in the early days

[LumpyCPU...]

man... i hated that...
someone would have like 100% and just run to the bottom and camp.
it works too, cuz we'd be playing a FFA lol so they'd live till high 200's.

then we discovered teching... I LOVE TECHING

 

[iMichael]

Yeah teching is a nice thing lol...I love it too!

 

[Vorguen]

I mained Sheik and tilt combo'd people to insane percents. Especially fun in Corneria where I could use the lower wall to combo against.

I remember focusing on that more than getting KO's. lol

 

[Cyan_]

Mained Roy and played with cousins/friends on Hyrule Temple, 5 stock. Sometimes me and my cousin (Roy and Marth) on team against 2 lvl 9 CPUs on Hyrule.

 

[LumpyCPU...]

that actually sounds fun haha
i'm spoiling myself by playing fox haha

p.s. welcome, envy. it's been a while.

 

[Vorguen]

In Melee I swear everyone I knew played Fox, nobody played not even one other character where I was from.

 

[Wangster]

back in the day i didnt know how to DI so i got ***** hard by marth and sheik players

 

[Vorguen]

I didn't either but locally there wasn't enough competition to need much AT's. I definately learned most of that in Brawl.

 

[iMichael]

that actually sounds fun haha
i'm spoiling myself by playing fox haha

p.s. welcome, envy. it's been a while.

Hey Lumpy!! Yeah it's been a while since we played Melee. Gotta get that going soon.

 

[_umbra_]

I remember when I mained mewtwo...

that sucked

 

[Vorguen]

I think I started Melee maining Young Link. That was no good for me, lol.

 

[TK Wolf]

Me and my friend would always roll behind each other until we reached the edge. Also, Marth dittos on Hyrule with alternate music.

 

[Doomblaze]

I would down throw chain grab my friends with sheik till they were at like 80 then Fair them for the kill, it used to be so broken since they "couldnt get out of it"

 

[SilentFalcon]

I mained Link...

The dumbest thing was when everyone thought Roy was the ****. I read smashboards and knew better, unfortunately for everyone else...

All I can remember about that time in life, was that I spammed Dair with Link, and my friend figured out how to win by spamming counter... /facepalm

 

[Binx]

I mained Marth and my friends both mained Fox, vs 1 of them I would hit him with a counter (down b) and then SCREAM the words "CHAIN THROW" grab him as soon as he got up chain throw utilt fsmash > easy edgeguard while he was laughing at my battle cry.

Ahh the good old days, needless to say that stuff doesn't work as well anymore =).

 

[kongfucius]

I'd pick kirby cuz his recovery was so easy. I also played samus and focused all my attention on getting a fully charged shot on my cousin's fox. Which usually left me extremely pissed off not to mention dead...

 

[teeman92]

i always used to abuse Firefoxes like a Homing missle. until the sheild grab came to play

 

[Dark Deku]

I would always use a dair. And if I missed (which I usally do) they would smash me because Link dair is so laggy.




Now I know better.

 

[Eternal Yoshi]

I did many odd things in the early days.
I always played free for alls with 5 stock matches with 5 minutes with Poke-Balls only on very high. I also did 25-stock marathons intermittently. I rarely did 50-stock marathons with the damage ratio at 2.0. Good times.
As for Characters, I chose Ganondorf in Hyrule Temple and used to camp in the left section waiting for people to come to me. When they came, I used to spam USmash and uair. I also like Jabbing to the beat of the FE music playing when i camp there too to rack up damage and for lulz.
I also used to like Zelda better than Sheik. I used to totally ignore her when I first used Zelda.
I liked Roy too. Roy's counter was beast, especially against predictable people and CPUs. Then I learned how bad his recovery was.
Peach was all about Fair, Fthrow, Dsmash, and Usmash for me. I learned Float Cancelling myself later and didn't know what to do with it.
I used to Spam Smashes and fair with Ice Climbers all the time.

 

[IrArby]

I played marth and Sethlon and I would play nothing but Hyrule and Final Destination. Running really quick towards someone and then rolling behind them was the most advanced tactic we knew... o_O

Lol. If you check out the Brawl Tactical Forums this is being considered an AT.

