GreenMarth
Smash Apprentice
Let me begin by saying this is not a B rawl game guide on how to improve your mental state during battles. This is simply an observation on something that i think may have been over looked. Also let me say that this is NOT YOUR ENEMY PSYCHOLOGICALLY DEFEATING YOU... its yourself. =)
And do me a favor and please read the whole thing =)
Well, no doubt you've lost to a player thats worse than you before. Now they're going off about how they beat you when you were your best character. Of course, you ask for a rematch. Well if they accept, you go into the game somewhat nervous and angry. Well...i dunno about you but i think this is the ABSOLUTE WORST way to enter a match.
This applies to any match at all, even with those better than you and I think its because of this:
1. When playing a match you think you will WIN, there is a certain obligation to win, almost like it HAS to happen this way. When you comes to accept this you start to get overconfident [in mindset and play style]. Needless to say this will cause you to make more ridiculous attempts at spikes, combos, Etc. Doing this could lead to silly mistakes like killing yourself and silly mistakes.
You also could get nervous in such a match when you see your percentage going higher than your opponent's[and although this might not count for much, it can cause a lot of in game stress]. At this point you might feel a bit like there is a possibility that you could lose and you say to yourself in some way "Is this guy gonna seriously beat me?". THis is a big mistake, because in my case anyway, this starts to become truer and truer and you cant rely on the opponent screwing themselves over again. Well in my case, more often than not when this happens I lose.
2. When you go into a match expecting to LOSE (or with a small dream of winning) you believe there is no way you will win. You play more defensively using the same smash attacks over and over when the opponent comes near. This is an easy strategy to beat, especially when the opponent has projectiles. When you get down 1-2 lives you begin to feel there is nothing you can do to win anymore and that you just have to fight until you lose the match. Ever notice that when both players are on the last stock, the one with like 50 higher % almost always takes the victory (mostly in casual players). Well this is only because you accept defeat as inevitable.
Also when you use moves that frequently fail, you tend to associate them with failure and assume that you should not do it anymore. This doesn't necessarily mean that the move you're using is bad, it could simply mean youre not using it right. Leading to loss of maximum potential.
...well these were not suggestions, more like identifying problems. Im not asking for help overcoming these because know why is half the problem (CAUSE KNOWLAGE IS POWER). But any input at all, suggestions, feedback.......compliments
anything. is all appreciated....
now maybe im over-analyzing and stating the problem with me specifically but hey i just wanna see how other smashers feel about this and any feeling/thoughts on this at all.
~Bill
And do me a favor and please read the whole thing =)
Well, no doubt you've lost to a player thats worse than you before. Now they're going off about how they beat you when you were your best character. Of course, you ask for a rematch. Well if they accept, you go into the game somewhat nervous and angry. Well...i dunno about you but i think this is the ABSOLUTE WORST way to enter a match.
This applies to any match at all, even with those better than you and I think its because of this:
1. When playing a match you think you will WIN, there is a certain obligation to win, almost like it HAS to happen this way. When you comes to accept this you start to get overconfident [in mindset and play style]. Needless to say this will cause you to make more ridiculous attempts at spikes, combos, Etc. Doing this could lead to silly mistakes like killing yourself and silly mistakes.
You also could get nervous in such a match when you see your percentage going higher than your opponent's[and although this might not count for much, it can cause a lot of in game stress]. At this point you might feel a bit like there is a possibility that you could lose and you say to yourself in some way "Is this guy gonna seriously beat me?". THis is a big mistake, because in my case anyway, this starts to become truer and truer and you cant rely on the opponent screwing themselves over again. Well in my case, more often than not when this happens I lose.
2. When you go into a match expecting to LOSE (or with a small dream of winning) you believe there is no way you will win. You play more defensively using the same smash attacks over and over when the opponent comes near. This is an easy strategy to beat, especially when the opponent has projectiles. When you get down 1-2 lives you begin to feel there is nothing you can do to win anymore and that you just have to fight until you lose the match. Ever notice that when both players are on the last stock, the one with like 50 higher % almost always takes the victory (mostly in casual players). Well this is only because you accept defeat as inevitable.
Also when you use moves that frequently fail, you tend to associate them with failure and assume that you should not do it anymore. This doesn't necessarily mean that the move you're using is bad, it could simply mean youre not using it right. Leading to loss of maximum potential.
...well these were not suggestions, more like identifying problems. Im not asking for help overcoming these because know why is half the problem (CAUSE KNOWLAGE IS POWER). But any input at all, suggestions, feedback.......compliments
anything. is all appreciated....now maybe im over-analyzing and stating the problem with me specifically but hey i just wanna see how other smashers feel about this and any feeling/thoughts on this at all.
~Bill
