Starkiller2
Smash Cadet
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Hello, my name is Starkiller2. I'm a Canadian smasher who is trying to work into the competitive scene for SSBM and SSBB. Over the last year I have made the most progress towards how I play smash today. I'm very curious as to how other people came into the competitive scene. I'll shortly explain where I come from:
I played SSBM with my friends, and slowly became the best in my neighbourhood. When I got to high school, I met this other kid (a year older) and he brought Melee in to play (we have a GC at school). He was the best player I had ever seen, besides myself. After a while, we decided that it was completely 50-50 between the two of us. As years passed, we grew in ability but never surpassed one another until I was in grade 11. Then I became slightly better than him (maybe 55-45 me). However, at that same year this other kid joined our group. He proved to be another serious competitor. My main at the time was Mario, both of these guys main'd Link (down-throw to spin attack!). The new kid also played as Falco, who I now know to be one of the scariest characters to play against. I believed I was as good as I could get, but after losing more than winning against this new kid I changed to main Marth, as I assumed he was better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBz2SVg4WYo&feature=plcp
^^^^how we play.
This worked, but I would still classify myself as his inferior. I kind of fell into slight desperation, as fighting hordes of lvl 9's and self-training were not helping. I dould not believe that the road to getting better ended there. So I scoured the internet looking for how to improve my game.
That's when I discovered the Advanced Techniques (Wak's Tutorial videos).
I was completely baffled as to how this entire world existed without any of us knowing! So I practiced these techniques without telling anyone, but kept Marth as my main. Naturally, I got weaker while I tried to implement these into my style. But I decided that to reflect my advancement into this new level of play, I needed a new character. So I trained as Fox for weeks, and used him and Marth in a tourney against me and my friends. It worked out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c931OakOjhs&list=UUMlt2GIK9Zb69jkdJ-7TMOg&index=5
but I knew I was still a long ways away from the likes of Mew2King, Dr PeePee, Armada, HBox, and so on.
I currently main Falco now, and I have, at least in the eyes of my friends, attained a level of playing they can only define as "Super Saiyan". But I know I am simply Goku at the start of DBZ, and there are many "Friezas" out there.
Hello, my name is Starkiller2. I'm a Canadian smasher who is trying to work into the competitive scene for SSBM and SSBB. Over the last year I have made the most progress towards how I play smash today. I'm very curious as to how other people came into the competitive scene. I'll shortly explain where I come from:
I played SSBM with my friends, and slowly became the best in my neighbourhood. When I got to high school, I met this other kid (a year older) and he brought Melee in to play (we have a GC at school). He was the best player I had ever seen, besides myself. After a while, we decided that it was completely 50-50 between the two of us. As years passed, we grew in ability but never surpassed one another until I was in grade 11. Then I became slightly better than him (maybe 55-45 me). However, at that same year this other kid joined our group. He proved to be another serious competitor. My main at the time was Mario, both of these guys main'd Link (down-throw to spin attack!). The new kid also played as Falco, who I now know to be one of the scariest characters to play against. I believed I was as good as I could get, but after losing more than winning against this new kid I changed to main Marth, as I assumed he was better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBz2SVg4WYo&feature=plcp
^^^^how we play.
This worked, but I would still classify myself as his inferior. I kind of fell into slight desperation, as fighting hordes of lvl 9's and self-training were not helping. I dould not believe that the road to getting better ended there. So I scoured the internet looking for how to improve my game.
That's when I discovered the Advanced Techniques (Wak's Tutorial videos).
I was completely baffled as to how this entire world existed without any of us knowing! So I practiced these techniques without telling anyone, but kept Marth as my main. Naturally, I got weaker while I tried to implement these into my style. But I decided that to reflect my advancement into this new level of play, I needed a new character. So I trained as Fox for weeks, and used him and Marth in a tourney against me and my friends. It worked out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c931OakOjhs&list=UUMlt2GIK9Zb69jkdJ-7TMOg&index=5
but I knew I was still a long ways away from the likes of Mew2King, Dr PeePee, Armada, HBox, and so on.
I currently main Falco now, and I have, at least in the eyes of my friends, attained a level of playing they can only define as "Super Saiyan". But I know I am simply Goku at the start of DBZ, and there are many "Friezas" out there.