Tee ay eye
Smash Hero
Cute .
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OFFICIAL AZ Power Rankings & Social Thread (Updated: 11/27/13)
- Thread starter V3ctorMan
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Twin_A
Smash Champion
Cute .
GamerGuitarist7
Smash Champion
Cute .
Duff0
Smash Ace
Anyone else get Dragon Quest IX?
Jane
Smash Hero
God dammit duffy, you ruined everything
Duff0
Smash Ace
Cute .
Silly Kyle
Smash Champion
Cute .
V3ctorMan
Smash Champion
****ing Gay *** piece of **** ****ers!!!!!!!!
Yeah I love AZ
/troll
Yeah I love AZ
/troll
maXXXpower
Smash Champion
simpatico .
DerpDaBerp
Smash Champion
grazioso .
Duff0
Smash Ace
mal .
Jane
Smash Hero
Puto .
Silly Kyle
Smash Champion
Maricon .
jetfour
Smash Journeyman
Y tu mama también.
AXE 09
Smash Master
C-c-c-c-combo breaker!!!!
Someone had to do it =D
Twin_A
Smash Champion
Jane
Smash Hero
**** good movie.
Dark Shifter
Smash Ace
<3 you kyle 
Pandaxen
Smash Cadet
lol i love that video twin
Silly Kyle
Smash Champion
I <3 you, Bryce! <3
KosukeKGA
Smash Champion
So yeah
Everyone should get Dragon Quest IX so we can do Tag Mode and get rare ****
(Buying it, pirating it, sucking a few hot dogs for it, idc)
WHEN'S THE NEXT SMASHFEST?
Everyone should get Dragon Quest IX so we can do Tag Mode and get rare ****
(Buying it, pirating it, sucking a few hot dogs for it, idc)
WHEN'S THE NEXT SMASHFEST?
Duff0
Smash Ace
Dragon Quest IX is so ****
ZEDLOCK
Smash Rookie
How's the gundum turning out pandaxen!
Im so excited to fight it!
Im so excited to fight it!
Pandaxen
Smash Cadet
I made Zeus and Hades gundams, both take 200 hits to K.O., and that's not including the 400 hit Poseidon Gundam. They're going great, but I just need to finish the level. I switched from a fleet to an island base, so let's see how that turns out.
Pandaxen
Smash Cadet
I have an inquiry for Sean "Forward A.K.A. Self-Destruct" Benner.
How old do you think you're gonna be when you stop playing Melee? And that goes for everyone too.
How old do you think you're gonna be when you stop playing Melee? And that goes for everyone too.
GamerGuitarist7
Smash Champion
i'll stop playing melee when melee is dead.
end of story
end of story
forward
Smash Champion
I've thought about that before, and it's difficult to answer. I think as long as I'm in AZ and a good number of my friends are smashers I will continue to play at least occasionally. It probably won't be until I move from AZ that I stop playing melee. If the smash series continues though I'm not sure if I'll ever give it up entirely.
Dark Shifter
Smash Ace
smash tomorrow?
Pandaxen
Smash Cadet
I ask because, well, people get old, and then they aren't as fresh and limber as they used to be, so nature pretty much makes you quit.
KosukeKGA
Smash Champion
Pandaxen, you can play games professionally/competitively and still be in your late 30's.
Look at Alex Valle.
Video games aren't taxing in the way that you described them (physical speed/prowess). They're just hand-eye coordination. You can get good at any game through emulaton of greater players and practice.
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As for me, it's just an on-and-off sort of thing.
Look at Alex Valle.
Video games aren't taxing in the way that you described them (physical speed/prowess). They're just hand-eye coordination. You can get good at any game through emulaton of greater players and practice.
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As for me, it's just an on-and-off sort of thing.
Pandaxen
Smash Cadet
Ah, I see. Thanks for that Kosuke.
That's not true for every game, Kosuke. Look at Starcraft. Ever since Boxer joined the Korean Air Force, he hasn't been able to compete in most of the professional leagues. Some people are hanging in there like Leta and Nal_ra, but the whole scandal involving Saviour as he is out of his prime shows just how much being young really affects your abilities in that game specifically.
You reactions don't really start to show significant decline until your late 20s and early 30s, but there is still the aspect of growing and understanding a game that seems to come with those critical teen years as even the best Melee players are getting younger.
