How it feels to learn Third Strike in 2023

[@myboy_]

I've only played a little third strike but god i cant stop watching it. It's so thrilling. I don't know if it's the animations or the parries but it just feels so... true. It feels like I'm really watching digital martial arts

[@lightup6751]

Its the same for the Alpha games and Super SF2. The 2D games were all about footsies, mind games and execution with no gimmicks

[@ThiagoGustavo-ii7ms]

he's a good youtuber

[@MoreThan_Bob1776]

They don't make fighting games like they used to.

[@Pyrozoid]

it's the love man. you're feeling the love. no other game has me like 3rd strike.

[@vitamindealer7915]

Its addictive AF

[@FFadeaway]

"how it feels to learn SF3S in 2023" is getting the shit kicked outta you by dudes who have played the game for 37 years.

[@ppthebiggest]

they really labbed the game 12 years before it came out

[@Scientists_dont_lie]

Anyone who has played this game for 37 years in2023 is litterally a god. Or a magician

[@dylanchadderton1]

I've also been playing street fighter 4 for the past 25 years, crazy

[@turdferguson2]

Everyone knows Sf3 came out in 1987

[@dylanchadderton1]

@@turdferguson2 correct, SF1 came out in 1949. It's been quite the journey

[@felipefgoliveira]

I just love how simple you make a fighting game with so many technical details (for a newcomer like me)

[@obitouchiha9446]

It’s so much fun when you get good, you just gotta really trust the process and find some homies that would wanna play with you

[@lightup6751]

Those are the best fighting games. No gimmicks. No craziness. Thats why the original SF2 was huge. Also check out the Alpha series. The 2D games are all amazing and all about spacing, footsies and execution.

[@guitaroach]

​@@lightup6751 a fighting game with no gimmicks? lol

[@lightup6751]

@@guitaroach Yep. The older games are much more grounded. Now more than ever there is fighting games that ignore neutral completely with whacky characters and crazy specials. But good job clinging on a word haha

[@guitaroach]

@@lightup6751 i mean, to think that older FGs didnt have any gimmicks or knowledge checks is silly, cuz they def had some jank stuff too. But if you just saying you prefer simpler grounded fighting games, I mean thats cool too.

[@PHWNDR]

I say this as a COMPLETE beginner, but that unblockable setup you did during the character overview is absurdly hard. TTH is impossibly hard too. I practiced for close to 10h and got TTH once in training mode, let alone any setups. The beginner experience is moreso spamming normals, dropping motion inputs and feeling utterly and completely lost. This just ain't how getting into 3S felt like to me.

[@Boyzby]

A beginner also has little to no knowledge about the game. Like, yeah, I've watched a lot of 3rd Strike, but I'm not retaining that info, thinking about it, and using it.

[@unintelligentbeing5593]

Watch dr steel hammers leaving Mongolia series. For tth make sure to do the first tackle as soon as possible, many people make the mistake of waiting a split second longer which ultimately drops the combo. If you nail the first tackle the rest should be easy.

[@zhmyh6599]

TTH is not necessary to even touch as a complete beginner. Tackle Chop is a good enough option. There's also an easier "babies first unblockable" that you can learn and reliably land in a real match

[@herrojason]

my TTH rate is 1/50. i havent hit a TTH since 11/30/23. 😂😂

[@byrne8509]

@@Boyzbyhonestly, for me "babys first unblockable" is harder than the tackle x dash x headbutt version in the overview.

[@eb6510]

I got to C rank on fightcade last week after being stuck in D rank for forever. Third Strike is such a fun game to grind.

