Usually I’m excited for meta developments and discoveries, but the discovery and proliferation of the Slingshot tech has me feeling really uneasy.
At this point in Smash Ultimate’s lifetime, those who are still playing the game are really good at it. And those who stick around are going to get even better. That makes players like me, who might be going to tournaments, but aren’t really playing or practicing outside of that, severely outclassed. I can still have fun while losing, but what follows is a sense of “I am so behind” that is very demotivating and saddening. And now, with this Slingshot technique, I feel like my peers in the Smash community are going to level up beyond what I can even comprehend. I feel like I would never be able to catch up.
This, however, is not fact. If I put my mind to it, there is a good chance I could catch up. However, there’s this huge mentality trap I’ve found myself in that I’ve described above that makes me uninterested in such a thing. The borderline traumatic thing that happened to me with my coach doesn’t help.
I just feel like I’m having a hard time enjoying overall experience of competing at this point. I know, I know, “skill issue”, I’m not denying that. It’s just that, there are other things in my life right now that are significantly more rewarding (namely dating, lmao).
I dunno. I’m still planning to go to a tournament this week. I feel like if I took another break from the game I simply would never get back into it, so I don’t want to do that, but it may just be putting off the inevitable.
Man, this sucks! Hopefully my next blogpost won’t continue this streak of negative posts.