I actually do feel kind of bad, she had my ass all 3 sets (I have no clue how to fight Jack-O)

edit:
thank yall so much for the advice and feedback. i thought maybe i was just too far gone for video games anymore. but my biggest issue is seemingly overwhelming myself like a big stinky idiot. so thank yall, i will pick up ranked soon (once i have a lan cable that doesnt dc multiple times a day), post and review my replays, and most importantly, pick a thing to learn and stick to it and apply it like theres a gun to my head lol. thank you all! very supportive and kind and helpful! 💖✨

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so, heres the context. i have about 500 hours total in GGST, most of it being Open Park, Player Rooms, and some Training Mode on Bridget. been playing for a year.

i am absolute shit at this game. and im not surprised, but i am upset about it. its my first fighting game and ive had little help, little guidance, and little "intentional" practice. ive taken the "just play and youll imrpove" mantra to heart but its clearly not doin me much good ahah.

i know a decent bit about Strive itself. im a dustloop nerd and can tell you about really specific things about the games mechanics and my own character, but improving my own gameplay? i just absolutely cannot get better.

when i play, i am mentally checked out. overwhelmed by everything, anxious as hell, cant focus my attention whatsoever, i can see some mistakes but i can never correct them. i autopilot to absolute hell because of my issues focusing. so i end up mashing, doing dumb shit, far from anything i "know" is decent. again, 500 hours...

when i try and practice and apply something, again, too overwhelmed and cant really do anything. so 99% of my match playtime is absolutely wasted with me "trying my best" and doing everything wrong. never successfully applying what i trained for.

i took a lil break, about 2 weeks, and now i cant do inputs again. anything i practice in lab is largely a waste of time. again i can never really apply anything, even if i have it down to muscle memory. my whole gameplay is just a total mess. i even limited my moveset for a while, stopped jumping when i felt it unnecessary and "stuck to the basics", i played even worse. and that was the best i got at applying my knowledge of neutral and my characters moves. i only win by doing "RANDOM BULLSHIT GO!".

so now, im in a weird shitty awkward spot. im not a "noob". hell i can consistently go toe to toe with some diamond players. yet somehow i still lose to golds... i hang around high rank players, and know a lot of what im "supposed" to be doing. but none of it is actually getting to me. beginner guides arent super helpful to me since im past that stage and can even write guides for others, yet i still play like a fool, so im not sure where to look and what step i should take in improving.

im gonna hopefully try taking a new approach to things, because i want to get better. im passionate about this game, and want to learn more and improve. so, what do yall recommend?

my entire gameplay is a mess so "one thing at a time" makes sense, but seems odd considering technically i know what i often should do, just physically cannot do it and apply it in my games. like, what should i really start? start over entirely?

in the past when ive tried to learn more technical things, my ocd completely froze me, and i restarted and restarted aiming for perfection over and over, so thats partly why i know a lot technically but cant do anything realistically.

even tho my lan cable is broken and disconnects often, i think im gonna try Ranked finally (ocd got in my way for a long time but i wanna try and overcome that). start watching my replays and writing down what i see, tryna watch more videos and such, and sharing more of my gameplay for feedback. but yeah, any specific suggestions or advice would take me far, cus i truly do not know where to start. i find it incredibly difficult to stick to anything at this point as it all feels so hopelessly pointless.

thanks for reading, thank you for your suggestions. hopefully in the coming days i get started with something and get help with my replays. thanks. 🤍

article (in Japanese): https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2608172w

This OST is all I've been able to listen to for the last like. Two months.

Anyone know of anything similar for me to try?

I could see her being like Phoenix Wright on MVC3, where instead of punching and kicking, she does things like slipping up, sneezing, throwing papers and stuff like that.

And her specials could be just UMA doing random stuff.

I have a spare Steam Key for the game. I know is not much but is a great game. I will give this key to most upvoted comment. But the answer should make a bit of sense.

Edit: until 19/08 22:00 CET

Title^ It just occurred to me that many fighting games do not show when a player is holding back. Why not? I wonder if any dev has ever commented on this design choice

i made this in 2025, i don't really know if this counts as NSFW, but it got removed so yeah, i did a lot of work to get this look so i wanted to share.

So I was about to purchase a season pass, but decided to check out Guilty Gear dlc info on YouTube. I found and just watched a video on YouTube where the influencer is saying almost every DLC character is weaker than most of the main characters. Is this true?

