We went to the Springs on Saturday so I could do my challenge on DarkPanzer.
Things were going well up until I realized that I didn't know where my DS was. I ended up getting super stressed out. The only thing that really kept me from being bitchy was my bitchin' new phone, and me attempting to not play on tilt.
Before the match, we went to Waffle House. Outside the car, I was attempting to put on my shoes when Steve decided to take me up on my challenge to take me down and tackled me. Me without shoes+bookbag=low tier in wrestling, and he ended up throwing me to the ground. I brough him down with me, then tried to get him in a cradle hold for teh embarassment, but he just kinda crawled on top of me, wtf? GGs, Steve. Rematch sometime, lolol.
Michelle and some others were kind enough to chip in so that Nite and I could eat. Seriously, I don't care what drama is going on, I like most of the Springs players. Good eatin's, good conversation, and a grueling deathmatch of Rock-Paper-Scissors against Heibrahi (good ol' rock let him down. D: ) all served to lighten my mood considerably, and by the time we started the challenge, I had almost forgotten about my DS.
The first match was close. I was all sorts of nervous and scared, and couldn't do ANYTHING right. Somehow, I won it. The second match, he won, and I almost let it get to me. Then I realized that I was just being stupid, letting myself get worked up for no reason, and started watching how he played. After that, I made a clean sweep ftw. I think he might have taken one more round, but the end result was 5-1, my favour. 6p is sooooooooo gooooooooooood.
I should have videos of my terrible nervous playstyle up soon enough. Once I do, I'll just post them right in this space. :D!
After the matches, he congratulated me, shook hands, pounded, the whole nine. Panzer is hella cool. I really hope he starts to improve, because I'd like a super close match with him in tournament sometime. It'd be great to have a Springs player to rival with.
Shortly after, I went back to looking for my DS, and was unable to find it. I ended up slipping into a psuedo-depression for two days before I realized that my DS has actually been keeping me from doing a lot of things that make me happy, wtf? Still, I really miss it. It was nice for when I didn't feel like doing anything productive, and I REALLY miss my R4 card.
Oh well, such is life.
The ride home was filled with lots of old stories, discussions, and a little shit talk. I ended up going home and sleeping, while Tim and Steve taught Don more about Brawl. Tim says his Wolf is coming along well enough, and that he just needs to start working on learning the game's mechanics. Wooooooo.
Next up on my hitlist is Mini-Matt. He beat me at the RanBat, so I'm a little bit cautious now. Still, I'm determined to win, and I'm not going to do the same stupid crap I did two weeks ago. I want to start challenging the good players as soon as possible, so I'm not going to be playing like an idiot anymore, if I can help it.
I'm sure there's plenty I'm forgetting, but I'm lazy and hungry right now, so whatever. Here's hoping my next update is nothing but good news!
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Monday, October 6, 2008
North vs. South Qualifier
As the title suggests, we had the Qualifier tournament for the North vs South crew battles that are coming up next month. Top 5 spots get to rep Northern Colorado. 10 people showed up (woooo).
I ended up having to face my friend's Baiken first round, and he 2-0'ed me. Rather than get SUPER pissed and indignant with him, I congratulated him, went off, and THEN reacted poorly. Still, I didn't just bitch to him all during our match. Small personal victories are still victories.
I really really really need to stop fixating on my damn 632146hs special as a get-out-of-jail-free card, especially since I can't get the motion down when it matters most. I think the block is entirely mental, but because of it, I end up focusing on doing it and nothing but it until I not only execute the motion properly, but hit with it, too.
Huge problem for a lot of players, and I'm fully aware of it. When we miss a motion, we keep doing it until we hit it. It's like we have to reassert our technical dominance in our own minds or something. Really lame, and really stupid.
Props to Jamaal for beating me again, though, and MiniMatt for thinking during our matches. Can't count how many times I was airgrabbed because I jumped predictably. Shoulda been a heat knuckle, but seeing the air-grab was actually more intimidating, and made me keep going in the air in an attempt to grab him back.
All in all, I need to stop playing on tilt, and pay attention to my outlook. I didn't give up during my matches, so at least there's that.
