So Get 4 Stocked 5 was yesterday. It's looking like it'll be the last big melee tournament in the Mid-South. Well I think people will still have Melee tournaments, but Brawl is probably going to take over.
I had probably the easiest pool of them all, and I didn't do well as I know I could have.
This brings me to the daniel-zaman problem. It has nothing to do with him really. daniel-zaman is rated as one of GA's best smashers, and he's better than me, although not by much. I've played friendlies with him at almost every tourney I've attended. At this particular tournament, and at G4s4, I was keeping up with him in friendlies, generally getting him down to one stock, which would lead me to believe that our skill levels aren't THAT far apart. The "problem" is that daniel-zaman always makes it out of pools, and I always fail hard in pools. Which leads me to conclude that I must get nervous or anxious or slow when I play in tournament matches. It's weird though because I can't really tell that I'm playing worse besides the fact that I'm losing. I'll have to work on that.
It's probably time to start focusing on Brawl. and as I predicted, I think my Melee practice will benefit me in that aspect. Plus I have high hopes because I'm starting on an even playing field (for the most part) as everyone else, and not 3 years behind like I did with Melee.
Improvement Thoughts
I'm better than I was, I'm tech chasing and DIing better, and I think I know the next step, and this will translate in to Brawl. I need to learn how to read my opponents. I need to pay attention to what they do, how they do it, and when they do it. What do they do around the edge? What do they do to get up from the edge? What do they do in the air? Things like that.
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