Pac-Man Tournament Results Thread

[LanceStern]

Hey Pac players, as tournaments become more prevalent I thought it'd be great to keep a thread of our tournament results.

I remember this being a great motivator for Peach players back during the Brawl days (this entire thread idea comes from Silly Kyle's thread). It was inspiring to see the progress and success of players with the same character. So let's do it for Pac Man.

If you want your tournaments posted, please include this information:

• Your smash name
• Name of tournament and location
• Your placement and number of entrants
• Link to the tournament results thread if possible

Optional: Any losses to characters you faced during tournament play

Please try and put it in this format - XX out of XX :: name of tournament (3DS/WiiU) :: location :: MM/DD/YY

So an example is:

LanceStern
9th out of 20 :: Fake Smash 4 Tourney 1 (WiiU) :: San Francisco, CA :: 12/03/14

For the sake of being consistent with the thread, please include this information or I may not post it.
I will update the thread once a week.

Fyi: Special thanks to DrakeRowan and SillyKyle for the thread idea


NEW RESULTS THIS UPDATE (last updated 04/07/2016, post #202)



PEPESPAIN

7th out of 25 :: VAMPIR3: Love Ed! :: Novelda, Spain :: 02/13/2016

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LanceStern

13th out of 64 :: Smash Lounge 37 :: San Diego, CA :: 03/03/2016
17th out of 66 :: Smash Lounge 40 :: San Diego, CA :: 03/24/2016​

Sinji

2nd out of 36 :: Nebulous Prime 28 :: 02/21/2016
2nd out of 35 :: Nebulous Prime 29 :: 02/28/2016​

Xzx

17th out of 267 :: B.E.A.S.T. 6 :: Gothenburg, Sweden :: 01/21/2016​

RESULTS FOR THE YEAR (last updated 12/13/2015, up to post #170)

Spoiler

Abadango
5th out of 33 :: Smash 4-Ever [feat. Mr. R/Nietono/Dabuz/NAKAT] (WiiU) :: LOCATION :: 1/29/2015


BSP
1st out of 28 :: L.U.S.T. I (WiiU) :: Baton Rouge, La :: 4/12/2015


DrakeRowan
9th out of 46 (Pacman + Peach) :: Comfy & Easy to Wear 6 :: Louisville, KY :: 4/4/2015


Firedemon0
9th out of 42 :: White Rose Smash #2 (WiiU) :: LOCATION UNKNOWN :: 3/22/2015
13 out of 45 :: White Rose Smash #3 (WiiU) :: __________ ::


Froggy
2nd out of 15 :: First "Eggs" Tournament :: Clifton, NJ :: 05/13/2015
3rd out of 14 :: Smash Quest :: Queens, NY :: 05/13/2015
4th out of 36 :: Smash at the Break :: Dunellen, NJ :: 07/28/2015
13th out of 98 :: Nebulous Prime 3 ::
9th out of 78 :: Game Underground Monthly Smash03 (WiiU) :: Natick, Massachusetts :: 10/03/2015


Fromundaman
2nd out of 13 :: Dayton Smash (WiiU) :: Ohio :: 2/26/2015
33rd out of 130 :: Smash in Marseille ::
25th out of 256 :: Dismantle ::


LanceStern
9th out of 29 :: Smash @ Mission Center 1 (WiiU) :: San Diego, CA :: 2/28/2015
4th out of 32 :: Get Smashed #2 (WiiU) :: San Diego, CA :: 3/22/2015
9th out of 35 :: Get Smashed #3 (WiiU) :: San Diego, CA :: 4/29/2015
25th out of 155 :: Smash Fore Singles :: San Diego, CA ::
5th out of 36 :: Get Smashed #4 :: San Diego, CA :: 08/22/2015
5th out of 49 :: Smash Lounge 12 :: San Diego, CA :: 09/03/2015
9th out of 36 :: Smash Lounge 15 :: San Diego, CA :: 09/24/2015
13th out of 49 :: Smash Lounge 17 :: San Diego, CA :: 10/08/2015
9th out of 61 :: Smash Lounge 19 :: San Diego, CA :: 10/22/2015
17th out of 40 :: Smash Lounge 21 :: San Diego, CA :: 11/5/2015
9th out of 52 :: Lan Diego State 4 :: San Diego, CA :: 11/14/2015
25th out of 46 :: Smash Lounge 23 :: San Diego, CA :: 11/19/2015
7th out of 31 :: Smash Lounge 26 :: San Diego, CA :: 12/8/2015
*new* 13th out of 64 :: Smash Lounge 37 :: San Diego, CA :: 03/03/2016
*new* 17th out of 66 :: Smash Lounge 40 :: San Diego, CA :: 03/24/2016


