The last time I had local FGC tournament experience was SF4 a decade ago. Time has gone and so I decided to try my first local tournament at the local FGC.

One thing I forgot was just how nerves impact your play such an incredible amount. And having not played in a tournament or even at the local group, I was definitely shaking at each match.

My last double-elimination match, I had a lot of mistakes on combos that I know I am consistent on in ranked matches. I sensed my opponent was in the same situation and dropping his combos too. On Game 3 Round 3, both in CA stage, he dropped a combo that would have finished me and I then dropped the punish combo that would have finished him. He deserved that win.

I still had a great time. If you haven’t looked up your local FGC yet, they’re starting to come back up again after the pandemic and I would encourage you check them out. The only thing that will calm tournament nerves is more local practice.

  • EferrousEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I haven’t had the chance to attend a local tournament yet but I would like to. I could imagine playing irl would have this affect on anyone.

    How do you usually find out abt local tournaments? Is there any websites/forums you’d recommend?

      • Eferrous@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Wow nice thats a pretty good list of discords, I’ll def check them out and see which works for me

      • mace@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        that’s a good resource. i would add to also just search on google for your town/city/area fgc on facebook. boo fb, but it’s still the de facto place for advertising spaces for shared niche interests.

        it’s the only way i was able to find out that my locals have started again with sf6 for the first time since the pandemic.