NintenJoe
Smash Ace
So, as many of you know, I attended the "Chicago's All-Smash Tournament". I signed up for both brawl singles and doubles. Here's a quick summay:
Doubles Tournament:
1st Match: My partner was Keys (the lucas who I played in my videos) and I played as Kirby. Our opponents were Mene (Ike) and GMT (Kirby, it was 3 letters but I don't remember them exactly). My heart was beating like crazy once the first game started on smashville. In the end, it was me against the other Kirby and after a series of sport dodge wars, me and Keys earned our first win. The second match was hosted on Final Destination and Mene went nuts. Keys and I got merked by Ike's Fsmashes and got killed simultaneously twice. The match, unfortunately, went to the opposing team. The tie-breaking third match was on Battlefield. I was playing great but the match slipped away from me and my partner. Keys died, I has one life and about 40% and Mene had 1 life and GMT had 2. I was almost certain we would lose, but I had to try. I almost went crazy and had a heart attack, but I pulled off the most clutch comeback ever, defeating both of my adversaries while having over 120%.
2nd Match: I can't remember the names of our opponents, but one of them played Snake and the other G&W. I vaguely recollect playing on Final Destination the first round and getting our shit handed to us, but not much else. I attempted to CP Shiek (I don't know why) and Pictochat. The G&W ended up switching to Wario and the match proceeded with the same results. So, now, Team "Mike and Joe" had 1 win and 1 loss.
3rd Match: Team "Youngsters" (S.O.L.I.D. and someone else) played us for our third match. I was anticipating a great challenge from this match and half-expecting me and Keys to lose. They both picked Marth (WTF?) and I picked Kirby. The first match was on Yoshi's Island and it wasn't as brutal as I had once-thought. Team Mike and Joe pulled off a "double two-stock" and won the match with ease. The second match on Battlefield went equally well and we were on our way to our fourth match.
4th Match: This was a tough set of matches for me and Keys. We played a very good team consisting of a player named OOK (Donkey Kong) and, well, some other person (Lucario). The first match on Battlefield was pretty close. I don't remember exactly, but I think we gave our challengers a decent enough fight and got them down to 1 stock and 2 stock. The second match was a major turning pint for Keys, who committed suicide (at 0%) and played mediocre throughout the match. (NO JOHNS) It ended up being me against a Donkey Kong and a Marth. The only reason why this match was close was because they sandbagged at the end and attempted to spike me twice and killed themselves. I ended up missed a great opportunity to make a comeback and we lost the match.
Double elimination, but our win loss record was 2-2. I wish my singles matches went as well.....
Place: 9th!!!!
Singles Tournament:
1st Match: The singles tournament took forever to start. We had to wait about 2 hours for the tournament orginizers to set up Brawl Singles. During this time period, I was forced to occupy myself with a free-for-all set of matches against other people. The matches were decently enjoyable, but I was finding that I was getting sick of the game and developing a terrible headache. (I've never played/watched video games for 8+ straight hours) My name was called and I was to fight a R.O.B. player named "GameQ" as Link. Our first match was on Battlefield, as luck would have it, and I ended up playing decently. I don't remember much about the match other than the fact that I held GameQ's gyro for over 20 seconds while performing Zairs to prevent him from using it and that I pulled off a "Boomerang->Jab->Powrful Fsmash". I ended up losing though, but the match was pretty fun. The second match was a slaughterfest. I probably shouldn't have CPed Pictochat against the best camping character in the game, but I did and I ended up losing terribly. Live and learn, I guess.
2nd Match: I had considered leaving at this point because of the terrible headache that I had developed. I ended up staying for one final match against a Snake player whose name escapes me. He was really good, but I played just as I should have in the first set of matches: incredibly defensively. The match was great, I pulled of another "Boomerang->Jab->Powerful Fsmash" and a few other nifty tricks. In the end, we both had around 140% and the match was tight. I got utilted at some point and died. The match was so fun, though, that it didn't even matter to me. I CPed Norfair for my next stage, and he countered with R.O.B. (Yay) It was another fun match, but R.O.B.'s superior fire-power and camp-ability lost me the match. I don't remember much except for my edge mindgames on Norfair where I switch platform ledge and throw projectiles to rack up damage on my opponent and lure them towards me. I think he had 1 stock when it ended, but it could have been 2.
Place: Did not place
So, what did I learn? The fact that R.O.B. is one of Link's hardest match-ups and that I kind of suck at this game. No matter though, I'll try do better at my next tournament. (NO JOHNS) Please comment with anything you want, I just wanted to let you guys know how I did.
P.S. I saw another Link main at the tournament name IRS who played a Meta Knight and won. (There were 3 MKs at the toruney and they were played as secondaries, not mains) A group of people made a big deal out of this match, so I guess it was important. Anywho, I just thought I'd let you all know.
