Meta Pound 2016 Competitive Impressions

[NotLiquid]

Sonic / Bayo main. A man after my own heart.

KidGoggles' play as the former was on point and the latter was not all too stale either. There's been some impressive Sonic play all around this tournament.

 

[Y2Kay]

Not to mention those goggles are super stylish

 

[BlazGreen]

That was sad.

 

[Luig]

Maybe Mac's inability to land is worse than his ability to recover....

that was like watching a funeral.

 

[TurboLink]

No surprises here. Fox's up tilt and up air combined with his fall speed murder Little Mac.

 

[sedrf]

Mekos that guy who made the di ing video on bayonetta is playing against pink fresh.

 

[Deleted member]

Pink Fresh was brutal in game 1, geez.

 

[bc1910]

Come on Mekos, where was the DI?

 

[TurboLink]

I'm wondering what the Lucas/Bayonetta matchup is like now.

Mr. R is being aggro as **** and Ace hasn't even used Witch Time a single time.

 

[sedrf]

Acethestar is doing better against mr then expected

 

[bc1910]

Aside from that ledge trump Bair, did Ramin take a single stock off AceStar without Bouncing Fish?

Really seems like Sheik doesn't have "kill moves" so much as "kill move" now.

 

[Deleted member]

Is Hungrybox starting to take this game more seriously now? Haven't seen him around in a while.

 

[Pancracio17]

Heh, just DI

 

[Jaguar360]

How did Hungrybox vs Acid go and who did HBox use? Missed the match because of dinner.

 

[Ninety]

PUGWEST BRINGING THE HEAT

 

[Deleted member]

How did Hungrybox vs Acid go and who did HBox use? Missed the match because of dinner.

Hungrybox used . He lost the set 2-1.

 

[BlazGreen]

Great set!

 

[Jalil]

Aside from that ledge trump Bair, did Ramin take a single stock off AceStar without Bouncing Fish?

Really seems like Sheik doesn't have "kill moves" so much as "kill move" now.

Void still kills with up air pretty consistently

 

[Trunks159]

Pugwest played very well. His Marth definitely improved. If he didn't go to FD, he might've won.

 

[Thetwinmasters]

ROFL Jebbster just di'd to his death

 

[TheMiSP]

ADHD is amazing omg

OK Pink Fresh is responding

 

[juddy96]

Players who made it out of Wave C, 1st player is in winners, 2nd and 3rd are in losers

C41: Dabuz , That Guy , FSG | BlazingPasta
C42: Ally , WaDiRob , Catbug
C43: PG | ESAM , InC | Camalange , TGS | Squerk
C44: Craftis , iQHQ | DKwill , Rango
C45: CLG | NAKAT (not sure who he used today), Koolaid / possibly other stuff, Ash23
C46: Seibrik , OCO | Le Troof , AGN | PikaPika!
C47: ATR | Xaltis , PG | SS , NP | Goolick
C48: Angel Cortes , ARC | Tension , PS | Aloha

 

[bc1910]

Amazing character variety so far. Pretty much everyone in the top half of the cast is getting some rep.

 

[ShadowGuy1]

Mind linking me the bracket? Also did singles end for the day?

 

[Jaguar360]

Players who made it out of Wave C, 1st player is in winners, 2nd and 3rd are in losers

C41: Dabuz , That Guy , FSG | BlazingPasta
C42: Ally , WaDiRob , Catbug
C43: PG | ESAM , InC | Camalange , TGS | Squerk
C44: Craftis , iQHQ | DKwill , Rango
C45: CLG | NAKAT (not sure if he used Lucas/Pika/Fox/Ness or w/e), Koolaid / possibly other stuff, Ash23
C46: Seibrik , OCO | Le Troof , AGN | PikaPika!
C47: ATR | Xaltis , PG | SS , Goolick
C48: Angel Cortes , ARC | Tension , PS | Aloha

The NAKAT match that was on stream was of him using Ness, so at least him.