People like Daigo, Jwong, Alex Valle, and other prominent fighting game players are very rare and special for their ability to be at the top of the metagame in each installment of a Capcom fighting game. What allows them to do that, though is that the control schemes haven't changed much since the original SFII installment and a lot of the fundamentals are consistent between similar franchises. That's why you might see a lot of familiar faces going through the fighting game communities, Halo communities, but the people excelling at Halo might not do as well in a game like Counter-Strike, and in most cases, the opposite is true.
It is interesting to look at other games and find those dynasties where one player dominated for a long time. Even in our own game, Ken was years ahead, but eventually, M2K overtook him and a lot of the community also approached that level of play.
As far as games go, I think our generation will probably play games until we grow old and die, at least I know I will. If I can **** the world at games even when I'm 50, that would be wonderful.
You reactions don't really start to show significant decline until your late 20s and early 30s, but there is still the aspect of growing and understanding a game that seems to come with those critical teen years as even the best Melee players are getting younger.
People like Daigo, Jwong, Alex Valle, and other prominent fighting game players are very rare and special for their ability to be at the top of the metagame in each installment of a Capcom fighting game. What allows them to do that, though is that the control schemes haven't changed much since the original SFII installment and a lot of the fundamentals are consistent between similar franchises. That's why you might see a lot of familiar faces going through the fighting game communities, Halo communities, but the people excelling at Halo might not do as well in a game like Counter-Strike, and in most cases, the opposite is true.
It is interesting to look at other games and find those dynasties where one player dominated for a long time. Even in our own game, Ken was years ahead, but eventually, M2K overtook him and a lot of the community also approached that level of play.
As far as games go, I think our generation will probably play games until we grow old and die, at least I know I will.
If I can **** the world at games even when I'm 50, that would be wonderful. 
The Sage of Shadow: Darklink
Smash Ace
When I'm 40 I'll still hit up the same people to sit around a fire drinking talking about how fun the days of playing smash were
Tee ay eye
Smash Hero
look at goop!
he's like, 24!
that's forever!
it probably depends alot on the game
all the good sf players are probably old because they've been playing the game for like, a million years, so their experience > the learning speed of us young'uns
while all the best smash players are young because the game hasn't been out as long, plus the way the game works might work better for young minds (not sure)
</conjecture>
he's like, 24!
that's forever!
it probably depends alot on the game
all the good sf players are probably old because they've been playing the game for like, a million years, so their experience > the learning speed of us young'uns
while all the best smash players are young because the game hasn't been out as long, plus the way the game works might work better for young minds (not sure)
</conjecture>
Twin_A
Smash Champion
Despite doing so much crap on a daily basis, video games have always been the one constant in my life. Even if I can't keep myself at the competitive level, I hope to still be good enough to beat the crap out of my kids and their friends in the games of the future. I'll go into that virtual reality world just to shine spike them as fox in Supr Smash Bros VR 
And then I'll challenge Taj again, 30 years later, and still get wooped and enjoy every moment of it haha.
And then I'll challenge Taj again, 30 years later, and still get wooped and enjoy every moment of it haha.
KosukeKGA
Smash Champion
Touche, Taj. I forgot about SC... RTS ain't up my alley. I had horrible apm even after like 2 weeks of practice (then I just gave up). 
oh and yes, I will beast video games even at adult age
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tai, your point on old people playing SF is very scarily true--i am the youngest player in AZ (don't see any 17yo's at least) and I feel so left out that I miss all of you a lot at times getting bodied by a bunch of 30yo's and all ;/
WHEN IS THE NEXT ****ING SMASHFEST
oh and yes, I will beast video games even at adult age
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tai, your point on old people playing SF is very scarily true--i am the youngest player in AZ (don't see any 17yo's at least) and I feel so left out that I miss all of you a lot at times getting bodied by a bunch of 30yo's and all ;/
WHEN IS THE NEXT ****ING SMASHFEST
Pandaxen
Smash Cadet
Well, Kosuke, I am indeed 15 and 3/4. Making me the youngest.
Duff0
Smash Ace
I'm younger than you Pandaxen.
There's a Brawl player named Rain who's younger than me, too
There's a Brawl player named Rain who's younger than me, too