Stratocaster
Smash Ace
I decided to try and make a review of everything that's happened during this crazy experience. Please correct me, add details, or discuss in the comments. Also a lot of people have asked about where the snipes came from, so hopefully this starts to bring some clarity to the situation.
-Beginning when people were saying we shouldn't even try because of blah blah blah
-The reveal of the updated rules and MLG's lead
-Skullgirl rising as a major competitor and taking the lead
-first MIOM stream in which the match was reached in the first 10 min (totaled about 10k)
-The complacency period in which people talked about EVO as a sure thing...
-Skullgirl's stream (twentysixed) raising 15k and blowing past us... the ensuing panic
-4k anonymous donation, Salsa rumor and "this is not even my final form"
-Spirit Bomb hype and DBZ references
-Incentive campaigns spread like wildfire (raffles, giveaways, training, etc.)
-Trihex's stream x3
-Epic shirtless "mini spirit bomb" throw...
-Realization it doesn't take PayPal makes it SUPER anti-climatic lol
-SFAT winning raffle ... twice???
-ST jumping to 30k in one day
-Panic and conspiracy theories about ST...
The Final Day:
-ST's money deemed "suspicious" and the hype for ST going off a cliff.
-Stirbad showing up matching almost $1000 raised in an hour.
-Spirit Bomb pre-show with Europe's finest (including Armada and Leffen) commentating videos for $$
-Spirit Bomb MIOM stream with a $4500 match
-Ken and Waffles makes appearances on stream, Ken says it could go either way.
-Melee pulls up to almost 20k ahead at one point...
-Skullgirls stream starts and closes the gap quickly, more panic
-$11@11 to respond to closing gap (and $11.30@11:30)
-Skullgirls closes gap to 6k (66k to 60k)
-WePay internal service errors
-The Final Flash shown on stream
-The FINAL CRAZY 15 minutes of snipes, money flying everywhere
-Dust clears, and a sigh of relief:
SSBM: $94,683.81
Skullgirls: $78,760.97
-#SadlyMistaken
-Mike Z requests we listen to him, and he is super classy. He reveals a new DLC character, gotta like this guy.
-Mr. Wizard makes appearance on our stream, congratulates us, talks some details.
... WE WON!!!
This is what I have found on the source of our last-minute snipes:
-5k from Shaun Frost (Nova from Australia)
-3kish? from M2K's unnamed sniper(s) "usually around ~500 each for a BUNCH of different people"
-2.5k from Toph
-2k from Redact
-1k from Aisight
-500ish from Scar (I think he said this on stream)
-??k from Brazilians?
If I recall the snipe brought us from 66k to 94k, so that's a 28k snipe, but it's difficult to put a very definitive point at which sniping began. Some of these may have been put in before we hit 66k. If this accounting is right, just these people combined for about 14k. The other half was probably "panic donations" or a lot of smaller snipes combined and the rumored Brazilians.
I <3 U all.
GG Skullgirls, so much respect.
-Beginning when people were saying we shouldn't even try because of blah blah blah
-The reveal of the updated rules and MLG's lead
-Skullgirl rising as a major competitor and taking the lead
-first MIOM stream in which the match was reached in the first 10 min (totaled about 10k)
-The complacency period in which people talked about EVO as a sure thing...
-Skullgirl's stream (twentysixed) raising 15k and blowing past us... the ensuing panic
-4k anonymous donation, Salsa rumor and "this is not even my final form"
-Spirit Bomb hype and DBZ references
-Incentive campaigns spread like wildfire (raffles, giveaways, training, etc.)
-Trihex's stream x3
-Epic shirtless "mini spirit bomb" throw...
-Realization it doesn't take PayPal makes it SUPER anti-climatic lol
-SFAT winning raffle ... twice???
-ST jumping to 30k in one day
-Panic and conspiracy theories about ST...
The Final Day:
-ST's money deemed "suspicious" and the hype for ST going off a cliff.
-Stirbad showing up matching almost $1000 raised in an hour.
-Spirit Bomb pre-show with Europe's finest (including Armada and Leffen) commentating videos for $$
-Spirit Bomb MIOM stream with a $4500 match
-Ken and Waffles makes appearances on stream, Ken says it could go either way.
-Melee pulls up to almost 20k ahead at one point...
-Skullgirls stream starts and closes the gap quickly, more panic
-$11@11 to respond to closing gap (and $11.30@11:30)
-Skullgirls closes gap to 6k (66k to 60k)
-WePay internal service errors
-The Final Flash shown on stream
-The FINAL CRAZY 15 minutes of snipes, money flying everywhere
-Dust clears, and a sigh of relief:
SSBM: $94,683.81
Skullgirls: $78,760.97
-#SadlyMistaken
-Mike Z requests we listen to him, and he is super classy. He reveals a new DLC character, gotta like this guy.
-Mr. Wizard makes appearance on our stream, congratulates us, talks some details.
... WE WON!!!
This is what I have found on the source of our last-minute snipes:
-5k from Shaun Frost (Nova from Australia)
-3kish? from M2K's unnamed sniper(s) "usually around ~500 each for a BUNCH of different people"
-2.5k from Toph
-2k from Redact
-1k from Aisight
-500ish from Scar (I think he said this on stream)
-??k from Brazilians?
If I recall the snipe brought us from 66k to 94k, so that's a 28k snipe, but it's difficult to put a very definitive point at which sniping began. Some of these may have been put in before we hit 66k. If this accounting is right, just these people combined for about 14k. The other half was probably "panic donations" or a lot of smaller snipes combined and the rumored Brazilians.
I <3 U all.
GG Skullgirls, so much respect.