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Some tips for Melee, gathered from personal experience:
- NO JOHNS. Absolutely no johns, no exceptions. Adopting this mindset is not only helpful for not sounding like a scrub but if you can play well while under poor conditions, think of how much better you will play at your potential. The best players don't let bad days get to them.. they play through those poor conditions. You will never play at your best all the time, therefore it is useful to train under all adverse conditions.
- Do different stuff. If you get hit, do what counters that move. If you didn't hit them, do what hits them. If you didn't combo, do what continues the combo.
- Play safe. Not campy, not aggressive.
- In-game (practical) tech skill is underrated and requires intelligence. In fact, mindgames are useless in the absence of tech skill. So get tech skill.
- Main one character and practice them a lot more than the rest of the cast combined or else your tech skill will be inconsistent and you'll lose.
- To get better, play as many different people as possible, as often as possible. Play lots of friendlies at every tournament, do small MMs to gain experience. You can always watch videos later, although sometimes it's better not to miss out on the hype.
- If you pause during a match you should be DQ'd. This isn't enforced enough and it really ****s things up. Next time someone pauses or says, "Wait hold on!" I am just going to take advantage of it and kill them. Mercilessly. In real life. At the very least they should lose one stock. Two pauses equals a forfeited round. A third forfeits the set.
- Comebacks happen. A lot. They are more than possible. If you want to make comebacks, see the next tip:
- Pressure takes time and experience to deal with. But don't think about things happening outside of the video game. Only think about what your opponent is going to do next and how to hit him. Keep your eye on your opponent's character.
- As you get better, the game becomes less reading, and more reacting. You have seen these situations before, you know what will happen next. Your mind and hands will know what to do on their own.
- Everyone and anyone can get to the top level. But if you don't have fun with the game you will not get better. If you get tired, take a break. Sometimes your break will be a week long.
Some tips for Melee, gathered from personal experience:
- NO JOHNS. Absolutely no johns, no exceptions. Adopting this mindset is not only helpful for not sounding like a scrub but if you can play well while under poor conditions, think of how much better you will play at your potential. The best players don't let bad days get to them.. they play through those poor conditions. You will never play at your best all the time, therefore it is useful to train under all adverse conditions.
- Do different stuff. If you get hit, do what counters that move. If you didn't hit them, do what hits them. If you didn't combo, do what continues the combo.
- Play safe. Not campy, not aggressive.
- In-game (practical) tech skill is underrated and requires intelligence. In fact, mindgames are useless in the absence of tech skill. So get tech skill.
- Main one character and practice them a lot more than the rest of the cast combined or else your tech skill will be inconsistent and you'll lose.
- To get better, play as many different people as possible, as often as possible. Play lots of friendlies at every tournament, do small MMs to gain experience. You can always watch videos later, although sometimes it's better not to miss out on the hype.
- If you pause during a match you should be DQ'd. This isn't enforced enough and it really ****s things up. Next time someone pauses or says, "Wait hold on!" I am just going to take advantage of it and kill them. Mercilessly. In real life. At the very least they should lose one stock. Two pauses equals a forfeited round. A third forfeits the set.
- Comebacks happen. A lot. They are more than possible. If you want to make comebacks, see the next tip:
- Pressure takes time and experience to deal with. But don't think about things happening outside of the video game. Only think about what your opponent is going to do next and how to hit him. Keep your eye on your opponent's character.
- As you get better, the game becomes less reading, and more reacting. You have seen these situations before, you know what will happen next. Your mind and hands will know what to do on their own.
- Everyone and anyone can get to the top level. But if you don't have fun with the game you will not get better. If you get tired, take a break. Sometimes your break will be a week long.