Ways not to choke in Melee tournaments.

[Sinji]

but im a fox main.

 

[Pikaville]

Good GOD your avatar is cool.

I don't ever use Fox so I have no idea how to not choke with him.

Waveshine like you just don't care?

 

[Strong Badam]

I use needles with DK. They're his best projectile IMO

 

[crush]

dk doesnt have needles im prety sure

 

[Walt]

You obviously never watched the old Donkey Kong Country cartoon. Bananas, coconuts, and needles were pretty much all DK used.

 

[Brookman]

breathe, stay hydrated, eat bananas and nuts to stay sharp and remember to play your game, not your opponent's.

also, shine and up smash the **** out of them

 

[crush]

drink multiple red bulls, water, dont eat cough drops or chew gum, wear the most comfortable shoes you have, sit on the right side of the screen, bllnk and cure your brain, etc

 

[Dimitris]

Gonna do that nut/banana thing this weekend. Will be my Dumbo feather.

sit on the right side of the screen

Why the right side?

 

[Strong Badam]

You obviously never watched the old Donkey Kong Country cartoon. Bananas, coconuts, and needles were pretty much all DK used.

You remember the episode with Kongo Bongo Gone Wrongo Disease? Needles out the *** there

 

[Cereal Rabbit]

Usually when I'm playing the top ranked players at a tournament, I would go in with the incentives that I'm going to lose. An answer to not choke is to just visualize that you're just playing another Fox or another Falcon rather than "Best Fox in Switzerland" or "Best Falcon in the Himalayas."

I've already said it, but NEVER GO IN THINKING YOU'LL LOSE.

 

[Sinji]

You remember the episode with Kongo Bongo Gone Wrongo Disease? Needles out the *** there

LOL.

I havent watched that show in years. I remember the episode when Donkey Kong was escaping King K Rool's layer and then he hit his head on a coconut tree.

 

[ILM]

First of all, I saw Cactuar's [9] and thought of reddit.
To not choke, I suggest you take Cactuar's advice, and get to [9] yourself. lol

Honestly, the first tourney I went to I got mad nervous and choked hard. However, now I realize that everyone there is just someone else that loves smash, and since I love smash that makes us bros. And playing bros doesn't get you nervous, does it?

 

[Renth]

don't be a b****.

 

[Tommy Pickles]

Drugs

LOTS AND LOTS OF DRUGS

 

[Brookman]

Just keep in mind that you're playing vs. another human, at all times..and just pay attention. Literally, if you have a.d.d. at any point its just gona ruin your game. play frame-perfectly, even if you miss l-cancels and ****. Even out of your tilts and smashes. You should literally strive to move the character as fast as possible while controlling space.


Or, play puff and plank.

 

[TheZhuKeeper]

Be better than your opponent.

For example: Mango never chokes, he sandbags.

 

[Nintendude]

I just play the game, try my best, and don't really pay attention to how good my opponent supposedly is. It's important to just be in the moment and not let your mind drift to "what ifs" instead of focusing on the match.

 

[MasterShake]

Eggm's advice is the best and I can attest that it works.

 

[Brookman]

I love to watch eggm play, even tho he's a ****ing noob.

 

[Sinji]

Be better than your opponent.

For example: Mango never chokes, he sandbags.

This may sound stupid but what does sandbags mean?

 

[MonkUnit]

To purposely play worse.

 

[crush]

This may sound stupid but what does sandbags mean?

Sandbag:noun

The act of beating up the sandbag in homerun contest in a manner similar to isai

 

[Falco (MOP)]

Never miss a tournament, and always enter. That's honestly the only way.

take it from the egg... I played him in my pools actually... merciless. IDK, I find that I get more nervous for matches against random bobs like myself because I actually have a chance. I played Lucky at ROM and actually played pretty well, 1 stock off him and he was sandbagging... but yeah IDK where I'm going with this as far as helping. I guess what eggm said, I've found that I get over-all less nervous the more tournaments i go to.

~MOP

 

[Problem2]

When playing, make sure you're sitting comfortably in a position that helps your gaming. I noticed that this is different for everyone. I for example, like to lean forward on the edge of my chair. Also, make sure you have a decent view of the screen. It sounds trivial, but it helps a lot.

 

[Sinji]

When playing, make sure you're sitting comfortably in a position that helps your gaming. I noticed that this is different for everyone else. I for example, like to lean forward on the edge of my chair. Also, make sure you have a decent view of the screen. It sounds trivial, but it helps a lot.

Thanks. il do that. =)

 

[crush]

Dont drink or eat anything, or just don't enter melee tournaments

 

[Sinji]

Dont drink or eat anything, or just don't enter melee tournaments

You jelly i could become number one in the world one day?

 

[crush]

Number one in the world at being jelly of me because I might be number one in the world?

 

[Falco (MOP)]

You jelly i could become number one in the world one day?

Number one in the world at being jelly of me because I might be number one in the world?

yall both jelly cause i AM number one, get at me

 

[crush]

No wai brah

 

[Sinji]

Well I guess we can only settle this by MM at Apex 2012. Who's up?

 

[crush]

Ok y'all bout to get owned by random 13 year old.jpeg

 

[Sinji]

All we need is MOP to confirm.

 

[Archangel]

My suggestion is to saw off the head of your puppy, drown your kitten in a bathtub.(don't do this!!!!!!)

what I mean by that is get rid of your emotions. Mainly fear. Emotions get in the way of making logical decisions.

This isn't saying you have to play like a robot or something but just don't let your emotions out during a tournament it's bad for you.

Passion however is something you must keep. You have to have a real passion to win or do well when you play. Cuz as much skill as there is in a game like melee sometimes it literally does come down to willpower and who wants it more.

 

[Tyranny]

Smoking usually helps me. It completely zones out any outside disturbances and forces me to concentrate on the matter at hand~ which in this case would be dealing with a ****ing forward smashing bird..

 

[Varist]

Smoking usually helps me. It completely zones out any outside disturbances and forces me to concentrate on the matter at hand~ which in this case would be dealing with a ****ing forward smashing bird..

You were playing in a tourney when you wrote this? what the ****

 

[Sinji]

My suggestion is to saw off the head of your puppy, drown your kitten in a bathtub.(don't do this!!!!!!)

what I mean by that is get rid of your emotions. Mainly fear. Emotions get in the way of making logical decisions.

This isn't saying you have to play like a robot or something but just don't let your emotions out during a tournament it's bad for you.

Passion however is something you must keep. You have to have a real passion to win or do well when you play. Cuz as much skill as there is in a game like melee sometimes it literally does come down to willpower and who wants it more.

thanks for the advice. il use this.

 

[pingding]

what i did at my first tourny i told myself they are good and this is going to be a learning experience. i did learn a lot that day. at my first tourny i didnt beat anyone but at my second i did beat a few people. i just think of the tournys as learning experiences.

 

[Zodiac]

I just kept going to tournaments and eventually learned to ignore it.

 

[Rat]

Nerves are a good thing. Use that energy to focus and step it up.

I choke a lot mid-match when I get nervous and start thinking about what I'm doing instead of just doing it.