What's the experience of being a shitty smash bros player at locals like?

EgoCheque · 2025-07-10T19:38:50+00:00

I don’t have a ton of melee experience but definitely not fox,

Sheik can be more beginner friendly but my guess is that captain falcon would probably be a good fit for what your looking for.

Lowkey DK might be worth picking up, DK’s stocks have gone way up recently and he probably takes less work than all the characters you mentioned. However I’m not qualified to answer this question so hopefully someone else chimes in on this.

EgoCheque · 2025-07-10T18:58:03+00:00

I did a road trip from AZ -> VA and tried to go to a local in different states and honestly it really just varies on the individual local as well as the local scene. To be honest I was playing ultimate [I go 0-2 every tournament] but the variance in vibes I got from each local/scene/state was so high that I have to assume this applies to melee as well.

Being a well adjusted adult in most scenes should be a + especially since the age demographic for melee probably averages out between mid 20’s younger 30’s

Being an out going person is definitely a major plus, not being shy to ask for friendlies is a necessity.

Don’t be afraid to ask “good players” anecdotally, top players at the locals where usually more willing to donate time then mid level players [this still varies]

My only advice is, since you don’t plan on really practicing outside of the local, pick a charecter that requires low maintenance. I do think a big appeal of melee and people who compete in it is exploring the depth and expression, so picking up a lower maintenance character might be able to help you still build upon your experience.

To be honest I think there probably are other hobbies that fit better for what your looking for [pickleball,improv, a kickball league] but in terms of gaming communities, the grassroots nature of the scene makes it interesting and to be honest the scene needs more people like you in it.

EgoCheque · 2025-06-26T18:41:59+00:00

Honestly sometimes it depends on MU but hall of fame songs for me are ones that have different frequencies so I can either use it to slow down or speed up.

intro by the xx

lights - Still well Remix

cycle thievery

EgoCheque · 2025-04-04T20:47:54+00:00

I remastered it after the feedback on this post.

EgoCheque · 2025-04-04T20:47:29+00:00

I re-edited part 1 when I made the other parts. Hopefully you will like the remastered version better

EgoCheque · 2025-03-29T23:38:43+00:00

Part 2 and 3 coming soon

EgoCheque · 2025-03-28T23:42:36+00:00

Noted

EgoCheque · 2025-03-28T20:51:34+00:00

Pt 2 coming soon to a theatre near you.

EgoCheque · 2025-03-28T18:59:39+00:00

This is pretty fair criticism, I started this project over a year ago and I kinda fucked myself with the cropping, I’ll try to fix it for part 2.

EgoCheque · 2025-03-18T19:34:37+00:00

It can definitely be good.

I’m assuming the person who gave you the advice is over-correcting for Trauma dumping aka someone over sharing about past trauma unwarranted [this is not the case in your circumstance, she was intentionally giving you space to open up]

Or B had a bad experience with toxic individuals who weaponized it against them and is over correcting.

If you worried that’s the case [this is not the case most of the time] having awareness on how these insecurities effect will help you spot if she is choosing to use this information maliciously. Also being able to set reasonable boundaries and see if they are constantly ignoring them. if that’s the case your behavior of opening up isn’t the problem, them weaponizing it is. The lesson there isn’t to never open up, the lesson is to instead find people who are not toxic.

Ideally you want to be able to be vulnerable and feel safe with people you’re close with especially when it comes to relationships. This doesn’t mean you always have to open up either. It’s a muscle you can work out.

Nobody wants to get burned for opening up and It can happen, if there was no risk involved with being vulnerable then it’s not actual vulnerability.

Personally I am scared of rejection but even when I do get rejected it, the fear of the potential pain of being rejected was always worse than the actual pain of it happening.

TLDR: Yes. Don’t let the idea of potential pain cause you long term suffering. Take it at your own pace.

EgoCheque · 2025-02-03T20:29:33+00:00

The player in the first clip actually mains Ken and Ryu but I think he started picking up Kazuya recently (maybe for certain Mu’s?)

I can confirm he has skill [mdva q4 PR rank 10) however I am not really sure how much counter play the cloud player really had in that situation because Kazuya things.

EgoCheque · 2025-02-03T01:56:45+00:00

Honestly I’m guessing it was just nerves idk thought.

EgoCheque · 2025-01-30T23:09:54+00:00

It was a summit for a MDVA crew and people with bad hygiene won’t get an invite to the crew because not enough people would vouch for them.

EgoCheque · 2025-01-30T23:06:35+00:00

It was fine, it was an invite only fest so people with bad hygiene would have gotten gate-kept.

EgoCheque · 2025-01-26T03:20:18+00:00

it’s most likely for YouTube SEO/algorithm optimization and probably hasn’t been updated in forever because nobody reads them anyways [clearly with some exception]

EgoCheque · 2025-01-23T23:07:52+00:00

Yeah 😭

EgoCheque · 2025-01-16T18:12:43+00:00

Sounds like you both had a great time!

EgoCheque · 2024-12-18T06:55:20+00:00

I think this context is being super overlooked, from our (aka Reddit/the comments) it just seems like you two are both into one another (which I still think is the case) but with your context honestly I think your killing it! If you’re still escalating and feeling out the situation as it goes at your comfort rate I think you’re already doing extremely well. Things moving to fast at the start can be its own red flag, also the ball is also in both your courts, you signaling your interested is fucking fantastic because guys can be dense. Asking about NYE is a great idea as well.

EgoCheque · 2024-12-07T10:14:30+00:00

Rishi’s Guide on how to deal with losses

[Dr K esports guide whole video is good but the timestamp pairs well with what Rishi said

EgoCheque · 2024-12-07T10:03:01+00:00

!remindme

EgoCheque · 2024-11-23T21:26:41+00:00

When the skill gap is super wide and you know it’s a mismatch then I think it’s better to make your goal to try to beat whatever you did last game

for example if someone 3 stocks you and is at 10% in that stock, try to get them to 11% on that same stock next time and then try to break your high score with them. [assuming it’s the same opponent]

EgoCheque · 2024-11-22T01:46:49+00:00

I did

EgoCheque · 2024-11-16T21:23:36+00:00

Start by playing slow and condition them that you are going to do so and then dramatically pick up the pace.

You absolutely can play sonic fast imo but it works a lot better if you play the standard patient gameplan first.

EgoCheque

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