>i don't necessarily mind losing if i learned something in the
>match. the problem is that i don't always feel that i gained
>usable knowledge when i lose against someone who is playing
>weird or gimmicky or mashy. i didn't figure out something new
>about that character, just how that one person plays that
>character

When this happens, it helps to go back and look at the replay. That's pretty common, I think -- not being able to immediately think back and realize what went wrong.

>i realize a lot of this is growing pains stuff and learning
>the animations and blockstrings of a few dozen characters
>takes time. it's exacerbated by the fact that i keep playing
>against ryu and akuma over and over. i know what those
>characters can do. give me a rashid (6 matches out of 1k+) or
>juri (~15 matches) so i can learn something new

That is pretty frustrating. You pretty much have to seek out someone on a discord, message board etc to fight in order to level up your individual matchup knowledge for lesser-used characters. Youtube videos and reading frame data only goes so far.

Another option is to learn that character yourself and use him or her in matches. That's what I did with Rashid, and I ended up maining him for the better part of a year.


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