Jeff Schaefer On How To Win
Aris ON Monday, December 6, 2010 at 4:34AM One of the best Street Fighter players of all time sheds some light on how to become an expert player. I would like to first make it clear that though his strategies are for Street Fighter, most, if not all of what he says applies to Tekken and any other fighting game as well.
Coincidentally, part of what he talks about (tournament confidence) is exactly the topic of the next podcast which was recorded last week. We agree on several points and I think this video is totally worth checking out for any fighting game fan. The only part I think I disagree with is that Schaefer seems to think that there is a fairly low limit to how much one can improve his or her reaction times. I happen to think that all skills can be improved almost exponentially with the correct amount of determination and training.
Reader Comments (8)
Knowing every counter to every move in Tekken will take a long long time. IMO
But knowing most of them, or at least knowing a lot of the more important moves(ones ppl use often) can help. Really really help.
Knowing how to punish is half the battle in Tekken IMO. Knowing how to predict and having unpredictability, execution, mind games, clear head, experience etc, counts as the other half... Or perhaps experience shoulld count as half... Lol, you get my point though.
Although I don't play SF, there were some good tips there, relevant to all competitve gaming to an extent. Good shit.
I've heard so many tips on how to be good at fighting games, but I think this is the only video I've seen that's actually really helpful. I'll definitely start to think about it that way.
good points.
actually learning every counter/situation in tekken won't take a VERY long time. take for instance df2 most everyone's is the same speed/ range. so you learn how to counter/avoid effectively that move and there u have the counter for most of the character list
Really good video, i kinda learned from it.
i get what he says but in tekken you kinda need to take notice of who's behind the character, not to be afraid of him or anything but to take into account his style of play his tendencies his way of thinking etc etc
playing JF's Law is not the same as playing Rip's for example and it's not a matter of strength
Tekken characters are way more deep and lenient and allow a multitude of styles and approaches.
that's the difference between the 2 games, in SF if we say Ryu is black (as in chess) and Ken is white they will always be that.
but in tekken a character for example can be black or white or purple or yellow etc etc.
Thats true but many times one has no choice but to follow Schaefer's advise when playing a new player. It's pretty much the best you can do in a tournament situation. Rip, or JFJ, If you havent ever played either, you have to simply play against Law.