People, stop whining.
If all you guys are gonna do is complain about how things don't go right for you, smash is gonna be a very depressing experience, really. Who cares about losing in a bi-weekly, no money involved, nothing? Those bi-weeklies are made for us to
improve! It's not because someone loses that he is not improving. In fact, quite the contrary,
he gets the opportunity to know what he is doing wrong! That way he can correct the flaws in his own game, get rid of the errors, and truly progress.
But does everyone take that opportunity? No. Some people complain instead of trying to figure out what they can do to get better.
I'm really concerned about how you guys improve. Remember: we're all going to a big tournament abroad, Exposmash in Sevilla. We will be up against the much more experienced spaniards. That's why I ask questions like "why do you do this when you could have done that" to BigLord, Rick, GSM, and many others. It's not to be annoying or arrogant, or challenging you in a theory contest. I'm just trying to help you out. But then, all I hear from you is "I know", or "I was trying to do that" (without giving really valuable or realistic arguments), or "I wasn't fully concentrated". All of these sound like johns.
For example I was asking Rick why he was constantly trying to chase someone high up in the air with random aerials. The answer I think I heard was "sometimes I manage to hit him". Like... what? 1 times out of 10? The guy can airdodge, attack you, move away, use one of his special moves to escape,
anything. The solution is pretty simple: just stay grounded to anticipate his reactions and movement for an efficient punish. Then Rick tells me "but I also do that a lot". No, seriously, I watch your matches, I know what you're doing. If I'm telling you you're doing something wrong, you are. If you wanna have a chance at a smash game, you have to be
realistic, calculate better the risks of each action you're doing: basically, play
safer and smarter.
I was also telling Flayl not to constantly try to grab Rick's GaW after getting hit on his shield with f-smash or d-smash at close range. After all, Rick and many GaW mains have a tendency to throw another smash attack to counter the grab attempt. You didn't answer me at all, so I don't really know how you took it Flayl. Once again, it's wasn't an attempt to be arrogant, just some advice. Remember how you told me at the 2nd national about my predictable habit to phantasm away against Mr. Burned's Snake (costing me a lot of % and stocks)? I learned from it, not just in the Snake match-up, but most matchups in general.
You're losing? Not one bit that I care of. What I do care about is how you take that loss, and fix the corrupted data in your internal system.
We are a crew, and so we must help each other. But help has two elements: a giver and a receiver. If you're not even willing to receive my own help, or anyone's help, how will any of you guys even get a ghost of a chance at improving?
I'm done here.
, this reminds me to update ours here ^^
