I\'ve played pretty much fighting game and done so at a decent skill level because I always understand the amount of precision required to play at a top level. I\'m sure I could beat anyone here in Street Fighter 2, Soul Calibur 1+2, Marvel vs Capcom 2, games I haven\'t played in years but understand all the mechanics enough to dominate most opponents. Not a Tekken fan, but its pretty easy to count the inputs in those combos/movements and nothing close to Melee.
I\'ve been practicing getting hardcore good at Melee for about 3 months now. No way I could compete at the top level or close to it without another year or so of practice with a decent partner, probably never because when you get hit you need to swing the control stick and the C stick in funny ways in 1-2 freakin frames or else you die.
Yeah its very ironic. Move along.