[@ChronoTrigger12]

just do some more parries and you'll get b or b+

[@traviscrum5860]

I'm so glad this is the fighting game that my friends made popular amongst our classmates in high school. This made it my the first fighting game I truly got deep into. Especially 2007 and senior year 2008, we had a lot of active players in town

[@conkyjoe8932]

Whoa, reading thag gave me MAD flashbacks. GOOD flashbacks, too. My friend Nathan stumbled across EVO Moment #37 on KZbin somehow, and thus he showed it to me. And having played various SF's in my younger years, I was all in. We slowly roped in one new person at a time, and eventually we had a nice little playgroup active, from like 2008-2012. I graduated in 2007, and Nathan still had one more year left, so I remember waiting for him to get outta school and warming up in the Training mode to try and body him immediately first game 🤣🤣🤣 good times, good times. It sucks it sort of all fell apart as life took us all in different directions, you would think one thing that would be able to transcend all that would be fighting games, but sadly not in this case. I'm sure they all still play individually, just like I do. I need to find a new group come to think of it

[@sourcesauce]

@@conkyjoe8932 god bless man hope you and all your bros are doing well. thanks for sharing

[@agillesp]

@@conkyjoe8932 Get on Fightcade. And if you or anyone else is around Seattle, me and one other dude is trying to get the scene going here.

[@conkyjoe8932]

@@agillesp Ah damn, yea sadly not anywhere close to Seattle, I probably should've mentioned in my initial post that I'm from the DFW area, Texas. And yea I've jumped on Fightcade before, sucks though bc right now I have no internet haha.

[@RugsterClaps]

@@conkyjoe8932 nice. im in the dfw area too and having a great time learning sf6. interested in sf3 but not sure if i shout just get the steam version or not

[@oklimbo]

Everybody loves watching the come up. I just said this on Brian's community post about road to warlord popping off, but it's such an easy to follow storyline it's easy to watch and enjoy. It's also hype to see you learning a new character at the same time, and I'm realizing I get to live all my charge character dreams vicariously through you. I just can't commit to changing up how I play for that archetype but they're so cool so often, and it's super frustrating.

[@kaom4713]

I used to play all the street fighter games casually.I didn’t learn how to play SF3 until 2012

[@brittislove]

In the arcades when I played this, I already knew if I would win or lose. If a player comes up and says, "Hello, do you mind if I fight you?" oh I already knew I would whip them. However, if someone came up, didn't say a word, just inserted a coin and hit start no matter what I was doing in the match, then it was gonna be a real fight.

[@colonelquesadilla5080]

Always love the positivity, you don’t always see players compliment their opponents and you’re consistently good at that

[@novawithfiveas8777]

This would be a hype series please do more!

[@obitouchiha9446]

Was literally teaching my friend 3S, this is kinda funny that this video came out

[@mark3105]

Before fightcade existed there was a much smaller community on another service like 15 years ago, I played at like 3am local time and the only other person online was guy from Egypt who was an absolute demon, I would play him everynight for hours, I don't think I even took a round off him for the first few weeks. Than I started to take some rounds off him and eventually beat him the odd time Throwing myself at this demon everynight for like a month made me ok at this game. He didn't even speak English so no talking just fighting.

[@itsybutsy]

The warriors origin story

[@zarcanzo]

Great idea, I'd love to see more of this as a series on the channel! Never enough 3S content

[@antonsimmons8519]

Feel like most fighting games that are still played, but are quite old, have a really serious BARRIER for anyone not already a storied veteran. You're walking into a school full of blackbelts, and you've got your yellow, goin' "uh...so, let's spar!"

[@MarvelousMorrion]

My best friend and I would play this in the arcades and he said it back then that 3S was too far ahead of it’s time. We would locally and go out of state to play other players. Fun times man. Especially drumming the buttons to Ryus Kobu theme with the other arcade cabinets

[@SuperHydropower]

good to see more 3S on the channel especially urien :)

[@zackswitch9656]

I love Brian_f’s warlord series, happy to see someone get inspired by it

[@YolkyPokey]

Funny that you'd start this series now! I started third strike about 4 days ago. I only played SFV, and mained Balrog there. Truly an average player, as I only reached gold rank. As of right now, I'm playing Makoto and still getting my confirms down (Hayate into SA1 is a pretty challenging link). As soon as I get that down, I'll follow you in ranked path. Pretty fun game, I'm really enjoying it.

[@synga_]

Nice! About Hayate into SA1, if you didn't know already, piano-ing your keys can give you like 2x-6x the amount of tries to get the link! I immediately tried learning double fukiage combos when I started playing 3S. I think I stayed up until 4 AM and only got it a handful of times... Anyway, good luck!

