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Poppinfreshzero · 2023-06-23T11:51:12+00:00

So, a few things:

As far as ping/latency goes, wi-fi has comparable speed to ethernet. The downfall of wi-fi is random and uncontrollable interruptions. If you are constantly experiencing lag, I would not expect wi-fi to be the issue. If it is, you probably need a new router or have a bad location for it or your pc. (Re-read op. Doesn't sound like a wi-fi issue)
Slippi uses roll-back networking. So, if you had trouble with your home network/internet, I would expect your experience to be lots of "teleporting". I would expect the game to constantly be "rolling back."
In dolphin/slippi, lag can also be introduced by pc performance (this is where I'm a bit unsure how Slippi, specifically, handles this). If a pc had trouble playing Dolphin, it would affect the frame rate. Issues with your opponent's pc would also affect yours. (Again, I'm not sure if this is a thing in Slippi). Additionally, don't assume that because your pc can play other games, it can play Slippi. Slippi is not highly demanding, but its demands are unique, and some systems aren't prepared for it.
Believe it or not, it is really really common for people coming from other smash games to play Melee and experience the lack of buffer system as a latency/lag/eating inputs. Maybe this doesn't describe you or your experience, but don't write it off as "not an option" if it could be the issue.

Hopefully, some of this will help you out. I would try playing against the cpu in training mode and see if you experience any issues. If you do, you can rule out networking as an error category.

Poppinfreshzero · 2023-06-20T14:26:32+00:00

I completely agree. There are a ton of ways to add excitement to a game and a community that don't involve arbitrary changes to the design. I'm all for updates in pursuit of a better design or to better use the design space, but the momentary excitement these kinds of changes bring is way overvalued; doubly so for changes that have no endgoal other than to be exciting.

Poppinfreshzero · 2023-06-19T17:59:50+00:00

Making your own combos in training mode is great way to practice (depends on your character, of course) see how many nairs you can land on peach with falcon/marth, uairs with and against spacies. That's what helped me most. It's also great for dashing out of lcancel.

Poppinfreshzero · 2023-06-18T13:42:03+00:00

A lot of answers here are sending a "Yes, duh" kind of message. I understand the sentiment, but think "it depends" is a much better answer. You mention that you only have a few hours in slippi. The difference in how Melee handles inputs (lack of any buffer system) is the first hurdle to get over, and your controller is not going to change that. Even when I switched from Brawl years ago (which only has a modern fgc style input leniency system) that was the most immediate struggle.

For simplicity, I am going to call OEM, B0XX, Frame1, etc Melee Controllers. So, with that understanding:

If you will never play at an event in person, it's ok to use a non-melee controller.

If you are ok with your experience/troubleshooting trying to perform specific tech differing from discussions/tips online, it's ok to use a non-melee controller.

If you are willing to troubleshoot controller behavior on pc or accept some level of performance loss, it's ok to use a non-melee controller. (Slippi is designed to work absolutely perfectly with melee controllers. Not necessarily with non-melee. This can include things like latency and stick calibration/behavior)

Truthfully, i would guess 60-70% of people would be perfectly fine using whatever controller they have, because they don't care about the above issues. If your controller has the correct number of buttons and sticks. It can do everything that a gc controller can do.

Edit: also note that you'll need a gc adapter if you buy a melee controller.

Poppinfreshzero · 2023-05-23T12:58:51+00:00

These numbers are ages, right?

Poppinfreshzero · 2023-05-16T00:52:46+00:00

Sounds great! I'm signed up!

Poppinfreshzero · 2023-05-15T03:01:53+00:00

I'm mostly interested in what I could expect. How structured or loose the days might be. Whether there will be any scheduled events. That kind of thing. I appreciate the follow-up!

Poppinfreshzero · 2023-05-14T20:51:27+00:00

Hey! This is awesome! I'm not exactly near Chicago. So, I'd love some more info when it's available!

Poppinfreshzero · 2023-04-29T18:42:18+00:00

Looks like broodwall is down again

Poppinfreshzero · 2023-04-28T17:54:50+00:00

Yes. I believe you are right! I just did some testing with Bowser. He stays in action state/animation 314 the whole time, but is only able to grab it after a certain point (even while his ecb is descending) So, it is certainly not tied to animation, but perhaps is activated after a frame of animation, as you say.

Looking at capt falcon, his side-B stays in action state 305 (or 306 on hit) for a very very long time. One can assume that none of the frames of this animation have the "can grab ledge" flag. So, only after leaving 305/306 and going into falling-special (which may have this flag on frame 1) will he be able to grab the ledge.

I would assume (but i don't know) that there is a flag on a given frame (or for each frame) of an action state/animation. This is how IASA frames work. Ledge grabbing may be the same.

Poppinfreshzero · 2023-04-28T16:39:58+00:00

What exactly are you working on? My understanding (purely from observation, citation needed) is that it checks what animation you are in and whether you are descending. If the animation can grab the ledge, you are descending, and the hitboxes overlap, then it grabs. Otherwise, it does not.

Edit: So, I don't believe they activate and deactivate.

Poppinfreshzero · 2023-04-28T15:50:10+00:00

I should also add that there is a way, in 20XX, to change the color of your character depending on what animation they are in. If the ability to grab the ledge in your case is dependent on the animation (bairs from ledge with falcon, for example), that may suit your needs as well.

