In this episode, the unpredictability of live content means that we randomly get a five-and-a-half run of 3rd Strike! This means that EVERYBODY gets to play, and we even get quite a few new faces (none of which I've seen since). What I really want to take from this episode is that f_the_360 is trash at this game, and I mean that -- and I don't say it lightly! A lot of players come to the show frustrated that they can't improve, telling me that they're trash and they're afraid they'll never be more than that -- but it's not true. All that anyone needs to do, to improve, is to learn about the game: meditate on the game. Look at why they're getting hit, look at why they're hits aren't connecting, ask questions of more experienced players, and continuously fight opponents that beat them.
To me, f_the_360 represents everything that's wrong with online 3S. He's been playing for much longer than I have, but he's shown no interest in improving in the game. When I was new, I would find him dominating lobbies of other newbies like me, and I thought that his playstyle was really strong -- but there's no way that he'll take a game off of me, any more, because his "playstyle" is completely braindead and entirely disrespectful of the game's design. He just abuses the online environment to get dash-ups, whiff-punish-punishes (the online phenomenon where you whiff something unsafe, rely on your opponent to be late in punishing it, and then beat the start-up of their punish with a DP), random unsafe but high-priority attacks, etc. Just online gimmicks that all lose to blocking and whiff-punishing, as long as lag doesn't obscure dash-up-grabs or make punishing much more difficult. The reason that he's never had to improve is that, just like when I was new to the game and first met him, he just battles randoms that are new to the game which he can beat with his bullshit. After all of this time, with such a strong character, you'd think that he wouldn't be as free as he is, but he just plays with no respect for the game or his opponent.
Don't be an f_the_360.
As always, thank you to everybody that played in this episode! It was a long one, and you guys kept it HOT for the DURATION. Thank you to everybody that's hanging out in the Twitch chat, too! Ya'll always make it more fun to host. :D
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