Matt Wilson
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Spamming: Unintelligently repeating the same special move (usually projectile/teleport) with no change in tactics depending on situations.
Zoning: Intentionally keeping distance/pressure on your opponent, either reading their style or forcing them into playing a certain way. Adaptive to close combat situations and able to make good on big damage opportunities.
Spamming requires no skill, where as zoning requires you to adapt and be tactical. A good zoning player will always create opportunities for themselves by keeping their opponent away from them as to gain control of the match, then adjust to their opponent's tactics/counters and act accordingly.
A spammer will, for all intents and purposes, continue to mindlessly throw projectiles or teleports at their opponent with no real strategy other than to hope that their projectiles/teleports will either not be blocked or connect successfully, and if they fail to connect the first, second, third, fifth, or tenth time, rather than change their strategy or adapt to the other's gameplay, they continue to use the same move, over and over again, or 'spam' so as to not actually fight or use combos, but to just keep using their specials to do damage and hopefully win the match.
Spammers are successful on a very low playing level, i.e. newbs (people with no real experience who just bought the game) or people with not enough training on how to counter this style of gameplay. Although most spammers will find themselves winning some matches, they will not win the majority of high level gameplay matches against either top tier players, high ranked players, or tournament players solely based on the fact that their style is deemed 'too predictable', and a good player will know how to counter the same move that's used against him/her repeatedly.
If your desire is to become a better player, to participate in tournaments, or to essentially be 'the best', then sticking with spam is going to get you nowhere. If you refuse to change your strategy or adapt to your opponent's gameplay, you are only setting yourself up for failure. Learning from your mistakes and learning to play better will always guarantee you more successful matches, where 'spamming' will only offer lower odds of winning matches the more players learn how to play the game.
Update: Zoning doesn't *have* to involve repeated moves at all. Zoning isn't just keeping your distance, it's about keeping within a very specific distance, which may not even be a half screen away. It might be just barely within range of a normal move. The idea is to establish this distance and keep it, because it limits your opponent's options and allows you to react more easily, giving *you* the control of the match.
Zoning: Intentionally keeping distance/pressure on your opponent, either reading their style or forcing them into playing a certain way. Adaptive to close combat situations and able to make good on big damage opportunities.
Spamming requires no skill, where as zoning requires you to adapt and be tactical. A good zoning player will always create opportunities for themselves by keeping their opponent away from them as to gain control of the match, then adjust to their opponent's tactics/counters and act accordingly.
A spammer will, for all intents and purposes, continue to mindlessly throw projectiles or teleports at their opponent with no real strategy other than to hope that their projectiles/teleports will either not be blocked or connect successfully, and if they fail to connect the first, second, third, fifth, or tenth time, rather than change their strategy or adapt to the other's gameplay, they continue to use the same move, over and over again, or 'spam' so as to not actually fight or use combos, but to just keep using their specials to do damage and hopefully win the match.
Spammers are successful on a very low playing level, i.e. newbs (people with no real experience who just bought the game) or people with not enough training on how to counter this style of gameplay. Although most spammers will find themselves winning some matches, they will not win the majority of high level gameplay matches against either top tier players, high ranked players, or tournament players solely based on the fact that their style is deemed 'too predictable', and a good player will know how to counter the same move that's used against him/her repeatedly.
If your desire is to become a better player, to participate in tournaments, or to essentially be 'the best', then sticking with spam is going to get you nowhere. If you refuse to change your strategy or adapt to your opponent's gameplay, you are only setting yourself up for failure. Learning from your mistakes and learning to play better will always guarantee you more successful matches, where 'spamming' will only offer lower odds of winning matches the more players learn how to play the game.
Update: Zoning doesn't *have* to involve repeated moves at all. Zoning isn't just keeping your distance, it's about keeping within a very specific distance, which may not even be a half screen away. It might be just barely within range of a normal move. The idea is to establish this distance and keep it, because it limits your opponent's options and allows you to react more easily, giving *you* the control of the match.
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Unless you've got them where you want them and keep doing it. >.>
