Oklahoma Thread: Weekly events for all games in OKC and Tulsa

[RastaImposta]

Yah, Ill call her, but Im gonna see if there is any work Im going to be able to do. If its not those rods, I doubt any non-family member will be able to come. I mean come on kuni, you saw how dangerous that place can be.

 

[King_Gt]

Rasta, how's the smashfest looking?

Anyways I got Zelda...

 

[RastaImposta]

Gotta work my friend, I gotta have money for Xtopia, I plan on MM Sean aka Forward. I think Ill win.

 

[Scud]

Man I hope I don't become like that Scud kid. Screw you alex no teams. I am gonna team with Coty from now on. We already talked about it sorry. lol j/k we are gonna pwn like pay$ and smash everyone ....literallly. :-O So yea that means we need to actually practice hahah. Man we need to get one more person to start playing a lot of smash in Norman so that we can have 4 and do team matches. Later.

 

[Hazygoose]

is a win doing damage? if so good job against FLT. same goes for chris, at least kuni took a stock off! man, those battles reminded me of the myko vs. silent spectre videos i saw online. only FLT is like SS on crack, he moves so quickly...it's ridiculous.

anyway, in 17 days i shall see whoever decides to come to the monthly, which so far seems to be:

me
OHKO
Gt
Zinth
Ferro de Lupe
"Grave"
Shade
Scud
Coty

total: 13

doesn't seem like a long list...
keroku, shanx, shade, kos-mos, persafrican bros, etc???


edit: no one renamed our crew correctly at least andy tried, though.
yeah, i think my friend justin wanted to play a lot more, we may even be able to use his EXTRA HOUSE for smash stuff. rich people make me feel weird. but yeah, also, where did friendly fire go?

 

[South_Paw]

alex, pablo will probably go too... and you're right... we're a horrible team... we almost lost to some noobs =/ (and yes, almost losing is pretty bad) even though i think you were falco and i was shiek rofl...

and babac... dont piss yourself you already know tonys not going.. and instead of mm'ing forward why dont you just pay him to play you, lol.. at least that way he wont have to get his money out, LOL...

(and you should totally try to get all the NM puffs to MM me :-D )

 

[Hazygoose]

pablo is part of OHKO

the only people i can work with are brett (scud), kuni (shade), and landon (darknessofheart). other than that, people i've tried to team with...well...it just doesn't go down so hot. kuni and i ****** the rest of OK was funny, that was also when i moved up from 13th to 5th. hurrah. too bad stupid andy and stupid brett are going to give me a run for my position. pooptie pewpty pants.

 

[Gravity]

noone wants to team with gravity...

whatever....

also im pretty sure shade said he would go alex

also does anyone want to carpool with me down there? i assume ill have to take shade because he doesnt have a car, and i was planning on taking zinth and GT because theyre in edmond, which leaves on one spot...it might be Ty if he goes since hes in edmond, but whatever.

 

[Hazygoose]

*fixed

i thought kuni said he could, i just couldn't find the post.
aaand...bleh. time to sleep.

 

[Gravity]

i cant go to NM on the 10th...

my mom said she wont let me go out of state until im 17....thats 6 months, so until then, its all local for me...

: (

but in 6 months itll be great...ill have to buy a van so i can give everyone a ride....costs less that way....

...
...
theyre popular in oklahoma...

 

[Shade_]

Well, checkles peach can't chain grab everyone, and its better to be able to do it than not, trust me it will save you sometime.

Anyway, there are actually qutie a few people that wouldn't mind teaming with ou grave, im sure pablo wouldnt mind if hes not teaming with coty or chris, and i wouldnt, there are a few more but i can't think of them right now.

 

[RastaImposta]

Haha, man kuni, gotta spell EVERY name wrong. ChUckles.

Xtopia is gonna be awesome!

 

[KOS-MOS]

Hey I got FLT down to 2 stock high % in Marth dittos >.>.. So I did take off a stock <.<.

 

[Shade_]

this is "grave"

so my ganon totally got 3 stocked by shade. yeah im awesome

i have yet to use samus. but i hit him with falcon punch so oyu know, whatever

i just used samus and 2 stocked him the first match. owned.

 

[keroku_the_thunderwolf]

hazy- It says I need an internet connection to start Wii Shop Channel. I also meant stuff like USB connector or some kind of router anyways.

 

[RastaImposta]

this is "grave"

so my ganon totally got 3 stocked by shade. yeah im awesome

i have yet to use samus. but i hit him with falcon punch so oyu know, whatever

i just used samus and 2 stocked him the first match. owned.

