1. Mango ($684) – You’re really fun to play. Hope I can take you down next time. Probably the toughest fruit around, bar none.
2. Hungrybox ($342) – You got so lucky vs Unknown lol. Nice job in teams & singles, as usual.
3. Fly Amanita ($257) – Congrats on beating SFAT and me. Your ICs are crazy good. Glad I finally got to fight one of the highest level ICs in bracket, even if I lost. Just means I gotta get better. I hope to talk to you soon and see you in person again sometime.
4. SFAT ($171) – It was great seeing you.
5. KirbyKaze ($86) – We got the bare minimum we thought we’d be happy with and, surprise, we weren’t happy about it. Looks like we’re due in the lab and have some stepping up to do. Gosh, I hope we don’t start sounding like Kage with all this motivation >.>
5. Unknown522 ($86) – So close against Hungrybox! I’m glad you did well at this overall even if you went in with low expectations. I keep telling you that you’re really good. Maybe one day you’ll listen. Teach me how to beat ICs.
7. Frootloop ($43) – Nice stuff. I didn’t really get a good read on how good you were from our pools set. You have some nice wins under your belt from this. If you don’t slack maybe you can get some more!
7. Chillindude829 ($43) – We finally played. Fun matches. It was really neat to see the old school style in action even if it ***** me game two. Hope we can play again sometime soon. Great job in teams, although I kind of figured you and HBox would get second haha.
9. Trail – Fun matches. You’re cool to hang out with. Was nice seeing you again.
9. Westballz – Sucks about your controller. You have the best stories though. It was fun chilling with you and I hope this has invigorated you for ROM and APEX. I’m jealous of your hair.
9. Hanky Panky – This is quite an impressive second tournament. I hope you continue to improve and place. I would like Midwest to have more world class players. It’s been Kels on his lonesome for quite a while and it’s clear there’s enough potential within this new generation of MW players. I think you need to combo harder and hit more uairs though.
9. Darkatma – I know you said you were disappointed with your performance when we spoke but this is honestly not a bad performance. You did fine. I wish we’d gotten to play. I’m glad I’m still your Sheik idol. I’m possessive of my fans haha.
13. Scar – Still the most electrifying man around. Thank for playing me for a while. I greatly enjoyed it.
13. Duck – You just need to beat me. You’re really good though. I’m not blatantly sandbagging. I’m just trying some things I don’t get to try because of a distinct lack of Samus players in Toronto. I wish you’d beaten Hanky Panky. I feel you would have had a real shot vs. SFAT.
13. Moose – We never play. Next time we’ll just MM for a buck bo5 to take a TV or something. I swear we will play.
13. CunningKitsune – You were damn impressive at this tournament. I wish I’d gotten to play you in dittos. I feel I could have shown you some things (I don't know if you remember this but after your set with Lovage I pointed out some stuff that I felt was a problem for you and we conversed briefly). That said, you looked really solid and I was very impressed with your performance. Your Fox is really good. Hope you can push through to the next level.
17. Slox – Nice meeting you. Welcome to the dark side of the tier list.
17. Nintendude – You don’t know about the RoboFox. Stop trying to shield grab me. Hope we can play again soon. My ICs game is clearly a problem.
17. Lovage – Teams was an honor and privilege, good sir. I really enjoyed our friendlies session too. You are the homie.
17. Dope – You’re still as physically attractive as when I first saw you at *Pound* 3.
17. Kels – I was really hoping to play you but it just never came up. Lame. You are still the most quotable person ever.
17. SilentSwag – Not a bad placement. You had a lot of “almosts” this tournament. I feel we need to work on your consistency and going that extra mile. I’m always down to chat about your sets when they get uploaded (assuming they were recorded) if you want my input, but I understand that improvement is sometimes a personal thing so if you’d prefer to do it on your own then that’s fine too.
17. HIV+ - I really wish we’d gotten to play. You’re like modern Mathos or something. It’s a really obscure style.
17. Little England – Nice friendlies at the end of the day. I can understand how a placement like this can be frustrating but they’re good checks on developing egos and help us keep in perspective what we need to improve upon. You didn’t really do that badly here – you had solid wins amidst your losses. You’ve proven you’re capable of competing with the bulk of the bracket-level players. You just need to refine your game, elevate your skill level, and find ways to do so that also increases your consistency. Oh and Falco can, in fact, pressure Falcon’s shield
25. Kalamazhu – Your Peach is kind of cute. Nice stuff making it to bracket. I was impressed with Midwest overall, from the improvement of previously weaker players to the break out performance of Mr. Pank. Good stuff overall. I hope you guys can keep elevating and become a force to be reckoned with.
25. MattDotZeb – Nice stuff in pools. Not a bad performance overall. Hope to see you at APEX.
25. Nakamaru – Nice stuff in pools, making it to bracket, etc. Your Falcon is pretty cool. We didn’t talk or play at all though.
