Hi board, my tag is Valor, and this is my first post (but you've heard this a million times, I know). I'm here to talk about the only spot of light in these dark, dark days where our Falcon gods aren't even getting top 8; 20GX. The time has come where we have to stop seeing the Florida Falcons (Gravy, Wizz, and Gahtzu) as the lonely gods that rule our little movement. Yeah, they're leaders and they're the founders of something bigger than themselves, but they need help. Our help.
What do I mean? Well, I think the chance of the 20GX movement, and optimized falcon as a whole, being true is very possible. But as Falcon players we need to let go of something that has been holding us back for more than a decade.
Pride
Think of all the times S2J told us that "lame" Falcon is bad, and it's not right. How can we progress as a movement, and as a character, if we hold on to the idea that if we don't play with style and go for dumb and unnecessarily risky moves, then we're somehow not playing the character correctly.
This is the reason Falcon doesn't win any majors. How can we expect to play in an optimized way when we feel bad for doing an up air instead of going for a 50/50 knee. I understand that Falcon is a crowd pleaser, but where does that leave our movement?
Would we rather have a very fun character to watch in combo videos, or be able to cheer on one of the optimized Falcons in the grand finals of a super major?
While playing friendlies with my training partner, he called me while I was doing knee option coverage tech chases lame and I, previously being a Sheik main, felt something I had never felt when I tech chased him 0-death with Sheik; I felt ashamed. I felt like I was doing all of my Falcon predecessors wrong, yet I never felt like that when I played Sheik. Why? It's been established that Sheik is a character that is supposed to be played for optimization, yet Falcon hasn't.
Our 20GX scientists are hard at work finding the theoretical and practical limits of our character. What's our role? We need to let go of the thoughts that have been implanted into our heads by people like S2J and MaNg0 (even though he even admitted that Falcon still has the room to be optimized). Do you think that the first Sheiks didn't feel dirty when they did ftilt --> fair instead of some bs crowdpleaser combo? But they grew past it and now look where they're at.
Let's establish this, and finish it once for all.
Thank you.
What do I mean? Well, I think the chance of the 20GX movement, and optimized falcon as a whole, being true is very possible. But as Falcon players we need to let go of something that has been holding us back for more than a decade.
Pride
Think of all the times S2J told us that "lame" Falcon is bad, and it's not right. How can we progress as a movement, and as a character, if we hold on to the idea that if we don't play with style and go for dumb and unnecessarily risky moves, then we're somehow not playing the character correctly.
This is the reason Falcon doesn't win any majors. How can we expect to play in an optimized way when we feel bad for doing an up air instead of going for a 50/50 knee. I understand that Falcon is a crowd pleaser, but where does that leave our movement?
Would we rather have a very fun character to watch in combo videos, or be able to cheer on one of the optimized Falcons in the grand finals of a super major?
While playing friendlies with my training partner, he called me while I was doing knee option coverage tech chases lame and I, previously being a Sheik main, felt something I had never felt when I tech chased him 0-death with Sheik; I felt ashamed. I felt like I was doing all of my Falcon predecessors wrong, yet I never felt like that when I played Sheik. Why? It's been established that Sheik is a character that is supposed to be played for optimization, yet Falcon hasn't.
Our 20GX scientists are hard at work finding the theoretical and practical limits of our character. What's our role? We need to let go of the thoughts that have been implanted into our heads by people like S2J and MaNg0 (even though he even admitted that Falcon still has the room to be optimized). Do you think that the first Sheiks didn't feel dirty when they did ftilt --> fair instead of some bs crowdpleaser combo? But they grew past it and now look where they're at.
Let's establish this, and finish it once for all.
Thank you.
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