[@obitouchiha9446]

Dude makoto is sick, make good use of her and be a nuisance to anyone that doesn’t jump out of that command grab

[@HeinousinAppearance]

Makoto is love, Makoto is life. That said, looking forward to the series.

[@SansAziza]

I'm an Elena man. Nevertheless, SEICHUSEN GODANZUKI!!!

[@briggasnax8575]

awesome video and commentary, really enjoy watching you

[@nugzmedallion8929]

This is a fun video, but let's be honest here, just because you're playing as a new character doesn't mean all the other 3rd Strike knowledge you've accrued over the years just suddenly vanish; you are literally always going to do better than a real 1st-time player today, I can tell without ever having played the game. I just recently got into SF6 as my first SF game and I love it but I've been really enjoying watching 3rd Strike and I've been thinking I might try to download FightCade and learn how to play in the near future (especially since it doesn't seem like we're gonna get any 3rd Strike characters in SF6 any time in the foreseeable future,) but I somehow doubt I'm going to do as well as you're doing in this video when I decide to do that.

[@titleANDr3gistration]

So stoked to watch you on this journey, keep 'em coming!

[@alexvasiliev925]

Niiiice! It's a very interesting challenge because nobody does retro games ranking-up on public. I've never seen anything like this. Good luck! Looking forward to the future episodes

[@l_samuel794]

You can never have enough 3rd Strike in your life. Maybe the sickest Fighting Game what is out where on the market. It also is my favorite Fighting Game and it made me appreciate old school Fighting Games a lot more and motivated me to try out more of these Games. Definitely exited to see more. Also enjoy your Videos, the recent Videos where a huge step up in my opinion. Keep up the good work. 👍

[@bageltoo]

Been playing this on fightcade and it is fun but incredibly brutal for new players. Even the D ranks are really good

[@biglexica7339]

the d ranks are pretty diverse they lump in noobs and low-mediocre players

[@biglexica7339]

@SelfieCast fightcade

[@lightup6751]

Is fightcade completely legal to download with its roms?

[@biglexica7339]

@@lightup6751 fightcade includes no roms and is perfectly legal if you want, you can buy the arcade machines to legally acquire the roms if you're not rich just pirate them lol

[@lightup6751]

@@SelfieCast the very fact that you become hostile and have a problem with someone asking a simple, harmless question about legality ironically speaks miles about how much fun at a party you are. you really checkmated yourself here. also this will be unbeknownst to you, but not every country has the same laws. where I’m from pirating data is strictly prosecuted. people get caught and pay ridiculous fines for downloading music and movies all the time. that’s why nobody does it since decades ago. everyone streams. so naturally, I asked. don’t be a buffoon and assume what you know applies to the rest of the world.

[@plindquist84]

Keep going! Those matches were awesome! It shows off Fightcade's matchmaking, and what someone coming in fresh can expect.

[@askorath]

Love this format JM. I've seen a few videos where you have lamented being stuck in C rank and this video series is the answer.

[@WantSomeWhiskey818]

I remember I got to C rank during quarantine after 4 years and popping off. It may be a small thing, Im still at a low intermediate/high beginner level I think but its the little victories that matter the most.

[@XxhadoukenxX]

6:55 that skip was so good, thought you grabbed em in mid air 🤣

[@LilRacoon123]

This almost definitely doesn't reflect how it would be for a beginner getting into 3rd strike for the first time because you certainly know 3rd strike pretty well and on top of that looks like you already know Urien. But still i learned some things while watching you play, and i enjoyed the video a lot :)

[@habibinasimm]

That set against Dudley with the comeback was epic, ggs!

[@UkrainianOilPrince]

Started playing 3rd Strike 4 months ago learning the game is a adventure by it self then comes the hidden techniques that are 20~yr's old. It's hard to start 3rd strike but i never had so much fun playing a game and getting my ass beat. One of the best fighting games i've played. Hitting any hit combo seems hard but ultra satisfying when you accually do it.

[@TheSoulNinja26]

Ive just started on Brian's series and it's great to see someone attempt a similar challenge with Third Strike Looking forward to episode 2

[@qwertyfinger]

Definitely in to this series! Would also be interested in seeing practice/grind sessions where you work on punishes and mix-ups and what not

[@Number1sh4rkTwitch]

Thx for the upload! 3rd Strike is such a great game! Everyone should really try it out if you haven't. You won't be disappointed.

