Hi, I'm actually an old fan of Soul Calibur, I used to play Soul Calibur 1 in the arcade when I was a wee lad, and my main man was Nightmare. I went on to Siegfried and so forth, however I want to be better at the game. I want to fight people and have criticisms about my Siegfried (And I'm still trying to find a 2ndary character I want to get really good at, it's so far a toss up between Amy and Cervantes. I want to use Hilde but alas...the banning...). I want anyone who wants a good fight to add me, please! Round 1, Start!
PSN: Rabbaner
Hi Rabban! Welcome to 8wayrun.com I'm one of the moderators of the Newcomer section. Senzait is the other. My purpose here is to help you find your place in our large community and answer any questions you may have while browsing our forum.
I want to congratulate you on your desire to become a better player. You've definately come to the right place! The first step you'll want to take is to familiarize yourself with the many acronyms, abbreviations, and move inputs you'll see while browsing here. One of our esteemed members has made that pretty easy for you to do. Refer to this post for the video and literature explaining the many things you'll need to become an efficent student here:
8WR general Directory and Offline Matchfinder Reception
(this thread, imo, is the most valuable on the forums)
When you feel confident enough in your understanding of this information to proceed to the next step, feel free to start reading your specific characters' Soul Arena's to learn their particular strategies, combos, frame data, and ect... I've taken the liberty of linking you to the characters you've listed here:
Siegfried
Nightmare
Amy
Cervantes
and I'll throw
Hilde in there too. She may be banned in tournaments, but you can still have fun with her in offline casual matches and online. Feel free to ask any character specific questions in these sections.
I also noticed that you play online as well. We have a forum dedicated specifically to the online mode of the game.
Online Mode: Extreme SoulCaliburrr!
Since SC4 is practically a different game entirely when playing online,
(input lag and latency change from person to person so developing a particular strategy while playing online may not trasnfer over well when you play offline) you may want to do a seperate introduction here:
PSN/XBL Player List/Database. Tell Partisan, HRD, and Static I said hi! They are the moderators for that forum.
Anywho, it looks like you've already met Partisan. It also looks like you two live near each other too. That's awesome! You should deifnately check out that offlince scene if you've got the time. They are a great bunch of people and you'd be welcome anytime. They are also quite good at the game and I'm sure you'd learn a thing or two, or maybe even teach them something!
Well it seems like that's all I can do for you right now. Again, if you have any questions or need help with any the stuff you see around here, just ask me in a PM or use this thread, and myself, Senzait, or one of our helpful members will point you in the right direction. Welcome!
