Time for some VERY overdue shout-outs. I'm sorry if I don't mention you, I don't remember everyone's names =/. I was the Asian guy with the camera, I uploaded my photos onto my Facebook - if you want to check them out, the link is
here.
Boback - First and foremost, thank you so much for hosting this tournament! You've done so much for the community that it's affected even people outside of the West Coast like me. We didn't get to talk much, but I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate people like you.
Julian S. - Thank you for helping me find a ride to and from Rule 6! You helped make that day possible, I really appreciate the help!
Kenny aka Sparky - Thanks for giving a ride to the venue! It was really nice of you to drive down to San Jose just to give people like us rides, I'm sure I'm not the only one who appreciated that.
Darrell - Oh man, after watching a lot of your videos, it was so cool to meet you in-person! You're a really chill dude, listening to the conversations that you and Kenny had made the ride to the venue was a ton of fun. The friendlies at the venue were fun, thanks for playing with me!
Kels - It was great to see you, I'm sorry that you didn't perform as well as you wanted to against S2J. Your losses were legit though, you did the Midwest proud. Great job beating Wesballz in that money match after the tournament!
Binyan - Even though we never got to play, it was great seeing you again! Again, thanks for contacting Julian about getting me a ride to Rule 6, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to make it! Congrats on beating Silent Wolf, I'm sad that I didn't get to see that set for myself.
Jessie - Man, Marth dittos with you were fun haha. I'm glad that we got to play, it was cool talking with you!
Teddy - It was really cool to meet you after watching so many of your videos! You're a really chill guy, I wish I got to talk to you more about teaching though - I'm planning on being a high school biology teacher when I graduate and it would've been cool to hear your experiences with education. It was fun playing you in pools and friendlies, congrats on taking out Mango in WR1!
Otto - After seeing you play in both Melee and Project M, I'm glad I got to meet you at this tournament! You seem like a cool guy, I wish I got to talk to you more.
Daniel aka Tafokints - We had actually met at the Campbell tournament in June haha, I was the one that came in late for friendlies and ate with you guys at the taqueria. It was good to see you again, it's too bad that we didn't get a chance to catch up and play some friendlies though.
Jonny aka S2J - You're my favorite Falcon to watch, it was a pleasure to get to meet you in person! I apologized already, but I'm sorry for asking to take your picture right after you lost your set with Kirbykaze - it was insensitive of me to do so, I hope you weren't too offended by that. Congratulations on placing 5th though!
Stab - We didn't get to talk much, but I'm glad that I got to meet you! Thanks for supporting the community with your channel, it's people like you who publicize the stories and moments of Smash in all of it's glory.
Fly Amanita - It was so great to meet you after watching your videos and talking to you on the Project M IRC! Our friendlies were a lot of fun, you really showed me what Dedede can do and exposed a lot of my own flaws. Thanks for sitting down and playing with me!
Toph - I don't know if you remember me, but we briefly talked at CJ's after the tournament. It was cool to meet you after hearing so much about you, I'm glad you and the rest of WA came out to this!
Brandon aka HMW - I've followed your channel for a long time, it was so cool to meet you in-person and talk with you on the ride back! Even when tired as ****, you were a fun guy to talk to. I can only imagine how much of a pleasure it would've been to meet you when you're running on a full night's sleep. Congratulations on your placing in Doubles!
CJ - The car ride back was fun, I'm glad I got to meet you! It's too bad we didn't to play any friendlies though =/.
Eric - Thank you so much for the ride back home, I really appreciate it! You should've at least let me pay for some gas money though =/.
@Everyone who went to CJ's - I had a lot of fun talking with you guys and hearing all of the stories that went around the table. I've never really hung out with Smashers in that kind of environment before, so it was an almost surreal experience for me to be sitting at the same table with such big names. Thanks to everyone who came and was part of the experience!
@Everyone - Let it be known that the 20 of us who went to CJ's racked a huge bill and Boback put in $40 out of his own pocket to cover the difference between the total and what we put together in cash. I should've brought this up then and there, but it was late and we all wanted to go so I let it slide - the rest of us should've pitched in at least $2 or $3 more to minimize this difference. Thank you, Boback, for being so generous and covering our butts.