[@Dang0thebepis]

Man, I really like your videos. Everything is so considered without being over designed

[@audibleellipsis1334]

ayo this is a fun idea! i love ranked climb stuff, the journey is a lot of fun. keep it up :)

[@WokeUpFuzzy]

Really cool video, looking forward to seeing more!

[@oscarvini]

Nice video, this is the true new player experience, new players losing to secundary accounts

[@whatcookgoodlook]

This is super sick! Loving the content

[@carlos25301]

Lovin the variety of ur videos bro. Keep it up mayne!

[@itsybutsy]

The thing that makes learning a game fun, i feel i should mention, is if you can get whooped and still enjoy your matches. As a beginner, you _will_ get whooped, no matter how gard you research and/or try. If you can lose and still enjoy the process, you're home-free. Third strike checks that box for me. Parries especially make the game have more sauce that can make it fun to lose in a sort of "yeah man you deserve this win" way. Not a bad feeling to get styled on all the time, at least for me.

[@joxler514]

Love the serie bro, GL on u goal

[@turlocs4812]

This was really fun to watch!

[@nickdean8205]

Definitely do more videos like this love watching the grind!

[@nullhoshi1886]

To everyone learning third strike, I want you all to know that the fighting game experience is a grueling experience. With motion inputs being inconsistent and players who seemingly know everything. I won't give anyone a pep talk. But as a complete beginner learning this game was a tall mountain. It was easy to be discouraged and frustrated. But the progress you go just by continuing to play, the game goes from a torture session to a dance. Just a tip to send you off. Play a simple character in your first few days weeks, until you get the feel of the inputs and the game. Then move on to the cool characters. Even if you play for urien or makoto, you wont be playing the game if you don't parry that denjin, or anti air that jump-in. And don't give up. If you give up, then you wont get the experience that the other players use to eat you up like lunch. But you probably knew all that so heres the big secret for beginners... Dont press buttons if you dont know what will happen after. If you press crouching medium kick just to do something with your character, you will experience pain. Give it a bit more thought, like pressing crouching medium kick to keep the opponent away from throw range.

[@Darthbawlz]

Do you remember/have you ever played an older game called Bloody Roar where your fighter could turn into an animal also? Think I played it on the GameCube, but that game had some pretty insane combo involving switching back and forth between human and animal.

[@dopeybrew7006]

I started playing fighting games casually about 3 years ago because I used to mainly play RPGs but started a job where I worked almost 70 hours a week. I didn’t have the time to put into an RPG and get any enjoyment out of. I grew up playing MK with some of my childhood friends. They were always way more into it than me. I’m high school I playing MK 9 quite a bit but not online or completely. I didn’t even know there was a competitive scene. 3 years ago when I was at that job I got the street fighter 30th anniversary collection and I loved third strike! Just the art style of it really drew me in. Alpha 3 did too but not like 3rd strike. I started doing research and watching videos and I’m still nothing more than extremely casual at all the fighting games I play but I really want to dedicate to getting to the next level. I don’t have a pc but I need to get on Fightcade and start getting my ass beat so I can finally learn!

[@Wolfie1262]

I don’t like playing 3S, but I love watching it. Go figure. Fun idea for a series, JM.

[@Cert_Study]

I love this game so much and I suck at it. Wish I could find people to play in person

[@fp45]

812 is a very chill guy, played him before

[@superdubdub]

This is hype! Keep this kinda content coming

[@BridgetGX]

I've been figuring out how to get down with Twelve, of all characters. Getting wins in Ranked with Twelve is legit better than sex

[@ryoumisakiGP]

For the next video could you make your camera a little bit smaller so that the enemy bar is visible? I'm looking forward to this series

[@RadikAlice]

Swivel's a real one for repping Q in my book. That Ibuki deserves props, they had you going. Speaking of going Both the Dudley and Akuma deserve to be in C rank like you ended up in (IK the Dudley is, but y'know)

[@Lenr3d]

Great series, keep it up!

