Alabama Thread! (10/26/2016 update)

[Ingulit]

It is?

Every Diddy Kong player I've ever played against did the exact same thing, but with varying degrees of skill.

That's saying something, as I've played against NinjaLink offline.

Maybe I should look into it. I was under the impression that the Diddy metagame was getting stale, and that his high-tier culture shock would slowly wane as people learned how to deal with bananas.

...and there are always ways to improve

Perhaps that was the more important part of that sentence... I'm not exactly NinjaLink, after all :S

 

[TheReflexWonder]

Perhaps that was the more important part of that sentence... I'm not exactly NinjaLink, after all :S

Well, I'm not trying to bring you down; I was just under the impression that Diddy's metagame hasn't made sizeable strides anytime recently.

 

[DanGR]

My Fox boards interview
http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?p=7212362

Cool interview. I enjoyed reading it. Thanks for the shoutouts.

Maybe I should look into it. I was under the impression that the Diddy metagame was getting stale, and that his high-tier culture shock would slowly wane as people learned how to deal with bananas.

I was following the Japanese tier list a while back. Diddy rose steadily to the top (or near the top. top 3-ish), and after about 3 months he began falling. (I think they update their tier list more often than our SBR does)

I read that it was because of this exact thing. People got too used to the bananas and figured out how to get a hold of them more easily. The Diddy players were then forced to have only one banana out at a time (or none), and he fell because of it.

In the videos I've seen of the Japanese Diddys, I did notice that they have much less banana use than the U.S. Diddys do. Because of this, they've also invested more time in coming up with strategies/combos/setups/traps that don't use bananas. It's interesting to watch and keep up with over time.

 

[popsofctown]

I've heard about crazy differences in the way **** play though. Like chaingrabbing is dishonorrable and stuff.

 

[Duchock]

i put one of the video descriotions in a free translator and this is what it came out as

Input is made with under→RorL. 《主語なし》It develops from there. 《主語なし》It is made with under→R orL→A if it is under A. 《主語なし》Incidentally it is possibility only in the top and possibility condition of the unit where it guards. Guard cancellation unit rain be possibility with RorL→under (1/3).


i wonder does he mean down when he says under?

I think he means down, as in down on the control stick. And by the 1/3rd, I think he means holding it down 1/3rd of the way. Whatever translated that probably substituted under because 下 can mean under, down, below, etc...

 

[Sensai]

Like chaingrabbing is dishonorrable and stuff.

It's dishonorable here too, I think. It's just most people don't give a ****.

....my Melee main gives a ****. Lots of ****s.

10****s

 

[munkus beaver]

Andy didn't mention me in his interview and that makes me cry.

 

[ihavespaceblondes]

Andy didn't mention me in his interview and that makes me cry.

In Brawl, munkus beaver was the first person I played who could beat me most of the time... he inspired me to get better.

Wait what.

 

[TheReflexWonder]

I enjoyed that interview.

 

[SleepyK]

like i said

all diddys play exactly the same

 

[ihavespaceblondes]

So if you had a bunch of Asian Diddy players how would you tell them apart?

 

[popsofctown]

I don't see it as dishonorable, it's playing to win. I think it would have been dishonorable for me NOT to have chaingrabbed that Lucario player off the side of Castle Siege. (someone ban that stage)

 

[TheReflexWonder]

So if you had a bunch of Asian Diddy players how would you tell them apart?

Their tags, obviously.

Unfortunately, it means you have to wait 'til they play a match and keep track via a shirt color or something.

 

[ihavespaceblondes]

Wait.
What if you had 5 asian Ness players who all wore shirts that said "No.3" and used the same tag.
And at the start of each match, he'd tell you in great detail about how he was the third strongest player in his group of 5, and extol the value of being third.
What now.

 

[Will_]

Asians look different sometimes.

Otherwise all of our women would be hot.

 

[TheReflexWonder]

It's dishonorable here too, I think. It's just most people don't give a ****.

....my Melee main gives a ****. Lots of ****s.

10****s

My Melee main cares even more than yours.

Let's cry about it together.

 

[theONEjanitor]

Asians look different sometimes.

