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Upstate New York Tournament Thread

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JesiahTEG

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Very very very good San, very impressed, although I do think Ike vs Snake is closer to 60-40 maybe even 55-45 in Snake's favor...Ike controls Snake super well at various points of the match, like at his tipper sword range in which he can go airborne to avoid tilts, and once he gets a hit or a grab off he juggles snake better than many characters. Also, Snake is very weak when he is landing, and Ike can capitalize on that better than even MK with his ridiculous kill power w/smashes.
 
AXE 09

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Hey everyone =)

Could someone please tell me where I can find any Melee players in or around New York City? I have a very close friend that will be moving there soon (Flushing to be exact), and he's a very talented Melee player. If you guys can tell me where any Melee players are around that area, or at least direct me to the correct thread, it'd be greatly appreciated!
 
Snowmanthatknows

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This is Western, New York social thread. Wrong place, bud. Test your luck and look around in here for Melee players. http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=208594

Kyle, I think we should make that clear in the thread's title so we don't get mix-ups like this anymore.


And can me and a friend stop by at the apartment sometime soon before Saturday for some drinking, smoking and Smash/Street Fighter? We'll provide the goodies. :p
 
TheManaLord

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a distinction would be nice. but it's hard because only people IN new york understand the dilemma of "new york" being either the city area or the rest of the stupidly shaped state.
 
AXE 09

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TheManaLord said:
a distinction would be nice. but it's hard because only people IN new york understand the dilemma of "new york" being either the city area or the rest of the stupidly shaped state.
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Yeah that makes sense. I was looking at the map for NY and I was all confused and stuff lol. Hopefully I'll learn soon enough =)

Thank you for the link mister Snowman! Very much appreciated :)
 
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poor spamus T T

Nitro...you should let me and Minh in your band. I play drums and he plays guitar.

edit: this is amber
 
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uh ignore the part about me playing guitar. i bends strings to produce sounds waves, nothing more. I'd have to properly learn guitar b4 anything.

PoofyHair said:
I ****ing love this game and I'm going to play it til the ****ing day I die.
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Didn't u ask me if u should quit smash just yesterday? where did all that motivation go?


VibeSlyph said:
My Brawl philosophy is, whenever you lose, you gain knowledge, and whenever you win, you used that knowledge to its best.

It's a win/win situation.
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And like Kyle said sometimes u gotta swallow ur pride and learn as much as u can from the players around you instead blaming a loss on luck or the lack of techskill.
 
NightroGlycerine

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Foy said:
poor spamus T T

Nitro...you should let me and Minh in your band. I play drums and he plays guitar.

edit: this is amber
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lol ^_^ My band is still a work in progress... we're not a real band until we have a few originals. Good thing I've been writing all summer....
 
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I just beat L-Don's MK with Bowser. He got soooo upset and it was kinda funny. Then he took it out by 3 stocking my PT with MK. xD

Edit: BTW if he sees I posted this here he'll probably get even more angry.
 
TheManaLord

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news from me:

won't be making it to ss3 =( or any tournaments (ever)

me and jeff have recording equipment and will be recording all we play and makin cool videos. including never before seen glitches

i played banks and thorn for a day a few days ago, im sending banks the (bank$ namesearch) file so he can make combo videos of it

im working full time and school full time, wont be able to travel for the school year. will be teaching english in china for one year after school. and then road trip all around the country when i return with the $$$ i made.

i've also been healthy and working out. i work an organic food store and ive been getting lots of really intense nutritional information.

i smoke weed sparingly, and won't touch anything harder ever again (have to get rid of neurotoxins, i feel i don't think as good as i have the potential to)

but im always willing to house anyone who wants to party or chill. i'll miss you all stay fresh and keep on a good path in life
 
TheManaLord

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It's in my head Dr G, already absorbed and applied. Something you can only take in from personal interaction. I don't have the eloquence of the chemist that told me any of it; so I won't bother trying to recite any of it (there's a multitude and then some).

Also I'm starting an intense regimen to extend my mental strength and get to optimal physical fitness.
 
da K.I.D.