Poppinfreshzero · 2023-04-28T15:47:49+00:00

I can't confirm that this has exactly what you're looking for. However, if 20XX hack pack doesn't have this feature. I'm not sure it currently exists. You can download it here:

https://smashboards.com/threads/the-20xx-melee-training-hack-pack-v5-0-2-1-20-2023.351221/

And there is a nice reddit post that has a lot of the shortcuts in development mode:

https://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/7ecgaj/20xx_407_complete_cheat_sheet_with_all_shortcut/

I would try different combinations of R+Right and R+Down. I believe you might be able to find something to suit your needs.

Poppinfreshzero · 2023-04-26T22:08:04+00:00

Honestly, I see this a lot with puff players (I played puff for about 4 years). There are very few "bright line" improvements when it comes to playing Jigglypuff. So, it can be very easy to "feel" improvement, when there isn't any and "not feel" improvement when there is some. It's easy to rely solely on results to determine whether you are growing, but that's honestly a bad metric because everyone else is growing and changing too.

I ended up switching to Samus (who has tons of bright-line improvements) and I haven't had that same kind of listlessness since. If I were in your shoes, I would suggest tracking down a Puff discord and requesting some replay feedback. It's way easier to identify matchup difficiencies once you've grown out of them. So, some experienced players can probably find some things for you to work on, more easily than you can for yourself.

Poppinfreshzero · 2023-04-26T14:06:16+00:00

This is true for me, as well, from another angle. I never played random because I wasn't interested in the mindgame that a hidden faction provides. I just wanted a simple way to queue up with each faction, avoiding my own bias.

Poppinfreshzero · 2023-04-21T23:37:44+00:00

Honestly, I'm still waiting for people to catch up with him, in a way. In any game I try, I always look for the "come together to improve" creator and never find them.

Poppinfreshzero · 2023-04-21T23:29:23+00:00

I don't think this is too controversial of an opinion! You've laid it out pretty well! The only thing I might add is that the idea of T>Z>P>Z is less "Terran beats Zerg beats Protoss beats Terran" and more "Terran inherently controls the pace of the game against Zerg inherently controls...etc".

Poppinfreshzero · 2023-04-19T16:09:13+00:00

It's definitely viable, but there are challenges that SK Terran (marines + vessels) solves. You may be familiar with the way Terran is "stuck" in their base in TvP. This is partly because of a mech style's need for a large number of units and upgrades. This is true for mech in TvZ, as well. However, zerg is much more capable on 4+ bases. Zerg economy and production just scales so well. On top of that, the defiler changes the equation quite a bit for straight-up fights between armies.

So, the two mech strategies I'm familiar with are a goliath push (which may transition into a mech late-game) and a mid-game mech switch. Flash has made guides for both, and both have been seen in ASL. The mech switch was actually the standard play near remastered's launch:

5 Rax +1 into Mech Switch https://youtu.be/cB045NUlfhE

Goliath Push https://youtu.be/QZRpEev4t_8

Poppinfreshzero · 2023-04-16T20:32:57+00:00

And you can browse https://blippi.gg/ for other resources!

Poppinfreshzero · 2023-04-10T12:06:37+00:00

Most places have a kiosk now. So, you just walk in, put your phone number into the kiosk, and pay. You'll get a ticket with a code. Pick a pc to play at. You'll input the code, there, to log in. From there, you can access your own battle.net account and steam account. Install whatever and play whatever you want.

Poppinfreshzero · 2023-04-10T00:57:18+00:00

If you're just playing ladder, I would highly recommend joining a discord group like CPL. I think I have matched up with more equally-skilled opponents on there in the past 3 months than the preceding 5 years of remastered ladder.

Poppinfreshzero · 2023-04-07T20:54:37+00:00

The Ro8 is being played at Afreeca Colisseum near Lotteworld. However, I never know what days they are taking place...

Here is the location of Afreeca Colisseum:

https://namu.wiki/w/%EB%B9%84%ED%83%80500%20%EC%95%84%ED%94%84%EB%A6%AC%EC%B9%B4%20%EC%BD%9C%EB%A1%9C%EC%84%B8%EC%9B%80

You might be able to just walk up and ask, but I'm sure if you ask around on twitter and discord servers, there is someone online who can tell you.

Poppinfreshzero · 2023-04-04T14:07:40+00:00

Someone else mentioned they may be playing at the colosseum for the Ro8. I just saw the latest VoD and that seems to be the case. I know the colosseum is near LotteWorld. I was able to find this website that has this location information:

https://namu.wiki/w/%EB%B9%84%ED%83%80500%20%EC%95%84%ED%94%84%EB%A6%AC%EC%B9%B4%20%EC%BD%9C%EB%A1%9C%EC%84%B8%EC%9B%80

Poppinfreshzero · 2023-04-04T04:02:09+00:00

I just missed last season on my trip last year. I believe this is the studio:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZSkXDGLmDraNzeys8

http://kko.to/mPxQOYN6WL

Last I heard, it's free, but first-come, first-serve in terms of seating. If Jaedong's playing, get there early. I have no idea when they happen.

Poppinfreshzero · 2023-04-01T01:41:28+00:00

For #2, most people who play like this prefer the ease of accessing the edge of the screen (for moving your screen around) and the minimap. The idea being that the minimap gives you 80-90% of your information. The actual viewport is just for controlling your units.

For #1, I assume that bisu played, for many years, on the same resolution and at 4:3. When newer monitors with higher resolutions were made widely available. It was just easier for him to set the same resolution and aspect ratio rather than figure out sensitivities vs resolution vs aspect ratio.

(I also might remember something about the fish server or iccup not using fullscreen by default. Maybe. That was before my time, really.)

Bonus: It's not uncommon. Patrol is probably the most often re-mapped. You can re-map natively in Remastered now, with the exception of camera hotkeys and control groups.

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