Macho Cheeze
9th out of 24 :: I Have a Dreamland (WiiU) :: Huntington, WV :: 1/19/2015
4th out of 15 :: AFK Games Weekly (WiiU) :: Cross Lanes, WV :: 2/6/2015
9th out of 41 :: High Elevation 2 (WiiU) :: AFK Games :: Cross Lanes, WV :: 4/11/2015
5th out of 15 :: Shine Apple Express (WiiU) :: Marshall University - Huntington, WV :: 4/20/2015


NCamSB
5th out of 14 :: LoudPAC (WiiU) :: Houston, Texas :: ?? DATE ??
9th out of 24 :: LoudPAC (WiiU) :: Houston, Texas :: ?? DATE ??
5th out of 37 :: LoudPAC (WiiU) :: Houston, Texas :: ?? DATE ??
13th out of 70 :: LoudPAC (WiiU) :: Houston, Texas :: ?? DATE ??
17th out of 63 :: LoudPAC (WiiU) :: Houston, Texas :: ?? DATE ??
17th out of 57 :: LoudPAC (WiiU) :: Houston, Texas :: ?? DATE ??
13th out of 67 :: LoudPAC (WiiU) :: Houston, Texas :: ?? DATE ??
49th out of 144 :: LoudPAC (WiiU) :: Houston, Texas :: ?? DATE ??
5th out of 39 :: LoudPAC (WiiU) :: Houston, Texas :: 8/26/2015
13th out of 43 :: SFC16 (WiiU) :: Houston, Texas :: 9/21/2015
9th out of 64 :: LoudPAC (WiiU) :: Rip City Houston, Texas :: 10/1/2015


OPTO
13th out of 40 :: Rose Villa Smash 2 (WiiU) :: Birmingham, United Kingdom :: 04/26/2015
13th out of 54 :: MatchUP Presents: Stourport Smash 3 (WiiU) :: Stourport, United Kingdom :: 08/30/2015


Paper Maribo
9th out of 49 :: Cafe Myriade Smash Wii U Tournament (WiiU) :: Perth, Western Australia :: 3/8/2015
17th out of 53 :: Cafe Myriade Smash Wii U Tournament (WiiU) :: Perth, Western Australia :: 3/29/2015


Phampy
1st out of 31 :: Smash @ Pizza Pucks (WiiU) :: Vacaville, CA :: 03/21/15
2nd out of 52 :: Star Video SSB Tournament :: Huntington Park, CA :: 06/23/2015
3rd out of 23 :: Star Video Tournament #2 :: Huntington Park, CA :: 07/28/2015
7th out of 33 :: Mega Smash Mondays #12 :: Bellflower, CA :: 08/03/2015


PEPESPAIN
2nd out of 32 (Pacman + Villager) :: 5th Salon Manga Alicante :: Alicante, Spain :: 04/13/2015
17th out of 50 :: Densetsu Fighters :: Villareal, Spain :: 05/09/2015
9th out of 298 :: SSB Community Cup #1 Europe :: Online, Europe :: 07/26/2015
9th out of 276 :: SSB Community Cup #2 Europe :: Online, Europe :: 08/16/2015
1st out of 32 :: XXIII Jornadas de Rol y Simulacion :: Gandia, Valencia :: 08/22/2015
7th out of 40 :: SSB4 VCG 2015 :: Offline, Alicante Spain :: 09/26/2015
3rd out of 32 :: Vampir3 Mensual #1 :: Novelda, Spain :: 10/10/2015
3rd out of 28 :: Vampir3 Halloween Edition :: Novelda, Spain :: 11/02/2015
17th out of 107 :: Mr. C Fest 3 :: Novelda, Spain :: 11/28/2015
7th out of 33 :: Smash x Ramboot 3 :: 01/31/2016
*new* 7th out of 25 :: VAMPIR3: Love Ed! :: Novelda, Spain :: 02/13/2016


Psi Sig
7th out of 26 :: New Paltz Smash 4 Tourney 1 :: New Paltz :: 10/04/2015


PurpleDebo
45th out of 128 :: Avalon U :: Zoetermeer (South Holland) :: 11/07/2015


