Recent content by Saje

Depends on the situation. In friendlies, whatever, who cares? In a tournament setting, if you're sick and have a coughing fit mid-match, no one will fault you. However, if you're pausing in order to gain a tactical advantage, e.g. the Zelda->Shiek transition you're referring to, most people...

It's been stated in this thread already that the only Pokemon affected by weaknesses/resistances are those controlled by the Pokemon Trainer. It has also been stated that resistances exist as well. Charizard is weak to water and resistant to grass. Squirtle is weak to grass and resistant to...

Okay, went and tested the FLUDD, white Pikmin, and blue Pikmin for possible elemental boosts. All tests were performed in Training Mode to negate possible effects of Diminishing Returns. To test the FLUDD for Water elemental properties, I took Mario, fully charged the FLUDD, rolled to the...

Thinking about this some more, I went and compiled a list of other characters attacks that could be elementally aligned that you would want to watch out for... Most of these I'm fairly certain of, moves I'm very uncertain about are marked by a question mark. Water: Mario: FLUDD (Neutral...

It may not be the best choice and I certainly didn't choose him for this purpose, but Pokemon Trainer may not be too bad. In every match up you'll have one Pokemon that's evenly matched and one that's a good counter and it's very possible to get away with using only two Pokemon in a fight...

Thank you. This is by far the most interesting and useful thread to appear on the PT boards in quite some time. Edit: Just thinking about the subject some... Obviously this would make PT the greatest PT counter provided you could have the right Poke at the right time, but it's important to...

You're right. It is a matter of personal opinion. I would prefer having more offensive options than I currently have in Brawl. But at the same time, I do not feel there should be less defensive options, I simply wish there was a better balance. If certain characters could be played with a...

Sigh... This is honestly very disheartening. I never expected Brawl to cater entirely to the competitive crowd, to do so would be foolish. Nintendo has to justify its costs and to do so the game has to sell and to sell it has to appeal to the much larger, non-competitive fan base. That's all...

I do pretty much the exact same thing as you, Mic, though for different reasons I presume. I'm afraid that if I started manually switching in fights, I wouldn't sufficiently round out my experience with each of the three pokemon. Once I'm at a comfortable proficiency level with all of them, I...

Amazing find, thank you very much for this. I've had quite a bit of difficulty RARing in the left direction for some reason and this makes my life quite a bit simpler. An interesting/annoying point of note, I've found that while PT normally does nothing if you downB in mid-air, if you use...

I simply love this game. Since Smash 64, I've loved alternating between beating the crap out of my friends and them beating the crap out of me. It's just an insanely fun to me. Eventually I discovered the tournament scene and in doing so found another venue by which to locate intense, fun...

Not quite. You forgot about abusing the terrible rule set.

Once again though, at that point can you call yourself a casual Smasher? While you may not go to tourneys, by following the metagame, watching combo videos, and fervently trying to improve your game, you are a competitive player. All arguments made regarding the predictability of casual...

I believe that the only way to better read opponents and counter them is to play many, many different people, yes. Tournaments are not the only way to do this, no, but anyone who participates in a Smash Brothers club or attends Smashfests likely go to tournaments and will play competitively...

Frost, you're contradicting yourself simply by acknowledging the existence of mindgames. As I'm sure you're aware, they're a technique based entirely on reading your opponent and predicting what he/she is going to do. Reading your opponent can only occur one of two ways, either you're aware of...