#street fighter v
#street fighter v
At some point in the thralls of my Puyo Puyo fever–where I’d stay up all night practicing stair patterns and T-Spins–it became clear that I’d caught the competitive bug. Playing with friends drove me to improve, and getting absolutely bodied by others playing online made me want to understand what techniques I needed to be adding to my arsenal.
Eventually I came to realize that Puyo Puyo Tetris was pretty much a fighting game–you needed quick reactions, practiced techniques and the ability to read an opponent. All of that had just been obscured by my lack of basic knowledge. My practice regimen also wasn’t unlike what happened in a fighting game training mode–hours of repeated motions to nail a specific technique. I’d finally entered the mindset you needed learn a fighting game.
Enter Street Fighter V.