The New Super Awesome Oregon Home Thread!!! :D

[keeper]

brb final in thermodynamics and five page paper on book I haven't read

 

[Surreal]

You got this Evan. :s

 

[keeper]

Haven't read any more of the book, bull**** essay incoming.

 

[Surreal]

lmao

10 lmao's

 

[Infinitora]

Smashfest at my place on Friday at 11am til approx 5ish, then my going away party starts. 3930 SW Plum St Portland OR 97219, Apt 2. Come make me suck less before tournament on Sat plz. And say bye, because I move to Eugene June 15th-ish.

 

[Infinitora]

Surreal what size of TV? I drive a coupe

 

[indigestible_wad]

Infinitora, you say the most satisfying things when you're annoyed during matches. What should I do? Go to your goodbye party or go to the tournament on saturday?

 

[Surreal]

Goodbye partyyyy </3

 

[Best Bout]

Hey guys, not sure if anyone has posted this here yet but we are throwing our first Smash tournament in Portland on June 18th! Hope to see you guys there. Here are the details. http://allisbrawl.com/ttournament.aspx?id=12075

 

[phi1ny3]

@Best Bout: I thought you weren't doing Melee because a lack of vocalized interest. Has that changed recently?

 

[keeper]

Needs melee. Brawl isn't a real game, nor is Mario Kart Wii for that matter.

 

[Izayah]

We decided against Melee. I asked you guys if you wanted Melee and not enough of you showed interest. I have been defending you guys for so long but y'all are just never showing up to anything.

 

[debaser]

yeah it's kind of an awkward weekend for me, otherwise I woulda been all over it. thanks for the effort though .

And thanks for thinking that we need to be defended or something, that's very cute of you. :3

 

[keeper]

We decided against Melee. I asked you guys if you wanted Melee and not enough of you showed interest. I have been defending you guys for so long but y'all are just never showing up to anything.

It's probably better to just have it as a possibility instead of making people that aren't sure of what the hell they're doing commit to something only to disappoint individuals. It's a lot better than having two tournaments out of games that are both a complete joke.

 

[Surreal]

Game isn't sponsored, is a complete joke.

 

[indigestible_wad]

The problem with possibility, Evan, is that it turns into a no-go when enough people say they won't go, leading other people to believe that there will not be a tournament at all, which becomes a self fulfilling prophesy. There's a reason why we haven't had a melee tournament since december. I'm not saying to lie or do something you don't want to do; I'm just saying that you all should make an effort to try to come to these things. I go to tournaments and all I see is brawl. I can play brawl, but I'd generally rather play melee.

 

[Infinitora]

Random but true smacktalk.

True enough. Good thing it's not something to choose between! Smashfest here soon, tourney tomorrow. Yay!

 

[indigestible_wad]

Well actually it is something to choose between. I don't want to drive that much.

 

[Infinitora]

I'd offer to house you if my parents weren't dropping by from out of town, sorry mate! I doubt I'd give you any practice anymore anyway haha, maybe Surreal could! I look forward to seeing how nasty your pika is now at the tourney tho, man!

 

[debaser]

The problem with possibility, Evan, is that it turns into a no-go when enough people say they won't go, leading other people to believe that there will not be a tournament at all, which becomes a self fulfilling prophesy. There's a reason why we haven't had a melee tournament since december. I'm not saying to lie or do something you don't want to do; I'm just saying that you all should make an effort to try to come to these things. I go to tournaments and all I see is brawl. I can play brawl, but I'd generally rather play melee.

true words.

We need a solid monthly in portland that is melee only and will happen regardless of who shows immediate interest. Most melee attendees just don't post on the internet, so smashboards is an unreliable way to gauge melee attendance of a possible tournament. It's exactly what happened with LOST. People were saying melee players weren't gonna show up because we weren't spamming the aib page, yet when tournament time came melee had more entrees than it has ever had since brawl came out. And they were all oregon players (cept for eggz), mostly those who don't post all that much.

I would love to provide these tournaments someday.

 

[phi1ny3]

Yeah, it's really an "either you're in or out" sort of thing, this thing was the same reason why Melee didn't happen at LOST 2 (although partially it was my fault because I guess I didn't vocalize it enough to let SOregon know that it was happening, despite it virtually being stated a month in advance). We don't care if Melee is the God-given game sanctioned by Chuck Norris and played by the Founding Fathers, that won't do a lick of good if only 4 people show up at the tournament when there was set aside time and setups for it.

Personally, if one of you guys stepped it up and provided for being a TO, more power to you. It was literally Veni Vidi Vici for me, I was sick of not having a consistent N. Oregon monthly, I took the initiative, I asked Gage to teach me a little of the ropes to run tournaments, and set about to do it on my own eventually, while learning along the way (I also got connected with Chris from GC and tried to expand my connections to other people he knew that had decent venues, and that's how I ran into Guardian Games). It's really not that hard, but you have to take the reigns for your own instead of sitting on it saying "Gee, I sure wish there was a X dream tournament that did my game this way" (not pointing fingers at anyone, that's just how it is).

I think a great idea would be if you got a system worked with some of Google's basic resources, like setting up something via google labs or something, just make that consistency happen. Even a social network that isn't smash based could work, just as long as you can make sure that communication is clear and established across your social circle.

@debaser: Sad to say, but despite you thinking otherwise, I really did have to debate for having Melee at LOST 3 because nobody was helping flex Melee's muscle attendance-wise until I pointed out how the first LOST had tons of melee entrants, and that I was willing to say that Smash as a whole needs to support all aspects of the game (despite me absolutely hating Smash64 because of that stint the Smash Twins went on, I would have that too if it didn't seem that SOregon was the only place where that scene thrived) if we are to be recognized as the great community we are and not as bigoted/inflated that other scenes overexaggerate about us as a whole. It was a good thing that people came though, that kind of helped remove doubt that Melee can still go strong.

