_Phloat_
Smash Champion
I could study M2K's Meta Videos, follow him across the country and basically obsess over him, and still not be as good as him. But why is this? We have a handful of very good GaW's on this board, and 90% of their posts are readable by us! So what gives? Why do they win so much more consistently than us? While playing Tf2 the other day I came to a realization.
TF2 is a competitive team shooter. There is a team right now, PANDEMIC, who is destroying everything that comes in their path. I got a chance to play with PANDEMIC.Dummy the other day, and I realized something late into the game. His ping was really, really high. The character he plays relies a lot on prediction and reading the opponent. With the ping he had, this was almost impossible, and he had to rely on other things. I was killing better than him, yet his score was astronomically higher than mine!
I then realized why he, why all pros are pro. There are small facets of their game that cannot be observed, small judgments that may not even register if you watch their videos thousands of times, forward, reverse, slo mo and under the influence.
So, I hope that we can all break our plateau that we may be at, or prepare to break one as we read this. There are small things that need to be discussed, as I noticed this board is stagnating. I'd rather be the best board, instead of the stagnant board, so I am starting this topic.
The first thing we should discuss, if everyone agrees, are empty shorthops. I was tinkering around with Meta Knight, and I noticed that they are excellent for spacing. I haven't been able to play since, so I can't really decide whether they are good or not. I would think they where, GaW being fairly mobile, and having GREAT smashes on landing... Not to mention the fact that RARing strikes fear in the opponent to the extent they could evacuate every time you jump. This would be an excellent time to capitalize! Even if you cannot get a hit on the opponent, his retreat is a small win in itself! Pushing people to the edge is an important asset in many characters games -> http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=163063 <- and I think it could be good with GaW, especially since he can gimp fairly well, and is incredibly hard to gimp himself.
The board was dead guys, say something worth discussing please.
TF2 is a competitive team shooter. There is a team right now, PANDEMIC, who is destroying everything that comes in their path. I got a chance to play with PANDEMIC.Dummy the other day, and I realized something late into the game. His ping was really, really high. The character he plays relies a lot on prediction and reading the opponent. With the ping he had, this was almost impossible, and he had to rely on other things. I was killing better than him, yet his score was astronomically higher than mine!
I then realized why he, why all pros are pro. There are small facets of their game that cannot be observed, small judgments that may not even register if you watch their videos thousands of times, forward, reverse, slo mo and under the influence.
So, I hope that we can all break our plateau that we may be at, or prepare to break one as we read this. There are small things that need to be discussed, as I noticed this board is stagnating. I'd rather be the best board, instead of the stagnant board, so I am starting this topic.
The first thing we should discuss, if everyone agrees, are empty shorthops. I was tinkering around with Meta Knight, and I noticed that they are excellent for spacing. I haven't been able to play since, so I can't really decide whether they are good or not. I would think they where, GaW being fairly mobile, and having GREAT smashes on landing... Not to mention the fact that RARing strikes fear in the opponent to the extent they could evacuate every time you jump. This would be an excellent time to capitalize! Even if you cannot get a hit on the opponent, his retreat is a small win in itself! Pushing people to the edge is an important asset in many characters games -> http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=163063 <- and I think it could be good with GaW, especially since he can gimp fairly well, and is incredibly hard to gimp himself.
The board was dead guys, say something worth discussing please.