I think I just figured out why I was placing so bad in tourney for so long. It seems like it's so clear, but I don't know when I switched the styles.
you gotta love when that happens.
pokemon evolution: brawl style.
the more people you play the more EXP you get.
you get more exp fighting better people hence its better to go to IRL tourneys and MM people.
but sometimes you hit that point when your missing something.
you can't put your finger on it but you know you need it to hit another level in your brawl game.
time to evolve.
sometimes you know what you have to do. change you playstyle, fix some bad habits....etc.
sometimes you don't. and sadly some will never figure it out.
and sometimes...something just clicks.
then you see stuff that you couldn't see before. stuff that normally you couldn't punish or couldn't figure out a way to punish that you can now.
congratz. you have evolved.
some also achieve evolution by other means:
holding a item AKA picking up a secondary.
evolving with a stone AKA switching mains.
/random crap.