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formlessforce

Sometimes For Glory mode is awesome.

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I beat a Game & Watch player pretty handily as Ness, and when he came back for the next match, he was also playing as Ness. I wasn't sure if this was salt or just a character switch, but I bodied him hard for the first stock, so I figured Ness wasn't his main, and expected that next game he'd play as someone else or just be gone.

Instead, he stuck around for 6 more Ness-on-Ness games, and every single game he picked up more of my tricks from the previous game and started using them against me. We established a pre-fight "handshake" of simultaneous Okey and went on to have some really close, intense matches, until he finally beat me with my own main and my own playstyle, and left after one more fight.

This might be the most fun I've ever had playing any Smash Bros game, and it was a good reminder that For Glory isn't all angry kids playing Little Mac.

Posted Nov 13, 2014, 8:36 PM UTC

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StricklyProStricklypro•

You played an amiibo on for glory!

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Jman0123•

Damn, they really are pushing hard with the amiibo advertisement huh?

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reebee7•

I do this often. Switch to the character they are playing if they're good but I think I can be a challenge. It's always fun.

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formlessforceOP•

I might have to start doing it myself. It seems like a great way to get better at the game.

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stormtronic•

That's funny. Recently I was a Game & Watch who bodied a Ness. They kept using PK Thunder and other specials to hold me back, but I just used G&Ws Oil Panic. Didn't seem to stop them from throwing more at me though.

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formlessforceOP•

You are my nightmare.

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ianmonroe3437-3496-3122•

Ness' Nightmare?

Ahahaaaaa.

I have no clue if anyone else here has played Earthbound.

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RBNReplacementCreative Flair•

I haven't played all the way through, but I love it so far and I love your reference

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Sapharodon•

I had a similar experience against a Wario player. I was Marth at the time and had no issue avoiding each time said Wario would inevitably motorcycle to his death. But they just kept trucking, learning to do other things, learning to attack me midair and dodge and shield, and soon they were fighting super well and even beat me once.

So yeah, shoutout to you, Wario kid.

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[deleted]•

"it was a good reminder that For Glory isn't all angry kids playing Little Mac." Being a little mac main, this is the most depressing thing.

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formlessforceOP•

As long as you're not a salty kid who ragequits matches, we're cool :)

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nxtm4n5198-2536-3450•

I always switch to Luigi, Ganon, Falcon, or Samus (my four mains).

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infzy•

Whoa..... that's really smart. I'm going to start "main-following" people on For Glory now to learn all the characters!!

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Hichann•

You bodied him?

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Yezzdia2122-6839-8171/Yezzdia•

I had the same thing happen to me with a japanese player but we were playing captain falcon. Ended up playing matches with him/her for an hour and a half til I had to go. Shit's fun.

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Shonoun•

Once I fought the most respectful and friendliest player ever. We played ~30 games, whenever I did a BS SD or something stupid where I lose a stock, he always purposefully SD'd to make it fair. We were also the same skill level, we won an even amount of matches. I even tried out a couple of characters I've never played before on him. I had a really good time playing with that guy. There need to be more of those kinds of players, who are here to enjoy themselves and won't instaleave or do any bullshit I-came-here-to-kick-your-ass-the-end stuff. Even if it's For Glory, I think it's better if both players simply play to have fun.

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geo1088_•

Lol. I had this same experience. 1v1 is truly magical in this game.

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Gold_Jacobson•

I'm just glad when I play good sports like yourself.

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Angrycrow•

Been digging the for glory experience a lot so far. Beats the crap out of brawl online. Seems like there are 3 types of smasher. Those who stick around win or lose for around an hour, those who quit after one round .. and the killer japanese ganon who will body you once and then leave.

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The_M4G•

He saw a master and wanted to learn.

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ianmonroe3437-3496-3122•

That's how I learned Sheik!

That being said, I'm nowhere near as good as the Sheik who trained me.

I still got to spend a lot of time with a character that I'm happy to have learned a bit against an opponent I was happy to fight!

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likiji123•

i wish i could experience that but instead i always fight Japanese players who usually always do the same thing and never be creative

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red_graydient•

If I'm confident in my ability, sometimes I'll mirror match just to assert my dominance.

Sometimes it backfires, but I always get a chuckle out of it regardless.

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FordFred•

I main G&W and I love playing against Ness. Unfortunately they rarely use PK Flash which is a oneshot when Oil Panic'd, but the best thing is to jump after them when they try to recover and Oil Panic the PK Thunder.

But yeah, For Glory is the most fun when you learn how to play against certain types of playstyles or chars and watch yourself or even your enemy finally beat the other one after like 5 or 6 matches :)

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