See kuni, even ANDY can beat you. I would have beat your marth if it wasnt on yoshi's story.

 

[Shade_]

Lol, i was thinking about what to do during school tommorow, should i go play with the band for the home coming like im supposed to, or not play and sit with this girl......

 

[RastaImposta]

Hahahaha.

Wow andy was right. You are STILL the master of johns.

 

[Gravity]

neither, go home...everyone does that since homecoming sucks

ill take you home for the price of smash brothers.

so, can anyone smash tomorrow after school? assuming the roads arent gay.

gay like shiek.

also, just so you know, i beat him in every samus ditto we had.

but not to giver false impressions, i DID lose more then i won.

but i won alot more then last i fought him.

 

[Vegafuse]

Eh..... well guys, some stuff came up, and I won't be going to NM with Coty afterall (hope this didn't ruin anything O_o). If Coty won't mind, than I guess my spot is up for grabs. Hopefully I'm not too late with the news for a replacement to plan the trip.

As for 2v2, I'd team with anyone that asks me. I don't think I'd use any of the "top" tiers anymore though, so just keep in mind I use Jiggs, Ganon, and Y.Link now. Eh, I'm not really changing my characters left and right, that's just what I came up with after some testing/refining (I'm trying to narrow my roster down, looks good thus far). I *might* still use Peach and/or CF for teams, but I still got more ideas to try out before I decide further on.

Brandon: Nice banner for your first try. I hate ghost/poison pokemon, they chew up my Kanto team. That, and that cheap *** Suicune of yours, blargh. Let's make a deal, I'll challenge you with my wobbuffet team vs your wobbuffet team. If I win, you can't use that dumb water dog anymore, if you win, you get an AR'd shiny.

Andy: Good job with the Samus dittos, looks like being grounded hasn't slowed you down.

 

[South_Paw]

interesting...so... whoever wants to duke it out for his seat (and by that i mean you have to actually have money to go, lol) go for it... let the scuffle begin.

in other news... im bored and want to smash /sigh

oh, and pablo, get on aim... now

 

[Little_Chuckles]

Lol, i was thinking about what to do during school tommorow, should i go play with the band for the home coming like im supposed to, or not play and sit with this girl......

i have to sit with the band for homecoming, no option to sit with anyone else.... why the hell wouldnt you sit with the girl!!

 

[Shanx]

Screw the band, Kuni. They didn't do front flips. Sit with the girl.

I'll go to NM. I have 50 bucks, so that's good enough for 2 days.

 

[Little_Chuckles]

why do you play in band, it sucks

 

[Shade_]

Cus i got into the school really easy that way.

Anyway, Im just really wondering what to do. And it depends ...... on...... a few things.......ahhhh man........ I'll think about it tonight.

 

[Shanx]

tomorrow someone will ask "So did you talk to that girl?"

and kuni will reply "No, i was thinking about smash so i couldn't focus on talking to her"

 

[Shade_]

Omg, NO NO NO i wouldn't say that. I would probably say, its not your problem. Unless its was someone trustworthy like pablo lol. But really, yah, i'll do something.

 

[King_Gt]

So, is a smashfest this saturday possible babac?
Anyways, Andy you forgot about Wut?...
He lives in Edmond

Zelda owns

 

[Little_Chuckles]

sit with her, and remember to be nice and your manners, no talking about computers or smash

 

[Vegafuse]

Man, I suck so much at this game... I just got done getting ***** by Gravity, and I don't think I've gotten any better since OHSNAP2, even with my practicing and thinking. I still mess up my techs just as much, and I still have no mindgames. And like they say, you can't teach an old dog new tricks. I just don't have the right mental physiology, I have a learning deficiency, while *****es like Shade can come in and win with no effort. I really want to quit Smash, but I don't have a life otherwise, so I dunno.

I know you've been practicing Bryan, and I'd hate to sound like a jerk and say "practice makes perfect", but it really does. I also don't think you "suck" at all, you completely annihilate anybody that makes a slip-up, you KNOW how to punish. For someone like me, you actually counter my style, as I play a lot slower than Chris/Coty/Kuni (I'm easier to react against) and as my luck would have it, I have bad judgement, which doesn't help at all.

I think one thing that may help you improve greatly, is to actually go to a smashfest and play against more people. I noticed you don't show up to most of the smashfests that I go to, and it probably gives Kuni the advantage that you suggest is "natural talent" (which I'm positive he practiced a lot himself to get to where he's at). Remember, have fun with the game, you're getting there Bryan, and who knows, maybe everyone's probably improving at the same pace as you O_o

^^^I meant to include that in my earlier post

I'm flattered by comments like "being trustworthy", it makes me want to uphold that kind of reputation even more every time.

