Hub House III - San Francisco: 5/1/10

[Zoap]

Nah Dude.

 

[HyugaRicdeau]

One time I was wrong about the nature of auto-cancelling in Brawl and Miles corrected me. Other than that I'm right about everything.

Hey Kevin, can you explain your reasoning behind character select taking place after the stage striking as opposed to before?

 

[ender]

brian is definitely right that draft crews in a larger tournament and randoms is dumb.

 

[pockyD]

GF videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oUIECPZFt8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkrbWP93Grg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=supH_XeImCY

too lazy to fake link

 

[joeplicate]

thanks kevin

 

[pockyD]

also the audio wasn't originally desynced, but due to the way we recorded (only used 1 sound cable instead of 2 ), there was only sound on one side, which honestly bothers me more

in the future i'll make sure to use all 3 (i was tricked because the tv only had 2 inputs and i wasn't thinking)

 

[pockyD]

uploaded those friendlies too, joe

same channel

 

[Pakman]

Waffles subscribed me to this thread.

HI POCKY.

 

[PokemonMasterIRL]

Thanks for the upload Kevin.

 

[pockyD]

if there was a tourney or smashfest this saturday, would anyone come?

 

[Pakman]

Why am I subscribed to this thread....
HI POCKY!

 

[pockyD]

Why am I subscribed to this thread....
HI POCKY!

Waffles subscribed me to this thread.

HI POCKY.

HI PAKMAN

 

[Shroomed]

I'd probably come pocky

 

[pockyD]

will it be like the last few times you said you'd come

i'm leaning towards smashfest btw

 

[L__]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

you're dumb

 

[pockyD]

bump

anyone have any 'interesting' rulesets they want to try?

 

[HyugaRicdeau]

I would like to try out a ruleset which uses the following stage rules (slightly modified from an idea by Dastrn):

An odd number of stages are in the set list. Each person takes turns striking until there are 3 stages remaining. These are the 3 stages that may be played in the set. Each player then strikes one more stage to determine what the first stage is. Whoever struck first in the initial round of striking strikes second for this part. Advanced slob picks then apply as does DSR. Replace 3 with 5 in the case of finals/semis. The stage list can in principle include every stage in the game since each player can decide for themselves what is "neutral" or not.

 

[SuperRad]

i say we use standard rules and do swiss
alternative rules + swiss seems time consuming to make sure everyone is on the same page

 

[pockyD]

I would like to try out a ruleset which uses the following stage rules (slightly modified from an idea by Dastrn):

An odd number of stages are in the set list. Each person takes turns striking until there are 3 stages remaining. These are the 3 stages that may be played in the set. Each player then strikes one more stage to determine what the first stage is. Whoever struck first in the initial round of striking strikes second for this part. Advanced slob picks then apply as does DSR. Replace 3 with 5 in the case of finals/semis. The stage list can in principle include every stage in the game since each player can decide for themselves what is "neutral" or not.

what's the goal of this system?

 

[HyugaRicdeau]

what's the goal of this system?

Some question that counterpicking should exist at all, and I want to examine that idea. This system mostly mitigates the effect stage counterpicks but leaves room for changing stages based on player style. By that I mean, in the no-CP context, optimally a set would be played on the "true neutral" of the matchup - we would just strike down to one stage for the set. But player style is a factor in this, and is generally unknown beforehand, so we leave a couple extra stages open to compensate for that - you're not locked into a stage you couldn't have known was sub-optimal for the whole set.

This of course comes at the expense of stage variety, which is more than just an aesthetic concern - we might decide that it makes for a better game if players are forced to have a more diverse skill-set stage-wise, and this might outweigh concerns about whether CPs should exist or not.

 

[ZodiakLucien]

if a carpool goes from 925 I'll go.

 

[pockyD]

given that with the new fudd's thing announced, there's going to be tournaments scheduled 3 weeks straight after this weekend

i'd like to get a gauge of how much interest there would actually be for this

 

[joeplicate]

ME

i have a 2nd place title to (try to) defend =D

 

[L__]

I'd be going regardless if Zac is or not

 

[sidefx]

**** brinstar

 

[pockyD]

ban brinstar

puff blows on rainbow cruise

 

[Rosedemon]

I'll go, but please dont be in the shower this time.

<3

 

[pockyD]

i didn't know anyone was coming

if only you were as resourceful as vanessa

 

[Rosedemon]

She opened your door. That doesnt work with my race, cops would've been there in seconds.

 

[joeplicate]

be in the shower this time

<3

if only you were as resourceful as vanessa

sounds hella dirty

 

[SFAT]

I'll go. 4 tournaments in 4 weeks then. cool haha.

 

[sidefx]

ban brinstar

puff blows on rainbow cruise

yeah but.. ics blows harder on cruise.


those stages are dumb to begin with.

 

[pockyD]

yeah but.. ics blows harder on cruise.

that's not really true imo... the left part favors jiggly (IC are probably among the worst characters in the game on this part), but the top and the ship both favor ice climbers (ESPECIALLY the top)

and anyway i think ICs blow harder on brinstar

those stages are dumb to begin with.

agreed

that's why I quit playing ice climbers

 

[Fly_Amanita]

Rainbow Cruise is amazing. On a related note, I miss Pokefloats.

 

[The___cheese]

I'm as interested as ever. Whatever that means lol.

 

[Mr. Ganondorf]

I can't go to any tournaments after May 14th so I'll be missing all that goodness. I'd like to go to one before I leave for NY, so I'd love to come to this.

 

[pockyD]

rockin'

looks like we'll probably just stick with standard rules; maybe run swiss if the turnout is exactly right

 

[JPeGImage]

I'd like to come if there is space. Maybe bring one other (MAYBE)

im like 80% on being able to go if I could

so. . . . posssibly?

 

[Shroomed]

im coming, and bringing my new shoes

AND how many ppl can i bring? (not including alan)

 

[Rosedemon]

Alan isnt going. He has to move.