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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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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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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Content will be light this week, but I want to give a shoutout to the r/smashbros site on Reddit.
There are regular submissions of SSB4 updates, videos, highlights, and good discussion. Also, they have great resources all tabulated on the top […]
There’s been a decent demand for mindset related questions. So here’s five tips from me on how to improve your mindset.
1. Focus on the match at hand
Often times, I see people beat themselves mentally by thinking about their possible place in the bracket based on things that haven’t happened yet.
“If I beat _____, then I have to play ______ and I might get top 5!”
“Ugh, if I lose, then I have to play my rival and I might do terribly”
To give a geeky analogy, our brains are like RAM. It can only handle so much information before it begins to forget things. By wasting resources on things that don’t matter, you’re spending fewer resources on the actual match itself. When you’re playing your match, nothing should matter besides the two characters on the screen and the stage itself. I see people frequently do worse in a tournament set because they are so preoccupied with how they will place or what other people think of them.
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Many people expressed an interest in learning to how to have a better mindset in tournament. Although I have some tips to help, I wanted to showcase a particular Smasher who has been writing on these topics for a while. […]
Finding a good Gamecube Controller can be quite difficult. These controllers can’t be found regularly at retail stores and even at gaming specialty stores such as Gamestop.
Here are some common questions in regards to Gamecube controllers.
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As a team, we want to cater to helping people of all skill levels. Here we have a list of frequently asked questions (FAQ) and resources to answer those questions.
This post is a work in progress, but will grow as feedback from the community comes in and guides are made.
If you have something that you feel needs to be added to a common FAQ, fill out this survey
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Here are some numbers based on the top 64 placings of APEX 2014 SSBM Singles Bracket
Regions
Top 64
Top 16
Atl South
9
5
East Coast
19
1
Midwest
1
0
International
10
3
West Coast
21
6
Southwest
4
1
These are roughly the numbers that are expected in a top 64 distribution. EC and WC had the most of any region representing the top 64, but the South and International scenes had great representation in both the Top 64 and Top 16. Although the east and west coasts had great representation in the top 64, the slight fall off in the Top 16 indicates that the elite tier players under-performed
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