Official *hop* "Save your game?" - Lucas Results Thread

[Luco]

"A story is a series of memories. Memories are remembered with other memories, and in turn become memories themselves. If you don't take care to preserve your memories, you'll forget them. So, please tell us frogs your memories of everything so far... That is what people refer to as "saving". Now, then... *hop* Save your game?"
WELCOME!

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This thread is being made to serve the Lucas community in several ways:

First, it's designed to share results, videos and ideas for the betterment of other Lucas players and for the advancement of our mutual meta. This thread should serve as a pretty central hub for competitive Lucas mains who want to keep up to date with other competitive Lucas mains, observe tech or playstyle and talk about recent results.

Second of all, I think it's good to separate video threads and tournament hype stuff. The video thread gets cluttered with "can you help me improve" + "check out this new tech" + "look at how I did in tournament! / look how THIS person did in tournament!" + "What the heck is going on here???" and topics of discussion relevant to all those points. This thread would take most of the competitive vids and discussion from that thread allowing ease of browsing for what you want.

Finally it's a hub for non-competitive players to see what the tournament scene is like and to interact with its players. At the end of the day, we're all Lucas mains, we all enjoy seeing each other improve. If you see results here, it might inspire you to go to a tournament yourself, or play with some regular tourney-goers. If that happens, then great!

This thread shouldn't be mistaken for a social. After all, our other threads need purpose! And it's best not to clutter this thread up for ease of use. Questions about tournaments or results posted by other users here can and should go here, and discussion of said tournaments. But most questions, such as those of a technical / "meta" nature should go in the Q&A thread and most of our tournament hype should still go in the social. This thread is just a resource that you should be able to use.

That being said, feel free to congratulate people on their results here! It's a good feeling and those people probably deserve it!

SO, now what?

So we've established this thread is about forming a record of Lucas' tournament results. The idea is to post your results here and they'll be added to the OP (this should be done periodically). Results should be posted in the format shown below:

2nd out of 52 / Smash City 4 / Mar 3, 2016 / Gamebros Arcade, Sydney, Australia

That's: Placing out of x / name of tournament / date / location

Below that, you can place a few extra things if you can / wish:

"Any other characters used? - " (If you can, explain where any extra characters were used in bracket)

You can also link to the thread where the tournament was announced / results were posted, and you can provide a link to any videos or streams of the tournament (especially ones with you in them!) in question.

Finally, feel free to talk about your tournament experience here! Talk about what happened in bracket, and those hype matches with that one MK main, or how you came so close to losing a set to Witch Time but the bayo JUUUST clanked her Usmash with the second hit of your Dair.... etc. It's always fun to hear these reflections. Did you do as well as you thought you would? Are you wanting to go back and do better next time?


I'd also just like to stress, the example result I posted is a pretty nice result, but don't stress if your results aren't like that. It's fine if your result is 13th / 52, or even 52nd / 52 !! It's all about getting better, and that starts with a dedicated player who can put themselves out there even if it means they're going to have to learn from mistakes.

That being said, there are a FEW posting criterias:

Results of any kind are awesome, but htis thread in particular is going to be focusing on results that meet these criteria, in order to promote it is being a valuable tool for a relevant meta game. Try to post results that meet with the following:

Singles 1v1 and / or doubles 2v2
Should have 8 or more players
An entree fee of at least $1 (or one shekel or one yen, etc)
The cash pot of this tournament is split amongst the top players
Has a competitive ruleset (A questionable stage list is fine, after all our scenes are still experimenting with stuff. If it feels mostly standardised to other tournaments you've seen it's probably fine)

It's OK if your tournament doesn't meet these criteria. You can still post it! It just won't be added to the OP.



... Speaking of which!


When a result is posted in this thread, I'll add it to the OP. The OP will divide its results first based off area, then off individual players. Your results will be kept here indefinitely (or until Smashboards comes crashing down fatally one day, but we hope that won't happen), so you can come back and reflect on your tournament journey at any time!

Results:

Atlantic North:
Meccs
3rd out of 59 / Smash on the Hill S2W1 / Jan 7, 2016 / Boston, MA
9th out of 63 / Smash @ GU Weekly / Jan 12, 2016 / Natick, MA
5th out of 37 / Smash on the Hill S2W2 / Jan 14, 2016 / Boston, MA
9th out of 67 / Smash on the Hill IX / Jan 16, 2016 / Boston, MA
7th out of 72 / Smash @ GU Weekly / Jan 19, 2016 / Natick, MA
4th out of 59 / Smash on the Hill S2W3 / Jan 21, 2016 / Boston, MA
13th out of 75 / Smash @ GU Weekly / Jan 26, 2016 / Natick, MA
2nd out of 40 / Smash on the Hill S2W4 / Jan 28, 2016 / Boston, MA
9th out of 42 / Smash @ GU Weekly / Feb 2, 2016 / Natick, MA
4th out of 50 / Smash on the Hill S2W5 / Feb 4, 2016 / Boston, MA
13th out of 59 / Smash @ GU Weekly / Feb 9, 2016 / Natick, MA
7th out of 49 / Smash on the Hill S2W6 / Feb 11, 2016 / Boston, MA
9th out of 63 / Smash @ GU Weekly / Feb 16, 2016 / Natick, MA
9th out of 66 / Smash on the Hill S2W7 / Boston, MA
25th out of 128 / Smash on the Hill IX / Boston, MA
25th out of 188 / GUMS6 / Feb 27, 2016 / Natick, MA
5th out of 44 / Smash on the Hill S2W9 / Mar 3, 2016 / Boston, MA

Lochy
25th out of 92 / Nebulous Prime Sm4sh #26 Singles / Feb 7, 2016 / New York, New York

Atlantic South:
BornABrawler
25th out of 49 / Birmingham Brawl 4 / Dec 12, 2015 / Homewood, Alabama, United States
33rd out of 72 / Birmingham Brawl 5 / Jan 31, 2016 / Homewood, Alabama, United States
49th out of 85 / Birmingham Brawl 6 / Feb 27, 2016 / Homewood, Alabama, United States
17th out of 71 / Kamicon 8 / Mar 12, 2016 / Birmingham, Alabama, United States
9th out of 29 / Magic City Smash 3 / June 5, 2016 / Birmingham, Alabama, United States
9th out of 23 / Magic City Smash 4 / June 19, 2016 / Birmingham, Alabama, United States
13th out of 58 / Birmingham Brawl 12 / September 24, 2016 / Homewood, Alabama, United States

