So I just had my first tournament for 2012. Got 9th out of 28... was probably one of my better placements so far, though I've gotten 9th before, but it was with less people. I do think I got lucky with this one. I did enjoy meeting and playing some new people, as this was a different region in Texas, one that I don't visit too often (cause it's a looong drive from Houston lol).
My first opponent was a Marth main, which I won 2-0. Don't know what else to say about this. Other than Broly, I haven't really had trouble with Marths in awhile.
Second opponent was ALSM, who went Diddy on me. Both games were retardedly close but he beat me both games. The matches were very good though, and yes, they did get saved. Just waiting on them to get uploaded. If I lose to another Diddy in tourney (other than Gnes, which is understandable), I will eat my controller.
In loser's bracket, had to fight my way up by starting out with an Olimar main. My initial thought was that my tournament would end right there. However I had played against that guy in doubles and got an idea of how he played. Not to mention, Olimar, as much as I hate the matchup, is one of my most known high tier matchups, simply because I put a lot of work and effort into learning the dreadful matchup, and my bf gave me some Olimar practice as well. Anyway, I beat the guy, 2-0.
Next person was an Ice Climbers/Snake main. I was very worried, because I had NO Ice Climbers MU experience, even though I knew the general idea of trying not to get grabbed. I beat his Ice Climbers game 1, but I got incredibly lucky. He would have 3-stocked me for sure. Two of my deaths were chain grab deaths, one because I made the mistake of using Nayru's Love on the ground (very dumb idea, never do this people). And my second death was because I aimed for the ledge when recovering, but for some reason, she went to the stage, which basically means = free grab. With me being on my last stock and him still having three, I felt like this would be over for sure.
Yet the Goddess Nayru would not allow it. I managed to kill him on his first stock, since he was in killing percents. On his second stock, I pulled a sweet spot down air spike at like 50 out of nowhere, and evened out our stocks. I don't even remember what happened last stock because it all went in a blur, but I beat him. I was so surprised by this that I wasn't even paying attention when he switched to Snake on me on game 2. When the match started, I could feel relief taking over me. If he had stayed Ice Climbers, I feel like he could have beaten me for sure, lucky flukes of mine aside. Another reason I was relieved was because I knew the Snake MU, even if it was hard. Compared to Ice Climbers, I felt a lot more confident, and made a lot of reads and punishes, and 2 stocked him. 2-0. My luckiest set ever lol.
My last opponent in loser's definitely made me think twice before having me think I would get away with an Ice Climbers losing to me. This was Smoom, our region's best Ice Climbers. Very nice guy too but anyway. At this point, I already knew it'd be over. I wouldn't get lucky again. And so, that concluded with me getting 2-stocked both games. The crowd of people watching us from behind was very distracting xD I was a little nervous too, one of the reasons I got grabbed was from a badly spaced down tilt (be careful with this move guys, her down tilt is not that safe against ICs), and I think another grab was recovery related. Oh and I somehow lost my jump in one of our matches at really early percents, which sucked.
Overall though, I did alright, though I still feel like I got lucky xD Also made me open my eyes more to new threats for me to be aware against, mainly Ice Climbers. I also feel like with MK gone, these characters will be more prominent (along with Olis <.<). But yeah, fun tourney, and enjoyed meeting some people not from my city. ^_^