 

[Shade_]

Well your welcome pablo lol, but you seem really cool so yah, you seem trustworthy to me. Anyway, bryan yah, don't just play for money, its not the only thing in the world that matters.

Thanks for your advice chuckles, but i don't talk about games and computers with girls lol, unless its about how lame the computer teachers is lol.

 

[Omega_Star]

Anyway, bryan yah, don't just play for money, its not the only thing in the world that matters.

Well I'd agree except I stopped caring about playing for money quite some time ago. Also, I don't try to get better than other people when I practice, I just try to improve myself... but apparently it didn't amount to anything, which really bummed me out, as I realized that I hadn't been progressing at all and, along with other realizations about my general person that I had made prior to playing, felt like I had maxed out, which is how I still kind of feel. And then (almost) everyone else is like "oh wow I'm so good now I pwn *****es dead" or "wow so and so is a beast watch out lol", while I, despite having put effort in, feel like I have gone nowhere. It just always seems to be me sitting out in the sidelines watching everyone else have success, while I'm either good-but-not-good-enough or just a flat out failure, and I'm not even talking exclusively about Smash. It's really... a difficult sensation to properly describe, as simple as it may sound.

However, I would be an ******* to ignore Pablo's advice, so I won't drop out entirely. That and I've realized that I'm really not worth anything aside from Smash. I just need a break.

And go sit with the girl, most of the band people are *******es.

 

[South_Paw]

Well I'd agree except I stopped caring about playing for money quite some time ago. Also, I don't try to get better than other people when I practice, I just try to improve myself... but apparently it didn't amount to anything, which really bummed me out, as I realized that I hadn't been progressing at all and, along with other realizations about my general person that I had made prior to playing, felt like I had maxed out, which is how I still kind of feel. And then (almost) everyone else is like "oh wow I'm so good now I pwn *****es dead" or "wow so and so is a beast watch out lol", while I, despite having put effort in, feel like I have gone nowhere. It just always seems to be me sitting out in the sidelines watching everyone else have success, while I'm either good-but-not-good-enough or just a flat out failure, and I'm not even talking exclusively about Smash. It's really... a difficult sensation to properly describe, as simple as it may sound.

However, I would be an ******* to ignore Pablo's advice, so I won't drop out entirely. That and I've realized that I'm really not worth anything aside from Smash. I just need a break

And go sit with the girl, most of the band people are *******es.

first... kuni, you can talk about whatever the hell you want as long as you're not boring about it...

and to bryan.. im going to try to quote something that i live by smash wise... because if i didnt... well i would have quit long ago. its from a book but i dont remember what its called (i read a lot), so here goes.

"To take the masters journey, you have to practice diligently, striving to hone your skills and attain new levels of competence, but while doing so, you have to be willing to spend most of your time on a plateau, and keep practicing even when you seem to be getting nowhere"

ok so i actually cut out like half of it randomly... but yeah... basically thats it... a lot of people want instant gratification, and when they dont get it or see it (usually in stressful/new situations), they can react in several ways... the first is to give up and accept defeat, this being the most common default by humans... another is to see it as an interesting challenge and see just how far they can go and to make it fun and a great learning experience no matter what...

Synopsis of all of that: Don't give up because you're not getting better all the time instantly.

whoo, okay... im done for a bit... im done being inspirational speaker for the day, that was a lot of typing : P

EDIT: one more thing... mew2king spent a VERY long time getting four-stocked by PC Chris and all the EC guys... then he decided to get better, he put in the work, and now he's one of the best in the world... point and case..

 

[Omega_Star]

What kind of work do you put in though? Is it just like practicing against CPUs more? Or was M2K actually able to go out and play people more often?

Grahhh, my body makes it impossible for me to quit Smash either way, because even though for one I am rather "Smashed out", my body still urges me to practice.

I'll just... keep at it, I guess.

 

[Heathq]

If you lack people to practice with then you will probably have trouble improving your mindgames, and marth relies alot more heavily on mindgames than tech skill as the majority of his tech skill is combos which you can already do . Since you can improve tech skill though even without playing people you might try picking up a character that relys more heavily on tech skill than mind games. Both the space animals fill this role pretty well. I know you've played falco in the past, you ***** me with him at ohsnap 1, but from what i've seen/read you've stopped playing him. So you might start playing fox/falco more as another option for a character if a lack of humans to compete with is your problem. That's what I do since I live so far away from everyone -_-

 

[South_Paw]

any kind of work you can think of... if somethings not working, TEMPORARILY put it aside and work on something else... if you see someone do a fancy trick, learn how to do it, and make it better... or think of different ways to use it...

for instance, i think i was talking to pablo when i came up with this one... you know how shiek, with her up b, can do the fancy edge-hog where you can just run off and she does the cool smokey stuff? well, i thought "i wonder if you could do that backwards" and i tried things out, i experimented, and then i figured out how to do it... then i showed someone else later (who has a much better shiek than i do) and he then took it to ANOTHER level and figured out a way to use it in a real match...