Otherwise all of our women would be hot.

white people think all asian women are hot
m i rite

i just like diddy because he's one of the only characters with more movement options than dash and walk

but I strongly dislike his lack of killing ability.
if his fsmash was as strong as fox's upsmash I'd probably have stuck with diddy.

but the reason all diddy's play the same is not because the character is shallow, its because no one knows how to deal with bananas.
Diddy has a really solid moveset, and decent edgeguarding ability, and lots of neat tricks and random stuff like uptilt kills, and his aerials are all great, AC'd nair is good, SHDbair, peanut canceling, ultimate priority monkey kick (which can be lag-cancelled)...etc...he's got depth.

but why bother when you can beat 90 percent of people by
throwing banana--->grab/cartwheel
repeat

I play diddy against lucarios though.

i also sometimes play him against olimars (except danGRs, who i think i'm just going to have to try MK against from now on :-()

samus gets chaingrabbed?

hey cheap have a smash fest with melee

 

[theONEjanitor]

hey reflex, you should submit a PR list :-D

 

[theONEjanitor]

also..

IS ANYONE GOING TO GAME GALAXY

 

[ihavespaceblondes]

I'll be there.

 

[TheReflexWonder]

Too far for me. I'm going to Impact Clash.

 

[Majist]

white people think all asian women are hot
m i rite

yyyyyyyeah no.

great interview moogle

holy crap, scary: http://venetia.mybrute.com/fight/67424075

 

[munkus beaver]

Wait what.

The interview wasn't that long when I read it!

 

[Will_]

I'm going to GG if Andy's going.

Hopefully this time we won't get caught in a snowstorm on the way back.

 

[Kalm]

Jesus God....

 

[GeorgeTHPS]

The tournament results have finally been processed for VGB5 on AiB. I tried my best to match everyone's names up, so all that would have to be done was to confirm yourselves, but I had trouble finding some people like Spade, and I know Nu doesn't have an account on AiB.

 

[Pika_Cam]

Spade doesn't have an account on AiB.

 

[Winnar]

Spade doesn't have an account on AiB.

Neither does Winnar.

I think?

OH SNAP I DO!

 

[j00t]

I think I'm going to play Brawl now.

Moogle, could you change my mains to Wario/Ganon/Sheik please? I probably play a ton of other characters but I'll focus on these three until I play the game again.

 

[TheReflexWonder]

I think I'm going to play Brawl now.

Moogle, could you change my mains to Wario/Ganon/Sheik please? I probably play a ton of other characters but I'll focus on these three until I play the game again.

Interesting.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU ABOARD AGAIN

 

[_Keno_]

I think I'm going to play Brawl now.

Oh Joot, you are such a hypocrite. lol

*shakes head in discontent*

Spoiler

Its not so bad once you get used to it. I actually enjoy it more than Melee now (maybes its cause new). Still though, Melee is far better for competition and much more fun to watch imo.

 

[Majist]

I think I'm going to play Brawl now.

Moogle, could you change my mains to Wario/Ganon/Sheik please? I probably play a ton of other characters but I'll focus on these three until I play the game again.

Wait what.

 

[j00t]

Oh Joot, you are such a hypocrite. lol

*shakes head in discontent*

Spoiler

Its not so bad once you get used to it. I actually enjoy it more than Melee now (maybes its cause new). Still though, Melee is far better for competition and much more fun to watch imo.

I agree entirely... but there is this little part of me that likes Brawl, I guess.

Don't get me wrong, I'm still focusing on Melee. But.... I'll play Brawl like 5% of the time. If Melee and Brawl are in front of me at the same time, Melee will win every time. I'll play Brawl when it's the only thing available.

 

[munkus beaver]

Wait what.

What wait.

 

[Metmetm3t]

Put me down for Auburn
Brawl FC: 3437-2711-1243

 

[Kalm]

Put me down for Auburn too.



Wait a second....

 

[Sensai]

My Melee main cares even more than yours.

Let's cry about it together.

Yes, let's.

/cry

I think I'm going to play Brawl now.

It's over.

 

[CrimsonSun]

Ahh I missed the last GB, would of been my 2nd tourny.
Anyway put me down for Auburn as well.
FC: 3007-7755-2849

 

[Kalm]

wtf Auburn people


I get to play people locally now??

I WAS THINKING ABOUT QUITTING BRAWL YOU *******S!!!

 

[SK8orDIE]

Wait.
What if you had 5 asian Ness players who all wore shirts that said "No.3" and used the same tag.
And at the start of each match, he'd tell you in great detail about how he was the third strongest player in his group of 5, and extol the value of being third.
What now.

I remember those bosses.