R-Magic
9th out of 47 / vsHSV 1.04 / Huntsville, AL
17th out of 85 / Birmingham Brawl 6 / Feb 27, 2016 / Homewood, Alabama, United States
17th out of 57 / Birmimgham brawl 7 / Mar 27, 2016 / AL
17th out of 65 / DT@UAB 1 / AL

Mekos
7th out of 195 / Paradigm Shift / May 21 and 22, 2016 / North Carolina

(2v2) 3rd out of ?? / Paradigm Shift / May 21 and 22, 2016 / North Carolina

Xanos
5th out of 195 / Paradigm Shift / May 21 and 22, 2016 / North Carolina

Nintendo Galaxy
(Amateurs) 2nd out of ??/ Smash Fight Club 49/June 19, 2016/Houston, TX

Hakii
4th out of 142/ SurGGe /Jan 7, 2017/ San Antonio, TX

Pauleke
13th out of 23 / VT 1/25 / January 25, 2017 / Blacksburg, VA
9th out of 20 / ESL 1/28 / January 28, 2017 / Blacksburg, VA
9th out of 16 / VT 2/1 / February 1, 2017 / Blacksburg, VA
13th out of 29 / Monthly Mayhem Round 6 / February 4, 2017 / Roanoke, VA
9th out of 17 / Game Night Resurrection / February 6, 2017 / Roanoke, VA
5th out of 13 / Schooner's 2/13 / February 13, 2017 / Roanoke, VA
1st out of 10 / E-Sports Lounge 2/19 / February 19, 2017 / Blacksburg, VA
5th out of 16 / Schooner's 2/20 / February 20, 2017 / Roanoke, VA
5th out of 14 / VT 2/22 / February 22, 2017 / Blacksburg, VA
19th out of 56 / ETSU-Con / February 25, 2017 / Johnson City, TN
5th out of 19 / Schooner's 2/27 / February 27, 2017 / Roanoke, VA
3rd out of 18 / VT 3/22 / March 22, 2017 / Blacksburg, VA
5th out of 17 / Schooner's 3/27 / March 27, 2017, Roanoke, VA
5th out of 22 / VT 4/5 / April 5, 2017 / Blacksburg, VA
4th out of 48 / Liberty University 4/8 / April 8, 2017 / Lynchburg, VA

Midwest:
Shrug
33rd out of 62 / House of Paign 8 / Feb 13, 2016 / Champaign-Urbana, IL, USA

Bau
17th out of 68 / Smash Club / Feb 9, 2016 / St. Paul, MN
13th out of 56 / Smash Club / Feb 23, 2016 / St. Paul MN
7th out of 24 / Cyber Cup / Feb 28, 2016 / St. Paul MN
5th out of 47 / Smash Club / Apr 19, 2016 / St. Paul MN

Canada:
Phili
2nd out of 33 / PNT Weekly / Apr 7, 16 / Winnipeg, MB

Europe:
MrWhYYZ
8th out of 32 / Counterpick 3 / Dec 11, 2015 / Utrecht, The Netherlands
25th out of 87 / GGWP V, Awakening / Jan 31, 2016 / Almere, The Netherlands
13th out of 32 / Counterpick 7/ Feb 27, 2016 / Utrecht, The Netherlands.
33rd out of 97 / Good Games Well Played 6 / Almere, The Netherlands
25th out of 81 / NH Smash 2 / Mar 19, 2016
3rd out of 24 / Counterpick 9 / Mar 25, 2016
5th out of 46 / LRA Smash 1 / Apr 23, 2016 / Aalsmeer, The Netherlands
33th out of 89 / Good Games, Well Played 7 / Apr 30, 2016
25th out of 62 / Salty Arena Cup U #1 / Lille, France
33rd out of 77/Good Games, Well Played 8/ 25 June 2016/ Almere, The Netherlands
7th out of 38/ ESL Benelux Championship Open/8 July 2016/ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
7th out of 18/ AFK Local/22 August 2016/ Rotterdam, The Netherlands
13th out of 128 Avalon U-VI / 3 December 2016 / Zoetermeer, The Netherlands.
9th out of 32/ Fatal Kingz Tournament / 17 December 2016/ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
9th out of 123th / NHSmash3 / 14 Januari 2017 / Alkmaar, The Netherlands
13th out of 111 / Avalon U-7 / Feb 4, 2017 / Zoetermeer, The Netherlands
7th out of 19 / Counterpick 33 / 24 March, 2017 / Utrecht, The Netherlands
9th out of 85 / GGWP 10 / 15 April 2017 / Almere, The Netherlands

(2v2) 13th out of 31 / Good Games Well Played 6 / Almere, The Netherlands
(2v2) 8th out of 31 / GGWP V, Awakening / Jan 31, 2016 / Almere, The Netherlands
(2v2) 5th out of 16 / LRA Smash 1 / Apr 23, 2016 / Aalsmeer, The Netherlands
(2v2) 9th out of 30 / Good Games, Well Played 7 / Apr 30, 2016
(2v2) 9th out of 30/ Good Games, Well Played 8/ 25 June 2016/ Almere, The Netherlands
(2v2) 17th out of 43 Avalon U-VI/ 3 Demember 2016 / Zoetermeer, The Netherlands
(2v2) 9th out of 39th / NHSmash3 / 14 Januari 2017 / Alkmaar, The Netherlands
(2v2) 17 out of 43 / Avalon U-7 / Feb 4, 2017 / Zoetermeer The Netherlands.
(2v2) 5th out of 12 / Dutch Comic Con / 26 March, 2017 / Utrecht, The Netherlands
(2v2) 9th out of 31/ GGWP 10/ 15 April 2017/ Almere, The Netherlands.

