does anybody around here play fighting games?

Not my favorite genre, but I do like Tekken, Dead or Alive, Soul Calibre, Virtua Fighter, Battle Arena Toshinden, Fighting Vipers, World Heroes. Mostly I am attracted to a game for cool characters and fighting styles more than the actual fighting, if that makes any sense. Oh, does Virtual On count? 😋

I feel this, and I actually feel a little bit petty realizing that SF6 doesn’t have any fighters or attacks that seem visually interesting to me. It seems to be doing so many other things so well that it’s a strange sticking point.

I grew up not really "getting" fighting games but in the last few years I've really gotten into them in a big way. Been playing some SF6 recently but my true love is Guilty Gear. GG Strive is what got me into fighting games as a whole and taught me what okizeme and plus-on-block mean.

Lots of Smash fans here looks like, I also enjoy smash bros but if we do have a general FGC it might be better to separate them just so that the two communities don't run over each other. Smash is incredibly popular but it doesn't have a whole lot in common with other more traditional fighting games.

Soul Calibur is my jam. That, and Mortal Kombat. Never played competitively, I'm not that good. Just good enough to beat all my friends, lol.

Absolutely trash at Smash, though. I don't think I've ever won a single game.

I play Smash Ult every weekend with my buddy. During the pandemic, I got so fed up with Smash online that I picked up SFV. I was an Akuma main. Now I'm learning Dee Jay in SF6. Fun stuff.

I've always liked the idea of fighting games (depth, strategy, persnickety nonsense) but they've never clicked. Street Fighter 6 has changed that, though. Falling into a reaaaal hole with it as I try and figure out how to play Chun-Li.

Niiiiice! Glad it's working out for you! I think a lot of people are having this experience.

I'm sure lemmy will get enough members to make more niche communities eventually. I'm a fan of the netherrealm games myself like mortal Kombat and injustice.

Yeeeahhh! Hopefully we are both about to get some exciting news tomorrow :D

Yesterdey I tried Tekken 7 on ps plus. Last time I played Tekken was back in the ps1 with Tekken 2. I really liked it, it remind me my afternoons being scared of yoshimitsu. If the community is created, I'm down!

As of last week I do, simply because SF6 has really captured my heart. The modern controls allow me to still pull off some cool moves, but give me a chance to focus on building fundamentals. I don't want to grind away in the lab mode for 1934589 hours. I want to learn by doing. I'll never be hyper competitive, but I have won a few matches online and now I have the bug.

I liked Tekken 7, but didn't have anyone to play with really. My favorite artistic style is the French Bread fighting games. Their characters are pretty stand out too.

Currently don't have my hotbox, so i can't be grinding out combo trials and trying to figure out which character i vibe with most in SF6

Yeah! I'm middling at best, and Street Fighter is my game, been having a lot of fun with the new one. Always down to try others too. As another commentor said, the salt/toxicity/gatekeeping aspects that can creep into some of these sweatier communities I dislike. Fostering a welcoming inclusive environment is something that's important to me too

Playing SF6 right now and shocked that it isn't blowing up more than it is.

Oh it's huge! So many people are playing it right now, I think they can count this as one of the most successful fighting game launches ever.

I love fighting games, even if I've never been particularly good at them. It's the character designs, music and stylish presentation in games like Strive, SF6 and Skullgirls that do it for me. I try to introduce my friends to the genre any chance I get but most people find them intimidating. Can't say I blame them, but I think that SF6 will bring some new blood to the community.

And I've unfortunately found a lot of ignorance and bigotry in fighting game spaces, like in other exclusive Ur-Gamer spaces. I think with more notable queer and trans players in the scene though, things are changing.

Edit: I'd definitely join a FGC on Beehaw if such a thing appeared. Also I play on Steam!

And I’ve unfortunately found a lot of ignorance and bigotry in fighting game spaces, like in other exclusive Ur-Gamer spaces. I think with more notable queer and trans players in the scene though, things are changing.

I think that's true for the bigger franchises, unfortunately. But honestly, the Guilty Gear (mostly Strive, I suppose) and BlazBlue communities tend to be pretty chill, from what I've found on reddit.

