0: Rollerblader- was ****ing AWESOME to see you Chris. It's really crazy how tight we've become through the nights of dota, I look forward to more and I hope we can see each other again really soon. I really can see a stark improvement in your melee game, I know I told you to your face but I don't want you to forget. This game can be really frustrating with the series of peaks and plateaus people hit, it can be easy to see your shortcomings and ignore your improvements.
1: Dart-still pretty unreal that you won this. I'm happy for you man. Also let the record show that I have been calling dart the best marth for months, before all you nerds jumped on the bandwagon that's about to take off
2: Kels-I'm happy and sad to see you lose. It's nice to see a new first place finisher for once but it hurts to see my friend lose. You took it in stride and had a great attitude about it, +rep. I don't think I would have handled the loss as classy as you did.
3: Darkrain-was a fun few games we got in, I won one :D. You're always one of my favorite players to watch.
5: TheJesterofTortuga (Tink)-I felt like you played kind of badly and you still got 5th. Nice man. Was fun as **** playing you, as always, and I am immensely pleased that we got to hang out. I'll see you around buddy, whether it be melee or other things.
7: AnDaLe-I'm surprised to see you only placing 7th, I feel like you're absolutely a top notch player. I love and miss you already friend, until next time. Let's team again
7: Tyser-you ****ing rock. I have historically had no respect for samus players but you are really ****ing smart, and I am completely fine with losing to you. You are the better player and I am happy to have learned from our bracket match, Congrats on top 8!
9: ORLY-your bracket sucked LOL. You placed great, you played great, you are great to hang out with. I'm happy for the time we spend together at these tournies.
9: Rat-we never talk much but there's always exchanges between us. Good job on 9th, I hope you can break through this threshold and reach the next level of placings because you got the brains for it.
9: Jace Attorney-lol nice name, great placing. We never played but I saw you, and I never said "hi." So...hi
13: Oro-we never played :D
13: Dekuschrub-I think you are the best player in the midwest that truly doesn't give a **** about placing. Quite a title to have. Are you still in Edwardsville ever? Let's play.
13: Tom R-your mario is horrifyingly good. You and Matt always strike me as quiet fellows but I really do like you guys. I hope that we can converse more in the future.
13: Tonk (Tomacawk)-I'm satisfied with this placing, and I feel it represents my skill level accurately. Maybe I had an easy bracket? Taking a break from the game has been great for me. My state of mind was much better this tournament, and it reflects in my gameplay. I don't know if I'm going to get back into the community, but you guys make it so hard to stay away. I couldn't give a **** about melee--it's each and every one of you that has made these experiences so significant for me and have drastically cultivated the man that I am and will continue to become. Thanks for your input you guys--you literally help make me who I am.
17: Me14k-I'm glad I came up to you after our matches. You taught me so much about the peach matchup, and you really pushed me into a level of patience and focus that I've never before achieved. I'll get you next time
17: Matt R-what happened man? I expected you to be top 8!
17: Salt-your attitude is absolutely inspiring. I feel that what I said to you in person stands as sufficient, so I won't go into much more detail here. I'm really glad we got to play, the man you knew me as 3 years ago is drastically inferior to the man I am today, and I'm happy to have been able to show it to you. The past is the past, but I will go out of my way to play you the next time we meet up. You really made an impact on me today, and for that I thank you.
25: Mundungu-I had a lot of fun playing the games we played together. Let's get more matches in next time.
25: Strong Bad-thanks so much for arranging travel plans for me. It was great to meet you and Karl and Fishburn. Oddly enough, I don't think we played! I'll try my best to make it to...Ralla (I doubt I spelled that right)
33: Ripple-was awesome seeing you old buddy, thanks for the roof. You were a great host and I'm sorry that you had to play the cc champions =D. For the love of god please play a character that gains an advantage by hitting the enemy!!
33: Bieber-I heard you're from St Louis? Is this true? I'm in Edwardsville. Get a hold of me!
33: Captain Pron-nice job on brackets Adam. Next time you can make it deeper into the tournament!
33: smeesh-you are funny, and your energy is a bit awkward to me but I really get a refreshing kick out of your raw enthusiasm. Had a lot of fun playing matches with you!
33: Cookiemonsta-Nice job on brackets Karl. Had a lot of fun sharing experiences on picking up girls with you.
33: sanchaz-is 33rd about tink level?
33: Alcheato-ggs man. I relate to your frustration and I see my past experiences in your tourney environment from today. I hope you can break the mindset that puts you in such a self-loathing, high stress environment, because that is ultimately what held my improvement back for so long. It also negatively affected my ability to truly enjoy the competition.
33: Meneks-had fun seeing you Omar. Our matches were fun and we did nice in teams. It was weird having a fox teammate because it led to me playing a lot of non-fox, but I had a lot of fun doing it and I think it helped my doubles game a lot having the perspective of different characters. It's interesting to me how drastically different my play style was when switching from marth/falcon. My decision making changed dramatically.
Rashad-nice seeing you. I wish we could have talked a lot more about grown-man stuff. Just know that despite my sometimes distant, unresponsive facebook relationship, I see and am inspired by your continuing growth as a person. Who you are matters, and you are making a difference everyday with the seeds of ideas you plant among your peers.
David-It's so funny to me that you're a real stoner now. I got a huge kick out of it. You look really good with long hair, you should keep it going. I'm sorry you drowned in pools
Purdue-wheeeeere areeee you?
Big C-you're fun as **** man. I knew we would hit it off!
Special shoutout to that Empire Chinese Restaurant for having the ****ing hookup on stir fry and for setting good vibes for the tourney with my fortune: "Keep on charging the enemy so long as there is life." Can a fox player get a better fortune than that!?
Special shoutout #2 to the TOs. You guys did a GREAT job, SMYM is alive and well, and it is in good hands. Thanks for arranging, hosting, running, and cleaning. You guys rock.
I know I'm forgetting people, give me a shoutout to remind me that I should recognize you!