Berry
7th out of 32 / Smash South 5 / 6/6/16 / Heerlen, The Netherlands
9th out of 32 / Smash South 6 / 28/8/16 / Heerlen, The Netherlands
25th out of 101 / Avalon U-V / Sep 03, 2016 / Zoetemeer, The Netherlands.
17th out of 32 / Counterpick 21 / 23 September 2016 / Utrecht, The Netherlands.
9th out of 36 / Smash South 7 / 2 October 2016 / Heerlen, The Netherlands.
2nd out of 17 / Times L.A.N. / 22 october 2016 / Landgraaf, The Netherlands
25th out of 36 / Counterpick 24 / 4 November 2016 / Utrecht, The Netherlands
33rd out of 128 / Avalon U-VI / 3 December 2016 / Zoetermeer, The Netherlands
7th out of 22 / Smash South 1 / 26 March, 2017 / Heerlen, The Netherlands



(2v2) 2nd out of 8 / Smash South 5 / 6/6/16 / Heerlen, The Netherlands
(2v2) 3rd out of 12 / Smash South 6 / 28/8/16 / Heerlen, The Netherlands
(2v2) 3rd out of 8 / Smash South 7 / 2 October 2016 / Heerlen, The Netherlands.
(2v2) 1st out of 5 / Smash South 1 / 26 March 2017 / Heerlen, The Netherlands

El Jefe(samwonders5)
33rd out of 101 / Avalon U-V / Sep 03, 2016 / Zoetemeer, The Netherlands

Australia:
Luco
1st out of 40 / Smashing Good Time S2 E4 / Feb 7, 2016 / UTS, Sydney, Australia
3rd out of 26 / Smashing Good Time S2 E5 / Feb 21, 2016 / UTS, Sydney, Australia
9th out of 40 / Smashing Good Time S2 E7 / Mar 13, 2016 / UTS, Sydney
2nd out of 47 / Smashing Good Time S2 E9 / Apr 17, 2016 / UTS, Sydney
2nd out of 34 / York Street Battles #41 / Apr 30, 16 / York Street, Sydney, Australia
33rd out of 260 / Battle Arena Melbourne 8 / May 13, 14 and 15, 2016 / Melbourne, Australia
3rd out of 32 / York Street Battles #42 / May 28, 2016 / Sydney, Australia
1st out of 30 / York Street Battles #43 / June 25, 2016 / Sydney, Australia
3rd out of 28 / York Street Battles #44 / July 23, 2016 / Sydney, Australia
5th out of 59 / Great Cave Offensive / August 14, 2016 / Sydney, Australia
1st out of 18 / Capital Smash 17 / August 21, 2016 / Canberra, Australia
3rd out of 139 / OzHadou Nationals 14 / August 26-28, 2016 / Sydney, Australia
3rd out of 103 / DI Another Day 2 / September 9, 2016 / Sydney, Australia
1st (equal) out of 45 / Stacked 6 / September 17, 2016 / Brisbane, Australia
1st out of 29 / York Street Battles #45 / September 24, 2016 / Sydney, Australia
5th out of 88 / eSports arena at EB Expo / October 1-2, 2016 / Sydney, Australia
1st out of 78 / Great Cave Offensive #3 / October 23, 2016 / Sydney, Australia
1st out of 29 / York Street Battles #47 / November 26, 2016 / Sydney, Australia
1st out of 52 / Great Christmas Offensive / December 18, 2016 / Sydney, Australia
7th out of 28 / GvP Invitational: Welcome to the Thunderdome / January 21, 2017 / Newcastle, Australia
3rd out of 53 / York Street Battles #49 / March 4, 2017 / Sydney, Australia
1st out of 17 / Capital Smash 25 / March 12, 2017 / Canberra, Australia
1st out of 53 / Newtown Aero Dive #1 / March 19, 2017 / Sydney, Australia
1st out of 27 / York Street Battles #50 / March 25, 2017 / Sydney, Australia
7th out of 101 / Expand Gong 2 / March 31-April 2, 2017 / Wollongong, Australia


(2v2) 2nd out of 9 / York Street Battles #43 / June 25, 2016 / Sydney, Australia
(2v2) 1st out of 13 / York Street Battle #47 / November 26, 2016 / Sydney, Australia
(2v2) 4th out of 18 / Great Christmas Offensive / December 18, 2017 / Sydney, Australia
(2v2) 3rd out of 13 / GvP Invitational: Welcome to the Thunderdome / January 21, 2017 / Newcastle, Australia
(2v2) 1st out of 24 / York Street Battles #49 / March 3, 2017 / Sydney, Australia
(2v2) 1st out of ?? / Capital Smash 25 / March 12, 2017 / Canberra, Australia
(2v2) 2nd out of 16 / Newtwon Aero Dive / March 19, 2017 / Sydney, Australia
(2v2) 1st out of 8 / York Street Battles #50 / March 25, 2017 / Sydney, Australia

PKBeam
13th out of 40 / Smashing Good Time / Nov 11, 2015 / Sydney, Australia
17th out of 50 / SGT S2E8 Easter / Mar 27, 2016 / Sydney, Australia
17th out of 47 / SGT S2E9 / Apr 17, 2016 / UTS, Sydney, Australia
5th out of 20 / Ganon's Boss Battles 5 / May 20, 2016 / Lidcombe, Sydney
7th out of 19 / Ganon's Boss Battles 6 / May 27, 2016 / Lidcombe, Sydney
17th out of 62 / Great Cave Offensive 5 / Jan 15, 2017 / Sydney, Australia
4th out of 20 / GvP Volume 3 / March 11, 2017 / Newcastle, Australia

(2v2) 5th out of 9 / GvP Volume 3 / March 11, 2017 / Newcastle, Australia

(Amateurs) 1st out of 8 / Smashing Good Time Zero / Nov 15, 2015 / Sydney, Australia

Frozentreasure
7th of 23 / Capital Smash 14 / May 29, 2016 / Canberra, Australia
9th of 50? / Final Fight 4 / 17 September, 2016 / Wollongong, Australia
9th of 40?/ Final Fight 5 / 10 December 2016/ Wollongong Australia
25th out of 101 / Expand Gong 2 / March 31-April 2, 2017 / Wollongong, Australia

(2v2) 1st of 9, Capital Smash 21 Doubles, 4 December 2016, Canberra, Australia

So go out and get em!!

