Best Practice without another person...?

[VashEXE]

Hey I have been playing ssbm alot lately mainly because there is a tourny in Tucson for a wii and pre release brawl and I really want it. Now I just found out that forward lives in Tucson and that I have been hanging around with his brother for a whole year now without knowing this...
Sad I know...
Anyways I only have some human competition on the weekends and if I really want to get good I think I have to play alot more than that...
What is the best way to practice when you dont have someone else?
I have pretty much gotten past the time where I just wavedash back and fourth for an hour and doing combos on CP gets kind of repetitive...
All constructive thoughts are welcome

 

[Dogysamich]

Forward's brother. Heh. That's ironic.

But to be on topic.

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Practicing by yourself is hard, not because you cant practice what you need to win; but because experience is ridiculously valuable in the competitive metagame.

So, for starters, you have to practice your tech skill. I mean EVERYTHING.

Your wave dashing, your throw options, your edge guarding options, ken combos. EVERYTHING.

The next thing you want to do is watch some vids of some good people and get used to seeing some of the "normal" stuff.

-But this part is where people get tripped up in practicing alone. Dont get caught watching nothing but videos of your favorite people winning. Watch some of them losing too.

-The point of watching the videos isnt only to see what works, but also what doesnt work.

-One thing you do have to keep in mind though; is although one thing might not work on somebody, it may work on somebody else; so you have to keep your options open.

The last thing you have to do, in brief, is to look at your own game and find your own faults. It's hard to do this by yourself, so you have to be able to think about how you think and play vs other people. Once you can remember what you're thinking, you have to figure out what you need to fix and actually work it into your game.

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That's just a brief overview of practicing by yourself (in my opinion). I wont give you Marth specific stuff because I'm not a marth player.

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Practicing by yourself is hard. I, in large have to do it. I hate it, and i despise every single person in my state because they all have somebody to practice with. But dont ever get so far down as to think it's impossible to be good without anybody. One of my friends (Alpha Gundam) sat through one of my rants to remind me that good people do get good by practicing by themselves; cort and m2k (2 people you could ask for marth specific advice).

 

[VashEXE]

Thanks alot for the detailed response this is very helpful.

**OFF TOPIC TIME!!!***
Yeah so I was talking with my friend(really my bros friend but whatever) and we got around to how good his bro was and that he went to smashboards so I was like wow really what is his name and then he tells me Forward... I was like oh crap I gonna get owned at this tourny... so yeah either way I still want to be at my best this tourny.

 

[xelad1]

Thanks alot for the detailed response this is very helpful.

**OFF TOPIC TIME!!!***
Yeah so I was talking with my friend(really my bros friend but whatever) and we got around to how good his bro was and that he went to smashboards so I was like wow really what is his name and then he tells me Forward... I was like oh crap I gonna get owned at this tourny... so yeah either way I still want to be at my best this tourny.

well after you get your tech skill down going to a tourney is probably going to be the most valuable experience you'll have. You will probably notice (especially if you ask for advice at the tourney) that your skill will increase the most from playing real people competitively.

 

[VashEXE]

Yeah I know I couldnt wait for the tourny but now I cant go due to my job ;__;

 

[WeretigerX]

I have to practice by myself too. It sucks

 

[Layupfreak]

lol i got to become the 8th best in my town by playing against computers and then playing some humans. i was just soo determined.

 

[AIDS]

wow im #1 in my town...lol
ive been playing for almost 2 years now, and im almost top 10 of BC, i should be 10th or 11th, but PR here is dumb, top 10 only, not top 15. >.> lol

 

[Stix]

You need human experience so just pratice your Wavedahing SHFFL's ETC. until you fight some humans.