Recent content by Socrates

Hey PP, been a while Mentality question. How do you keep a fighting spirit when you can tell the other person has "given up"? I've been in a few situations recently where I can tell the players get so dejected that they stop taking the match seriously, which causes me to have the reactionary...

Do you have any experience against Zelda? I know she’s an objectively bad character but she’s one of the only characters other than puff that I’m afraid to challenge in the air because of how much range she has. I honestly can’t tell if I’m mis-spacing or if her moves just straight up out range...

So I’ve been noticing recently, when given an opportunity to punish (whiff, tech-chase, etc) it nearly always feels beneficial to wait for a reaction than to go for the immediate punish. I find that when I pressure them by simply waiting in a position where I COULD punish, they end up doing...

Speaking of Fsmash, have you got any tips for dealing with bad habits? I fsmash a lot, I’m aware of this. I can keep it under control for a while, but i tend to start falling back on it when i get nervous/tired/frustrated. There are times where i can even feel the gut reaction to do it rising...

Here’s kind of a different question. When you’re analyzing a player’s matches with the intent of playing against them, what are you looking for? Habits? Playstyle? How much applicable knowledge do you think can be gained from studying a player’s past matches? Let me know if this is too vague...

Maybe a contentious issue, but is there a consensus on whether or not netplay is productive for improving?

I’ve been messing around against falco as well, trying to get a feel for the laser stun timing on hit and training myself with various options and whatnot. I’ve found take laser jab works really well on approach, but only when they’re a certain distance away from you so that it either tippers or...

So in situations where jab won’t tipper, you’re saying dash (back) is the best bet?

Speaking of Falco, laser question for you. During a match the other day I was trying to interrupt laser approaches with side-b, but the falco was timing lasers in such a way that they were following the lasers closely enough that I wasn’t able to get the move out after the laser before I was hit...

I think a lot of it does come from the opinion of the people around me if I fail. This includes the person I’m having trouble beating. It’s usually the case that we’re far from friends, so losing to them is a big ego hit. This is something I’ll need to work on myself. Moving forward I’m going...

Do you have any insight on getting over mental blocks against specific people? There are players that I have always lost to, and thus continue to lose to, and yet I can beat players that they regularly lose to. It seems I get excess nerves playing against people “I think I should beat” based on...

I guess I’m just trying to get a grasp on how or why I’m being caught by it so often. It seems to happen most often when I’m trying falling SH Fair in place/backwards to cover approaches. They sneak under the SH and upsmash. This might be a spacing issue on my end?

Fox's run up JC up-smash. 1. Are there certain situations where you feel like they're more likely to do it? 2. It's really fast, so I feel like react-able distance is at least a full wavedash and a half. Does that sound about right or could I work on making that distance smaller? 3. Best...

I was gonna ask about those Nairs m2k was doing in that last game against Armada, but I think this about answer my question. On a slightly related note, I know you've flat out said that there aren't any good puff/marth sets to watch. However, I'm trying to deal with a certain netplay legend and...

That’s fair, I can understand that. I guess a lot of it just has to do with having faith that what I’m doing is actually going to help in the long run, but that’s true for any kind of practice.