Melee in 2009: Year in Review

[LumpyCPU...]

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[RaynEX]

Great summary of a great year. I love this game **** game.

So many unexpected things happened - both good and bad.

Long live Melee!



..and rest in peace Nes Noob, you will be missed.

 

[Wiggins]

Great thread Juggleguy. An amazing recap of an amazing year. :D

 

[White_Mike]

Amazing post, surprised I actually got credit for the photo, awesome!

:D

 

[Brightside6382]

looking at 2007-2008 is just sad

 

[TheManaLord]

08 was terrible sooooo bad

 

[Calzum!]

Great thread, was a very fun read.
09>>>>>>08

 

[Kira-]

I'm kinda surprised the scene grew this year.

and yay my name was mentioned a couple times! haha

also what happened to tourneyplay 3? Not that many people?

 

[Mean2U]

Melée rules!!!

 

[Virsath]

Long live Melee!

 

[Metal Reeper]

I love how at the trophy table at genesis one is knocked over lol.

 

[Divinokage]

Great stuff, nice read. =)

 

[LumpyCPU...]

looks like the 2010 edition of this will start off entertaining.

 

[NJzFinest]

Smashpocalypse VII (49 participants)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - April 18th
1: Mango ($220)
2: Jman ($110)
3: Vwins ($55)
4: Scar ($35)
5: Wife ($10)
5: DJ Nintendo ($10)
7: Cactuar
7: Bum

Bum did not attend this tournament.

The correct name is Bam (Canadian Falco, if I recall correctly).

 

[ETWIST51294]

Candian Fox...

 

[Talvi]

This is beautiful.

 

[Divinokage]

Candian Fox...

Both, **** it! lol.

 

[iamthemicrowave]

this is awesome but you forgot tipped off 5!! one of the biggest tournaments this year

 

[h!tboxexplo!ter]

does peepee have a mullet lol? its always funny to see the men behind the characters

 

[Uzima (Uzi)]

great read, and awesome video collection

 

[Dr Peepee]

does peepee have a mullet lol? its always funny to see the men behind the characters

I wish I had a mullet. That'd be amazing.

 

[null55]

lol that would be so bloody awful.

 

[ZIO]

I wish I had a mullet. That'd be amazing.

You can take mine, for a while.

Anyway, nice post. I was in the mindset that brawl was going to eventually overthrow Melee. Glad it's quite the opposite, if Pound 4 was any indication. Can't wait to get to more events this year.

 

[The Last Dragon]

i love this game.

 

[SwiftBass]

get at the kid in the 2009 review

are you also aware that the original wombo combo video surpassed the video named "ssbm hardcore" as the most view smash video of all time?

I think I read in the last review that "ssbm hardcore match" had the most views
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m3gitYccuY

430,000 views

who hasnt seen this lol

 

[Skye93]

2009, good stuff, good stuff.
Definetely Melee is getting back into action!

 

[AlcyoNite]

Subscribing to this for archiving purposes.

GREAT post, thanks juggleguy and co.

 

[wiito]

I like this, good ****, nice work juggleguy
So basically the largest tournaments winners were:

2004's largest tournament: TG6 -> Azen
2005's largest tournament: FC3 -> Ken
2006's largest tournament: MLG New York Playoffs -> Azen
2007's largest tournament: EVO World -> Ken
2008's largest tournament: Pound 3 -> Mango
2009's largest tournament: Genesis -> Mango

Btw, has Mango lost only 2 tournaments (UCLA V and ROM II) since he won UCLA IV in 2007? o.O

 

[AlcyoNite]

he was drunk at rom2 (or hungover) idk/idc

who did he lose to at ucla?

 

[wiito]

i think he lost to Hugs, not sure at all

 

[AlcyoNite]

i think he lost to Hugs, not sure at all

**** get *****

 

[Divinokage]

I like this, good ****, nice work juggleguy
So basically the largest tournaments winners were:

2004's largest tournament: TG6 -> Azen
2005's largest tournament: FC3 -> Ken
2006's largest tournament: MLG New York Playoffs -> Azen
2007's largest tournament: EVO World -> Ken
2008's largest tournament: Pound 3 -> Mango
2009's largest tournament: Genesis -> Mango

Btw, has Mango lost only 2 tournaments (UCLA V and ROM II) since he won UCLA IV in 2007? o.O

Muahahahah!!! =)

 

[Sync99]

Yeah I like that pattern we got going now... at this rate it'll be 2010: Mango, 2011: Mango, 2012: Mango/end of the world, 2013: Mango....etc.

It's just gettin better and better imo. Despite two PUFFS going to finals this year so far, my hopes are high and the skills are gettin fierce. My new years resolution, thanks to Genesis, was to get my Fox, Falco, and PEACH really good. Posting more will clearly make this resolution come true.

 

[Xianglian]

they should like...totally put Cloud from Final Fantasy 7 in the next super smash bros. XD

on the non-noob side note, if competition is getting more fierce in melee, how are all of yous on smashboards who compete in the tourneys gonna prepare? And is it really that bad to play melee first then brawl second? or is it better to not play brawl at all while you train? maybe it's cause i'm a noob but i don't seem to have that much of a problem after playing melee for a couple hours and switching to brawl. answers to questions are greatly appreciated ^^

 

[Dark Hart]

We don't play Brawl, it's a pointless game.

 

[Xianglian]

We don't play Brawl, it's a pointless game.

I didn't think anyone would be that blunt, and i didn't want to be that blunt for fear of being called a noob -stfu and gtfo, but i completely agree, what a waste of time

 

[studly]

playing brawl after playing melee is like letting someone pull out your soul

 

[Xianglian]

so brawl then melee is ok? or not playing brawl at all? I'm asking because i want to know if it is useful for gaining any skills in melee (i'm willing to try anything)

 

[Dark Hart]

Brawl and Melee are different games. It's like playing Soccer in hopes of being a Major League Pitcher. Playing Brawl will get you no where.

 

[Xianglian]

Brawl and Melee are different games. It's like playing Soccer in hopes of being a Major League Pitcher. Playing Brawl will get you no where.

indeed, many thanks