Great smashfest guys. I tried to help peepz out as much as I can, and I know I got a lot out of it. I bolded and underlined things that I think are important for everyone.
Post fest thoughts on individual improvement.
Skoot: Watch that second jump from grabs, although I am sure you remember that :-P. Another thing I remember is that while you are really good at teching the ledge, you rely on the chain in situations that it's detrimental. I remember doing this a lot too when I played Link
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. Remember, you are still safe coming up with an up + B if you sweetspot it, and with your ledge teching skills, even if you mess up you will prolly tech off the wall and get a second chance. The sex kick edgeguard primarily works when your opponent is beneath the stage. Just toss out the sex kick ,don't try to hit them with the initial hit simply press A and fast fall on em and up + B back. Also, how do you feel about the CF matchup now? I only played you a few times with it, but did you walk away from the fest feeling better about the matchup? I also very much support the notion that you should work up a great secondary, and I think that Samus would do that very well with one exception: Sheik ***** both Samus and Link
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. My suggestions on a character to fight Sheik: Mario, Doc, Fox, Falco, CF, and Sheik herself :-P.
CO_Brad: You too have a problem with using your 2nd jump too quick, but you seemed to work the habbit out pretty fast when you played me. Just make sure not to regress. I can't think of anything else, but I would focus on trying to find habbits in your play and then learning to switch it up.
Making vids of yourself is the best way to isolate these problems, and I encourage everyone to do this if you want to fix these things in your play.
Nitemare: I am to you like like Andy is to me. I know how it is to not be able to beat someone, even though you do just as well as they do against other people. Quite frustrating. I just hope we don't run into each other in the tournament, cause that would be a sad story. To be honest though, I don't want to run into any of you guys unless we meet up in the end :-P. Anyways, I can't really think of anything to tell you as far as improvement goes
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Lance: You have gotten a good bit better yo, also, good job on beating Kyo in that money match. From what I could tell you are pretty well rounded at the moment, playing consistently good against all my characters. The only thing I noticed is that you tend to mess up on recovering when it comes to nabbing the ledge. It's not that you don't know what to do at those times, it's just that you get too nervous or something and botch it up
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. Dunno how to really work on that other than just playing A LOT.
Zane: Hey man I am talking to you on AIM right now :-P. I already told you about my post-thoughts, but I will give you a run down here for the sake of documentation. Work on that Marth double fair stuff. Learn to do that and do that well and you will also learn to l-cancel/shffl. It's killing two birds with one stone, and you will emerge a much better Marth. Also, after you learn to do the double fair effectively, download Wound of the Wind, and start trying to imitate those combos.
Saberguy: Falco lasers are so gay :-P. Anyways, you have improved tech skill wise since the last time we played. I think the big thing you need to focus on now is character specific knowledge.
Learn the gimmicks your character has on other characters. Things like Marth chaingrabbing on FD or CF being able to easily go into a fair from a dair or forward + B, Falco's lasers, Falco's downthrow gimping fox forcing him to tech up every time, and etc. Learn these tricks and learn to do them well and you will see a significant improvement.
Ming:
Learn to l-cancel. I can't really say more than that cause once you do that your game will drastically change and I can't predict how you will play after that :-P.
Ichigo: Sorry you weren't playing your best
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, but I did enjoy getting in all those matches with you. About the only thing I remember that would improve your game would be tech chasing, but at the same time, usually you would do a mean combo out of a grab without it. So I don't really know. Perhaps try tech chasing and do that a few times when your opponent is at a low percent to soften them up for even better combos. That's really the only real advice I can think of *shrug*. Oh yeah, that and learn to needle fox and falco's recoveries. Oh man, that is ******** effective >_<.
Kyo: I think the best advice I can give to you is don't money match if you only have gas money left :-P.