rustyw
Smash Cadet
- Joined
- Aug 1, 2007
- Messages
- 72
Definitely agreed wtih Tom Bombadil: when you start doing advanced tech you get worse before you get better. For me, that's been because advanced techs requires more thinking about the game.
Firstly, character attacks, defense, and movement all match up relatively evenly when nobody is Z-cancelling, fastfalling, etc. But when one player uses advanced techs and the other doesn't, that balance of timing--borne out by the "casual" mechanics inherent in the game--is now thrown off. Secondly, mastering these advanced techniques allows the advanced player more control over the timing of attacks, defenses, and movement. This allows for *~hella sick~* comboing, but it also requires much more focus and planning because there are now many more choices the advanced player must make about timing. A casual player limited by his lack of technical skill has only a few possible options for timing his moves, so he doesn't need to think about it as much.
I wouldn't say the lesson here is to not be egotistical or greedy; I think it's more about remembering that different aspects of this game make simultaneous and different demands on a limited reserve of intellectual resources. You'll need get into the mindset, then, of prioritizing your brain's resources toward playing strategically/optimally instead of pulling off advanced techniques. Poor strategy, for most games of Smash, will be a much stricter bottleneck than technical skill will be if you want to win.
Firstly, character attacks, defense, and movement all match up relatively evenly when nobody is Z-cancelling, fastfalling, etc. But when one player uses advanced techs and the other doesn't, that balance of timing--borne out by the "casual" mechanics inherent in the game--is now thrown off. Secondly, mastering these advanced techniques allows the advanced player more control over the timing of attacks, defenses, and movement. This allows for *~hella sick~* comboing, but it also requires much more focus and planning because there are now many more choices the advanced player must make about timing. A casual player limited by his lack of technical skill has only a few possible options for timing his moves, so he doesn't need to think about it as much.
I wouldn't say the lesson here is to not be egotistical or greedy; I think it's more about remembering that different aspects of this game make simultaneous and different demands on a limited reserve of intellectual resources. You'll need get into the mindset, then, of prioritizing your brain's resources toward playing strategically/optimally instead of pulling off advanced techniques. Poor strategy, for most games of Smash, will be a much stricter bottleneck than technical skill will be if you want to win.
