MysteryRevengerson
IT'S A MYSTERY TO ALL
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YarsRevengerson, AKA Bzzy. Now, more than likely, no one knows exactly who I am. I'm a smasher that's a part of a little group called CBC, featuring me, Zanna, Smoky, and 2Fast. Hardly a crew, more like a gathering with a name. I currently main ZSS, and have gone to three tourneys in the past though none of which with ZSS as they happened a while ago.
Currently very upset I figure typing stuff up might mellow me out a little. What's to be mad over? Well, as a player, I do strive to get better, not the best, no, I know Brawl is slowly dying, slowly but surely. I enjoy playing the game, I honestly have fun playing the game, especially with my friend. But there's no source I have of reliably getting better. 2Fast lives a good 30ish minutes from my house, and with schoolwork I don't exactly have the time to drive down there to train. The other two, Zanna, Smoky, live closer, only 15 minutes away, but even then, I can't go over there every day, as they're busy as well.
If tournies was the first answer, as it is the first that hits my head, that isn't as good an option as I would like it to be. In MD/VA, nearly every tourney is in Maryland. Recently, NoVa's been getting its act together and hopefully events will be set up. That is not the case this moment then. A less likely answer would be WiFi, and this, this is what annoys me and convinced me to type this up.
Online in gaming opens up the option to play with people you may not have nearby to play. Especially with fighting games, which you will only get better in at playing others, training against dummies and CPUs will get you somewhere, but eventually you'll hit a cap because playing actual players is a big difference because you have to factor in personal play styles as well as mind games on your own part and on their's. Now, in a perfect world, lag doesn't exist, but it does exist. Playing other fighters online (SSFIV, MvC3, and BB:CS) isn't awful. Is it lagless? Of course not, but I can still perform combos with extreme ease. Brawl on the other hand...Not only does input lag get added to begin with, moreso is added due to the Wii's subpar WiFi service. Now, after input lag is taken into consideration, frame lag also becomes an issue. On WiFi, I've lost to players I think I can beat, definitely so I don't get 2 stocked every match in the least. However, I won't know for two reasons, one, because lag does change each player's performance (I do realize it affects the other player as well) and two, because I cannot gauge my individual skill.
I know that all the problems on my side can be eradicated by more effort on my part as I have three of the coolest guys I've ever known to play in close proximity. The main reason to type this was to vent some anger, and I do feel a little better now.
- Bzzy
YarsRevengerson, AKA Bzzy. Now, more than likely, no one knows exactly who I am. I'm a smasher that's a part of a little group called CBC, featuring me, Zanna, Smoky, and 2Fast. Hardly a crew, more like a gathering with a name. I currently main ZSS, and have gone to three tourneys in the past though none of which with ZSS as they happened a while ago.
Currently very upset I figure typing stuff up might mellow me out a little. What's to be mad over? Well, as a player, I do strive to get better, not the best, no, I know Brawl is slowly dying, slowly but surely. I enjoy playing the game, I honestly have fun playing the game, especially with my friend. But there's no source I have of reliably getting better. 2Fast lives a good 30ish minutes from my house, and with schoolwork I don't exactly have the time to drive down there to train. The other two, Zanna, Smoky, live closer, only 15 minutes away, but even then, I can't go over there every day, as they're busy as well.
If tournies was the first answer, as it is the first that hits my head, that isn't as good an option as I would like it to be. In MD/VA, nearly every tourney is in Maryland. Recently, NoVa's been getting its act together and hopefully events will be set up. That is not the case this moment then. A less likely answer would be WiFi, and this, this is what annoys me and convinced me to type this up.
Online in gaming opens up the option to play with people you may not have nearby to play. Especially with fighting games, which you will only get better in at playing others, training against dummies and CPUs will get you somewhere, but eventually you'll hit a cap because playing actual players is a big difference because you have to factor in personal play styles as well as mind games on your own part and on their's. Now, in a perfect world, lag doesn't exist, but it does exist. Playing other fighters online (SSFIV, MvC3, and BB:CS) isn't awful. Is it lagless? Of course not, but I can still perform combos with extreme ease. Brawl on the other hand...Not only does input lag get added to begin with, moreso is added due to the Wii's subpar WiFi service. Now, after input lag is taken into consideration, frame lag also becomes an issue. On WiFi, I've lost to players I think I can beat, definitely so I don't get 2 stocked every match in the least. However, I won't know for two reasons, one, because lag does change each player's performance (I do realize it affects the other player as well) and two, because I cannot gauge my individual skill.
I know that all the problems on my side can be eradicated by more effort on my part as I have three of the coolest guys I've ever known to play in close proximity. The main reason to type this was to vent some anger, and I do feel a little better now.
- Bzzy
