Why is the Soul Calibur IV online community so bad at the game?

[Pristine20]

Shadowblind said:

Pristine20 said:

Shadowblind said:

polezo said:
I can't speak for the PSN players, but the Live players are up to par. I've been playing Soul Calibur for years (I'm not exceptional, but definitely can beat any button mashers) and I'm only doing so-so in my ranked matches. Yesterday i was fighting an Afro Samurai version of Mitsurugi and I broke all of his armor till he was only in underwear, but still the guy I was playing against was good enough to come back and end up beating me.

 

 More or less. I just started on Soulcal and so far I have 5 wins 2 loss. There are a lot of newbs like me, for sure, but they have no idea how to get good combos. Just mash buttons.

I tend to see SC as about doing the right things at the right time than just amassing combos. I think anyone would find it difficult to even pull of a 5-hit combo in the game because it is possible to turn continuously in the air  and on the ground unlike say...tekken.

 

 

 Doing things at the right time involves doing combos. Doing 1 attack over and over is called cheap, but amassing combos is what the game is about. I hardly believe your better then most people if you say they are unneccesary...

I wish we could play each other. My style involves getting a character to fall down by sweeping/throwing or any other means then causing them hell to get back in the action thereafter...