I've learned almost the same, if not extremely similar lessons and I think the one most that resonated with me was work ethic and time management. Competitive Smash is something I wanted to do all throughout high school, especially when Sm4sh was new. But it largely consisted of a small-somewhat decent size group of friends in my school that we play a lot between + For Glory. Also, UA-cam sprouted as a potential career idea and I've wanted to capitalize on that since my senior year of high school. But I was still in school and only moving on to college, something that would take up more time in short bursts, but would also allow for longer breaks between semesters. I dabbled w/ Sm4sh tourneys on occasion, but I never fully adamantly worked towards competitive Smash until much later. Between that, college and now UA-cam, it seemed tricky to balance all 3 when they all struck different priorities at different intervals and it wasn't often competitive Smash was a desire that I could constantly fulfill or take advantage of. Eventually, I realized that if it's something I want, then it's not nearly as easy as I figured it could be obtained. The SHEER WEIGHT of work ethic and time management didn't hit me until early Ultimate, like 3 months into the game. 3 tourneys in a row, would always lose in Round 3, it then struck my mind that "Damn, I REALLY need to spend time on this game competitively." I wanted to be good at the game, or at least good enough to where I'd be more content with how I am as a player. I used to just scrape by with friends and online. That wasn't going to cut it. To be a competitor where you learn a lot and get a lot out of playing Smash, not just playing better, you HAVE to physically, like REALLY WANT to get good. *Going to tournaments,* *finding competitors to have grind/practice sessions with for Smash Bros. before, during, after tourneys & when they're not going on,* *analyzing your own mindset and ways you can improve it while playing competitively and generally as a competitor,* analyzing vods & such, learning my own habits, playstyles, matchups, neutral, advantage, disadvantage, etc., big and small details like all of this, plenty others I didn't mention, but especially the first 3, was what had to be a norm or constant reminder to me if I wanted to get better. To get good, you NEED to want it so you'd usually apply most of what I listed off, especially finding the right people to practice with and going to tournaments consistently. And it's not something you can understand and get in a short period of time. You're going to lose a lot. You're going to SD, die weirdly or stupidly, one way or another, a lot. You're going to find a lot of people who outplay and perform better than you a lot of the time. The best thing you can do for that is accept that, focus only on how you progress yourself, without comparing to others, and just keep on pushing no matter how depressing or stale you may feel. It wasn't until Ultimate came around and when I was in my last year of college that I managed to focus better on my time management and work ethic towards everything around me, and especially with Smash Bros. I had the pleasure of meeting you and various other college mates I kind of consider a college-extended family in a way (cheesy, I know) in a newly fostered esports club, we'd all meet and practice for hours twice a week every week, sometimes more, we'd take trips to tournaments whenever available, we'd analyze, study and practice our play, we even took a trip to an S tier major before Corona hit and it was the best trip I've ever taken, with all of these acting as some of the best times I've spent as a competitor for Smash Bros. I've adjusted & fixed my mindset significantly than compared to 4 years ago, I've met SO many cool people in the Smash community, inside and outside college but especially with the esports club, I've become a lot better as a player and learned more than I ever did during Sm4sh and I've spent a lot of time towards being better within my years at Farmingdale State College that I do not regret at all. I did learn a decent chunk of stuff during Sm4sh, but not nearly as much, physically, mentally, and emotionally, than when I committed more time to Ultimate competitively. I'm now a college graduate at the age of 21. Now with school behind me forever, especially when Corona dies out, you can bet your ass I'll continuing putting forth more time and effort into both UA-cam and Smash Bros. much more easily and freely and look back on this video to refresh on what to learn. what to remember and tell others the same. Really good video, definitely made me reflect on what I've experienced since Fall of 2019 and hopefully, I'll learn and gain even more since I don't have to worry about school anymore. 🙂
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Great stuff my dude. I'll be sure to keep these things in mind!
