JesiahTEG
Smash Master
Ok, who knows when User Blogs is going to be fixed, but the old Blog I had posted there had a lot of people viewing, and also a lot of active posters, so I'm continuing it here, for now at least.
LOTS of updates...I have 2 HUGE events coming up, and 1 HUGE obstacle standing in the way. The 2 events are:
AXS- November 6th, Syracuse
ROM 3- November 21-22 (I think)
And the obstacle is this: I bought a new controller and it got here a few days ago, and I have to break it in by Saturday.
The controller's control stick, due to being brand new, is extremely stiff, so here's what I'm doing to try and break it in.
* First off, when I get home from work at 7 everyday, I'm playing until I fall asleep at like 2 AM. It's very hard for me to keep playing when every time I try to shine I Side B due to the control stick being stiff, but I keep playing anyways even though it's discouraging.
* I walk to and from work which is a 2 mile walk there, so altogether it's 4 miles. I take my controller and rotate the control stick, and smash it left and right over and over to get it looser. In addition, during my half hour break, I also break it in by doing the same thing. I eat for the first 5 mins and then spend the other 25 listening to music and breaking it in.
*If I'm extremely tired after I get home after taking a shower and cleaning up after my roommates, I take an hour nap and then wake up and play till like 3. The only downside to that is that I have to wake up at 8 in order to eat, shower and have enough time to walk to work to get there at 10. So, I've been having to take nyquill when I want to go to bed to knock me out, since taking a nap makes me not tired at all even at like 2-3 AM. The nyquill makes me wake up dazed and confused but I don't care really.
So, I guess if I need any help with this, my question is: To everyone who has broken in a controller. Do you think I'm being efficient with my methods? Usually it takes 1-2 months for me to break in a controller, but I've never done it this way so I'm hoping I can do it in less than a week.
Syracuse is a big event for me. It's the main warm up before ROM 3, and it's my home region pretty much. I'm absolutely confident that at my best, no one attending (so far) stands a chance against me. That's one thing that has significantly improved in my Smash game, my confidence.
Confidence is all mental. I struggled with it for so long, but eventually after beating so many people and working SO hard on my consistency, eventually it's just gotten to the point where I don't get nervous anymore. Not only do I not get nervous, but thankfully I don't have what I call "delusional confidence" either, where you just think you're the **** but really you get stomped by people. It's a very realistic confidence, and I know that there's really not much that can surprise me at this point, and my combos and predictions are good enough to shake even really good players now.
My consistency has gotten much better, and that's what I call a "benchmark." A benchmark is when you do something while playing that is a result of hard work and training, and it's the most satisfying feeling ever. As a result, it has the effect of putting fuel/gas into a car...It keeps it going and moving forwards. If you never see improvement it's easy to get discouraged, but after you see improvement in an area you're working on, it motivates you more. At least, that's how it works for me. My consistency has gone through the roof, which in turn fixed my confidence issues.
I must admit, that was quite the hurdle. I thought I'd never get past it, and I was just trying to figure out different ways to practice based on faith alone. Blindly trying different things to get past this roadblock. Taj gave me some good advice...Just keep playing and eventually you will chip away at your weaknesses...It's inevitable. So, that's what I do. I like to have it planned out how to improve, but if I don't know how, I just play. Maybe my improvement is very inefficient sometimes due to improving blindly, but Taj is right...If you play it's inevitable that you will improve.
In terms of my actual gameplay, I've been working on a lot. Too much to say honestly, and with ROM 3 coming up, I don't want to give it away. What I will say is this though: I'm doing everything I can to make sure I have no limitations in regard to technical execution besides my own physical prowess so to speak. No hardware limitations.
Also, I'm very excited for ROM3.
LOTS of updates...I have 2 HUGE events coming up, and 1 HUGE obstacle standing in the way. The 2 events are:
AXS- November 6th, Syracuse
ROM 3- November 21-22 (I think)
And the obstacle is this: I bought a new controller and it got here a few days ago, and I have to break it in by Saturday.
The controller's control stick, due to being brand new, is extremely stiff, so here's what I'm doing to try and break it in.
* First off, when I get home from work at 7 everyday, I'm playing until I fall asleep at like 2 AM. It's very hard for me to keep playing when every time I try to shine I Side B due to the control stick being stiff, but I keep playing anyways even though it's discouraging.
* I walk to and from work which is a 2 mile walk there, so altogether it's 4 miles. I take my controller and rotate the control stick, and smash it left and right over and over to get it looser. In addition, during my half hour break, I also break it in by doing the same thing. I eat for the first 5 mins and then spend the other 25 listening to music and breaking it in.
*If I'm extremely tired after I get home after taking a shower and cleaning up after my roommates, I take an hour nap and then wake up and play till like 3. The only downside to that is that I have to wake up at 8 in order to eat, shower and have enough time to walk to work to get there at 10. So, I've been having to take nyquill when I want to go to bed to knock me out, since taking a nap makes me not tired at all even at like 2-3 AM. The nyquill makes me wake up dazed and confused but I don't care really.
So, I guess if I need any help with this, my question is: To everyone who has broken in a controller. Do you think I'm being efficient with my methods? Usually it takes 1-2 months for me to break in a controller, but I've never done it this way so I'm hoping I can do it in less than a week.
Syracuse is a big event for me. It's the main warm up before ROM 3, and it's my home region pretty much. I'm absolutely confident that at my best, no one attending (so far) stands a chance against me. That's one thing that has significantly improved in my Smash game, my confidence.
Confidence is all mental. I struggled with it for so long, but eventually after beating so many people and working SO hard on my consistency, eventually it's just gotten to the point where I don't get nervous anymore. Not only do I not get nervous, but thankfully I don't have what I call "delusional confidence" either, where you just think you're the **** but really you get stomped by people. It's a very realistic confidence, and I know that there's really not much that can surprise me at this point, and my combos and predictions are good enough to shake even really good players now.
My consistency has gotten much better, and that's what I call a "benchmark." A benchmark is when you do something while playing that is a result of hard work and training, and it's the most satisfying feeling ever. As a result, it has the effect of putting fuel/gas into a car...It keeps it going and moving forwards. If you never see improvement it's easy to get discouraged, but after you see improvement in an area you're working on, it motivates you more. At least, that's how it works for me. My consistency has gone through the roof, which in turn fixed my confidence issues.
I must admit, that was quite the hurdle. I thought I'd never get past it, and I was just trying to figure out different ways to practice based on faith alone. Blindly trying different things to get past this roadblock. Taj gave me some good advice...Just keep playing and eventually you will chip away at your weaknesses...It's inevitable. So, that's what I do. I like to have it planned out how to improve, but if I don't know how, I just play. Maybe my improvement is very inefficient sometimes due to improving blindly, but Taj is right...If you play it's inevitable that you will improve.
In terms of my actual gameplay, I've been working on a lot. Too much to say honestly, and with ROM 3 coming up, I don't want to give it away. What I will say is this though: I'm doing everything I can to make sure I have no limitations in regard to technical execution besides my own physical prowess so to speak. No hardware limitations.
Also, I'm very excited for ROM3.
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