xMiso
Smash Rookie
Hi, my name is Sean and I started playing SSB in the 5th grade. When I played Wii, I liked a lot of games but SSBB was always my favorite. This year I decided to pick up a Wii U and SSB 4 for memory sake. I've been playing the last 4 months and I can say I've definitely improved but I'm still pretty terrible. Over this time I learned all about the difference between a tilt and a smash, how to short hop and doing grab combos as my favorite character Ness. Yesterday, after beating level 9 bots over and over I was confident in my skills. I started up some matched and they all had pretty varied results. Some matches I barely won, some matches I left because it was too laggy but most matches I lost due to me killing myself by failing my PK Thunder recovery. I realized needed some practice so I just kept going with it. Until he appeared.
A Rob player. At first, I remembered all the times I fought my friend Carlos in Brawl when he mained Rob. I beat him every time. Going into the match with confidence I began doing what I did usually. Before I knew it I had lost. "Again," I said, "I can beat him easy." Defeat. Defeat. Defeat. I began getting angry which had never happened to me while playing Smash. Before I knew it I was messing up all my combos due to me shaking. I wanted to be done. I told myself "This guy is officially better than me." I didn't want to give up, seeing how he mercilessly beat me over and over showing no sign of guilt. Had he realized that he was so much better than me? An hour passed of him continuing to dumpster me over and over. What did he have to gain? I thought, maybe he is just practicing. By beating someone less strong then him over and over? So I did an experiment.
I let them the timer tick until the match started, making it seem like I was afk. When the match began, I didn't touch my controller and watched as he grabbed me then threw me off the stage for both of my stocks. This guy was a true scumbag. This inspired me that I would be the Hero to end this Villains reign of improving his W/L ratio. I calmed myself and fought him strategically. First match, he two stocks me. Seventh match he two stocks me at 107%. Twenty-fourth match I get a stock off of him with a lethal back throw, but then I am destroyed by a up smash. Before I realized it I was improving! I saw him doing his moves before they happened being able to avoid them. This I realized, was the concept of reading that Jtails had talked about. I truly belived I could beat him.
Game after game, I was so close to winning but became nervous and kept getting myself punished. I realized not only had I been reading him but he had began reading me. After the downthrough he would dodge the fair! My hope of beating this criminal was surely lost. But, I kept going on and on. For one match, he randomly picked CF, followed by me killing myself. I started the next match seeing that he was Rob again. I realized that he understood now, my thirst for victory against his Rob. He wanted me to win but not once did he go easy. My confidence was restored. After three hours of complete and utter failure we reached the final match.
It was on my favorite stage, Gaur Plains.( Omega of course ) Before the match I had changed my color too the default one because this was my lucky skin. The match began and I was pumped. PK Fire into downthrough into fair then fair. My victory was assured. I was doing everything that I learned. But this Rob was smart. He began doing his combos over and over but I could dodge them! We both were two stocks, but he was off the stage. I was going to harass him with PK Thunder but he jumped over me. At that second, I hit myself with PK "Cannonball" and flung him into oblivion. My two stocks against his one. Before he down throwed me into death, I had gotten 56% on him. I could win. I can win. I will win. Combo into combo the victory I could taste. He was at 112% percent with me at 76%. I could see myself saving the replay and watching it in amazement. Look at what I had become!
In my ray of astonishment, I was like a deer in headlights. He punished my roll with the grab into the forward throw. I lived but I suddenly caught what shofu called the "bnf syndrome." As I PK Thundered myself into the stage I sat there with my jaw open wide thinking what had gone wrong? Hours and hours of loss for what? As the game ended, I immediately left in despair. He had broken my will to keep playing. Negative thoughts flooded my mind as I stared at the ceiling. I did everything in my power but he was just better.
At that moment I realized, how much had happened. In that very match I learned what's called spot-dodging to avoid his grabs and fast falling to avoid his combos. That match had taught me more then months of facing bots. This match happened 45 minutes ago. It inspired me to make this post to teach everyone what I learned. As cliche as it is, never give up no matter how bad it looks. Keep fighting till you win,unlike me. It's just a game and even if you lose you can learn from it. I mean you can learn A LOT from fighting people better than you .
Thanks for reading this post, tons of emotions went into making it. That being said, I apologize for spelling errors for I'm typing this out on my phone in front of my Wii U. Also, if this made you happy in any way let me know so it doesn't feel like I wrote this for nothing lol. If anyone would be willing to add and help a Noob like me, it would be much appreciated. My NNID is Misosakamoto and I'll be willing to add anyone. Once again thanks to all the streamers on twitch that have gotten me this far like 1fow1 and the ones that I mentioned. Looking forward to learning a lot so I can beat that God damn Rob. Thanks SSB community and peace!
