I got rather salty just from watching a replay of a FG game I had

[Zeekfox]

Thing is, I didn't even lose that game.

So, I was playing Pac-Man verses a Marth. And when I was playing, I felt like the match was pretty tough, but I still managed to pull it out, knocking my opponent away at 140%, rotating all the way to the key, holding it for a few seconds, then throwing it when my opponent tried to dash in and getting the winning KO.

I'm still not the best Pac though, and I really end up paying attention to my own character a lot so I can get the right fruit and pay attention to hydrant water and such. When I watched the replay back, I got to watch the Marth player more closely. The salt started pouring in when I realized this Marth I was having some trouble with would stand in one spot and throw like, 4 or 5 consecutive f-smashes. I mean, sure he chased me some, hit a few dash attacks and aireals, but he must have thrown like, 50 smashes over 3 minutes. Even though I didn't lose (100% on my second stock), I felt bad that I didn't demolish the guy. Seriously, his main strategy is to repeatedly whiff f-smashes and I still end up 1-2 good hits from losing?

Though after watching the replay again, I kinda get it. The input lag of online can make punish timings difficult, and Pac-Man isn't the ideal character for dashing in for a good punish (unlike a Sonic or Captain Falcon that can do a super quick dash grab into a followup), and the fruit pressure, while successful overall, would still clank with Marth's sword if not timed perfectly. And he would actually approach and pressure me if I just tried to cycle fruit for too long, so it's not like he was giving me all the time in the world to stand on stage and find a bell.

Still. Ugh. I feel like such noob on that replay for not doing better.

 

[Nah]

The input lag on FG is slighty overstated, but I feel ya. I'm honestly never really satisfied with my wins. Usually my thought is something like "oh they just weren't any good is all" or "I should've done better/kicked their ass harder" or "why does it matter when there's still people way better than me out there?".

 

[Erotic&Heretic]

I understand what you felt.

Lags aren't that huge. In fact, I often get them when I play with people from my country for some reasons, and many battles I did had almost no lag.

But sometimes the slightest lag can ruin everything against something like that. Closing in and punishing? Too bad, you just lack that little frame you need. Shielding or dodging? Same.

Because of that, a defensive play can become much stronger for some reasons... I remember a Falcon that, after losing his first stock, was NEVER approaching. Add Zelda's lack of approach and all I could was trying to whiff attacks because this guy seemed acustomed to his lag, only to get punished severly. Or trying to do Din, to force him to approach and get punished because I couldn't react on time.

Anyway, I recommend just leaving after a battle like that, either winning or losing. Lag or not, there's not interset into playing against someone like this.

 

[Aphistemi]

You should not feel salty at all over a random online set against a wifi marth, that you won on, really. you know your skill outside lag, so it doesn't matter how he, or anyone views you ONLINE. because offline is a completely different game.