I know this thread is mostly about smash 4 but I'm becoming a hardcore melee player.
I practice playing Sheik every day for an hour or so and compete in 2 weekly tournaments. After about a year of playing I'm finally starting to get not god awful and its one of the most fulfilling things ever, even better than getting good at toribash because I actually get to meet people face to face when I play. The other day I was talking to some random guy and he had heard of me before I met him, which is fantastic.
I don't know what exactly I'm trying to say here, but if possible I strongly urge you guys to compete in tournaments if you can (and are interested, obviously). Improving at melee is the most passionate I've ever been about something.
If any of you are interested,
here's a recent set I played where I won