 

[Luco]

I might post this result in full seeing as I'm here and it's a good example:

1st out of 40 / Smashing Good Time S2 E4 / 7-2-2016 / UTS, Sydney, Australia

Any other characters used? -

http://qldsmash.com/Results/NSW?t=Smashing Good Time S2 E4

I actually used Ness and Lucas as near co-mains this tournament. Although my controller was screwing me over and my opponents were being really nice about it, I'm really happy that they both came in handy. Lucas took me through GFs, but Ness carried me through Loser's finals and they both got me through a bunch of different match-ups and players. I even had to use Ness and Lucas separately on different Bayo players because of their playstyles!

In all it was a really fun tournament, I didn't get to participate in doubles but it would have been fun too. I'm really excited for the next one, hoping I can make it this weekend somehow... :D

 

[Aunt Jemima]

I won Apex 2016 using Lucas and Bayonetta

there was 658053 players btw

 

[BornABrawler]

Awesome, this was faster than I expected.
Though I'm a bit embarrassed to post this, I suppose I should try to help kickstart this forum! (And save data, of course.)

33rd out of 72 / Birmingham Brawl 5 / 31-1-2016 / Homewood, Alabama, United States

http://smashboards.com/rankings/birmingham-brawl-5-smash-4-singles.11512/event

I only used Lucas throughout this entire tournament, mainly in order to better my Lucas as well as my matchup knowledge. Everybody there was really kind, and I even got some worthy tips from Ness/Lucas main PS | Pudd. I lost in winners' bracket to a Diddy Kong who spaced me out really well and set banana baits. He happened to win 2nd Place at the tournament, and is 3rd Place overall in the Alabama Power Rankings. So needless to say he was really good. Went 0-2, but both matches were really close and neither were a 2 stock. Soon after I lost to a impressive and surprising Charizard main in losers'. I mostly lost due to lack of matchup knowledge, but that is not to knock on my opponent; he was formidable! Similar 0-2 situation with really close matches and no 2 stocks.

Birmingham Brawl 6 is scheduled to be February 27th and I'm really excited to return and show my improvement! Shooting for Top 10! Thanks for reading, and I hope you have a fantastic day!

 

[Luco]

I won Apex 2016 using Lucas and Bayonetta

there was 658053 players btw

Love your work Reserved. <3

Also not bad BornABrawler ! In my experience as long as I was determined to get better, I did. Shoot for the stars!

 

[MrWhYYZ]

8th out of 32 / Counterpick 3 / 11-December 2015/ Utrecht, The Netherlands
http://byoc.challonge.com/Counterpick3/standings

25th out of 87 / GGWP V, Awakening/ 31-Januari 2016/ Almere, The Netherlands
http://smashboards.com/threads/ggwp-v-the-awakening-the-netherlands-europe-31-01-2016.429869/

(2v2) 8th out of 31 / GGWP V, Awakening / 31 Januari 2016/ Almere, The Netherlands
http://smashboards.com/threads/ggwp-v-the-awakening-the-netherlands-europe-31-01-2016.429869/

 

[Lochy]

25th out of 92 / Nebulous Prime Sm4sh #26 Singles / Feburary 7th 2016 / New York, New York
http://nebulous.challonge.com/nebulous_prime_sm4sh_26_singles

Felt good about this placement recently. New York has really good people. I am surprised I got as far as I did.

 

[Meccs]

So I switched mains from Ness to Lucas starting in 2016, heres all my results so far. Some replays (a lot of old ones too so just ignore those) can be found here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXpD3D1s12lasT012caURYtZFWQx_mjSB. I used Ness every now and then, but these were basically all Lucas.

9th out of 63 / Smash @ GU Weekly / Jan 12, 2016 / Natick, MA
http://challonge.com/smash4gu11216
7th out of 72 / Smash @ GU Weekly / Jan 19, 2016 / Natick, MA
http://challonge.com/smash4gu11916
13th out of 75 / Smash @ GU Weekly / Jan 26, 2016 / Natick, MA
http://challonge.com/smash4gu12616
9th out of 42 / Smash @ GU Weekly / Feb 2, 2016 / Natick, MA
http://challonge.com/smash4gu2216
13th out of 59 / Smash @ GU Weekly / Feb 9, 2016 / Natick, MA
http://challonge.com/smash4gu2916
3rd out of 59 / Smash on the Hill S2W1 / Jan 7, 2016 / Boston, MA (double elim'd by False, rip lol)
http://challonge.com/soths2w
5th out of 37 / Smash on the Hill S2W2 / Jan 14, 2016 / Boston, MA
http://challonge.com/soths2w2
9th out of 67 / Smash on the Hill IX (Monthly) / Jan 16, 2016 / Boston, MA
http://challonge.com/sothviii
4th out of 59 / Smash on the Hill S2W3 / Jan 21, 2016 / Boston, MA
http://challonge.com/soths2w3
2nd out of 40 / Smash on the Hill S2W4 / Jan 28, 2016 / Boston, MA
http://challonge.com/soths2w4
4th out of 50 / Smash on the Hill S2W5 / Feb 4, 2016 / Boston, MA
http://challonge.com/soths2w5
7th out of 49 / Smash on the Hill S2W6 / Feb 11, 2016 / Boston, MA
http://challonge.com/soths2w6

 

[Luco]

These are some gorgeous placings Meccs !

I'll start adding these results to the OP soon. Unfortunately I'm not too familiar with the general area names for these tournaments. So, I'm not too sure what states are technically in the 'midwest', or the 'Atlantic North', etc. Can anyone give me a rough idea of what these areas include?

 

[BornABrawler]

I'll start adding these results to the OP soon. Unfortunately I'm not too familiar with the general area names for these tournaments. So, I'm not too sure what states are technically in the 'midwest', or the 'Atlantic North', etc. Can anyone give me a rough idea of what these areas include?

