Data The Throne of the King - Ganons' Tournament Results

[SSJ1/2]

- August 19th 2017 – eSports @ CPL Smash4 Tourney (Single Elim.) – 4th/32
Paper bracket, freed up a few people and then got destroyed by a Greninja

- August 22nd 2017 – Insurrection XXXII – 13th/23
https://challonge.com/InsurrectionXXXII
Pretty proud of how I did in this one, even though I went 1-2 lmao; had a great set with Life that I was able to clutch out, and then I ganoncided Colinies game 2. Maybe could have won vs CB, but I was kinda tilted from how I did in ARMS lol

- September 9th 2017 – Arcadian Fury – 65th/93
https://smash.gg/tournament/arcadian-fury/events/wii-u-singles/standings
Only including for completeness' sake (I don't like sugarcoating). No excuses; I played poorly, got right ****ed.


In other words, have some vods from a tiny round robin tourney I went to a while ago. I just remembered these exist. Kinda sandbagged a bit, but this should give a better idea of my gameplay than the others I posted before.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsASPPROJfo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dijmyHaufP4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcapZNXX_Mc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e0Hv2ESDZ8



EDIT 9/30/17

September Update


- September 19th 2017 – Insurrection XXXVI (Round Robin) - 6th/11
http://challonge.com/Insurrectionxxxvi
Took a game from a PR player (King Beef), and had definitive wins over the people I did beat, so I'm fairly satisfied with this.

- September 22nd 2017 – Kent Combo 54 – 17th/36
https://smash.gg/tournament/kent-combo-54/events/wii-u-singles/standings
Performed about how I expected. Lost in winner's to a Kent PR (who got 3rd, losing to 2 Ohio PR), and in Loser's to a pretty decent Link that I struggled with because I couldn't adapt my playstyle enough from the other Link I beat in winner's.

- September 26th 2017 - Insurrection XXXVII – 13th/15
http://challonge.com/Insurrectionxxxvii
Lost r1 to a PR and then got ****ed by a Robin.

- September 29th 2017 – SmashFestNEO Biweekly #3 Smash4 – 7th/9
http://smashfestneo.challonge.com/4sb3/standings
Definitely could have done better here, but I was on tilt from having to switch back and forth between Melee/Arms/Smash4. I probably could have taken my winner's r1 set against Ryu, but I didn't play patiently enough.


I think that this month has shown me that I gotta work on dealing with projectile characters (Link, Pikachu, and Robin mostly, but also G&W to an extent).

Going to another decently-sized tourney (NyanCon2017 [yeah it's a con tourney but the TO's are Smash players and know what they're doing]) coming up on October 7th, so I'll edit this then.

 

[SSJ1/2]

- October 6th 2017 – Kent Combo 56 Singles – 9th/21
https://smash.gg/tournament/kent-combo-56/events/wii-u-singles/brackets/159478

- October 7th 2017 – NyanCon 2017 Smash4 Singles – 9th/45
http://nyancon2017.challonge.com/Smash4

- October 10th 2017 – Insurrection XXXVIII Singles – 9th/16
http://challonge.com/Insurrectionxxxviii

- October 13th 2017 – Kent Combo 57 Singles – 17th/36
https://smash.gg/tournament/kent-combo-57/events/wii-u-singles/brackets

- October 27th 2017 – Kent Combo 59 Singles – 17th/38
https://smash.gg/tournament/kent-combo-59/events/wii-u-singles/brackets

- October 31st 2017 – Insurrection XL Singles – 9th/16
http://challonge.com/Insurrectionxl


This is the most tourneys I've gone to in a month, and also the first whole month I've gone without getting dead last at anything, which I'm pretty happy about.
Had a couple decent/good wins (Zesty, somewhat of a local threat at KSU, Vam, who doesn't go to a lot but is a local threat with a good Ike/Link, RiDLR, who's a really good Bowser, MasterChef, a really good G&W [who beat Colinies with his Charizard earlier this year], and Barn, probably the 2nd or 3rd best Little Mac in OH), and overall less "bad losses" than in the past.

I've been trying to make an effort to play more patiently/calmly and adapt more, and I think it's paying off.
I used to think I should be playing rushdown Ganon as often as possible to try and prevent opponents making the most of neutral, where Ganon stuggles, but I've moved away from that mindset (as in I'm more ok with being in disadvantage and eating damage sometimes lol).
I've also noticed I've been playing a lot more sets to game 3 (compared to the past) instead of getting 0-2'd, and I've been clutching out/making comebacks from deficits in more sets as well.

Still having issues with some mu's, mostly Bayo, Cloud, ZSS, and Robin, but overall I think I've shown (at least to myself and as far as my mentality goes) a lot of improvement.


November 3rd 2017 - Fall Brawl 2 Singles - 2nd/14
http://challonge.com/FB2EBS4
Felt pretty good about this, beat a wide variety of opponents, double eliminated one of my former bracket demons, and went to game 10 last hit last stock of GFs. Coulda clutched it out but I made a bad decision to wizkick (lol) at a critical moment game 10. Need more Cloud practice.

November 4th 2017 - AOA Extra Life - 1st/13
http://challonge.com/aoa_el_smash4
Nothing particularly notable here; it was single elim, but I didn't drop a game, so that's nice.

- November 11th 2017 – Smash Olympics Singles – 65th/94
https://smash.gg/tournament/smash-olympics/events/wii-u-singles/brackets/145597/455353
Had a bad day lol ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Smash Olympics Doubles (w/ Rhylam (Wario & Diddy))- 13th/25
https://smash.gg/tournament/smash-olympics/events/wii-u-doubles/brackets/145598
Did slightly better here.

- December 2nd 2017 – Redacted Singles – 33rd/76
https://smash.gg/tournament/ksu-smash-presents-redacted/events/wii-u-singles/brackets/146575/411396
probably could've beat Zeta if I was more knowledgeable in the WFT mu tbh, felt pretty lost game 1 and went Falcon game 2 for the laughs
Redacted AM Bracket Singles – 13th/43 https://smash.gg/tournament/ksu-sma...-u-singles/brackets?filter={"phaseId":150291}
Had a bit of a run here, which ended when I SD'd once game 1 and then again game 2 whilst I was in the lead lol



- January 16th 2018 – Insurrection 40 Singles – 7th/13
http://challonge.com/Insurrection40

- January 26th 2018 – Kent Combo 64 Singles – 13th/24
https://smash.gg/tournament/kent-combo-64-the-sapocalypse/events/smash-4-singles/brackets
I have a vod of me vs Cilvanis (#7 I think in OH) that I'll post when it's up.
Kent Combo 64 Doubles (w/ Drizzle (Link, Zelda)) – 5th/8
https://smash.gg/tournament/kent-combo-64-the-sapocalypse/events/smash-4-dubs/brackets

- February 3rd 2018 – SPIRIT II Singles – 5th/14 (Round Robin pools)
https://smash.gg/tournament/spirit-ii/events/wii-u-singles/overview