Hey gais, I've been gone for a super long time now. That's mostly cause I've been pouring all of my time and energy outside of basic life stuffs into gitting gud at a children's party game. Priorities, amirite?

Anyways, I thought this thread might give me a chance to reconnect with some folks. Even if you could care less about esports or smash in particular, it's sorta become my life over the past year, and it'd be cool if you humored me a bit as I think you might be able to learn something valuable from my experience in this other community.

A bit of background: esports as a whole has been growing like crazy recently with major sponsorship monies, huge tournaments, and coverage from the likes of ESPN. And with Nintendo's blessing a little over a year or two ago, Smash as a whole has been riding that esports wave into wider relevancy. I personally started playing Smash 4 competitively under a year ago and am now considered the best Pikachu player in my state (second in my region). It's been a crazy journey, travelling around the country, meeting people from all over the world, making a name for myself, forging new friendships, founding a crew that's grown quickly into regional threat...

But it hasn't been easy. I am not naturally good at fighting games and even with all the progress I've made in such a short time, I'm up against players with 8+ years of experience who are still themselves growing and improving. To me, smash so far has been a hard lesson in failure and pushing forwards regardless.

Sooo yeah, ask me anything. <3