ArcNiko
Smash Rookie
--AT LEAST IN CLIFTON, NEW JERSEY.
(tl;dr at the bottom)
Hi, my name is Nick. There is no story behind my username other than I've used Niko for almost all my other usernames (and have been asked almost each time if it refers to GTA, when it actually used to refer to CoD's Nikolai and my own name of course.)
Here's how I got interested in high level Smash - two years ago during my freshman year on the last day my school had a Project M tournament and I was INVITED to it because they wanted as much attendance as possible. Melee was the first game I ever owned since I was 2, and I bought Brawl a week after it came out. But the idea these two silly chaotic games could be competitive? Absolutely alien, what with all the silly Nintendo characters.
Went to the tourney - three setups: a wii and two laptops running Project M Patt Edition. I lost easy to someone who was actually HIGH. I had chosen Fox and my opponent chose Ike, but neither of us actually played anything close to actual tournament matches. Shook hands, slightly mad but I then figured I should have practiced at least the night before like everyone else did so I could care less.
I went home after hanging out afterschool for several hours and looked up melee tournament on youtube and vgbc turned up, and what I saw destroyed my ignorant mind - players moving characters at what appears to be sonic speed and executing insane combos I didn't even know you could do. I think the first match I watched was Mango vs. PPMD. I was having trouble just trying to understand how any living human could play like that. And then I learned the Smash has a crazy history behind it, and that not hundreds but thousands of players out there DO play at that level.
For the next two years to today, I've practiced all the imaginable tech with Fox I can execute under pressure, rematched everyone who's ever played me and won, all leaving while questioning how actually good they are and some actually cried after. It felt amazing to be the best player I know. And not a single person has even come close to removing my ego.
Of course, I know I'm absolutely so far away from the top will ever be because all I've done is beat my friends(2good4dem) and kill a few people in friendlies in a small local tournament (Falco shine upB LOL), but damn, someone needs to pose me a challenge.
So now I want to be part of the community of players and have fun playing an awesome game.
So, anyone in the New Jersey area know any small tournaments that run? I've tried several sources but I'd like to know from someone with experience's own words. I want to get bodied, get back up and try to body my opponent.
Melee, PM or even Smash 4 (my Fox in Smash 4 is jank but it pulls through sometimes).
tl;dr went to school tourney, got killed, looked up tourneys on youtube, was amazed, studied fox, killed everybody for 2 years, now extremely egotistical of my abilities because I've beaten everyone in school and a few people who play okay, need to locate local to get killed and get better
(tl;dr at the bottom)
Hi, my name is Nick. There is no story behind my username other than I've used Niko for almost all my other usernames (and have been asked almost each time if it refers to GTA, when it actually used to refer to CoD's Nikolai and my own name of course.)
Here's how I got interested in high level Smash - two years ago during my freshman year on the last day my school had a Project M tournament and I was INVITED to it because they wanted as much attendance as possible. Melee was the first game I ever owned since I was 2, and I bought Brawl a week after it came out. But the idea these two silly chaotic games could be competitive? Absolutely alien, what with all the silly Nintendo characters.
Went to the tourney - three setups: a wii and two laptops running Project M Patt Edition. I lost easy to someone who was actually HIGH. I had chosen Fox and my opponent chose Ike, but neither of us actually played anything close to actual tournament matches. Shook hands, slightly mad but I then figured I should have practiced at least the night before like everyone else did so I could care less.
I went home after hanging out afterschool for several hours and looked up melee tournament on youtube and vgbc turned up, and what I saw destroyed my ignorant mind - players moving characters at what appears to be sonic speed and executing insane combos I didn't even know you could do. I think the first match I watched was Mango vs. PPMD. I was having trouble just trying to understand how any living human could play like that. And then I learned the Smash has a crazy history behind it, and that not hundreds but thousands of players out there DO play at that level.
For the next two years to today, I've practiced all the imaginable tech with Fox I can execute under pressure, rematched everyone who's ever played me and won, all leaving while questioning how actually good they are and some actually cried after. It felt amazing to be the best player I know. And not a single person has even come close to removing my ego.
Of course, I know I'm absolutely so far away from the top will ever be because all I've done is beat my friends(2good4dem) and kill a few people in friendlies in a small local tournament (Falco shine upB LOL), but damn, someone needs to pose me a challenge.
So now I want to be part of the community of players and have fun playing an awesome game.
So, anyone in the New Jersey area know any small tournaments that run? I've tried several sources but I'd like to know from someone with experience's own words. I want to get bodied, get back up and try to body my opponent.
Melee, PM or even Smash 4 (my Fox in Smash 4 is jank but it pulls through sometimes).
tl;dr went to school tourney, got killed, looked up tourneys on youtube, was amazed, studied fox, killed everybody for 2 years, now extremely egotistical of my abilities because I've beaten everyone in school and a few people who play okay, need to locate local to get killed and get better
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