This is what my research led to:

"Midwest" includes Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Colorado, Kansas, and Illinois.

"Atlantic North" includes Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virgina, Rhode Island, Philadelphia, New Jersey, and Maryland.

I'm not 100% sure if these are all the included states, or if I am possibly missing any. I find the area naming system confusing as well, as there is no good place to go to find all this information out and whether or not it's correct. If anyone has a link to information or knowledge of the areas I'd like to know as well.

 

[Luco]

Right - And South Atlantic would be Delaware, Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia, W. Virginia and Washington D.C.

Although according to my research on that one, Maryland is part of the South Atlantic. :O Probably doesn't matter toooooooooo much though.

 

[Meccs]

These are some gorgeous placings Meccs !

Thanks! I've been disappointed after most events this year, because I know I can do better. But looking at them all listed out makes me feel a little bit better about my play so far. I'm doing alright, but I'm really only satisfied with a couple of those results.

 

[Luco]

Hmm, have you tried using Ness in troublesome MUs? Ness will serve you a lot better in MUs like Sheik, Diddy, Yoshi etc.

That being said I totally understand how you're feeling. I have total faith you'll get there. :D

EDIT: Results have been updated in the OP.

 

[BornABrawler]

Right - And South Atlantic would be Delaware, Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia, W. Virginia and Washington D.C.

Although according to my research on that one, Maryland is part of the South Atlantic. :O Probably doesn't matter toooooooooo much though.

Don't forget Alabama Is part of the South Atlantic too. Though it appears you have listed it correctly in the OP.

 

[PKBeam]

13th of 40 | SGT | 1/11/15 | used link but got 3 stocked.
1st of 8 | SGT.Zero | 15/11/15 | this was amateur bracket for people who got kicked out of pools, IDK if that counts.

also we should have a permanent mod... so we can get this stickied...

 

[Meccs]

9th out of 63 / Smash @ GU Weekly / 16 Feb, 2016
challonge.com/smash4gu21616
Made it to WS and Lucas ditto'd Marss.... and then had to play a Rosa first match of losers. Perfect.

 

[Luco]

13th of 40 | SGT | 1/11/15 | used link but got 3 stocked.
1st of 8 | SGT.Zero | 15/11/15 | this was amateur bracket for people who got kicked out of pools, IDK if that counts.

also we should have a permanent mod... so we can get this stickied...

Hmm, was there a prize pool for it? If so it should count, it would have been a result in the same tournament anyways if they had gone straight into bracket, for instance.

9th out of 63 / Smash @ GU Weekly / 16 Feb, 2016
challonge.com/smash4gu21616
Made it to WS and Lucas ditto'd Marss.... and then had to play a Rosa first match of losers. Perfect.

Good golly that sounds ridiculous (but also a heap of fun). How was Rosa though? I've always felt it's doable with us, but perhaps she didn't give you room to breathe and/or the MU is just worse than I thought?

 

[PKBeam]

Hmm, was there a prize pool for it? If so it should count, it would have been a result in the same tournament anyways if they had gone straight into bracket, for instance.

Don't believe so. Someone told me I'd get my $5 back but I didn't.

 

[Meccs]

9th of 66 / Smash on the Hill S2W7 / Boston, MA
https://smash.gg/tournament/smash-on-the-hill-season-2-week-7/brackets
I was playing so poorly, lucky to get even 9th. All the players above me are very good, but that doesnt mean sh*t since I wouldnt even take a game off any of them right now. I'm not a threat to get even top 8 when the bracket is like this anymore, and I hate that. I have one lucky win over Pugwest and that's the only notable player I've beaten this year. Stuck in mediocrity, I'm sorry I haven't been able to do more for a character who could really use some good rep right now. idk I'm mainly just disappointed I havent been able to get Lucas the results and representation I hoped I could, even if my results seem okay to some, know that I'm really trying to do more. Hopefully I'll be playing well for the two monthlies we have coming up

 

[BornABrawler]

9th of 66 / Smash on the Hill S2W7 / Boston, MA
https://smash.gg/tournament/smash-on-the-hill-season-2-week-7/brackets
I was playing so poorly, lucky to get even 9th. All the players above me are very good, but that doesnt mean sh*t since I wouldnt even take a game off any of them right now. I'm not a threat to get even top 8 when the bracket is like this anymore, and I hate that. I have one lucky win over Pugwest and that's the only notable player I've beaten this year. Stuck in mediocrity, I'm sorry I haven't been able to do more for a character who could really use some good rep right now. idk I'm mainly just disappointed I havent been able to get Lucas the results and representation I hoped I could, even if my results seem okay to some, know that I'm really trying to do more. Hopefully I'll be playing well for the two monthlies we have coming up

You kidding? Placing that high in general is not only great, but also impressive considering your competition. I can barely get past half the entrants at most of the tourneys I attend so I wouldn't beat yourself up. Though never settle for second best either. Make sure that if you WANT that Top 8 or 1st Place you EARN IT. You seem to know all this already. But if I can in any way invigorate you with new morale, then I shall! Good luck sir!

Also I found the results to a previous tourney I went to, so feel like adding it as well.

25th out of 49 / Birmingham Brawl 4 / 12-12-2016 / Homewood, Alabama, United States.
http://smashboards.com/rankings/birmingham-brawl-4-smash-4-singles.10548/event

Can't say I remember everything from this tournament other than TheReflexWonder attended and I lost in winner's to a Fox and lost in loser's to a Little Mac. I can guarantee I still had a good time though! Still eagerly awaiting the next one!

 

[Shrug]

33rd of 62 / House of Paign 8 / 2/13/2016 / Champaign-Urbana, IL, USA
http://smashingillini.challonge.com/HoP8S4Singles

WR1: Fought a Meta Knight player. I was able to beat him game 1 thanks to a solid edgeguard and some good down throw follow-ups. Games 2 and 3, he was able to pull off some scarily early kills with his up b. I was doing a good job of DI-ing to make the up air -> up b combos hard, but he definitely got me with a nasty raw up b at some point. I also had a bit of trouble edgeguarding him as the set progressed. He, on the other hand, was chasing me pretty far off stage to make recovering much more difficult. I had never fought a Meta Knight before, so I'm glad I got some exposure to the matchup. I'm disappointed I wasn't able to clutch out a second game, though.

