Dream Cancel - King of Fighters franchise community and resource, more US-centric.

DOACentral - Dead or Alive franchise community.

8WayRun - Soul Calibur franchise community.

Here are a whole bunch of other FG communities across the internet that may be of interest: GAF isn't the only FG community in town though.

Team-building Guide by our very own Karsticles, which helps make it easier to approach team-building in MvC games, and games with similar synergistic elements.

Domination 101 is almost a cult classic article in the FGC, which has Seth Killian telling us how he really feels about the idea of 'cheapness' in fighting games.

Tips for first time competitors will help you straighten out those nerves and expectations when you head out to your first tournament.

Step Up Your Game is an editorial series by Justin Wong that covers a multitude of topics, notably focusing on strengthening your mental game and playing smarter instead of harder.

NeoGAF's Arcade Stick Thread is the place to go for questions about anything arcade stick-related.

Footsies Handbook is a guide to the potentially elusive, but integral part of doing well in any fighting game.

Learn How To Play Fighting Games Free eBook from Shoryuken is a fantastic primer for new players to the genre.

Below are a bunch of resources that may be of aid to new players, or handy as references. Often, some fighting games can seem intimidating to players new and old. What got you into fighting games? Are there any other genre of games you play? Why have moves that good where you don't want people to do it 100% of the time in the first place? VF5FS has a couple but they are either very lax like Jacky's K:G or totally non-essential to playing the character like Akira's Knee which gives great frame advantage but isn't mandatory to learning/playing Akira at any level. The game will naturally have high execution for better rewards over time as people get better and explore, why introduce this from the start? It feels like luck getting these moves out. Just Frames moves (as in perfect input for a superior version of this command) are horrible. I like GGXX guard bar as far as guard bars go doesn't break but you'll take more damage once you do get opened up. I just don't like the message of 'blocking too long' as if that's a bad thing and trying to discourage that or defensive play. which I feel are better solutions to the problem I think guard breaks were introduced to solve. You could tweak throws, overheads, more meter for the attacker, etc.

Guard breaks seem like a weak answer to a game that might be too defensive.

I have 2 least favorite Guard breaks and Just Frames. Yeah people will gravitate to certain ones but it's always interesting to see how people use really uncommon ones to make it with their team or play style and it makes for some cool stuff in combo videos.

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