Timing.

[Mark1119]

Has anyone noticed what a huge role timing plays in this game? Has anyone capitalized on it?

 

[Bellioes]

Well Id say timing plays a big role in pretty much any competitive fighting game.
As well as spacing and comboing.

 

[Nintendevil]

Inb4wifiscrewseverythingup?

 

[Col. Stauffenberg]

Nope, nobody's noticed or capitalized on it. We all just throw out moves at completely random moments.

 

[Eddie G]

Timing = playing as Melee Fox flawlessly.

Seriously though, it is important in any competitive fighting game just as Bellioes stated.

 

[Bellioes]

Timing = playing as Melee Fox flawlessly.

That is so true. Look at all those Melee combo vids using AR (especially the perfect control videos by SDM) and youll see what he means.
And I love your sig

 

[Super_Sonic8677]

Nope, nobody's noticed or capitalized on it. We all just throw out moves at completely random moments.

Beat me to it

 

[Mark1119]

Is that true?

 

[Super_Sonic8677]

If you don't have any understanding of timing, and spacing. How can you even play videogames,or do a lot of other things for that matter? =/

 

[B!squick]

Well Id say timing plays a big role in pretty much any competitive fighting game.
As well as spacing and comboing.

Comboing is for scrubs. Unless it's the Gimpyfish Combo.

 

[Bellioes]

No your wrong. The WOMBO COMBO is the best combo to have ever been performed
No combo will ever be a match with the awesomeness of the WOMBO COMBO

Also @Mark I think he was joking. Of course we dont just throw out moves at random times. He was joking cause pretty much every one already uses timing in their gameplay. At least thats what I think. (ex. to pull of the few true combos in brawl, you need to have good timing to know when to input the moves. LIke the gonzo combo; input the Uair to early and you wont perform it cause your still in the lag of the throw. The same goes for the Utilt.)

 

[Sky`]

This thread... is pointless. Timing is crucial in any game that you play. It's crucial in real life too.

What's with all of these topics with no explanation? Just one word, and a sentence and you think it's a valid thread?

 

[.=(Larx)=.]

wouldn't this game be more about Spacing instead of timing?

 

[Falconv1.0]

This thread... is pointless.

See if your name was Falconv1.0 you'd be being called a troll by now.


But in all seriousness. This is perhaps the dumbest thread ever excluding anything by combo king. No, we have not capitalized on timing in a fighting game, you've brought such a light to our eyes.

Are you kidding me dude?

 

[AvaricePanda]

No your wrong. The WOMBO COMBO is the best combo to have ever been performed
No combo will ever be a match with the awesomeness of the WOMBO COMBO

Round 4 of the M2K vs. Shiz set at Revival of Melee says hi.

On topic: Timing is definitely utilized. At any level of play, when you play a match, you're in the air, and your opponent is in front of you, depending on what character you play, you're most probably going to think, "Hey, I should do a fair." No one really throws out attacks at random and hope they hit their opponent. Even button mashers know to button mash certain attacks close to their opponent and certain attacks far away.

The question you're asking is pretty self explanatory.

 

[Sky`]

See if your name was Falconv1.0 you'd be being called a troll by now.


But in all seriousness. This is perhaps the dumbest thread ever excluding anything by combo king. No, we have not capitalized on timing in a fighting game, you've brought such a light to our eyes.

Are you kidding me dude?

Lmfao. My words exactly.

Timing is key for anything you've ever done ever.

Lets say that you had sex with your best friends girl friend.

And your best friend was over havin some drinks with ya.

Do you really think that that would be the right time to say, "Oh yeah, I F*cked your girl."

Wait till you're mad at him or whatever. See that right there? That's called timing.

It's elementary, and I guess it just irritates me when people say such blatantly obvious things with the intention to sort of illuminate something that's already lit up.

 

[Mr.-0]

Sky was right. Timing is essential in everything you do.

 

[Mark1119]

But in all seriousness. This is perhaps the dumbest thread ever excluding anything by combo king. No, we have not capitalized on timing in a fighting game, you've brought such a light to our eyes.

How is this thread dumb? I suppose I don't have much going for me yet, but I think it's a pretty good topic from a tactical standpoint.

Timing has been the basis of my smashing for years now, and I find that most people I play are very surprised when I know what they are going to do next.

If you base your moves on your opponents moves and the recoil resulting in the move and time it perfectly, you won't get hit.

 

[Mr.-0]

If it's been the basis then why do you need to make a thread out of it?

 

[Sky`]

How is this thread dumb? I suppose I don't have much going for me yet, but I think it's a pretty good tactic from a tactical standpoint.

