sirkibble2
Smash Rookie
Link to original post: [drupal=3122]Finding Your Competitive Smash[/drupal]
I was playing Smash 64 last night and while I was playing, I caught myself trying to master techniques that I marginally used. I was fighting the computers and every chance I could get, I was trying to Z-Cancel my moves. After a few matches, I went to training mode and began practicing some of my Z-Canceling with bairs. The whole time I was doing it, I didn't feel any sense of "work." It was something I simply wanted to do.
I played Smash 64 until Melee and after Melee and I played Melee after Brawl came out and pretty much play all three in some form or fashion fairly often. But in the end, I've come to realize that Smash 64 is my Smash of choice. It's the game I naturally gravitate towards and naturally want to get better at.
Before Brawl was released, I started trying to learn the AT's (assuming Brawl would be something like it). During the process, it was fun to be able to understand what other competitive players were doing and being able to at least compete but overall, I wasn't having as much fun. Not because I didn't like the competition or the challenge but simply because, it wasn't appealing to me.
When Brawl came out, I was even less interested in the AT's mainly because they were not as intensive as Smash 64 or Melee.
After all that, I finally came back to Smash 64 and for the first time, I'm trying to learn the AT's and I'm actually having fun doing it. So I've concluded that Smash 64 is my competitive game of choice--unfortunately for the competitive aspect of it. Still, it's what I have fun with and it doesn't feel like work.
So, if you're struggling being competitive in Smash and you want to learn the AT's of a certain game but you just don't have that initial drive, I would say maybe you're really not that interested. So instead of forcing it, just play the game. When the time comes, you will naturally learn the AT's if you want to be competitive. You'll have a lot more fun while getting to know the game to it's fullest.
I was playing Smash 64 last night and while I was playing, I caught myself trying to master techniques that I marginally used. I was fighting the computers and every chance I could get, I was trying to Z-Cancel my moves. After a few matches, I went to training mode and began practicing some of my Z-Canceling with bairs. The whole time I was doing it, I didn't feel any sense of "work." It was something I simply wanted to do.
I played Smash 64 until Melee and after Melee and I played Melee after Brawl came out and pretty much play all three in some form or fashion fairly often. But in the end, I've come to realize that Smash 64 is my Smash of choice. It's the game I naturally gravitate towards and naturally want to get better at.
Before Brawl was released, I started trying to learn the AT's (assuming Brawl would be something like it). During the process, it was fun to be able to understand what other competitive players were doing and being able to at least compete but overall, I wasn't having as much fun. Not because I didn't like the competition or the challenge but simply because, it wasn't appealing to me.
When Brawl came out, I was even less interested in the AT's mainly because they were not as intensive as Smash 64 or Melee.
After all that, I finally came back to Smash 64 and for the first time, I'm trying to learn the AT's and I'm actually having fun doing it. So I've concluded that Smash 64 is my competitive game of choice--unfortunately for the competitive aspect of it. Still, it's what I have fun with and it doesn't feel like work.
So, if you're struggling being competitive in Smash and you want to learn the AT's of a certain game but you just don't have that initial drive, I would say maybe you're really not that interested. So instead of forcing it, just play the game. When the time comes, you will naturally learn the AT's if you want to be competitive. You'll have a lot more fun while getting to know the game to it's fullest.