Randofu
Smash Journeyman
I've been a casual Smasher for years. I recently finally went to my first tournament since it was so easy to get to. I was actually pretty surprised. I thought that the people there would just be leagues ahead of me, but it wasn't really the case. I know the game well, and I know the advanced techniques, but I couldn't hang with the tournament players. Why is that? Well, I don't play by their rules. I've played for years with items on.
You can call me a noob for not being able to waveshine consistently, but I think I can call you a noob for hitting an exploding box when you're playing with items on. Let's face it; it's a totally different game with items on. The tiers are different and there's a bit more randomness. It's still a game though, so why can't there be a tournament?
As far as I'm concerned, this is what a "casual" tournament would be like. Turn all items on, and have items on Very High. Players choose their characters randomly(!). All stages are available and chosen randomly. Since there's considerably more luck involved in this version, you play best of 10. Since you play more games, I think Stock 3 with a time limit of 5 minutes would be better, to speed up the tournament.
I won't deny that it takes a good player to be great with one character on a few stages. It takes a truly awesome player to be great with every character on every stage. Sometimes it'll be Bowser vs. Fox, and you'll just have to suck it up and do your best.
I know this will never catch on, but I'd love to see it. I feel like I could easily compete in tournaments (though probably not win them) if I bought a wired controller and focused on two or three characters only. I feel like that takes a lot of the fun out of the game though. Unfortunately, because I enjoy being more versatile, I feel like there's no place for me in the competitive scene, and I think that's a shame.
PS: It's really hard to practice some of the "advanced techniques" when there are a lot of items around, because the game plays differently when the items are around!
You can call me a noob for not being able to waveshine consistently, but I think I can call you a noob for hitting an exploding box when you're playing with items on. Let's face it; it's a totally different game with items on. The tiers are different and there's a bit more randomness. It's still a game though, so why can't there be a tournament?
As far as I'm concerned, this is what a "casual" tournament would be like. Turn all items on, and have items on Very High. Players choose their characters randomly(!). All stages are available and chosen randomly. Since there's considerably more luck involved in this version, you play best of 10. Since you play more games, I think Stock 3 with a time limit of 5 minutes would be better, to speed up the tournament.
I won't deny that it takes a good player to be great with one character on a few stages. It takes a truly awesome player to be great with every character on every stage. Sometimes it'll be Bowser vs. Fox, and you'll just have to suck it up and do your best.
I know this will never catch on, but I'd love to see it. I feel like I could easily compete in tournaments (though probably not win them) if I bought a wired controller and focused on two or three characters only. I feel like that takes a lot of the fun out of the game though. Unfortunately, because I enjoy being more versatile, I feel like there's no place for me in the competitive scene, and I think that's a shame.
PS: It's really hard to practice some of the "advanced techniques" when there are a lot of items around, because the game plays differently when the items are around!
