Darkrain: Picking you up from the airport, talking with you in the car, then getting rocked in hotel friendlies was quite honestly the highlight of the entire weekend for me. Don't ever stop playing this game, I can confidently say you're the most exciting player I've ever had the privilege of watching in person. Hopefully you can spend more than a couple detour minutes in Michigan next time you're driving in the area, and P.S. you suck for keeping me in the dark about the Arc plan =P
Cosmo: Incredible work in losers bracket, it's baffling to me how scary you make Zelda look to play against. Spend more time at Melee tourneys and less time speedrunning Zelda, lol.
Andale: No disrespect, but how does your decision to donate winnings to charity make it appropriate to split with Cosmo? You guys would have hype canceled the entire end of the tourney if he had agreed, so I have to say I'm glad he didn't.
darkatma: You're super cool in person, way better than that cocky Smashboards persona =P I got rolled in our hotel friendlies, we'll have to play more next time. Impressive stuff beating Duck convincingly as well.
Aarosmashguy: All I knew previously was you were the guy who upset Scar at Event 52, but after this I'm not so sure that was an upset at all. Quickly realized you're legit after watching your matches at this, good stuff.
Matt R: I think you deserved 3rd at this considering the people you took out in bracket. Really impressed by all your chars, I hope we can play friendlies sometime in the future.
Duck: 6th Pillar!
Rat: Really happy to see you play well at this, Nick. Super close set against Cosmo... it may have felt like nobody was watching but we were actually all glued to your match's TV screen from across the crowd, haha. See you in a couple weeks.
Dart!: Comeback against Trail was poetry in motion. I think we might have a Dart appearance in the upcoming SMYM top ten plays. See you at GSS.
Tom R: learn2play Samus, I'm starting to feel kinda bad lol.
Deku: Thanks for "hosting" XD and GGs in bracket, you read me like a book for a couple of those stocks. Sad to hear you're not coming to GSS, we'll play some other time.
dmac: We did play in teams pools, GGs in those, I was hoping you'd bust out the Ganon! I regret not playing friendlies as well... we were both too caught up in the Darkrain bracket hype, haha.
Trail: GGs in pools, I had never really met you despite attending several tourneys with you before, you're super chill. Kail did his Trail macho man impersonation for us after the tourney, hilarious stuff.
Little England: Nice to see you again, hope you'll enjoy housing from Duck/Moose at GSS, looking forward to it.
CunningKitsune: Your return was one of my biggest hype points coming into this tourney. Glad to see you do well.
Salt: Good job against Moose, Peach is scary.
Arc: You trolling *******. I nearly **** my pants when Honda told me about your stupid little secret. I expected more from you against Andale/Dart!
Fear: Didn't meet/play =(
Tink: Still the most hilarious person in the Chicagoland scene. Fun teaming with you in friendlies, don't SD so much, haha. See you at GSS, I'm not even sure you'll place better at that because MI is preparing a can of whoop *** =P
Z: Didn't meet/play =(
Kels: Damn son, this was the shocker of the tourney. You'll bounce back Kelly, I know it. Unless you're going against MI, then you might do even worse ;]
ihavespaceballs: Fun friendlies, mesmerizing Samus. I'm sad we didn't have time for a MM. If only someone in Ohio would host a tourney so we could meet up halfway and play again.
Moose: 6th Pillar!
Quaz: GGs in pools and bracket, your keep-away game is great. Michigan needs to polish our Peach matchup, or learn it in the first place, haha.
Pikachad: Really regret not meeting/playing you, I actually thought you didn't show up because your placing was much lower than I'd expect it to be... what happened?!
Iori: DK and ICs against Moose? Not legit... we'll take it, though everyone knows you're better than 25th. Where da Mewtwo at?
Viperboy: Didn't meet/play =(
iamthemicrowave: Didn't even realize you were at this until the end, haha. We'll get friendlies in next time George.
ORLY: You never cease to amaze me with your counterpick stages, Chris. I'll have my revenge someday. Next time we're doing a MM where we both get to ban three stages... no, that is not a typo!
Chexr: Impressive showing in teams, thanks for pointing out who Aaro was, I was embarrassed to not recognize him that late into the tourney haha.
BlackPanther: We haven't played for awhile, I'll hit up some friendlies with you at the next Chicago tourney.