RaveRemix
1st out of 23 :: TGZ Smashing Tuesday :: Tempe, Arizona :: 10/20/2015


Revengeska
17th out of 45 :: University of Minnesota Monthly 4 (WiiU) :: St. Paul, MN :: 2/28/2015
17th out of 112 :: Slay Bells: A Sm4sh Arcadian :: Minneapolis, MN :: 12/5/2015


Sinji
9th out of 60+ :: Smash League/NYU Game Center (3DS) :: Brooklyn, NY :: 10/25/14
9th out of 83 :: Smash Attack 8 Customs ::
3rd out of 100 :: Nebulous Prime 2 ::
7th out of 98 :: Nebulous Prime 3 ::
2nd out of 109 :: Nebulous Prime 4 ::
3rd out of 100 :: Nebulous Prime 5 :: 9/21/2015
5th out of 49 :: Nebulous Prime 7 :: 9/27/2015
2nd out of 49 :: Nebulous Prime 9 :: 10/11/2015
4th out of 33 :: Nebulous Prime 11 :: 10/25/2015
3rd out of 49(?) :: Nebulous Prime 15 :: 11/23/2015
2nd out of 49 :: Nebulous Prime 16 :: 11/29/2015
2nd out of 45 :: Nebulous Prime 18 :: 12/13/2015
5th out of 54 :: Nebulous Prime 19 :: 12/20/2015
4th out of 54 :: Nebulous Prime 20 :: 12/27/2015
5th out of 51 :: Nebulous Prime 23 :: 01/17/2016
3rd out of 52 :: Nebulous Prime 25 :: 01/31/2016
9th out of 92 :: Nebulous Prime 26 :: 02/07/2016
17th at KTAR 17 :: KTAR XVII :: DATE
5th out of 69 :: XenoOne :: 02/20/2016
*new* 2nd out of 36 :: Nebulous Prime 28 :: 02/21/2016
*new* 2nd out of 35 :: Nebulous Prime 29 :: 02/28/2016


The Forbidden One
5th out of 22:: SNW 4 :: Union City, NJ :: 4/29/2015
5th out of 15 :: The Break Weekly :: Union City, NJ:: 4/30/2015
9th out of 78 :: Game Underground Monthly Smash03 (WiiU) :: Natick, Massachusetts :: 10/03/2015
5th out of 71 :: Smash on the Hill VI (WiiU) :: Boston, Massachusetts :: 10/18/2015
4th out of 46 :: Smash 4 GU Weekly (WiiU) :: New England :: 11/18/2015


Tornado
13th out of 96 :: Xanadu Arcadian Tournament :: 05/16/2015 (Challonge Results)
33rd out of 743 :: Super Smash Con :: Chantily, VA :: 8/7/2015 - 8/8/2015 (Challonge 1) (Challonge 2)
5th out of 26 :: Sma4shburger 4 :: 11/23/2015
5th out of 27 :: Sm4shburger 6 :: 12/21/2015
5th out of 31 :: Smash 4 Singles For Glory :: 12/27/2015


Xzx
17th out of 267 :: B.E.A.S.T. 6 :: Gothenburg, Sweden :: 01/21/2016


Zage
13th out of 63 :: Smash @ Xanadu (WiiU) :: Xanadu :: 01/06/2015
29th out of 52 :: Smash @ Xanadu (WiiU) :: Xanadu :: 01/11/2015
65th out of 842 :: Apex 2015 (WiiU) :: Apex :: 01/31/2015
9th out of 67 :: Smash @ Xanadu (WiiU) :: Xanadu :: 04/21/2015

 

[DrakeRowan]

Rowan:
5th out of 23 :: Keroro Platoon Presents: Smash Sign "Alpha Combustion" :: Lexington, KY :: 10/11/14

-Loss to Amida's Ness, twice.

5th out of 16 :: Comfy and Easy to Wear 3: Silver Forces You to Battle :: Louisville, KY :: 10/25/14

-Loss to Overswarm's Megaman which bumped me to loser, then loss to KERO's Greninja when timer was at 3secs. Would've won the set by time out if it weren't for 3DS controls =/. (Used UpB instead of SideB =/) I'm still salty about this.

Some juicy non-important and off-topic info: The Brawl Peach thread was originally started by me back in the day, & the entire idea of tournament result threads was started by a ZSS main (back then) named Phanna. I gave up the thread to D.Pch when I stopped playing, who in turned gave the thread to Silly Kyle.

