Dingding123
Smash Journeyman
Hey so I've been around here a long time; I'm as far from new at smash as one can be but i've only just started to notice that my right hand - the one I don't write with - cannot keep up with my left. Rather and furthermore, it is the hand that presses all the buttons when I play this marvelous video game.
I never really thought about the reason I flub shorthops occasionally before, but I now realize that my still not being that good at melee probably has absolutely nothing to do with muscle memory: I've been SHFFL'ing in this game since it came out and in GH3 I managed to beat Through the Fire and Flames with 5 stars on Expert a few years ago (yeah, a 9 year old got a perfect score, shut up). What the problem does seem to be to me is my complete disregard of my subservient hand which I've now sacrificed as a burnt offering to my computer mouse and to SSBM.
Last night at a local tourney, after an hour and a half of friendlies and pools which came after lots of lifting and computer usage at my internship, insert more johns here, I played one of Houston's best players. He shook my right hand before the match with a firm (but not harmful) handshake and what was left of my right hand writhed in agony. It felt like when someone squeezes your hand really hard, only he didn't, at all. It was then that I realized I should probably go home and let that hand rest for awhile, especially since I'm going to freaking Evo next week. So far it's been feeling stiff, clogged and very uncomfortable. My hand, not my nose. My forearm feels strained as well. I've typed all of this with my left hand and now it's aching too LOL.
Any suggestions bronachos?
I never really thought about the reason I flub shorthops occasionally before, but I now realize that my still not being that good at melee probably has absolutely nothing to do with muscle memory: I've been SHFFL'ing in this game since it came out and in GH3 I managed to beat Through the Fire and Flames with 5 stars on Expert a few years ago (yeah, a 9 year old got a perfect score, shut up). What the problem does seem to be to me is my complete disregard of my subservient hand which I've now sacrificed as a burnt offering to my computer mouse and to SSBM.
Last night at a local tourney, after an hour and a half of friendlies and pools which came after lots of lifting and computer usage at my internship, insert more johns here, I played one of Houston's best players. He shook my right hand before the match with a firm (but not harmful) handshake and what was left of my right hand writhed in agony. It felt like when someone squeezes your hand really hard, only he didn't, at all. It was then that I realized I should probably go home and let that hand rest for awhile, especially since I'm going to freaking Evo next week. So far it's been feeling stiff, clogged and very uncomfortable. My hand, not my nose. My forearm feels strained as well. I've typed all of this with my left hand and now it's aching too LOL.
Any suggestions bronachos?
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