Thanks Chai! I hope you've been well since BAM. When you are trying Nina, feel free to message me if I can help at all.

Excellent! How are you finding it?

Loving it. Feels like a brand new game. Getting used to the jump button positions and not sure which one I'll use as the T16 has jump in WASD and hitbox style. So far I find Nina's sidestep 1 or jump 3 or 4 easier with WASD . Thanks for all your videos and advice, haven't played Tekken since Tekken 4 and now that I'm in my 40s I appreciate all the help I can get to have an edge 😂

Great timing! The Haute products seem awesome. If I didn't already have my snackbox, I'd probably get one too.

I feel like I'm in a similar situation really. There are aspects of using a hitbox which I find a lot easier, but I'm still much more comfortable with the Nina-specific execution when I play on stick. The exception being Hayashida step because that's much easier to do on hitbox. For now, this is going to be my main video guide for displaying my inputs. I could look into releasing some shorts demonstrating some specifics over the, but that'll come after my current project.

Thanks, will do!

It's never too late, and as long as you're enjoying it :). How are you finding SF6 on leverless? I've been playing pretty much every fighting game exclusively on leverless, but SF6 would be the one I've played the most...next to Tekken at least.

A lot of it will come down to practice and getting a feel for the timing yourself. I think a key thing I was trying to show in the timestamped section was that I was generally doing SS+1~B~B+u, as in, I was holding the b from the backsway then pressing the up. The hard part for me is releasing the b and the u at the same time, otherwise you get the backflip. If you're getting the sidestep chop, that's ub+1 and suggests to me that you're pressing the attack button too early, or without first letting go of the directional buttons. Does this help at all?

@@AFriendlyTree Thank you so much I think what you just wrote in tandem with rewatching the videos are starting to click. Things I did after reading: I slowed it way way down, I should have listened to you when I believe in another video you mentioned that starting off slow is best while then building speed. I think I was gun-ho from the onset and the speed wasn't making me understand the inputs I was doing. So, 1) I slowed down the inputs 2) I applied what you said, about the up when in backsway and releasing on time. I started getting the backflips, I did backflips a few more times to understand why they were coming out as backflips, and then I started releasing them on the same time. The SS1 cancels are starting to come out with the exact inputs you used in the video. It still feels uncomfortable and I'm still going very slowly, hoping to check back either in here or discord once I can do it in full speed. I suspect it will take me much longer than 45 min of practice though lol Thanks again for the time you take in teaching all who are willing to learn. It's incredibly appreciated!

As someone who’s played a lot of pad and some stick (back in the end of arcade days mainly) I say if you want to get a stick and or leverless just do it. They are fun to play with at the least. My favorite part about leverless is that it’s just less strain and mental work to use. Once you get used to it of course. Also, I don’t even really use shortcuts and I still do well enough.

@TwoyBwoy yeah the movement is more relaxed especially wave dash and qcf .on pad only thumb you use .

I don't think there are any limitations to becoming a good player with pad. Many top players in the world play pad and you'll generally find that there's a mix for any character as well. People play what they feel most comfortable, or what will help them enjoy the game the most generally. If you want to buy a new device because you think you'll enjoy it, go for it! If you're doing it because you think it'll make you a better player, I think you have the same potential if you stick to pad :)

Oh hey, there was a pattern. Oops, my bad!