25. SUNG666 – Fun matches in pools. Not much else to say really. Your hair is a lot longer than I remembered it.
25. Vudujin – Fun matches. Lame to have to play Johnny so early. I hope you can use what I told you to improve. I’d really love for you to break out a bit more – you’re a really creative guy and have such a fun personality. I hope I can come to PA sometime soon.
25. Toph – Also a fun guy to play against. We already talked at the end of the event and on FB so not much else to say. I hope I can see you again soon.
25. Shady – Extremely fun player to play against. MI really impressed me overall. I hope to see you at future events.
33. DoH – Good stuff in teams. You seemed so down after losing to Fly’s team and then you and Unknown brought it all the way to loser’s finals. That’s really good. Congrats on your teams placement. Hope you had fun. I wish I’d gone to Steak & Shake with you guys.
33. Juggleguy – This was a fabulous tournament. From a technical perspective it was run extremely well and we had enough time for everything and a boatload of friendlies and chilling time. That’s impressive. The little touches like the top 32 photo shoot, the pool sheet organization, the great use of pool captains, and organization of the setups created an amazing experience. Thank you. From a personal standpoint, this tournament taught me a lot about what I still need to work on. A great success – you should be proud of yourself. Fun matches in pools.
33. Abu – Fun matches. It was actually really fun hanging out with you. I guess my advice didn’t help that much haha. Well, back to the drawing board. Hope we can play again sometime.
33. Renth – We never money matched. Lame sauce.
33. Europhoria – Sup you. We talked. Etc.
33. Violence – You’re sexy. I love it when you throw money at me~
41. Chexr – Fun matches in pools. It was fun hitting on you and stealing your glasses too. Maybe we’ll play some friendlies next time.
41. Wake – You actually are really technical. Fun matches. Hope you were able to learn from and possibly improve from them. I really liked hanging out with you and I hope we can do so again sometime. Thanks for pointing out Chexr to me.
41. Strong Bad – Fun matches. We talked on AIM at length so not much else to say. Except that suicide KOs at 0 are gay.
41. Idea – I’ve been telling you to main Falco for like 1.5 years now for exactly the reasons why you want to main him so good stuff. Hope you start enjoying the game more and you find ways to play a more interactive style with him, since that seems to be what you want. Good luck, have fun, etc.
41. PGH Carroll – You sexy hipster. Let’s play more friendlies some time soon.
41. Wenbobular – RoboFox and SuperTranny combine to make KirbyKaze. Let’s play more. Six games are really not enough for me to teach you anything in any depth. Sometimes I hate being popular haha. Hope our chats are helping you see the game in new ways and facilitate improvement. Hope you break out soon.
49. Lanceinthepants – Nice matches in pools. You got way better from TBH1.
49. DippnDots – Always a pleasure to see you!
49. Sweet – Up your punishment and you’ll probably improve a lot.
49. Handsome Joe – You’re surprisingly handsome.
57. Tremor – Beast housing, great guy, hope things work out with all the zaniness going on. I wish we’d gotten to play a bit more but once I got back on the second day I was so baked I just collapsed and died haha.
57. Bidwell – Hey there sailor~ I miss Dept though not even gonna lie. It’s such a good tag dude haha.
57. RyeJew – Fun matches. Can’t believe you beat my Mario haha. Fox dittos were fun. Hope you learned from them!
65. 3chairz – You’re always in my pool haha.
65. Skyson – Great seeing you again. It’s been too long. I’m really glad you were my pool captain – you did a great job with it! Kirby dittos.
65. Toadster – Fun friendlies the night before the tournament. Helped me warm up a bit.
65. BluEG – Fun friendlies. I hope you learned from them!
81. GunPunch – Fun matches in pools!
81. TheCrimsonBlur – Nice seeing you. Hope I can come back to Cali sometime. I think I improved a bit from Rule 6 but it’s clearly not been enough. I need more power.
81. jbro – You’re sexy. Doc might be a smart move. He’s really intuitive and his combos are fun.
81. Kanye Rest – Nice meeting you. We didn’t play though. Maybe we should fix that haha. Cheering against Unknown is not legit btw.
81. roki – Pikachu Avatar.
81. Spife – It was great seeing you even if I didn’t recognize you right away. I can never keep track of who you’re playing haha. If you’re back on Sheik that’s cool though. She’s really fun.
97. Morning Thunder – You made this possible. Thank you so much for it. Hope to see you at the next monthly you’re available for and I’m glad you got home safely. I had my doubts but I guess you’re a real trooper.
Wobbles – Great job on commentary. And thanks for playing matches with me even if you weren’t really feeling it. It was fun.
There was a red Sheik I played on the recording setup who I wanna shout out to. His tag started with a G but I don't remember it. I just remember using Peach 'cuz he wanted Peach practice. Uhh, fun matches. It was really cool. LOL @ me asking, "Are you gay?" arbitrarily during friendlies.
And there was also a green Puff who I was playing there that was fun.
MaxBerger - I wish we'd played. You seem cool though. Let's talk on FB sometime soon.
And I think that wraps up my shoutouts. If I missed someone I probably hate you or forgot. Could be either honestly.