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Upstate New York Tournament Thread
- Thread starter TheManaLord
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Well, first of all, I would always try your best in all matches that you play. I'm still perplexed as to why people don't put their best effort in matches in the first place. Is it a way to flaunt off superiority? Who knows, but I have never really understood sandbagging and why people do it.
And yeah, some people are gonna be like that. This reminds me of a time I played a game called Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3 with my friend. I beat him like 100 times in a row (literally), but he finally ran into a match where I wasn't playing all that well and beat me. He then shut off the off the game, laughed, claimed he was better than me, and said he never wanted to play the game again. Yes, kind of lame and frustrating, but that's just how some people are. I would just move on from it, and deep down, if you know you're better, then you shouldn't have a problem with this.
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That doesn't even make sense to me. I'd go, "Wow, I got lucky today." I guess some people are just really...I don't even know what it is. But yeah, if you know the truth of the situation, then you should keep that close to you, despite what silly people say.
Xubble
Smash Ace
It's not like I was sandbagging for the lulz. I didn't want to go all out D3 for some reason. Hard to explain.
hubble
Smash Ace
Xubble
Smash Ace
UPDATE: So I encountered my friend again, and I guess he honestly thought I said best 2 of 3. So he apologized, and we did an actual 5 set match today.
And I won.
Happiness = mine.
And I won.
Happiness = mine.
da K.I.D.
Smash Hero
Throw it in his face relentlessly
MetalPat
Smash Ace
throw "it" in his face. relentlessly 
darkoblivion12
Smash Lord
Poop on his face. Relentlessly.
MetalPat
Smash Ace
poop faces. relentlessly.
Xubble
Smash Ace
Poop. Relentlessly.
Xubble
Smash Ace
Bump. I wish I saved the replays, but all the matches went over 3:00, and we didn't have the technology to record. >_>
How the Set Went:
Xubble vs Golden
M1: D3 (L) vs Falco (W)
M2: Ganon (W) vs Olimar (L)
M3: D3 (W) vs Falco (L)
M4: IC (L) vs DK (W)
M5: D3 (W) vs ROB (L)
My Ganon *****, and my ICs suck (currently). >_>
How the Set Went:
Xubble vs Golden
M1: D3 (L) vs Falco (W)
M2: Ganon (W) vs Olimar (L)
M3: D3 (W) vs Falco (L)
M4: IC (L) vs DK (W)
M5: D3 (W) vs ROB (L)
My Ganon *****, and my ICs suck (currently). >_>
da K.I.D.
Smash Hero
how is it possible for Olimar to lose to Ganon
Xubble
Smash Ace
His Olimar wasn't the best. But iDA and Gerudo > DSmash are godsends.
da K.I.D.
Smash Hero
editted for correctness
Xubble
Smash Ace
Edited to fit the edited corrections.
da K.I.D.
Smash Hero
Trying to figure out what I want to do with them. Maybe ill have pyro record them off my wii and put em up over the weekend.
ill let you know by tmr.
also, hells yes. im going and im ****** faces.
unfortunately MK wears a mask so he going to whoop me.... BUT FOR THE LAST TIME.
ill let you know by tmr.
also, hells yes. im going and im ****** faces.
unfortunately MK wears a mask so he going to whoop me.... BUT FOR THE LAST TIME.
da K.I.D.
Smash Hero
freakin garbage yo. I swear, If i lose to some random mk again, ima flip out.
pound 5 was alright tho. I fought almost no mks, and lost in bracket to two of the best snakes in the country so I couldnt even be mad.
pound 5 was alright tho. I fought almost no mks, and lost in bracket to two of the best snakes in the country so I couldnt even be mad.
da K.I.D.