[@travtagonist3]

The online edition must be rereleased on modern consoles asap. I can barely get a match on the 30th anniversary collection

[@jasonbuton]

And need to be crossplay to maintain alive the online

[@gh0rochi363]

I know it's not optimal but I love Ibuki's SA2. Nothing more satisfying then when you are close to an opponent and do it and it just eats their life bar.

[@sugararmor8]

I love Urien so much, if I ever pick up 3rd Strike he’s near the top of my list to pick up

[@Tokioka]

Love this series. Looking forward to more Urien

[@stafo_abc]

Great video JM

[@bigz5543]

Love the mini series really fun.

[@couchfort3934]

I’m more of an Alpha 3 guy myself, but I’ve been appreciating 3rd Strike more recently. And my experience might be as biased as yours, having played Street Fighter since II Turbo on the SNES, but in my opinion, if you’re coming from another SF into this one, you’ll be fine figuring it out. Unless your starting point was SF6 with Modern controls, you’ll already have the fundamentals down and should feel comfortable getting started and building up from there. And if you are coming from 6 on M controls, you’ll want to dabble in Classic controls before moving into an older game like 3rd Strike. And if you truly are a beginner to fighting games, don’t feel ashamed in playing against the computer until you’re more comfortable with the controls. Otherwise you might get bummed out in online and stop playing all together.

[@uptowng7819]

Your vid’s make my day bro thank you

[@jordanstanfield7361]

Bro I literally lost like 20 in a row when I 1st picked it up, it's been a little over a year now and I have a 1700 with about 900 wins and around the same amount of losses. It's been a grind and it started out bad but I slowly got better and better, I'm still not top tier but I'm still improving also

[@darkchild130]

Enjoy the process dude. I’m a long time Tekken player who has picked up 3rd Strike via enjoying SF6. I’m out of my depth but it’s such a great game I must get good.

[@Mr.Skeletoing]

With the Ibuki SA2 against urien: I main hugo, and I usually will take Gigas Breaker into Urien when he tries to do his Aegis corner setup. If you tech roll out of his setups, or are able to catch him in a grounded position, you can pretty much always wake up super with command grabs to get out of aegis. As soon Urien catches on, you have to start using it more sparingly lmao

[@PrecursorIdeliron]

Don’t give me hope, JM. Don’t make me pick up the arcade stick again and remind myself that I can’t parry to save my ass!

[@ThePocketier]

They have third strike at my laundromat lol Soooo sick

[@egodfather8153]

FINALLY you play somebody I main. Urien Has timeless gameplay,i Can play urien in the middle of the night

[@TheDuckofLaw]

thanks for making this - SF3 is like a whole different ballgame for me.

[@CerBeruszPH]

im playing that game too 2024.. and i like it, one of my favorite

[@dizzygunner]

been dabbling with 3s the past couple of days, the struggle is real.

[@milo4885]

I already love this series. Hope you make it to B!

[@mercedesplay_more_kof8488]

Honestly, the main issue with learning 3s on FightCade is you’re online and you’re gonna learn really bad habits because, frankly, Fightcade’s netcode isn’t great and leaves really dumb, punishable stuff un-punishable online. Like the Akuma player sweeping on your wakeup. It’s pretty common knowledge all shoto’s sweeps are hella punishable on block. And you’re not getting anything out of knocking the opponent down again. You’ve just risked getting blown up to be in the same position you could’ve taken advantage of the first time. And, to be clear, not trying to pick on the player. It’s a habit they probably picked up on Fightcade and maybe it’s worked out for them so far. But it’s - on block enough that a lot of characters can punish with a full combo to super. So, online 3s just kinda ends up being its own weird thing that will teach habits that will leave you getting knocked out in any other setting. If online is your only option tho, just remember that a lot of stuff is way easier to parry and punish when you’re playing locally so the more you build bad habits, the worse you’re going to do against a strong player. Even online tbh if you suddenly find yourself playing someone with a great connection.

[@zicozinho1j96]

I love jm 3s videos, we need more!!!!

[@plabcentral630]

Gonna love this series

[@juanduplays]

ggs JM, I'll see you around. I keep hovering from B to C

[@bluetarantulaproductions6179]

Gotten back into SFIII:3rd Strike recently with Ibuki (thinking of checking out Alex).

