NeighborhoodP
Smash Hero
So it seems safe to say Melee is on its way back. We have tournies about every week now. The community is growing considerably the past couple of months, with even lesser players being dedicated enough to show up to as many tournies as they can.
But Melee's an ever-evolving game, and everyone keeps improving. It's nice to set high goals to have something to work for, because someone is always working harder than you. What do you hope to accomplish this year? How are you going to take advantage of Melee's revived popularity?
For myself, well, I'm actually going to put Melee on the backburner a bit. I worked my *** off in 08 and I kind of just want to rest on my laurels a little bit. A TINY bit. But mostly I am going to school in a couple of weeks and I really want to do well, so school is No. 1 priority. I'll still be able to play smash often enough since I'm lucky enough to have a cool job, but I want a 4.0 so I'm probably gonna have to work pretty hard, especially since I haven't worked hard in school since... actually, ever.
For melee, though, I just want to help the community grow, motivate people and help them get better little by little. I want to help people on the Sheik boards and learn more about my character. I want to use Sheik and Marth 95% of the time and retire my ****ty secondaries. I want to play people better than me much more often than before, because I have finally earned it, and now it's the only way to get dramatically better anymore. I want to put myself in the most stressful smash situations possible so I become like Hugo and am more focused than anyone else. I want to use Sheik the vast majority of time in teams and focus on being the best partner possible.
More than anything, though, I want to see what it takes to be as good as Zhu and Lucky and prepare myself to work that hard to attain that level. I never want to be seen as someone who is not constantly improving their game. I felt like I constantly improved last year, and I want to keep that up. I want to make it very clear that there is a significant gap between people like Fly Amanita, Lovage, Atlus, and Tofu (my main rivals) and me. I want to represent SoCal in crews at Genesis. If I achieve this goal, then I can start working towards challenging Mango.
What about you?
But Melee's an ever-evolving game, and everyone keeps improving. It's nice to set high goals to have something to work for, because someone is always working harder than you. What do you hope to accomplish this year? How are you going to take advantage of Melee's revived popularity?
For myself, well, I'm actually going to put Melee on the backburner a bit. I worked my *** off in 08 and I kind of just want to rest on my laurels a little bit. A TINY bit. But mostly I am going to school in a couple of weeks and I really want to do well, so school is No. 1 priority. I'll still be able to play smash often enough since I'm lucky enough to have a cool job, but I want a 4.0 so I'm probably gonna have to work pretty hard, especially since I haven't worked hard in school since... actually, ever.
For melee, though, I just want to help the community grow, motivate people and help them get better little by little. I want to help people on the Sheik boards and learn more about my character. I want to use Sheik and Marth 95% of the time and retire my ****ty secondaries. I want to play people better than me much more often than before, because I have finally earned it, and now it's the only way to get dramatically better anymore. I want to put myself in the most stressful smash situations possible so I become like Hugo and am more focused than anyone else. I want to use Sheik the vast majority of time in teams and focus on being the best partner possible.
More than anything, though, I want to see what it takes to be as good as Zhu and Lucky and prepare myself to work that hard to attain that level. I never want to be seen as someone who is not constantly improving their game. I felt like I constantly improved last year, and I want to keep that up. I want to make it very clear that there is a significant gap between people like Fly Amanita, Lovage, Atlus, and Tofu (my main rivals) and me. I want to represent SoCal in crews at Genesis. If I achieve this goal, then I can start working towards challenging Mango.
What about you?
