Don't get me wrong, it's a good game, but seriously, I just don't think I can play fighters. I tend to rage pretty hard when I can't deal where an opponents attack shuts me down and I can't do anything but watch my character be helplessly juggled or gang raped in the corner of the screen. I think it's largely because I feel like I have no control over the situation. Anyone else have rage issues when it comes to fighting games? I'm starting to regret buying this game just because I know I don't have the patience or the time to actually enjoy it...

Wow... Another rage thread... I guess I could say the usual "Practice and you'll get better" or "Study the attacks your opponent is using and look to see if you have a counter to it" but every time I give advise the thread turns into "Fighting game community is filled with jerks" so... Screw it. You have no patience then don't play fighters!

Many a thread was made on this when SF4 came out. It's just how fighting games are, skill determines everything. It's not going to get any better if you don't get better. They're the few games where you can't get by with just knowing how to punch, kick and throw a fireball.
 
Basically it's either get better or just play with friends. I chose to get better so I'm one of those guys who juggling you until death.

Pretty much why I didn't get MvC3. I reminded mysef the rough way to how shitty I am, generally, at fighting games with SSFIV. I was using a standard sixasis controller and I'd also fuck up the button inputs, usually doing attacks that I really wish I hadn't done. The kind of shitty that could lead me to randomly doing shoryukens over and over accidentally. 
I may find playing with a fighting pad much more comfortable, but it isn't worth the cash for me to find out, just incase I am just a terrible fighting game player. 
 
I'm OK at Tekken, though.. <3

Yo just don't play online dude, or at the very least I hope you are searching for same rank matches.

Honesly just imagine waiting those combos out as the same waiting time you get before you respawn in an FPS game when you die. The only thing is you gotta keep paying attention since if they drop a combo or reset, the timing would be way off i they had completed the entire thing. Everybody gets shuts down every now and then in a fast paced game like marval. Complaining about that is like saying I like FPS games but I don't wanna get shot at. 

I never rage at games. Literally ever. But it can be a little annoying just seeing your health drain because you got stuck in some endless combo you can't cancel.

" Honesly just imagine waiting those combos out as the same waiting time you get before you respawn in an FPS game when you die. The only thing is you gotta keep paying attention since if they drop a combo or reset, the timing would be way off i they had completed the entire thing. "

" I'd say just find friends in real life to play you so you won't get annihilated and maybe you can have fun. 
 
@StaticFalconar said:

" Honesly just imagine waiting those combos out as the same waiting time you get before you respawn in an FPS game when you die. The only thing is you gotta keep paying attention since if they drop a combo or reset, the timing would be way off i they had completed the entire thing. "

Its more like you get shot, see a taunt screen, go through a few menus to have it happen again which takes 2-4 minutes of your time playing the game.  That would be the metaphor. "

" @SethPhotopoulos said:

" I'd say just find friends in real life to play you so you won't get annihilated and maybe you can have fun. 
 
@StaticFalconar said:

" Honesly just imagine waiting those combos out as the same waiting time you get before you respawn in an FPS game when you die. The only thing is you gotta keep paying attention since if they drop a combo or reset, the timing would be way off i they had completed the entire thing. "

Its more like you get shot, see a taunt screen, go through a few menus to have it happen again which takes 2-4 minutes of your time playing the game.  That would be the metaphor. "

Even if you get raped by someone that does nothing but 100%/infinite combos, you have three characters. For most people, the combos end after maybe 50% life or so, and with 3 characters, thats 6 chances you have to make a retaliation. Your metaphor is the same as if I don't get the first kill in an FPS then I should just quit.  "

What pisses me off is that there is absolutely NO penalty for rage quitters. I just beat the crap out of a dudes first 2 characters then he dropped out. Same thing happened in another match AFTER the win screen had come up. GRAAHHH!

I hate RTS games because I suck at them. 
 
So guess what? I don't play RTS games. 
 
@JackBonneham said:

" What pisses me off is that there is absolutely NO penalty for rage quitters. I just beat the crap out of a dudes first 2 characters then he dropped out. Same thing happened in another match AFTER the win screen had come up. GRAAHHH! "

" Wow... Another rage thread... I guess I could say the usual "Practice and you'll get better" or "Study the attacks your opponent is using and look to see if you have a counter to it" but every time I give advise the thread turns into "Fighting game community is filled with jerks" so... Screw it. You have no patience then don't play fighters! "

I wouldn't expect any less from this game. Didn't we know this game was going to be insane from the beginning?

I'm more uninterested than angry.  I like how SSF4 plays.  I've put in a bunch of hours, but I can't really get into this game.

That's how I feel about all fighting games.
 
I wish I could play them online and still have fun. But that will likely never happen.

Update: If you stick with it the game get's exponentially more fun. 49 games in (with just slightly more wins than losses) I'm having a pretty good time now with the game. If only they'd fixed the broken matchmaking....