1. Definite major purpose
2. Constant improvement..

good formula... i think its called the demming's concept or something like that. its pretty handy when you're not necessarily trying to hardcore just train train train.. but more like... to understand the game more and build the competence and stuff... and of course... to give you more options... the way i see tricks and all that... its simply more options, and the more options you have, the less likely you are to be predicted... therefore you gain the mental advantage....

and yes, just keep at it... quitters never win, winners never quit (unless you're ken and have been doing it consistently forever but that doesn't count he's just retiring, lol)

EDIT: And since I will argue that I do training mode more than any two people in this thread together... ill share what i do with marth in training mode, i know you may not need it bryan, but this is just stuff i practice.

Comboing marth- since marth's easiest character to combo (imo) is...himself... do combos... then... create new ways to combo...with new moves

Tipper spacings through platforms- admittedly i only started this several days ago, but its of course very useful to know EXACTLY where you can stand to get tippers on what stages.... for instance, on PS you can tipper left or right on the platform by standing directly above the gray line thing...

Movement: since i strive to make my marth like tony j's (er... taj's) it requires a lot of movement practice (his is like perfect) and for me, i just try to do weird random movements and see if they might be useful to throw someone off

wavedash to attack- this one is probably best used by kuni i must say... of any marth... his marth is fast as in he can get in, tap you five or six times, then get out and you cant hit him... he uses he neutral a's so well... as for me i like using them to trick people into going one way (you know me, lol) so i can follow them (since i knew which way i wanted them to go) with a grab or f-smash if im too far away...

EDIT II: I NEED ONE MORE PERSON TO GO TO NEW MEXICO!!! (no kuni, not mexico)

 

[po pimpus]

Okay, I have a few things to say, so listen up:

Coty: I'd like to go, but I have to see about work first, knowing my luck, I'd have to be at work the next day, and that would suck, so I'd look for someone else to go. I'd suggest Kuni or Billy, since they seem the most interested/able to.

Bryan: Bryan, Bryan, Bryan... If anyone knows how difficult it is to remain standing in the face of overwhelming odds, it's me. I have played Luigi since unlocking him in the original 64 Smash and doing so again in Melee. The deck is ALWAYS stacked against me. If you look at my in-game stats, I have WAY more falls than KOs. I have lost more games than probably anyone in this thread. Even more frustrating is the fact that the majority of the time, I always lose by one stock at high percentage. Hell, the other day, I lost a Link ditto against Kuni after going into Sudden Death. THAT'S FRUSTRATING.

So listen to the advice of someone who's been four-stocked by more pros than anyone else: You have to find YOUR reason for playing! I know I play because I've been through a lot with this game. I've traveled the far ends of the country in pursuit of what makes the pros so good. Wether I win or lose, I always have great fun just playing. It has only been just recently that my skill has reached what I would consider a decent level, and I still have much more to learn. That's what keeps me going; not my win-loss ratio(because THAT'S horrible), but to gain mastery over this game fully. That's something that will always keep me going, because true mastery is a never-ending journey within one's self.

So, in closing of this massive wall of text, I give you my personal mantra:

"I don't know if I'll ever win, but I know I will never lose."​

 

[Shade_]

Haha, po said it all. Things sometimes take years to get improvement, and sometimes days, or less. Its just the way it works. But I don't think youl b the same forever, im actually sure of it.

 

[JesusFreak]

I went from getting really low placings at tourneys for years to recently beating some of the tops in TX. I'm going to continue doing that as well, because I know I can. It's really all up to you as to how reality is, and what you want to do about it. If you think you're not getting anywhere, and you feel like it's not worth it to play anymore, then you're right. But if you realize the little things that happen that show improvement, and you play the game because you love it and you know you can get better, then you're right about that, and you will have fun and you will improve. It's really that simple.

 

[Shade_]

And believe it or not bryan, you get better, but people around you also get better

Don't forget that some people pick things up at alot slower of a pace than others, some people can pick up a game and with in a few days be competitive, some people mighttake a few weeks or months. The people that take more time however, ussually end up passing the quicker guy though in the long run. You just need time, just wait for it, and it will happen later.