Ireland & Northern Ireland Thread!

[ArikadoSD]

lads, we got a meetup in XGC tomorrow on thursday, same as last time. Ultan says he wants to start around 6 (same as last time as well) but some people will probably be there before that. There will be setups for PM, Melee, and Sm4sh, thought I think we might need whatever setups we need lol.

I'll personally bring a sm4sh setup.

 

[Skarfelt]

Breaking Boundaries 2!

TIME TO BREAK SOME MORE BOUNDARIES FOLKS
Key changes:
-Pools for every game above 20 entrants
-Best of 5 for top 8
-3 stock in Smash 4
-Removal of Smash 4 doubles (I'm sorry...)
-Actual streaming/recording (hopefully...)
-£5 entry for each game
-Polls on characters to represent each game as a prize! Vote here:
Melee http://goo.gl/forms/ISu34uCI4n
PM http://goo.gl/forms/UJpWKeam4l
Sm4sh http://goo.gl/forms/IS2lO83abr

SIGNUP: http://goo.gl/forms/4ljpY4KW5Z

Hao Ly, #13 on the UK PR, has currently signed up. Professor Pro has also expressed interest so far. I recognise the date is very awkward but it is what it is. Hope to see you all there =]

 

[EndlessRain]

3 stock... I don't know how to feel. On the one hand, yay less jank! On the other hand, now I will get styled on 50% more.

 

[Moydow]

3 stock in Smash 4

yes

2 January, 2016

...oh. That's me out then :/

Any more tournaments happening before November (other than Celtic Throwdown)? I'd like to try and get as many in as I can before I leave for Australia.

 

[Skarfelt]

There might be one in Newry coming up soon-ish. Incidentally, next time I see you I need to give you a refund for BB. I have no money to Paypal right now =[

I would host it sooner but I'm going away to England soon myself, sorry D;

 

[Moydow]

Will the one in Newry have Smash 4? From what I've seen, they're usually only Melee and PM. Smash 4 is the only one I'd travel for (other than Brawl, but nobody plays that any more)

 

[Skarfelt]

That's what I'm unsure of. I'm hoping so but HDTVs are hard to come by.

 

[Diamond Zero]

A wild NHSSB3 appears! (Smashboards page to follow) Featuring Melee, Project M & Smash 4.
The event is being hosted in Bellini's as usual on the 12th Sept : )
More news to follow soon

 

[noahk777]

(other than Brawl, but nobody plays that any more)

Insert Melee elitist joke here.

 

[Skarfelt]

Results of Road2SandbagThrowdown Belfast! Shoutouts to every single top player for sandbagging harder than most actual bags filled with sand.

http://rsie.challonge.com/RTCTBelfastSMASH
1. @EOE
2. @ ArikadoSD
3. @evmaxy54
4. @ Skarfelt
5. @MINT
=. Amaterixen /
7. Spacemarine
=. Fighta

 

[noahk777]

Hey, guys, I love Smashboards and everything, but Reddit is a lot easyier and more convinent to just post stuff and talk, so what if I made a Ireland Smash Bros subreddit? Would you use it? Or would it just only have two posts on it like the last subreddit I made like tons of little subs?

 

[Skarfelt]

I imagine it'd probably end up inactive. We're split between here, FB and Skype as it is - another board probably wouldn't attract anyone new y'know?

 

[toadee]

we have an active thread right here, why would we change that? just stick to here, plus its most likely easier for other people to find this thread.

 

[noahk777]

Okay then.

 

[Skarfelt]

I made a trailer for Smash at Celtic Throwdown because reasons. Hope you guys enjoy =]

 

[Rogob]

Hey guys. I'm new here. 15 years old, Living in Sligo, I started as a kid who probably couldn't fit his hands around the controllers with melee, Started actually gaining consciousness of what I was doing by brawl (But played extrememely casual to the point that casuals would probably call me a filthy casual Granted I was only about 6 when I got brawl) and now with smash wii u I am actually trying to get good at the game. Just hoping ye'd take me in as a new memeber of the smash community in Ireland and I was wondering if there was any place for me (I'm good, Nothing amazing though. At least I think so )

And if it's of any use for ye to know, I am good at video editing and VFX so I'd be happy to help out if something like that was ever needed.

And if you can't tell from my picture, I main toon link, Because I loved wind waker as a kid and still do to this day, It's my favourite game ever, So I love toon link in smash. And he's a really fun character.

That's all.

 

[Skarfelt]

Hey dude! You picked a fairly good time - I dunno how much you can travel but the biggest Irish event of the year, Celtic Throwdown, is happening next week in Dublin! It's the event I just posted a trailer for. The week after that there's an event in Newry and early January there's an event where I live in Fermanagh.