After the tournament, we hit up McDonald's and talked about upcoming tournaments, things all of the fresh blood players need to work on, and random stories from the past. We went back and played GG for a couple more hours, and I managed to take a good chunk of matches from Don and Eric, though I guess it does bear mention that whenever I actually took them outta the rotation, they weren't using their mains. I messed up an IK set-up against Don's ABA, but then just decided to run up and try it anyway. He didn't know Zappa's IK was an unblockable, and I have some pretty nasty ideas for stupid things I can do involving the dog in IK mode now. :D!
Sorry this update is so late. It's been done for about 3 days, I just didn't have time to post it. I'm challenging DarkPanzer this weekend, so I'm really getting excited for it.
I ended up having to face my friend's Baiken first round, and he 2-0'ed me. Rather than get SUPER pissed and indignant with him, I congratulated him, went off, and THEN reacted poorly. Still, I didn't just bitch to him all during our match. Small personal victories are still victories.
I really really really need to stop fixating on my damn 632146hs special as a get-out-of-jail-free card, especially since I can't get the motion down when it matters most. I think the block is entirely mental, but because of it, I end up focusing on doing it and nothing but it until I not only execute the motion properly, but hit with it, too.
Huge problem for a lot of players, and I'm fully aware of it. When we miss a motion, we keep doing it until we hit it. It's like we have to reassert our technical dominance in our own minds or something. Really lame, and really stupid.
Props to Jamaal for beating me again, though, and MiniMatt for thinking during our matches. Can't count how many times I was airgrabbed because I jumped predictably. Shoulda been a heat knuckle, but seeing the air-grab was actually more intimidating, and made me keep going in the air in an attempt to grab him back.
All in all, I need to stop playing on tilt, and pay attention to my outlook. I didn't give up during my matches, so at least there's that.
After the tournament, we hit up McDonald's and talked about upcoming tournaments, things all of the fresh blood players need to work on, and random stories from the past. We went back and played GG for a couple more hours, and I managed to take a good chunk of matches from Don and Eric, though I guess it does bear mention that whenever I actually took them outta the rotation, they weren't using their mains. I messed up an IK set-up against Don's ABA, but then just decided to run up and try it anyway. He didn't know Zappa's IK was an unblockable, and I have some pretty nasty ideas for stupid things I can do involving the dog in IK mode now. :D!
Sorry this update is so late. It's been done for about 3 days, I just didn't have time to post it. I'm challenging DarkPanzer this weekend, so I'm really getting excited for it.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Week One, BEGIN!
I've decided to start a journal to record my experiences and travels as I venture into the world of competitive 2D fighters.
Some quick background information:
I'm not completely new to competitive gaming. I've been playing Super Smash Brothers Melee for about... 3 or 4 years. I've placed 2nd Out of State on occasion (though I really should have been 3rd... LoVo too good), and routinely placed 4th for about 2 years in a row at almost every major SSBM tournament in Colorado. I placed 7th once or twice, and 2nd/3rd and handful of times. Taken first on the VERY rare occasion, but it was never my own doing.
I also placed 30somethingish at OC3, a 228 man Melee tournament in Cali. It wasn't my best performance, but the experience really made up for it.
Then, Brawl came out. Being the stupid fanboy I am, I picked up Sonic for about 4 months, before realizing that I REALLY needed a new game to play.
Don't get me wrong, Brawl is decent enough, and if you want a thinking man's game, Brawl is it. However, there is virtually NOTHING to practice. Sooooo, I've started looking into the wonderful world of 2D fighters.
And what a wonderful world it is.
So much hype, so much competition. The numbers aren't as big as Smash, but the people that play seriously REALLY know their stuff.
I've been interested in 3s, CvS2, and GG for a long time now. Sadly, Colorado only really plays GG nowadays, so no Yang/Chun or Rock for me. D: D: D:
Still, GG has Zappa, and that's enough to get me to play any game. Doesn't hurt that Colorado's top player is one super-cool guy.
However, in playing with them, I've noticed that Colorado is significantly lacking in two things:
1) Pride.
