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Norcal/Bay Area/DBR:NorCal Nevers: Everything in Moderation. Including Moderation.
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Art?
Smash Journeyman
good **** @ kurtis and mr. 9-stock for getting 4th and 5th, respectively. they're getting too good. this biweekly was quite different for me as well. not only did i much better than i usually do, but... yeah. whoever was there knows what i'm talking about.
wait wait wait wait.....
I got 7th with Hella Style......HAHAHahAHAHAAHhaahhahahAHHAHAHAHAHAHhAhahAHAHAHAHHAHAHAhAhAhAAHhA
I got 7th with Hella Style......HAHAHahAHAHAAHhaahhahahAHHAHAHAHAHAHhAhahAHAHAHAHHAHAHAhAhAhAAHhA
mcc
Smash Ace
yeah, but my mom thinks this to everyone she's not farmiliar with. even people at my school
and yes, i went to the biweekly, but had to leave before singles
MyKo
Smash Lord
ill be co....wait....yeah..oh nm..actually..i think i might come to NCB..maybe..this one..
Delphiki
Smash Champion
That match was sadly hilarious. If we had played like we did at the end for the whole match it would have been a lot more interesting.
Gg
I personally think that ditto was really fun, your Y Link is pretty good. I sure deeply considered using him, but ****, I couldn't miss an opportunity to whip out my Y Link in a tournament, lol.
Hey those were some real fun matches though. Good games man, the first match with Samus vs. IC was just imo especially real fun. Wait, lol, I just realized.. is that why you're saying samus stinks? cuz of me? lol, ah man, i'm sorry :blush: , lol.
I personally think that ditto was really fun, your Y Link is pretty good. I sure deeply considered using him, but ****, I couldn't miss an opportunity to whip out my Y Link in a tournament, lol.
hahaha, we were out like a total of 4 or 5 stock in like the first 20 seconds of the match! like two strait odd sd's by both of us, and then just your standard 'trip and fall into the water' maneuver, plus two clap traps!! that water was out for blood it was!
All I have to say is **** you guys are good. I came into the tournament not knowing what to expect, but after watching the screens for about ten minutes I knew was gonna get schooled in singles. At least I didn't get 8-stocked in either of my losses...
p.s. Can I use "n00b" as my gamertag, or is that one already taken? I think "1up" might be most appropriate, being that I could greatly benefit from a 1-stock handicap.
p.s. Can I use "n00b" as my gamertag, or is that one already taken? I think "1up" might be most appropriate, being that I could greatly benefit from a 1-stock handicap.
ProdigyKid
Smash Lord
Nah it wasnt because of you. I've always had trouble with Samus. When you missile camp, theres almost nothing the ICs can do. Unless you're ChuDat of course.Hey those were some real fun matches though. Good games man, the first match with Samus vs. IC was just imo especially real fun. Wait, lol, I just realized.. is that why you're saying samus stinks? cuz of me? lol, ah man, i'm sorry :blush: , lol.
I personally think that ditto was really fun, your Y Link is pretty good. I sure deeply considered using him, but ****, I couldn't miss an opportunity to whip out my Y Link in a tournament, lol.
hahaha, we were out like a total of 4 or 5 stock in like the first 20 seconds of the match! like two strait odd sd's by both of us, and then just your standard 'trip and fall into the water' maneuver, plus two clap traps!! that water was out for blood it was!
Taht ditto was fun. But when I complain I joke around with it,just to let you know. I lost my patience near the end, and it cost me =p. I wanted your Samus that time lol. If you want to use YL in a tourney, try it against Peaches or Samus. YL does pretty well in those matchups.
