This game is.. amazing.
Its fast paced, hugely competitive, requires lightning fast hands for most characters, requires you to muscle-memorize countless button inputs and hand movements, all the time while looking mostly at the other character, AND trying to memorize their tech patters/jumping patterns/combo patters and DI patterns. Ontop of that there is so much room for error, and error = 80%/loss of stock against super pro players.
The question i ask here today, is SSBM - miracle cure for ADD + dyslexia (and dyspraxia)
The 3 disorders i mentioned about are all problems relating to the cerebellum. It is one of the key control centers of the brain, controlling memory, muscle memory (lol), hand-eye co-ordination, ability to connect with others on a significant level and much much more. Cerebellum dysfunction affects (don't quote me on this) i believe around 12-15% of the population, and manifests itself in one of the 3 neurological problems i mentioned above. It has been around as long as humans.
I was supposed to go on this course, to cure my ADD. It would involve stupid tasks - like walking up and down the stairs, throwing a bean-bag up and down and counting back from 20, and similar activities, twice a day for a year. The idea is to bombard the cerebellum, forcing it to grow (mine is running at 90% efficiency) and thus eliminate the disorder. Unfortunately i never went through with it.
Once i understood how ADD worked, i worked out my own ways of manipulating my brain to minimize its affects, and working out ways to train my cerebellum by myself.
I can honestly say that SMASH MELEE has had a massive effect on helping me reduce my ADD. I know the feeling of my cerebellum being challenged. Its like, whatever activity (has to be reasonably complex) has a mist shrouded over it - after attempting to uncover the mist, i feel a huge sense of being overwhelmed - this is the feeling of an underdeveloped cerebellum struggling to cope with the activity. obviously it is much more complex than that but its the only way i can describe it. The two things that challenged me most were trying to mix tracks on my turntables, and learning particular tech-skills that were beyond my level at the time.
Its been 6 months since i've been playing smash, maybe a little more - and there is a noticeable difference. many tasks i found kinda hard (ill let people know at this point i am no re**rd, i am highly intelligent imo) , i no longer find a challenge atall. One friend i hadn't seen in 6 months even commented how i was totally different, and loads of my friends said my ADD seems to be slowly going. If i can get my head around turntables i feel it will be almost gone.
I owe this all to smash! There is no doubt in my mind, not even a tiny lil schmeckling. Anyone else with similar experiences? People held back by dyslexia, to find out their spelling has improved, almost mystically, around the time they started playing smash? I aimed to be a very technical player from day 1, perhaps that had some effect in it.
The play of smash is somewhat similar to the ADD exercises - throwing and catching a beanbag = way more complex movements of smash. Calling/thinking out numbers in my head = trying to decipher my opps movements.
Done.
Its fast paced, hugely competitive, requires lightning fast hands for most characters, requires you to muscle-memorize countless button inputs and hand movements, all the time while looking mostly at the other character, AND trying to memorize their tech patters/jumping patterns/combo patters and DI patterns. Ontop of that there is so much room for error, and error = 80%/loss of stock against super pro players.
The question i ask here today, is SSBM - miracle cure for ADD + dyslexia (and dyspraxia)
The 3 disorders i mentioned about are all problems relating to the cerebellum. It is one of the key control centers of the brain, controlling memory, muscle memory (lol), hand-eye co-ordination, ability to connect with others on a significant level and much much more. Cerebellum dysfunction affects (don't quote me on this) i believe around 12-15% of the population, and manifests itself in one of the 3 neurological problems i mentioned above. It has been around as long as humans.
I was supposed to go on this course, to cure my ADD. It would involve stupid tasks - like walking up and down the stairs, throwing a bean-bag up and down and counting back from 20, and similar activities, twice a day for a year. The idea is to bombard the cerebellum, forcing it to grow (mine is running at 90% efficiency) and thus eliminate the disorder. Unfortunately i never went through with it.
Once i understood how ADD worked, i worked out my own ways of manipulating my brain to minimize its affects, and working out ways to train my cerebellum by myself.
I can honestly say that SMASH MELEE has had a massive effect on helping me reduce my ADD. I know the feeling of my cerebellum being challenged. Its like, whatever activity (has to be reasonably complex) has a mist shrouded over it - after attempting to uncover the mist, i feel a huge sense of being overwhelmed - this is the feeling of an underdeveloped cerebellum struggling to cope with the activity. obviously it is much more complex than that but its the only way i can describe it. The two things that challenged me most were trying to mix tracks on my turntables, and learning particular tech-skills that were beyond my level at the time.
Its been 6 months since i've been playing smash, maybe a little more - and there is a noticeable difference. many tasks i found kinda hard (ill let people know at this point i am no re**rd, i am highly intelligent imo) , i no longer find a challenge atall. One friend i hadn't seen in 6 months even commented how i was totally different, and loads of my friends said my ADD seems to be slowly going. If i can get my head around turntables i feel it will be almost gone.
I owe this all to smash! There is no doubt in my mind, not even a tiny lil schmeckling. Anyone else with similar experiences? People held back by dyslexia, to find out their spelling has improved, almost mystically, around the time they started playing smash? I aimed to be a very technical player from day 1, perhaps that had some effect in it.
The play of smash is somewhat similar to the ADD exercises - throwing and catching a beanbag = way more complex movements of smash. Calling/thinking out numbers in my head = trying to decipher my opps movements.
Done.
but when i actually start doing this thing to get rid of ADD (google DORE programme - they are extinct and are only catering to people who have already payed now though) my reading and memory will be so much better - and i'm already rising up the ranks fast
(i.e smoking *** to get rid of your dislexia= not gonna happen)
. Either way, that's awesome to hear and pretty inspiring. Melee is definitely the best game ever 
