But I’m glad I did. Preamble It’s been nearly four years since I last posted an update on this blog. While writing the last post, I was in the midst of many major life transitions. Those transitions never really slowed down, especially as COVID hit. But to fully explore the nature of these changes and […]
Read moreCompeting in Melee and Ultimate Simultaneously
Ultimate has been out for a few months now and has taken up the majority of the time I can dedicate to smash. The game is a lot of fun and I’m pretty optimistic about its merit as a competitive game. But trying to improve at the game with everything else on my plate is […]
Read moreDon’t Park on the Grass
Part two of my “end-of-2018, beginning of 2019” review. Part one was my Summit write-up. Don’t Park on the Grass 2018 I decided at the last minute to attend DPOTG. I was free that weekend and wanted to be at the first big Ultimate tourney. Another big draw for me was that SFAT agreed to […]
Read moreSmash Summit 7
Hello readers old and new. Been a while since I’ve made an update here and I have a lot to say, as usual. Since my last post, I freaking competed at Summit, Ultimate came out, I went to Hawaii with my family, and now it’s 2019. This was initially supposed to be a recap of all those […]
Read moreSSC 2018
Like I mentioned in my last post, there was too much to say to combine both EVO and SSC into one write-up, so here is part two of the August chronicles. I was feeling pretty good off my EVO performance. I’d taken the Monday after off from work in order to have a low-key travel day […]
Read moreEVO 2018
I skimmed through my post on EVO 2017 before writing this and boy are there a lot of parallels. Just goes to show that our habits as players and people tend to repeat themselves, and we can always learn from our past experiences. I’m going to try and make a better habit of reading through my […]
Read moreA Note on “Baseline”
Over the last year and a half I’ve found myself taken with the idea of “improving my baseline.” The goal would be to have a “baseline” strong enough to avoid ever being upset in bracket. For the most part, I actually got really close to this goal – if you look at wins and losses […]
Read moreResting from Results
I’m re-prioritizing. Throughout 2017, I worked my ass off to become a top player. I pushed the Marth meta a great deal and became one of the most consistent top players. My goal for the spring of 2017 was to maintain the high level of play I demonstrated at Genesis 4, where I defeated Swedish […]
Read moreBeyond the Summit
NOTE: This is the first post I’m releasing alongside the launch of my Patreon page. I’ll be keeping it simple. All content on supersmash.blog will remain free for everyone. The Patreon is just for people who want to help support my writing and incentivize me to write more. You can find details on https://www.patreon.com/supersmashblog. PREFACE: I’ve […]
Read morePenultimate 2017 Story Arc
I see this year as being comprised of five parts. Part 1: The Rise. As 2017 Smash kicked off (in December 2016), I found myself skyrocketing in skills and placements. I started off with a respectable performance at Eden, and then surpassed expectations significantly as Genesis 4. I was really proud of how far I’d […]
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