13: Sliq - Calm your ****, if you can't control it (I have a problem kind of about it as well) Then play someone who doesn't get falco'd
First off, I confused you with someone else the first time I replied (not that it really matters, but I figured I'd point it out).
Secondly, you don't get to tell him me how to feel, and the fact that you think you do is preposterous. I'm allowed to be disappointed in myself and my performance. At no point was I disrespectful or rude. I said good games and shook everyone's hand. That fact that I'm getting flack from a guy I met for 8 minutes who has me "all figured out" is absolute dog ****.
I believe I quit out of our match. This wasn't because of you (how vain!), it was because of me and my inability to perform. If you perceived this as a personal slight, well I'm sorry that's how you took it. That's not how I meant it. My play fell apart. My hands wouldn't listen, and it wouldn't have mattered if they had because my brain went full ******. I was mad nervous and it got the best of me (how embarrassing for a guy who played competitively for 5 years and is one of the oldest people there).
Is this where you are coming from? I did poorly, lost the match, said good games, shook your hand, then got up and went to get food. I was annoyed at my inability to perform as well as I wanted, but at no point did I blame anyone but myself for the outcome of the match.
You could've said something at the venue, but you didn't. So brave. This feedback from you is an utter and complete shock to me, and it shouldn't have been if you had such a big problem with it. Did I really come back to smash for this high school drama nonsense? I'm too old to still be playing, let alone putting up with this bull****.
Edit: I suppose I should do some positive shoutouts, now that I'm not ****ting anymore and can access devices with screens larger than a playing card.
I'm truly awful with names and faces, so don't take offense if I can't remember your names. If I do remember your name, it's because I asked for it 30 times to try and remember it so I don't come off as a rude, self-involved ****. Also, if I don't mention you it isn't because you're unimportant, it's because you can only say "I had a lot of fun in our matches! You're pretty good, but there's still room for improvement!" So many times before people stop giving a ****.
Everyone I played in pools: I had a lot of fun, and there were a lot of close matches. Pools are always my favorite part if any tournament, and this was no exception. It just seems more laid back than bracket play.
I'll apologize to the Ice Climber guy in my pool (Elements of Smash, I think?) for spamming projectiles and platform hopping the whole time. I didn't want to get Wobbled, and this was the best way to avoid it. I really cheesed it up.
That Sheik guy who beat me in brackets: those tilts were wrecking me. I constantly jumped OOS even though I knew a tilt was coming because my brain went full ******. Hopefully I can get my game sense and ability to adapt back to what they were in my prime.
Zachattax or Lunchables or Sigmund Freud or whoever: pretty much the same thing as with the Sheik guy, only with shines and jabs instead. Also, that SD after the gimp wrecked all of my momentum, and it all went downhill from there. You're good at Smash, but bad at not being a passive aggressive jabroni.
Dr. Drew: thanks for teaming with me and putting up with my Link nonsense. Your 3DS is dope and now I want one. Good **** in singles, btw.
Tadeo: I had a lot of fun in our friendlies. They were one of my favorite parts of the tournament. You're Falco and Luigi are dope as hell. Hope we can smash sometime.
Problem 2: The Link dittos we had were also one of my favorite parts of the tournament. I need to work on my grab game, because you have all those setups down. Good ****.
Frisbee: keep at it with Doc. It's a breath if fresh air to see him get more representation.
Hamlin: we didn't interact at all but I watched one of your Yoshi matches. That **** was amazing.
JPEG: You're Luigi got way better by the end if the day, but you can't stiff people on money match cash. Not cool. I hope you like you're new controller shell, but don't money match without money. That's punk nonsense.
Vurmin: Enjoy you're new controller shells and keep grinding. Don't know if I'll be over for smash anytime soon, on account if me being closer to your mom in age than you, but keep working at it.
Sethlon: Project M still blows my mind. I look forward to attending one of you're Smasfests. Good **** with Roy!
Waterless Fishie: Thanks for running the tournament so well. So often these things devolve into chaotic anarchy, but you keep it on the rails. Thanks for keeping my stuff safe too.
Sorry I wasn't more sociable. I was a bit uncomfortable after being out of the scene for so long and seeing a bunch of new faces half as old as I am and thinking, "Is it weird that if I was on sixteen and pregnant as the deadbeat dad, I could be almost all of these guys' fathers?" The answer is yes. But it was still awesome.
Also, if you want tips you have to ask. I feel arrogant just telling people what to do to improve.
I look forward to the next one, sans getting criticized by someone who can't vote yet about how I should carry myself and deal with disappointment.