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eieio

United States14512 Posts

March 27 2015 04:29 GMT

#2361

sheik vs icies is gonna make me lose my FUCKING mind I swear that matchups actually like 10/90

ok whatever can't complain about bad matchups with sheik but still lol

]343[

United States10328 Posts

March 27 2015 21:25 GMT

#2362

wow i missed the matbab vid, gonna watch soon

@eieio: what are you getting caught by? don't do unsafe moves on shield!! spaced autocancel fair is your safest option vs shielding ics. Figure out the range of blizzards / the weird desync where ics throw nana forward to blizzard.

in neutral, camp platforms and charge needles. Throw aerial needles from the platforms. Force ics to approach. shielddrop fair them when they hit your shield

(jk don't always do this, though it can be good.)

if you're trying to combo ics and even _think_ they can get on the ground / get their shield up, back off!

eieio

United States14512 Posts

March 28 2015 05:50 GMT

#2363

I end up playing too greedy and trying to extend combos that I have no right to extend, then get stupidly heavily punished. I can normally feel like a split second too late that I've made a mistake D:

But yeah I definitely don't focus on that nearly enough. Plus I just find icies so frustrating that I end up playing too aggressive sometimes I think.

Sheik is a comfort character for me since I've played her since melee came out. Normally I'd be in enough practice to switch to Marth for icies (or maybe even puff if I was desperate lol) but I'm going in pretty cold for tomorrow so playing just sheik unless things get super rough.

Also Leffen's apparently gonna be at nebs ^^ wish I could be there

bo1b

Australia12814 Posts

March 29 2015 02:47 GMT

#2364

That video that ghatzu and gravy did of mango vs hax was pretty interesting, even though I don't play falcon all that much theres some stuff in there that I think would be pretty helpful for most characters.

eieio

United States14512 Posts

March 29 2015 19:50 GMT

#2365

ended up going 1-4 at Jab D: D: D:

threw 2 of my matches harder than C9 T_T, shoulda been 3-2. Although that still wouldn't have gotten me out of pools so not too upset I guess

also jiano almost 4-stocked me that guy is good lol

-Kaiser-

Canada932 Posts

March 31 2015 06:37 GMT

#2366

Yeah, Sheik vs ICs is a Brawl matchup. Camp the platforms, needle down on them a lot and be content to get minor damage here and there. Buckle in for a long game and treat their shield like lava.

ArvickHero

10387 Posts

April 05 2015 00:00 GMT

#2367

http://multitwitch.tv/macdsmash/showdownsmash

today's a california kind of tournament day

BrTarolg

United Kingdom3579 Posts

April 11 2015 08:23 GMT

#2368

i dont think sheik icies is that bad lol

sheiks punish game on icies is really amazing it's just the neutral is lame

But the problem is most sheiks don't get enough practise at the matchup to know how to 0-death icies off one neutral win the same way icies does to them so they find it a lot more lopsided than it needs to be

I think the neutral is kinda icies favoured though in that regard

hariooo

Canada2830 Posts

April 14 2015 19:12 GMT

#2369

icies matchup just needs to be played more strategically before we can say how really bad it is. sheik should ideally kill nana off any stray hit that separates the two imo but you don't see that plan executed very often

Issi

Norway45 Posts

April 15 2015 14:50 GMT

#2370

I'm really missing a scheduler similair to what TL has for all it's games, but for smash, like the upcoming events and livestreams. I want it so badly

Aylear

Norway3988 Posts

April 15 2015 14:55 GMT

#2371

I know right. The FGC is really bad at consolidating information, and Smash - despite being an FGC outlier - is no exception. It's kind of sad that my USF4 thread has more (and better) information about players, streams, and upcoming events than do major FGC sites like Shoryuken or Eventhubs.

I wish I had the time to do the same thing for Smash, but I think I'll take this one obsession at a time.

motbob

United States12546 Posts

April 16 2015 17:50 GMT

#2372

I made another commentary highlight video:

Zen5034

United States384 Posts

April 16 2015 19:41 GMT

#2373

On April 17 2015 02:50 motbob wrote:
I made another commentary highlight video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4evN6FZxY_s

Those are so awesome, thank you for making them!

eieio

United States14512 Posts

April 16 2015 22:06 GMT

#2374

man motbob you are the best

also hmw is a funny dude

Grobyc

Canada18410 Posts

April 17 2015 05:55 GMT

#2375

I love watching Toph and Scar commentate together. I didn't expect myself to sit through the whole video when first playing it >.>

Headshot

United States1656 Posts

April 18 2015 05:17 GMT

#2376

Wasn't MVG Sandstorm supposed to start tonight, or is that tomorrow?

Grobyc

Canada18410 Posts

April 18 2015 05:21 GMT

#2377

Starts tomorrow: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/smash/Sandstorm

Aylear

Norway3988 Posts

April 18 2015 05:44 GMT

#2378

Went looking for the streaming channel for the tournament. I finally found http://www.twitch.tv/mvg_league -- buried in a comment section under some unrelated news on another topic.

Melee is so FGC it hurts.