Shoutouts - if I missed anyone, I either didn't interact with you at all, or you were Pezza.
QLD
Vyse: You're an absolute legend. Housing so many people, organising trips, shuttling us around; you were the biggest factor in making the trip so amazing. Good stuff in Catherine; you should work on your counter-aggression though. It's the hardest thing to learn, especially against unreadable opponents like Dean, but nonetheless it's a big part of the game. Didn't see how you did at the Brawl tournament, but GGs in the friendlies we had - you should have DACUS down by now lol. I really do hope that the no-pot tournaments go well for you. Again, thanks so much for putting us up, especially me and my early arrival lolol... Apologies. I really can't thank you enough.
Nat: It was great to see you again, and talking about all the weird **** you can get up to in Mass Effect lol. I probably wouldn't have realised half of it unless you had told me. I can't thank you enough for letting everyone stay in your house - as I said above it's a hugely stressful task and you guys handled it amazingly. Thank you so much for Paper Mario as well! I'm stoked that you could get it for such a low price! Also, if Monique is ever thinking about heading to Perth, pass on my details and tell her to hit me up hey! Don't lose your mind when ME3 comes out lololol
Matt: It was really good to get to know you man, you're a top bloke. We had some intense matches both in and out of the tournament; I apologise for laming you out with Diddy Kong. As far as the tournament goes, despite being under a metric **** tonne of stress you handled it extremely well, especially the negotiation with the Church group. It sucks that you're leaving smash, the scene will be losing one of its best. I'll definitely catch up with you next time I'm in Brisbane. I hope you do the same if you ever come to Perth.
Zydro (were you from QLD lol?): It was good to meet you. We had some really good friendlies at Vyse's, very enjoyable. I didn't get to talk to you much when you went off to play Yugioh though lol. Good chat at the beach though. I wish you all the best with your IT!
BC25: Australia's true Bacon. Great to finally meet you man, your a good kid. Your Lucas is quite skilful, but I believe you have a lot of room to improve, and hopefully do him more justice than I ever could. Just remember, grounded Lucas is a dead Lucas lol - you gotta keep short/full hopping and use your quick ground moves like FTilt for mixups/baits. Get the timing down for auto-cancelled SH Nair/Fair/Uair and FH Dair, it'll actually help your spacing as well. I would tell you to stop going for so many USmashes, but I remember every time I got told that I did them more haha. You'll pick up on the best times to use them with more practice. Keep in mind you'll get a lot more kills with FSmash and DSmash, so play around with them a bit more in friendlies! Sorry to disappoint you with my Lucas lolol
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Some of the greatest and yet most disturbing conversations ever. Wataguy. So pissed off I missed your doubles matches, it would have been amazing. Great **** on Catherine too - did you notice that whenever you tried to build you lost? Just keep up the aggression man, it works so well. Need to Bo5 you on Cathedral next time we meet!
Cal: Always good to see you man. How we sucked so hard in teams I have no clue lol. No synergy. Ah well, it was fun nonetheless. Good dedication coming down on the Friday night, like a champ. Good luck with your new job too! We'll have our Catherine MM when you actually get the game lol. Next time you come to Perth I'll make sure to clean the kitchen floor for ya.
Bob: "Lucky Spin" Bob, eh? Roulette champion. Pro strats. It was great to meet you man, Casino night was boss. I will endeavour to find something that a Smash analogy doesn't fit with, and will let you know when I come up with it.
Arrow: It was so much fun watching you in Catherine man; all dem Arrow specials. I imagine you just got sick of reading people and decided to give us all a chance. When I heard you took out a doubles match in 20 seconds I was in disbelief, surely the greatest victory ever. Stay sharp man.
Toki: So damn energetic, it was great to hang with you man. Bowling would have been a lot less epic without you. Successful kamehameha?! Seriously!? 2g. Good effort in Brawl too, heard you did quite well. You might be onto something with the Random. I didn't get too many games against you, but that'll have to be remedied next time I guess. Stay cool man!
Dif: The man with the break techs. Meeting you and Hugh was what I was most excited about this tournament, to be honest, and you didn't disappoint. You guys taught me some gold QLD tech that I'll abuse over here. Hopefully you learned some stuff from me too. Watching the replays, you gave me a couple of crucial rounds in WF/GF, so hopefully you'll iron out the kinks and win your dollar back. I'll be looking forward to another hype tournament! If you guys play Blaz/KOF keep in touch - Perth might be a city to watch!
Hugh: Another on my list of must-meets, I'm really glad we finally got to play. You've got some great building skills - it almost seems as you and Dif are the opposite sides of the skill-coin haha. Your set vs Dif was one of the most enjoyable I've watched, including NorCal. You would have heard it over commentary lol. Doesn't matter though, hopefully you'll be able to quickly fix the problem for the next event you guys have. Keep playing, keep getting better. Next time I want to vs you Bo5, so you'll have to make Winner's!
BLAAAAADE: Didn't talk to you much at all man, but just watched you playing Catherine + Brawl. Your Catherine skills are actually pretty decent - you should definitely pick up the game and/or come to more QLD meets. You could make a great player! As for your brawl, clearly you're all there for the hype - you loved that crowd man, you loved it. Good job.
