PGD: Happy Birthday, Red!

[Vinylic.]

Well it's not that I get bothered for just a joke. I just find it a little wrong that someone would make jokes about something bad that recently happened. Idk, I'm just like that.

But you are right though, fz. I can tell you that.

 

[~Radiance~]

yea i am biased though because gore fascinates me. bad things happen to people, in very gruesome ways, and that's the way of the world.

 

[Espy Rose]

How deep.
You should make a staircase for that or something.

 

[Geoberos]

Welcome to the modern cynical world where cursing is also no longer considered blasphemy.

 

[~Radiance~]

no thanks espy, im more of a fan of the indoor house slide myself.

 

[Reizilla]

I love you all.

 

[C.J.]

This past page or so has been quite funny.

 

[Ussi]

I'm sad i didn't just skip the past few pages

 

[Reizilla]

K Prime should change his name to Pik*******!

 

[[FBC] ESAM]

You guys should find that reddit zombie thing, it was cool.

 

[Sinister Slush]

Is that your plan of getting yourself banned, Censor dodging?
Weak, Rei.

 

[Cherished Doll]

Hes not trying to get banned!!!

 

[Sinister Slush]

Hes not trying to get banned!!!

What's the best way to get super banned, no come backs?

I'm hanging up the controller.


Possibly.

This tells me another story, Dollface.

 

[Cassio]

lmao I died at 'This tells me another story, Dollface'. Also agree with Ussi. Fad eeveelutions make wish Id asked for eevee in private but Ill wait it out. And finding the reddit zombie would mean having to go on reddit.
/hate

Have a tournament in AZ this week thats being partially-funded by a donor . Yay for paid vacations. I want to prepare since I did poor at the last two locals + its AZ so competition shouldnt be too difficult compared to here, but for some reason I have a hard time sitting down and dedicating the time to it.

 

[Cherished Doll]

No I refuse to believe that :'c

 

[KayLo!]

wow kaylo that felt pretty good behaving that way, teach me how to do that more? (<3 omgplzdntkillme)

True wisdom is gained only through trial and error.

Also, I'm going to kill you.

I want to prepare since I did poor at the last two locals + its AZ so competition shouldnt be too difficult compared to here, but for some reason I have a hard time sitting down and dedicating the time to it.

Because the game is boring? =X But good luck anyways.

 

[Cassio]

Thanks. And thats true, but then again preparing/studying/training for anything is boring, or at least getting started is. Id rather just be successful on talent and experience but nothing ever seems to be that simple and for most things it tends to be effort that makes the difference. Plus losing makes things even more boring.

 

[Vinylic.]

Well, you can do friendlies at the time the tournament starts. Just to warm up, you know?

 

[Cassio]

Well if just playing the game was enough to do well everyone would be pro by now, lol. Mostly the issue is I have to prioritize other things during the time Im capable of game training now that I think about it. Ill get to it eventually.

 

[Espy Rose]

Playing the game excessively is ALL YOU NEED to do to be pro.

 

[Cassio]

Not according to the pros, unless that includes training since I guess thats technically playing the game excessively.

 

[Vinylic.]

If you keep playing the game, there will be changes in your playstyle, whether it's good or bad.

You read the pika MUs, correct?

 

[Espy Rose]

That's because most of the pros like to say goofy things.
Like that MK and Pikachu is even.

 

[Phoenix Lord']

That one always gets me, lol.

 

[Cassio]

Well most people who are exceptionally good at something tend to be a lil' eccentric especially when compared with the standard. Although a better word may be abnormal. But if theres one thing Ive learned about making judgements its to never judge things laced too strongly with popular opinion.

And yes Vinyl

 

[Espy Rose]

No. The word is "naive".

 

[Vinylic.]

I've been looking at that MU thread.

You should try to follow what you should do when playing against a character.
Like saying, you should do this and avoid that. And you should really keep on practicing on reading your opponent at anytime possible.

I should know that you have been doing that, so yeah. I'm not the good at giving out tips, but just keep playing. You'll improve.

 

[Cassio]

To each their own. Can't deny the possibility, but it does seem very unlikely all things considered.

And thanks Vinyl . I've been trying semi-legitimately since Apex when I could start attending tournaments and events more than rarely, so we'll see how it goes. I need to put the same effort into preparing that my SoCal peers have though or Ill probably just stay where I am.

 

[Roller]

You can't only play excessively. You have to play excessively AND analytically. Constantly watching what your opponent does in response to various situations, and reverse engineer ways to beat those responses. You also need to be watching videos of players who are better than you, and looking not just at the obvious macro things they are doing, but at the tiny details. How far they are spacing things, which moves they punish with what, mixups you don't currently utilize. And you have to practice every tech-skill related aspect of your character(s) until you can't possibly **** it up.

It takes hours and hours of constant, daily, thoughtful practice to improve in a meaningful way. You have to want it badly. More than any other things you could be doing with those hours of free time.





All that being said, while I started doing that this past school year.. I haven't been playing much at all since I got home to NJ. Part of why (and why I haven't been posting as much here) is because I've been working hard to get in shape, and be more physically active. (posted about here once or twice before.) Which is going awesome, btw. Last time I had stepped on a scale before leaving school it had said ~170, currently at 151.

And I'm still eating more than everyone else when I go out to eat with people. =P

 

[Espy Rose]

Dude, that's just an integral part of playing excessively.
That's what happens when you play a video game.

 

[Phoenix Lord']

I'm at 155 without ever doing anything physically active, and I'm fine with that.

 

[Roller]

I see many people just playing excessively for years, but just trying to get more profficient at the things they already do. Making no effort to reach out of their comfort zone and work on new techniques/approaches to how they play/think about matchups/the game.




Also, Phoenix. You eat like.. Nothing tho. That's why.

How tall are you, btw?

 

[Phoenix Lord']

I ate pizza that one time at your house. Also, I'm like 6'1", probably. Maybe 6'2".

 

[Vinylic.]

What the?

What's with the thread title?

 

[Phoenix Lord']

Aren't you Tokyo?

 

[PZ]

What the?

What's with the thread title?

Sir, please refer to page 3670 or 3671 of the PGD...if your question has not been answered by looking at one of the posts please be our dumb mascot<3

 

[Espy Rose]

I see many people just playing excessively for years, but just trying to get more profficient at the things they already do. Making no effort to reach out of their comfort zone and work on new techniques/approaches to how they play/think about matchups/the game.

So they're becoming extremely potent at a certain set of skills.
That sounds like an improvement to me.

The lack of experimentation doesn't mean that there's an absence of improvement. Having precise spacing, for example, is something that just takes excessive practice and repetition. You don't need to learn anything groundbreaking or new to learn how to space.

 

[Roller]

Sir, please refer to page 3670 or 3671 of the PGD...if your question has not been answered by looking at one of the posts please be our dumb mascot<3

These pages don't exist yet.

Do people really still not use 40 ppp?

So they're becoming extremely potent at a certain set of skills.
That sounds like an improvement to me.

The lack of experimentation doesn't mean that there's an absence of improvement.

No, it just means you wont improve enough to be a "pro."

I played all the time for over a year before I went to college. I improved more in the first month there than over the entire year prior to it, because I learned how to practice in a drastically more efficient and focused manner.

 

[Espy Rose]

You're only proving my point.

 

[PZ]

This improving talk is only proving whose right or wrong and it is very moving I must say...