So today my little brother got home from sleep away camp. So, of course he invited all his friends over to the house to play some brawl. This is not a new experience for our house; in fact it seems like most of the time people are over playing some form of smash with me. Anyways, my bro’s crew comes over and as usual I find it my duty to grace them with my presence. In the past I’ve usually tried to play nice, give pointer, or show them neat stuff (stuff like the black hole in melee or explaining how C-stick isn’t always the best move, etc.) Well today I had something else in mind...
Me: Good afternoon boys
Kids: hey, sup, yo [generic acknowledgments without removing their eyes from the screen]
Me: how’s the brawl?
Kids: good
Me: think I could play a few rounds with you guys?
Kids: [hesitantly] I guess
Me: well how about this, I’ll only use the B button?
Kids: [eyebrows raise, smirks take effect] yeah sure
Me: but if I win ya’ll owe me $5 a pop
Kids: and if we win?
Me: I’ll personally take you guys, in my car, to the movie of your choice
Kids: [look around at each other as though prayers have been answered] yeah sure!
Me: But I get to choose map and all items are off
Kids: Fine
So I take a seat on the couch with my trusty wavebird in hand ready to camp like no one has ever camped before. I pick zelda, new pork city, 3 minute round.
The basis of my strategy was to get far away and constantly bombard them with Din’s fire. This coupled with reflecting their range moves/getting them off me with nayru’s love, and then running away with Farore’s wind was basically unstoppable. I won by a solid amount of kills only to get assaulted with words unfit for a pre-teen’s mouth. They called me cheap, spammer, and camper (all accompanied by a myriad of swear words) and to be honest they were 100% right. One kid even told me that I qualified for “noob of the year” and had I been using those kinds of tactics in 64 or melee I would have gladly accepted that award. However, in this case I was standing at the podium for my dominant victory.
So I have one question for the brawl community, if camping and spamming can dominate a 3v1 what does that tell you about Brawl?
(Just fyi I played lots of melee with those kids before brawl was released and never beat them 3v1 so don’t discredit them. Also, I didn't actually make them pay up I just made them pop in melee
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