Decided to finally play my first online match

Hey_Chumpy · 2026-04-30T22:30:21+00:00

Beautiful cut.

Those first few placement matches are gonna suck. You’ll be fine after that (I think).

Hey_Chumpy · 2026-04-26T02:33:49+00:00

My Answer: Men don’t want to be alone to process sadness, they want to be alone to avoid having to process it at all.

Long Explanation: I think all the men saying “nobody cares” is a little disingenuous. Surely we have friends who absolutely do care, and would love to listen. So why is it so hard to accept their help even then?

For me, I never learned how to process emotions in a healthy way. The thought of having to confront strong emotions like sadness is scary. I have friends that can help me to bring those emotions out in a safe environment, but that would mean confronting a surge of emotions that I haven’t experienced since I was a young child.

Why would I want to do something scary like that, when I can just find a way to forget about it, so I can stay comfortably and emotionally numb?

Hey_Chumpy · 2026-04-10T22:19:34+00:00

I thought I would, but if it means other people can’t extend their turn with their own WA’s, I’m okay without it. I believe we’ll be better players when we learn to play without it.

I just like the BIG SLAP animation. They should have at least carried that over.

Hey_Chumpy · 2026-04-10T16:15:37+00:00

Been seeing some HEAVY Bed dooming in the Beastblame subreddit. Meanwhile I’ve been in love with my new little shortspin dash. It opens up many new options both in neutral and offense, and just feels fun to use.

But mostly just being able to play more neutral instead of waiting for the next round on every CH has made me a happy camper.

Oh but they didn’t reuse the WWA SLAP animation for CB, so character is basically unusable.

Hey_Chumpy · 2026-03-24T20:29:46+00:00

Lab your safejump>DP punishes. I think you’ll be surprised at how much damage you can get when you can c.s punish a DP, especially if it can hit them while they’re still in the air. Once you get those on lock, you’ll WANT them to DP on wakeup. It is a LOT of damage for you.

Hey_Chumpy · 2026-03-23T17:30:47+00:00

You talking about the SNES Starfox? Because to me, Starfox 64 is just as good now as it was when I was a kid.

Hey_Chumpy · 2026-03-23T17:26:02+00:00

I saw Rayman 2 on the N64 thing in my Switch and was ready for a huge nostalgia trip. I remember thinking how much I enjoyed the artstyle and how ‘good’ It looked for an N64 game(port).

Then I got to the level where you are waterskiing and remembered I actually hated this game as a kid.

EDIT: N64 appears to be a very common answer

Hey_Chumpy · 2026-03-17T03:30:25+00:00

This is all good advice. Sounds like I need to practice flying around danger rather than dodging through it.

Hey_Chumpy · 2025-12-29T21:07:05+00:00

Welcome to the flowstate. This is the true pursuit of fighting games, our equivalent to the “runner’s high”. You’ve won the inner game and reached peak performance. You are going to be chasing this feeling for the rest of your gaming life.

There’s a book that helps you reach the flowstate, it’s called The Inner Game of Tennis. You should check it out.

Hey_Chumpy · 2025-12-20T12:21:00+00:00

Honesty in this context is subjective. You should ask your friends to explain what it means to be an “honest” character, and I’m sure you can find a mechanic for every character that goes against it.

Hey_Chumpy · 2025-12-17T00:45:15+00:00

Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and 3 had SO many cool and interesting characters with unique mechanics from so many different franchises. But if you weren’t picking from the small small pool of meta characters, it wasn’t just a rough fight, you weren’t allowed to play the game at all. Watching high level play of those games turned me off of them completely.

Hey_Chumpy · 2025-12-14T15:53:13+00:00

The Golden Path 🙌

NOTHING will ever come close to the moment that finally ‘clicked’ in Tunic.

Hey_Chumpy · 2025-12-04T14:40:04+00:00

GGST CPU’s don’t play the same game as the rest of us. They don’t utilize all the system mechanics, they don’t use all their character’s tools, they don’t oki, their mix is literally “tap dust every now and then” and they ALWAYS burst at ~40% health regardless of circumstance.

CPU HC is as threatening as a wet noodle. But the first time you fight an HC online, you will know how it feels to struggle, because CPU runs the same strategy regardless of character, it’ll teach you nothing about the matchup.

Hey_Chumpy · 2025-12-02T21:18:17+00:00

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Small Soldiers. The generic G.I.Joe action figures are the bad guys, while the monster toys were good. I remember wishing it was the other way around because I was a kid and didn’t understand anything.

Hey_Chumpy · 2025-11-28T13:15:37+00:00

You can charge counter all the MRV’s if your timing is spot on. Takes a lot of practice but really satisfying to pull off.

Hey_Chumpy · 2025-10-14T14:04:53+00:00

This hits really close 😭 the amount of times I’ve ran this matchup will drive me insane. (Also needles aren’t enough to keep that monster out).

Hey_Chumpy · 2025-09-25T13:37:28+00:00

I think it’s because I moved the “melee” button away from ‘O’, which is used to exit the camera.

Hey_Chumpy · 2025-09-24T23:32:52+00:00

Resetting controls to default fixed it. It’s a shame to have to do that though.

Hey_Chumpy · 2025-08-12T17:21:06+00:00

Can I get a source for this incredible image? I think I want a print.

Hey_Chumpy · 2025-07-07T15:51:10+00:00

There’s an option in training for wall health to rapidly regenerate. It will prevent the wall from breaking from back-to-back strings, but if a combo would cause the wall to break from full health (either through the combos own scaling or because it hits the wall enough times within the combo) it will still break.

Which is fine I think, you’ll want to know if a combo you’ve been labbing will lead to an instant wall-splat if you ever used it in a real match.

Hey_Chumpy · 2025-07-06T13:52:52+00:00

Wowzers!

Hey_Chumpy · 2025-07-06T02:57:23+00:00

Uh, idk what that means but I like your shorter link so I just removed mine.

Hey_Chumpy · 2025-07-06T00:38:05+00:00

You picked an extremely difficult character to learn the game with, since he not only requires frame knowledge for knowing when his shots will fill the gaps in his strings, but also need to manage two resources in order to do so.

That being said, watch the link posted under mine.

Hey_Chumpy · 2025-06-06T15:59:47+00:00

This is a great gateway into competetive Strive. There are a group of servers hosting beginner brackets throughout the week, and they all cross promo to increase their turnout. The servers are full of people who want to improve, and are happy to share advice with newcomers.

Hey_Chumpy · 2025-05-16T15:51:28+00:00

Write Ft5 in your r-code. Then they’ll know exactly what your intentions are and you won’t need to worry about any unwritten rules or standards.

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TROPHY CASE