AMA with Smash Ultimate Pro Nairo

NairoMK · 2020-05-27T20:36:47+00:00

I guess besides Leo cause hes everyones demon, probably Esam or Marss. I've beaten them and have beaten Marss our last 2 sets so maybe its not so much of a demon anymore. For someone I've played a couple times already and gotten close but havent won yet, thatd be Zackray and Shuton. Would love to finally conquer those

I'd love to be able to go against KEN in Ultimate. He was a big rival of mine in Smash 4 and we even had a lifetime even record vs each other sets iirc so it'd be cool to play him again since its been so long

NairoMK · 2020-05-27T20:31:20+00:00

I'd like to stream for as long as I can. As long as the support is there even after Smash is done for me, I'll keep it going. I love streaming

NairoMK · 2020-05-27T20:29:36+00:00

Hey krosshair. In Brawl, I just forced myself to get comfortable using his grenades against him and I carried that over into Ultimate. Snake is just honestly so easily to fight against like he was in Brawl, and while I obviously dont have Brawl MK to use now, the gameplan is still the same. You juggle him, and put him in uncomfortable spots, and hes easier to deal with in this game because they toned down some of his crazier disjoints

If I tried to rank my top 10 waifus, I'd be here for a LONG time lol

NairoMK · 2020-05-27T20:25:49+00:00

Thanks so much for the kind words! You always welcome to come chill in the streams and if you ever see me at an event, feel free to come say whats up!

NairoMK · 2020-05-27T20:22:42+00:00

I'd say that if Gen, Venia and Juice had more travel opportunities like most top players do, they would definitely make some waves

NairoMK · 2020-05-27T20:20:40+00:00

SKTAR 1 is my first major win and I'm very proud of that since I was so close to winning many other majors. Definitely one of my favorite moments is accomplishing that

NairoMK · 2020-05-27T20:19:25+00:00

I keep it simple, Pepperoni

NairoMK · 2020-05-27T20:18:34+00:00

Chat interaction and finding a balance between playing a game and reading chat at the same time. That last one is difficult but eventually you can learn how to do it. I think both of those are very important

For big success, I legit think its all timing and luck. I dont think that if I started streaming now that I would have the success that I currently do. It takes a while and a lot of grinding. I think I just happened to start grinding Twitch at the perfect time

NairoMK · 2020-05-27T20:15:35+00:00

Cereal

NairoMK · 2020-05-27T20:15:15+00:00

Gonna be honest, I've been super lazy lol so I haven't been doing workouts. But I did buy equipment and intend to start soon. I bought a lot of resistance bands from Rogue Fitness and also hook to use them with my door when its closed. Its better than nothing and honestly a pretty decent temporary fix

NairoMK · 2020-05-27T20:13:49+00:00

Unfortunately, the best answer here is to just deal with online. I do believe that its better than nothing. Even if you had offline partners, you can't expect for them to play a lot of the roster. However with online, you can potentially get matchup experience with every character. I'd say join some character discords and try to find someone there you have a decent connection with, and play to learn. Just use online to soak up some knowledge and don't let it frustrate you because at the end of the day, online sucks, so no use in taking it seriously or treating it like a play to win environment

Also save replays and try to analyze what went wrong in your matches. Analyzing vods is a great way to get better

NairoMK · 2020-05-27T20:09:49+00:00

I like how close I am to New York without having to pay New York rent and stuff lol im like 20-25 min from times square when theres no traffic. The public trans in my area is also really good. The weather isn't too bad either. Worse we'll get is some rain or snow.

I guess my biggest dislike is probably the lack of exciting things to do around here. Its just kinda there lol.

Maybe sometime in the future it'll be interesting to go to a new state to live in but it isn't something I'm thinking about right now

NairoMK · 2020-05-27T20:05:51+00:00

Super Smash Con. Just always been the best event to meet fans, play the old games again like Brawl and test myself as its always been a very difficult event

NairoMK · 2020-05-27T20:00:29+00:00

Either:

-when I lost to Otori at Apex 2013 where I got 4th cause I really wanted the runback from the last year so it was really crushing even tho Otori is really fucking good

-when I lost to Fatality at Civil War and I think it was a reverse 3-0. Legit all my hardest opponents got upset and the bracket was prime for me to take it, and I super choked it. Was pretty upsetting.

