Sidenote: Why Button Mashing Works (Sometimes) 

Button Mashing in Core-A Gaming canon goes in this order: Doesn't. Does. Maybe.

Finally: another core a video about button mashing

I like the comparison between Melee and Ultimate to demonstrate the effects of input buffering on the same move from the same character. That's an easy visual to understand for folks who are new to the concept. Another excellent video!

The real reason why this video actually exists is because someone called out Gerald for his button mashing on his video about arcade sticks. Specifically, when he was talking about picking the Super version of a character in Super Turbo.

My motto is: “if I don’t know what I’m doing, neither does my opponent”

Video begins* Ah yes, Fox once again always getting the spotlight

Calculated mashing is a word i never thought would exist

It took me quite a while to realise that Tekken gives you generous input buffers for block punishers and combos. And yet I am to find a single Tekken beginner tutorial that mentions its existance in the game. Core A unrivalled as ever.

Buffering is one of the most overlooked mechanics imo, great vid

Coming Soon: Why Button Mashing sometimes works (family man edition).

Huh, I got the Punch Planet steam code at 0:26! Thanks Core-A!

This was really interesting! Great vid.

LMAO didnt expect to see Lud in this video

"You watch Core-A Gaming?" "Only the ones about button mashing"

4:34 Motion inputs actually do get an input buffer window in Tekken 7, but only if that motion isn't associated with a movement option like Paul's qcf crouchdash or Kazuya's wavedash So someone like Steve who has a qcf+1 can buffer it while blocking since Steve doesnt have any movement option associated with qcf, but someone like Paul who also has a qcf+1 can't buffer it while blocking because Paul's qcf is a command dash

Damn you Core-A, you and your well explained comprehensive explanations of the nuts and bolts of mechanics! How can I justify my salty scrub quotes when I blame the game for not working properly when I now know it was doing exactly what it was supposed to do!

"So anyways I just started mashing..."

To anyone who came here from Trash Taste Podcast. Welcome! and Enjoy Quality Fighting Game content

this explains everything why i keep hearing on daigo's stream or anybody's stream button presses while blocking or in block stun state. Thank you Core-A as usual great content.

I double tapped on this video to just frame watch it.

I was suspicious about the preorder segway, at first i thought it was an add to a game website of some sort...

Thank you for using BMS (Beatmania) as an example here in. this video since it's been in my head for a while now. Amazing video as always my guy

its weird to hear "pre-order" used so much instead of just "buffer" because im used to using buffer and never hear people use pre-order to talk about this.

the melancholy placement of steve for the ultimate clip lol

Rhythm games are much more possible to do accurately since there's audio signals telling you when to press it.

Core-A CoreA Corea Korea Now everything makes sense in my life

*Button mashing works(sometimes)* FGC: This is heresy! Scrubs: It's free real estate

love the "great job" on the 28th frame. Stops me from feeling stupid after trying for almost a full minute

Man that "Gandhi" Ryu vs Rufus Street Fighter IV match is highlighted a lot on this channel. Truly legendary Ryu play.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one that does this - it always made me feel super scrubby double or triple tapping the inputs

I literally stopped everything I was doing to watch this video. Let's gooooooooooo!

The preorder analogy is just genius. Top quality as always!

I always look forward to your videos they are always so well made with along with the editing, the commentary, and the clips that go along with them i’ve never seen a youtube channel come out with videos so well made such as these. Keep up the great work along with the editors and everyone who helps with these amazing videos!!!

0:27 For anyone that tried this... it's probably actually much harder to do on YT than in Smash. It's difficult to do at even 10% speed because there's random frames of lag before the pause counts, which I found out mostly because I was trying to get that steam code at 0:22

The lack of buffer in Melee makes the skill floor really high but it also makes everything cool you do 10 times cooler. It reminds me of your "consequences of reducing the skill gap" video.

aka "Input buffering but titling the video around button mashing was funnier"

Instant click. The long awaited sequel to the 2019 (or 2020 idk, time ceased to have any meaning for me ) smash hit "why button mashing doesn't work"

Fun fact: Ultimate has 2 layers of buffer. One being the 9 frame buffer mentioned in this video, but there is also a hold buffer, which means as long as an input is made while your character was inactive and you hold down that input until your character is active, the game will play the held inputs once your character is active. I don't understand why nintendo/namco did this, but it sucks and they need to fix it.

