I can tell you that I've learned far, FAR more from playing against people in a non-tournament environment than I ever have otherwise, because you are far more likely to meet a broader range of people that way.
Of course, you learn all of your basics by playing people in your area. You train prior to tournaments with people that are around you, or online if the game allows. The thing is, you improve much faster by training with other competitive players who also have tournament experience.
Also, you learn so much from tournaments. These things go beyond simply learning techniques and strategies. Some of the lessons you learn is to slow yourself down, or not be so greedy. Other important things are learning how to handle well under pressure. There is a lot that one learns in a tournament setting that is extremely hard to learn outside of tournaments.
Another important aspect to tournaments is the valuable experience you gain from playing a lot of friendly matches with people from another location. While it's subtle, there are differences in how each region plays. The more you learn from these variations the better and more diverse player you become.
Many here often make the mistake of assuming that just because someone plays in tournaments often that they are better than a non-tournament going hardcore vet.
The only exception to this argument are the competitive newcomers. There are some newbies that aren't as good as the casual crowd, and that is fairly obvious. That said, when I or pretty much anybody here, refers to "competitive players" we are referring to people that have been around for a decent amount of time and aren't in any way a newbie.
is that you never presented anything for me to argue with.
Umm, what? You criticized me for virtually everything, called me out on things, and then when you can't back up your arguments you tell me that I never presented you with anything? There are tons of points you could have made, but for the most part you just attacked my character and made assumptions about my knowledge of the smash community.
Points I've made with my arguments:
Competitive players as a whole are better than casual players.
Casual players as a whole do not actively engage in adjusting to their opponents playstyle, they typically run on a set of patterns.
Using psychology against human opponents is effective. Those with less mental resolve more easily succumb to tactics that involve establishing fear and doubt.
Casual players as a whole aren't used to the pressures of a tournament match nearly as much as competitive players.
Ike, Dedede, and Lucas are excellent choices to use based on the ruleset.
Those are my points in a nutshell. If you can't really debate them, it's not my fault that what I'm saying makes too much sense to counter. If you can't counter them, then why are you debating against me?
The best you came up with was to shield yourself and back-pedal, which is all I really wanted in the first place.
I never back-peddled. Please, tell me where I actually went back and changed what I've said. My message has always been the same, the only difference is how I worded things a few times.
You act as if you actually took part in a "debate" but all you were capable of doing was making generalized statements about other scenes and throwing insults and assumptions around.
You may be good, but no one is ever as good as they think they are.
For starters... I told you, specifically, that I was overrated. I'm good, but not great. I used to be better, by metagame standards, but now not so much. So yeah, you are making a lot of assumptions about me.
Maybe I'll get back to you with my FC when Brawl comes out and I get home for Spring break.
I honestly would like that. You are obviously intelligent from your posts, it just seems you particularly hate the competitive smash community and are a bit misguided in your beliefs over it. I'd like to play yas, although I'm somewhat out in the boonies so the connection might be pretty ****ty. Are you anywhere near the south/southeast?