Also, hello, fellow Millia main (if I'm guessing it correctly through your username).
- Yup! And here's a cosplay I did of her at MAGfest this year:

Nah, I'm too awful and get tired of losing

It's hard to get into them if you don't have a friend there to explain things and help you. The guy who taught me how to play and got me started was like super diamond in SF5 and beat me with almost any character in any game. I beat his main team in Dragonball FighterZ once and it was the highlight of me playing lol.
They really do require a certain sort of attitude, you have to be okay with getting your shit kicked in 342 times before squeaking out a win. Although good matchmaking helps alleviate this a bit.

Hey there! I'm a Smash Ultimate player. I'm going to my local regularly and trying to improve, though I'm still trash.

I'd love to have a community for the FGC here. I frequented the subreddit r/CrazyHand a fair bit, which is a community focused on helping people improve at competitive Smash, and it's a great little place.

I used to play a lot back in the PS3/360 days then my group fell apart, but have gotten back into them in the last year. Nowhere near competitive but it’s so hard to top the experience of playing fighting games with friends of similar skill levels and helping each other improve!

Fighters are fun! I played in a some melty blood tournaments a few years back, never got higher then 3rd but I was happy with myself haha. Moved to +R for a bit and playing street fighter now whenever I have a minute. Really well made game, I hope it gets more people pass the intial learning wall...I've seen so many people give up on it and it's hard to blame them without good tutorials, but it seems sf6 is doing a good job at changing that

Hello lemmy gamers! Curious who’s around here – anybody play fighting games?

Yes! I play mostly Guilty Gear Strive (although my favourite GG is Accent Core +R, closely followed by Xrd Rev 2) and now, Street Fighter 6. I've also dabbled in Tekken, King of Fighters, BlazBlue and a little bit of Soul Calibur 6.

I'm not very good at them but I'm always up for some games. I just love the overall design and mechanics of fighting games. Oh, and combos. I'm one of those weirdos that likes to spend hours in the lab practicing combos instead of going online.

My mains, if anyone cares to know:

Guilty Gear (all of them): Millia Rage
Street Fighter 6: Cammy
BlazBlue Central Fiction: Kokonoe
Tekken 7: Lidia
King of Fighters XV: Joe, Vanessa, Luong
Soul Calibur 6: 2B

I’m mostly into Tekken (and play it competitively), but I’ll dabble in most fighting games here and again. Would it be reasonable to have a community specifically for the FGC around here?

I guess if it gets big enough here, sure, it warrants its own community. For now, I think it's fine if a few posts show up in this uhh...sublemmy?

I made a placeholder of r/Kappachino for FGC shitposts and whatnot: https://lemmy.world/c/kappachino.

Nice to see someone from the FGC here!
- I didn't visit Kappachino much, to be honest. But it was really useful if you wanted to get information on ongoing and/or upcoming tournaments. Still, it's nice to know someone there's a Fediverse version out there.

I'm really into fighting games, and they're basically all I play now. Since SF6 came out, it's basically my main game now.

Been playing them since SF2. I hope more of the FGC comes over!

I've played a lot of games off and on over the years, but my main two are Skullgirls (Val/Robo/Para) and Them's Fightin' Herds (Velvet).

I've gone ahead and made https://kbin.social/m/fgc here, get the ball rolling on that.

I got into them a couple years ago, but have still only played pretty casually now and then against the CPU. I bought Street Fighter 6 this week and have been enjoying it.

I think they're fun, but I am terrible at any kind of competitive play. I just occasionally hang out in FightCade to watch SSF2T matches.

Always wanted to but never really clicked with any fighting games that I picked up. Gonna try SF6 soon and see if that changes things! I liked Modern controls more than I thought I would.

I was pretty good at SSBU, but probably haven’t played in two years though. I’d join an FGC if there’s one in the future!

I’ve dabbled off and on over the years. A little Street Fighter, a little Guilty Gear mostly. Currently don’t have anywhere to keep a fight stick out, so haven’t really been into it for a while. :(