HaiMatoX
Smash Rookie
I apologize if this thread should be in a different category. If it should, just comment and I will move it.
I will preface this question by reminding (or telling, since this is my first real post) you that I am not good at this game. I might even say that bad from a competitive point of view would be too generous. I only started taking PM seriously about three months ago, and I only started playing Melee about two weeks ago. As a result, I understand what many of the technical aspects of the game are (SHFFL, wavedashing, teching, dashdancing, etc), and can do them most of the time. However, I do not have the play experience to be able to properly utilize them in-game, when the pressure is on. I sometimes play like Borp, but without the success.
As my friend said to me, "You are asking the wrong questions in terms of Smash, like asking how to dashdance." I guess you could boil it down to me knowing what a certain technique is and how it works, but not knowing why you use it.
I am fortunate to be going to school in Boston, which has a strong Smash community as most large cities do. There seems to be an endless amount of opportunities for competitive play, and even my school has a weekly Smash meetup. But here's the problem: when do you start going to tournaments? At my level now, I will get utterly destroyed, no questions asked. So at what point are you so bad that going to a tournament would be a waste of money and time, which would be better spent grinding basic tech skill?
I will preface this question by reminding (or telling, since this is my first real post) you that I am not good at this game. I might even say that bad from a competitive point of view would be too generous. I only started taking PM seriously about three months ago, and I only started playing Melee about two weeks ago. As a result, I understand what many of the technical aspects of the game are (SHFFL, wavedashing, teching, dashdancing, etc), and can do them most of the time. However, I do not have the play experience to be able to properly utilize them in-game, when the pressure is on. I sometimes play like Borp, but without the success.
As my friend said to me, "You are asking the wrong questions in terms of Smash, like asking how to dashdance." I guess you could boil it down to me knowing what a certain technique is and how it works, but not knowing why you use it.
I am fortunate to be going to school in Boston, which has a strong Smash community as most large cities do. There seems to be an endless amount of opportunities for competitive play, and even my school has a weekly Smash meetup. But here's the problem: when do you start going to tournaments? At my level now, I will get utterly destroyed, no questions asked. So at what point are you so bad that going to a tournament would be a waste of money and time, which would be better spent grinding basic tech skill?