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I'm not going to say there aren't douchebags in any video game community, but in the end we are exaggerating how many there are. I've been walking around with the "competitive video gamers are generally douchebags" mentality for a while but I'm now in charge of a for-everyone smash club at my campus. We're getting pros and newbies together and they're having fun with almost no bad blood anywhere. We got a comment about pros liking Final-Destination-Fox-only once, and we got a bad comment about a newer player once. Having gotten back in with the competitive scene I've found most of them to be really chill guys. Smack talk happen? Sure; when you're friends are also your competitors some comments fly around and you get over it and realize its mostly just forum-intimidation. It's not all that serious, even when the people who say it think that they believe it (after a little playing they get over it).
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Why I vastly prefer Melee's and Brawl's offline community (though I haven't actually been a part of the latter) is because the people you tend to meet in real life seem way more chill than online counterparts, whom tend to be pricks maybe 4/7 times. The reason being could be several, such as certain online players with horrible social skills refuse to play offline because they fail at life therefore treat everyone they talk to online like crap. Something along those lines, LOL.

My Smash club tends to get into disagreements with each other, but in the end we're all chill bros and we don't hold any hard feelings against one-another after a 4-stock or a matchup debate. I can agree with you there.

Sure we have people like Bloodcross in the offline world but it's mainly those online people who can't interact with a person to save their lives. I don't know Bomber's side of the story, but I guarantee you I'm not leaving the Smash community because of a few jerks.
 
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Edit, enough about this,

There's a lot of Link hating. People think they can play vs Link 1 time, often someone who sucks and/or years ago, and the MU's -4 Link to everyone above mid tier.
What gets me is people think their theory crafting is better than the knowledge of people who have played Link for years. They like to john about actual games that don't support their theory of Link not being able to do anything and make up stuff. It's so arrogant and ignorant.

Offline people are a lot nicer for sure.


Ugh, I've been super busy moving all my (and other people's) furniture and everything out to rip up mildewy wet carpet and try to sort my life out. Later I'll have to move everything out again and back when they put new carpet it :sadeyes:
At least I've cleared out a ton of c*** I don't need anymore. FEMA might help cover moving costs and reimburse some damaged stuff.

@Bomber I hope you stick around the boards.

PS
Rayman Legends (wii U) is a fantastic platforming game. It's challenging, beautiful and just great. I recommend it.
 
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I won 2nd place, Brawl singles, all Link http://smashboards.com/threads/colo...1-13-boulder-co.54708/page-1302#post-15827389
Which was nothing; the main thing was P:M. The important things are I got lots of good games in repping Link and had fun :)
For awhile there I thought the gaming goddesses didn't want me to enter live events; so much bad stuff got in the way :( Link is much better live, <3 offline play.
I get fatigued/depressed when I'm around groups of people for a while. It's something I need to work through :/
 
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That's pretty impressive of you, Rizen. Hope you're able to attend more offline tourneys in the future.

I must confess that P:M and Melee can be considered a distraction to Brawl, and vise-versa. Way too much difference in both types of physics make it hard to shift from one to the other. Switching from P:M tournament to a Brawl tournament immediately after is insanely difficult, unless your name is Mew2King.
 
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I've been slowly playing more Brawl because Tin Man from Canada has moved to where I live. He's a really great Olimar + other characters and I wish I had the infinite replay code so I could show you my matches. Anyone know how to put it on the SD card? It's been such a long time that I've completely forgotten.
 
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Anonano said:
PROJECT: LINK2013

REACTIVATE SCABE [Checked?]
CONVINCE RED RYU TO USE LINK [Unchecked]
GET RIZEN TO NOT CONFUSE MY PLAY-IN-COLLEGE-LEAGUE RESULTS WITH MY COMPETITIVE PLAY RESULTS ;) [Checked]
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Is it possible that Project: Link2013 will be fulfilled..?
 