 

[CostLow]

Hey Pac players, as tournaments become more prevalent I thought it'd be great to keep a thread of our tournament results.

I remember this being a great motivator for Peach players back during the Brawl days (this entire thread idea comes from Silly Kyle's thread). It was inspiring to see the progress and success of players with the same character. So let's do it for Pac Man.

If you want your tournaments posted, please include this information:

• Your smash name
• Name of tournament and location
• Your placement and number of entrants
• Link to the tournament results thread if possible

Optional: Any losses to characters you faced during tournament play

Please try and put it in this format - XX out of XX :: name of tournament :: location :: MM/DD/YY
So an example is - 3rd out of 20 :: Fake Smash 4 Tourney 1 :: San Francisco, CA :: 12/03/14

For the sake of being consistent with the thread, please include this information or I may not post it.
I will update the thread once a week.

In the list of information you want it says your smash name, but in the format example it does not include a player's name. So, are you just going to take the name from the poster's profile or do you want us to include our names in the post as well?

 

[LanceStern]

In the list of information you want it says your smash name, but in the format example it does not include a player's name. So, are you just going to take the name from the poster's profile or do you want us to include our names in the post as well?

Thank you for catching that CostLow. Rowan posted a great example and I will update my thread.

Rowan thank you for the idea of creating this type of thread!

Something I didn't clarify... we're going to need to specify whether it is a 3DS or WiiU tournament. My priority will be WiiU tournaments but just indicate what type of tournament it is

 

[Sinji]

Got 9th out of 60+ players (cant remember exact amount) lost to Vinnie in losers

Smash League/NYU Game Center (Brooklyn New York) / October 25, 2014

 

[LanceStern]

Good job man. Is there a link on the tournament page?

 

[Sinji]

http://smashboards.com/rankings/smashleague-new-york-3ds-1v1.2646/event

 

[MachoCheeze]

MachoCheeze
:: 9th out of 24 :: I Have a Dreamland (Singles) [Wii U] ::
:: Marshall University - Twin Towers West Lobby :: Huntington, WV :: 1/19/2015 ::

 

[revengeska]

Abadango took 5th out of 36 in a very strong tournament, beat Vinnie in the process:

http://smashboards.com/threads/smash-4-ever-10-ft-mr-r-nietono-dabuz-choco-nakat.388793/

 

[MachoCheeze]

MachoCheeze
:: 4th out of 15 :: AFK Games Weekly 2/6 [Wiii U] ::
:: AFK Games :: Cross Lanes, WV :: 2/6/2015 ::

 

[CostLow]

Apex. Abadango and Kool Aid each did well. I believe Abadango came in 8th while Kool Aid was 32nd out of only 800+ contestants.

 

[revengeska]

Apex. Abadango and Kool Aid each did well. I believe Abadango came in 8th while Kool Aid was 32nd out of only 800+ contestants.

I think looking at final Apex results, Kool Aid finished 47th.

 

[CostLow]

I just got back from a local tournament where I placed 8th out of 16. I'm not one to usually make excuses for myself but I've had a fever of over 100 degrees for the past three days and I've been on medications that my doctor told me would impair my judgement and make me drowsy, so I think I may not have been playing at full CostLow potential. Still, I taught a lot of guys in my area to respect the big cheese wheel. The person I was knocked out of the winner's bracket by and the guy that knocked me out of the tournament ended up in the grand finals and I only barely lost to the two of them. Maybe I'll take it next time around.

 

[fromundaman]

Made 2nd out of 13 Wednesday at a local this week, and for once it actually has some sort of result (usually they just pay us and that's that):

http://daytonsmash.challonge.com/225epicwiiu

This was in OH and the first time I've gone pretty much all Pacman in a tournament.

Went Megaman for 2 games, one for game 3 against Kane's CF since I don't like DH stage for Pac (Plus that MU is like 7-3 for MM) and once in a stunningly bad move for game 3 against SCH's Yoshi in winners (Turns out Megaman cannot kill Yoshi ever). Every other match was Pacman.
Ended up losing to ZSS in GF. If anyone has advice on how to approach that MU, I would appreciate it. The more I play it the more I feel I need a secondary for her too.

 

[CostLow]

I don't think I noticed before that you're from Ohio. Me too. Good job btw!

 

[fromundaman]

I don't think I noticed before that you're from Ohio. Me too. Good job btw!