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@ axe
Wait a minute, let me get this right, you looked at the map, and saw bubbles in cities where people who play smash are, didnt see ANYTHING in NYC, KNOWING full well that there are tons of smash players in NYC and you still thought this would be the place to find them?

That says to me that no amount of clarification will ever get people to not come in here asking about NYC.

Im pretty sure that the very first paragraph of this thread is very explicit with its distinction between NYC and NYS.


@ mana.
huh? until 2 minutes ago, I only knew you as the dude who was drunk and/or high at any and all tourneys he attended...

when did you get all Eevee on us?

I highly approve of this lifestyle choice, but its sort of off putting when compared to your established reputation
 
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TheManaLord said:
news from me:

won't be making it to ss3 =( or any tournaments (ever)

me and jeff have recording equipment and will be recording all we play and makin cool videos. including never before seen glitches

i played banks and thorn for a day a few days ago, im sending banks the (bank$ namesearch) file so he can make combo videos of it

im working full time and school full time, wont be able to travel for the school year. will be teaching english in china for one year after school. and then road trip all around the country when i return with the $$$ i made.

i've also been healthy and working out. i work an organic food store and ive been getting lots of really intense nutritional information.

i smoke weed sparingly, and won't touch anything harder ever again (have to get rid of neurotoxins, i feel i don't think as good as i have the potential to)

but im always willing to house anyone who wants to party or chill. i'll miss you all stay fresh and keep on a good path in life
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Go **** yourself.

http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=281295
 
Snakeee

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TheManaLord said:
news from me:

won't be making it to ss3 =( or any tournaments (ever)

me and jeff have recording equipment and will be recording all we play and makin cool videos. including never before seen glitches

i played banks and thorn for a day a few days ago, im sending banks the (bank$ namesearch) file so he can make combo videos of it

im working full time and school full time, wont be able to travel for the school year. will be teaching english in china for one year after school. and then road trip all around the country when i return with the $$$ i made.

i've also been healthy and working out. i work an organic food store and ive been getting lots of really intense nutritional information.

i smoke weed sparingly, and won't touch anything harder ever again (have to get rid of neurotoxins, i feel i don't think as good as i have the potential to)

but im always willing to house anyone who wants to party or chill. i'll miss you all stay fresh and keep on a good path in life
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Hmm you know a lot about supplements? I've been taking a lot of different stuff both for my body and mind but some ppl are worried that they are dangerous for me or something.

Know anything about the following bc I take these: SAM E, Ginko Biloba, Ginseng, and Vitamin B12 (I sometimes take an absurd amount of this because I've read that you can't overdose from it)

If you can answer any of this, thanks man.
 
TheManaLord

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Supplements are a very large part of the lifestyle I want to promote, so I'll try to do a little brief on each the best I can... just so you know, I take a few supplements one of which being Glucosamine & Chondritin which is used for repairing joint structure and elasticity; so I am familiar with taking a bunch of pills each day or more.

Let me get to the truth though. Do you NEED these supplements? They are still a business, and they still like your money; and most supplements are not cheap. There's also a distinction I want to make between earthy/herbal supplements and more basic supplements with a small chemical signature. Anything that's just a root or herb or plant will have a huge signature in any chemistry analysis because of all the organic compounds in it. Other supplements, like vitamins or SAMe (S-adenosylmethionin) are much more direct and in my opinion the benefits can be seen and observed much more easily despite all the good claims that come from taking pro-biotics (things with a large organic compound base).

So onto what you're taking exactly...

I'd say scratch the ginseng. There are many kinds and they come in many different varieties. It is something that can help alleviate certain symptoms and perhaps put you in a good mood, BUT, it can also do the adverse. It's a food compound when you get down to it and it's results vary too greatly for me to let you keep taking it... in my opinion, the less you're on the better as long as you're still achieving what you need to.

Supplements are for people severely lacking or in dire need of a certain thing. They shouldn't be taken lightly and that's why they get a bad rap. They're not for any average person who needs a boost, they're for people who are deficient and need help.