Kaion: Such brief chats, but good ones, you're legit. I only got to see your friendlies against Cal (for about a minute too), but none of them were your Samus, which was hyped up a while ago by Nasch. Next time I'll be looking for a Lucas v Samus MM, aight?
Jezmo: You had some pretty tough matches I hear, and managed to sweep through most of them. Good work, must have been an exciting tournament for ya. Good talking to you again, albeit briefly. I didn't get to get my revenge from TPoO though hahaha. Next time, next time.
Ryan: Your GaW is pretty legit man, I had a lot of trouble with it. GaW v Diddy sucks heaps for GaW unfortunately. Still, great job, hope you keep getting better!
Matty/Shath: Our doubles match was pretty fun - I was pleasantly surprised with both of your skill levels. I didn't get to talk to you too much but you both seemed like good blokes, I hope you guys keep coming to tournaments and I get to play you in the future!
Mada/Dal: Great talking to you guys, and friendlies. You guys seemed to have good teamwork. Also, great shirt Dal, I approve. Yoshi2g.
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OoS
Jei: Always great to see you Jei! I should have known you'd have that Yoshi shirt hahaha. Our match was easily the most fun Tournament match I can remember playing, despite all the derping around (maybe that's what made it so clutch). One of these days, I will beat your Pit! Anyway, sorry for not partaking in the piss-up on Saturday night, I was literally dead on my feet, I just wanted to sleep aye. So weak hahaha. Also apologies for not catching up with you in Melb afterwards, I had such a tight schedule, and so many people to catch up with. Honestly didn't know where I was going to end up for both nights lol. Ended up in Hawthorn somehow on the second night...
Khoa: After all this time man! So great to see ya, still as cool as you've always been. Loved playing friendlies with you, you're probably the closest person to my skill level in the entire Aussie scene so playing you is always 50/50 hahaha. You should try out some low-tiers some time, they're a lot of fun. Also, good work in the tournament - you could have played better against Jei but taking out Allens was an upset. You got a really hard bracket too unfortunately. Keep in touch man!
Pezza: Why do you hate me so much? Good talking to you man, when you weren't being so emotionless lol. Apparently you're really good at Brawl too. Always great to see a good Mario player, so much fun to watch. Eating garnish........
Attila: Good games (sorta) - you pretty much just counterpick every option I have with all your Snake + being Melbourne + being Tibs' brother. I kinda wish I could have played you in bracket at TPoO when I was still decent, but honestly I probably played my best Diddy that I had all day against you and it still wasn't enough to take more than a stock hahaha. I don't know what lameness made you rage, but unlucky about that I guess.
Leisha: Good talking to ya Leish, had some great conversations loool. Didn't get to play you at all actually, outside of doubles friendlies. Will have to play next time. Regardless well done on 9th place! Clearly the cool kids club.
Ricky: I'm so jelly of your Ness, Ricky. So, so jelly. So smart when it comes to low tiers, it kinda agitates me lol. Wish we could have done more mother matches, Lucas v Ness is pretty hilariously lame. Good work on your brawl tournament, and good stuff for playing Catherine. I really should have played lame aggression tactics against you at Vyse's house so you could learn some counter strats for Dean + Arrow, but honestly I didn't know how aggro they'd be hahaha. Keep up the Catherine bro! I want to play you again in the future.
Luke/Ted: I'm finding it hard to pinpoint one moment that actually stood out meeting you guys. I've never laughed so hard in my life, which is probably a bad reflection on me as all you guys did was take the piss out of everyone hahaha. Good decision to play Warioware. Good decision. And congratulations on the Brawl victory. How to beat Wario?
Gords: Oh my Gords. I think I played you the most over the course of the week. Bloody Toon Link. Still, some pretty neat tricks you got with it, you were styling on a lot of people in short bursts. Good talking to ya as well, hopefully you don't go back saying "bro" too much - that ****'s contagious.
Aces: First Adelaide person I met, definitely set the bar high. Great talks on the tourney day, my apologies for the shoddy lunch (I think you just got a dodgy batch, mine was okay :S). Good Olimar, although I didn't get to play it much. Fellow povvo states have to stick together man! Hope to meet you again sometime in the future.
Mozza: Nice friendlies man. Now, I'm pretty sure I played a guy who looks very similar to you as well, but on the off chance that it was all you good Fox + Ness
DoMo (I think it was you, the only SA MK?): Lucas ***** MK if you don't know what you're doing :D Good friendly, saw you play Aces as well which was a pretty entertaining match. Except that you went MK. Pick a different character!
Allens: I'm so sorry that I didn't get to play you - Catherine ended right at the butt end of the night when we had to pack up. Unlucky bracket though, Khoa is heavily underrated and I got lucky against Ad3pt to knock him into loser's for you. I heard you played Snake? Risky business against people with Attila training, but I applaud the moxy! I did see some of your DK and I was impressed with what I saw. You'll be first on my list to money match next time!
Earl: Didn't really talk to me much D: That one friendly we had lol.