Who did you look up to?

[Kibblre]

Originally Posted by m0de

What about now?

I really only play for fun, so I don't really look up to anyone. I can't really remembering anyone who influenced me during my practice, just from before I started.

[Tim Allen]

Originally Posted by HalfStep

The only AAAAA I remember from IzzySM was Uber Rave o.O Dunno what vids you're talking about :\

lol haven't seen his videos in 4-5 years.. just watched his Ageha AAAAA.. pretends to AAAA it then goes to show judge and it's j7 and he's like "wut de fuq omg momma get in here luk @ this!!!"
anyway yeah arch0wl's quasar 1.5 vid got me started and -Laggy-/Rubix/EAGames/Ledwix/everyone better than me pushed me to get better

[ilikexd]

i looked up to mr.preggers his 2 clean fc on frictional nevada always inspired me

[XelNya]

Jellygod / Halogen / Shash

Jellygod was a boss when I was an indexer, if my memory recalls he taught me a lot about the game, played MP with me often, chatted with me. Wouldn't have got as far as I did without this guy.

Aj and I very often don't see eye to eye, but I will say he's one hell of an admirable player, and has been for a hell of a long time.

Shash was well, Shash. I feel as if this is entirely obvious.

[T-Force]

Back then: I think like most people who joined around 2005-2007/8, Shashakiro was probably the guy.
EDIT: HOW THE BALLS DID I FORGET HAMMY?! Hammy. Hammy was another big one back then.

Now: I don't really look "up" to anyone, at least not game wise. More accurately, I look "at" people. People who are closely above/below or at the same level I'm at. Seeing them rise, and trying to rise with them - maybe even surpass them. So Middie's been one for a while, HalfStep's a new one; anyone who's consistently in my division in tournies is on there, so DarknessXoXLight gets a nod.
The list of people who were here is a good trip back in time, haha. Funmonkey54, kmay, and one other dude... all 4 of us would always be in the same division in tournies, and always be around the top. During FFR's crash, I remember the first DF tourney and -zeroSKILL- and I were pretty even for a long time. There's probably more names that could go here, but this is getting too long as is.

Stepping, I guess I could say the people whose opinions I go to about files a lot: kjwkjw, Niala, and lately, bmah. Without these guys, I probably wouldn't have any files in-game, let alone soon-to-be 2 and a half.

[XelNya]

Originally Posted by T-Force

So Middie's been one for a while

Did I read that right?

[mi40]

well he says he looks up to niala

so he's obviously joking
sorry dude

[AlexDest]

midare and stian

midare had influenced me to improve my timing immensely and stian to improve my speed

[Coolboyrulez0]

cbr

[mi40]

Originally Posted by Coolboyrulez0

cbr

how bout heidy.....

[Coolboyrulez0]

based clg (heidy)

[Coolboyrulez0]

yo i typed heidy in google expecting our beloved overlord squirrel and i found some lolita model

not cool

[Staiain]

Used to look up to aCiiiii, Dynam0 and Samt0rx, now noone, maybe still Dynam0 and LongGone, most of the existing community today lacks the true spirit sadly.

[mi40]

the viking spirit..

[Coolboyrulez0]

for the king

for the land

for the mountainssssss

[Dynam0]

Originally Posted by Staiain

Used to look up to aCiiiii, Dynam0 and Samt0rx, now noone, maybe still Dynam0 and LongGone, most of the existing community today lacks the true spirit sadly.

!!

When I first began playing, I looked up to people like Reach and Nima; around the start of ODI, Reach ended up being inactive and Nima...well yeah rofl

At or just before that point (~mid 2006) I really looked up to Shash and Bahamut for there insane FFR skill, I actually took the game up at that point and tried to keep up with them (key word 'tried' lol). There were other awesome newer players like GLoVE, Blade^, Zaghurim, NukeShadow, Dazzled, etc. who were all in a very close rivalry for a bit in SM and it was really motivating to have competition like that.

During 2007 about time when I quit for a while, I was inspired by Thaor and possibly WookE though I was extremely reluctant to warm up to him just pooping all over every jacking file ever that was whored to death in a matter of weeks

When I began playing again I was amazed at how good the norm was. I was awe-struck by leonid, Dossar, Mina, Staiain, Isaac, samurai, midare, AlexDest, etc. the bar had been raised so high!

Nowadays I get inspiration from Staiain, Isaac, and Eze for the most part. I really miss having midare/Alex posting scores cuz it motivated me to work on my MA xD

I probably missed some ppl in there, sorry if I did lol

[leonid]

MrRubix made me realize that most of the FFR songs were actually AAA'able

I guess I've been looking up to midare and now I'm known for my signature accuracy as a true MA player

[A2P]

Arch0wl
Lil Q

[PaperclipGames]

Originally Posted by Tim Allen

arch0wl's quasar 1.5 vid got me started

This, and his Reality AA. I wanted to obtain the same score one day. I think I saw the vid in 2005 or 2006.
I remember feeling awesome getting an AA on Quasar 1.0. Good times.



That feeling when I still haven't reached that goal. I have SDG'd Quasar 1.5 at this point though.

[NeoMasterPie]

shash was the dude for me

after i realized he probably wasnt coming back i pretty much forgot about him

gundam-dude, roar, kommi and the rest of the LCs and xoon guys were probably my guiding lights from 2009+ in terms of inspiring my stepping style and making me want to play more and get better so i could play their files lol