LR1: Played against a Diddy. I have a little bit of Diddy experience, but I'm still far from comfortable in the MU. I had a lot of trouble edgeguarding him even though I knew exactly what he was going to do (really high side b. Every. Single. Time). I was able to demolish him if he did try to recover low, though. I did manage to catch him with an up air at kill % once, but closing out stocks against him was frustrating. I took game 1, but he took game 2. That's when I took a step back and thought about the way he was playing. His neutral basically consisted of standing in place and throwing a banana or shooting a peanut and then repeating this until I approached, when he would pick a smash attack and pray. I baited some dash attacks and smash attacks out and then punished him for it. I felt kind of bad that I had lost a game to this Diddy, but I'm glad I was able to take a step back and think a bit more about what I was doing.

LR2: This guy had beaten the best player in my local scene (JSwiss) a few months back (no worries, JSwiss got his revenge later on), so I got a bit of an idea of how good the guy was. He played Mii Brawler against me, which kind of threw me off. I had never played against Mii Brawler before, and I had no idea what he was capable of. I was able to keep both games respectably close thanks to a few solid combos and edgeguards, but I ended up losing 2-0. I think the thing that surprised me the most was how early his up b killed me.

There was an amateur bracket open for those who didn't make top 16, but I opted out because I wanted to get food for the other Springfield guys who were all stuck in various other brackets. I also wanted to spend the rest of the day focusing on Melee. I kind of wish that I had entered because one of my biggest weaknesses is lack of matchup experience, but at least I dodged fighting any Clouds this time around.

 

[Luco]

OP updated. PKBeam I kept the Amateur's result in because you were supposed to receive some kind of pay-out, even if it didn't actually happen (which is upsetting tbh). I'll probably divide it up the same way I do for 2v2s and the like. Good stuff to everyone. ^_^

 

[Meccs]

25 out of 128 / Smash on the Hill IX / Boston, MA
https://smash.gg/tournament/smash-on-the-hill-ix/brackets/11355/5712/21963
Mediocre play, could have won both sets i lost if had just played more patiently but overall i suppose its not awful.

 

[Luco]

3rd out of 26 / Smashing Good Time S2 E5 / 21-2-2016 / UTS, Sydney, Australia

http://qldsmash.com/Results/NSW?t=Smashing Good Time Monthly S2 E5

Vids should be coming out soon.

Used any other characters? -

I've got some pretty mixed feelings about this placement. It's the first Aussie smash 4 tournament I haven't come first in, and there were less people at this tournament than usual, but the skill ceiling was much higher and more of our top players were there. It was also FULL of upsets - Our first seed got sent to losers halfway through bracket by like the 4th seed, and our 3rd seed got sent to losers by the same person and was then beaten in losers by like the 6th or 7th seed who ended up coming 4th. In other words, two of our top players ended up at 5th, and while the other top player did retain the throne, it was still quite an insane day. I ended up pushing the same first seed out of the tournament but I was taken out myself by the guy that got 1st and the guy that got 2nd respectively (loser's finals was stupidly close though).

I think I'm just sad because I wasn't playing on point, and other people noticed it too. I think people were still impressed with our placements given how generally hectic bracket worked out to be, but yeah, this has given me a lot of incentive to work hard again to get first place once more.

 

[MrWhYYZ]

13th out of 32/ Counterpick 7/27-2-2016/ Utrecht, The Netherlands.
http://byoc.challonge.com/counterpick7
I'm not happy about this at all. Both loses were 100% my mistake and shouldn't have happened imo.
I did however played om stream so yay.
My stream match -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpLwwqfca-c

33th out of 97/Good Games Well Played 6/ Almere, The Netherlands
http://challonge.com/GGWP6/standings
Again not happy, I also used against random Cloud and lost because I SD'd and against my 2v2 partner who kicked me out of the tournament.
I should have gotten at least 17th, but I SD'd with Bayonetta because I thought I still has a jump.

13th out of 31/Good Games Well Played 6 / Almere, The Netherlands
http://challonge.com/GGWP6teams/standings
I'm almost a broken record but yet again not very happy with this placement. We got knocked out of the tournament because Cloud is fraudulent and horrible. Why is this character legal in doubles? Anyway, my partner in crime reads his jump and spikes with Cpt.Falcon but Cloud does a panic finishing touch so he drops down but still kills Cpt.falcon of the top, even though falcon wasn't even near him anymore because he got spiked down. And to add insult to injury, Cloud doesn't die because Finishing touch cancels momentum. I wouldn't mind a Cloud ban in doubles at all, mark my word this character is cancerous for the 2v2 meta. Watching Beast 6 doubles was a snoozefest because of Cloud. Finals was just Cloud + any character. I mean come on, please stop.

 

[Meccs]

25th out of 188 / GUMS6 / 2-27-2016 / Natick, MA
This is New England's major regional. I used Ness for 1 set, in LF of my pool. I lost to them 1-2 in winners semis in pools as Lucas, won g1, choked g2. got spiked g3... so when I played them again in LF I went Ness and won. Overall not bad considering most of the best players in NE were there plus some OoR. Shame I lost immediately on t32 but its alright.

Side note: Another Lucas main K3H got T-17th!

 

[BornABrawler]

49th out of 85 / Birmingham Brawl 6 / 27-2-2016 / Homewood, Alabama, United States

http://smashboards.com/rankings/birmingham-brawl-6-smash-4-singles.12065/event

Soooo... didn't do very well this one. If you look at the bracket ranking you could argue I made 34th place but that doesn't really count. Anyways I still had more fun at this tournament than all others thus far. For reasons such as: writing new player notes, commentating matches, exchanging reactions with TheReflexWonder, and meeting and befriending a fellow Lucas main. But before talking about my matches, first I have a little story about said Lucas main. (Just skip it if you don't care. Honestly it's not that important; rather it is coincidental.)

