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FullMoon feeling blue from Surface Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Ninety Absolutely no relation to NLK from Land of Quakes and Hills Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: In Spades with myself
Absolutely no relation to NLK
#68252: Jan 20th 2015 at 7:34:44 PM

How's that strange?

Dopants: He meant what he said and he said what he meant, a Ninety is faithful 100%.
Nap1100 Since: Mar, 2012
#68253: Jan 20th 2015 at 7:44:05 PM

Evo confirmed both Smash 4 and Melee as main games. Good job community, you're big enough to convince them to do two games.

Sterok Since: Apr, 2012
#68254: Jan 20th 2015 at 7:52:46 PM

Super Smash Bros is the best selling fighting game series after all. One community is passionate, and the other is unexplored and is receiving official support. Not too surprising honestly.

So Diddy is the most feared character these days. Huh. I've never had a good handle on him personally.

FullMoon feeling blue from Surface Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
feeling blue
#68255: Jan 20th 2015 at 7:54:25 PM

[up][up][up] Greninja suddenly running in slow motion while using Shadow Sneak. Running while using Shadow Sneak is already pretty hard to do but how that happens I don't have the slightest idea.

powerpuffbats The crabby fussbudget Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The crabby fussbudget
#68256: Jan 21st 2015 at 6:29:41 AM

Have you guys been in any SSB tournament?

I can't say I have...not a convenient tournament location near where I live.

That said, I have played 64 and Melee at my vocational school. This Mario player in 64 kicked the asses of the four of us that actually played it. We got most of the class to play Melee, though.

AAAAUUUUGGGHHHH!!!!
Nap1100 Since: Mar, 2012
#68257: Jan 21st 2015 at 6:46:53 AM

I went to EVO last year. Did horribly in Melee, but it was a blast. I'd go again if I could afford it.

Beaver Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#68258: Jan 21st 2015 at 6:53:51 AM

Really?

How was EVO and who did you play as?

edited 21st Jan '15 6:54:05 AM by Beaver

Is this a Jo Jo reference?
Nap1100 Since: Mar, 2012
#68259: Jan 21st 2015 at 7:39:59 AM

EVO was the most fun I had last summer. I mostly went for Skullgirls (ironically) but I signed up for the Melee tournament since I wanted the opportunity. I played Marth and went 0-2. Did pretty well in my second match, though I'm not sure if that was my own skill or just because Marth is a good matchup against the Ice Climbers.

powerpuffbats The crabby fussbudget Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The crabby fussbudget
#68260: Jan 21st 2015 at 7:42:53 AM

[up]Isn't Marth top 5 highest tier characters in Melee?

AAAAUUUUGGGHHHH!!!!
Numbuh1234 Since: Apr, 2014
#68261: Jan 21st 2015 at 8:27:35 AM

I am getting interested in the competitive play, and hearing that tournaments don't just have people trying to win (I mean that in the most literal sense possible, without any connotations) wasn't something I expected, but pretty neat.

But I'm not sure what to do... Anything you'd recommend doing before going to a tournament? Or just go there and get beat up eventually due to the unfamiliar environment?

BlitzTrain Since: Apr, 2014
#68262: Jan 21st 2015 at 8:32:31 AM

I've done no tournament type things, official or casual. The only people I've ever played at any smash games before I got 3DS was my cousins who owned the first two games, and a few other friends at their houses.

Keybreak (Long Runner)
#68263: Jan 21st 2015 at 8:35:03 AM

Fight against a lot of people and every character one on one, learning every gimmick of whomever you're using and disinherit items and non-Omega stages forever.

You gotta believe me when I scare you away, all that I wish for is that you would stay
FullMoon feeling blue from Surface Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
feeling blue
#68264: Jan 21st 2015 at 8:39:54 AM

You go to tournaments to learn as well, don't be afraid of going to tournaments because you're not very because if I'm right, they also do some friendly matches there so you can go there and get some tips from other players.

I want to go to one myself because most tournament footage I see of Greninja ends up with him getting wrecked and I want to see if I can change that. But alas, no money for trips outside of my country.

