Pre-CEO Chipp practice with Bean (and my training regimen) (Patreon)

A couple of people asked how I have I been training recently.

Funny enough, I asked on Twitter how people practice, and got a surprising amount of responses. From serious stuff like "I practice, watch replays, lab, repeat" to "I just play the game big dawg".

I find this aspect of fighting games pretty interesting, because it's not just HOW do you train, but also how do you use your time in the best possible fashion.

For example, there are players who say playing newer people is a complete waste of time. Is it though? I find it to be a good opportunity to test out or force yourself to implement new tactics. Of course, for the newer player, they also get the benefit of high level practice, and maybe feedback.

It's funny to think that within this year, I finally settled on a practice method that I think makes sense for me. Basically:

1) Monday-Friday, to the best of my ability, play between 30-50 matches in the tower. This would be between 10-20 sets. I also would use the rules I set from the Becoming Best Baiken series (maximum 3 sets vs one person, focus on ft3). During these, I am lightly taking notes for things to review.

2) Three to four times a week, play first to 10 sets with high level players of a specific character. These are recorded for review to see what to improve on. On a day that I choose to do this, ideally I run two first to 10 sets in the same day. Or, if one person plays multiple characters, you play multiple FT7's.

So this accomplishes a couple things:

1) You adapt quicker to unknown tactics and players

2) You implement whatever new tactics you want to add quickly

3) You get high level practice with a goal for improvement and closing larger events

4) You ideally stabilize yourself in the middle of brackets. That section (top 128, top 96, etc) is where most of the upsets happen

5) You practice with tournament in mind, especially against unknown opponents

I feel like this has helped me a lot this year, and it's something I'm going to keep doing while I try to qualify for Arc Revo.