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The Sakurai's Pic of the Day comments hold a lot of promise for character balance, if you haven't been following them. Here's a post I made recently about it that sums up my feelings:

All the commentary we're getting on moves goes to show just how serious they are about balancing the game. Though the game mechanics won't be as intense as Melee's, here's to hoping that the new Smash has more character variety in competitive play!
 
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Anonano said:
The Sakurai's Pic of the Day comments hold a lot of promise for character balance, if you haven't been following them. Here's a post I made recently about it that sums up my feelings:

All the commentary we're getting on moves goes to show just how serious they are about balancing the game. Though the game mechanics won't be as intense as Melee's, here's to hoping that the new Smash has more character variety in competitive play!
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Where did you get that from?
 
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The most reliable buff I can think of for Link is his mobility. It was subpar in Melee and 64, horrible in Brawl, and above average in Project M. Less lag in his moveset would be nice, too. He has as much range and as good a recovery as Marth in every Smash game but has potential to be even better because of his unpredictable game.
 
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Since I've been in a good mood for quite some time now, I felt like sharing this with you guys, for those who haven't been keeping up with WHOBO V.
 
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Look at the bright side--you were first of the people who didn't make back any money!

Oh, wait, that's not a good thing.

But seriously, glad you got to go to a little tourney and enjoyed it :D

There was a tourney in my city yesterday, but I wasn't able to attend (which is really unfortunate since it was the first tourney in the entire state since May, and I don't expect to see another one happen anytime soon).

Tbh I can't wait for Smash 4 to come out. Link has struggled so hard in Brawl for being so tough to play, and Smash 4 is looking up both in terms of gameplay and in the way balance is being focused on (looking at battle records of all the characters). I can't wait for my character to actually be viably playable.
 
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I think an important thing many people in competitive smash forget is it should be fun. I play better when I'm having fun anyway. It's important to rep in tourneys but also to have fun in friendlies, local smash fests and wifi too. We all play Link because that's what we want to do ;)

Seeing KOtier's games reminded me of how much I like smash. There's a lot of hating and BS but that's really not important. When I get back* I'm going to play more.
I should get in contact with my local smash scene more. For a while I thought the smash goddesses didn't want me to play live. Cousin's high school graduation, Gma had blood clots in her lungs and was in the hospital, SWF was down all made me miss live events. Insomnia, life and depression are a ***** too :/
But I did go to the last local :b:


*Yeah, my apartment flooded. Now I'm in a hotel while they're replacing the drywall and carpet. Hopefully they'll be done by tomorrow.
FEMA is helping cover the costs; paying the movers alone was over $1,000 O.o.
 
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^Cool.

I've been in a bad mood lately
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Damn flood. We had no idea what's going on so I've had to get all my stuff and my mom's stuff moved while..
The water was rising, the carpet was torn up on one side, then the other, then everything packed so movers could put it in storage, then stuff including my computer packed and unpacked for a hotel.
Then we got back and the apts hadn't finished the drywall so my mom's friend found another hotel but it didn't take cats (been dragging my cat around too) so we found another for a few days, then I had to pack up and come here to this motel. Tomorrow I have to pack up and catch the cat again to go to another because everything so booked with flood victims. The we can go home and put both our furniture back together.

I can't sleep which means I've had to wake up and move crap after an hour and a half of sleep many times. Here I'm next to a pool so it's like trying to sleep in a rec center full of loud happy people (grrr).
The cheap hotel food's made my mouth breakout. I really don't like being around people. I can't do much of anything to take care of myself because everything's packed. Got to keep track of receipts etc for FEMA somehow in all the moving. Very little normal work, writing and drawing has been done :(
Pokemon's all anyone's talking about and I'm (the one person on Earth) not into it. Extraverts tick me off. People suck and are LOUD. I'm tired and cynical :( and there's a lot more coming... *sigh*
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Sorry I don't have much that's fun to talk about. I've only been playing Metroid Prime Hunters and MegaMan ZX Advent over on my DS. No smash.
 
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I liked ZX Advent, and that's coming from the guy who doesn't like Megaman. (I did like Megaman Zero and Megaman 64, but I haven't been able to get into any main series games).