[@thefitgurutv]

Just hopped into 3rd strike for the first time ever and it quickly is becoming my favorite SF. May skip 6 because I’m enjoying it so much. Really wish Capcom would have adopted the old school, sprite-based, look for VI.

[@MrMonsterKen]

You'll have to get over it, they did really well with 3d graphics and perfected it in 6. Sprites are becoming super costly, and it isn't everything.

[@darkchild130]

Man I feel this comment. I smashed through the World tour mode of SF6 and all it did is ignite in me a deep desire to play 3rd Strike.

[@marzbar3725]

No doubt hommie. Be positive broski. You can do it...

[@herose18q]

Love the idea!

[@Joaogab29]

Brian F upping the youtube meta

[@BRAZILIAN_MIKU]

Some days ago i installed third strike as my first fighting game, picked a character i liked, then proceeded to lose 12-15 ft3 in a row where i didnt won a single round. I cried, i am still trying to learn it but im gonna leave the ranked for a future time I don't think your experience was even near to someone who is truly starting out

[@161patox]

I say continue this series, I like "Unranked to X" style series and good luck on the climb.

[@VencabotArchive]

Your fundamentals and game-knowledge (based on your commentary, wow!) are clearly at least worthy of B Rank! I probably don't need to tell you this, but Urien may end up holding you back because, although he's a very strong character, his real strength comes from the shenanigans that he can execute after a ~ton~ of labbing -- and I'm not sure that's something that you'll necessary be interested in? Without those hours of labbing, it's gonna be hard to hang in B Rank with him, because his neutral game just isn't as strong as other 'strong' characters (and even some characters weaker than him). Urien is one of the most execution-centric characters in the game, along with Yun; I only say all of this because I was so impressed by how strong you are in this game and I think it's a little unfortunate that you feel like you haven't been able to cross that threshold into 'good'. In a game with a skill-ceiling as high as 3rd Strike, "good" is relative, but your neutral, punishes, and knowledge definitely marked you as a 3rd Strike player -- and trust me, I know a lot of 3rd Strike players! If you ever have any questions or want to get some games or anything, feel free to hit me up any time! I love your content and appreciate what you've been doing for the FGC at large.

[@dr133]

You're the best, man!

[@DrunkDudley]

Most good Urien players i see and one of my friends who does play alot of charge chars ( UR,Q,Alex) he does Uriens lp fierball > super cancel Aegis reflector. It might be better for timing of the setup if its hard to parry fierball then mirror in 2 odd timings or if its esier to get the super while the special move is out and you get to buffer super before animations end.

[@Fighter101network]

B Rank in 3S is definitely a good rank. I would compare it to being a 1400/1500mr Master in SF6. I am a B rank in ST, but just getting started with 3S and I am a C rank there. I feel that the skill level of C ranks in 3S is quite good in terms of fundamentals. You find decent C players in 3S, but they are only decent by playing like it's SF2, once they fight people who are playing 3S in the unique way that 3S is played, they crumble.

[@ericmotta1]

Considering how helpful people are in discord, it's totally possible.

[@alexstarbuck4861]

which discord?

[@jamesw5713]

Pretty new to 3rd Strike (5 years), one of the super rare games where you can still have fun losing online.

[@vampirecountingmoneyup2248]

please make more, fun watch. Also i will do anything for a new Tatsunoko vs Capcom video. the people need it

[@MaxClyde]

how you commentate your own matches is impressive

[@fedlix23]

Great idea !

[@guacattack9132]

love brianf series and love this one too

[@eliarts.e.a.s.i6756]

Hope this keeps going

[@MeanieBean]

oh haha. I've been playing third strike for a few weeks with two friends... it's fun, though i am not able yet to do hcb inputs or dp inputs super comfortably...much less flex execution combos

[@estoitriste]

nice video waiting for part 2

[@ShinobiNeon]

The problem with Third Strike these days is that there are way too many people who are way too good at it. So unless you're ready and willing to devote your entire life and every waking second to learning this game, you basically don't stand a chance competitively.

[@EwMatias]

Love this series

[@carolinejohansen851]

Iv thought about starting with 3rd strike as my first street fighter game