Recent content by Vershinin

Just for another opinion, don't be afraid of losing. I grew up playing my best friend who remains one of the best players I ever seen. I couldn't touch his Sheik, and was convinced I was a terrible player because I couldn't get a win from him. Now that I'm playing more people I'm finding out...

:4ness: that back throw though.

This may be just me, but I have days where I don't feel like winning. I was really passive growing up and felt like if I won too hard I'd be embarrassing my friends, so I let them win to make them feel better. Only over the past few years have I been able to win and feel good about it.

This post convinced me to register an account after years of lurking, thank you. I deal with competition in an odd way. I love the feeling of improving as I play and learn a game, but I punish myself when I'm not as good as my opponent. I blame myself for losing, rather than allowing the...

Hey everybody! So happy to finally meet you all. I've lurked for years, played melee through high school. Dropped off with Brawl, but Smash 4 has really woken me up to how much I love this community. I've got a great group of guys I play with in New York, but I'd love to take my game to that...