Thank you. Your videos actually made me a better player just by knowing these many concepts that would never goten to where i play. (They were around all along,but like air it is here but someone has to to documente everything it can do and how so we can use to fuel a flame or to remove it to put out one)

Yes a new video! Each episode brings me more appreciation for my favorite genre. Nicely done

glad to see my man Dolce in a Core-A video, doubly blessed

When he said fastest masher my brain was thinking lud but deep down i knew lud wouldnt be in a core a video. I was proven wrong, my life is perfect

I love these analysis videos! This really gives me a better understanding of my favorite fighting games. Thank you, Core-A! :)

Dude, such good analytic info here. Thanks again

I have seen you commentate with CBM and I keep looking forward for more content from you! Keep up the AWESOMENESS G!

These videos are always so well thought out. Thank you.

Excellent video! I always love breakdowns like this

3:58 The input data for double tapping is misleading here. There's always an empty input between button presses (unless you plink which you mentioned and demonstrated) and you can't negative edge a normal so your window to hit a just frame is either exactly on the first of the two presses or two frames early. In theory double tapping helps but in reality it's too unreliable because of the gap in inputs and as you strive to improve your timing, the difference of "two early frames" is so apparent that double tapping in this specific scenario is just as effective as single tapping. Plinking is where it's at.

This video reminded me of when not so long ago a friend came to my house and since we got nothing to do i said "wanna play some fighting games?" And so we did, the thing is, he doesn't have really much experience so he mainly button mash every single character he plays, the thing is, we played UNIST and he told me "the thing i don't like about fighting games is that you can spend lots of time but then some can just mash everything and you'll lose" so we fought and he won, however, to prove him wrong, i picked a character i know how to play (in that case, Chaos), and we fought again several time, most of the times i won, but there's the thing *most of the times* so, in conclusion, button mash works, but with enough skill you can still win most of the matches against a button masher

It's honestly impressive how consistently great your videos are. Kudos.

Every Video gets better than the last, keep up the good work!

Never thought I'd see a Core A Gaming/Ludwig crossover, especially not when talking about Lud's Mario Party record, but I'm here for it

Dolce and IIDX in a Core-A gaming video? Awesome!

I want to tell a small story. Growing up I used to be an insane masher. SFEX+Alpha was the first fighting game I ever tried, I was about 9. Could never beat it by just hammering buttons. For years afterwards it was a very bad habit. When I turned 15 I had the opportunity to go to EVO and watch Justin Wong on stage. I admired his playing ability as it looked smooth and easy. Not the insane roller tumbling I did. This inspired me to practice it myself. I also had the opportunity to ask him the question “when you fight you never look at your own character, why not?” Which further inspired me to practise. Breaking out of Mashing was a PAINSTAKING process. Something that was difficult and time consuming to do. It’s not something you learn in a few days, it takes weeks to months to drop that habit. First you learn rudimentary control, then you increase your speed. Years pass, and confident in my newfound ability, I decide to join a local Tekken 7 tournament. Because occasionally it feels good to play against other players instead of the CPU all the time. First fight I did knocked me right into losers. It was a battle against a Bryan Fury with titanic fundamentals. Being a Zafina/Lucky Chloe player I just was not prepared. Do I shake this guys hand and head back to the Green. Defeated, but pleased with myself. In spite of the beating I caught, I managed to take a round or two. Pretty happy. I talk with some of the other players who watched the fight and a few of them offer to help with coaching. Grateful. Half a day passes and it’s time for me to head into Losers to try my luck a second time, hopefully catch some sweet sweet redemption. First match was against an Eddy Gordo. Already bad news. The kid is he facing was only 8 and could have even been me at one point. Using all my focus I head into the match. I got thrashed. It was not even close. This dude was tennis balling the buttons like crazy and I could not keep my focus on anything he was doing he was hitting highs and lows all over the place. It was nuts. I had a mediocre first round fall, got perfected on the second (soul crushing) and then suffered defeats each round after. Seven round fight and I didn’t even take one round. So I went home a complete loser. From what I understand the Bryan player I faced won the whole thing and the kid I fought has since gone on to become a Yoshi player of some renown. Meanwhile I’ve plateaued. I’ve hit the middle limit. Confident in my fundamentals but lacking the Dex to improve further. Only competed IRL twice since and had roughly equal standings to my first showing. FIFO pretty much. That being said, I’ve never lost my motivation, as curious as it sounds, in spite of being as low as you can get on the spectrum of skill, I am always trying to one day break that limit and move forward. As Playing fighting games brings me incredible joy That Mashed Perfect I think is the motivator that keeps me going. I’ll never forget how that made me feel.

I wish you and the rest of this community a great end of 2020. Thank you for making such fun content during times like this!