If you can't travel, there's the Facebook group for general chattering and finding games.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/SmashIreland/ - FB group
https://www.facebook.com/events/827279547320811/ - Celtic Throwdown
https://www.facebook.com/events/512664942220334/?fref=ts - Newry
https://www.facebook.com/events/916838791722757/?fref=ts - Breaking Boundaries 2

Last but not least, here's the August Power Rankings. While I'm on the subject, I'm probably going to wait until after Newry to update them rather than just do it on a fixed monthly scale. I'll be taking general performance at meetups into account the least and events like Heir, Celtic Throwdown and Newry into account the most. As always, friendly performance doesn't mean anything on the PR.

http://imgur.com/a/dM3qO - Power Rankngs

 

[Rogob]

Thanks :D Doubt I'll be able to travel up, Just back into school, So I am tired as fudge and getting organised and stuff :D
But I'd defiitely like to become part of the crowd someday. I'll send requests to some of the people on this thread on my wii u so I can build a group of Irish people I can play smash online with and try get better. I'll add you too if you don't mind :D

 

[Skarfelt]

Sure thing - this thread is normally used for news updates rather than finding games. We use Facebook and Skype for finding games, usually. I can still add you if you want but I don't play too much online.

 

[Rogob]

Thanks, I'll just go whip up a facebook account now

 

[Skarfelt]

Yeah, most of the people here don't have FB so I recognise it's kind of incovenient, sorry D:

 

[noahk777]

Yeah, most of the people here don't have FB so I recognise it's kind of incovenient, sorry D:

And thats one of the reasons I said I could set up a Ireland Smash Subreddit.

(Though if most of the people here don't have FB I doubt they have Reddit.)

Also, @ Skarfelt , I just looked on that Celtic Throwdown link you posted, and I can't find the times/entry for the Smash 4 part of that. Can somebody tell me when the Smash 4 part of the tournament starts and ends, where this is, and where I can enter?

Also, @ Rogob , welcome to Ireland Smash! (If you manage to get to a tournament, I'v been here for ages and still haven't gone to one because I can't find the times and places on all these Facebook links which is why I wanted to make a Smash Ireland subreddit and I'm gonna stop rambling now so meh.) About you saying you want to play online with people, I'll fight you online. And you will be F.L.U.D.Ded off stage by my Red Luigi.

 

[Skarfelt]

tl;dr pols at 12-18, PM at 16-19, doubles at 16-19

On Sunday, Top 8 at 11-14
Not sure where the rest of top 16 is in there - probably at the same time as pools.


EDIT: I'm gonna clarify my stance on the Reddit.

We're already split across two boards. As it is, we have around 500 people using FB compared to how many here? It's your decision not to use Facebook - one I don't blame you for - but there's like maybe ten members who exclusively use SB compared to FB. This sub would appeal pretty much exclusively to people without Facebook who are either all here already or people who spend a lot of time Redditing anyway... and there's a link to the Irish FB page from there.

Basically, I can go on and on about why the sub will get no traffic and serve no purpose but that's basically what will happen.

THAT SAID, I totally agree on events being pretty awkward to find right now. At the start of the Summer I typed a master document on all the events of the Summer up but that should be in the sticky at the top of Smash Ireland FB or in the OP of this thread. As for start times, you can ask on the page or it should say at the top - my events tend to have a schedule for registration and whatever else so I'll encourage other TOs to do the same.

 

[toadee]

Actually, if you keep an eye out on the Smash Ireland Facebook, you should have no problem what so ever finding information about upcoming tournaments AND people here like skarfelt and diamondzero always post when a new tournament is announced. If you dont have a facebook, making one is really easy and it generally is the preferred place for planning weeklies/tournaments/online friendlies. If you are unsure of anything then you can simply leave a comment on the FB post, easy. Irish subreddit is just unnecessary, no one would use it, since facebook and smashboards are here and active.

 

[Skarfelt]

Shamelessly copying and pasting MiKenyan's post from Facebook.

"Celtic Throwdown is just a couple of days away now! Couple of things to note down for those who'll be attending.

- The venue is open to the public from 10am on Saturday, which is also when registration begins. The pools will begin at 12pm sharp. There will be no leeway for latecomers, so make sure you show up before and register.
- All participants under 18 years of age *without exception* must be out of the venue by 7:30pm. This is a requirement by the Ashling hotel and is non-negotiable, so please be respectful of this and make arrangements to go home at this time.
- Signups for Doubles will happen on the day, so make sure you've found yourself a partner if you want to enter. If you're entering under a team name, keep it *clean* - Nintendo are sponsoring this event and the stream needs to be family-friendly.
- There will be a Nintendo Pub Quiz on Saturday at 8pm with a host of prizes generously provided by Nintendo. Minimum team size of 5 people, max 8.
- Every person who enters Ultra Street Fighter IV will be entered into a prize draw for a chance to win a prize bundle provided by the Capcom Europe community manager, who will be in attendance himself and will have with him the latest version of Street Fighter V with all characters announced to date, including R. Mika.

