playing hard comps doesn't get you better. you HAVE to play other people. it's the only way to develop mindgames, which is CRUCIAL to being good. playing comps can only improve your tech skill, but it doesn't if you actually try to beat the comp

*cough*Bombsoldier*cough*

There are such things as Tech Pros...

he's an exception. but it's not like he doesn't have mindgames

edit: phanna has crazy tech skills, but hes nowhere near pro. tons of people mastered marth's techs, but without ken's mindgames, they can't be good. and i saw this guy on youtube. he JC shines and did perfect waveshines, but he lost to an unimpressive-looking dr. mario

This message was edited by mr pizza on Dec 15 2006.

just practice cuz practice makes perfect right

Actually practice just makes you better there's no such thing as perfection.Oh how I hate cliche lines.

Actually, Perfect practice makes perfect, but yeah, no perfection in smash. Always room for human error. I mean, Ken has had his share of mistakes.

Computers always do the same stuff, so its not a very good idea to verse them, but who else have you got by yourself, i say practice with ONE level niner, no items, final destination or hyrule temple, if thats too easy, get a handicap

The main thing level nines are good for is reaction time improval

quote Mazda

i would agree with having a second character that your decent with but i wouldnt choose falco as a beginner as he is a fast faller which can screw you if your not very good, instead i would choose a character like mario who is an all rounder anyway.

Falco was really the best choice for me as a secondary because of the ease to do pretty well as with little practice. L-canceled aerial attack(Nair and Dair) to shine was really easy to pick up from as well as SHL, which are a huge part of playing as Falco. Mindgames r difficult for me as Falco because I normally use WD with my main, but I tend to have a hard time doing that as Falco. I resort to using DD more, but I probably should just try and improve my WD.

Sorry if I am taking offence to something not intended to b an insult, but r u calling me a beginner? My first statement was unclear when is was written as "I have had a hard time playing people..." I meant that I had a hard time finding some1 to play against. I edited my earlier post to be less vague.

quote Marthpaladin

quote Mazda

i would agree with having a second character that your decent with but i wouldnt choose falco as a beginner as he is a fast faller which can screw you if your not very good, instead i would choose a character like mario who is an all rounder anyway.

Sorry if I am taking offence to something not intended to b an insult, but r u calling me a beginner? My first statement was unclear when is was written as "I have had a hard time playing people..." I meant that I had a hard time finding some1 to play against. I edited my earlier post to be less vague.

no i wasn't calling you a beginner. I meant if a plaer was a beginner at this game the best choice would be a character like mario and not a fast faller like falco. Ill also edit my last post to make it clear.

quote Jazz Master

Computers always do the same stuff, so its not a very good idea to verse them, but who else have you got by yourself, i say practice with ONE level niner, no items, final destination or hyrule temple, if thats too easy, get a handicap

I wouldn't recommend going against lvl 9's very much because of their un-human like way of fighting. They seem to be good at intercepting most aerials with grabs and basic A attacks, so players against them will often switch to using dash attacks and smashes so the computer will just get hit. If one faces too many lvl nines, they will most likely get used to using smashes and dash attacks to get in the first hit, which r considerably more laggy. Going against lvl 1 comps is a better(and more boring) training method for fighting human players where u can get closer to perfecting techniques more easily and not disrupt your fighting style. I know that I did not fare as well against human players when I played lvl 9 comps too much in my first years of playing smash.

On a different note....
Sorry for overreacting Mazda

I play against level nines all the time. They aren't good for improving general skill level, but they're definitely good enough for maintaining skill level and they can help improve certain things (mainly with Fox, like hit-confirming Neutral Air so you waveshine in the proper direction)

pretty much anty training can help u improve (stuff like adventure and anything else)

quote WiseLugia

Actually, Perfect practice makes perfect, but yeah, no perfection in smash. Always room for human error. I mean, Ken has had his share of mistakes.

goodness do u ppl hav to b so critical

quote WiseLugia

Actually, Perfect practice makes perfect, but yeah, no perfection in smash. Always room for human error. I mean, Ken has had his share of mistakes.

XD I remember those fights!
-ken is playing like a *bleep*-
-ken loses-
-audience screams louder thna usual. -