Don't worry man, just keep practicing and learning new techniques. It took me a little while before I started to win matches, but I put forth a bunch of practice over the summer and taking opportunities to up my game (ie going to OC2 and NCB). Just keep practicing man, and you'll be a force to be reckoned with.
whiteboyninja
Smash Ace
amen to that prodigy...when i first came to the biweeklies i had played with exactly 1 high level player, and he completly destroyed me. i proceded to spend every biweekly ive been to losing more tourny matches then winning...however now i am slowly becomming a competitive player. Although im still fairly low level compared to a lot of those guys, i can feel the skill difference slowly but surely close up. Im hoping that by the time brawl comes out, i'll be mid level for the biweekly, not losing every 2nd or 3rd round. keep at it, like i have, and results will be visible.
That's the spirit. If you put your heart to it, I don't see why you shouldn't go past that mid-level. Why not just aim for high-level? Just keep practicing, and you'll get there. Always aim high. Heh, I might be at the next biweekly, guys.
ProdigyKid
Smash Lord
IS that a Bobby-back banner I see there?
LunInSpectra
Smash Lord
Yeah always aim high, not like Fremont. I asked everyone from Fremont whether or not they wanted to be the best...all of them accepted mediocre status. Cmon now Karthik & Friends. The only people that want to be the best actually get there. Low desire = Less chance to get to the top.
There are also factors that work against you, *cough* deep norcal *cough*. If you're one of the guys that are stuck in an area where mediocraty is acceptable then why don't you come to the good players? I feel like ranting...here's some more advice.
We always say, "The person who won wanted it More".
Don't play with people who are horribly better than you where you don't learn anything. Play with someone just a litttttle bit better than you or a litttttle bit worse than you. You're climbing a ladder.
Work on tech skill so that you are accurate with:
~Short-Hopping
~Fast-Falling EVERY AERIAL!!!!!!
~L-Cancelling (Short hop & Full hop aerials)
~Jump-Cancelled Grabbing (Unless you're a peach player)
~Your character's movement (Know how far you will be if you dash across FD for .5 seconds, how high you will be if you short hop and immediately use your second jump right after)
~Recovery
Work on your Bad Habits:
~Dodging after being tech chased *cough* almost everyone *cough*
~Shielding when someone is jumping at you
~Dash-Grabbing instead of Jump-Cancelled Grabbing
~Teching in one direction
~Crying after getting falcon punched by Jeff (Someone did)
Then work on your movement:
~Dash-Dancing
~Ledge-Dashing
~Edge-Guarding
~Ken-Dashing
~Double-Jump to Wave-Land (50% movement, 50% mindgame)
~Short hop to Wave-Land (50% movement, 50% mindgame)
~Rolling Backwards instead of dodging (Rolling > Dodging unless its used as a mindgame)
~Wave-Dashing out of the shield
~There are more but I want to move on to the next section and I just remembered I'm not writing an article.
Last work on your mindgames:
~Dash-Attacking 10 times and grabbing on the 11th
~Short hop at them and 2nd jump instead of an aerial against opponents who love the shield grab *cough* floaty characters *cough*
~Saying "No Chain Throwing" in the beginning of the match and chain throwing on the last life (Hahahahah thats freaking messed up...I wanna try it some time)
~You get the point.
YES, this should go in my article...
Zodiak-Lucien
Smash Lord
I have plans of making it to the next biweekly.
kmkzSP1K3R
Smash Apprentice
dash dancing is usually quick left,right,left,right. ken dashing is holding the left slightly longer before pressing right and continuing that, so that you actually dash quite a distance before turning the opposite without any lag. it's most noticable with marth, roy, and peach i think.
Art?
Smash Journeyman
who's in deep norcal?
Uh, you asked everyone in Fremont? I don't remember you ever asking me that.
darkatma
Smash Hero
Lol i wish i had TIME to play more. But i gotta shoot higher than or at least for berk, meaning i have less time to play -_- But hey, i do pretty well considering i play lvl9 comps 70% of the time
Btw who cried after getting Falcon punched?
That's awesome. Crying should be considered an official mindgame
ShadowBTZO
Smash Lord
Deep Norcal is like BTZO he's deep norcal...along with Hyuga (now), FoxRoar, Valis, Frotaz, Kokichi (for like 2 more weeks), and McMike. I think Mikkuz is gonna be down here too or something.