Full tournament schedule below, all other details available at the following:
http://www.celticthrowdown.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/827279547320811/ "

I believe the plan is to have eight pools with top two from each pool getting through to a top 16 played Sunday morning. I really hope everyone shows up and makes this event amazing not just for us, but for the rest of the IFGC. They've been amazing to us with four Road2Throwdown events and a huge tournament now. If we give them the numbers, they can bring us back next year to make it bigger and better.

 

[Rogob]

Won't be able to enter this year. Really busy with things at the moment, But I'm in Transition Year next year! Hope it comes back next year, And if it does, Expect to see Rogob's Toon Link up there bright and early ready for battle. I'll be practising all year.....And studying for the junior cert of course *Chuckles* Good luck, Hope it goes well.

 

[ArikadoSD]

Won't be able to enter this year. Really busy with things at the moment, But I'm in Transition Year next year! Hope it comes back next year, And if it does, Expect to see Rogob's Toon Link up there bright and early ready for battle. I'll be practising all year.....And studying for the junior cert of course *Chuckles* Good luck, Hope it goes well.

The word year has been repeated 5 times in this post!

 

[Wintropy]

I guess I'd better introduce myself~

I'm Niko and I play Smash. A bit. I think I'm okay at it.

I live in Limerick, which is small and wet. I main Pit because he's cute and has fluffy wings.

My brother is @Formaldehyde. He's better than me, you should play him.

I wish I could make it to more tourneys but I'm poor. I will try to rectify that immediately.

Meow~ :3

 

[Skarfelt]

CELTIC THROWDOWN TOP 16
There are eight players entering top 16 on Winners side and eight players on Losers side. Within those eight, they have also been split to be higher or lower seed - for each group, the top four have the higher seed entering the bracket tomorrow.

WINNERS
Arikado
EOE
Mint
Nagalfar

Way
Bulby
G~P
Skarfelt


LOSERS
maXy
Hackle Serpent
Adam Aplz
Soon

Berra
MagiMagi
Kerbykong
Phoenix

All brackets, including PM, can be found here: http://rsie.challonge.com/
Pools G and H weren't used. Loser's and Grand Finals weren't played out but were filled out for TO convenience.

 

[EndlessRain]

Kerbykong beat Bog Monster 999-0. In a Bo3.

REWRITE THE DAMN PR, WE HAVE A GOD IN OUR MIDST

 

[snook]

Good job guys actually had a blast here trying out my palutena on strong competition, in bracket and friendlies as well.
Really good time there, wish I could've stayed for finals.
See you guys next summer (assuming you do this again), I'll hopefully be a bit better.
Now back to coding in college....

 

[EndlessRain]

Thanks for coming man, had a blast playing all those friendlies with you haha

 

[ChikoLad]

Hey, so I was wondering if there are any Smash events at Eirtakon this year. I know there was last year, but I couldn't afford to go at the time. I could afford to go this year though, and if there are any Smash events, I'd probably go and take part.

 

[ArikadoSD]

Hey, so I was wondering if there are any Smash events at Eirtakon this year. I know there was last year, but I couldn't afford to go at the time. I could afford to go this year though, and if there are any Smash events, I'd probably go and take part.

I googled Eirtakon and it's literally in dublin? if so come to our weekly/biweekly XGC meetings mate, it's down in liffey street, a couple minutes walk from o'connel street. get in the ireland facebook group, they'll usually post there before the meetings happen

edit: wait, i actually misunderstood. I thought Eirtakon is like an area in dublin or something LOL, don't mind me

 

[NoviceSmasher]

Well done to everyone who played in celtic throwdown, and to all sheiks, I wll hunt you down one by one

 

[ChikoLad]

Yeah I don't actually live in Dublin so it'd be a bit of a trip, which is why I'm hoping Eirtakon has a Smash event (my first Smash tournament and my first convention doubled up in one trip ).

I'll consider those meet-ups though. Maybe if there is one on around the time of Eirtakon I can stay in a nearby hotel or something. It's just a money issue, though. If I had a job, I'd probably pop out to these things on weekends, haha.

 

[ArikadoSD]

Well done to everyone who played in celtic throwdown, and to all sheiks, I wll hunt you down one by one

Me and magimagi are the only real Sheik mains apparently. Mint and S00N only pop him up in certain matchups

which is sad, I prided myself with the title of "only sheik in ireland" ;_;

 

[NoviceSmasher]

literally on the stream it was just sheik, sheik, sheik

 

[ArikadoSD]

literally on the stream it was just sheik, sheik, sheik

That was because I played a bunch of matches all as Sheik, mint played sheik twice in sets against each of nagalfar and skarfelt, and I think that's it.

 

[NoviceSmasher]

I felt so sorry for nagalfar , that mu looks really hard for bowser jr