 

[LumpyCPU...]

jumping as high as you can, then doing kirby's downB... as if it's stronger because it had to fall from such a high place haha

 

[Supernova757]

lol, good old says. XD

 

[rehab]

I remember getting ***** by an unashamed tier ***** friend who picked up a new character every time the game advanced, who ended up maining top tier and knew about swf when it was really young. He of course kept his stuff to himself

 

[Neverender]

Back in 02 i would just spam Up/ Down B with kirby.
Also i would just spam standing lazers with falco and f smash across the stage as movement.

 

[Marauder]

Back in the day, I changed mains everyday and trained against 2 DKs in Hyrule Temple. Also, I didn't use aerials lol.

 

[LumpyCPU...]

I remember getting ***** by an unashamed tier ***** friend who picked up a new character every time the game advanced, who ended up maining top tier and knew about swf when it was really young. He of course kept his stuff to himself

hahaha wow... what a ****. i wish i new about swf that soon. haha

 

[rehab]

He P'ed 2W and I don't begrudge him a thing. I'm going to get better in a year and go back to Canada and stock him.

 

[LumpyCPU...]

4stock him?
haha nice... way to avenge the early days.

 

[Masmasher@]

I used to pick kirby back in the first year of melee. I didnt have the game or a cube so i would go over my friends house to play it. All i would do is spam the dash attack and down b. Each time i grabbed anyone it was always the up throw. a little bit later when i learned wave dash i would pick luigi and yell out special attack! that was my patented wavedash into forward smash lol. That is until i met a tourney player who ***** me with his luigi.
We also called wavedash spotdodge upb with luigi the raging demon.

 

[FTWin]

I played Ganon, and since none of us knew how to roll or ground dodge, i would spam my b punch.
Then, i learned about mario's cape, and that was ALL i used until i got into competitive smash

 

[egreene]

When i convinced my friends to stop playing final fantasy X, we would do great bay or corneria every time. 10 stock battles. lol no lie 10 stock ffa battles all day. i would play as a link, just so i could pull out a bomb, throw it up, grab a fool, uthrow, and watch my bomb smack him in midair. i thought it was the most pimpin thing anyone would EVER pull off in melee. then i saw a ken vs. isai fox ditto on my friends DC++ account...i watched it like 15 times in a row, and my mind was continually blown every time. i was like, "how the #$#$ are they moving so fast?!!!"

 

[Teran]

When I first played the game, I thought Sheik was the best character in the game.
Wait....

 

[Lirok]

When I first played the game, I thought Sheik was the best character in the game.
Wait....

Sheik is the n00b killer, even if the one using him/her is a n00b. so he/she was the best character when everyone started lol.

But we all know Pichu is the best character in the game now...

 

[Teran]

It's her ridiculous ease of use that made her seem broken. I was a Fox main though, until I unlocked Falcooooo! All the efforts put into being good with him paid off. Falco is amazing. I think he's the best in PAL. Bias much?

 

[pewpewyou]

I was forced to play on the toughest counterpicks (Flat Zone) with my cousin. And if I lost I was forced to get gloated at continuously. Now he plays Fox, I play Marth. And I **** him up the butt. But that's besides the point. I played Sheik and all I did was dash attack, down smash, and needle. Aka, good s***

 

[saintrage]

I actually always used falco. I thought full hop dair was the **** verse CPU's and smash to dodge roll to smash was my favorite way to kill xD

 

[slartibartfast42]

Reading the tier list discussion reminds me I used to think kirby was better than jiggs...

and why not? kirby has the better recovery, a hammer, and OMG his dash attack has the phire! Jigglypuffs B moves were all useless. Pound had no range (because I only used it on the air and didn't realize the hitbox went farther than the animation) opponents could be neutral B every time by jumping, and that was her best move too! You could never hit with downB unless you hit with upB first, and upB was way too slow with little range... Aerials didn't exist yet. Kirby's smash had more range.

 

[adumbrodeus]

I played Sheik and all I did was dash attack, down smash, and needle. Aka, good s***

Add downthrow to that and you're good.

 

[aeghrur]

All I knew was...
Kirby-Jump&down B.
Captain Falcon, mash buttons.

 

[slartibartfast42]

Add downthrow to that and you're Drephen

fixed, lol

nah, you need fairs and ftilts too.