KenboCalrissian
YouTube: SewerBuddies
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I had a little pow-wow with other Yoshis in my region, and I'm hearing some troubling things from them: The better ones are wondering if their character is holding them back. The only ones who didn't feel this way were either new to playing Yoshi, or myself.
However, I can understand the frustration, as it's a question I too have wrestled with.
My closest competitor as far as Yoshi mains go is the best Yoshi in a neighboring region. I missed an opportunity to ditto him yesterday (where we both placed 9th in an Arcadian, so we're basically even) because he was pretty salty he didn't make top 8. We still managed to sit down and have a one-on-one discussing what went wrong and why we're not placing higher - but the context was he's seriously considering switching mains, and I was trying to convince him not to.
Basically, the conversation boiled down to this: Despite our frame data, aerial mobility, and adaptability, something's not panning out for us. It seems to go beyond the strengths and weaknesses of the character itself - his concern seemed to be that a good Yoshi needs to be highly technical and put a lot of effort in, but there are two glaring issues with this: 1) Many of our kill confirms require a hard read, but that in turn makes us easier to read; and 2) There are other characters out there who require less work for higher placements.
As for other Yoshis in our area, we had ourselves an all-Yoshi FFA to warm up before today's tournament. Even though it was supposed to be a fun exercise, I heard those same concerns echoed from an up-and-comer who's quickly catching up to me; Yoshis in our area aren't placing very high, and there seems to be little reason for others to want to pick him up.
Personally, I have faith in the character, and I know he's not holding me back because I haven't hit his skill ceiling yet. Unfortunately, while non-Yoshi mains will agree with me that he's still great a character with untapped potential, actual Yoshi mains are doing the opposite - it seems many of them are heading for the door.
To this, I have a few questions for you guys:
-Have you noticed this attitude in your regions as well?
-Have you felt this way before, and if so, how did you deal with it?
-How would you convince someone that Yoshi isn't holding them back?
-From a meta perspective, is there anything we can do differently to mix things up?
I know we all want to see our favorite dino rise to the top, and that's not going to happen if we keep losing reps. This is a call for brainstorming ideas to inspire new levels of play from Yoshis.
However, I can understand the frustration, as it's a question I too have wrestled with.
My closest competitor as far as Yoshi mains go is the best Yoshi in a neighboring region. I missed an opportunity to ditto him yesterday (where we both placed 9th in an Arcadian, so we're basically even) because he was pretty salty he didn't make top 8. We still managed to sit down and have a one-on-one discussing what went wrong and why we're not placing higher - but the context was he's seriously considering switching mains, and I was trying to convince him not to.
Basically, the conversation boiled down to this: Despite our frame data, aerial mobility, and adaptability, something's not panning out for us. It seems to go beyond the strengths and weaknesses of the character itself - his concern seemed to be that a good Yoshi needs to be highly technical and put a lot of effort in, but there are two glaring issues with this: 1) Many of our kill confirms require a hard read, but that in turn makes us easier to read; and 2) There are other characters out there who require less work for higher placements.
As for other Yoshis in our area, we had ourselves an all-Yoshi FFA to warm up before today's tournament. Even though it was supposed to be a fun exercise, I heard those same concerns echoed from an up-and-comer who's quickly catching up to me; Yoshis in our area aren't placing very high, and there seems to be little reason for others to want to pick him up.
Personally, I have faith in the character, and I know he's not holding me back because I haven't hit his skill ceiling yet. Unfortunately, while non-Yoshi mains will agree with me that he's still great a character with untapped potential, actual Yoshi mains are doing the opposite - it seems many of them are heading for the door.
To this, I have a few questions for you guys:
-Have you noticed this attitude in your regions as well?
-Have you felt this way before, and if so, how did you deal with it?
-How would you convince someone that Yoshi isn't holding them back?
-From a meta perspective, is there anything we can do differently to mix things up?
I know we all want to see our favorite dino rise to the top, and that's not going to happen if we keep losing reps. This is a call for brainstorming ideas to inspire new levels of play from Yoshis.
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