Street Fighter™ 6 – Open Beta

This could be my first Street Fighter game on PC. "Could be" only because around 20 years ago I competed with my cousin in a fighting game at his home, but I was a kid and didn't remember the title, our favorite was a guy with a long stick weapon like Goku.
I'm prepared to get beaten here, mostly I do not bash keys unless I'm desperate -  I passed (half of?)the training to understand how to make combinations (U+J, and I+K for special attack), but the counter and punishment key seems a mystery. The default character is Luke, you don't get to choose a character after you are paired but do it before a match. The instructions could be more clear, I got the answer in the world channel - Press "R" in the lobby to call a menu and there are 8 available.
In the morning I tried a North America server and I found players at my level, that is, people not sure when to press the right key, practice in the real fight and blindly enjoy the beautiful graphics, and get lucky if any of us win. At night, I tried the Asia server and my God, I was like, losing 10 matches in a row to 4 different players all with a Japan flag next to their avatar. I can't even stand up, one mistake results in losing 2/3 of the health. My ego is badly hurt, I refuse to play with any Japanese players anymore lol.
I went back to the training lab for the action list, which reminds me of the first day in a coding bootcamp. I'm playing with a keyboard and my hands hurt, though it may be the way to success. For me, I enjoyed the free beta since Street Fighter 6 is $59.99 and I don't think I'd pay half for a genre of game normally I don't play. For a complete rookie, I'd say the graphic looks nice, I tried 5 characters and even the same key triggers the same thing but Chun-Li seems to be doing more damage and has better fluency in my control, I can press U key and then chase leg attacks, making it a chain combo, though in the lobby mostly are using Ryo and Ken. I know they are popular, and I still had that Hadouken in my ear when I was bitten lol.
Last, the beta offers access to Magic Sword in the arcade area. So much fun, I spent many hours when I was a kid and my favorite follower is that dragon shoots arrows.
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A really good game with rollback netcode. Got few matches with 200+ ping, it is playable. I think the netcode is on par with GGST.
Will come back to this game once it launch. To learn footsies. Damm my footsies sucks..

A new era for fighting games begins! The Open Beta of Street Fighter™ 6 allows players to experience certain game features in the Battle Hub. Open Beta Schedule Planned for May 19, 2023 (Fri) 12:00am PDT - May 22, 2023 (Mon) 12:00am PDT

fun even if im fighting with 600ping, slo mo makes it look like im neo :),
p.s- i had a smoother online experience in this game than in SFV or USFIV

Hate to admit it, but I had a ton of fun in the Street Fighter 6 beta. I genuinely can't get over how much better this game is over Street Fighter V. I love the defensive options and combo potential this game has. Also I LOVE this game encourages footsies.
The quality of life features this game has is great. I love the music, the graphics, the style, everything about this game is so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ swaggy.
This game has insane potential to be one of the greatest fighting games of all time. Hope the final product is as good as this.

Had fun, will be buying the game Day One. Didn't expect to enjoy it as much.
The FGC is a chill community and I cannot wait to get back on the game.

Best FG of the generation.
If you suffered stress from Tekken inconsistencies, don't fear to step up to SF. It's an amazing game that rewards everything you learn execution and skill-wise.
No comeback mechanics, pure fundamentals.