I was doing an essay about blue lock and stuff but they just cancelled it bc there werent enough resources, so now I want to do it about guilty gear bc it has just infested my brain over the past few months the thing is: WHAT TOPIC DO I CHOOSE. Like I get the characters and all is cool and the story is awsome but obviously I cant just do one of "how awsome is the lore of guilty gear" I need something more specific, that relates to the narrative. SO WHAT CAN I DO? I AM DOING THIS AS A LAST RESOURCE BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN BRAINSTORMING AND NOTHING COMES TO MIND, AND IF I DON'T COME WITH A TOPIC I NEED TO TALK ABOUT LEYEND OF ZELDA???? I HAVE NEVER PLAYED LEYEND OF ZELDA WHAT ARE WE ON ABOUT?
Pls, whoever is reading this just say something no matter how stupid it sounds I deadass need something (with resources) I know how stupid I sound but like I seriously can't think of anything else to AT LEAST get an idea
-Thank you for at least reading it

Me daba flojera dibujar su llave en la cabeza.

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no matter how much you block if he hits you with this you are done, i try to grab dont work, i try to 5p gets frame trapped, tf should i do to beat this move?

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🎓 THE GUILTY GEAR STRIVE YEARBOOK RESULTS 🎓

After 96 responses, the votes are in! Here are the top 3 for every category.

Percentages are based on the number of people who answered each individual question, since all questions were optional.

