L or R? Did it ever matter?

[Ting Sing]

This may seem rather silly to ask, but since the term 'L-Cancel' is what it is, does that mean that the L trigger does anything different than the R trigger? Or did they just flip a coin on which button to name it after? I've just wondered for a while. I never use the L Trigger, just because I'm more comfortable using R. Am I missing out on something?

 

[iRanch]

No difference. You can even use Z. It's usually agreed nowadays that the L stands for lag.

 

[-ShadowPhoenix-]

I think L stands for Lag...
Lag Cancel

im ******** and didn't read post above mine...

 

[nooga]

Just to make sure you know (and to complete the hat trick), L stands for Lag.

 

[-Philip Coast Philip-]

Just to make sure you know (and to complete the hat trick), L stands for Lag.

Whoa, aren't you the guy who beat Mang0 in that $100 money match? Congrats dude.

 

[nooga]

Whoa, aren't you the guy who beat Mang0 in that $100 money match? Congrats dude.

tryin to be on the down low bruh

 

[bearsfan092]

I have a hunch that L Cancelling is related to Z Cancelling. When you Z Cancel, you use your left pointer finger. If you use the same finger, it translates to L Cancel on the GCN controller. When I first picked up Melee, L became my shield button for the same reason, so maybe that's it.

 

[Frogman751]

Idk i just thought i would say that i took the spring out of my right trigger and it kicks ass. You hold down r when you plug it in though so you dont have a problem where you are always lightshielding. I wavedash, waveland, shielddash, sometimes powershield with r because it is such a responsive button. Then i shield with L (you wanna shield with that trigger if you dont have a spring in the other one because light shielding is kinda important) i L cancel with L (and i try to L cancel with only pressing the lightshield so that way you don't off set your tech window timing) and ill also power shield with L. Pssh if you guys have any questions let me know ill be happy to answer them.

 

[Problem2]

The original players that did the technique in 64 did it with the Z button using their left finger, so in Melee, they naturally used the L button. However, it doesn't matter what shield button you press when you do the cancel, so eventually, the name was changed to mean "lag-cancel".

Honestly, it should be changed again to mean "land-cancel". I think the term would be most descriptive.