BasicB
Smash Rookie
Been lurking for a while and figured now was as good a time as any to finally make an account.
I've been playing Smash way back when 64 first came out. Never owned the game personally, but Smash and Mario Party were always the go to games at family gatherings as a kid. I still remember spamming thundershocks as PIkachu on Corneria, Dreamland, and Hyrule Castle. It was great fun,although being young I only took the game for what it was marketed as - a party game.
Fast forward a couple years to Melee's release and the countless hours spent clashing on Hyrule Temple as Marth and Pikachu. It was another exciting game to play with friends, but I never took it too seriously. Then came Brawl's release which felt like it lacked some of the essence of the previous games. It always seemed like combos were lackluster, but then again my friends and I were pretty bad so we just attributed the lack of excitement to our skill deficiencies.
The next few years were awkward teenage years filled with typical things until my senior year in high school when I decided to pick up Yugioh again. This would mark the turning point where I began to be comfortable with being myself regardless of others' opinions of me. I then begin my studies in Electrical Engineering at Georgia Tech, while managing to become a pretty competent Yugioh player. Managing to compete with some of the best in Georgia and helping the eventual 2013 National Champion get some solid playtesting in, left me feeling quite satisfied.
Skip a few months of classes to around October and a friend of mine says she's going to get her dad to mail her N64 to Tech. My roommates and I are ecstatic because we were going to have the chance to relive our childhoods of Smash 64, Mario Party 2, and Goldeneye. A friend and I are playing 1 vs. 1 matches whenever we get the chance. We continue playing Smash 64 until Winter break when everyone went home to spend time with family.
A week or so after classes start back up, I stumbled upon the Apex streams and man was I amazed at what I saw. These players were comboing each other in ways that I never thought were possible. Up to this point, one of the most potent combos I was aware of was Fox's Up Throw -> U-Air; yet these players were creating their combos as they went along. Mango vs. Leffen, PP vs. M2K, these games left lasting impressions of what was capable in Smash. I needed to learn, and I needed to compete.
In the coming weeks, I recalled that my younger brother owned a Wii and after becoming aware of Project M, I got my hands on a copy of Brawl and loaded up an SD card and got to work. I had a hard time learning many advanced techniques at first and got quite frustrated at times, but managed to persevere. Eventually I watched the Smash documentary which had a profound impact on my motivation to improve my game; watching these guys who spent years trying to be the best gave me hope that some day I might be able to put together some ridiculous combos and maybe inspire someone else.
I've managed to learn quite a few AT's now and spend a lot of time practicing, but I know I still have a ways to go. I figure Smashboards might be able to help me learn a few things, and eventually I hope to be a regular contributor to PM/Melee discussions.
I've only entered in one tournament so far which was PM at Cute Cats 6, but I hope to enter PM and Melee at Cute Cats 7 next week now that I am considerably better. I don't expect to do all that great, but I am looking forward to learning more about the game from those around me.
I currently main Marth in Melee because I appreciate the elegance with which he can combo as well as his excellent edgeguarding ability. I play PM more often and I am an Ivysaur main mostly because I love her ability get gimps as well as haviing the satisfaction of landing Solarbeams.
It's nice to meet all of you guys, and I hope this wasn't too long of an introduction.
I've been playing Smash way back when 64 first came out. Never owned the game personally, but Smash and Mario Party were always the go to games at family gatherings as a kid. I still remember spamming thundershocks as PIkachu on Corneria, Dreamland, and Hyrule Castle. It was great fun,although being young I only took the game for what it was marketed as - a party game.
Fast forward a couple years to Melee's release and the countless hours spent clashing on Hyrule Temple as Marth and Pikachu. It was another exciting game to play with friends, but I never took it too seriously. Then came Brawl's release which felt like it lacked some of the essence of the previous games. It always seemed like combos were lackluster, but then again my friends and I were pretty bad so we just attributed the lack of excitement to our skill deficiencies.
The next few years were awkward teenage years filled with typical things until my senior year in high school when I decided to pick up Yugioh again. This would mark the turning point where I began to be comfortable with being myself regardless of others' opinions of me. I then begin my studies in Electrical Engineering at Georgia Tech, while managing to become a pretty competent Yugioh player. Managing to compete with some of the best in Georgia and helping the eventual 2013 National Champion get some solid playtesting in, left me feeling quite satisfied.
Skip a few months of classes to around October and a friend of mine says she's going to get her dad to mail her N64 to Tech. My roommates and I are ecstatic because we were going to have the chance to relive our childhoods of Smash 64, Mario Party 2, and Goldeneye. A friend and I are playing 1 vs. 1 matches whenever we get the chance. We continue playing Smash 64 until Winter break when everyone went home to spend time with family.
A week or so after classes start back up, I stumbled upon the Apex streams and man was I amazed at what I saw. These players were comboing each other in ways that I never thought were possible. Up to this point, one of the most potent combos I was aware of was Fox's Up Throw -> U-Air; yet these players were creating their combos as they went along. Mango vs. Leffen, PP vs. M2K, these games left lasting impressions of what was capable in Smash. I needed to learn, and I needed to compete.
In the coming weeks, I recalled that my younger brother owned a Wii and after becoming aware of Project M, I got my hands on a copy of Brawl and loaded up an SD card and got to work. I had a hard time learning many advanced techniques at first and got quite frustrated at times, but managed to persevere. Eventually I watched the Smash documentary which had a profound impact on my motivation to improve my game; watching these guys who spent years trying to be the best gave me hope that some day I might be able to put together some ridiculous combos and maybe inspire someone else.
I've managed to learn quite a few AT's now and spend a lot of time practicing, but I know I still have a ways to go. I figure Smashboards might be able to help me learn a few things, and eventually I hope to be a regular contributor to PM/Melee discussions.
I've only entered in one tournament so far which was PM at Cute Cats 6, but I hope to enter PM and Melee at Cute Cats 7 next week now that I am considerably better. I don't expect to do all that great, but I am looking forward to learning more about the game from those around me.
I currently main Marth in Melee because I appreciate the elegance with which he can combo as well as his excellent edgeguarding ability. I play PM more often and I am an Ivysaur main mostly because I love her ability get gimps as well as haviing the satisfaction of landing Solarbeams.
It's nice to meet all of you guys, and I hope this wasn't too long of an introduction.
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but i welcome you to the community! Hope you stay as long as it's humanly possible and have loads of fun and learn a lot... There's great reading to be done here and i'm learning a lot by reading pro tips and frame date.