6/10/2023 0 Comments Tekken 6 ranks![]() I knew that I was going in unsteady and unsure, and I knew that it’s this attitude which backfired on me when I went for Platinum in SFV. Cause if I didn’t try now, what was the point. It was that which emboldened me to believe that, regardless of my apprehensions, the time was right to fight to get green rank. Later on, I played more matches, and true to my instincts, I fought and beat green ranks. After losing about the 15 th match, I had to stop. It felt like every decision I made was wrong, every attempt to adjust was wrong, and no matter what I’d do, I’d lose. That said, I had a very harrowing experience over the weekend where (at Initiate rank) I couldn’t beat, for the LIFE OF ME, a 3 rd dan player who (no offense to them) wasn’t great, and seemed to be abusing a few things, which I just couldn’t predict or counter. This is particularly concerning for me cause of my YouTube channel, where I thought of several problems, mainly being that my fights would only ever be against blue rank or lower in Quick match, and this would become stagnant if I’m beating people that I’m better than. ![]() My worry was that, if I can’t get to ‘green’ ranks, then what good am I? People on my friends list are there, and I tend to fight and beat green ranks just fine, but if I can’t GET green rank, what does that mean? Echoes of my SFV ranked woes. When I began to optimize my whiff punishes, I immediately realized that I was ready for the next step, but still, my own thoughts hindered me. Learning higher damaging Lars combos, better movement, wall carry to wall combo conversions all these made incredible leaps in my gameplay. But I noticed that, even with the hiatus, I was beginning to outpace other players of similar rank. Upon returning, I had to re-adjust and get back into the flow. Obviously, comparing the ranked structures of two very different games doesn’t make sense, but I was very worried about how I couldn’t hit Platinum in SFV and it got in the way of me even trying.Īfter dealing with some personal drama, I’d put off playing T7 for a good few weeks. I felt like Initiate was the ‘best I could do’, which wasn’t fair at all. Though truthfully, I was putting off ranked completely. ![]() I wanted to learn more, level up and prepare. Later, I fought my way to Initiate rank and I was happy to stay there. With T7, I played some ranked in the release week and made it to 1 st dan, which I was happy with. But if I can fight at Platinum+ level, but I can’t achieve it, what does that say about me? Rank shouldn’t mean everything, but it’s something that concerns me at least a little bit. This got to me because I regularly fight, and defeat, Platinum and Diamond players, so I can confidently say I fight at the appropriate level. Also, my own gripes with that meta included.Įarlier this year, I tried and failed to reach Platinum rank in SFV, granted I play Juri (not that it’s an excuse, especially since she’s my dedicated main) and I don’t play ranked, like EVER, but it was very disappointing. As such, I’m always looking for good fights, and often ranked isn’t the best place for that, due to the hit and run nature of ranked modes in a lot of fighting games. This is partly because I have a YouTube channel where I love to upload my best matches, whether I win or lose. It’s very rare that I play ranked at all, and in most fighting games I spend the time in the quick match mode, or playing long player sets. ![]() Thing is I’m not a ranked player in most games. With T7, I knew I actually wanted to get good at it, but a lot was happening in-between. Over the years I grew to play them competitively, starting with Tekken 5 and even dabbling in Tekken 6 online (though I definitely sucked back then). I grew up on Tekken, and Soul Calibur too, and it’s consistently been one of the fighting game series I enjoy the most. I tell myself I should play it more, and I don’t always follow-through with that. To start with, I LOVE Tekken 7, and I play it a lot. Cause while many people just grind ranked and get to the place they want, for me the battle is more within. You’ve likely seen posts like these before, aka ‘I just got this rank’, so yeah I’ll cut to the chase: I made Brawler rank this week with Lars! Feels AMAZING man □ However, if you’re interested, there’s quite a bit of background to this.
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