athena (Extremely interesting character. Very cool, but Ive heard she is difficult to play)
Maxima (He, at least to my newb self, feels very unique and he hits like a damn atom bomb. Im leaning heavily towards him having a spot unless I find out hes crazy difficult to play well)

That's my quick list on the characters that really stood out to me in my little practice sessions. I am not adverse to playing a character just because I see them a lot, like Ex Iori or Mr. Karate, but I don't want to form my team by looking up a tier list, grabbing the top three guys and calling it a day.

I know this is kind of a silly question because ultimately,  I have to make the final decision, but I'm just looking for any opinions you all have on how to put together a solid team that isn't going to be incredibly difficult to utilize. Id like to get in the game and out of practice mode as quickly as I can.

Any way, thanks for reading all this, and I know this question is likely asked a lot, and there is a TON of info out there, but that's kind of the issue, there is so much, its hard to know where to begin. I can start putting together a list of basic BnBs and game-plan info and everything once I have a team figured out. Id love to hear your-alls advice and opinons!

Hit me up on Steam too if anyone is interested in playing, or teaching or just shooting the shit. ID: EntropicByDesign



#3
Meet & Greet / Confused and afraid... Also new!
November 28, 2015, 05:29:02 AM
tl:dr - I'm new. Hi. Also help. kthx.

What's shakin folks? Name is Entropic (or, ya know, John). 33, live in the US (Kentucky) and play on PC. Steam name is EntropicByDesign (add meh) Pretty new to fighting games in general, a few months ago I bought MKX when it first dropped, then since it was largely a pile of steaming idiocy on release, I moved over to SFIV. Ive played about every other competitive fighting game there is on PC at this point, just trying to feel out what I like and what I dont. I had bought KOFVIII as part of a Humble Bundle probably a year before and I opened it, I dunno, once. I made the STUPID assumption that since it was an older game that I had never really personally heard of, that it was likely dead. So, I opened it that one time and button mashed my way through some Story Mode, or Arcade Mode, or something, I don't remember. I DO remember my jaw hitting the floor when I saw the game in action though.. I personally think it is the best looking fighter I have ever seen or played. Other than thinking it was BEAUTIFUL , I played a couple hours and then never again. At the time, I had NO IDEA what a competitive fighting game really was.

Well, fast forward to now.. I play primarily SFIV at an average-ish level but have found myself getting bored with it. I like playing with people I know, sitting in Skype or a voice chat and such and everyone I was playing SF with flaked and lost interest, or didn't take it as seriously as I did. When I started completely mauling everyone and they found out I practiced an hour or so a day they were utterly flabbergasted, like the idea of *practicing* a game was so profoundly insane they could not comprehend such a thing. I tried playing vs online randoms, but thats just not as fun.

So. Enter KOF. Once I became familiar with SF I looked up some videos and very basic information on KOF and what I saw, although impressive, also scared the shit out of me. KOF has a reputation for being a difficult game to play with a pretty crazy learning curve and pretty difficult execution requirements.. That scared me off for a long time. I have bad hands and execution is ALWAYS something I struggle with. That being said, I have popped in and out of KOF, just sitting for 10-15m at a time in training mode, grabbing a random character or two and tinkering, not really looking up combos, just running through moves and getting a feel for the game itself. It grew on me steadily and Ive been looking up past EVO and tournament vids and trying to catch streams on occasion. That basic information gathering has led me here. I'd like to put some time in to KOF if possible with the hopes that whenever VIX drops, I'll have some background in the series and already have my feet under me.

Now, normally I struggle, I mean STRUGGLE, to settle on a character in any game I play. Not because I like so many, but because I like so few. KOF is different. At least from a practice mode/arcade mode standpoint. I have ZERO match experience vs a human. I enjoy SO many of the characters its crazy. The way the game moves and looks and feels is just incredible.

My issue is, I dont even know where to start. After this post, I'm going to find the appropriate section on the forum and make a post to get some information and advice from the vets, and if Im lucky, maybe find some other KOF PC players who would be interested in kinda tutoring me a little bit. Ive gone through the vids and such here on the site but it would be pretty great to find an experienced player who was interested in taking on a student ;)