This is also why I lose fighting games to twelve year olds, and have since I was a twelve year old.

I didn't pay to block

Effectiveness for me follow a pattern.

If I have no clue what I'm doing random bullshit is fairly effective.

If I know moves but am not practiced, I do terribly whole trying to do specific stuff instead of random bullshit.

When I finally get gud 300 hours later I am slightly more effective than I was with random bullshit!

Yeah I cannot get how to really play those games. Even when I lookup moves, how the hell can i remember them, and how in the world do you do L R updown AB while getting bicycle kicked in the face? Never got it. A shame becuase I love how they look (street fighter 2 etc)

I don't think I have ever actually learned how to play Super Smash Bros. It's all trial and error with each character and pressing ⬇️+B. Needless to say, I'm not very good.

It's all about the controller man, back in the day having the 6 button genesis controller was like it's own cheat code.

if i don't shoot something at the enemy when i do a quarter circle forward and hit punch i refund the game immediately

Reminds me of the days playing Mortal Kombat Trilogy on PS1.