........The last time someone disagreed with me over anything big I think.....was you.
What a trip down memory lane that is.
Oh right.
Fair enough. I did the best I could with what I had, and it wasn't good enough. Next time I won't be so careless so this type of discussion can be avoided.
People can choose to accept it, but they have to weigh it with their own judgment. I would never want anyone to blindly follow anyone's advice, no matter how prominent. I always think people should go test things for themselves.
Let's say PLUR goes and works on what I tell him and doesn't notice and difference, and this is over a month or so of trying new things and really working (but not crazily, just spending a little to some time most days). If he didn't get things done right, if my advice failed, then I would accept the blame of giving out faulty advice and work harder to pinpoint where the problem may exactly be coming from since I would never give up on someone, even if my advice the first time around isn't perfect. Also on that note, I don't just say whatever comes to mind and say "yeah this is a rehashed version of what I tell everyone, so I'll use that." I try to put time and effort into every suggestion I share with all of the NC smashers. I'm sorry that I can't watch/play everyone due to my distance and lack of focus at tournies sometimes, but I just want to help very badly.
Finally, I have been disagreed with on things several times. Anything major (kinda scarce these days) was sorted out, and anything minor was usually my ignorance lol.
Edit: I still support my advice. Don't let my awful diction fool you.
Edit to his edit: K I finished eating. Chicken for top tier.
Alright, the problem with talking about fun in tournament matches is that hardly anyone is going to be goofing off or having a fantastic time in them (as compared to friendlies I guess). You did a great job picking the person who was really down last tournament for....ah skip it, but the source of my feelings of remorse stemmed from losing. Plain and simple. I got knocked out of the tournament. Of course there's more to it for me, but that's the source. No one enjoys losing. I definitely don't enjoy losing (I bet no one can tell XD). That doesn't change the fact that I have a GREAT time playing friendlies with people. I've actually worked hard on my mentality for friendlies lately, so I don't really mind losing anymore. Since you're so keen on using one facet of my smash career to support your idea, then let the aforementioned knowledge of myself show that your argument doesn't work. You said I get steeped in my play to win mentality and lose all focus of why I started to play. While that's a completely different story, it still holds true that I take my tournament matches very seriously and I always want to learn. Once again, friendly matches are not meant to be conquests of other people for me (unless they're really good or I need to work on a matchup, but even there it's still learning), but they are meant for the pure fun of going out to meet and have fun with all sorts of new people that my life without smash would never have guaranteed me. I love playing smash. I love meeting new people. I love going to tournaments to improve myself. If playing my matches and taking losses nonchalantly were the way I did my tournament matches, you could be entirely sure that I would not make the drives that I do to go see and smash with all of the amazing bros here and OOS.
I doubt, without even reading over this again, that it will change your mind at all, but if anything good comes out of this, it will be that NC fully understands my position on important issues and that I only have NC smash's best interest at heart.
