This is my first Street Fighter and also first serious fighting game. I’ve been grinding from rookie all the way to silver with several characters. I started playing Rashid yesterday morning, learned the basics, and then did my placement matches last night. To my surprise, I placed in Gold 1! That was my long term goal until now. I’ve since gotten him to Gold 4. I know that matchup inexperience helped me, but it’s still exciting to progress.