“I’ve made the fatal mistake of playing this game like an utter goblin”
A continuously frustrating quest to get good at TEKKEN 7
I
recently returned home from competing in my first Tekken 7 major, which means I’m in that posttournament training stage. I still suck pretty bad at the game. I don’t compete in these things to win, I compete to be around my friends, other like-minded people and, most critically, receive instant feedback on how I play.
So now I’m taking the constructive criticism I received at the tournament—my impatience, lack of matchup knowledge, pressing buttons when I shouldn’t be—and trying to apply it back home. Yeah, turns out you can’t just mash buttons at these things. Who’d have thought?! I’ve also picked up a new character since my main, Lucky Chloe, seemingly isn’t making it into Tekken 8. Truly heartbreaking stuff.