Apex 2012 Info Dump!

[ThatGuy]

Armada won it for all of us Jiggs haters out there!

 

[Flayl]

Where's that post from Hungrybox with the YL pics and him saying FFFFFU-

 

[Warhawk]

Now it can safely be said that Armada is the best

 

[how2smashbrothers]

Hungrybox please win.

I want to see how salty the entire Melee community will be when you win.

Sweet and sour.

 

[Thino]

Watch more people picking up YL at majors now

 

[Iron Dragon]

Can we get a Jiggs vs Peach exhibition?

 

[Biglard]

I approve what Warhawk said.

Armada is at the moment the best player in the world.

 

[Arrogant]

F*ck an Armada... But good sh*t. He stuck to his plan and got the win.
HBOX, good sh*t to you too, son... Proud of ya... You did what you could.

 

[Thino]

we need some PUFF DITTOS

 

[Jonas]

Awww, after going through all that s*** he still loses. Poor Hbox, but amazing play during first set. I felt like he went back to his old style of getting hit by all Armada's bombs in the second set, but I'd not be surprised if that could be attributed to mental fatigue. I didn't know Melee could be so brutal to its players

 

[Iron Dragon]

Can we get a Peach vs Jiggs exhibition?

 

[t3h Icy]

Armada defeats Hungrybox 3-0 in Grand Finals, Dr. PeePee 3-1 in Winners' Semis and Mango 3-0 in Winners' Finals.

Armada lost his first set since Pound 5 of last year to Hungrybox. He continues to be unrestable by him.

Armada is 3-2 in sets vs Mango now.

He wins $3600!

GG America! :D

 

[how2smashbrothers]

Can we get a Jiggs vs Peach exhibition?

aw you mad that you had to stop trolling

 

[Ørn]

Armada is much more at fault for making this "campy" or whatever people are accusing the finals of being. I'm sad people can't enjoy the match for what it is though.

Hungrybox played really well, and he certainly deserved his 2nd place. Grats to Armada on winning Apex.

Also yeah the commentary was real bad during the later half of the finals.

 

[darkatma]

That is a ******** idea, son... Put that weed down, son.

lol i wasn't being serious

 

[nealdt]

I agree that we'll never all be happy with a commentator's style, but talking down your own game when the community is trying to grow its name and influence is a huge step backward. Imagine if you were a corporate sponsor listening in... would the finals commentary make you excited to get involved in this community? Food for thought.

 

[Tekk]

good job armada, europe is proudof ya

AMAZING set hbox, damn he played SO well this tourney

 

[Radiowar]

thank ****ing christ he won that

 

[Acryte]

Most unhype gfs ever

 

[how2smashbrothers]

Armada is much more at fault for making this "campy" or whatever people are accusing the finals of being. I'm sad people can't enjoy the match for what it is though.

Hungrybox played really well, and he certainly deserved his 2nd place. Grats to Armada on winning Apex.

lol think about every tournament that had ****ty finals.

The common link is Hbox. Deal with it he killed Melee.

 

[wiito]

Did Doggy got muted for saying he wanted to see brawl finals to see if they were more exciting? lol

 

[Shadow Huan]

if anyone debates that armada is not the best in the world now they are morons

congrats armada!

There were a ****ton of upsets at this

 

[Adi]

Some very good matches... but that finals was whack as all hell T_T. Ban jiggs lol

 

[=ArtH=]

Good **** Armada.

I think I'm going to play this game again, I really miss it.

 

[Charlesz]

Armada is the undisputed champion of the world.

 

[Beat!]

Arrrrrrrrmadadada

Gz to Hbox. Really well played.

 

[Iron Dragon]

I don't think Grand Finals between YL and Jiggs timing each other out no matter what would have proved who is the best between Hbox and Armada. I wouldn't call Armada better than Hbox and I also wouldn't call Hbox better than Armada.

I think for Jiggs vs Peach to happen would determine the true best. Armada is still 0-1 vs Hbox with Peach. I'm waiting for it to happen.

