Kone
Smash Master
Time to discuss the ten that will make the UK crew for SNY. This is especially important as its the first event to be ran at SNY so there won't be much time at the tournament to determine the 'squad'.
I have also decided to take it upon myself to be UK team manager lol and appoint charles to be team captain. My credentials being;
1. 8 years experience of smash.
2. Attending more european tournaments than most UK players.
3. Good understanding of the european scene.
4. Previously nearly taken the UK to their first international crew victory at ROS4 lol.
5. Ability to make rousing speeches.
6. Not good enough for the crew itself?! lol
7. Not got a biased view of the community. Feel like a neutral.
Saying the above, Ill outline my own opinion of what the crew would look like and who I think we need to discuss in terms of making the last few spots. See if everyone agrees of has other suggestions! We can then go onto discuss character matchups/scenarios.
Few things to point out for international crews;
1. There are 10 people in the squad, seven of which are starters.
2. Starters have to choose their character prior to the start of the crew match. This is submitted to the chosen neutral referee to avoid cheating.
3. It is a single elimination tournament.
4. Our first match will be against either Germany or Italy followed by Sweden or Holland.
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The following should definetly make the crew squad (imo
);
Fuzzyness
Prof
Edwin
AmcD (no VA)
Tamoo
J3ly (mario)
Swizzy
The other four need to be chosen out of the following;
Jo3
Gantz
Coey (luigi)
Alpha Dash (ICs)
Bullet Bill (doc)
Jolteon (need a sheik?)
Deathgazer/Craiigg (falco needed?)
Kone (samus)
Potentially last minute call ups for Z/Jam?
I haven't included Frostbyte or Chrisboi as they seem to be MIA.
I know I will probably have missed someone out, let me know and I will edit them in.
Personally, the definite seventh should be either Jo3 or Gantz (ive left out LJ/Yeniths and other foxes as I think we only need one more and jo3/Gantz provide more than they do atm). Having another top fox/main char int he lineup would be a benefit.
Then the other three would probably make up the 8th-10th spots. These can be the more unusual characters (mario/ICs) that we can opt to field and counter pick specific players in the opposing crew.
Let me know what you think (sure everyone will have an opinion on this)
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When contemplating who you think should make the squad try to take in as many of the following as possible;
1. Their current form.
2. Their range of characters.
3. Their main character...what can it specifically bring to the table and how useful is that e.g. J3ly maybe brilliant for taken out fox mains. However, is it worth it if he gets counter picked by a very good marth/sheik and what if the fox he is counter picked against is zgetto/remen/ivp (think you get my point).
4. Experience.
5. Ability to handle pressure.
6. Ability to handle crowds. Most of the UK will not have played in front of a crowd as loud/hostile/intimidating as a international crew match.
7. Adaptability. What I mean about this is that you aren't playing a Bo3 against one opponent (who normally sticks to one character). So you don't have alot of time to adapt to your opponent/work them out. We need players that can take stocks against multiple opponents heavily.
Probs missed some stuff out, but crews are a tad different to singles and we need to approach is with a different mentality.
I have also decided to take it upon myself to be UK team manager lol and appoint charles to be team captain. My credentials being;
1. 8 years experience of smash.
2. Attending more european tournaments than most UK players.
3. Good understanding of the european scene.
4. Previously nearly taken the UK to their first international crew victory at ROS4 lol.
5. Ability to make rousing speeches.
6. Not good enough for the crew itself?! lol
7. Not got a biased view of the community. Feel like a neutral.
Saying the above, Ill outline my own opinion of what the crew would look like and who I think we need to discuss in terms of making the last few spots. See if everyone agrees of has other suggestions! We can then go onto discuss character matchups/scenarios.
Few things to point out for international crews;
1. There are 10 people in the squad, seven of which are starters.
2. Starters have to choose their character prior to the start of the crew match. This is submitted to the chosen neutral referee to avoid cheating.
3. It is a single elimination tournament.
4. Our first match will be against either Germany or Italy followed by Sweden or Holland.
_______________________________________________________________
The following should definetly make the crew squad (imo
);Fuzzyness
Prof
Edwin
AmcD (no VA)
Tamoo
J3ly (mario)
Swizzy
The other four need to be chosen out of the following;
Jo3
Gantz
Coey (luigi)
Alpha Dash (ICs)
Bullet Bill (doc)
Jolteon (need a sheik?)
Deathgazer/Craiigg (falco needed?)
Kone (samus)
Potentially last minute call ups for Z/Jam?
I haven't included Frostbyte or Chrisboi as they seem to be MIA.
I know I will probably have missed someone out, let me know and I will edit them in.
Personally, the definite seventh should be either Jo3 or Gantz (ive left out LJ/Yeniths and other foxes as I think we only need one more and jo3/Gantz provide more than they do atm). Having another top fox/main char int he lineup would be a benefit.
Then the other three would probably make up the 8th-10th spots. These can be the more unusual characters (mario/ICs) that we can opt to field and counter pick specific players in the opposing crew.
Let me know what you think (sure everyone will have an opinion on this
)________________________________________________________________________________
When contemplating who you think should make the squad try to take in as many of the following as possible;
1. Their current form.
2. Their range of characters.
3. Their main character...what can it specifically bring to the table and how useful is that e.g. J3ly maybe brilliant for taken out fox mains. However, is it worth it if he gets counter picked by a very good marth/sheik and what if the fox he is counter picked against is zgetto/remen/ivp (think you get my point).
4. Experience.
5. Ability to handle pressure.
6. Ability to handle crowds. Most of the UK will not have played in front of a crowd as loud/hostile/intimidating as a international crew match.
7. Adaptability. What I mean about this is that you aren't playing a Bo3 against one opponent (who normally sticks to one character). So you don't have alot of time to adapt to your opponent/work them out. We need players that can take stocks against multiple opponents heavily.
Probs missed some stuff out, but crews are a tad different to singles and we need to approach is with a different mentality.
