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ibdw is probably the only player to get good through netplay that i'm aware of, and a lot of his weaknesses as a player are probably a direct result of that upbringing mango could play melee 0 times for the next year and within 2-3 weeks of practice top 8 his next major lmao

having a foundation for the game that exists outside of netplay can allow you to view it properly when you play netplay, but a lot of melee's most important facets can not be practiced via netplay barring extremely good connections

I just very much disagree with "melee's most important facets can not be practiced via netplay." With 6 buffer, or 8 with a good monitor and a stable connection, you're not limited by much. You get the 1 frame dif of lag every 12 frames, and then slight sound delay.

And most of the top 10 are clearly practicing those important aspects via netplay. Sure, they have good foundation, but you're telling me all these guys are mostly upkeeping these various skills through just their foundation?

yea absolutely their foundations are plenty strong enough to know exactly how the game "typically" plays out Either way, there's 0 evidence that netplay is actually helping anyone upkeep, its just easy. If most top players did good vod study/solo practice it would help way more

Honestly you're really really off on how much netplay changes. The majority of what seperates the winners from losers in this game are accurately tested 99% of the time so its almost perfect for practice. I've become a threat solely through far worse netplay, melee netplay great.

There's absolutely downsides to netplay, but there's also massive upsides. Having easy access to every matchup, several different playstyles, no problem going between playing someone to lab to playing someone else and easy replay/slippi access.

Not being forced to socially interact (talk etc) is massive, esp for introverts and top players who get crowded. A consistent monitor/sound setup compared to loud locals with shitty tvs etc. All you need to do is take netplay for what it is (practice) and it becomes insanely good