Oh which part?
I'm in the Dayton/Cincinnati area

 

[CostLow]

Columbus. I'm just stationed in Germany for right now. I should be heading back to the states soon though.

 

[fromundaman]

Columbus. I'm just stationed in Germany for right now. I should be heading back to the states soon though.

Oh okay cool. We'll definitely end up playing at some point then. I look forward to it!

 

[revengeska]

Reven
17th out of 45 :: University of Minnesota Monthly #4 (Wii U) :: St. Paul, MN :: 2/28/15

I'm a bit salty about the placement. In winners round 3 I faced Slinky, the 4th seed in the tournament. I lost to his Captain Falcon game 1, beat Shulk game 2, and game 3 I built a huge lead vs his Captain Falcon. Due to inexperience and poor decisions, I just couldn't land the killing blow and he sent me to Losers. There I got beaten badly by a Yoshi main playing both Pac-man and Ness.

The indication I got is that my Pac-man can take games off of some of the top players in Minnesota, and if I can minimize poor decisions and find a character to cover matchup weaknesses, I can do some damage in these tournaments. I got some things to work on.

http://challonge.com/m4s4single

 

[LanceStern]

I'm sorry guys, I'll be more on top of this

 

[Paper Maribro]

http://challonge.com/myriadesmash4_8_3_25/standings

Maribro, 9th/49 Perth Western Australia local

Did a write up in the general Pac thread if you guys want to read about my experiences of my first smash 4 tourney.

Expect better results next time .

 

[Galaxian]

Weeklies count, right?

challonge /town_and_diddy
Durham College 2000 Simcoe Street North., Oshawa, Ontario L1H 7K4 on March 9th, 2015

All the way from Losers round 1 to GFs. Of course I didn't go only Pac since the Pac/Villager MU is spooky for me but he did take up a good chunk of my games. Only 8 people there but hey, it's something, right?

I'll take LANWar yet, I swear!

 

[Neutricity]

Went Pac-man in a customs tourney and I was giving Fatality's Captain Falcon a hard time until he downloaded me.

That need to knees to the face.

 

[Paper Maribro]

Weeklies count, right?

challonge /town_and_diddy
Durham College 2000 Simcoe Street North., Oshawa, Ontario L1H 7K4 on March 9th, 2015

All the way from Losers round 1 to GFs. Of course I didn't go only Pac since the Pac/Villager MU is spooky for me but he did take up a good chunk of my games. Only 8 people there but hey, it's something, right?

I'll take LANWar yet, I swear!

Hey man, if you need help with the Villager MU, feel free to message me. It's a MU I have a lot of experience in. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw2U6J8_xhqas3dC1YXVm7w/videos You can also watch many matches of myself against my friend's Villager on my youtube channel.

 

[fromundaman]

I made 2nd out of 10 at our weeklies at Epic Loot yesterday:

http://daytonsmash.challonge.com/311epicwiiu

Went Pacman the entire time except against Snyder, as I can't beat his ZSS with Pacman so I tried out Mario this week.

I also forgot to say last week that I had my worst placement in Sm4sh to date with 5th/16 at our weekly:

http://daytonsmash.challonge.com/34epicwiiu

 

[Phampy]

Was in a 31 man bracket this weekend. Won it using Pacman the whole way and didn't drop a game until grand finals

http://challonge.com/pizzasmash

 

[LanceStern]

Was in a 31 man bracket this weekend. Won it using Pacman the whole way and didn't drop a game until grand finals

http://challonge.com/pizzasmash

Congrats! Can you please put it in the format specified in the original topic?

And did you submit these results to the tourney results forum? This should be noted!

 

[Paper Maribro]

Seeing as I hadn't done it in the proper format before, here you go Lance (assuming you just haven't gotten around to doing it in which case just ignore this post)

9th out of 49 :: Café Myriade Smash Wii U Tournament (WiiU) :: Perth, Western Australia :: 8/3/15

 

[Phampy]

Here. Figured it would be more obvious if I put it here rather than edit the original post?

1st out of 31 :: Smash @ Pizza Pucks (WiiU) :: Vacaville, CA :: 03/21/15

http://challonge.com/pizzasmash

 

[Firedemon0]

Took 9th out of 42 players at our local monthly. I was also Stream runner, so all but one of my matches were on stream/recorded.