Timing has been the basis of my smashing for years now, and I find that most people I play are very surprised when I know what they are going to do next.

If you base your moves on your opponents moves and the recoil resulting in the move and time it perfectly, you won't get hit.

Yeah. But see when you join a community of competitive gamers, this becomes standard. Timing is important, Spacing is important. Those are two things that are just obvious.

That's like me making a thread on here, and saying, " If you want to avoid being fat, don't eat bad things and exercise."

It's like, Well duh. That was obvious you know?

 

[Falconv1.0]

How is it not stupid. This is almost exactly the same as

"Have you noticed the importance of not doing stupid ****?"

 

[Col. Stauffenberg]

I'll second Falcon and say this is one of the stupidest questions I've ever seen.

If you seriously think you're clever for noticing such a massively simple concept, I don't know what to say to you.

 

[Sky`]

Hey! I said it first col. :[

 

[Mark1119]

Actually, those words are a bit off.

Firstly, the topic is only one word...

And none of those words are "timing" so it's barely that, other than being the same language.

Back on topic,

Yeah. But see when you join a community of competitive gamers, this becomes standard. Timing is important, Spacing is important. Those are two things that are just obvious.

That's like me making a thread on here, and saying, " If you want to avoid being fat, don't eat bad things and exercise."

It's like, Well duh. That was obvious you know?

I see what you mean, and I thank you for putting it in a nice way

However, no one has told me they have capitalized on the timing technique, so I want to see if
A. I'm using the wrong terms
or
B. I could learn something from you guys.

I don't see the point of just posting threads on how to exploit glitches in the game, and I think this is a good thread in that, it explains how timing your attacks and dodges can help in the game. Obviously it's part of the game, obviously it's the basis of the game, but there are ways to improve it, and I wanted to discuss it with you chaps.

Mr. O, I made the thread for that reason.

 

[Mark1119]

I'll just add this. If you guys want me to lock this (If I have the ability to, I'm new) I sure will.

 

[Col. Stauffenberg]

Hey! I said it first col. :[

Ah, my mistake.

*Tosses Sky a chocolate*

 

[Sky`]

Cultivate your hunger before you Idealise

/omnomnom on chocolate :3

See, the thing is, the technique of timing... isn't really a technique, it's just innate. We learn it as we grow as smashers, and it just comes naturally. Capitalizing on something that everybody needs to know anyway is kind of a waste of time. The Mod's will lock it for you, don't worry about that too much.

You know why this thread isn't a good one? It's cause all you did, was put something obvious in the title, and one sentence explaining it. That's your thesis. But why don't you take some time to elaborate your thoughts? Not for this particular topic mind you, but another one? You have to be willing to write paragraphs if you want to succeed in making a thread that's capable of carrying some pages. =]​

Motivate your anger, and make them all realise...
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[Mark1119]

Okay. Thanks.

 

[Bellioes]

Timing has been the basis of my smashing for years now, and I find that most people I play are very surprised when I know what they are going to do next.

If you base your moves on your opponents moves and the recoil resulting in the move and time it perfectly, you won't get hit.

This sounds more like predicting to me
If you know what your opponent is gonna do and punish them for being so predictable, that isnt called timing. Its prediction and punishing.

 

[Mark1119]

It is?

Oh shucks! That's what I should have called it than!

 

[SpookyGhost]

Prediction is key to success.
Find some way to decide on which stocks to invest in; you get rich.
Find out patterns in what your opponent will do, in any game; advantage.

 

[James1119]

Prediction is key to success.
Find some way to decide on which stocks to invest in; you get rich.
Find out patterns in what your opponent will do, in any game; advantage.

Prediction is the key. But with that key, you need timing. Even if you could see everyhting your opponent will do, you still have to be able to time up your counter. That's why I love the SSB series.

 

[SpookyGhost]

If you're skilled enough to predict, then you're probably good with timing anyways.

 

[Firestormzero0]

timing is very important no matter what game ur playing... and as for brawl, i play as IC and my timing is critical. Those cg's are not easy to master and it just takes a lot of timing practice...

 

[Bellioes]

But these are all general terms that everyone pretty much incorporates into their game without really having to try. Well actually this excludes prediction (you really have to be good to use this) but things like timing and spacing are easy. There isnt really anything to discuss. At least not to me. All we can really say is that its critical to incorporate these ideas into everything we do so yeah...

 

[Wylde]

I think this guy is onto something with this "timing" thing.........................

 

[Mark1119]

Eh... I didn't word it right.

Most people seem to have a good understanding of it anyways, so I might as well not say anything.

 

[J4pu]

has anybody noticed how good not SD'ing is in this game?

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