2) The ability to think and manipulate.
Now, don't get me wrong. Some of our players can adapt rather well, and have tricked me on numerous occassions. Some of our players get INCREDIBLY fired up. Unfortunately, most of them don't.
I aim to fix this.
I have issued a challenge to the Colorado GG scene. If I can not beat every last one of them in a FT5 before this time next year, I'll be taking everyone I didn't ace out to eat. Or just buy them ice cream. I'm not sure which, yet.
Here's the hitlist:
1st Don
2nd KLT
3rd Dave
4th Eric
5th Markus
6th Halfro
7th Orion
8th Ahmad
9th Angel
10th Michelle
11th True Tech
12th Trapstar
13th Ralph
14th Mini Matt
15th Dark Panzer
16th Pixel
17th Master Trick
As of this post I have already taken Trick off the list, and Pixel may be off this Sunday. Not because I beat them, but because they ducked for two weeks in a row. I only have a year to ace everyone, and I can't spend all my time at the bottom.
Every match will be recorded, and posted on here, if I can. If not, I'll just link to it.
Panzer will probably be the first player I get to actually play.
I'm also planning on going OoS for GG, and possibly ST/SF4 once those come out.
Anyway, the purpose of this blog is to update people on my growth as a player, and maaaaybe even as a person. We'll see about that, though.
Until next time,
mamama
Some quick background information:
I'm not completely new to competitive gaming. I've been playing Super Smash Brothers Melee for about... 3 or 4 years. I've placed 2nd Out of State on occasion (though I really should have been 3rd... LoVo too good), and routinely placed 4th for about 2 years in a row at almost every major SSBM tournament in Colorado. I placed 7th once or twice, and 2nd/3rd and handful of times. Taken first on the VERY rare occasion, but it was never my own doing.
I also placed 30somethingish at OC3, a 228 man Melee tournament in Cali. It wasn't my best performance, but the experience really made up for it.
Then, Brawl came out. Being the stupid fanboy I am, I picked up Sonic for about 4 months, before realizing that I REALLY needed a new game to play.
Don't get me wrong, Brawl is decent enough, and if you want a thinking man's game, Brawl is it. However, there is virtually NOTHING to practice. Sooooo, I've started looking into the wonderful world of 2D fighters.
And what a wonderful world it is.
So much hype, so much competition. The numbers aren't as big as Smash, but the people that play seriously REALLY know their stuff.
I've been interested in 3s, CvS2, and GG for a long time now. Sadly, Colorado only really plays GG nowadays, so no Yang/Chun or Rock for me. D: D: D:
Still, GG has Zappa, and that's enough to get me to play any game. Doesn't hurt that Colorado's top player is one super-cool guy.
However, in playing with them, I've noticed that Colorado is significantly lacking in two things:
1) Pride.
2) The ability to think and manipulate.
Now, don't get me wrong. Some of our players can adapt rather well, and have tricked me on numerous occassions. Some of our players get INCREDIBLY fired up. Unfortunately, most of them don't.
I aim to fix this.
I have issued a challenge to the Colorado GG scene. If I can not beat every last one of them in a FT5 before this time next year, I'll be taking everyone I didn't ace out to eat. Or just buy them ice cream. I'm not sure which, yet.
Here's the hitlist:
1st Don
2nd KLT
3rd Dave
4th Eric
5th Markus
6th Halfro
7th Orion
8th Ahmad
9th Angel
10th Michelle
11th True Tech
12th Trapstar
13th Ralph
14th Mini Matt
15th Dark Panzer
16th Pixel
17th Master Trick
As of this post I have already taken Trick off the list, and Pixel may be off this Sunday. Not because I beat them, but because they ducked for two weeks in a row. I only have a year to ace everyone, and I can't spend all my time at the bottom.
Every match will be recorded, and posted on here, if I can. If not, I'll just link to it.
Panzer will probably be the first player I get to actually play.
I'm also planning on going OoS for GG, and possibly ST/SF4 once those come out.
Anyway, the purpose of this blog is to update people on my growth as a player, and maaaaybe even as a person. We'll see about that, though.
Until next time,
mamama
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