Hate Speech: A Formal Introduction

Anyway, nice piece. It reminds me of a great quote that supposedly originated at IBM several decades ago: "Information overload equals pattern recognition."

To me, that means those who do something enough and with the right amount of awareness will familiarize themselves with more situations and figure out the best ways of dealing with them until they react almost instinctively with what has proven to them to be the best response in each scenario.

Of course, that sounds a little rote, and there are times when "outliers" are appropriate, such as the occasional so-called "random" dragon punch.

As for me, I think my main problem is that I spend too much time worrying about what I'm doing and not what my opponent is doing. Which is kinda funny, because I often criticize other players for not being introspective enough. Go figure.
 
well... errr... i have no idea... i do stuff because it feels right...

if im losing badly i tend to start thinking... and i usually do a lot worse like that... besides that, beyond knowledge of the game and the character im using, i just work on instinct...

i remember trying to teach a friend Soulcalibur and realising that i have absolutely no knowledge of why i do what i do, and i was unable to tell him: "use X at this time because Y, but watch out for Z", he was confused when i said things like: "if your opponent looks like theyre about to..." but that makes perfect sense to me... :/

...by the way, astaroth has no junk.
 
The most meaningful statement in this article to me is "The Fundamental Rule states that if, at any time while you are playing a match, someone could hypothetically pause the game and ask you why you just made a particular decision, you must be able to offer a clear and reasonable explanation for your choices." -Hates
(Im not sure if I quoted you correctly but what ever) :P

Most people who have plaied me, may have said that I have an unorthadox style, and I agree. The whole objective of my gameplay is to try to make you second guess yourself. And its safe to say Im not a safe player, Im a high risk..... medium reward type of guy, simply because playing safe and respecting "Frames" is pure bordom to me. Attacking on dissadvantage, swinging at the air knowing I will miss you, and grounding myself for no reason is apart of my gameplay to throw my opponents off. The greatest mindgame tactic in my opinion is knowing your opponent knows that you arent in the possition to harm them, leading them in for a false sence of security. Its fairly unconventional and psychologically effective when done properly, but most importantly of all, ITS FUN!

That is the sole purpose I dont study frames. It takes away from the mind games factor (well at least in my head it does.) It could very well benifit me and cause me to win alot more than I do. But I also firmly believe that ignorance is bliss, especially if your ignorance is causing you to win. To me its not about being book smart, its about spacing, trickery but most of all, being cunning. =/

Here is a pretty old video of me and my good freind KrayzieCD we both had a few beers so don't hold it against us too badly. Skip to 7:32-7:38 for a prime example of what I mean.
 
For me, my thinking is more along the lines of bushido -
Rectitude, Courage, Benevolence, Respect, Honesty, Honour, and Loyalty.

Recititude - To make the right decisions with confidence, and to be fair and equal to all fighters regardless.

Courage - To handle any situations with valor and confidence.

Benevolence - Not being arrogant and use skills for all out domination.

Respect - Courtesy and proper behaviour towards other players.

Honesty - Doing what's right and doing things to the best of my ability.

Honour - Success is an honourable goal to strive for.

Loyalty -Dedicating myself to the Soul Calibur cause.
 
Paragon: I want to engage with this a bit more, but right now it's late, so I'll for the moment defer to Pablo Picasso:

"There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality."

Even a style based around being unconventional can benefit from a deeper understanding of what's expected. If you don't agree, we can always test our separate theories against one another next time you're in NorCal. ;)
 
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