So I come to the venue and I'm playing friendlies with some guys, but mostly friends who came to attend the tourney as well. A guy comes and asks for some matches and of course we let him join. I'm still in the rotation as this guy's turn comes around. He picks Ike and I think, "Ok, I got this". Proceed to 2 stock him and win with low percent. Easy $. Then he switches to Lucas and wants a ditto. My friends agree and we play a match. This guy was good, like, SUPER GOOD. We both were at decent percents last stock until he got me with a b-air spike way of stage. Brutal to say the least. He then tells me he's actually a Lucas main and made 8th Place at the most recent HASL tournament (Which is impressive btw). His tag/name is R-Magic. He then compliments me on my Lucas, we talk and exchange tips, and then he eventually leaves the setup. Fast forward three rounds into the tournament and I'm in loser's bracket. I ask my TO who I'm facing up against next in bracket, and you can guess who it is. R-Magic. Of course we got put against each other, I mean why not? So our match is called and I head towards the setup (which was a recording setup) and meet him there. We talk about how coincidental is was that we faced each other and get into the matches. Long story short, (will be explained further in the matches discussion) we play a extremely close 2-1 set with him winning. I was a bit upset as I didn't want to go out that way. But I accepted it. He once again compliments me, and then asks me about other tournaments. The rest is pretty meaningless so I won't ramble longer than I should, but I thought this would be neat to share.

Anyways, after that long story here's the matches. Round one was against Bigham, placed 33rd, played Cloud. Cloud is arguably one of my worst matchups; not for Lucas but me personally. I still do a decent job a spacing him the whole set, but ended with a close 2-1 loss. 2nd game I got a really early KO which basically secured me the game, so that felt good. I ready up for my round two match against Majin Bam, placed 65th, played Pikachu. This honestly should've been a somewhat easy win for me, but I lost 1st game partially to the fact that I was a bit discouraged at my early loss. 2nd and 3rd games I pretty much have this guy's strategy downloaded and beat him pretty swiftly, winning 2-1. Round three was against R-Magic, placed 17th, and a fellow Lucas main who I had JUST MET that tournament. We both play pretty even spacing, projectile, and off-stage games. The set ends in yet again another close 2-1 loss, somewhat due to the fact that in the last game I went to absorb PK Thunder recovery with PSI Magnet, got PK Freeze instead, and get sent the opposite direction towards the blast zone by PK Thunder 2 and die. Yup, that happened. Either way I enjoyed the match and was glad to see he got placed 17th. Overall the tournament was super enjoyable. I did witness two rages during that tournament but at least nothing was broken. I was a bit ill prepared but I'm pushing myself to be ready for the next tournament! Thanks for reading, and I hope you have a fantastic day!

P.S. - The first round and third round matches were recorded and will eventually be uploaded. When they are uploaded I will post them in the Lucas video thread. If you're interested in seeing those matches (whenever they're uploaded) or other cool videos check them out here! http://smashboards.com/threads/this-theatre-stinks-the-lucas-video-thread.398022/

Update 3/16/16: Due to a bit of delay for the individual videos to come out, I recorded them and uploaded them myself to my own Youtube channel. Check the videos thread as suggested before and they should be there!

 

[Meccs]

5th of 44 / Smash on the Hill S2W9 / 3/3/2016 / Boston, MA

 

[Bau]

17th out of 68 / Smash Club / 2/9/2016 / St. Paul, MN

This was my first tournament ever. I got knocked out of winners by a Kirby player who went on to win the tournament (he is also PR #6 in MN). I was eliminated by a Rosa player later on. Since it was my first tournament I was completely unfamiliar with most character matchups played at a decently high level. Overall was a good tournament.

13th out of 56 / Smash Club / 2/23/2016 / St. Paul MN

Things went much better at this tournament. I was beating players that are regulars at these events. I got knocked out of winners by Triple R, a Kirby player ranked number 3 in the state, but I took game one off him and lost game two in a last stock last hit situation. I was eliminated by the same Rosa player from the last tournament, so that was a little frustrating. I just need to adapt to his edgeguards which don't actually happen off stage, but trying to get off the ledge.

7th out of 24 / Cyber Cup / 2/28/2016 / St. Paul MN

This was a smaller event that just recently started hosting tournaments. I was immediately knocked into losers match 1 by a PR #10 ROB player. Two decently close games. I messed up my recovery in one game and didn't handle his gyro very well since I didn't have much Rob experience. I swept through losers until I had to play the same Rob again. Did much better handling his gyro pressure this time. Lost in two very close games. My zair failed to grab the ledge at the end of game two and it cost me a very winnable game.

Overall, after three tournaments I would say Lucas catches most players by surprise, especially in my region since no one plays him. I have yet to play a matchup that felt unwinnable.

 

[PSINiGHTS]

dem anyone know who i am :C

 

[MrWhYYZ]

25 out of 81/ NH Smash 2/ 19-3-2016
http://byoc.challonge.com/NHS2singles/standings

 

[BornABrawler]

17th out of 71 / Kamicon 8 / 12-3-2016 / Birmingham, Alabama, United States

http://smashboards.com/rankings/kamicon-smash-4.12518/event

Took a little while for this events page to be made but it finally arrived! This is my best placing so far I believe and I played really well during this tournament in my opinion. My ranking doesn't quite support that but I was satisfied overall. On with the match analysis!

Round 1 Winner's: Bidoof - Pikachu
Don't really remember much about this match honestly since it was so long ago. I know he got a stock off during one game, but I'm pretty sure the set was 2-0 victory. Not too difficult of a player or matchup.

Round 2 Winner's: Spade - Sheik/Cpt. Falcon
This was a bummer. Going up against a Alabama PR player early in bracket, again. Got really bopped this set in a 0-2 loss. My biggest problem was the lack of Sheik matchup knowledge. Not a lot of Sheiks in my area honestly so it was a bit of an uphill battle. The speed and mobility of Sheik far exceeded Lucas's, so I was kinda tossed around the stage. In both games I managed to get off a stock, but didn't happen till I was already at high percent. Need more experince against this player/matchup.