Btw if tltr I understand
EDIT: Fixed spelling errors and got rid of the "Waterfall of Text" 3/28/15
A Rob player. At first, I remembered all the times I fought my friend Carlos in Brawl when he mained Rob. I beat him every time. Going into the match with confidence I began doing what I did usually. Before I knew it I had lost. "Again," I said, "I can beat him easy." Defeat. Defeat. Defeat. I began getting angry which had never happened to me while playing Smash. Before I knew it I was messing up all my combos due to me shaking. I wanted to be done. I told myself "This guy is officially better than me." I didn't want to give up, seeing how he mercilessly beat me over and over showing no sign of guilt. Had he realized that he was so much better than me? An hour passed of him continuing to dumpster me over and over. What did he have to gain? I thought, maybe he is just practicing. By beating someone less strong then him over and over? So I did an experiment.
I let them the timer tick until the match started, making it seem like I was afk. When the match began, I didn't touch my controller and watched as he grabbed me then threw me off the stage for both of my stocks. This guy was a true scumbag. This inspired me that I would be the Hero to end this Villains reign of improving his W/L ratio. I calmed myself and fought him strategically. First match, he two stocks me. Seventh match he two stocks me at 107%. Twenty-fourth match I get a stock off of him with a lethal back throw, but then I am destroyed by a up smash. Before I realized it I was improving! I saw him doing his moves before they happened being able to avoid them. This I realized, was the concept of reading that Jtails had talked about. I truly belived I could beat him.
Game after game, I was so close to winning but became nervous and kept getting myself punished. I realized not only had I been reading him but he had began reading me. After the downthrough he would dodge the fair! My hope of beating this criminal was surely lost. But, I kept going on and on. For one match, he randomly picked CF, followed by me killing myself. I started the next match seeing that he was Rob again. I realized that he understood now, my thirst for victory against his Rob. He wanted me to win but not once did he go easy. My confidence was restored. After three hours of complete and utter failure we reached the final match.
It was on my favorite stage, Gaur Plains.( Omega of course ) Before the match I had changed my color too the default one because this was my lucky skin. The match began and I was pumped. PK Fire into downthrough into fair then fair. My victory was assured. I was doing everything that I learned. But this Rob was smart. He began doing his combos over and over but I could dodge them! We both were two stocks, but he was off the stage. I was going to harass him with PK Thunder but he jumped over me. At that second, I hit myself with PK "Cannonball" and flung him into oblivion. My two stocks against his one. Before he down throwed me into death, I had gotten 56% on him. I could win. I can win. I will win. Combo into combo the victory I could taste. He was at 112% percent with me at 76%. I could see myself saving the replay and watching it in amazement. Look at what I had become!
In my ray of astonishment, I was like a deer in headlights. He punished my roll with the grab into the forward throw. I lived but I suddenly caught what shofu called the "bnf syndrome." As I PK Thundered myself into the stage I sat there with my jaw open wide thinking what had gone wrong? Hours and hours of loss for what? As the game ended, I immediately left in despair. He had broken my will to keep playing. Negative thoughts flooded my mind as I stared at the ceiling. I did everything in my power but he was just better.
At that moment I realized, how much had happened. In that very match I learned what's called spot-dodging to avoid his grabs and fast falling to avoid his combos. That match had taught me more then months of facing bots. This match happened 45 minutes ago. It inspired me to make this post to teach everyone what I learned. As cliche as it is, never give up no matter how bad it looks. Keep fighting till you win,unlike me. It's just a game and even if you lose you can learn from it. I mean you can learn A LOT from fighting people better than you .
Thanks for reading this post, tons of emotions went into making it. That being said, I apologize for spelling errors for I'm typing this out on my phone in front of my Wii U. Also, if this made you happy in any way let me know so it doesn't feel like I wrote this for nothing lol. If anyone would be willing to add and help a Noob like me, it would be much appreciated. My NNID is Misosakamoto and I'll be willing to add anyone. Once again thanks to all the streamers on twitch that have gotten me this far like 1fow1 and the ones that I mentioned. Looking forward to learning a lot so I can beat that God damn Rob. Thanks SSB community and peace!
Btw if tltr I understand
EDIT: Fixed spelling errors and got rid of the "Waterfall of Text"
3/28/15
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