Hate Speech: Stop Playing (Mindgames) With Yourself
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BrewtusBibulus
Get your eSports on!
Don't give people credit they don't deserve... Just because someone is a "top player" from a given area does not mean that you need to go next level with them. If they get stuck on stupid in a particular matchup, watch them hang themselves. I have lost a few tournament matches because I assumed that the person was going to come back with a fresh approach after getting smashed... But then didn't and my next level played back into the same shit he was doing before. By all means you SHOULD have the next level ready to go, but don't whip it out until you know it's time
PartyEagle
[05] Battler
the truth, IMO the best way to approach a match is to play like they are not good until they prove you wrong. can't block and punish pyrrhas as aa , 1aa, or 66b BE ? stay free looks like im moving up the bracket.
BrewtusBibulus
Get your eSports on!
When it comes to many aspects of tournament play like that, personally I spend a few points in the early rounds to "test balls" and see what they can do. So to take the Pyrrha example I might spend my first half a bar on 66B BE, just to see if you can deal with it. It's important to make sure testing stuff like that isn't going to cost you a game, an early round I really don't care about as long as I get all the information I was looking for. It's simply expending some health to gain information about my opponent and allow me to know how to pressure in the match. Just don't get married to all that, some players will be able to step it up as the match goes on and not being able to adapt then WILL cost you rounds and/or your whole tournament match.
Another mindgame that ONLY smart people will fall for is "the mixup that doesn't exist" once they give you credit as a player who will adapt. Simply put, you mix them up and then somewhere in the middle of the match you stop. This can be especially effective if you freeze certain aspects of your adaptation and not others. For example with Leixia I will sometimes just FC 3B after every 1B as a juggle. After mixing it up for a few games, people expect me to use a low or a throw to mix them up and they will often fall for more than you would think if you do the same option 5x in a row in the given situation. Just make sure you are facing someone who is adapting... Otherwise people will just have an easier time defending.
Another mindgame that ONLY smart people will fall for is "the mixup that doesn't exist" once they give you credit as a player who will adapt. Simply put, you mix them up and then somewhere in the middle of the match you stop. This can be especially effective if you freeze certain aspects of your adaptation and not others. For example with Leixia I will sometimes just FC 3B after every 1B as a juggle. After mixing it up for a few games, people expect me to use a low or a throw to mix them up and they will often fall for more than you would think if you do the same option 5x in a row in the given situation. Just make sure you are facing someone who is adapting... Otherwise people will just have an easier time defending.
heiligekuh
[08] Mercenary
It's worth recognizing that for fighters, particularly SC, *when* you push the buttons is absolutely crucial.
I was trying to set up Training Mode to practice defending against Yoshi's Grasshopper mixups. I recorded GH K, GH B and the SGH unblockable, then set the dummy to JG an attack and respond with random.
Instead the JG stun ate the GH stance command and Yoshi responded with normal standing moves.
When the same thing happens to me in play, I can stare at my fingers in disbelief all I want, but the fact is I messed up the timing LONG BEFORE the move came out.