Keybreak (Long Runner)
#68265: Jan 21st 2015 at 8:48:47 AM

I'll tell you something I'M learning: you have to have a certain level of obsession to beat all the All-Stars on Hard.

Villager is just not built for it. His down smash doesn't launch, his up smash seldom hits, and his forward smash is so short-range.

And then there are the other ones that I come so close to winning, but I paced myself wrong on the healing items and I have so much damage in the last stage that they just have to slap me and I'm sent flying.

COMPLETIONISM—IT'S A SICKNESS.

You gotta believe me when I scare you away, all that I wish for is that you would stay
Nap1100 Since: Mar, 2012
#68266: Jan 21st 2015 at 9:10:47 AM

[up][up]Yep, the fighting game community (the offline one at least) is actually very welcoming and willing to give newbies tips on how to use your character better. Don't let everything that happens on Smashboards/Shoryuken/Eventhubs/Whatever deter you, people will help.

Numbuh1234 Since: Apr, 2014
#68267: Jan 21st 2015 at 9:13:34 AM

Well, I haven't spent any time on the online forums (only one I know was a competitive forum with Smash as a subject being Smashboards, and that is really hard to navigate...), I just thought a tournament would have a bunch of people, nice or mean, skilled or less skilled, be focused on winning...

FullMoon feeling blue from Surface Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
feeling blue
#68268: Jan 21st 2015 at 9:19:37 AM

[up][up] My experience with Smashboards has been mostly positive at least, I mainly hang around the Greninja boards so I might just be lucky that the people there are very friendly overall.

Talking about Greninja...

The Japanese sure are exploring the character a lot more than everyone else.

edited 21st Jan '15 9:20:01 AM by FullMoon

Nap1100 Since: Mar, 2012
#68269: Jan 21st 2015 at 9:20:13 AM

[up][up]In the tournament itself, yeah. But the FGC kinda operates on a different wavelength than most competitive game communities do in that even after the competition itself is over, they encourage players to play more games afterwards as opposed to just "watch the tournament and root for the people that beat you then go home". Because fighting game matches tend to happen so quickly, it's really easy to set up casual stations and just keep having matches going and going, which is where a lot of newbies can get tips from the more experienced players who might've gotten knocked out too.

edited 21st Jan '15 9:20:35 AM by Nap1100

powerpuffbats The crabby fussbudget Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The crabby fussbudget
#68270: Jan 21st 2015 at 1:06:04 PM

This is something I've learned about TOURNAMENTS!!!!:

NO ITEMS! FOX ONLY! FINAL DESTINATION!!!

AAAAUUUUGGGHHHH!!!!
Keybreak (Long Runner)
#68271: Jan 21st 2015 at 1:09:42 PM

Man you're late.

You gotta believe me when I scare you away, all that I wish for is that you would stay
powerpuffbats The crabby fussbudget Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The crabby fussbudget
#68272: Jan 21st 2015 at 1:12:30 PM

[up]Yeah, I had school today.

AAAAUUUUGGGHHHH!!!!
FullMoon feeling blue from Surface Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
feeling blue
#68273: Jan 21st 2015 at 1:22:56 PM

Amusingly Final Destination is not even played on that much. I believe people in Melee prefer I think Battlefield or Pokémon Stadium and in Brawl/Smash 4 everybody gravitates towards Smashville.

Enderspy (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: In bed with a green-skinned space babe
#68274: Jan 21st 2015 at 1:27:01 PM

Corneria is a fairly popular one in Melee and Brawl as well.

Nap1100 Since: Mar, 2012
#68275: Jan 21st 2015 at 1:30:21 PM

Not for competitive play. That wall that results from the tail of the plane kills any viability it might have had because of easy infinites.

Melee legal stages are Battlefield, FD, Fountain of Dreams, Yoshi's Island, and Dream Land 64, with Pokemon Stadium being counterpick. The Brawl list is similar IIRC.

edited 21st Jan '15 1:31:35 PM by Nap1100


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