@Bobhobob SKIP SCHOOL!!! many people that joined the SF tourney 2 weeks ago skipped school, including me. we didin't have a choice but to skip school 'cause we had to practice the game from 10:30am to 4:30pm. that's 6 hours of practice and that's a perfect amount of time to second nature the game, especially the controls. im glad i skipped school so i could use that "school time" to practice, and damn the tournament was INTENSE. like the battles were epic. don't expect to second nature the game with just 7 min of practice (nintendo will give each player a 7 min practice before the actual match) as a result, I won, including two more players from the sf tourney who will go with me to ny.