Umby
Smash Master
So I was talking with Roxy just now:
[23:11] tehumby: Man, I don't get it
[23:11] Pervatasaurus: Sup?
[23:11] tehumby: I've been playing Melee with my brother a lot lately
[23:11] tehumby: to get SOME kind of practice in
[23:11] tehumby: I alternate between Marth and Fox, using mostly Marth
[23:12] tehumby: And for a couple of days, all I did was tech chase and edgeguard him
[23:12] tehumby: For the past few days, I've been trying to work on Fox
[23:12] tehumby: and I gradually started getting accustomed to him
[23:12] tehumby: doing **** I didn't think I'd normally do
[23:12] tehumby: I switch back to Marth for like the next 20 matches, and I can't seem to get back in the groove with him.
[23:13] tehumby: This happens with like every character I play in any Smash game.
[23:13] Pervatasaurus: duh
[23:13] Pervatasaurus: you tasted the power of fox
[23:13] Pervatasaurus: but seriously
[23:13] Pervatasaurus: just stop alternating until you're fully solid with them, i would think that would solve your problem
[23:13] Pervatasaurus: when you're solid it's still going to take a few matches to warm up, but you'll get back into your character
[23:14] Pervatasaurus: since well, you know what to change in your playstyle with each character
[23:14] tehumby: Well Sleepy suggested the same thing too
[23:14] tehumby: and when I chilled with him at that random SPSU smashfest, all I used was Marth, and I got soooo bored.
[23:14] Pervatasaurus: yeah
[23:14] Pervatasaurus: it sucks
[23:14] Pervatasaurus: lol
[23:15] tehumby: I just honestly need the change to have fun
[23:15] tehumby: Unless it's tournament
[23:15] tehumby: then it's only a matter of who I'm doing better with at that moment.
[23:16] tehumby: Hours of Smash though? I can't stay on one guy.
[23:16] Pervatasaurus: I understand that
[23:16] Pervatasaurus: smash becomes a chore more than a fun event for you when tha thappens
[23:16] Pervatasaurus: even though i play peach/snake
[23:16] Pervatasaurus: i still use ike and other character i'd never touch in tourney, just to do something different
[23:16] Pervatasaurus: just t otry something out i'd never be willing to try
[23:16] Pervatasaurus: but then again, the problem with that is that i have no discipline, and because of that when the time comes for me to play in tournament
[23:17] Pervatasaurus: i haven't gotten to small points of sklil that i've needed with the characters I will used because I spend time using other characters
[23:17] Pervatasaurus: like, if the idea of competition and getting better isn't fun to you, and doesn't drive to play a whole day of marth, you probably aren't doing well competitively because of it
[23:18] tehumby: Getting better is definitely fun, but I like shifting focus between characters to get better with both of them.
[23:18] tehumby: People have a main and a secondary for a reason, after all.
[23:19] Pervatasaurus: that's true
[23:20] Pervatasaurus: however it goes the same way
[23:20] Pervatasaurus: if you don't understand everything about your first character (primary, most important) you shouldn't begin with your secondary
It's not that I don't want to get better with my characters, but I'd like to be able to compromise so that I can get better with at least two characters at the same time. I generally can't have fun in anything I do unless there's a break in the monotony. What opinions do you guys have to offer on the matter?
[23:11] tehumby: Man, I don't get it
[23:11] Pervatasaurus: Sup?
[23:11] tehumby: I've been playing Melee with my brother a lot lately
[23:11] tehumby: to get SOME kind of practice in
[23:11] tehumby: I alternate between Marth and Fox, using mostly Marth
[23:12] tehumby: And for a couple of days, all I did was tech chase and edgeguard him
[23:12] tehumby: For the past few days, I've been trying to work on Fox
[23:12] tehumby: and I gradually started getting accustomed to him
[23:12] tehumby: doing **** I didn't think I'd normally do
[23:12] tehumby: I switch back to Marth for like the next 20 matches, and I can't seem to get back in the groove with him.
[23:13] tehumby: This happens with like every character I play in any Smash game.
[23:13] Pervatasaurus: duh
[23:13] Pervatasaurus: you tasted the power of fox
[23:13] Pervatasaurus: but seriously
[23:13] Pervatasaurus: just stop alternating until you're fully solid with them, i would think that would solve your problem
[23:13] Pervatasaurus: when you're solid it's still going to take a few matches to warm up, but you'll get back into your character
[23:14] Pervatasaurus: since well, you know what to change in your playstyle with each character
[23:14] tehumby: Well Sleepy suggested the same thing too
[23:14] tehumby: and when I chilled with him at that random SPSU smashfest, all I used was Marth, and I got soooo bored.
[23:14] Pervatasaurus: yeah
[23:14] Pervatasaurus: it sucks
[23:14] Pervatasaurus: lol
[23:15] tehumby: I just honestly need the change to have fun
[23:15] tehumby: Unless it's tournament
[23:15] tehumby: then it's only a matter of who I'm doing better with at that moment.
[23:16] tehumby: Hours of Smash though? I can't stay on one guy.
[23:16] Pervatasaurus: I understand that
[23:16] Pervatasaurus: smash becomes a chore more than a fun event for you when tha thappens
[23:16] Pervatasaurus: even though i play peach/snake
[23:16] Pervatasaurus: i still use ike and other character i'd never touch in tourney, just to do something different
[23:16] Pervatasaurus: just t otry something out i'd never be willing to try
[23:16] Pervatasaurus: but then again, the problem with that is that i have no discipline, and because of that when the time comes for me to play in tournament
[23:17] Pervatasaurus: i haven't gotten to small points of sklil that i've needed with the characters I will used because I spend time using other characters
[23:17] Pervatasaurus: like, if the idea of competition and getting better isn't fun to you, and doesn't drive to play a whole day of marth, you probably aren't doing well competitively because of it
[23:18] tehumby: Getting better is definitely fun, but I like shifting focus between characters to get better with both of them.
[23:18] tehumby: People have a main and a secondary for a reason, after all.
[23:19] Pervatasaurus: that's true
[23:20] Pervatasaurus: however it goes the same way
[23:20] Pervatasaurus: if you don't understand everything about your first character (primary, most important) you shouldn't begin with your secondary
It's not that I don't want to get better with my characters, but I'd like to be able to compromise so that I can get better with at least two characters at the same time. I generally can't have fun in anything I do unless there's a break in the monotony. What opinions do you guys have to offer on the matter?
