Forum:SSF2 beginner help, please.

Hello there,

everyone has told me SF2 was an awesome game to play. So I decided to try it. I'm currently running it on romstation, and i'm using my keyboard instead of a joystick.

The thing is, this game is really hard to begin ! After about 1 hour of training, I eventually managed to last more than 20 seconds (barely) with ryu against ken. But it's pathetic. There are slight improvements but most times, i'm just taking damages without even understanding what's happening.

I watched all the technics of Ryu online, wich I practiced with the 2player mode, I can do them all, but it doesn't seems to be enough.

What should I do ? should I keep chain-dying, and someday i'll nail it, or should I learn more theorical stuff... back in the arcade time, they couldn't get help from nowhere so ... I guess i'll have to keep "practicing" (i.e. dying).

Thank you for any advice you can give me :)

Sindarus