Let me start by saying I am woeful at this game, but am enjoying it none the less. So in an attempt to improve I'm trying some online bouts a little later today! 
 
Just posting this incase anyone is similarly intimidated by the online game and wants the chance to play someone of a similar skill level (mash the do coolstuff button). I'll be the really badly played Taokaka drifting from asskicking to asskicking on ranked mode. Also if anyone has any basic tips for the online portion of the game, that'd be appreciated too!

In review, I got beat, a lot. But not as much as I expected to, turns out that the majority of people online are human after all. There weren't an awful lot of people on so I had matchups vs the same few people, after numerous losses I was able to learn what they liked to do and how to avoid it. Beat a Ragna player after a couple of games against him, Jin fights didn't seem to go too badly either, came close with fights against Noel and Arakune but never actually won. Only had one instance of someone quitting just as I was about to win.

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