I planned on making a bigger response, buuut X just finished downloading on my 3DS, ha ha. So you know where I'm off to now :D
 
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Anonano said:
I liked ZX Advent, and that's coming from the guy who doesn't like Megaman. (I did like Megaman Zero and Megaman 64, but I haven't been able to get into any main series games).

I planned on making a bigger response, buuut X just finished downloading on my 3DS, ha ha. So you know where I'm off to now :D
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MM ZXAdvent's fun but the acting's really dumb. The flower boss maxes out the cheesy meter. I've beaten ZXA on the hardest difficulty; the time slow ability becomes super useful.
My favorite MM series is Mega Man X for nostalgia then MMZero because it's actually challenging with a good sci-fi story.

MM64 was fun. I wish the sequel had also come to the N64. I would have bought it.

Edit:
the edit screen's messed up. You have to choose 'more options' to edit posts. Anyway,
Funny MM satire video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmLUy5aWZxo
 
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Where is everyone? We need more activity here :bee:

I don't really have anything to talk about but that never stopped anyone :awesome:. 'The Wonderful 101' is an okay game. Its ranking system is very harsh so I suggest starting on Easy or Very Easy instead of Normal; I usually like to start on Normal but not here.
Rayman Legends is very fun; I strongly suggest it for a challenging (think DK Country Returns) yet simple platformer.
Flood work sucks but I'm at this hotel for a few more days without moving, thank goodness.
No word on the new Wii U Zelda except the same cryptic stuff:
http://www.gengame.net/2013/10/aonu...be-a-setting-no-one-has-ever-imagined-before/
Here are my thoughts on that from another site:

Rizen said:
someone said:
Dub post bump

I for one am looking forward to this change.

http://www.gengame.net/2013/10/aonu...be-a-setting-no-one-has-ever-imagined-before/
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I have mixed feelings about this.
On one side, innovation can bring really good, fresh ideas. The Zelda series is very versatile being a series of 'legends' where things aren't set in stone. Some changes I like (OoT, MM, TP etc) and others I don't care for (WW, Spirit Tracks, parts of SS).

Frankly, if they want to make an entirely new game they should make a different new game. Players expect certain things from familiar gaming series. LoZs do in fact have set expectations like a medieval adventure with sword fights and dungeons with puzzles.
Adding things like robots with serial numbers put me off in parts of SS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trvgz-i7emo&feature=player_detailpage#t=399
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trvgz-i7emo&feature=player_detailpage#t=457
It's a Zelda game, not a Megaman Legends game!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fQJmRy6r_g

WW's style really ruined it for me; I like detail, lighting and characters who don't look like Charlie Brown for heroes!

actually TL's head is even more disproportionate :(
Spirit Tracks completely lost me with TL in an engineer's outfit and trains as a main theme.

Too drastic of changes can ruin games with preset expectations. I've know people who don't like MM for the 3 day format, OoT because they're old school NES Zelda fans, TP because the dark atmosphere and Wolf parts, WW for reasons mentioned above and so on.

tl;dr
It's a double edged sword :S. I'll have to wait and see.

PS

this is from SSB4 but it looks pretty good imo.
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And lastly I get annoyed when people write off low tiers as trash characters who don't need to be discussed then people complain when they play a good one and say 'It's because I didn't know the MU'. Low tiers are bad but they deserve respect like every character.

Edit, wow that collapse formatting is messed up :ohwell:
 
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Problem is, I don't have any videos of me xp
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If you have questions or need advice feel free to ask. There's a Link guide too.

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More SNAFU from flood aftermath:

I'd hoped my place would be done but there's carpenter staples everywhere, electrical outlets without covers, one of the toilet's isn't hooked up, most of the doors and screens are off, under the kitchen cupboards needs to be replaced, the door trims are unpainted, the wood around the doors and bottom of the rooms need to be attached further and painted and long story short, it's not ready to have my stuff moved back.

