JAZZ_
The Armored Artist
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Hey guys, Jazz here looking for guidance from my fellow Samus mains in particular. Tomorrow I will take a step forward in my smash development, entering a local tourney at the Bar-cade where I first encountered competitive smash.
To fully convey why I'm nervous about this lets walk down memory lane a bit back a few years.
It was either 2013 or 2014, Ray and his little cousin comes across a flyer to a local smash tourney held at the" Shoryuken league" while walking around downtown. He, his cousin and friends had all played smash together for nearly a decade. They figured it would be fun to try and see if they could at least place decently. So they prepped for 2 weeks, often having all night smash fests. They paid the $5 entry fee as well as the $5 fee per game you signed up for. The smash games were Melee, Brawl and 64. To a bunch of kids who had never seen a competitive smash scene it was a little daunting. But they had no idea what they had signed up for. The best players from all over the state were there. Ray's first game (brawl) was a bit confusing, his opponent was a no show, and an employee of the tourney organization volunteered to fill in. However, Ray didn't know pikachu could chaingrab fox to oblivion. To a kid who played on Random for nearly a decade it was a wake up call that sucked every ounce of excitement, momentum and joy out of him. He then watched as his friends lost their matches too, and prayed for his cousin who actually walked away with the only win amongst the bunch in his first couple melee matches. It was a brutal wake up call. They all left that Bar-cade humbled and determined to stick to smashing among friends.
A lot has changed since Ray entered that tourney, He discovered Project M, which excited him about Smash again. In doing so he discovered this very website, and when time came to buy a Wii-U he would use the site to learn all he could about how to play well. He even dedicated himself to a single character, something he had never done in his life ever, and today he continues to progress with the guidance of a fantastic community of Samus players.
You can all guess by now who Ray is, and I can't thank this community enough for all the help I've received. However I'm still nervous about Tomorrow even though this will be quite different than before.
- this will be only local opponents, not nearly as high stakes nor is prize money involved like last time.
- I'm not winging it like I did last time. I have a main, and a few pocket characters to use (no more rando)
- I have a friend who is as equally as skilled as me going too and having him to constantly fight has made me a smart player (whereas before i could beat my friends with no effort at all)
But even still I cant help but worry. What if I start to lose momentum and play Samus like a cancerous FG roll spammer? How do I gain my ground again? What can I do to lessen the butterflies?
So I turn to you all, not just for the general tourney advice, but for the advice as fellow low tier warriors who know about the ups and downs using our favorite bounty hunter. Any tips you guys have to keep my head in the game and keep the optimal game up will be tremendously useful, given less than optimal Samus loses hard.
Thanks you guys,
Sincerely
Ray Morton (Jazz)
To fully convey why I'm nervous about this lets walk down memory lane a bit back a few years.
It was either 2013 or 2014, Ray and his little cousin comes across a flyer to a local smash tourney held at the" Shoryuken league" while walking around downtown. He, his cousin and friends had all played smash together for nearly a decade. They figured it would be fun to try and see if they could at least place decently. So they prepped for 2 weeks, often having all night smash fests. They paid the $5 entry fee as well as the $5 fee per game you signed up for. The smash games were Melee, Brawl and 64. To a bunch of kids who had never seen a competitive smash scene it was a little daunting. But they had no idea what they had signed up for. The best players from all over the state were there. Ray's first game (brawl) was a bit confusing, his opponent was a no show, and an employee of the tourney organization volunteered to fill in. However, Ray didn't know pikachu could chaingrab fox to oblivion. To a kid who played on Random for nearly a decade it was a wake up call that sucked every ounce of excitement, momentum and joy out of him. He then watched as his friends lost their matches too, and prayed for his cousin who actually walked away with the only win amongst the bunch in his first couple melee matches. It was a brutal wake up call. They all left that Bar-cade humbled and determined to stick to smashing among friends.
A lot has changed since Ray entered that tourney, He discovered Project M, which excited him about Smash again. In doing so he discovered this very website, and when time came to buy a Wii-U he would use the site to learn all he could about how to play well. He even dedicated himself to a single character, something he had never done in his life ever, and today he continues to progress with the guidance of a fantastic community of Samus players.
You can all guess by now who Ray is, and I can't thank this community enough for all the help I've received. However I'm still nervous about Tomorrow even though this will be quite different than before.
- this will be only local opponents, not nearly as high stakes nor is prize money involved like last time.
- I'm not winging it like I did last time. I have a main, and a few pocket characters to use (no more rando)
- I have a friend who is as equally as skilled as me going too and having him to constantly fight has made me a smart player (whereas before i could beat my friends with no effort at all)
But even still I cant help but worry. What if I start to lose momentum and play Samus like a cancerous FG roll spammer? How do I gain my ground again? What can I do to lessen the butterflies?
So I turn to you all, not just for the general tourney advice, but for the advice as fellow low tier warriors who know about the ups and downs using our favorite bounty hunter. Any tips you guys have to keep my head in the game and keep the optimal game up will be tremendously useful, given less than optimal Samus loses hard.
Thanks you guys,
Sincerely
Ray Morton (Jazz)