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The Truth About the Gentleman

ZoSo

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There is only one foolproof way to do this and that's TIMING THE PUNCHES.

That is all.
 

peachori

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haha that video is the best "say it with me now" rofl
i never got how to do it with that whole A+Z deal, just good old timing seems to be good enough
 

JonaDiaper

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hey hey hey, i know this already.. im working on the new vid soo dont get your panties in an uproar, geez, i know how to do it like 3 times faster but the odds of it coming out without the rapid punch is not to great so im workin on that dont worry
 

jamminjohn

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Okay, fine. I guess I owe Jona an apology. I should have pointed it out in a nicer way. Sorry.

ZoSo, timing isn't as necessary as you think. The third hit can be interrupted in a lot of different, more efficient ways.
 

ZoSo

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ZoSo, timing isn't as necessary as you think. The third hit can be interrupted in a lot of different, more efficient ways.
I've tried every method I've read about, including AAZ, AA hold A, AAA+Z, AAA+R, AA hold Z, and multiple others. None of them work with 100% consistency. The only reason they "work" at all is that people time the punches correctly without realizing it and just assume it's because they pushed a different combination of buttons. Timing the punches is the only method (for lack of a better word) that is completely foolproof. I can do it with about 80-90% consistency just by pushing AAA. I expect that number will go up before too long. On the flip side, I've seen Darkrain go for almost an entire set without doing it properly.
 

Elen

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ZoSo is 100% right on all accounts. (regarding this thread)
 

jamminjohn

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I also use AAA. Maybe I misunderstood. My point is that it can be done at mashing speed as long as the rapid punches are interrupted. The word "timing" seems to mean that you do it slower.
 

ZoSo

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I also use AAA. Maybe I misunderstood. My point is that it can be done at mashing speed as long as the rapid punches are interrupted. The word "timing" seems to mean that you do it slower.
I can do it at normal speed just by pushing A three times. There is literally nothing more to this technique if you time the punches properly.
 

Lexaeus

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Just jump cancel it. It works as long as the punches connect with someone.
 

Rage.

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if u see how fats isai does it, its not just about that 1 2 3 timing
I think he Jump Cancels it.
with Y, thats the way I Do it now
I used to be able to do the Rythm 70 percent fast
but usnig Y to cancel it at the end of the Rythm makes it so much easyer
 

jamminjohn

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There's no jump cancel. He dashes after. You can mash A. The first punch doesn't have to connect. Why are you people so stubborn??
 

Varuna

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I also use AAA. Maybe I misunderstood. My point is that it can be done at mashing speed as long as the rapid punches are interrupted. The word "timing" seems to mean that you do it slower.
The word "mash" usually refers to the strength with which someone does something. Its well known fact that the only thing that can "interrupt" the rapid punches is simply not pressing A after the gentleman[which I might add is a matter of timing], period. And the word "timing", and its meaning, seems to be of a completely different nature in jamminjohn-world than in reality.



There's no jump cancel. He dashes after. You can mash A. The first punch doesn't have to connect. Why are you people so stubborn??
If you "mash" A at a rapid speed and give the joystick input equivalent of a dash immediately thereafter, the result will not be a gentlema- you know your sentences don't even link together to form coherent concepts. I thought that you thought something, sorry about that.
 

jamminjohn

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Fine. Next time I won't use the word "mash." I am also aware of how my sentences fit together. Thanks.

Explain timing to me. Maybe this is just a big misunderstanding.
 

ZoSo

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The word "mash" usually refers to the strength with which someone does something.
Button mashing = pushing the button really fast. I thought that was pretty widely understood.

You people are seriously over-complicating this. Just push A three times. As long as the knee itself connects, the rapid punches should cancel.
 

Varuna

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Button mashing = pushing the button really fast. I thought that was pretty widely understood.

You people are seriously over-complicating this. Just push A three times. As long as the knee itself connects, the rapid punches should cancel.

–verb (used with object)
1. to crush: He mashed his thumb with a hammer.
2. to reduce to a soft, pulpy mass, as by beating or pressure, esp. in the preparation of food.


If you mash a button you press it hard, not fast.

Stop addressing "you people" please. You can't expect all of us to know who your talking to or about.


Its also possible that things are not complicated, and they just confuse you.
 

Brookman

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ZoSo is 100% right on all accounts. (regarding this thread)
That's better.

Also, in regards to the button mashing confusion, I've always considered button mashing to be hitting a (or all) buttons mindlessly fast. Think of how absurd it is to think of button mashing as just hitting a button as hard as you can.

You know what it means when you call someone a button masher? If you're going to take the terms separately and then define them by their literal meanings then I guess those button mashing noobs are just really angry at a certain button, and are attempting to ohko them?

Next time I want to mashed potatoes I'm just gonna punch each spud as hard as I can and serve them up for dinner.

At the same time though, the second definition you posted for mash fits completely. So I guess you were just being really angsty about agreeing with zoso.
 

Cort

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Actually "button mashing" literally refers to the destroying of a button until it is a fine paste. Stop assuming we're people with brains. We all know the strength at which you press any non trigger button in this game actually affects... something.

I hate being addressed by "you people" :'( It makes me feel like some random cow in a field of cattle. Stop assuming 99% of the people that attempt to read on these forums understand anything half intelligent or any attempt at someone being simple and informative.

All of these things probably just confuse you.
 

ZoSo

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–verb (used with object)
1. to crush: He mashed his thumb with a hammer.
2. to reduce to a soft, pulpy mass, as by beating or pressure, esp. in the preparation of food.


If you mash a button you press it hard, not fast.

Stop addressing "you people" please. You can't expect all of us to know who your talking to or about.


Its also possible that things are not complicated, and they just confuse you.
My original, unedited post was basically just me calling you an asshole, but I decided that this was much more fitting:

idiom
–noun
1. an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
2. a language, dialect, or style of speaking peculiar to a people.
3. a construction or expression of one language whose parts correspond to elements in another language but whose total structure or meaning is not matched in the same way in the second language.

You try way too hard to appear intelligent. I think you'll find that you attract more contempt than respect with that kind of attitude.

Also,

you're*

LOL PWNED.
 

Varuna

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My original, unedited post was basically just me calling you an asshole, but I decided that this was much more fitting:


You try way too hard to appear intelligent. I think you'll find that you attract more contempt than respect with that kind of attitude.

Conceded and conceded.

**** I was pi
ssy last night.
 

JonaDiaper

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next time you make an instructional video on how to do the gentleman please make sure you yourself know how to do it. you messed it up like 70% of the time. >_>
if you did not read the description on the right sidebar, i think i mentioned i had just barley woken up, and i did not care how it came out as long as people understood what i was trying to convey, gosh inconsiderate flamer, is a "good job" or "nice vid" to much to ask for??
 
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