I try to come to the good players...but they aren't too common nearby, except for Foxroar and friends, but it's like a 2 hour bus ride to them....I think Rey and a few others know how much I want to be up there with the best, it's just tough when there isn't much competition, I'm workin on it though we'll see.
As for the tournament, I'd like to let everyone know that if I did not hold up the tournament for people (I know there's traffic and missed trains and sh*t I understand), then we would have finished much sooner. I don't really appreciate the complaining though, if you guys ran a tournament seeded everyone, set up brackets, kept up with matches, and worried about your own matches, then you would understand, so try to see where I'm coming from alright? Also I feel everything went smoothly but also take into consideration that we only had 6 GC's at the most that day, even less later on. Enough for now though, I'll do shoutouts or somethin later.
Just like to say props to Nekurbis, hella close match, I'm not too good at Sheik dittos I suppose but no johns, good win man, gj in 4th too, we'll play again.
Afro Justin
Smash Journeyman
you guys had better keep improving, because come NCT2, assuming that i can find a way to go, I expect to play a better version of the Norcal that I reluctantly left. Maybe I will have improved as well. We'll just have to see. Hope to see you all there (If i can get the money to fly down).
I give ShadowBTZO the Biweekly Medal of Honor.
Major propz to OA ShadowBTZO for running a great biweekly even though I heard some minor complaints here and there from a few people. Still, it seems like he did a great job dealing with the lack of GCs and the late-start caused by the late birds. I, for one know how stressful and frustrating it is to run these NCBs. I probably ran about around 10 of them, as well as countless other tournaments. People should always be respectful of the tournament organizer even when things aren't going so well. If you see that things aren't moving so smoothly, why don't you offer some help rather than complain?
Just a thought.
Oh, and KURRTTISSS, good job on getting 4th, amazing.
Major propz to OA ShadowBTZO for running a great biweekly even though I heard some minor complaints here and there from a few people. Still, it seems like he did a great job dealing with the lack of GCs and the late-start caused by the late birds. I, for one know how stressful and frustrating it is to run these NCBs. I probably ran about around 10 of them, as well as countless other tournaments. People should always be respectful of the tournament organizer even when things aren't going so well. If you see that things aren't moving so smoothly, why don't you offer some help rather than complain?
Just a thought.
Oh, and KURRTTISSS, good job on getting 4th, amazing.
mcc
Smash Ace
since my GC is almost completely broken, the only place i can practice is whiteboy's house. that + junior year + (p)sats + game disliking parents = very little smash
darkatma
Smash Hero
bioalp43
Smash Journeyman
yeah, thx shadow for calling my match against frotaz earlier....i really had to go haha and sry for taking of the only six gamecubes
ShadowBTZO
Smash Lord
Haha np, glad I could help
haha. Oh yeah I just noticed this...Eh...I guess she's alright...but IMO Manny >>>>> Emma hahabioalp43 said:
Hoodie
Smash Journeyman
I plan on entering teams next Biweekly, lol.
mcc
Smash Ace
yeah, i need a teammate
haha i just remembered i got 4 stocked in a IC (me) vs c falcon match. that was not a good match.
for new people - come early to warm up cause i really sucked in the beginning cause i was all nervous and unconfident and stuff (this was friendlies too lol) and when i played more, i started to suck less
haha i just remembered i got 4 stocked in a IC (me) vs c falcon match. that was not a good match.
for new people - come early to warm up cause i really sucked in the beginning cause i was all nervous and unconfident and stuff (this was friendlies too lol) and when i played more, i started to suck less
NintendoKing
Smash Champion
Yeah getting warmed up is a good thing I find.
Best not to play your first match of the day in the tourney like uhhhhh. . . me?