I've been to 4 different hotels in the last month, with a cat, because no one really knows how long repairs are going to take. There were a lot of places flooded that needed work. We thought my place would be done over a week ago.
I actually had a fever and cough the last few days but still had to move all my stuff out of the hotel only to find people still working in my apt.

My sleep's been terrible too. Sometimes it feels like life has lost it's magic :crying:

Edit
I was looking back at AiB's Link forums. I really miss those days. We encouraged each other to go to tourneys and stuff. Also it's nice being around people who don't flame you for saying Link does better than -4 vs all high tiers and Link has some good tools. Links did some good stuff. Now very few remain :(
 
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I've been on hiatus from Smash for quite a while due to the fact I'm so busy with college work and working on getting a girl. How's everyone doing?

Despite not playing Brawl in months, my Link in this game hasn't gotten any rusty. :)
 
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I'm on a rollercoaster right now. I try to remain positive on the outside, but I feel like on the inside, I'm an empty, sad, shell. I also am getting a serious case of cabin fever. I'm really looking to getting out next weekend. I'm going to Baton Rouge for the weekend to go do whatever I want, and also run Voodoo Smash, which I'm super hyped for.

I also am enjoying sitting back and watching all the negative comments I'm getting for revealing I was trolling about my MMs for WHOBO. TX people don't really care, can't say the same for people in my state. Only a couple of people have really bothered to call me fraud and say how little respect they have for me now. Funny thing is, those same people didn't have really respect for me in the first place, and it's laughable they are calling me a fraud when it's fraudulent to think that I, at my skill level, and them knowing it, would think I would be able to go through with those MMs. Plus Houston is a little too expensive of a trip right now (but not really the main reason). Try to have a little fun and people get mad. Don't worry, I'm not being affected by the negative comments. I'm just laughing at them.

I can't wait for singles tomorrow, because dubz bored me today. :D
 
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Bomber7 said:
I'm on a rollercoaster right now. I try to remain positive on the outside, but I feel like on the inside, I'm an empty, sad, shell. I also am getting a serious case of cabin fever. I'm really looking to getting out next weekend. I'm going to Baton Rouge for the weekend to go do whatever I want, and also run Voodoo Smash, which I'm super hyped for.

I also am enjoying sitting back and watching all the negative comments I'm getting for revealing I was trolling about my MMs for WHOBO. TX people don't really care, can't say the same for people in my state. Only a couple of people have really bothered to call me fraud and say how little respect they have for me now. Funny thing is, those same people didn't have really respect for me in the first place, and it's laughable they are calling me a fraud when it's fraudulent to think that I, at my skill level, and them knowing it, would think I would be able to go through with those MMs. Plus Houston is a little too expensive of a trip right now (but not really the main reason). Try to have a little fun and people get mad. Don't worry, I'm not being affected by the negative comments. I'm just laughing at them.

I can't wait for singles tomorrow, because dubz bored me today. :D
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That sucks. A sad fact of life is 'haters gonna hate' the rest just falls into place. I know a lot of people are feeling that :(.
I also find it irritating when people use 'it's not a MM' to avoid facts about low tiers. It's stupid to MM using a low tier in -2/-3/-4 MUs. Also I don't have thousands of dollars to spend going to big OoS tourneys. I have responsibilities here.

There's a Rush song I think of at times when I'm mad at all the hating.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU_xOwSE_mQ
"All that you can do is wish them well
All that you can do is wish them well

People who judge without a measure of mercy
All the victims who will never learn
Even the lost ones, you can only give up on
Even the ones who make you burn

Thank your stars you're not that way
Turn your back and walk away

Don't even pause and ask them why
Turn around and say goodbye [x2]"

Anyway, good luck with the singles :bee:
 
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I'm trying to decide whether I'm even going back to college next semester, and I've only got a few days left to decide.

I practiced with a friend yesterday and predictably I'm really rusty (especially at Melee, since I can't practice it at all on my Wii anymore). Got a tourney next week and I'm hoping to have fun (losing)!
 
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