I'm a Smash player who also like Kirby games very much. Because of this, my favorite character is Kirby and I decided to master him even if he got nerfed in Melee and Brawl.
Anyway, I don't like Brawl too much, I only play Melee with friends because that's my favorite Smash, and the game we had most fun with.
I don't really play "competitively" in a tourney-oriented way... I play "competitively for fun", something half between playing for fun and playing seriously.
I have more than 10 years of experience with Melee, but I don't like using all those tricky ATs like the wavedash and L cancel. Sometimes I use them, but I don't force myself to use them, I think those techniques make the game too much frustrating and less fun.
My favorite mode is (melee) free for all or 1vs1, with items on (low) and starman, heart container and maxim tomato disabled. I and my friends were used to also disable the hammer, but recently we re-enabled it because we learned new strategies that make that item more interesting and less "lucky" factor.
My gamecube controllers' analog sticks are all ruined due to Smash! But they still works well, it's just the rubber that got consumed.
My main enemy is a friend who uses Samus, and we do epic battles each time (unfortunatelly I can't record them, I tried once but it didn't came out very well).
I sometime use also Bowser, Link, Young Link, Cpt Falcon, and Yoshi, but Kirby is the one that I can use the most, even if it's hard to win using him!
I'm a big fan of Falcon's knee though.