Round 2 Loser's: Captain Fabulous - Cpt. Falcon
This was actually a guy I had played friendlies with a bunch the day before. The set was a solid 2-0 as it was pretty clear he only entered for fun, which is fine. He got a pretty good f-smash read on me, but other than that it was a easy win.

Round 3 Loser's: Divedude - ???
Honestly have no recollection of who this guy played. All I remember was that this guy was obviously a casual, but had a pretty good grasp on the game. Easy 2-0 victory.

Round 4 Loser's: Kyu Rain - Villager
A more versed player that knew what he was doing, but I still won 2-0. It was mainly due to the fact that one of my friends mains Villager, so I have a bunch of experience in the MU. Still a decent opponent compared to those before him.

Round 5 Loser's: JeSuis - Lucina (?)
Decent Lucina but mainly kept going for f-smash reads to get an early kill. He didn't play much offstage because I spiked him once and intimidated him. The whole game was a bunch of PK Fire spacing and z-air to grabs, and grabs to kills. I feel like he played another character but can't recall at this point in time. Game was a 2-0 victory.

Round 6 Loser's: Spade - Cpt. Falcon/Sheik
Came so far up the bracket that I had my chance for redemption. And I failed. He decided to go Falcon all that set, but it was his original main so he knew what he was doing. Games were closer than those beforehand, but I still ended up losing 0-2. I know I should have had a better advantage in the matchup, but I always fall apart against rushdown characters personally and his Falcon is one of the most balanced playstyles I had faced yet. Definitely looking forward to a rematch.

Overall the tournament was pretty well run. The size of the room though could have been expanded, as it was in the "Game Room" of the convention; many other games were being played at the same time whether it was other tournaments or free-to-play. I did appreciate though that they got a panel room for Winner's Finals, Loser's Finals, and Grand Finals that was played from a projector onto a decently sized projection screen, so that was cool! I'd say it was a pretty awesome tournament, and the convention itself was run pretty well! I usually go to the convention every year, so I look forward to next time!

 

[MrWhYYZ]

3rd out of 24/ Counterpick 9/ 25-3-2016
http://byoc.challonge.com/counterpick9/standings
So, this happened. I lost my first match against a Donkey Kong again and then climbed my way to the final 3.
Got extremely lucky a few times especially at losers round 3 where it was 1-1 last stock and he was playing so annoying that I just got tired of playing, stopped caring so I did a Up-smash instead of perfect shielding ZZS's aerials and it worked. I'll posts vids when there uploaded.

 

[PKBeam]

going to SGT Easter tomorrow. hopefully I get into brackets.

 

[PKBeam]

17th/24 / SGT s2e8 Easter / 27-3-16 / Sydney, Aus.
http://challonge.com/wp27032016
http://qldsmash.com/Results/NSW?t=Smashing Good Time S2 E8
Used Marth in pools because I hate -and again in bracket against a Lucina.
Ness was to feel out a Pacman. I lost all three matches anyway.

I think I did a lot better in this one. I was lucky that brackets was top 3 from pools, not top 2. I also beat someone seeded like 10 places above me too.

Also better change the first one i submitted to 13/16th, since apparently its counted by the amount of people who made it into brackets (???). FWIW 50 people signed up for Smash 4, so I'm happy with my result.

 

[R-Magic]

Kinda new here but I'm in AL tryna do some stuff

Relevant recent results

9th/47 vsHSV 1.04 Huntsville, AL
17th/57 birmimgham brawl 7 last weekend
17th/65 DT@UAB 1

Also 13th at another recent Bham brawl but I can't come across the results thread

http://smashboards.com/threads/dts-1-uab-results-thread.432569/#post-20965644

http://smashboards.com/threads/birmingham-brawl-7-melee-pm-smash-4-3-26-16-birmingham-al.433979/

http://smashboards.com/threads/vshsv1-04-wiiu-melee-pm-2-20-2016-huntsville-al.431784/

 

[BornABrawler]

Kinda new here but I'm in AL tryna do some stuff

Relevant recent results

9th/47 vsHSV 1.04 Huntsville, AL
17th/57 birmimgham brawl 7 last weekend
17th/65 DT@UAB 1

Also 13th at another recent Bham brawl but I can't come across the results thread

http://smashboards.com/threads/dts-1-uab-results-thread.432569/#post-20965644

http://smashboards.com/threads/birmingham-brawl-7-melee-pm-smash-4-3-26-16-birmingham-al.433979/

http://smashboards.com/threads/vshsv1-04-wiiu-melee-pm-2-20-2016-huntsville-al.431784/

And he finally comes! Great to see you'll be more active on Smashboards; hopefully in the Lucas forums too. Also which Bham Brawl was it? I have all of them in my saved threads.

 

[R-Magic]

And he finally comes! Great to see you'll be more active on Smashboards; hopefully in the Lucas forums too. Also which Bham Brawl was it? I have all of them in my saved threads.

It was Bham brawl 6, apparently got 17th there too. At least I'm consistent lolol

At the risk of going off topic, you should come to BIO in Tuscaloosa this weekend. Was kinda sad to not see you at Bham brawl 7

 

[BornABrawler]

It was Bham brawl 6, apparently got 17th there too. At least I'm consistent lolol

At the risk of going off topic, you should come to BIO in Tuscaloosa this weekend. Was kinda sad to not see you at Bham brawl 7

Here's the link if you still need it: http://smashboards.com/threads/birmingham-brawl-6-melee-pm-smash-4-2-27-16-birmingham-al.432087/

I think I actually posted about that tournament in this thread. Anyways, I've considered going to BIO since I skipped Bham Brawl; not 100% sure but it's on my mind. And I kinda felt the same way about you being absent from the Kamicon tournament. Funny enough I finished in 17th place. I was holding down the fort there for you.

 

[phili]

I just started playing lucas again after setting him aside for about 2-3 months. Went full lucas at my last weekly. Here are the results:

2nd out of 33 - PNT Weekly 04/07/16 - Winnipeg, MB

Bracket at: http://challonge.com/04072016pntsmash

VOD's from the event can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxpPqIEwRmi506LoAF5oWZ5-4fi1aSmuh

I will be playing Lucas in more events in the future, so I will post future results here as well