TheImmortalMan said:
I am preety bad at Mortal Kombat, I've read the character guides but it would be much appreciated if someone could give me some advice on improving my unmasked sub-zero game. Anything said will be read gratefully.
Thankyou
The guides are supplemental to playing.
There is no way to get good at the game without playing people, and getting your ass handed to you for at least a little while. If you are losing with Sub Zero, play a bunch, and during each match try to figure out when you are getting hurt.
Playing against Shock can be scary, but it can be even scarier to watch him play against n00bs because with his amount of experience he'll start calling out what they'll do next. And people will do the same things and get punished for them all the time. When you are starting out or if you've never focused on getting good before, it can be hard to realize you are even using the same patterns over and over again. So you have to find a way to recognize when you are getting hurt doing the same things over and over.
If you have a rock solid strategy, you can keep going for it even if occasionally they hurt you. Someone that is good at runjabbing with Kabal is likely to keep going for it even if they are taking damage during it.
I know I've never practiced any one strategy enough to be able to do that. If I am using a strategy and all of a sudden they break through and hurt me, that's the end of the strategy for me for at least a little while. At least that is when I am focused enough on the game to really pay attention to it. You have to keep an eye on that stuff until it becomes natural.
Maybe try to arrange matches with some folks from this site. There are a lot of really cool players here and they aren't going to shittalk someone for not being Godly at the game, and will probably have some really constructive advice for you.