Media 2GG: Prime Saga Discussion Thread

[The_Bookworm]

Nario 3-0 Nicko, eliminating him at 13th place.

Very good placing for Shulk. I like how this happened as we were talking about Shulk to the ends of the Earth in the competitive discussion thread prior to this. lol

 

[Lacrimosa]

Tweek ends ven's run at 17th place, in a 3-0 victory.

Edit: Nicko 3-1 Larry Lurr, eliminating him at 17th place.
Edit 2: Nairo 3-0 Stryker, eliminating him at 17th place.

Happy to see that Ven did well with her but I think people won't think any better of her, still.
Tweek is just a monster, though. Currently playing Mr. E and we'll see if he can make a comeback from losers.

 

[MarioManTAW]

Tea 3-0 Dabuz

 

[The_Bookworm]

Happy to see that Ven did well with her but I think people won't think any better of her, still.
Tweek is just a monster, though. Currently playing Mr. E and we'll see if he can make a comeback from losers.

Tweek just disposed of Mr E 3-0 to move on to top 8 qualifiers.

Tea 3-0 Dabuz

Seems like Dabuz's Pac-Man problem continues to bite him hard. Also, Pac-Man in top 8 winner's. Nice!

 

[MarioManTAW]

MkLeo 3-0 YB
Relatively close games, but YB is out at 13th and the saga curse continues!

 

[Wunderwaft]

Aww
I wanted YB to reach the top 8

 

[The_Bookworm]

MkLeo 3-0 YB

Amazing performance by Samus in general in this tournament. Definitely going to put Samus in people's minds for a while. The saga curse continues.

 

[Ziodyne 21]

MkLeo 3-0 YB

Amazing performance by Samus in general in this tournament. Definitely going to put Samus in people's minds for a while. The saga curse continues.

I think Samus's success may be overshadowed by Tea... A Pac-Man is on top-8 winners side at a supermajor. I think that is going to be on everyones mind for a while, and who knows how far Tea can go today.

 

[KirbySquad101]

Very good placing for Shulk. I like how this happened as we were talking about Shulk to the ends of the Earth in the competitive discussion thread prior to this. lol

Indeed XD Admittedly, even though I'm not completely sold on him still, I am a bit more optimistic about Shulk now after Nicko placed so well with him. He also took out Larry Lurr, so he had some stiff competition.

Happy to see that Ven did well with her but I think people won't think any better of her, still.
Tweek is just a monster, though. Currently playing Mr. E and we'll see if he can make a comeback from losers.

I hope people do think better of Ven. Then again, Maister defeated ESAM and MVD and people still see G&W as a low tier character, so people will always think of certain characters as low tiers even if people perform well with them, unless their name is Shulk.

 

[The_Bookworm]

Not related to Prime Saga, but a decently sized Japan tournament called Umebura SP 3 has gone underway. Here is the results (and yes, Cosmos and NAKAT did come to this tourney):

1st: Nietono
2nd: Kameme
3rd: KEN
4th: ProtoBanham
5th: Lea
5th: Abadango
7th: Cosmos
7th: Choco
9th: JILL
9th: Umeki
9th: Raito
9th: HIKARU
13th: Etsuiji
13th: Rotsuku
13th: Tsu
13th: NAKAT

Notable Players Knocked out Earlier:
17th: Atelier (Towa)
17th: Paseriman
17th: Gackt
17th: Kuro
25th: YOC
25th: Kome
25th: Kishiru
25th: kept
25th: RAIN
33rd: Sigma
33rd: shky
33rd: Brood
33rd: Shogun
33rd: Kisha

 

[Cheryl~]

Nairo takes out Samsora 3-1 with a spectacular showcase of Palutena’s edgeguarding game and movement in general. He also used in the first game but sadly that didn’t last long against Samsora. Samsora is out at 9th.

 

[Wunderwaft]

Nairo 3-1 Samsora

Smart of Nairo to change Ganon immediately, Peach is a terrible match up for the king of darkness..

 

[KirbySquad101]

Nairo 3-1 Samsora

Smart of Nairo to change Ganon immediately, Peach is a terrible match up for the king of darkness..

Odd, he always seemed to do well against Samsora with in non-tournament stuff; perhaps Samsora was able to adapt to it.

 

[Wunderwaft]

Light won 3-2 against Glutonny
What a shame, I wanted Glutonny to reach the top 8.

 

[Ziodyne 21]

Nairo 3-1 Tweek .

Palutena is not that good.. Nairo is just an amazing player. Palu is being carried by him just like he did ZSS in Smash 4 right? Ahahahahahah.

I juat dont want Palu nerfed TOO badly. She is finally good now after being complete trash in Smash 4. Do not take it away whoever is in charge of balancing this game.

 

[Wunderwaft]

Unbelievable!
Both Tweek and MkLeo are out!

 

[nshoes]

Light played beautifully that last stock, wow.

 

[Wunderwaft]

Shuton won 3-2 against Tea

This was a very tight and tense match. Tea did really good and I'm glad to see a Pac-Man player do this well at the top 8.

 

[JustCallMeJon]

Welp
Shuton beat Tea 3-2

Tea got ahead but Olimar's damage input is too bonkers to withstand.

Good effort for Tea, can't wait for him in Losers.

 

[nshoes]

Tea was dominant those first two games, wish he could have kept it going

 

[KirbySquad101]

Really hoping for Tea to make it back, you don't know how excited I am to see a Pac-Man in top 8 in a tournament as grand as this >w<

Nairo 3-1 Tweek .

