Lol, that's hilarious that Shiro is your cousin and you didn't know he plays brawl. He even has his own Wolf emoticon here on the boards
He's a really good Brawl player, so there's probably a lot he can teach you, even about Melee.
Anyway, I really like what I'm seeing overall. I liked the improved use of fireballs, you're finally getting it. Everything mostly looks good as far as I can tell with your technique. All that's left is learning how to apply it. The only way to do that is to start playing people other than your little brothers
Just practice practice practice, and try to play as many good players as you can. I'm not the greatest Melee player, so there's not much else I can tell ya. Hopefully better people than I will be able to help you improve more. Good luck!
I really like the improvment I'm seeing from Christian. He makes excellent use of shorthopped nair, and he throws out projectiles when appropriate. I know last time I said I liked it when he ledgdropped and UpB'd from the ledge, but that's just cause he had the right idea about attacking from the ledge. UpB is way too easy to punish, and it's a habit that should be squashed. The fact that it works against you just reinforces that it's a good idea, when it's not. I know he can't ledgehop>nair yet (I saw that SD endgame1) but it's a much better idea than spinattack. He should just hit A or R/L from the ledge until he gets the hang of ledgehopping. Also, the L-canceling needs work. He whiffed a lot of dairs on you game2 that got him punished cuz he didn't l-cancel them. And you're right about the first game where he SDd while trying to edgeguard. He coulda taken the ledge and been fine. He could also have let you live, and just played it careful. Sometimes there's no reason to get that aggressive, just keep playing smart and the kills will come. He only took another 26% before he killed you, which is better than losing a stock over an edgeguard. Otherwise, he played very well. If he hadn't SDd twice, that would have been a very close game.
Adrian seems like he took a step backwards. He makes lots of reckless approaches with dash attacks and full hopped fairs, with a continued lack of pills. You've already posted matches where he played better than this, so I'll just call it a bad day (although that first stock in game3 was pretty sweet). And yeah, the UpB needs to stop here too. He also doesn't recover very safely. He UpBs way too high onto the stage, when he should be going for the ledge. UpB onto the stage is a last resort option for when you're getting edgehogged. You already know what Adrian's problems are, so I'm confident you'll get him to improve with time, assuming he continues putting in the practice.
