Looking back, I can see that almost every game I play I have a similar play style: set a solid foundation, make solid, high probability moves, and wait for the opponent to make a mistake. When the mistake is made, then pounce and keep the pressure on...kinda like an anaconda.
Not to say that I am timid, because I'm really not. Conservative....well, yes.
Anyway, this is so much a part of who I am that I have a hard time stepping past it. It was probably a year ago that I did a pickup fight with Schatzi in the TA...and after I worked into an advantaged position, I worked step by step onto her 6 and pinged her up. I asked for tips, and I still remember her comment -- "You positioned with these beautiful loops and rolls, but you need to be thinking get in there and KILL HER!'
So... the point.
I have a film here of what amounts to a 1v1 against a less experienced player. We closed to fight almost as soon as the enemy ID was made, so I didnt have a good read on his energy status -- although since I was closer to his base than mine I suspected he was at a slower, climbing speed. I passed up the first merge because I thought he was beneath me and maybe faster, and I wanted to be closer to his alt (or even below him) at merge. I reversed, and at second merge I figured I had won the fight since he went for the HO and I did an Immel.
But it took me way, way too long to finish him off. I seemed to put preserving my advantage ahead of actually getting the kill, and even looking at the film again I dont see exactly what moves I should have done to A) kill him without B) giving away the advantage I had won at the merge, and having to win the fight all over.
here's the 2.5 min film I'd really appreciate specific advice about how I could have played this better. I am not ever going to be a Batfink-style, who-needs-that-stinkin-E-get-the-kill-NOW kind of player. Not that there's anything wrong with that (
to Jerry Seinfeld) -- it just isnt me. Short of that, tell me a film time and a move I could have made!