The North Carolina Melee Power Rankings! Updated 8/14/14!

[stingers]

Yeah brawl hurts my brain if I play it for long periods of time

dammit moo.

 

[Moophobia]

I played today, kirby is funnnn :3

 

[Sneak8288]

brawl makes me sleepy

 

[Bl@ckChris]

I've never gotten moo or foxy in tourney. I've never even goten them in real friendlies. Makes me sad.

I feel like all I've ever played is like...twitch karn dj stingers snap and smith in tourney. With the occasional ocean and josh. Everyone else just bases my skill off of friendlies. Which works cuz...i try.

 

[Ocean]

I played today, kirby is funnnn :3

ugh, ****ing kirby. there is NOTHING I can do to that character.

 

[Moophobia]

But chris we've money matched quite a few times... just not recently.
and Bahahah ocean get ***** =P

 

[stingers]

chris its probably a good thing you play me alot in tourney. since its so free for you now =[

 

[TheLastCacely]

stingers, can u help me with jiggz?

 

[stingers]

sure, i can tell u **** at ncsu

 

[Bl@ckChris]

stingers, I think my set vs you at the first BAC was one of my more pivotal moments. Even though I lost, and was thoroughlt ***** last stock, I think that was my first tourney set where I was really thinking about what I was doing. You're one of the more important players in the scene for that. One day I will actually beat your peach in tourney.

moo, I think our last trade was at the gboro fest in march/april, a week after I had learned that looking at the other person and thinking about what they're doing was an option, and a good one. I've been looking for another chance to trade bills with doc and fox, but I haven't seen you take the game remotely seriously since then, so idk when to do it

 

[Moophobia]

Just where ever we are at next, I've been motivated to get better and I'll gladly do those MM's with you.

 

[Bl@ckChris]

ok then.

I can definitely never read you. But you seem vaguely sincere about this one, at least compared to the trollgasmic 25 dollar mm we had a while ago.

I approve.

 

[Moophobia]

I don't remember that one... but my bad xD I've been a lot happier lately so that probably explains it. I hear there's a brawl tourney at duke this weekend that's gonna have melee at it? Not sure exactly but I'm also going to be in greensboro all weekend at smiths so maybe there if you'd like.

 

[Dr Peepee]

If Cam isn't bringing a setup to Duke then I am.

Or I might bring one anyway.

 

[stingers]

i always bring melee...but my wii would prolly be used for brawl the whole time so...bring an extra cube lawl

 

[DtJ SmithZzz]

 

[Lightsyde]

While I realize people don't always try in friendlies, sometimes it's the only thing you have to go on. I definitely agree with Ryan that people use that as a tremendous john for losing in friendlies. I've definitely seen a lot of instances of people talking about how they ***** so and so in friendlies, and then turned around the next day and used the "friendlies don't matter" line. It gets old.

For the most part, I almost always try hard in friendlies because, unless they are just silly matches, why wouldn't you want to practice and try to do your best? That's just my take.

In other news, I had my first serious super off night tonight in a while and man if that isn't the most depressing thing ever. I might not even play for the rest of the week now.

 

[Moophobia]

Want to talk about it broseph?

 

[Bl@ckChris]

now that i'm effectively done studying for anthropology:

i'd imagine that some people feel that they gain little or nothing from trying hard against other people in friendlies. cam isn't gonna learn anything new by comboing my ganon from 0 to death every time i miss an l cancel, so why should he? things of that sort make sense in the long run, cause all things considered, it takes a lot of effort to play this game really right, and to put full effort into every match is pretty taxing.

i usually focus as if in tournament for about 3-5 matches an hour. then the 3-5 matches surrounding those on both ends (warm up focus and cool down focus) are me trying to win and look at situations without enforcing every perfect action and reaction as you would hope/try to do in tournament. the rest of matches are pretty relaxed fair, dair, usmash spam from me.

thats usually how i play friendlies.

 

[Sneak8288]

i feel like the best way to teach is thru scrapin sum1... the more their **** gets pushed in from making mistakes, the less mistakes are made

 

[TheLastCacely]

^ *** u got that quote from Next Friday.

 

[DtJ SmithZzz]

I just try to do insane *** stuff in friendlies.

 

[Dr Peepee]

i feel like the best way to teach is thru scrapin sum1... the more their **** gets pushed in from making mistakes, the less mistakes are made

I don't think that's the only way to learn though. You need to have confidence too, and if you're always losing badly then you might not be able to figure out why because you'll make some mistake you didn't know was even a mistake and lose a stock for it 4 times(exaggeration but it happens).

Teaching means so many different things in Melee, and that includes sandbagging a little or taking time to stop ****** and talk about why someone lost sometimes, even if it means doing a little worse so you can focus on the guy you're teaching more. Yeah, people need to get whupped so they can learn what's safe and what's not, but if they get broken down early on or they never get fair combo practice and such skills playing someone at your level or lower can give you.

 

[DtJ SmithZzz]

Kevin Nanney is gay.

 

[Moophobia]

I learn little to nothing when I play Kevin Nanney.

 

[Bl@ckChris]

ryan did say best, not only.

your way is, overall, better. It's the type of teacher/training partner ryan is. But that takes too many words.

if you made a mistake and didn't know it was a mistake, you're not looking hard enough or adjusting fast enough. Ryan uthrowed me like 20 times one stock so I would come down with an aerial so he could uthrow me again. I didn't know coming down with an aerial wasn't safe until the 20th uthrow. Things of that sort are effective witout words or pauses, if the learner is paying atention enough.

 

[TheLastCacely]

I learn little to nothing when I play Kevin Nanney.

This
10 of these

 

[bossa nova ♪]

really?

my head explodes with how much **** i learn.






ohhhhhhh wait ya i see what u mean

 

[_Kadaj_]

See Kevin knows what's up

 

[SK919]

I learn a lot playing kevin now. It use to be pretty rough and felt futile but now i understand what's going on while he's doing his thang on me.

Just realize every thing kevin does.. he does for a reason and pay attention to yourself and him

 

[Moophobia]

Yeah see I do that change it and he knows how to counter me so I just go **** I need to have him watch me play someone else then go from there.

 

[Dr Peepee]

Yeah see I do that change it and he knows how to counter me so I just go **** I need to have him watch me play someone else then go from there.

I taught you stuff though. =(

 

[Moophobia]

Yeah and since you taught me it, it doesn't work!



On you anyway... I haven't gotten a chance to use it yet.

 

[Dark Hart]

Kevin you taught me stuff!!!

 

[DtJ SmithZzz]

Kevin and PLUR have seriously taught me everything I know. I'm thankful for that.

 

[Dr Peepee]

Yeah and since you taught me it, it doesn't work!



On you anyway... I haven't gotten a chance to use it yet.

Lol well just keep it in mind man, I promise it's good stuff. =)

Edit: <3333

 

[Moophobia]

I'll make it work all in the name for green falco <3

 

[DtJ SmithZzz]

Oh and Moo has taught me things.

Kevin Face: =)

 

[Moophobia]

I taught you how to be reckless and stupid with falcon and it somehow works xD

 

[DtJ SmithZzz]

Pft, you taught me other things too obviously.
I still can't film a combo video 24/7 like you can with Falcon though.