 

[blindhobo]

Mad props to Hbox. Guy was beasting through the bracket and especially taking down Mango like that.

Congrats to Armada too.

 

[Levingy]

Young Link won his first major international tournament? =]

 

[Shade]

Congrats Armada.

Hungrybox played like a beast though.

 

[Luma]

Because YL is a real weak CPing choice. Hbox will most likely easily be able to defeat it this time, and then Armada is stuck without any choices because he never learned the matchup with his main.

Bad call imo.

just saying

 

[Acryte]

Just sucks even more when you know Armada could win with without the YL v Jiggs matchup. I mean timeouts and last stock close??? You telling me its even necessary, its obviously super close even with YL and to be honest it's completely unnecessary and just ruins the rest of the tournament, but if you enjoy playing it then **** it right? Not my choice to make but just food for thought. I imagine anyone who might have been thinking melee was looking cool and hype saw that and said "this is what grand finals looks like in a melee tourney? Nah, I'll just stick with my other games thank you."

 

[Wretched]

Counterpicking doesn't give Young Link any significance as a character.
Armada mains peach.
This is a major international tournament win for Peach, and just because Armada timed out a jiggs with a hard counter, it doesn't mean that Young Link had any significance in Armada's path to winning the entire tournament.
Only one match.

 

[Jolteon]

Incredible GFs, both players played really well. Congrats Armada.

 

[Hive]

grats armada! some really fun games to watch on the stream in the top 8 for melee :D
I think javi and mango were some of my fave matches (very fast paced and lots of mindgames!)
I was also really into the mvc actually... even though i've never played the games I htink the commentators really hyped that well ^^

(the cult shoutouts to scientology were kinda creepy though...)

 

[Papero]

Good job Javi for taking down PP.

Good job Hungrybox for sticking to Puff and getting 2nd.

Good job Armada for getting 1st and 3-0ing Mango.

Mango ehhhhhh

10 years and Melee metagame is still evolving. The timer is finally starting to become an important aspect of the game. People have been saying Melee is a defensive game, and this only enhances that idea. People play to win tournaments, this is what happens.

 

[Iron Dragon]

Counterpicking doesn't give Young Link any significance as a character.
Armada mains peach.
This is a major international tournament win for Peach, and just because Armada timed out a jiggs with a hard counter, it doesn't mean that Young Link had any significance in Armada's path to winning the entire tournament.
Only one match.

But he didn't win with peach. Arguably the most important thing is being able to win with your tried and true character.

See: PP at Pound 5. I'm not arguing against Armada's skill with Peach or trying to take anything away from him, but he didn't WIN with Peach.

 

[Biglard]

http://ajpanton.se/apex2012.gif

If everything in here is correct and I'm not making any mistake:

1 Armada
2 HBox
3 Mango
4 Javi (mad props once again)
5 Peepee KK
7 Hax Shroomed
9 Wobbles Unknown Lovage MacD
13 SFAT Vanz Tope Zhu
17 SilentWolf Darc S2J Chillin KDJ PPU M2K DSW
25 Eggm Jman HBK WeonX IB Westballz Teczero Bladewise
33 Chu Plup Leffen Axe Thorn Reno Darrel Stricn Kage Redd Eggz Ice Amsah Cactuar Tai Sol
49 Stabbed Cyrain Azen Linguini Ravenlord Zoso Ambix Hugs Swiftbass Vist Tang Mattdotzeb PC DruggedFox Colbol Vududjin

 

[Levingy]

I wouldn't say Y.link is a hard counter for Jiggs. Hbox learned the matchup now better, and the games were close^^

 

[AzN_Lep]

Let's take this moment to recognize how beast Javi was this tournament

Winners:
Defeats Cactuar
Loses to Lovage

Losers:
Defeats Redd
Defeats Weon-X
Defeats KoreanDJ
Defeats Vanz
Defeats Lovage
Defeats Hax
Defeats PP
Loses to HBox