Smash Hero
I mean... its a bad matchup, but 1. its nowhere near as bad as lucario, and 2. its definitely not bad enough to switch characters.
observe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn9eddcLUQw
^either number 2 or number 3 snake in NA
All 5 games that i had with these 2 guys were just as close as this one.
not to mention snake is also fun to fight
EDIT:
Ive noticed I have a bad habit of not finishing matches... Im not sure how to fix that...
observe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn9eddcLUQw
^either number 2 or number 3 snake in NA
All 5 games that i had with these 2 guys were just as close as this one.
not to mention snake is also fun to fight
EDIT:
Ive noticed I have a bad habit of not finishing matches... Im not sure how to fix that...
He didn't even play the matchup how I would expect Snake to play it, but I he would know more than me though. Still, though, I'll have to try out my snake on you and TGS to see if my thoughts on this matchup are true.
Edit: Lucario Sonic isn't that bad! It would be even if Sonic could kill!
Edit: Yeah, I felt that you could've put me away in a lot of matches we played earlier, so you need to work on that. Like I said, even though every set was extremely close 2-1 wins, I felt that you were in control of the matches. A lot of people go in a mindwarp when they have the lead though. I don't want to tell you how many matches I took first stock off of Cura, and then ended up losing the match by playing poorly later (though, it can go two ways because he can argue he was playing exceptionally well later). Nonetheless, I need to be better as well.
Edit: Lucario Sonic isn't that bad! It would be even if Sonic could kill!
Edit: Yeah, I felt that you could've put me away in a lot of matches we played earlier, so you need to work on that. Like I said, even though every set was extremely close 2-1 wins, I felt that you were in control of the matches. A lot of people go in a mindwarp when they have the lead though. I don't want to tell you how many matches I took first stock off of Cura, and then ended up losing the match by playing poorly later (though, it can go two ways because he can argue he was playing exceptionally well later). Nonetheless, I need to be better as well.
Xubble
Smash Ace
I play safer when I'm losing. I'm pretty lax when I play until I feel like my lead is threatened. Then I actually make thoughtful decisions about what I do/how I react.
.
da K.I.D.
Smash Hero
I love how readily hes accepted his new name.
I'm a bit over-amused by it because it was such a blatant name to come up with, yet nobody thought of it until now. Everyone knows I'm far from free, just wait til they fix up Lucarios recovery in smash wii u (or better yet, change him back to mewtwo).
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MetalPat
Smash Ace
Adjective:
Not under the control or in the power of another; able to act or be done as one wishes
JesiahTEG
Smash Master
Quick update I feel is necessary for me personally.
Dear WNY Smashers,
I know it might seem like I've been sorta disconnected from the scene recently and I guess it's kinda true, but my motivation has not gone away, and I feel as though my Smash journey is really only beginning.
I have what most people would consider some pretty crazy views on life and the world, which is why it's difficult for me to explain to people sometimes. (Especially the "masses" who live their lives in complete reaction, and have stupidly strong convictions for no real reason other than the fact that they were derived from their childhood) But in short, I think life is one big experience, filled with multitudes of smaller, transitory experiences that shouldn't be judged as either good or bad, positive or negative. Rather, they should be reflected on, and the emotions felt in these transitory experiences should be analyzed and learned from in order to become better, stronger, smarter, in order to experience the emotion of "joy" as much as possible in our brief existence on this planet.
That's pretty deep, I know, but I set a goal to become the best player in the world at Melee, because Melee is my favorite thing to do at this point in my life, and I'm sure eventually I will leave it behind just as a child gets bored with his toys, but I don't feel that will be for a while. I still want to experience the feeling of being at the top of the mountain, and everything that comes along with it.
My Melee journey, in addition to me being obsessed and loving the game actually serves a huge purpose in my life. I do massive amounts of studying/research on my own. Most of my studies include the topics of people, culture, humanity, society and psychology, as I feel the most important aspect of succeeding in today's world is the ability to understand and deal with people effectively.
If you look at successful people in today's world, (well in general actually) from going from zero to hero, or from the bottom to top of any community or industry, psychologically, emotionally and mentally they all go through an identical process, which in short is just the process of going from low status to high status, and being able to psychologically deal with everything that comes with that. This is why it's almost always a curse more than a blessing to win the lottery, or to make it big in the music industry without a gradual progression to give your mind enough reference experiences along the way to learn from so that you can cope with everything that comes with it.
