Anyone else have this problem?

[treemustach]

So i've been playing a little bit now, maybe a 6-12 months trying to get better, and I have to a certain extent. But there is one thing that really bothers me, and that's the fact that I can't get any better...It sounds kinda weird to say it like this but it FEELS that way. For instance, today I was practicing by myself trying to improve my tech skill and such. I was thinking to myself, "damn, i've gotten pretty good at this. I should invite my friend over to show him my improvement." He arrives a little bit later that day and we sit a play. To my dismay I couldn't pull a god damn combo on him at all...My short hops weren't working when I could flawlessly execute them earlier and other things as well. Has this happened to anyone else? I feel kinda bad for trying so hard in training and then it not showing when I play versus real people.

 

[EPsilon933]

You practiced those things in training mode, not in actual games. Get experience in actual games

 

[MUNK]

If he is interested in the game as well, practice together. CPU cannot emulate a human and it'll become cake walk to 0 to death a CPU. If you guys can bounce off each other and train together, you'll start seeing yourself land combos against new opponents. Then it all explodes.

 

[Bones0]

Do you play level 9s?

 

[treemustach]

I don't usually play vs bots at all, but if I do I play vs lvl 7's. From reading about it I know for sure that the lvl 9's are not very good for learning in melee.