For purposes of clarificaton, you'll be hard pressed to find someone who would be happier than me to see the utterly complete death of competitive Brawl for the full resurgence of the vastly superior Melee despite my apperance in the picture alleged to be some kind of Brawl fan club. Skipped most of the rest of that "conversation", but noted that us socially inept Smashers are fortunate in being able to refer to Juggie and Zac's forum posts for an indisputably fantastic role model in social interaction and linguistic eloquence.
I really liked the crew format used in the tournaments - it was mad fun and I'd love to see more of it in the future. Having the audience hype behind more matches than just the finals makes it more thrilling, and the bit of added strategy is interesting too. Casual setups of other games on the table near the bracket laptop was also good - MBAC, AoSX, DKR, SSB64, whatever. I love Smash but 10 hours straight is heavy and it's nice to play some other games when you need a break but can't leave cause you might be called for a match.
Shoutout time! :d
A shoutout to my Brawl crew
Bryan,
Gords and
Forte - shame about our placing, but we had some great moments and I had fun playing with you guys.
Loved the Melee matches we played
Bryan, especially Link vs. Ness - it's fun to play some of the game's more unloved characters. You're starting to get the hang of Melee pretty well and you seem to be enjoying it! Keep up the good work and let's play some more back in Melbourne
Thanks for joining up with us
Gords, good to see Toon Link still getting some love after his hype from the Brawl release era died down. Enjoyed our Melee games too!
The EMO crew well and truly lived up to its name, but we were alright once four people were convinced to play a first match lol. My love to my lovely EMO crewmates -
Redact,
Forte and especially
Tak for filling in for a spot we thought we already had filled. Oh, and a lol at
Dekar for kicking a hole in the wall and missing this. FAIL
Forte...my Brawl crewmate, my Melee crewmate, my Brawl teammate, and a legend. It was an honor to fight by your side. Neither of us were terribly keen on Brawl but I think we made a good time out of it with our random character escapades. Thanks for playing
My horrible Melee teammate
Redact was a douche and always has been. Avoid this guy, DO NOT RECOMMEND.
Tak on the other hand is a champ and I think we need to see about making you an "official" EMO. Talk to us when we get back if you're interested
Congratulations to
Em for decisively taking out teams with KO. You may not have been satisfied with your performance, and that's fine, but the fact is you still won and you're still an amazing Smash player who I can only hope to be able to provide a challenge to someday.
Hey
Plasia, thanks in advance for driving us home. Hope you learned some valuable lessons from OHN, such as the dangers of whiffing a medium punch.
A shoutout to
Shaya, my evil twin uniting the Smash community in hatred since 1999. Good to see you again, thanks for bringing the 64 love to the people and renewing my interest in the game. Time to boot up the old pj64k?
Props to
Accelerate's very strong Kirby for taking a well-earned second place in 64. You were an unexpected obstacle in what I thought would be a pretty clear run to the finals between me and Shaya, and it's awesome to see more talent for this underappreciated game.
Also want to shoutout
ComboTurtle's 64 Ness for giving me trouble on a matchup I have a lot of experience with. Solid Marth too!
And I just want to express my admiration for
Jaz's BEAST of a Falcon which ***** me every time we meet in battle, my short participation in VIC vs. NSW being no exception. 2G.
And finally, MASSIVE shoutoutz to:
CAOTIQUE for making the magic happen as he always does. I'm pretty sure I've said it in previous shoutouts and I'll say it again: Australia's Smash scene wouldn't be half as strong as it is today without your efforts, and we all appreciate it very much. And you're also one hell of a player to beat!
And I don't know if he'll read this, but <3<3<3 to
Metroplex for housing the boys and girls of the NmE Smash division. You've been an amazing host to us and we can't thank you enough.