I know this probably sounds crazy to you guys, but I plan on making millions of dollars in the future, and knowing what I do about the way the world works, I want to be able to stand strong and think clearly and not be corrupted when I get to that point.
There's a point to all of this btw, just keep reading.
At this point in my life, my young 20's and possibly even to late 30's depending on how long I feel like enjoying this stage of my life, my first challenge is to break the "time = money" equation that most people have been led to believe is the proper way to acquire capital and spend their time.
I think I'm very close to making a lot of money with just a comparatively small amount of time invested, and once I get that first dose of success, I plan on replicating it over and over and spend the next 5-10 years of my life mastering this process while simultaneously travelling, seeing, experiencing and learning the world firsthand, (also accumulating massive wealth) and then after that I feel I'll be in a good position to make some crazy moves.
So that being said, that's where most of my time has gone to in addition to working on my health, but I still play Melee everyday at least for a little bit because my plan is that, in this first stage of my life to spend a lot of time travelling and playing Melee and hopefully rising to the top. I feel going through this process, I will learn a lot in addition to also being able to practice a lot of skills that will help me later on in my life in the process of going from low status to high status. And yes, the Melee community is very, very small compared to the rest of the world, but the concepts still apply regardless.
So I felt the need to post this to the rest of WNY because I've always had a weird connection with this region when it comes to Melee. I remember my second really big burst of motivation ever in Melee came from watching Neil lose to Plairnk in an old WNY tournament, and walk away smiling and happy and like nothing happened. I was like "How can he have no pride for the region he's supposed to be defending? People are comin in here and trashing us..." and since then I've always had WNY pride, even if I haven't always been able to defend the region or rep us as much as I've wanted to so far...But that part of my motivation is still there and it still keeps me playing, so to all of you WNY'ers that love Melee and even the Brawl players I don't really know or talk to that much, keep on playing and keep on attending whatever Smashfests you can. Melee's a crazy journey that, if you take seriously and go through everything you need to to get better at the game on a deep level, will actually teach you things that you'll most likely always use, conscious or subconsciously. Also, if anyone is awake right now, let's play 585-615-8756 - hit me up
-Jesse
Dear WNY Smashers,
I know it might seem like I've been sorta disconnected from the scene recently and I guess it's kinda true, but my motivation has not gone away, and I feel as though my Smash journey is really only beginning.
I have what most people would consider some pretty crazy views on life and the world, which is why it's difficult for me to explain to people sometimes. (Especially the "masses" who live their lives in complete reaction, and have stupidly strong convictions for no real reason other than the fact that they were derived from their childhood) But in short, I think life is one big experience, filled with multitudes of smaller, transitory experiences that shouldn't be judged as either good or bad, positive or negative. Rather, they should be reflected on, and the emotions felt in these transitory experiences should be analyzed and learned from in order to become better, stronger, smarter, in order to experience the emotion of "joy" as much as possible in our brief existence on this planet.
That's pretty deep, I know, but I set a goal to become the best player in the world at Melee, because Melee is my favorite thing to do at this point in my life, and I'm sure eventually I will leave it behind just as a child gets bored with his toys, but I don't feel that will be for a while. I still want to experience the feeling of being at the top of the mountain, and everything that comes along with it.
My Melee journey, in addition to me being obsessed and loving the game actually serves a huge purpose in my life. I do massive amounts of studying/research on my own. Most of my studies include the topics of people, culture, humanity, society and psychology, as I feel the most important aspect of succeeding in today's world is the ability to understand and deal with people effectively.
If you look at successful people in today's world, (well in general actually) from going from zero to hero, or from the bottom to top of any community or industry, psychologically, emotionally and mentally they all go through an identical process, which in short is just the process of going from low status to high status, and being able to psychologically deal with everything that comes with that. This is why it's almost always a curse more than a blessing to win the lottery, or to make it big in the music industry without a gradual progression to give your mind enough reference experiences along the way to learn from so that you can cope with everything that comes with it.
