Finished the tutorial, beat the CPU guy by sheer fluke and ended up in an online game. Was a fun enough time but someone was yelling at me in all caps to quit being a lazy asshole and read the guide. When asked, he never replied as to where I could find the guide.

So.... is there a guide I should have read? If so, where can I locate it? Also, does this forum have a search option, I wasn't able to find one.

Thanks in advance for any help.

I don't know of any ingame guide. Maybe he was reffering to the Fight School, or just trolling.

You do not have to follow guides, maybe he is talking about tutorials who knows, but just play and you will get better.

War Hero has a fairly inclusive faq above, maybe it could help.
http://forum.toribash.com/showthread.php?t=105823
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