WoW.. no homo.
Loss.
On that note...
Seeing that there are more there is more than one level to every game in the world..
1st comes the technical skill.. this ALLOWS you to perform combos, and such.. and understanding the concepts and physics of a game.. [occasionally a player (like M2K)] comes along and skews the idea of what tech skill is.. and is basically so blindly technical that even if they had no "mindgames" they would still be capable of winning... [note how good M2K is at Brawl.. a game where Mindgames>Tech Skill...
No Johns.
2nd comes the first level of mindgames.. these allow you to predict EXACTLY where and what your opponent will be doing.. this allows you to predict...
you know what they say.. in a game of chess you've already won if you can see 10 moves ahead in a game... well.... smash is a game of chess [once you have tech skill.. assuming that every "pro" is already technical.. thus mindgames come into play]
3rd step comes to join us now.. this is the Mindgames [within] mindgames.. these are mindgames that are developed after you have gone through steps 1 and 2.. you understand what your opponent is going to do.. but you also assume that you know what you know.. so they do SOMETHING ELSE. The 3rd step is where alot of Semi-Pros hit their "brick wall" so to speak.. they can predict like in step 2, but cannot get past the players that PREDICT THE PREDICTING.
4th and Final step.. Predicting the prediction of the prediction's prediction... Did i lose you?
Excellent..
For example- [assume we are still playing melee due to more Adv techs, ie more options]
A Fox player is approaching a Peach on FD. The Peach notes that the Fox player is experienced and knows that it is quite likely that a chaingrab is coming.. so the Peach player can also assume that the Fox [since he knows the matchup] will probably attempt to camp, and force the Peach to become aggressive... however since the Peach knows the Fox is expecting this, the Peach might decide to pull a turnip.. giving the Peach player options on the approach.. but then the Fox player assumes the Peach player is going to want to approach based on the assumption that the Fox WILL camp so he approaches at a time which he believes the Peach to pulling a turnip.. [the experienced player will listen for controller sounds to justify his timing/feeling of when to approach].
So you see.. Were just went completely full circle.. the Fox still approached the Peach, and is still in contension to be chaingrabbed, but he did it in the assumption that the Peach knew he WOULD camp...
So..
TechSkill-->BasicMindgames-->MindgameMindgames-->MindgameTheMindgame'sMindgame.
Thats basically what makes a professional smasher.
Good Day Sirs.