I've learned almost the same, if not extremely similar lessons and I think the one most that resonated with me was work ethic and time management.
Competitive Smash is something I wanted to do all throughout high school, especially when Sm4sh was new. But it largely consisted of a small-somewhat decent size group of friends in my school that we play a lot between + For Glory. Also, UA-cam sprouted as a potential career idea and I've wanted to capitalize on that since my senior year of high school. But I was still in school and only moving on to college, something that would take up more time in short bursts, but would also allow for longer breaks between semesters. I dabbled w/ Sm4sh tourneys on occasion, but I never fully adamantly worked towards competitive Smash until much later. Between that, college and now UA-cam, it seemed tricky to balance all 3 when they all struck different priorities at different intervals and it wasn't often competitive Smash was a desire that I could constantly fulfill or take advantage of. Eventually, I realized that if it's something I want, then it's not nearly as easy as I figured it could be obtained.
The SHEER WEIGHT of work ethic and time management didn't hit me until early Ultimate, like 3 months into the game. 3 tourneys in a row, would always lose in Round 3, it then struck my mind that "Damn, I REALLY need to spend time on this game competitively." I wanted to be good at the game, or at least good enough to where I'd be more content with how I am as a player. I used to just scrape by with friends and online. That wasn't going to cut it. To be a competitor where you learn a lot and get a lot out of playing Smash, not just playing better, you HAVE to physically, like REALLY WANT to get good. *Going to tournaments,* *finding competitors to have grind/practice sessions with for Smash Bros. before, during, after tourneys & when they're not going on,* *analyzing your own mindset and ways you can improve it while playing competitively and generally as a competitor,* analyzing vods & such, learning my own habits, playstyles, matchups, neutral, advantage, disadvantage, etc., big and small details like all of this, plenty others I didn't mention, but especially the first 3, was what had to be a norm or constant reminder to me if I wanted to get better. To get good, you NEED to want it so you'd usually apply most of what I listed off, especially finding the right people to practice with and going to tournaments consistently. And it's not something you can understand and get in a short period of time. You're going to lose a lot. You're going to SD, die weirdly or stupidly, one way or another, a lot. You're going to find a lot of people who outplay and perform better than you a lot of the time. The best thing you can do for that is accept that, focus only on how you progress yourself, without comparing to others, and just keep on pushing no matter how depressing or stale you may feel.
It wasn't until Ultimate came around and when I was in my last year of college that I managed to focus better on my time management and work ethic towards everything around me, and especially with Smash Bros. I had the pleasure of meeting you and various other college mates I kind of consider a college-extended family in a way (cheesy, I know) in a newly fostered esports club, we'd all meet and practice for hours twice a week every week, sometimes more, we'd take trips to tournaments whenever available, we'd analyze, study and practice our play, we even took a trip to an S tier major before Corona hit and it was the best trip I've ever taken, with all of these acting as some of the best times I've spent as a competitor for Smash Bros. I've adjusted & fixed my mindset significantly than compared to 4 years ago, I've met SO many cool people in the Smash community, inside and outside college but especially with the esports club, I've become a lot better as a player and learned more than I ever did during Sm4sh and I've spent a lot of time towards being better within my years at Farmingdale State College that I do not regret at all. I did learn a decent chunk of stuff during Sm4sh, but not nearly as much, physically, mentally, and emotionally, than when I committed more time to Ultimate competitively. I'm now a college graduate at the age of 21. Now with school behind me forever, especially when Corona dies out, you can bet your ass I'll continuing putting forth more time and effort into both UA-cam and Smash Bros. much more easily and freely and look back on this video to refresh on what to learn. what to remember and tell others the same.
Really good video, definitely made me reflect on what I've experienced since Fall of 2019 and hopefully, I'll learn and gain even more since I don't have to worry about school anymore. 🙂
Amazing video man. Make more content!
Chad Gamer(nice ost bro)
epic gamer move dude!
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