Best not to play your first match of the day in the tourney like uhhhhh. . . me?
mcc
Smash Ace
Best not to play your first match of the day in the tourney AGAINST like uhhhhh. . . me?
correct that sentence my good sir
correct that sentence my good sir
NintendoKing
Smash Champion
mcc
Smash Ace
nono i was quoting you and corrected your sentence because it didn't make sense. or at least it didn't to me. good sir
darkatma
Smash Hero
Well, take out the prepositions xD
Best not to play your first match like uhhhh.. me?
you imply that you were his first match, as if you were the match and not the person he was playing against xD
Nekurbis86
Smash Journeyman
yeah um Hoodie I tried to find you first thing when I showed up I was asking everyone for you i guees i wass too late -.-
aRT thnx for the ride home u save my life LOL
thanks for the props btzO our set was intense
**** Isai lol u see that guy he turned weird when watching jeff and king xD
yeah now im gonna IM hodie for my kirby banner ! ajsbdjks
Brad/Vincent yeah i said i was gonna play u guys i didn't in the end sorry xD but its always nice to see new faces
MYkO LOL 1st thing i will do to u iS double pEneTraTe u remember tHAt if Fu *** ON oVEr XD LOL!!LOo1l
aRT thnx for the ride home u save my life LOL
thanks for the props btzO our set was intense
**** Isai lol u see that guy he turned weird when watching jeff and king xD
yeah now im gonna IM hodie for my kirby banner ! ajsbdjks
Brad/Vincent yeah i said i was gonna play u guys i didn't in the end sorry xD but its always nice to see new faces
MYkO LOL 1st thing i will do to u iS double pEneTraTe u remember tHAt if Fu *** ON oVEr XD LOL!!LOo1l
NintendoKing
Smash Champion
Step off my spelling and gramar. I get enough of that bullcrap in projects and essays.
I meant that my first match of the day was in the tourney. Learn how to read NK speak geeeze lol.
I meant that my first match of the day was in the tourney. Learn how to read NK speak geeeze lol.
mcc
Smash Ace
whiteboyninja
Smash Ace
wow lunin thats a fantastic post!
in response to karthik asking why i dont aim high is because i devote enough of my life to becomming decent at smash as it is. if i spent enough time smashing to get to the top before brawl comes out, i wouldnt have much time for anything else. i know that smash isnt at all anti social and that i really have made a lot of friends smashing, i still have other things to do...like homework...
but yeah i've been having a real boost in skill level. people who were about my skill level 2 weeks ago no longer give me a lot of problems. people who crushed me just a month ago now seem to be forced to actually try. a lot of things are going my way...and i certainly would love to see myself consistantly winning a cupple matches at the biweeklies. however, i outright lack some of the thing the pro's have that make them better than everyone else. all i would have in my favor is hard work and practice and the desire to be good. unfortunatly, as i said earlier, it isnt enough to put me to, say, lunin or spectre's level and im OK with that. i would LOVE to be a real presence at the biweeklies, though...and this is slowly becomming a reality!
in response to karthik asking why i dont aim high is because i devote enough of my life to becomming decent at smash as it is. if i spent enough time smashing to get to the top before brawl comes out, i wouldnt have much time for anything else. i know that smash isnt at all anti social and that i really have made a lot of friends smashing, i still have other things to do...like homework...
but yeah i've been having a real boost in skill level. people who were about my skill level 2 weeks ago no longer give me a lot of problems. people who crushed me just a month ago now seem to be forced to actually try. a lot of things are going my way...and i certainly would love to see myself consistantly winning a cupple matches at the biweeklies. however, i outright lack some of the thing the pro's have that make them better than everyone else. all i would have in my favor is hard work and practice and the desire to be good. unfortunatly, as i said earlier, it isnt enough to put me to, say, lunin or spectre's level and im OK with that. i would LOVE to be a real presence at the biweeklies, though...and this is slowly becomming a reality!
Art?
Smash Journeyman
lol, i remember looking over at isai during the ss-king match. he was like on one foot in some tribal dance pose almost about to fall over. heh, he definitely has a lot of great energy and enthusiasm. watching him ace everyone in ssb64 was great, too. gotta love it.