Tomacawk: For some reason I missed you earlier on this list. Awesome friendlies/MM, we'll play next time as long as you promise not to go all your bull**** chars on me LOL
Massive: Didn't meet/play =(
JBM: Didn't meet/play =( but I've already watched a bunch of your matches on my laptop, solid Marth.
Oro?!: Sad we didn't get more seriouslies in, but we will definitely take care of that the weekend of GSS!
GooeyBanana: We will play when you decide to find me, lol. You're one of dozens of Illinois people that I still don't recognize. I'm the main recorder with a University of Michigan sweater and jacket on. Whose job is it to find the other?
Rezo: Didn't meet/play =(
TheNumberJay: Fun teams friendlies, we should play more next time.
PEEF!: GGs in pools, and thanks for setting up the livestream. Get me that TO/recording gig at POE4 and I'll consider driving all the way out there XD
Jace: Nice to meet you, fellow Darkrain fanboy. Your Falcon was looking pretty solid, I'm sorry I didn't catch you for friendlies like I said I would. I think we were both too busy salivating at the Darkrain matches anyway.
Vino: Heard about your set vs Kels, he could have been here at this placing instead of you, good stuff.
Juggleguy: get *****
Scythe: Heard you beat Velynn? Impressive stuff, that's something 90% of Michigan can't do.
Myztek: Didn't meet/play =(
Phatgamer: Nice chilling with you at the TO table, and thanks for helping the guys out towards the end of the night.
TripleR: God damnit, how does one fight a Kirby in teams? Kail and I didn't land a single grab on you. Good stuff.
Sanchez: You're pretty good at the Puff matchup, good stuff beating Velynn at this.
Sveet: Indeed, another tourney where we don't play. Someone always seems to shake up our friendly TV, I think this time it was Bisu LOL
BunBun: I was surprised to see you sitting at the TO desk for such a long time. Really bummed to hear about the flooding bathroom, as a TO myself I understand how frustrating those side issues can be. Your TOing was greatly appreciated, and I can speak for everyone in Michigan on that.
Lemondude: We didn't play, heard you guys had a hell of a time the night before though.
Smeesh: We didn't play, I wanted to but didn't manage to identify you among the crowd =(
Tempest: We didn't play, I wanted to but didn't manage to identify you among the crowd =(
CaptainPr0n: Didn't meet/play =(
********: Nice talking with you, and GGs in teams. It'd be awesome if you could make it out to MI in a couple weeks.
Kail: Fun teaming with you, and thanks a ton for driving down to South Haven to save us driving time. 7 hours was just about the limit for me.
HyperDragon: Didn't meet/play =(
TOGP: Didn't meet/play =(
Velynn: God damnit Andrew, stick with Puff and dump the Fox.
Sniper: Good to see you again, glad you had a good time in your brief stay here in the Midwest. Good luck back in SoCal.
CaseSoldier: Didn't meet/play =(
Joot: Hilarious friendlies/MM, your Falcon is definitely as good as it looked from vids... and your G&W is just stupid.
Soul: Thanks for coming Derek, see you at GSS.
FrootLoop: GGs in bracket, your combos are solid. Hope to see you at more Chicago tourneys.
Sync: Good to see you at this, MI and WI should meet up more often.
Money: GGs in pools, I'm sorry I had to play so gay. I need more Peach experience because you and Quaz had me reeling! See you at the next Chicago tourney probably.
Ripple: GGs in pools, and apologies in advance for not including your commentary. Your efforts did not go unappreciated, I just have standards that are way higher than almost everyone else in the community due to my background recording so many matches at so many tourneys. Amazing tourneys deserve amazing legacies, and the vids that are stamped to YouTube forever are a huge part of that. I hope you understand.
Reneblade: One of my favorite Smashers ever. It's a shame you live so far away, Chris. Let me remind you that you ARE coming to a Michigan tourney before it's all said and done =P looking forward to doing the top ten with you as well.
AOB: Is it odd that I immediately guessed who you were at the beginning of the tourney? You're awesome for helping out Deku/BunBun so much, I know all too well the feeling of just wanting to hang out at a tourney instead of helping run everything.
For everyone wondering... videos will be uploaded here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Juggleguy
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