Hey, I'm confused I guess.

[Brookman]

What is a counter pick?

What's the point of counter picking?

 

[TyrantWolf]

iono i checked urbandictionary for you though


counter picking isn't defined yet, but these are pretty close:

1. pfart
1 up, 7 down


a stupid person who players counter-strike and is as skinny as a tooth pick

hi u are a pfart
by anx Jun 21, 2004 email it


lol <33

 

[nublet06]

people who play multiple characters usually have a better understanding of it.

but here is a nice example.

lets say forward is playing in a tournament. and is using falco. And then he runs in to mew2king. And mew2king chain grabs him a bunch and keeps gimping him. In a way you could say mew2king's marth is countering forwards falco style.

sooo......

forward might consider switching to sheik because sheik has an easier time recovering against marth and doesn't have to deal with chain grabbing. but this is only possible to do because forward has a worthy sheik. if he didn't actually play another character who is tournament worthy (maybe your problem?) then there wouldn't be any point in counter picking because you would probably just end up losing by a larger margin.

another way to counter pick would be picking a stage to counter a certain playing style, or maybe just make a choice based off of a characters physical properties. So if a marth played against jigglypuff and lost on a large stage like mute city. he might want to switch to yoshis story to take advantage of the fact that jigglypuff dies fast on that level.

welcome to super smash bros.

 

[Brookman]

people who play multiple characters usually have a better understanding of it.

but here is a nice example.

lets say forward is playing in a tournament. and is using falco. And then he runs in to mew2king. And mew2king chain grabs him a bunch and keeps gimping him. In a way you could say mew2king's marth is countering forwards falco style.

sooo......

forward might consider switching to sheik because sheik has an easier time recovering against marth and doesn't have to deal with chain grabbing. but this is only possible to do because forward has a worthy sheik. if he didn't actually play another character who is tournament worthy (maybe your problem?) then there wouldn't be any point in counter picking because you would probably just end up losing by a larger margin.

another way to counter pick would be picking a stage to counter a certain playing style, or maybe just make a choice based off of a characters physical properties. So if a marth played against jigglypuff and lost on a large stage like mute city. he might want to switch to yoshis story to take advantage of the fact that jigglypuff dies fast on that level.

welcome to super smash bros.

Loser announces stage, winner may change character, loser may change character.

then you take stage bans into account.

My question is literally, what is counter picking?

Is counter picking supposed to give you an advantage?

Let's say that as marth vs. jiggs, you decide to go to YS, right? but the jiggly puff player switches to fox...now what =(? Marth isn't doomed on YS of course, but fox certainly won't die as easily as you wanted jiggs to.

 

[KevinM]

OMG I DIDN'T THINK YOU KNEW

AND THEN YOU DID

YOU'RE SUCH A MINDGAMING CHEATER
(lolcaps)

 

[Elen]

Loser announces stage, winner may change character, loser may change character.

Good game. What's with you and these threads Brook? They're pretty amazing.

 

[Brookman]

ok, I've figured everything I need to out, close thread.

 

[nublet06]

i guess there is no point in banning a stage then?