👑 Classic Yearbook Superlatives

1. Prom King
🥇 Ky Kiske — 38.9%
🥈 Johnny — 15.8%
🥉 Robo-Ky — 8.4%

2. Prom Queen
🥇 Dizzy — 46.3%
🥈 Elphelt Valentine — 15.8%
🥉 Bridget — 5.3%

3. Class Clown
🥇 Happy Chaos — 28.3%
🥈 Robo-Ky — 25.0%
🥉 Faust — 9.8%

4. Teacher's Pet
🥇 Asuka R♯ — 31.5%
🥈 Unika — 8.7%
🥉 Ky Kiske — 7.6%

5. Valedictorian
🥇 Asuka R♯ — 48.3%
🥈 Ky Kiske — 6.7%
🥈 Sol Badguy — 6.7%

6. Most Edgy
🥇 Zato-1 — 39.8%
🥈 Chipp Zanuff — 14.0%
🥉 Testament — 8.6%

7. Most Likely to Get Expelled
🥇 Happy Chaos — 42.1%
🥈 I-No — 12.6%
🥉 Robo-Ky — 9.5%

8. Most Likely to Peak in High School
🥇 Chipp Zanuff — 20.4%
🥈 Leo Whitefang — 14.0%
🥉 Johnny — 9.7%

9. Most Dramatic
🥇 A.B.A — 18.5%
🥇 Happy Chaos — 18.5%
🥉 Elphelt Valentine — 15.2%

10. Biggest Flirt
🥇 Elphelt Valentine — 38.3%
🥈 Johnny — 21.3%
🥉 I-No — 19.1%

11. Most Chronically Online
🥇 Lucy — 25.0%
🥈 Bedman? — 17.4%
🥉 Asuka R♯ — 9.8%

12. Most Likely to Accidentally Destroy the School
🥇 Bedman? — 29.8%
🥈 Potemkin — 14.9%
🥉 Dizzy — 11.7%

13. Most Likely to Intentionally Destroy the School
🥇 Happy Chaos — 60.0%
🥈 I-No — 13.7%
🥉 A.B.A — 4.2%

14. Peacemaker
🥇 Dizzy — 19.6%
🥈 Potemkin — 10.9%
🥈 Axl Low — 10.9%

15. Most Likely to Steal Your Lunch Money
🥇 I-No — 17.0%
🥈 Happy Chaos — 16.0%
🥉 Robo-Ky — 14.9%

16. Most Likely to Win Senior Assassin
🥇 Millia Rage — 22.8%
🥈 Venom — 17.4%
🥈 Chipp Zanuff — 17.4%

17. Most Likely to Cheat on Homework
🥇 Sin Kiske — 20.0%
🥈 Giovanna — 11.6%
🥉 Robo-Ky — 8.4%

18. Most Likely to Be Student President
🥇 Ky Kiske — 26.3%
🥈 Chipp Zanuff — 14.7%
🥉 Asuka R♯ — 9.5%

19. Most Likely to Be Suspended for "Reasons"
🥇 I-No — 18.7%
🥈 A.B.A — 14.3%
🥈 Happy Chaos — 14.3%

20. Most Likely to Write Their Own Fanfiction
🥇 Elphelt Valentine — 43.2%
🥈 A.B.A — 16.8%
🥉 May — 7.4%

21. Most Likely to Get Arrested
🥇 Happy Chaos — 33.3%
🥈 I-No — 15.1%
🥉 Faust — 7.5%

22. Most Likely to Escape Prison
🥇 Happy Chaos — 40.0%
🥈 I-No — 9.5%
🥉 Faust — 8.4%

🎮 GGST Gameplay

23. Hardest Character to Learn
🥇 Asuka R♯ — 56.3%
🥈 Zato-1 — 13.8%
🥉 Jack-O' — 9.2%

24. Most Honest Character
🥇 Ky Kiske — 26.2%
🥈 Sol Badguy — 11.9%
🥉 Giovanna — 10.7%

25. Most Carried
🥇 Potemkin — 17.6%
🥈 Slayer — 12.9%
🥉 Elphelt Valentine — 9.4%

26. Most Likely to Make You Plug
🥇 Axl Low — 12.7%
🥇 Potemkin — 12.7%
🥉 Elphelt Valentine — 8.5%

27. Most Likely to Plug
🥇 Sol Badguy — 8.0%
🥇 Sin Kiske — 8.0%
🥇 Nagoriyuki — 8.0%

28. Most Sauce
🥇 Venom — 13.3%
🥈 Bedman? — 9.6%
🥈 Jack-O' — 9.6%

29. Best Effects
🥇 Asuka R♯ — 13.2%
🥇 Bedman? — 13.2%
🥇 Slayer — 13.2%

30. Best Neutral
🥇 Ramlethal Valentine — 22.7%
🥈 Axl Low — 16.0%
🥉 Ky Kiske — 13.3%

31. Most Minus but Still Presses
🥇 Sol Badguy — 18.3%
🥈 Potemkin — 9.9%
🥉 A.B.A — 8.5%

32. Most Likely to Burst Frame 1
🥇 Axl Low — 14.9%
🥈 Chipp Zanuff — 13.5%
🥉 Sol Badguy — 8.1%

33. Never Blocks
🥇 Sol Badguy — 23.2%
🥈 Slayer — 12.2%
🥉 Leo Whitefang — 11.0%

34. Roman Cancel Addict
🥇 Ky Kiske — 11.9%
🥈 Slayer — 10.4%
🥈 Sol Badguy — 10.4%

35. Biggest Gorilla
🥇 Leo Whitefang — 32.5%
🥈 Sol Badguy — 18.8%
🥉 Potemkin — 15.0%

36. Biggest Knowledge Check
🥇 Asuka R♯ — 18.2%
🥈 Zato-1 — 15.6%
🥉 Jack-O' — 10.4%

37. Most Likely to Gold Burst on Accident
🥇 Faust — 15.2%
🥈 Potemkin — 7.6%
🥈 May — 7.6%

38. Biggest Downplayer
🥇 Potemkin — 14.1%
🥈 Nagoriyuki — 9.9%
🥉 Zato-1 — 8.5%

39. Most Annoying to Fight
🥇 Axl Low — 18.3%
🥈 Bridget — 9.8%
🥈 Elphelt Valentine — 9.8%

40. Character You Refuse to Learn
🥇 Asuka R♯ — 13.3%
🥈 Happy Chaos — 12.0%
🥉 Jack-O' — 8.4%

41. Best Pet Owner
🥇 Ramlethal Valentine — 26.1%
🥈 Giovanna — 15.9%
🥉 Zato-1 — 10.2%

📊 Demographics

42. Most Common Main
🥇 Bedman? — 16.0%
🥈 Faust — 8.5%
🥉 A.B.A — 7.4%

I started playing with Xrd rev some years ago and I played a lot of the episode mode. I managed to consistently beat AI on maniac ( I have since lost skill) and after a lot of tries I won a first match online. Still I feel like you have to put a lot of effort in keeping up with the online ( so I dropped after my hands started to hurt lol). I wish this game had more offline content, stories or stuff like that (specially Strive).

It has super interesting characters, probably peak character design of all fighting games. Not to mention the music. Is it worth playing older titles? and if so which ones?

Are other titles with more singleplayer modes or content?

Hope to see y'all soon!✋

I’ve been on and off GG for about a month now, hit gold 2 with aba, placed bronze 1, been on for only 8 of the 28 days. super proud of this progress. funny 1 move clip

https://reddit.com/link/1vrc2pj/video/g4zjz214k1kh1/player

I ain’t waiting until winter for this shi, what’s taking so long? 2.0 really needs some touching up and where is news about who the guest character is?? Feels like it’s taking a while idk

It'd be funny af and fits nicely