User:Omega Tyrant/Competitive Q&A/Archive: Difference between revisions

A: I don't know the age of everyone, so I can't answer that accurately. Though in the two tournaments I went to, I would guess the average age was between 18 and 20. For the age range in the Smash scene as a whole, from what I observed, is from as low as 13, up to the high 20s (which could increase farther in the future). <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 15:01, 27 December 2011 (EST)

A: 1.) Smashers from all levels dislike Meta Knight, from the top professionals to the scrubbiest of casuals. Being competitive is irrelevant. 2.) What do you mean by dislike? If by disliking playing the character, I simply do not enjoy playing him more than I enjoy playing many other characters. If you mean disliking the character himself, I do not dislike him, as being proban does not mean I dislike the character. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 16:45, 27 December 2011 (EST)

Q: What would you say is the correct and/or prevailing ratio of '''technical knowledge''' vs. '''non-technical knowledge''' vs. '''instinct''' needed to succeed at a high level? [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The Non-Toxic 17:22, 27 December 2011 (EST)

A: I think this would vary from person to person. For myself, I find "practical knowledge" (such as knowing when a move will KO, its reach, its relative speed, etc.) more useful than exact technical knowledge, with instinct being capable to trumping both when it comes through. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 06:11, 14 January 2012 (EST)

A: See Mega's answer, though I got Melee back in the Christmas of 2003. Also, keep the name of the section relevant. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 06:11, 14 January 2012 (EST)

A: I just keep it on, as I simply never been bothered by it. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 17:12, 12 February 2012 (EST)

A: Each person is not expected to bring a copy of whatever Smash game they're playing. However, tournaments are very rarely able to provide an adequate amount of setups (a full setup being a tv with a game console and game), and as such, recommend people to bring setups to the tournament, often giving those who bring setups an incentive (usually giving them a discount on their venue fee or removing the fee altogether). <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 18:56, 14 April 2012 (EDT)

A: Tap jump varies, plenty of players have it on (even if no one uses it to primarily jump), such as Meta Knights using it to aid uair strings. For c-stick, every competitive player makes use of it. You simply can't play to your best without it (c-stick allows you to use aerials in any direction without interrupting your air movement to initiate them with the control stick). As for your comment, using X with the c-stick for aerials has always felt completely natural to me, and there's no way I could do autocancelled aerials, spaced bairs, and the rest of the aerials stuff to such proficiency using tap jump. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 08:05, 7 August 2012 (EDT)

:If you have questions regarding specific characters, I can give specific strats for them. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 23:30, 16 December 2012 (EST)

A: I'll add to this; while you can't tech it, you can avoid the landing animation, by using the move so that it ends at a height that it auto-cancels. Donkey Kong players like {{Sm|Will}} regularly do this when recovering with Donkey Kong. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 00:50, 6 February 2013 (EST)

A:This page isn't really to ask about my opinions of things, but I'll answer anyway; I can enjoy doubles, though I prefer singles to them. Mainly, I just like the gameplay of singles better, and in singles, I know any victory/defeat is of my own doing. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 15:48, 8 March 2013 (EST)

For tier placements, Squirtle would be around where Brian stated. Charizard would range from low tier to middle low (however he wouldn't reach as high as Ike, around Yoshi would be the possible maximum). Ivysaur would be a definite bottom tier and candidate for worst character in the game. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 14:19, 1 June 2013 (EDT)

A: To quickly differentiate it from the hacks, and "vBrawl" is pretty much only used in context with the hacks or where the hacks are applicable. When talking about just about it, people will just use "Brawl". <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 15:52, 1 June 2013 (EDT)

Those moves are your primary killers with R.O.B. F-smash is really bad with a combination of slow start-up, poor reach with a terrible hitbox, and simply not being that strong for a move of its speed. D-smash is often stale, and it has low knockback scaling, so heavier characters can live a fresh d-smash to even 200%. Dair is so ridiculously slow, that it takes an incredible read or a really dumb opponent to land it offstage. Fair can get edgeguard gimps and kills, but it's not quite strong enough and is often stale to kill from neutral. Charged laser and fully charged Gyro can kill if landed offstage, but lack the power to kill from neutral (especially the former). <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 11:34, 18 June 2013 (EDT)

::If they're above 30ish (where d-throw starts sending them too high to reliably followup), and below where u-throw kills them, then f/b-throw towards the closest ledge to then attempt an edgeguard is the best option out of a grab. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 11:59, 18 June 2013 (EDT)

A: @Ac2k: I really can't answer that, especially not for Melee. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 21:06, 21 June 2013 (EDT)

And of course, don't ever touch the Pokemon Trainer. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 20:08, 10 July 2013 (EDT)

A: This page is supposed to be about competitive related questions only. If this about which looks to have the best potential from the glimpses we seen, then Mega Man (and also the answer if you're just asking which one I like most). <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 16:31, 13 July 2013 (EDT)

A: I find bracket pools terrible. Regarding efficiency, they may be faster, but not to a degree where it's really significant. They can be heavily unfair, as being seeded wrong hurts you much more than it would in traditional pools. They additionally eliminate one significant advantage of pools, where they don't give weaker players more tournament sets. The biggest issue I have with them though, is that bracket pools can often create a situation, where losing rewards you while winning punishes you. For example, top 4 get out of a bracket pool, and if you win your first match, you go up against the #1 seed, who you will lose to. However, losing here sends to the other side of the bracket where you'll have to play the #3 seed to get a top 4 spot, while not being any farther in losers than you would be if you lost the first match. Losing the first match however, puts you at the same progress in losers that you would be if you won the first match and lost to the #1 seed, while now you're on the side of the bracket where you'll have to play the #4 seed for top 4 (and since these are pools, where skill is really spread out, it's probable there's a significant difference between the #3 and #4 seed). The exact situation described happened to my friend No Skillz at Apex. Brian also told me how some guys in Melee had to intentionally throw a set in bracket pools to make it out, and how some other Melee guys were screwed from misseeding and the loser conundrum in bracket pools. In tournaments, losing should never ever be more beneficial for the player than winning a match is. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 22:25, 17 July 2013 (EDT)

Not much else I can unfortunately. Additionally, you'll probably do better by ''playing to the player'', rather than you ever could ''playing to the character'' since the matchup is so bad. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 22:14, 4 May 2014 (EDT)

A: Simply, having no team attack is broken and allows for degenerate play, while having team attack on forces much more interesting strategies and makes players need to have actual awareness of where they're throwing out their attacks. Additionally, 2-on-1s become interesting and doable with team attack on, when they're otherwise hopeless foregone conclusions with team attack off. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 10:16, 13 February 2015 (EST)