The jump from Diamond 5 to Master
I finally for the first time ever just reached Master rank yesterday and I was totally expecting the skill level to change, but holy shit.. It changed so drastically that I now feel like I am playing a new game. As soon as someone touches me with a light button or whatever else it ends up in a full combo constantly. Nobody misses any punishes, all anti airs are on point, combos are optimal, everyone blocks everything and perfect parries are constantly owning me. I lost around 10 games in a row after being on a 12 game win streak before I ranked up to Master.
I've read somewhere that it is normal to drop down to around 1200-1300 right after you enter Master rank, but I now feel that I am the worst Street Fighter player in the world. Anyone else experienced this when they hit Master? And how did you overcome it? Just crazy amounts of practice and games or am I overlooking something vital here?
I do actually feel very inspired by having lost so much so quickly, but not too sure how to proceed from here. I feel like I am going to drop down to 0 MR eventually if I just keep grinding ranked.
Good times!
EDIT: Thank you very much for all your reassuring comments everyone! I'll keep on grinding and looking forward to dropping down to the 1200 range to see if I can make it back up to 1500 eventually. See you on the streets errbody! <3