BlueDaruma888
Smash Cadet
So I recently went to a friend's house where I brought my Wii U/ Sm4sh along for the ride. The people that I played with that night had little to no previous exposure to Sm4sh. However, while I dominated the first couple of games, it wasn't long until I found that I was losing fairly consistently against some of these guys.
Don't get me wrong; I had a blast that night. My friends were all delighted to play, people were constantly surprised when they realized certain characters were playable, and I apparently reignited the flame of an ex-competitive Melee player who hadn't touched a Smash Bros game in years.
I obviously don't claim to be the best Sm4sher out there, nor did I think that I was entitled to be "better" than everybody else at the party, but having played the game for a couple of months already, it was definitely a surprise to be beaten (we mainly did 1v1 matches on tournament legal stages) by someone with little to no experience. A bit of salt ensued, sure, but I was honestly more impressed and curious over my losses. A couple of the guys who won fairly consistently do play quite a bit of traditional fighting games, so perhaps that could've translated to Sm4sh? Given where I live, I'm pretty limited to only fighting CPUs, and almost never go on For Glory due to consistent input lag, so perhaps that could be an issue? Maybe I just need to git gud? Any thoughts, and have you guys ever had similar experiences?
Don't get me wrong; I had a blast that night. My friends were all delighted to play, people were constantly surprised when they realized certain characters were playable, and I apparently reignited the flame of an ex-competitive Melee player who hadn't touched a Smash Bros game in years.
I obviously don't claim to be the best Sm4sher out there, nor did I think that I was entitled to be "better" than everybody else at the party, but having played the game for a couple of months already, it was definitely a surprise to be beaten (we mainly did 1v1 matches on tournament legal stages) by someone with little to no experience. A bit of salt ensued, sure, but I was honestly more impressed and curious over my losses. A couple of the guys who won fairly consistently do play quite a bit of traditional fighting games, so perhaps that could've translated to Sm4sh? Given where I live, I'm pretty limited to only fighting CPUs, and almost never go on For Glory due to consistent input lag, so perhaps that could be an issue? Maybe I just need to git gud? Any thoughts, and have you guys ever had similar experiences?
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