I know this probably sounds crazy to you guys, but I plan on making millions of dollars in the future, and knowing what I do about the way the world works, I want to be able to stand strong and think clearly and not be corrupted when I get to that point.
There's a point to all of this btw, just keep reading.
At this point in my life, my young 20's and possibly even to late 30's depending on how long I feel like enjoying this stage of my life, my first challenge is to break the "time = money" equation that most people have been led to believe is the proper way to acquire capital and spend their time.
I think I'm very close to making a lot of money with just a comparatively small amount of time invested, and once I get that first dose of success, I plan on replicating it over and over and spend the next 5-10 years of my life mastering this process while simultaneously travelling, seeing, experiencing and learning the world firsthand, (also accumulating massive wealth) and then after that I feel I'll be in a good position to make some crazy moves.
So that being said, that's where most of my time has gone to in addition to working on my health, but I still play Melee everyday at least for a little bit because my plan is that, in this first stage of my life to spend a lot of time travelling and playing Melee and hopefully rising to the top. I feel going through this process, I will learn a lot in addition to also being able to practice a lot of skills that will help me later on in my life in the process of going from low status to high status. And yes, the Melee community is very, very small compared to the rest of the world, but the concepts still apply regardless.
So I felt the need to post this to the rest of WNY because I've always had a weird connection with this region when it comes to Melee. I remember my second really big burst of motivation ever in Melee came from watching Neil lose to Plairnk in an old WNY tournament, and walk away smiling and happy and like nothing happened. I was like "How can he have no pride for the region he's supposed to be defending? People are comin in here and trashing us..." and since then I've always had WNY pride, even if I haven't always been able to defend the region or rep us as much as I've wanted to so far...But that part of my motivation is still there and it still keeps me playing, so to all of you WNY'ers that love Melee and even the Brawl players I don't really know or talk to that much, keep on playing and keep on attending whatever Smashfests you can. Melee's a crazy journey that, if you take seriously and go through everything you need to to get better at the game on a deep level, will actually teach you things that you'll most likely always use, conscious or subconsciously. Also, if anyone is awake right now, let's play
585-615-8756 - hit me up-Jesse
MetalPat
Smash Ace
good read. all i have to add is that i like taco bell
da K.I.D.
Smash Hero
Usually when jesse gets into these moods where he gets all philosophical about life and such, I typically follow suit and post some of my deep and pensive thoughts on the world and the people I know and such.
But I dont feel like this thread and the people in it are the same as they were before to where it would really serve any purpose to get really deep like that. Mostly that Pats response kind of killed my motivation, and im pretty sure at least 2-3 more one liners are on their way from tommy and vibe and maybe a few others.
But I dont feel like this thread and the people in it are the same as they were before to where it would really serve any purpose to get really deep like that. Mostly that Pats response kind of killed my motivation, and im pretty sure at least 2-3 more one liners are on their way from tommy and vibe and maybe a few others.
MetalPat
Smash Ace
i do what i can
and just because i don't post my deep inner thoughts doesn't mean i dont have them
psych/phil major anyone? right here.
and just because i don't post my deep inner thoughts doesn't mean i dont have them
psych/phil major anyone? right here.
da K.I.D.
Smash Hero
I already know what youre inner thoughts are.
Wow, that chick is cute, i bet shed be good in bed.
Wow, that dude is cute, i bet hed be good in bed.
Wow, that chick is cute, i bet shed be good in bed.
Wow, that dude is cute, i bet hed be good in bed.
a nub
Smash Ace
rom is in less than a week oshi
JesiahTEG
Smash Master
Kyle- Yeah I feel you man. When I usually get in the mood to do a really long post I just tell myself that even if no one reads it/cares it'll serve as a cool post to look back at my thoughts when I'm older, just kind of seeing where I was then ha
MetalPat
Smash Ace
are you hitting on me? o_O
x13mako
Smash Ace
Depends if you say yes there, sugapie.