The pools for Wave D are also finished now.

 

[juddy96]

Players who made it out of Wave D, 1st player is in winners, 2nd and 3rd are in losers

D41: LLL | Mr. R , Coreo , HE | AceStarThe3rd
D42: FAD | Larry Lurr , SLG | Fabled , DG | Zephyr
D43: DMG | Pink Fresh , ADHD , Mekos
D44: AGN | K.I.D. Goggles , UA | Jbandrew , Kamicong
D45: iQHQ | Raptor , LoF | acid , TekNo
D46: EZG | Remzi , JeBBster , AoH | Light
D47: VexX | Seagull Joe , Pugwest , Blur
D48: DMG | James , SS | Mr. E , Promaelia

 

[ShadowGuy1]

WAit, when is Round 2 Pools going to play

 

[Yonder]

Players who made it out of Wave D, 1st player is in winners, 2nd and 3rd are in losers

D41: LLL | Mr. R , Coreo , HE | AceStarThe3rd
D42: FAD | Larry Lurr , SLG | Fabled , DG | Zephyr
D43: DMG | Pink Fresh , ADHD , Mekos
D44: AGN | K.I.D. Goggles , UA | Jbandrew , Kamicong
D45: iQHQ | Raptor , LoF | acid , TekNo
D46: EZG | Remzi , JeBBster , Light
D47: VexX | Seagull Joe , Pugwest , Blur
D48: DMG | James , SS | Mr. E , Promaelia

I remember James the Luigi player from a long while ago, haven't seen him in big tourneys recently. Welcome back old friend.

 

[juddy96]

I remember James the Luigi player from a long while ago, haven't seen him in big tourneys recently. Welcome back old friend.

This is assuming he's playing Luigi here. He has been going Cloud a bunch recently too

 

[Deleted member]

WAit, when is Round 2 Pools going to play

9 PM EST... the schedule was in the OP, man.

 

[ShadowGuy1]

9 PM EST... the schedule was in the OP, man.

Never said I was smart

 

[Jaguar360]

Players who made it out of Wave D, 1st player is in winners, 2nd and 3rd are in losers

D41: LLL | Mr. R , Coreo , HE | AceStarThe3rd
D42: FAD | Larry Lurr , SLG | Fabled , DG | Zephyr
D43: DMG | Pink Fresh , ADHD , Mekos
D44: AGN | K.I.D. Goggles , UA | Jbandrew , Kamicong
D45: iQHQ | Raptor , LoF | acid , TekNo
D46: EZG | Remzi , JeBBster , Light
D47: VexX | Seagull Joe , Pugwest , Blur
D48: DMG | James , SS | Mr. E , Promaelia

Zephyr plays Cloud, Coreo plays Ness, Kamicong plays Greninja.

Omni so close to making it out of pools. Good stuff to him.

 

[TheMiSP]

Damn, Bizzarro Flame was close to getting 3rd in C46, but he lost to PikaPika and got 4th. He styled on some poor Megaman and landed an up tilt and a Warlock Punch.

 

[wedl!!]

Wow, that is a lot of Yoshi out of r1 pools.

 

[Y2Kay]

juddy96 Promaelia is another SOVA player. He mains Palutena and Corrin. IDK if he changed or something tho

 

[bc1910]

Players who made it out of Wave A, 1st player is in winners, 2nd and 3rd are in losers

A41: HoH | saj , Liquid' Nairo , FS | SETHsational
A42: Marss , VGBC | aMSa , NE | Kuma
A43: Tweek , Techei , Mr. II
A44: iStudying , InC | Snow , HBA LoCal | Koopa
A45: False , RtN | Neos , Cree318
A46: COG | Wizzrobe , ARC | Puppeh , Tico
A47: Oni | Day , TCG | Boss , TheRapture
A48: HE | Mister Eric , TGL | DJ Jack , FSS | Manondorf