 

[indigestible_wad]

You were going to make LOST melee only at one point right Phil? Then you told the brawl community and they showed disagreement, prompting you to add brawl as well.

 

[phi1ny3]

No, what I was saying was, they wanted Brawl only because they thought Melee was dying because of their impressions from LOST 2, and I was like "lolno"

 

[The Jizzard]

True enough. Good thing it's not something to choose between! Smashfest here soon, tourney tomorrow. Yay!

gahhhh i just got off work and want to show up so bad but i dont have a car till like 6. anyone driving there that could pick me up? will throw down mad cash for gas yo

if you can drive me text/call 541 514 1597

 

[debaser]

Yeah phil, I see what you're saying. Which is why melee needs to remove the training wheels and stand on its own.

it's fate and health shouldn't be decided by brawlers.

also: thanks for making that tournament happen phil.

 

[indigestible_wad]

Is anyone planning on going to genesis? The way it's looking I might be the only one repping oregon! I'm not that good guys!

 

[keeper]

The problem with possibility, Evan, is that it turns into a no-go when enough people say they won't go, leading other people to believe that there will not be a tournament at all, which becomes a self fulfilling prophesy. There's a reason why we haven't had a melee tournament since december. I'm not saying to lie or do something you don't want to do; I'm just saying that you all should make an effort to try to come to these things. I go to tournaments and all I see is brawl. I can play brawl, but I'd generally rather play melee.

My thought is if you have it open and don't **** all over someone coming with a gamecube and bring people that want to play, then a melee tournament can happen.

I can't easily go to tournaments or smashfests because I don't drive. I don't have the money, the means, or even a ****ing birth certificate (story here) required to get a car, license, and insurance. I also happen to live in a **** area where people don't want to drive up a steep hill to pick up some kid they barely know to play a video game. I've been asking if anyone can give me a ride on here and AiB for the last week or two with little to no response (I think Aaron and Allen were the only ones that even talked about giving people rides). I don't know, I'm kind of reaching the point where I'm considering just saying screw it and not trying because I'm a little *****. Though I like going because I win without even playing the game on a consistent basis anymore, that's probably how Aftermath feels, only he's better than me.

tl;dr ride plz y u no giv ride

Edit: Brawl is a joke. It objectively has some of the worst gameplay for anything I've ever seen reach such levels of competition. 13% chance of tripping and leading into whatever is one of the most ******** things I've ever heard of in any game, that's like the stupidest aspect of Mario Party: Xtra RAEG edition put into a fighter.

 

[AlienAllen]

Do you have a cell phone/can you get to a place near I-5? I would be willing to pick some people up I just don't want to drive everywhere.

 

[keeper]

Do you have a cell phone/can you get to a place near I-5? I would be willing to pick some people up I just don't want to drive everywhere.

I have a cell phone, but no way to get west enough to be near I-5. I do not blame you for not wanting to drive out here. I'm moving some time in July, hopefully that improves my situation.

 

[Surreal]

GG's to everyone. Had fun. Gotta learn to be less predictable with getting techchased I guess.

 

[phi1ny3]

I lurnd 2 not suk

 

[indigestible_wad]

Evan I didn't get to play you! Aww.

 

[phi1ny3]

Maaaan, I thought there would be more Melee players than what is the number I have.

Melee singles had a total of ten entrants

 

[Surreal]

Eric quit, and thus him and sutherlin won't come = 3-5 entrants

idk what Scott was doing = 1 entrant

idk what artifice was doing (besides adderall) = 1 entrant

Gage moved = 1 entrant

Bart is stranded = 1 entrant

Binx and Box didn't show up and have been incognito = 2 entrants

Kami has been incognito as well = 1 entrant

that's like 10-12 entrants right there of kids who used to come to stuff/could've gone to this.

 

[phi1ny3]

OiC, yeah, that would do it rofl.

So is Sutherlin like officially dead?

 

[Surreal]

Eric quit, and because of that Jason and Jesse can't go to stuff (they both like smash still but neither can go places, let alone NOregon often).

Jesse says he plans to eventually move back up to his house here in sherwood though (I hope so).

 

[AlienAllen]

All I know is that Eric is retired, I was under the impression that Jason and Juce still played but I am not sure. Regardless, this was one of the most fun tournaments I have been to. Great job hosting as usual Phil, keep it up.

Also Paul will lose next time, the bird is going to be shot down.

 

[Surreal]

Dude you must have gotten serious falco practice or something cause our matches weren't nearly as close as they used to be.

 

[Infinitora]

GGs guys, was great seeing you all again, satisfied with the way I played and good to see a lot of new talent cropping up in my absence. I enjoyed our carpool rides immensely btw including gas disaster haha. Next time I turn on my cube will be in Eugene, and I may well be regularly driving up to Portland so Eugene smashers are welcome to come along. Honestly had a great time though, I couldn't even get frustrated when I was eliminated because I had such a great time Hopefully everyone else will sleep as well as I do tonight lol. ~zzzz


EDIT: Also a HUUUUUGE thanks to Phil for putting all of this together! It's really appreciated man, you're doing great things for the Oregon scene my friend.

 

[AlienAllen]

Pretty much in Corvallis I play these characters:

Paul - Falco
Kazuki - Falco, Fox
Michael - Doc, Samus, others
Adrian - Falco, Sheik, Marth
Jon - Marth, Fox

I have too much experience with fox and falco for my liking.