Sumo Maze Help??

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Sumo Maze Help??

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please do post some good ways to keep a maze going.. i want to become better at sumo and my mazes suck so bad. so any advice at all on mazes or just tips for sumo would be greatly appreciated (:
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Camera settings which suit your playing style and practise.
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caligrl wrote:i want to become better at sumo
don't maze
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Just practice. You will eventually feel more comfortable with handling yourself in smaller spaces, and how to prevent yourself from being put in a small space to begin with.

Sorry if that was a bit confusing, but just play, you will get better; and like Mr. Durka said, don't maze.
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:) Hey there Caligrrrl, welcome to the ArmagetronAd forums.
DDMJ wrote: don't maze
I agree. After playing Sumo for a while, you might naturally pickup some mazing skills; just from exposure to the Sumo environment. But more important than mazing is knowing where the end of your trail is at all times. Focus on that.
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Why is your name still caligrl? They found out you live in the south. Anywhoo... mazing doesn't make you good at sumo, playing sumo regularly and watching good people play + practicing does.

Actually, the way I got noticeably better was to play fortress.
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caligrl wrote:i want to become better at sumo
You can also be good at Sumo with your own style.
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theroze wrote:You can also be good at Sumo with your own style.
Yes, but you're not going to win anything if you maze from the beginning, which would be giving you almost no space to work with.
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epsy wrote:
theroze wrote:You can also be good at Sumo with your own style.
Yes, but you're not going to win anything if you maze from the beginning, which would be giving you almost no space to work with.
When I see people start a maze right off, I driver over and seal the entrance. Free points :)
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Same here.
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That is sometimes the only way I can beat the good sumo players.
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lol gene, good sumo players (cept like xy, six, hamar <-- acceptions to the rule) don't maze unless they need to in order to survive :d
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Agreed. But, when they decide to practice mazing, I can sometimes get a quick box and seal around them and win. Every once in a while, I play between 2-4am est in Ww Sumo with punish and spook, and can own them while they practice mazing.
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lol try that with Xyron comp. He almost everytime finds a way to escape.
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i believe it. The same is true of punish and spook, unless they are practicing mazing and not really focusing on winning.
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