Taking tournaments seriously

[ToP CaT]

Ive got a question for ya. I have a terrible time taking tournaments seriously, its not that i dont like the game or that im not interested in being good. I just feel like i play harder in friendlies. I cant help but not go for it all when i look over and the other guy is just concentrating so hard and wants it so bad. I usually play weird characters that i dont normally or do random things like crazy falcon punches. Is it that i just dont want it bad? or what? does anyone else joke around in tournaments like me?

 

[Pi]

Ive got a question for ya. I have a terrible time taking tournaments seriously, its not that i dont like the game or that im not interested in being good. I just feel like i play harder in friendlies. I cant help but not go for it all when i look over and the other guy is just concentrating so hard and wants it so bad. I usually play weird characters that i dont normally or do random things like crazy falcon punches. Is it that i just dont want it bad? or what? does anyone else joke around in tournaments like me?

Could be that you're scared to try and fail.

 

[MarkLoo]

sounds like johns to me.
why would you pay to enter a tournament and then not try?

 

[teeman92]

i dunno about taking melee TOO seriously, and i learned about that a year ago. i could never beat my brother because i was SO foucused and frustrated on winning and mastering advanced techs.

i try to play for fun most of the time.

 

[Hazygoose]

if you don't have fun playing to win, melee is probably not the game for you.
that's the reason most melee people i know don't like brawl. it's playable, but the way you have to play to win just isn't that fun.
so if that's how you feel about melee, maybe look into other games that you have more fun with? otherwise, like someone said, what's the point in paying to enter a tournament?

 

[Zodiac]

I play to win and still have a hell of a lot of fun, but the only time I have a hard time taking tournaments seriously is when I have something else on my mind...like sleep..aaaaah sleep.

But seriously it is common that smashers will stop trying in a tournament match that they KNOW their going to loose just so it looks like they didnt try and could have won if they did. or...

Just dont want to try and fail as stated earlier.

 

[HawaiianJigglyPuff]

I really think you're scared of trying your best and having your best not be good enough. (like others have said) If you don't try and lose, then you can just tell your self later that you didn't try your hardest so maybe you could have won.

When I play a friend of mine who I go pretty even with, sometimes I "give up" and sandbag for no reason just because I'm afraid of trying my best and still losing. This way I can do stupid stuff and he can know that I am sandbagging and he won't get arrogant. (unfortunately this never works because he thinks i am trying even when I selfdeath more than he kills me -_-)

 

[Rat]

I hate those psychological answers, like you sabotage yourself or some ****.

I think it really means you are isai.

Spoiler

i pretend i'm like a sayian. Get super close to death, learn from it, increase your power level.

 

[Zodiac]

Having confidence in yourself is a big part in taking tournaments seriously, if you sandbag and give up that is an indicator that you dont have enough confidence in your skill.

 

[Stratford]

Smash Brothers isn't about fun. It's about winning. And you'll never win with Yoshi.

 

[mostwins]

Smash Brothers isn't about fun. It's about winning. And you'll never win with Yoshi.

I love that video so much.

But half fun I get from melee is from watching myself get better and putting it to the test against other people.

The other half is just because the game is so much fun.

 

[MarkLoo]

I love that video so much.

But half fun I get from melee is from watching myself get better and putting it to the test against other people.

The other half is just because the game is so much fun.

link please?

 

[mostwins]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OccEKFdDq8

heres your link

the guy that made the video was serious i think.

but everyone on SWF needs to watch this.

 

[ToP CaT]

i like the isai answer, thats probably it, its not that its not the game for me i have been around the melee scene for yrs, and its not that im not confident in my skills i talk a lot of **** when im playing for real. idk i think games just arent as serious for me as some of the newer smashers, i take halo much more seriously

 

[Meneks]

Got to watch that video later.

 

[gROYn]

i dunno lol

 

[Hazygoose]

i take halo much more seriously

why do you play the best fighter and the worst shooter?

Spoiler

j/k

 

[MexicanBJ]

i like the isai answer, thats probably it, its not that its not the game for me i have been around the melee scene for yrs, and its not that im not confident in my skills i talk a lot of **** when im playing for real. idk i think games just arent as serious for me as some of the newer smashers, i take halo much more seriously

who wouldn't like the isai answer best, doesn't make it true at all, man up and play, good fcuking johns

 

[HawaiianJigglyPuff]

i like the isai answer, thats probably it, its not that its not the game for me i have been around the melee scene for yrs, and its not that im not confident in my skills i talk a lot of **** when im playing for real. idk i think games just arent as serious for me as some of the newer smashers, i take halo much more seriously

In that case, it sounds like a personal problem that we can't help you with. (i.e. this thread will probably get closed soon)

 

[ToP CaT]

your face will probably get closed soon...THREAD OVER!