Time for the next insanely long post... posted by your favorite Square! I really enjoyed hosting the tourney. Thanks to all that Prime mentioned, as well as all who came. We had roughly half of what Snexus 2 had in a gym about 10 times the size of that comic book store. All things considered, I'd say it was a success.
Okay, so 2v2's. Darn our luck is all I have to say. At snexus 2, our first match was against Eddie and Eduardo. Here, it was Eddie and Snex. Ah well, same result as S2. Lose 1, Win 1, Lose another. The last match would've been awesome if I hadn't killed myself twice, once thinking I had my jump left after an attack by Eddie and not reacting in time, the other was me trying to spike-shine and missing the platform, plummeting myself into the abyss. I don't think Cubed forgave me for that one.
So loser's bracket came, and go figure, it's probably one of the next toughest teams there: Smog and Fusegen. You guys are great, you represent your state well. Unfortunately, they played Joshu & Iggy first round, and us the second, so maybe they had worse luck than us. So what I would say was the fourth best team out of 14 was out in the first two rounds. Sorry guys.
After that, no problems until Joshu and Iggy (sorry everyone in between, it was all a big blur). That was an awesome fight. It came down to the last match on Onett, Joshu with 90% or so, me with over 100%. Joshu has more patience than me, I charge him, he throws me in the air, and one evil kick-of-death later, it's over for us. Props to them for beating Eddie and Snex twice for the win in the team tourney.
Whew, okay, 1v1's. I really liked the Round Robin method, it gave everyone a chance to play a lot and with many different people. Admittedly, the group with Eddie, Joshu, and Cubed was probably a bit unfair, but that's how random goes sometimes. Trust me, I know... Anywho, Bob and Fusegen are the ones who stand out in my mind in the Round Robins. Fusegen and I had quite a match. I won the first one due to a Porygon claiming his undamaged life at the end. Second match was Fusegen's due to a darkness Togepi claiming one of mine (nice hit with the Falcon punch during that, BTW), and the third ended with a bomb appearing close to me combo-ing Fusegen. Needless the say, it was a perfect end to the combo, and Fusegen suffered for it. Great matches, we need to make sure we fight each other again, hopefully with less randomness.
Bob, your Peach is great, but as I've said many times before, Iggy has prepared me well for them. The fact that she is supposed to be a counter character to Fox means little-to-nothing anymore, and I owe that to him. Well fought matches all around, and you proved in my mind that you are a player worth fearing.
And Brandon, a gamefaqqer attendant, surprised me with his skill. Keep working on it, and you'll be a real threat in no time!
Brackets. I had never fought V before, and was thrilled to finally be able to do so. We had a great Fox on Fox match, which I managed to win. He then switched to Dr. Mario, which didn't do so well, thanks to the practice Cubed has been giving me with him. Admittedly, Cube's Doctor is much worse, but there weren't many surprises with how V handled him compared to Cube. Sorry to send him to the loser's bracket so early, but at least he did well there.
Then Bob again. Followed immediately by Iggy. Yuck, two really good Peach's in a row. Fortunately, I took Bob out again, and Iggy had an off night against me, suiciding multiple times, at least once per match. I hate Peach, especially since my new shining doesn't do anything to her when she hides under her umbrella. Anywho, having beaten Iggy, I was rewarded with a chance to play Eddie.
Honestly, I thought I stood a pretty good chance. Lol, but everyone says that... until they play him. Anyways, that was a fun match, and I had hoped to have a chance to play him right after I took out whatever loser had made it to the end of the Loser's bracket. And it turned out to be The Cube... No comments here. He beat me first match, I suicided twice the second and still almost came back, but I didn't quite make it. So I gave up my chance to fight Eddie again.
Overall, this tournament was awesome. I loved the crew competition at the end. Yeah, next time we'll go by lives instead of losses, but it was still fun despite how long it took. I was just thrilled to be able to beat Eddie at the end when the Cube failed. Eddie, you're amazing, and I can't wait for the day I beat you in a bracket tourney. Until then, farewell all!
although I'm a bit worried that this will seed me into a first or second round battle with someone near me on that list, none of which I'm particularly eager to play. 
