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Aspects of Winning a Tournament

dpunkz

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I find it really hard to win a tournament.. I know loads of gamers that always get to the finals or semis and then just choke at the end of a tourney..

Post your comments on experiences you've had at tournaments and ways to keep your composure and not get tired
 

Geist

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I've been to a bunch of tournaments. Winners follow these simple rules.
First rule of winning a tournament: play a high tier character.
Second rule of winning a tournament: Know your opponent.
Third rule of winning a tournament: Don't get hit.

I'm serious, this is basically it. Oh, and practice helps alot too. Just not on CPUs =_=


Edit: is this brawl or melee tournaments you're talking about? If it's brawl, ignore the practice part lol. Also, replacing the second rule with "spam stuff" is pretty viable.
 

choknater

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I'm just gonna say one thing: Raw experience plays a MAJOR part in keeping composure.
 

th0rn

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1. Don't get tempted into playing any other character except Snake.
2. Don't play aggressive.
3. Walk around - shield - ftilt/jabs/u-tilt/grab depending on situation.
4. Don't try to combo people.
5. You win.
 

mortgage1

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Re: Aspects of Winning a Tournament Reply to Thread

Thanks for the sports rule.
 

Overswarm

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Raw experience is the single biggest thing. I am so used to playing tournament matches now that at the last Smash and Coffee, I started laying Bloodhawk in the finals and forgot it was the finals.


As for not being tired, do math. All you really need to do to "wake up" is to activate your prefrontal cortex. I personally play the quick math games on Brain Age (no lie) before every set.

It also helps to not play a lot in a row, and not have too long before a match. Play a few matches, wait about ten minutes, then play a few more if you are waiting.

Also, never take a nap.

A neat trick that isn't math related is to name the colors of things. You can try it right now, it works.

Look around the room, and float from one thing to another and say the color in your head. Yellow... red grey white black blue green red orange light blue black green red silver... so on so on, and after a few seconds your brain will be going "SUP?!"
 

MaxThunder

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Raw experience is the single biggest thing. I am so used to playing tournament matches now that at the last Smash and Coffee, I started laying Bloodhawk in the finals and forgot it was the finals.


As for not being tired, do math. All you really need to do to "wake up" is to activate your prefrontal cortex. I personally play the quick math games on Brain Age (no lie) before every set.

It also helps to not play a lot in a row, and not have too long before a match. Play a few matches, wait about ten minutes, then play a few more if you are waiting.

Also, never take a nap.

A neat trick that isn't math related is to name the colors of things. You can try it right now, it works.

Look around the room, and float from one thing to another and say the color in your head. Yellow... red grey white black blue green red orange light blue black green red silver... so on so on, and after a few seconds your brain will be going "SUP?!"
um... you talking about using math to WAKE UP?? the hell! i always fall asleep... and this is coming from the guy who got sent home from school to sleep...

but on the topic.... i think you just need to select a character you like andpractice whith it... then go to a couple of tournament and keep practicing... in the end you'll probably start to get better placings... i think... i got no tournament exsperiense at the moment, but i'm going to the first official norwegian brawl tournament made by nintendo next saturday... i'm expecting to do somedamage=) though i have to use meta knight instead of marth cause nintendo are to lazy to get a gamefile whith all the characters on it... so the rules say no secret characters or stages...and they got no item exept smash ball... but... yeah.. thats what i think...
 

Overswarm

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Way to bring back a thread from mid June!

And yeah, using math to wake up. Just 10-20 math problems really fast = your brain is awake.
 

GenesisJLS

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I find it really hard to win a tournament.. I know loads of gamers that always get to the finals or semis and then just choke at the end of a tourney..

Post your comments on experiences you've had at tournaments and ways to keep your composure and not get tired
Smoke crack start an STD.
 
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