Any wrong or missing characters just quote me and tell me what's up

Players who made it out of Wave B, 1st player is in winners, 2nd and 3rd are in losers

B41: 2GG | VoiD , DG | Sova Unknown , HoH | suarsuar
B42: Abadango , DCe | Average Joe , Richie Business
B43: SF HE | Hyuga , Viceroy , Laska #3 (idk)
B44: PG | MVD , S2W | Leaf FC (plays everyone), Uno
B45: ScAtt , Mahgnittoc , SmashG0D
B46: ( . Y . ) | K9sbruce , DC , Mutiny | Apple
B47: 2Scoops | Zenyou , RF7 LoCal | C3PO , LML | Draxsel (plays everyone)
B48: AGN | San , HBA | Riz , SAK | Jdawg

Players who made it out of Wave C, 1st player is in winners, 2nd and 3rd are in losers

C41: Dabuz , That Guy , FSG | BlazingPasta
C42: Ally , WaDiRob , Catbug
C43: PG | ESAM , InC | Camalange , TGS | Squerk
C44: Craftis , iQHQ | DKwill , Rango
C45: CLG | NAKAT (not sure who he used today), Koolaid / possibly other stuff, Ash23
C46: Seibrik , OCO | Le Troof , AGN | PikaPika!
C47: ATR | Xaltis , PG | SS , NP | Goolick
C48: Angel Cortes , ARC | Tension , PS | Aloha

Players who made it out of Wave D, 1st player is in winners, 2nd and 3rd are in losers

D41: LLL | Mr. R , Coreo , HE | AceStarThe3rd
D42: FAD | Larry Lurr , SLG | Fabled , DG | Zephyr
D43: DMG | Pink Fresh , ADHD , Mekos
D44: AGN | K.I.D. Goggles , UA | Jbandrew , Kamicong
D45: iQHQ | Raptor , LoF | acid , TekNo
D46: EZG | Remzi , JeBBster , AoH | Light
D47: VexX | Seagull Joe , Pugwest , Blur
D48: DMG | James , SS | Mr. E , Promaelia

So looking at the characters we know of who made it out of pools, there's still a lot of Sheik but not all of them topped their pools. The ones that did are top Sheik players.

Surprisingly high amount of Sonic. Lots of Fox, Diddy and Bayo.

Surprisingly high amount of Greninja, decent amount of Yoshi (same as Greninja but only used as a secondary by ESAM).

A few ROB players and just a single Lucario. Only two Falcons despite him being a popular choice, and no Falcon topped their pool. Only a single Mewtwo, but it's Aba. Corrin is almost completely absent and the Pits are nowhere to be seen.

 

[Ninety]

Winner's is diverse as hell. This'll be a fun bracket.

Here's holding out hope for one of the Marths to do well. Pugwest came this close to beating Seagull Joe, man.

 

[NairWizard]

Players who made it out of Wave C, 1st player is in winners, 2nd and 3rd are in losers

C41: Dabuz , That Guy , FSG | BlazingPasta
C42: Ally , WaDiRob , Catbug
C43: PG | ESAM , InC | Camalange , TGS | Squerk
C44: Craftis , iQHQ | DKwill , Rango
C45: CLG | NAKAT (not sure who he used today), Koolaid / possibly other stuff, Ash23
C46: Seibrik , OCO | Le Troof , AGN | PikaPika!
C47: ATR | Xaltis , PG | SS , NP | Goolick
C48: Angel Cortes , ARC | Tension , PS | Aloha

I believe PikaPika uses more Cloud than Pikachu now

 

[Blue Banana]

B45: ScAtt , Mahgnittoc , SmashG0D

Didn't Mahgnittoc pull out against SmashG0D's in their pools' winners semis?

EDIT: https://www.twitch.tv/vgbootcamp2/v/58191809?t=53m30s

 

[ぱみゅ]

btw, Shaya , consider adding this to the OP: https://smash.gg/tournament/pound-2016/brackets