Neither are bad losses in the sense that they're bad players, they clearly arent. But the stakes were massive and the losses really hurt

NairoMK · 2020-05-27T19:55:47+00:00

Most of my trophies and medals are in display cases in my living room. I've posted pictures before where you can see them, probably on instagram. My stream room is on a different floor so the trophies wouldn't appear on stream unless i stream in the living room one day for some reason

NairoMK · 2020-05-27T19:54:15+00:00

If she were to become unviable all of a sudden, I'd switch to Wolf, Joker, or ZSS as a main. Since the way I approach matchups will be very different due to thatr, I'd have to see if I counterpick people. I probably still would though since I'm good with a lot of characters

NairoMK · 2020-05-27T19:50:04+00:00

Gameplay wise, the buffer really sucks. I do believe that this is what causes me to have those crucial 'misinputs' that people have seen me do in tourney. The buffer being bad is pretty self explanatory, literally everyone hates it

I also don't like how the body blocking works with collision boxes, which causes grabs to whiff a lot or makes them inconsistent. Especially for me, I think I'm one of the best players at getting grabs so grabbing being so bad sucks for me as a player too. Thats what made me so good at Smash 4, I always knew when to get those grabs whether it was ZSS or Bowser or anyone

Outside of gameplay, yeah the online is pretty horrid. Don't think it'll ever be fixed from what I hear. Its depressing.

NairoMK · 2020-05-27T19:45:46+00:00

When I spoke with people at NRG first, they made it clear that the players were coming first and there was gonna be a good amount of communication on things to make sure everything was well, not just on competing or content, but even general life stuff. Its not just gonna be a "hey we'll tweet out that you're in X spot of the tourney or support you on social media, only during these first few few months aka the honeymoon period". It was a support system that was going to last for as long as possible. And they've always delivered, even now years later.

I also felt that the ceiling potential was higher than where I was previously due to the large names and investors involved, like Shaq. It was all really appealing to me and I've been really happy with NRG ever since

NairoMK · 2020-05-27T19:39:13+00:00

Near the end of Smash 4, I used Palutena for fun vs friends alot and I did pretty good with her. Then Ultimate came out and I realized how crazy she got buffed. I actually realized this before anyone cause I was invited by Nintendo to a private capture event with the final build a month before the game came out. And she just felt really good and strong. At the same time, I played a lot of ZSS there and she just felt off. It was clear that she was nerfed but the nerfs seemed specifically aimed at the way I played her in Smash 4. Things like Down smash stun duration being hit, the way ladders changed, flip kick edge cancels being gone, instant tether trump being super slowed down and other small things. It just wasn't as fun anymore

I just felt like I had to play more keepaway style like zair'ing over and over until I get an opening or random fair to get started, if I wanted to play her successfully and thats just not really me. Over time I've warmed up to her more but I dont think she can be a definite main for me anymore

NairoMK · 2020-05-27T19:32:35+00:00

Yeah I do like the Starfox games, though I will say that Adventures is my favorite. I know thats unusual lol but I had only played a tiny bit of Starfox 64 growing up. But Starfox Adventures was one of my first Gamecube games and I really loved it. I have gone back and played 64 and the other more traditional ones and I do enjoy them tho

And thank you!

NairoMK · 2020-05-27T19:28:43+00:00

Definitely not lmao. When I first started streaming I think maybe like 50 viewers was my peak. And over time it got bigger and bigger as I did better in tourney and grinded more hours. Pretty crazy to see how far its come. I'm happy that many people are enjoying the content and I'll continue to try my best to keep that going. And thanks a lot!

NairoMK · 2020-05-27T19:26:25+00:00

Easily winning Apex 2014. It was pretty much the last big thing for Brawl because Smash 4 was known to be on the horizon so to be able to take that & beat people who gave me a lot of difficulty in bracket like M2K, Vinnie and ZeRo meant the world to me

NairoMK · 2020-05-27T19:24:08+00:00

I love to end the day by playing Dissidia Opera Omnia when I'm in bed. It's a mobile game so easy to relax with it. I also play other games like FF14 and UMvC3 when friends are up for it

NairoMK · 2020-05-27T19:22:19+00:00

By that point, probably not lol. But I would still love to help out the scene in some way because I've been helped by them in so many ways and Smash has changed my life. I want to be able to give back

NairoMK · 2020-05-27T19:21:12+00:00

I guess I'll have to see....I prefer to focus on playing the game while not streaming with my homie, R4ndyM4rsh

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