White Rose Smash #2

http://challonge.com/wrs2sm4shsingles

 

[LanceStern]

Firedemon, could you get that in the proper format please?
Paper Maribo do you have a challonge bracket with that?

And are these tournaments getting reported in the Tournament Results forum? We need more points for the Pac!

I just placed 4th out of 32 today in the San Diego region. Definitely no slouch players here either, but I did get some favorable escapes by the skin of my neck. http://challonge.com/get_smaashed2

Congratulations on placing well everyone. Phampy incredible placing!

 

[LanceStern]

Took 9th out of 42 players at our local monthly. I was also Stream runner, so all but one of my matches were on stream/recorded.

http://challonge.com/wrs2sm4shsingles

What characters did you take on against Ninja and Prestige?

 

[Paper Maribro]

http://challonge.com/myriadesmash4_8_3_25/standings

Maribro, 9th/49 Perth Western Australia local

Did a write up in the general Pac thread if you guys want to read about my experiences of my first smash 4 tourney.

Expect better results next time .

Already posted it lance

 

[Firedemon0]

What characters did you take on against Ninja and Prestige?

Ninja used Diddy Kong, Prestige used Link. Prestige and I are friendly rivals.

 

[Roll-Spamming-Peasant]

I just got back from a local tournament where I placed 8th out of 16. I'm not one to usually make excuses for myself but I've had a fever of over 100 degrees for the past three days and I've been on medications that my doctor told me would impair my judgement and make me drowsy, so I think I may not have been playing at full CostLow potential. Still, I taught a lot of guys in my area to respect the big cheese wheel. The person I was knocked out of the winner's bracket by and the guy that knocked me out of the tournament ended up in the grand finals and I only barely lost to the two of them. Maybe I'll take it next time around.

I know this was posted a while ago, but man, your health is not a John. If you are sick, i DO NOT expect you to play 100% perfect. People gave M2K so much **** for his Melee placing at Apex'15 when the man was hacking up a lung ON STREAM.

 

[fromundaman]

*sigh* I am destined to never actually WIN a tournament.

Allow me to set the scene:

It is winner's finals. I have gotten to this point by putting the ONLY person who consistently beats me at our locals into losers (Huzzah finally found out how to fight ZSS!). The Score is 2-1 in my favor and we have just ended game 3.
All of a sudden my vision goes super blurry. Huh, my contact must have slipped; whatever, this happens all the time, I take a minute to fish it out to put it back in correctly.
Joke's on me, somehow through divine intervention my contact found a way to rip itself in half while still in my eye. I can now only somewhat see, but try to play out the rest of the set.
I lose 3-2 losing my last stock (Had a % lead, but can't say exactly how much as I couldn't read the %) to Halberd's canonball as I couldn't tell where exactly it was and didn't think it was close enough to hit. I was wrong.

I try to quickly run home and get new contacts before rushing back to play in loser's finals. I unfortunately have to drive very carefully due to my eyesight problem and manage to hit EVERY. SINGLE. LIGHT.
This should be a 5 minute drive. It takes me 15-20.
Once I do reach my house I can't find my contacts. I spend about 10-15 minutes looking everywhere. It occurs to me that the last time I traveled out of state I had put my spare contacts in my duffel bag... which I carried my WiiU to the venue in... and left at the venue.

By the time I got back I was DQ'ed (Understandably so), and my contacts were in fact in that bag. I COULD HAVE CHANGED CONTACTS AT THE VENUE THIS WHOLE TIME!

At that point I took my 3rd place money and just left. I don't know whether to call this divine intervention or Karma for something I may or may not have done yet, but god DAMN it I don't think I deserved this.



TL: DR Version

The heavens conspired against me and I took 3rd at a local today.

 

[Paper Maribro]

I had a bad tournament last time as well.

Won my first round match going Pac twice, winning 2-0.

Next round was against my region's best player and one of the best player's in the country. For some reason our match took ages to come up but I was so chilled it was amazing.

So I pull up a seat for my game, sat next to me were two of my non-smasher friends (attending purely to support me), one of whom told me just how impressed she'd be if I knocked this guy into Loser's. Game 1 comes in and I'm Pac. After a shaky start, I claw it back and win. I couldn't believe it. Game 2, I switch to Yoshi because I hate T&C as Pac. I'm dominating. By the time he's killed me, I've already nearly sealed the 2nd stock. Back into it and I continue to dominate. I couldn't believe it. I was on top of the world. Nothing could go wrong. The crowd is right behind me, they're loving it. Nobody's ever really had it over this guy and here I am about to 2-0 him.