Oh hell it's a new Cora-A video!

That "pause the video to get the timing" thing was great meta interaction! Genuinely felt good to get it 1st try, but wasn't surprised to fail there after. Feels good once you get the rhythm though!

I love your vids man. Keep up the good work.

I clicked on this video about fighting games and then you mentioned gandhi pre-ordering a dragon punch

i can't believe how many thing one can learn in just 5 minutes. Always looking forward for your videos.

2:35 JDCR was not mashing.. he was Button-Surfing..

Never clicked so fast in my life

Great analysis. I'm used to doing the multiple button press to confirm something, or to 'input buffer' during a string so that it combos. Also, just frame punishes for moves like Lars' 14 frame FB.21 is tricky because you have to block a move that is exactly -14, then instantly do the Forward back-2 input immediately followed by 1 to get the punish. Something you gotta 'get good' for.

Using pre-orders as a metaphor for input buffers was amazing.

9 frame pre order is like pre ordering a game two years in advance and forgetting about it

Another banger, great video. Thanks for the content.

Didn't expect to see Dolce showing up in Core-A, happy as someone who plays IIDX 😌

Best channel on youtube. Glad I found your stream on twitch too

As a newbie to fighting games, THANK YOU! Love your videos! Keep it up, you are a huge benefit to the community.

Shout to erbody nailing the just frame punish, without input buffers!

Love these every time we get them

Had a crappy day but then I saw there was a new Core-A video so it's actually a really good day

"Calculated Mashing" is the technique that the comic relief character uses to defeat the cold tactical villain.

Input buffer is a great way to make a fighting game accessible to a larger audience. More developers should implement it in their games.

This was very informative, thanks

NEW CORE-A VIDEO LETSGO

CORE-A GAMING MENTIONING DOLCE AND BEATMANIA IIDX WOW that is one crossover I would have never expected

0:31 I GOT ITTTTTT

I spent way too much time trying to nail the frame perfect pause. the "great job" message was cute

A great topic to adress later is the explanation and differences of the diverse types of tag teams, the ones with assists, the ones of "you died, then next comes" or the "changeable at any time and order", and how they impact the gameplay strategy, i don't know, i just didn't found anyone talking on the subject on youtube, and damn, i really want a "changeable at any time" type of tag team for smash bros, i mean, squad strike is cool (and it deserved better by being inluded online, but meh...maybe in the next game? who knows...) but i really want to see that type of gameplay implemented (and also, online e.e, if it isn't in online as well, peoeple will just let it pass by)

1:09 Wow, I never expected to see Ludwig in a Core-A video; that's really funny

I remember watching daigo play and there was a slow mo shot of him doing the double tap and always wondered what he was doing. Thanks for the info.

Love your content! You're one of the reasons I started making stuff for my channel.

Man every time one of these videos drops I get really motivated to play the fighting games I love to watch then spend a week practicing before realizing I'm just not good enough to play fighting games.

didn't expect to see Dolce and IIDX in a fighting game video, love the comparison

Honestly, really good information here for a new fighting game player. Thank you.

We missed you!

I’m glad you covered buffer

I love how many videos he's put out for the last 3 months I can tell u have been working bro keep up the good videos

Should I take a break? Naw, I should keep working. **Core-A uploads** Well... 5 minutes isn't going to kill me.

babe wake up new core-a gaming video

something interesting is that ultimate has a buffer of sorts for *releasing* shield. So for multihit moves, its very common to release the shield button while your shield is still getting hit, and the game will hold shield for you until the attack is over and drop it right after. Only problem is, for bowsers Up-B, there is a small delay in the middle of the multihit or something, because it actually triggers your shield to drop while the attack is still going on and you get hit. So for noobs and really anyone who isnt familiar with it, bowser gets a lot of free hits on that move.

Dolce in a Core-A-Video? Best day ever.

Great video, thanks

This was way interesting. Thanks!

If core a gaming made a back to back video one time it would feel like heaven but even like this it is heaven

I never understood what pianoing or negative edge was until now! Thank you Gerald!

This blew my mind. And add placement at end of video gets thumbs up too.

Glad to see Core-A Upload again, I ain't the best at fighting games, But damn do these help and they're pretty fun to watch :D

UNICLR and some other anime fighters have a lot of focus on blockstrings, and in them, there will be wide enough gaps where you can throw out a move to counter-hit. However, it's a little difficult to get the move out at the right moment unless you mash. For example, if an Enkidu does a blockstring on me, and I notice they always have one specific part they like to do in a string, I can mash 2A or 2B to get out of it and start a combo.