SAMe; go for it, continue use. I won't delve into what's it's for. I'll just tell you, perhaps trying half dosage daily. Cut the pill down or find "easy caps" that have smaller quantities. (my personal motto is to take what gets you by)

Ginko is another why for me. I know why people use it, it's a wonderful plant one of the oldest in the world that aren't targeted by disease or pests. But I'm not sure what you'd be using it for, it doesn't have any adverse affects or anything but just don't take too much of it, ginko thins your blood, and plenty of bad things can arise from having thinned blood consistently. My suggestion is to axe this one as well :3

Another question for B12, are you also taking it with folic acid? If not I'm assuming you're taking B12 for more energy. In which case you can certainly continue. But there may be a more permanent and lasting solution to getting more energy that involves proper diet sleep and exercise.

I want to stress I am not a doctor! This is just advice from person to person. Supplements on the whole have not been approved by the FDA and they cannot cure diseases.

^_ ^
 
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Wow, these changes are really pleasantly surprising ManaLord! I really hope the best for you, but at the same time, I am a bit sad that we won't be seeing each other (if what you said is true about tournaments).

Good luck with everything! But I hope I can still see you a few times
 
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Wow, thanks Mana. Did not expect such an elaborate response XD. Well the reason for most of it is I don't seem to have any energy during the day otherwise anymore, and I also can't maintain the perspective and mindset in life that I've found optimal for me.

There were some instances where I just felt amazing, and my brain was working at a ridiculously good pace. I think I smoked and drank too much the night before, and probably took too much Sudafed as well that time >_> . Weird thing was I did not sleep at all that night and the next morning I just felt amazing, and did all these things I otherwise would have felt to lazy to do. Yeah, everything I mentioned right there is pretty bad, but I also had taken the daily value equivalent of 400,000% Vitamin B12...
 
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TheManaLord said:
news from me:

won't be making it to ss3 =( or any tournaments (ever)

me and jeff have recording equipment and will be recording all we play and makin cool videos. including never before seen glitches

i played banks and thorn for a day a few days ago, im sending banks the (bank$ namesearch) file so he can make combo videos of it

im working full time and school full time, wont be able to travel for the school year. will be teaching english in china for one year after school. and then road trip all around the country when i return with the $$$ i made.

i've also been healthy and working out. i work an organic food store and ive been getting lots of really intense nutritional information.

i smoke weed sparingly, and won't touch anything harder ever again (have to get rid of neurotoxins, i feel i don't think as good as i have the potential to)

but im always willing to house anyone who wants to party or chill. i'll miss you all stay fresh and keep on a good path in life
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Keep doing you, Mana. I hope to see you, soon, man.
 
huMps

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mana dont know why that means you can't come to any smash tourneys. ever.
Just make the tourneys you can and don't get stressed when you can't. Unless it's not as fun as it once was for you, I don't understand why you have to stop. trust me I'm busy but I make all the events I can because this game is still fun for me. For me it's a hobby, and it never gets old because I can always get better. although I do need another smash-fest soon here. I got some new strategies I want to test
 
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huMps said:
mana dont know why that means you can't come to any smash tourneys. ever.
Just make the tourneys you can and don't get stressed when you can't. Unless it's not as fun as it once was for you, I don't understand why you have to stop. trust me I'm busy but I make all the events I can because this game is still fun for me. For me it's a hobby, and it never gets old because I can always get better. although I do need another smash-fest soon here. I got some new strategies I want to test
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Smash at times is a very addictive game and to some people very time consuming. To live a lifestyle that mana is doing may require focus and determination. When trying to achieve a goal in life sometimes its best to just get rid of the distractions that may hurt your journey to the goal or not help it at all. Cant say thats why hes giving up smash, however i wish the best for erik and im impressed and happy by the lifestyle he has chosen!
 
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When learning to manage brawl along with other important tasks you want to accomplish, you'll have to accept that sometimes you may not be able to play for quite a while, and that it will take extra effort to spend time playing.

After playing a lot of different people, I'm quite happy about the players here (brawl in particular), and how a few people are starting to step it up a lot more.
 
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you can always come here spamus, im sure beta myself and few other could use some melee prac
 
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