Palutena is not that good.. Nairo is just an amazing player. Palu is being carried by him just like he did ZSS in Smash 4 right? Ahahahahahah.

I juat dont want Palu nerfed TOO badly. She is finally good now after being complete trash in Smash 4. Do not take it away whoever is in charge of balancing this game.

If they do plan to nerf Palutena, they will most likely nerf some of the other perceived top tiers (, , , etc.), though it does look like they will be conservative about their nerfs.

EDIT: Zackray takes out Ally!!

 

[The_Bookworm]

What the heck was the ending to Ally vs Zackray? Spaghetti everywhere!

Anyways, Zackray 3-1 Ally.

 

[Wunderwaft]

Ally chocked hard during the last stock. I have no idea what went though his head.

 

[KirbySquad101]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO TTTTEEEEEEEAAAAAAA D:

Nairo 3-0 Tea , eliminating him at 5th place.

 

[The_Bookworm]

Nairo 3-0 Tea to eliminate him at 5th place. Edit: Wow, KirbySquad and I posted similar posts at literally the same time. lol

 

[nshoes]

Nairo's Palutena is looking more and more terrifying each tourney.

 

[The_Bookworm]

Light 3-0 Ally to take him out at 5th place.

 

[Ziodyne 21]

Snake is one polairizing top/high tier character. He have very few characters he staight loses too, but he REALLY seems to lose against them

 

[KirbySquad101]

Nairo 3-0 Tea to eliminate him at 5th place. Edit: Wow, KirbySquad and I posted similar posts at literally the same time. lol

Haha, we did, didn't we? XD

But yeah, as bummed out as I am to see Tea out, Nairo performed exceptionally well that set.

EDIT: Yikes, looks like Nairo's Ganondorf couldn't do much against Light either; it looks like these players have become a lot more accustomed to Ganondorf's scare factor and are challenging his buttons much more.

 

[nshoes]

MY BOY LIGHT

 

[Lacrimosa]

Nairo's Cloud looked pretty underwhelming. Don't know, the match with Palu looked less one-sided than the one with Cloud even if both matches went to last stock...

 

[nshoes]

my boy light

 

[Wunderwaft]

Damn, I was rooting for Light there.

 

[KirbySquad101]

Nairo's Cloud looked pretty underwhelming. Don't know, the match with Palu looked less one-sided than the one with Cloud even if both matches went to last stock...

To be fair, he managed to bring him to his last stock and got him at 70%, which was a lot better than his Ganondorf, who seemed like a glorified punching bag for Fox lol

With some fine tuning, I could see Nairo possibly using him as an effective pocket character.

 

[KakuCP9]

This is fine.

Edit: OH MY GOD!

 

[Wunderwaft]

Jesus I didn't realize Olimar's damage output was this ridiculous.

 

[Xquirtle]

Seems nearly impossible to defend that Olimar is not overtuned on damage output and kill power.

 

[TBJosh]

That last match was wild, I didn't realize Olimar in the right hands could completely body someone. Also that clip of the edgeguarding is actually insane.

 

[The_Bookworm]

2GG: Prime Saga Singles

1st: Shuton
2nd: Zackray
3rd: Light
4th: Nairo
5th: Ally
5th: Tea
7th: MkLeo
7th: Tweek
9th: Glutonny
9th: Dabuz
9th: Mr.R
9th: Samsora
13th: YB
13th: Mr E
13th: Nicko
13th: Stroder
17th: Larry Lurr
17th: Stryker
17th: ven
17th: Teb
17th: T
17th: Myran
17th: quiK
17th: VoiD

Other Notable Placements:

Spoiler

25th: Sparg0
25th: cookieslayer (Zan)
25th: WaDi
25th: ImHip
25th: ZAKI
25th: Megafox
25th: Marss
33rd: Charliedaking
33rd: Eon
33rd: Pandarian
33rd: Legit
33rd: Javi
33rd: K9sbruce
33rd: Magister
33rd: ESAM
33rd: BestNess
33rd: Shoe
33rd: Juice
33rd: Lui$
33rd: CaptainZack
49th: VaLoR
49th: Klaatu (Soulimar)
49th: Captain L
49th: Leffen
49th: Armando (AC)
65th: PiXL (He claims that he plays "Bowjow". Bowser Jr.?)
65th: S2H
65th: Salem
65th: Brosinex
65th: TLTC
65th: SM
65th: Elegant
65th: SlayerZ
65th: Karna
65th: Trela
65th: Paper
65th: Z
65th: Locus

This has been a crazy tournament with a lot of upsets occurring, and a lot of high caliber players (most notably Salem, Trela, and Elegant) being knocked out at 65th place.

For the saga curse, here is the highest placing for each one:
YB (13th place)
Marss (25th place)
OverLade (49th place)

This is pretty big tournament for Samus players, not only their high placements and taking out high caliber players, but also outplacing the generally considered superior ZSS players.

Ridley did okay-ish, but definitely did not make much of an impact in comparison to the other Metroid reps. Trela got double upsetted early, and became one of the numerous high caliber players to fall at 65th, which is surprising considering how dominant he is in every local he participates in. Considering how long ago Trela went to a major event, I guess it is kind of to be expected. Oh well... can't wait to see what he will do in the future.

 

[Cheryl~]

Shuton is a Top 10 player in the world free after this tournament, as well as easily being the best Olimar. Great job on him overcoming Zackray to win the entire thing.

Can’t say this will help boost the community’s perception of Oli though, we already complain about him being broken enough!