With apologies to Mr. Baz Luhrmann.
Ladies and gentlemen of the Hyperspace Season of 2019
Take the focus action
If I could offer you only one tip for X-Wing
Focus would be it
The long term benefits of the focus action have been proven by math
Whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own drunken Facebook rants
I will dispense this advice now...
Enjoy the power and beauty of the new waves
Oh, never mind
You will not understand the power and beauty of new ships until they have been nerfed
But trust me, in 2 waves you'll look back at your lists
And recall in a way you can't grasp now how much brokenness lay before you
And how OP your list really was.
Han is not as fat as you imagine
Don't worry about the meta; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to joust a Sinker Swarm with a B-Wing.
The real troubles in the meta are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind
The kind that blindside you in the third round of a System Open.
Play one list every week that scares you.
Joust.
Don't be reckless with other people's ships.
Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Evade.
Don't waste your time counting points. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind.
The game is long, and in the end, it's all about the cut.
Remember the wins you rack up. Forget the losses.
If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old templates. Give away your old participation promos.
Boost.
Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to fly this weekend.
The most interesting players I know didn't know the night before what they wanted to fly at Worlds
Some of the most interesting Top 16 players still don't.
Enjoy your dial. Use it in every way you can.
Don't be afraid of it or what other people think of it.
It is the greatest asset you'll ever own.
Arc-dodge. Even if you have nowhere to do it but at range 1 of the board edge.
Read the Rules Reference, even if you don't follow it.
Do not read forum posts, they will only make you feel ugly.
Get to know your FLGS, you never know when they'll be gone for good.
Be nice to your squadmates.
They are the best link to 1.0, and the people most likely to stick with the game through Wave 8.
Understand that nerfs come and go, but a few precious upgrades you should hold on to.
Work hard to bridge the gap between efficiency and consistency.
Because the more popular your list gets
The more you need to understand the hard counters.
Play Aces once, but stop before it makes you hard.
Play Jank once, but stop before it makes you soft.
Travel for those qualifiers.
Accept certain inalienable truths: Costs will go up, Force will be broken, you too will get salty, and when you do you'll fantasize that when you were a rookie, costs were reasonable, Force was wholesome, and people respected Paul Heaver.
Respect Paul Heaver.
Don't expect the internet to choose a list for you.
Maybe you read Reddit. Maybe you analyze Meta-Wing.
But you never knew when either one might get DDOSed.
Don't mess too much with your formation
Or by turn 6 it will look like turn 13.
Be careful which advice you believe, but be patient with the podcasters who supply it.
Advice is a form of metagaming: dispensing it is a way of manipulating the game and community.
Take it, wipe it off, discard the jank, and recycle it for more than it's worth.
But trust me on the focus actions.