Originally Posted by
portnoyd
If you want to get better at fighting games, take MvsC2 as an example. Get a DC, get a arcade stick, get a copy of the game. Play until you can sleep through the CPU on the hardest difficulty. (Not hard) Then goto an arcade. Play people. Try to avoid playing people when they get easier to beat, and always rematch people who bat you mercilessly. You will get better, and you will learn what works, and what doesn't.
Two stories, and I realize that this is on topic, but beyond the scope of the question... but the topic got my brain moving.
1. About 2 years ago, I was still wet behind the years. I could win, but the me now would murder the me from then. So after college had ended, I was unemployed, and I killed time by going to the arcade during the day. Usually, only person there, was Boris. Boris is one hell of an interesting dude. He is and was, very good, and he would beat me mercilessly. But, overtime, I realized what I did wrong. I saw blatant mistakes, and I adapted. I either stopped doing them, did them differently, or covered them better. It took about 6 months, but after that time, I now, more often than not, get the best of him. He's still around, still playing the same characters... hell, I even played him today! (And we both played Justin Wong, who made a surprise visit to our arcade, and we both got killed, many, many times).