Yo! Chhipz here. Live in Rochester, NY but am moving to Buffalo next semester for College. There's a Melty scene up there and I plan on pouring in all my free time into learning this game competitively. I've just started out and have yet to gather all the MB:AA materials, so I'm playing MB:AC, reading strats, watching gameplay, and just familiarizing myself with this franchise in general. I can't wait to get started!
I'm a Sion/Arcueid fan from the Tsukihime/ Melty Blood manga, and that's transitioning over as my character choices for the game.
My Background: I played Melee competitively for 2 years, then decided to switch because I couldn't find any locals to practice with (other than a few tournaments). I was above average at this game, but I could never find players that would help me elevate my game to the next level. I literally only practiced against computers.
Funny story is, I met a guy who still played Melee not too long ago and we decided to have a match. I haven't played Melee in many years, and was expecting our encounter to be more of a learning experience for me. After all, he'd been practicing all this time, with a group that also played competitively. It turns out, I ended up winning the vast majority of our matches, and continued to do so consistently throughout that semester. It just goes to show you,
Anyways, after Melee I decided to get into Halo competitively, as a lot of my friends played it. This went on up until recently (approx. 3-4 years). I became really good at it, and won several locals, dominated on LAN, but unfortunately I was never able to find solid, dedicated, selfless teammates despite 17-18 months of searching. Another unfortunate situation where I couldn't elevate my game to a higher calibur. After a ton of research and thinking, I'm back to the fighting genre with desire to prove myself. Look out for me in the future