Yesterday I went to a tournament and lost round 1 to a
player who I've beaten with
in tournament before (I'm very bad at this match-up before I have their habits down, and I get very frustrated). I then was 1-1 with a
player whom I've always beaten (he two stocked me game 2 on Smashville). I stopped and evaluated my mindset, realized that I was being frustrated and trying to hard read to much instead of following my previous game plan of going by instinct and keep an eye out for obvious habits. I went on to dominate the
's last stock on Frigate and then kept my mind set up through Loser's Bracket. I two stocked many of my opponents including the
who beat me the week before. My difference vs.
was a combination of correcting the error I made before (going in when I knew it wasn't safe and allowing him to corner himself when he tried to retreat or roll away in reaction to my Dairs and a silly SD on his part game 3. I was then 2-0 in Grand Finals vs. Ryo's
, where I had a motivational issue in conjunction with him out-playing me, so he then swept the rest of the set for the win.
I'm once again happy to see improvement, but I want to win next time!