Recent content by Paul Hoffman

I've found that, at least before the start of a tournament, I spend my friendly matches playing to win to get in the groove for the tournament. If I screw around during the friendlies, I tend to make more mistakes in the tournament matches, as where I play to learn, I tend to take more risks...

I still haven't found a practical use for Mario's d-tilt outside of using it to refresh my other attacks.

A few points / food for thought: As far as competitive gaming goes, nothing legitimate should be banned until it begins to over centralize the meta-game. Has ANY infinite over centralized the meta-game (yet)? No, and that alone should be enough NOT to warrant a ban. This is why items are...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoe12-MTdoQ Mario v Snake http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns8Ljzw7P-Y Mario v Marth Videos of Boss a few months later, both decent.

Quoted for truth.

So you'll have backwards momentum while shooting the arrows forwards. Exactly. I don't know how many times I've tricked an opponent into dodging into an up-smash.

Well, exactly. Rather, my issue is that I usually either- A) RAR fails to execute, instead a horizontal hop occurs while executing the SHDA. B) Execute the RAR, but due to the control stick movement, a boomerang throw occurs instead. C) Execute the RAR, but cannot shoot the second arrow soon...

GW's bucket isn't that daunting in team matches, as it's hard to create situations where your ally can fill it up. A bit overpowered perhaps, but nothing that's proven to be excessively so, as even once the bucket is filled there's still the issue of safely landing the strike without hitting...

QUIVO covered most everything... Ehh, I like throwing bombs up, this gives TL a decent defense. This combined with boomerang angling and quickdraw and TL will seem unapproachable to many. If your oppenent isn't paying attention, the bomb might provide you with a free approach a couple seconds...

Oh, and MK/MK =P

First work on it in practice just learning how to slide it properly, get the timing down when coming out of attacks, learn the trajectories like Demenise said, etc. Also, learn how to do it from the ledge, this is a big perk for Yoshi players. Fight a low level computer and focus on just your...

I thought the 0 death on Falco (and others) was Yoshi's B to footstool combo. Basically you space your B attack so it will slurp them towards you, but you don't actually swallow them. When done off the edge, you can footstool them afterwards, and for many characters this means death. I (and as...

I like saving this one until mid-match most of the time. It can destroy an opponents spacing game once he gets into the swing of your Diddy.

CP FD/Picto (or Delfino, nothing better than a banana lock kill rofl), overwhelm or bait with bananas depending on MK's playstyle and mindset, adapt as needed, win. The key is proper glide toss prediction (dt/bs if he dashes, ft/bs if you suspect shield, ft/fs if he tornado spams, etc). Most...

GW/ZSS (bucket rofl) or Yoshi/DK.