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Mar 14, 2014

How To: Creating a Training Plan

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Hey Everyone. Happy Friday!

It’s been an exciting week for Melee as we’ve been confirmed for both Evo and MLG!

There are roughly 3-4 months between today and these tournaments. Every Friday will have a post featuring things that you can train on to prepare for the big days! Each person’s training regimen will be different and by no means is this post going to be the “bible” for everyone.

Let’s get started with Week 1
Set Goals
1. What are some technical skills you want to implement?
– 3-4 months is a long enough time to practice and implement new technology in the game. Perhaps, you’re not familiar with wavedashing and its practical uses. Maybe, you’ve been wondering what this shield dropping business is all about. Write down a list of the things you want to begin practicing.

For Myself
– I’m not really good at doing Shino Stalling or Needle Turnarounds as Sheik. I view these as highly practical techniques that will refine my edge-game, so my goal for the next month will be to learn these techniques proficiently.
– I would like to implement better wavelanding, especially off the ledge.

 

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Mar 10, 2014

The Voices of Women in the Super Smash Brothers Community

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Hey everyone. We have a guest writer, Lilo from AZ, who brings us some interesting insight and statistics on sexism in the smash community.
Things are changing in the Super Smash Brothers Community. The community is growing larger every day, with new players coming out in droves to join. People are trying to be more aware and conscious of how their words and actions affect others. Things are changing for the better, but problems still plague us. The issue I would like to address today is the very real and ugly reality of sexism in our community. This post aims to continue spreading awareness about the experiences women in smash have. The point of this post is not to demonize smash, but give women in smash a voice–one that is often overlooked or belittled or just simply not heard.
I’ve asked several women from all over the world to answer honestly about their personal experiences and hopes for the smash community, and compiled it into an infographic, interactive map, and collection of quotes. […]

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Mar 10, 2014

Weekly Wrap Up 3/10/14

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Welcome to the 6th edition of the Weekly Wrap Up.If you want to promote your local scene/region, email DanielLee912@gmail.com to have your event results posted here!

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Mar 10, 2014

Mindset: Keep your head up!

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At some point of our smash careers, I think it is safe to say we encounter disappointments whether it be a string of consecutive tournaments in which we don’t make it out of pools or losing to that particular opponent over and over. It can get frustrating, speaking from experience, to put in countless hours of practice to place the same at tournaments or, perhaps, place lower than usual. Sometimes it can make very little sense. For many, the voices of self-doubt and condemnation can easily come in at the first step of adversity. In fact, some of you may be dealing with the stresses of moving up the cruel Melee ladder. So how do we deal with this?

1. Remembering to have fun!

Aside from a few exceptions, most people play Melee as a hobby. As a hobby, the game should provide us entertainment and help us have fun and unwind from the toils of real-world responsibilities. When I get frustrated from playing the game, I find ways to make it fun. Sometimes, I’ll play FFA with items on with friends or watch some enjoyable videos on youtube. Also what has helped me is to enjoy being in the community. After a tough loss, I’ll enjoy my time destressing by chatting and hanging out with the other players from the community by eating or just playing some friendlies.

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Mar 9, 2014

Revival of Melee 7 Day 1

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To recap the action for day 1 of ROM, here are the brackets.

Singles
http://controlgaming.challonge.com/ROM7Singles

Doubles
http://controlgaming.challonge.com/ROM7Doubles

Follow the action tomorrow on VGBootCamp at 9 am EST
www.twitch.tv/vgbootcamp

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Mar 7, 2014

Revival of Melee (ROM) 7 Preview March 8th-9th

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General Information:
Where: Toywiz, Nanuet, NY
When: March 8th – 9th
Stream can be found at: VGBootCamp

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Mar 6, 2014

How to: The “Deep” Training

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Though one may be overpowered,
two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
After a while, I noticed I was stagnating despite practicing with other players. One of my friends, more commonly known as PewPewU, jokingly said that I should do some “deep” training. After a little bit of training, I was able to get some great insight on some of the holes in my neutral game.

So what is the “Deep” training?

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Mar 3, 2014

Weekly Wrap Up (3/3/14)

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Welcome to our fifth edition “Weekly Wrap-Up” to get a quick scope of all of the SSBM happenings over the previous weekend! If you want to promote your local scene/region, email DanielLee912@gmail.com to have your event results posted here!

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Feb 24, 2014

Weekly Wrap Up (2/24/14)

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Welcome to our third edition “Weekly Wrap-Up” to get a quick scope of all of the SSBM happenings over the previous weekend! If you want to promote your local scene/region, contact Daniel Lee on facebook or email DanielLee912@gmail.com to have your event results posted here!
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Feb 20, 2014

Training Tools: How much can you punish?

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Top players win matches because they can maximize the amount of damage they get out of every opening. Often, we stand in awe when we see Mew2king execute a zero-to-death combo on his opponents. Armada was once quoted to say that people don’t punish hard enough and that improving one’s punishment game is the easiest way to improve and win more sets. In his earlier days, Dr. PeePee would watch his videos to see how much damage he got off of each opening. He strived to at least get 50% off of each opening.

What is a punishment?

Everyone has their own loose definition of punishment. In SSBM, there are a combination of things that are valuable which include stocks, percentages, stage position, and momentum. The maximum punishment that can be achieved is taking off a stock off your opponent. Increasing your opponent’s percentage is also a desirable trait of a punishment. Next is relative stage position. Having the center of the stage has great value and, in some instances, maintaining that center stage is more important than racking additional percentage. When I use the term “momentum”, I’m referring to the ability to move and cover a large amount of space. A “shielding” enemy covers much less than an enemy that’s dash dancing.

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