coasted up to ultra bronze and now i'm having a lot of trouble making meaningful progress. a lot of it is matchup-specific. i don't know how to fight character x bc i'm encountering x for the first time. i've seen a million ryus and sakuras. 80+ matches in and i've only seen one kolin, and there are probably 15 characters i haven't fought against yet. i'm also being fairly predictable and not playing a good neutral game. once i get a knockdown and my setups going i'm usually good but input errors and wakeup reversals can end that pretty quickly

i forgot how counter-y street fighter is. most of the game seems to be punishing unsafe attacks. there are universal strategies that everyone (at least in bronze) seems to use. there is a a LOT of turtle-ing and running away. ground oki setups are unreliable with the way street fighter handles knock down tech-ing. i'm having fun though