YGD - As the snow melts, the mighty Dinosaur rises once more!

[Delta-cod]

Oops wrong thread.

 

[Crooked Crow]

Long time, no see. Who plays smash these days that are veterans?

64 players?

Oh, Marik. is back too?
I forget if he was banned on main account or not.

I am. Ban was revoked on this account.

Whoaaaa, hey man.

Whoooaaa you actually posted. How are things?

Is Shiri still around?

 

[Sinister Slush]

Yeah Shiri is still around.

 

[Deleted member 189823]

I am a true Yoshi main

 

[Scarlet Jile]

I feel like Shiri was the only person on the Yoshi boards around before I was.

Although, to be fair, I didn't post much the first... 3 or 4 years.

 

[Depster]

LOOOOOL DELTA!!

Y u lose 2 fox?

Spoiler

Cause Zeton 2gud

 

[Delta-cod]

Nah, cause I suck.

 

[Depster]

He told me all you did was try to pivot grab him the whole match.

 

[Delta-cod]

Not a true statement. I don't see why I need to defend this point to you or him, though.

I lost cuz I made one critical error at the very end of the set. I coulda just repeated what I did to Carls.

And if Zeton were too good he woulda moneyed at the tournament.

Also, if Zeton is almost losing sets to a Yoshi who only pivot grabs, he's ****ing awful.

 

[Luigisama]

Bloshis we need your help to eat the nado. A giant mk is attacking the tri state area halpz

 

[Delta-cod]

Raptor's got this.

 

[Deleted member 189823]

Not a true statement. I don't see why I need to defend this point to you or him, though.

I lost cuz I made one critical error at the very end of the set. I coulda just repeated what I did to Carls.

And if Zeton were too good he woulda moneyed at the tournament.

Also, if Zeton is almost losing sets to a Yoshi who only pivot grabs, he's ****ing awful.

I thought derpster was kidding. .-.

 

[Delta-cod]

First post was obviously a joke.

Second post, not so much.

Especially the "he told me" part. Regardless of whether or not Depster's kidding, that says nothing about Zeton.

 

[RaptorTEC]

Fox is a stupid mu for Yoshi tbh. I've always hated it.

 

[Sinister Slush]

Speaking of Fox, I almost beat megafox at the tournament I mentioned two days ago.
Game 3 last stock, a bunch of bair/uairs along with jab brought me victory game 2. (I guess some good reads too...)
But yeah, Fox is a dumb MU.

 

[Delta-cod]

It's not even a terrible MU. It's just really ****ing dumb.

My least favorite MUs go something like...

Falco
Fox
MK
Lucario

And then there's a huge gap. I have some pet peeves with the DK MU cuz Will is a monster. Outside of that I'm pretty okay with anything else I'd ever encounter in tourny.

 

[Depster]

Sorry Delta, didn't mean to upset you. What he meant by what he told me was that it took him a while to figure out how to get around your grabs because of how differently you and I play, and obviously he is familiar with how I play, so it took him a while to get used to you. You have a very strong basic game, and I concentrate too much on various tricks, so he wasn't expecting such a strong basic game. I feel you though, playing fox gets pretty annoying, what with lasers and a usmash that kills at 110.

 

[Deleted member 189823]

It can actually kill a little before 100...I've seen it kill Ally's Snake at around 110 (you know, that guy with super DI).

 

[Depster]

I think Zeton always killed me at around 104 actually...

 

[Delta-cod]

Sorry Delta, didn't mean to upset you. What he meant by what he told me was that it took him a while to figure out how to get around your grabs because of how differently you and I play, and obviously he is familiar with how I play, so it took him a while to get used to you. You have a very strong basic game, and I concentrate too much on various tricks, so he wasn't expecting such a strong basic game. I feel you though, playing fox gets pretty annoying, what with lasers and a usmash that kills at 110.

It's all good.

Iunno, I usually don't die to Usmash till like, past 110. But that could be because I get super defensive around 100, lol.

Also, it could be possible that Ally just had bad DI that one time.

 

[Luco]

It's not even a terrible MU. It's just really ****ing dumb.

My least favorite MUs go something like...

Falco
Fox
MK
Lucario

And then there's a huge gap. I have some pet peeves with the DK MU cuz Will is a monster. Outside of that I'm pretty okay with anything else I'd ever encounter in tourny.

Reminds me of my match-up with Pit which is meant to be okay.

Campy characters just get to me sometimes. Don't always just have the patience to sit there and magnet or bat it away all day. :/

 

[Shiri]

I saw a shark yesterday.

 

[Sharky]

I just realized we didn't play at all. =/

edit: I thoroughly enjoyed the mention of "yoshi special forces" XD

 

[Shiri]

!! We totally didn't play! How did that happen (or not happen)?! D:

I always have GCN controllers in my car, too. Will there be a next time...?

 

[Scarlet Jile]

So, as most of you probably know by now, I spend a lot of time studying videos and longing for the days when I, too, might be able to play against top-level competition without driving 8 hours to find it.

As a result, I'm occasionally struck by brief instances of really good ideas--the latest of which is a guide wherein experienced Yoshi players discuss options for moves usually considered less safe or viable. The purpose of this exercise is multifold:

1. To make known otherwise "exclusive" Yoshi knowledge (that is, things that work for ourselves that we rarely see other Yoshis trying)

2. To broaden the scope of our moveset. By convincing ourselves that some moves are completely without practical use, we are inhibiting our potential to find additional uses and thereby exacerbating the problem of limited options.

3. To continue advancing the metagame of our character, we need to not only compete against top-level players, but to remain consistent in our reevaluation of viable strategies. This means not being prescriptive in our approach to learning and teaching Yoshi, but descriptive of our experience with each move independently.

To summarize all of this: we should re-open the discussion on less popular/talked about moves and their potential for growth and describe our experience with making these moves work.

 

[Z'zgashi]

Make the opponent think youre going to either dash grab or run past them and pivot grab and instead, right before you get into range, egg roll. Theyll usually try to dodge the grab with something like a sidestep or tilt, but the egg lay stops your movement for a sec, so they whiff their attack/dodge and you roll through em. I do that often and it works wonders haha.

 

[Delta-cod]

Egg Roll in general is my number one pet move.

 

[Luigisama]

I just realized we didn't play at all. =/

edit: I thoroughly enjoyed the mention of "yoshi special forces" XD

was this at Dustbowl?

 

[Sharky]

yes indeed, sir.

and I hope they add smash to the next dustbowl, I don't see why not as it ran pretty smoothly imo

 

[RaptorTEC]

Sorry I couldn't make it Sharky. Gas crisis yo.

 

[Airborne]

I heard something about how I'm dead or something or that people miss me but I think someone was talking about some fairytale that was written... OMG IT'S SHIRI AND JILE

 

[Delta-cod]

WHOA DID YOU GUYS HEAR THAT?

Oh, it was just the Air...

 

[VSC.D-Torr]

Sup AirBen

 

[Nikes]

I've just become the best Yoshi in Australia, I am happy~
Not trying to boast, just making people aware.

 

[Depster]

And I'm the best Yoshi in Walla Walla.

 

[Sharky]

best yoshi in my room let's go

 

[Z'zgashi]

Best

Spoiler

and only

Yoshi in Utah yeeaaaahhhhh

 

[VSC.D-Torr]

Best Yoshi in this post.

 

[RaptorTEC]

Best Yoshi who uses wiimote.

 

[Delta-cod]

Best Yoshi.