Flayed
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Hello SmashBoards. I've played Smash since Brawl, but I've only gotten into the competitive side of the coin around a year ago. I've looked and there's no general Smash discussion thread, so I'm hoping writing my recent competitive revelations down here won't annoy anybody.
So I realized something, you should think of smaller interactions and overarching gameplans as a two part system, where those two parts are constantly sending influence to one another, rather than as two completely separate things. I've been struggling with this quite a lot, because I was baffled by how players that were noticeably better than me were counterplaying strategies I had so quickly and shutting down any attempts at adapting even if we've only played for the first time. It's because through their experience, they've realized 3 things:
So I realized something, you should think of smaller interactions and overarching gameplans as a two part system, where those two parts are constantly sending influence to one another, rather than as two completely separate things. I've been struggling with this quite a lot, because I was baffled by how players that were noticeably better than me were counterplaying strategies I had so quickly and shutting down any attempts at adapting even if we've only played for the first time. It's because through their experience, they've realized 3 things:
- Gameplans/playstyles are made up of all the smaller things that can happen in a game, and understanding this let's them sparce the info into meaningful parts that help them create their own gameplan and adapt to the opponent.
- Each individual interaction can be the difference between winning or losing a game, so how you approach the game must change in some way when the opponent makes a change, even if it's something small like changing their timing in the same situation. This eventually causes a change in gameplan based on the microadjustments taking place.
- The two points listed above are intrinsically connected to one another, and ignoring either of these is the easiest way to be left behind in the information war and destroyed.