He was on the ledge and I was trying to read a roll or a jump. He jumps, I down b

All the way down

To my death

Turns out I'd horribly mis-spaced it and was far too close to the ledge. The crowd gasp in disbelief, I smack my head into the desk.

Suddenly all that domination I had is gone and my play is a little shaky, I lose Game 3 and am sent to losers. I then proceed to lose 2-0 to a guy who was at his first tourney.

Not gonna lie, was incredibly mad at myself. Still am a bit.

Not quite as bad as your Story, Fromundaman, but I was pretty mad.

Bracket: http://challonge.com/Smash4_29_3_15
17th out of 53 :: Café Myriade Smash Wii U Tournament (WiiU) :: Perth, Western Australia :: 29/3/15

 

[fromundaman]

Paper Maribro, I know that feeling. I actually almost did that as well this tournament (Hit them into a yellow trampoline with Bair and horribly misjudged my ending lag, causing me to be unable to jump before I hit the red and died). The difference is that I came back to win the match. You have to be able to power through mistakes like that.

I know, much easier said than done.
A couple things I do to try and counter this (And I have been struggling with this a LONG time) are:

-Have a drink (usually a soda, but that's just me) with me at all times so I can take a break between games and drink. I don't know why, but this clears my head. I started doing this in Injustice to prevent myself from doing a rage restart and going back into the game frustrated.

-Wait on the respawn platform after a stupid death and put it behind me, sometimes with an actual hand motion, as dumb as that sounds, and instead of focusing on the mistake and what could have been, I try to force myself to focus on what I need to do to win it.

-This is really REALLY dumb but it works for me:
Some of my friends and I categorize a miraculous comeback as a Guile's Theme comeback (IDK if you've seen any fighting game comeback where that song is added on top, but it makes it way more hype) and when not playing during friendlies we would start to sing this song when a comeback was starting.
Now I'll start internally singing Guile's theme when I need a comeback. My friend actually took this a step further and will play Guile's theme on his MP3 player when he is a match away from losing a set.
I don't know why, but it seems to help us keep that momentum, and at least in my case, get more and more hype as I play, not willing to let it end in disappointment.

-In between matches spend 50% of your time thinking about the game and what you need to do in terms of strategy and stage ban/pick or w/e, and about 50% clearing your head of any mistake and focusing on not making them again.

 

[Paper Maribro]

Paper Maribro, I know that feeling. I actually almost did that as well this tournament (Hit them into a yellow trampoline with Bair and horribly misjudged my ending lag, causing me to be unable to jump before I hit the red and died). The difference is that I came back to win the match. You have to be able to power through mistakes like that.

I know, much easier said than done.
A couple things I do to try and counter this (And I have been struggling with this a LONG time) are:

-Have a drink (usually a soda, but that's just me) with me at all times so I can take a break between games and drink. I don't know why, but this clears my head. I started doing this in Injustice to prevent myself from doing a rage restart and going back into the game frustrated.

-Wait on the respawn platform after a stupid death and put it behind me, sometimes with an actual hand motion, as dumb as that sounds, and instead of focusing on the mistake and what could have been, I try to force myself to focus on what I need to do to win it.

-This is really REALLY dumb but it works for me:
Some of my friends and I categorize a miraculous comeback as a Guile's Theme comeback (IDK if you've seen any fighting game comeback where that song is added on top, but it makes it way more hype) and when not playing during friendlies we would start to sing this song when a comeback was starting.
Now I'll start internally singing Guile's theme when I need a comeback. My friend actually took this a step further and will play Guile's theme on his MP3 player when he is a match away from losing a set.
I don't know why, but it seems to help us keep that momentum, and at least in my case, get more and more hype as I play, not willing to let it end in disappointment.

-In between matches spend 50% of your time thinking about the game and what you need to do in terms of strategy and stage ban/pick or w/e, and about 50% clearing your head of any mistake and focusing on not making them again.

I couldn't really come back and win that match as I was on last stock when I SD'd. SDing is something really bad that's in my gameplay atm and 3/4 sets I've lost, I've SD'd in one of the games. I'm still kinda mad that I threw away such a big lead over such a good player.

Will keep all of this in mind, so thank you. I don't really like listening to my own music while playing smash as it takes away my concentration of the game, I do however, choose my own preference of music when selecting the stage so I will continue to do that.

 

[BSP]

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