Alright, so like I said before, these two played friendlies with each other for at least half an hour the day prior - and, from what I saw, it looked like Hax had the edge. [They were both very quiet and seemingly casual about it - but I'm sure both were taking notes, lol]
Game 1 - 0:37
What this game basically came down to were two things:
- S2J's quick gimp @0:48 that really set his momentum
- Hax making recovery mistakes @1:27 and 2:30
Game 2 - 3:19
Very even game. You can tell that Hax started to implement the up-air to control the space above him, and to set up potential combo situations.
Hax's first KO came from a really good string of moves/reads starting around @ 3:30
S2J missed two EG opportunities, though ended up getting a KO in the same sequence of one of them - while Hax simplified his EG game, basically holding the edge, lol.
Also, a couple of not-so-wise aggressive attempts by Hax got him killed at @ 3:49 and 5:31
Game 3 - 6:26
Hax extended S2J's first stock by not converting on an EG @ 7:26 (props to S2J on changing up his upB movement), which ended up putting him at an unhealthy 124% and could have swayed the game in a big way.
Other than that, S2J get's Pokemon Stadium'd twice @ 8:04 and 8:53. And Hax plays solidly getting a go EG at the end.
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Synopsis:
- Nerves were running really high, and we only really got to see great play from both of them at once in Game 2.
- Hax uses up-air and S2J uses bair more; and Hax seems more movement based in playstyle, while S2J is more position based (if that makes sense).
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This is the set Falcon mains deserve, but not the one it needs right now.
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Lessons Learned (pretty much exactly what Windrose said):
- Don't over-extend yourself by going for hard reads or questionable combo continuers/enders - tech-chase regrab more, upair instead of fair, etc
- Falcon has strong (dair and fair) and useful (bair and upair) edge-game aerials , so simplify your edgeguarding game by bair/upairing your opponent when they're behind/above you and only go for fair/dair kills when they show themselves, don't force them (unless you're Mango, then just reverse knee all day, I don't care)