Doubles Tournament:
1st Match: My partner was Keys (the lucas who I played in my videos) and I played as Kirby. Our opponents were Mene (Ike) and GMT (Kirby, it was 3 letters but I don't remember them exactly). My heart was beating like crazy once the first game started on smashville. In the end, it was me against the other Kirby and after a series of sport dodge wars, me and Keys earned our first win. The second match was hosted on Final Destination and Mene went nuts. Keys and I got merked by Ike's Fsmashes and got killed simultaneously twice. The match, unfortunately, went to the opposing team. The tie-breaking third match was on Battlefield. I was playing great but the match slipped away from me and my partner. Keys died, I has one life and about 40% and Mene had 1 life and GMT had 2. I was almost certain we would lose, but I had to try. I almost went crazy and had a heart attack, but I pulled off the most clutch comeback ever, defeating both of my adversaries while having over 120%.
2nd Match: I can't remember the names of our opponents, but one of them played Snake and the other G&W. I vaguely recollect playing on Final Destination the first round and getting our shit handed to us, but not much else. I attempted to CP Shiek (I don't know why) and Pictochat. The G&W ended up switching to Wario and the match proceeded with the same results. So, now, Team "Mike and Joe" had 1 win and 1 loss.
3rd Match: Team "Youngsters" (S.O.L.I.D. and someone else) played us for our third match. I was anticipating a great challenge from this match and half-expecting me and Keys to lose. They both picked Marth (WTF?) and I picked Kirby. The first match was on Yoshi's Island and it wasn't as brutal as I had once-thought. Team Mike and Joe pulled off a "double two-stock" and won the match with ease. The second match on Battlefield went equally well and we were on our way to our fourth match.
4th Match: This was a tough set of matches for me and Keys. We played a very good team consisting of a player named OOK (Donkey Kong) and, well, some other person (Lucario). The first match on Battlefield was pretty close. I don't remember exactly, but I think we gave our challengers a decent enough fight and got them down to 1 stock and 2 stock. The second match was a major turning pint for Keys, who committed suicide (at 0%) and played mediocre throughout the match. (NO JOHNS) It ended up being me against a Donkey Kong and a Marth. The only reason why this match was close was because they sandbagged at the end and attempted to spike me twice and killed themselves. I ended up missed a great opportunity to make a comeback and we lost the match.
Double elimination, but our win loss record was 2-2. I wish my singles matches went as well.....
Place: 9th!!!!
Singles Tournament:
1st Match: The singles tournament took forever to start. We had to wait about 2 hours for the tournament orginizers to set up Brawl Singles. During this time period, I was forced to occupy myself with a free-for-all set of matches against other people. The matches were decently enjoyable, but I was finding that I was getting sick of the game and developing a terrible headache. (I've never played/watched video games for 8+ straight hours) My name was called and I was to fight a R.O.B. player named "GameQ" as Link. Our first match was on Battlefield, as luck would have it, and I ended up playing decently. I don't remember much about the match other than the fact that I held GameQ's gyro for over 20 seconds while performing Zairs to prevent him from using it and that I pulled off a "Boomerang->Jab->Powrful Fsmash". I ended up losing though, but the match was pretty fun. The second match was a slaughterfest. I probably shouldn't have CPed Pictochat against the best camping character in the game, but I did and I ended up losing terribly. Live and learn, I guess.
2nd Match: I had considered leaving at this point because of the terrible headache that I had developed. I ended up staying for one final match against a Snake player whose name escapes me. He was really good, but I played just as I should have in the first set of matches: incredibly defensively. The match was great, I pulled of another "Boomerang->Jab->Powerful Fsmash" and a few other nifty tricks. In the end, we both had around 140% and the match was tight. I got utilted at some point and died. The match was so fun, though, that it didn't even matter to me. I CPed Norfair for my next stage, and he countered with R.O.B. (Yay) It was another fun match, but R.O.B.'s superior fire-power and camp-ability lost me the match. I don't remember much except for my edge mindgames on Norfair where I switch platform ledge and throw projectiles to rack up damage on my opponent and lure them towards me. I think he had 1 stock when it ended, but it could have been 2.
Place: Did not place
So, what did I learn? The fact that R.O.B. is one of Link's hardest match-ups and that I kind of suck at this game. No matter though, I'll try do better at my next tournament. (NO JOHNS) Please comment with anything you want, I just wanted to let you guys know how I did.
P.S. I saw another Link main at the tournament name IRS who played a Meta Knight and won. (There were 3 MKs at the toruney and they were played as secondaries, not mains) A group of people made a big deal out of this match, so I guess it was important. Anywho, I just thought I'd let you all know.
I certainly don't lol