Post by мғв.TheOgbot on Sept 6, 2009 22:21:54 GMT -6
Guys, our scene is dying. If you didn't realize this, you were living in ignorance. Some of us have been moving on to other things, some of us have been moving on to the statewide scene.
If you're moving on to other things, this isn't for you.
To those of you moving to the statewide scene, I have a message for you.
Everyone interested in joining the statewide scene needs to step it up. I know I'm not one of the best smashers here, but too many of us aren't up to snuff yet.
I was the only PLS Brawler (besides Near, he's not necessarily Prior Lake / Savage) to go on to brackets at ECSS. News flash, I used Yoshi the whole time.
Now before you go saying "You had the element of surprise, no one knows how to play Yoshi," and "WI sucks", hear this, I played smart. I didn't necessarily play well or do the best things I could, but I punished when I could, I abused things people didn't know about and I overall just knew what worked and what didn't for the most part.
There is a difference from being good at the game and playing smart. I myself am not the greatest, I'll admit it, but I realize trends that are happening right in front of me, and I'm able to mix up well enough to keep people guessing about what I'm going to do next. I overcame some really tough matchups with knowledge and abuse of what worked. When you are playing Brawl, you can't just be rattling of pseudo combos or just abusing one facet of your character, you need to overall figure your opponent out and be able to punish them through their habits and behavior while knowing more about your character as a whole.
I don't want to give up on this community, I really don't, but MN Smash overall is much more closer to my level than the people of PLS overall. I'm not trying to say I'm better than people because skill and knowledge happen to not be cognates in the world of Brawl, but if you guys don't step your game up, you will end up being left in the dust.
I apologize if this seems like I'm just ripping on everyone or offends anyone in any way, but there is truth to my words. If you heed them and work on your game to where you are noticing flaws in your playing and actually doing something about them, you will overcome the mindset of a beginning smasher and ascend into the competitive level.
Hopefully I'll see a lot of you on the other side
TheOgbot
If you're moving on to other things, this isn't for you.
To those of you moving to the statewide scene, I have a message for you.
Everyone interested in joining the statewide scene needs to step it up. I know I'm not one of the best smashers here, but too many of us aren't up to snuff yet.
I was the only PLS Brawler (besides Near, he's not necessarily Prior Lake / Savage) to go on to brackets at ECSS. News flash, I used Yoshi the whole time.
Now before you go saying "You had the element of surprise, no one knows how to play Yoshi," and "WI sucks", hear this, I played smart. I didn't necessarily play well or do the best things I could, but I punished when I could, I abused things people didn't know about and I overall just knew what worked and what didn't for the most part.
There is a difference from being good at the game and playing smart. I myself am not the greatest, I'll admit it, but I realize trends that are happening right in front of me, and I'm able to mix up well enough to keep people guessing about what I'm going to do next. I overcame some really tough matchups with knowledge and abuse of what worked. When you are playing Brawl, you can't just be rattling of pseudo combos or just abusing one facet of your character, you need to overall figure your opponent out and be able to punish them through their habits and behavior while knowing more about your character as a whole.
I don't want to give up on this community, I really don't, but MN Smash overall is much more closer to my level than the people of PLS overall. I'm not trying to say I'm better than people because skill and knowledge happen to not be cognates in the world of Brawl, but if you guys don't step your game up, you will end up being left in the dust.
I apologize if this seems like I'm just ripping on everyone or offends anyone in any way, but there is truth to my words. If you heed them and work on your game to where you are noticing flaws in your playing and actually doing something about them, you will overcome the mindset of a beginning smasher and ascend into the competitive level.
Hopefully I'll see a lot of you on the other side
TheOgbot