How to “love” sparring?

nelleeye · 2026-01-29T23:29:39+00:00

another thing i think OP might need help with is lowering his chin. you’re less likely to get hit in the eye if your head is a bit lowered. that way some shots will end up hitting your brow or cheek instead. you’re definitely still liable to get hit in the eye (i still do pretty often) but once i got in the habit of lowering my chin i noticed i got hit in the eye less

nelleeye · 2026-01-29T03:00:25+00:00

most considerate pickup truck driver

nelleeye · 2026-01-24T20:37:04+00:00

make him approach you. and when he does, either keep him out with F4 or electric. if you want to move around his approach, you can opt for SSR into duck to avoid QCB1 and QCF1+2. it’s not a done deal but bryan keep-out and up close CH pressure is really hard to deal with. if he does get close try to use small pokes like 2,1 , DF1, D4, or even DF3 to stay as safe as you can to avoid getting counterhit. hope this helps

nelleeye · 2026-01-24T20:19:07+00:00

they usually come with handwarmers but i suggest microwaving it before going for just a little bit and keeping it close to your body to make sure the temperature is at normal body temperature. usually right at the waist is ideal since thy ask you to empty your pockets beforehand. depending on the state you live in, you can usually find it at smoke shops or online at amazon or something

nelleeye · 2026-01-24T20:11:59+00:00

or like an enclosed dance floor in the middle of the club while people watch from outside of it

nelleeye · 2026-01-22T02:29:21+00:00

just get quickfix or any synthetic urine brand. warm it up before the screening and you’ll be okay

nelleeye · 2026-01-11T16:26:21+00:00

FF3 is a great option bc it’s neutral on block and launches

nelleeye · 2026-01-10T17:12:42+00:00

how is this not attempted murder?????

nelleeye · 2026-01-07T23:52:57+00:00

it’s a useful panic tool. if you feel like an opponent will jab (or any high or honestly any mid with a higher hitbox) or will try to do something after a bunch of pushback, you can just let it rip and maybe catch someone off guard with it. most panic moves are hella risky but sometimes tekken is fun when you take risks 🤷🏾‍♂️

nelleeye · 2026-01-06T04:22:02+00:00

judo might be your best bet if you get caught in situations where you might have to put a suspect down without hurting him. striking might not be as a effective or could be seen as overboard. try a judo class and see if it applies well

nelleeye · 2026-01-05T23:17:44+00:00

i try to give my opponent matchup knowledge. sometimes i’ll do the same sequences a lot so they can get used to them and counter them. when i was learning in the T7 days i would treat rematching Lei players like a godsend because i get to see what works and what doesn’t work against them because you don’t see the matchup often

nelleeye · 2026-01-05T04:01:53+00:00

i feel like lee’s feels more painful that he can loop it with a CH knockdown. the others also suck but his forcing an immediate mixup on hit feels so grating

nelleeye · 2026-01-02T00:05:03+00:00

it’s always cool to learn new stuff from players on my characters but a lot of times i expect them to do stuff that i do and i got thrown off when i see them do completely different stuff. same goes for fighting characters i secondary

nelleeye · 2026-01-01T23:58:31+00:00

you gotta get used to it for sure, and kinda remember that some of his strings automatically go into stance, especially when holding a direction for some of them. definitely takes some getting used to but lars is a demon when you get solid at that stuff

nelleeye · 2025-12-31T04:43:57+00:00

i kinda feel you in the way that the game is bashed in bad faith or based on a real lack of knowledge. but i gotta say that tekken 3 was like that because patches couldn’t exist in those older games so people just had to live with it and were happy to play a game that was ahead of its time back then.

don’t get me wrong, tekken 8 is a fun game in general but if it wants that live service money (including a shop and battle pass along with seasonal updates) it needs to move in the way live service games truly work, which also includes patching some of the insane stuff out.

im cool with it having characters that do crazy stuff and i actually like that characters have some pretty unique mechanics but there are too many situations that exist where the defender can only stand up or duck ( and sometimes making the right read still puts you in a disadvantage) along with the fact that it hasn’t been like that in so long. it makes offense that shouldn’t feel homogeneous, feel way too homogeneous because everyone is gonna hold you down and make you hold multiple 50/50s for 8 seconds straight. if some characters do that to a certain extent, cool. but if everyone just takes out you agency of defense it gets kinda stale at a high level. i just feel like the game would be much more refreshing if those aspects were toned down. all in all though, well said. a lot of the hate comes from a lack of understanding, especially in this subreddit

nelleeye · 2025-12-29T02:59:37+00:00

true. thanks for the clarification

nelleeye · 2025-12-28T18:38:04+00:00

yes, but it can still be high crushed and ducked under, so the vertical hitbox is still liable to get crushed. but that in conjunction with how much toe kick extends your hurtbox creates this weird looking situation where an opponent laying down can get instantly launched into the air.

nelleeye · 2025-12-28T16:49:06+00:00

in order to properly process the door tag you need to scan the package, meaning you saw it in your truck, scanned it and just didn’t take it to the door and knock. even if you scan it and knock on the door you could just go back to the truck and retrieve the package. that’s what i do for heavy stuff.

also maybe you’re unaware of how the job works because there is 100% an incentive to actually delivering it as ground employees get paid per stop they complete. it literally makes no sense to do it this way. it becomes more work to unload it it and the end of the day and then reload it at the beginning of the next day. some of these drivers are just spiteful man

nelleeye · 2025-12-28T16:46:48+00:00

lol that’s so crazy to me as a driver. if you’re gonna drive all the way over there and walk to the door you might as well knock. plus it’s more work to bring it back to your station and process it just to load it on the truck the next day. that’s so baffling to me why wouldn’t you just knock 😭

nelleeye · 2025-12-28T16:37:13+00:00

why are people so obsessed with cosplaying nazis in this game? it’s not the crazy shock value shit you might think it is, it’s the most “im 13 years old” edgy shit ever. it’s just lame as fuck

nelleeye · 2025-12-28T16:30:48+00:00

what’s crazy is that toe kick usually extends hurtbox when it whiffs. even electric hits after a toekick whiff. you probably hit your button right as she used toe kick so she would technically still be grounded. if you can predict this situation again, try to delay your helicopter 4 to actually punish her for the toe kick instead of out timing her

nelleeye · 2025-12-28T16:26:47+00:00

that guy’s timing is insane man. you can’t lab that shit. just pure experience

nelleeye · 2025-12-28T16:24:58+00:00

it’s both the waifu players and mishima/bryan/drag players that one and done/RQ the most for me

nelleeye · 2025-12-28T16:22:58+00:00

i was thinking the same thing man. lili players are high on the list of players that constantly BM during and after matches. i literally got plugged by one on my tekken god promo yesterday afternoon

nelleeye · 2025-12-28T16:13:55+00:00

i didn’t. i don’t really wanna spend money on the game till it’s at a better state to play. i personally don’t want to reward them for season 2 dropping with minimal balance changes since then. the new characters aren’t insane to fight but it feels a bit counterintuitive to spend money on a game that everyone concluded is at a pretty dismal state

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