>not talking back there
I always thought that was the reasoning you'd even come back to SB lol
Posting in the mod pool room.
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I always thought that was the reasoning you'd even come back to SB lol
Posting in the mod pool room.
Delta-cod
Smash Hero
TBH I'm kind of a social recluse and don't go out of my way to interact with new people in environments that don't sort of force interaction (smashfests, tournaments, class, sports, etc.). As a result, I've never really felt the need to post in there (I think I made like, one introductory post in the mod back room). Similarly, I have like, 0 "friends" from grad school, they're more like acquaintances. Most of my current social circle was established years ago, like the first or second year of college.
I just never really figured out how to do the whole small talk getting to know someone thing. Much better at bonding with people over games or some shared activity though.
I just never really figured out how to do the whole small talk getting to know someone thing. Much better at bonding with people over games or some shared activity though.
Same af, don't worry.
If a topic is relevant to my interests I'll never stop talking, SO LEAGUE IS A GOOD EXAMPLE
If a topic is relevant to my interests I'll never stop talking, SO LEAGUE IS A GOOD EXAMPLE
Delta-cod
Smash Hero
League is still a thing? Didn't that cause the rise of Esports? I blame you for what's become of the community.
Esports has been a thing since Starcraft 2, DOTA/League brought up the rise of esports in season 2 (in season 8 of league, so 6 years)
That aside yeah league is a thing still, probably bigger than ever this year since franchising is a thing so almost every single NA team has some basketball team backing them up. Clutch Gaming for example has the Houston Rockets while Team Liquid is backed by Disney.
That aside yeah league is a thing still, probably bigger than ever this year since franchising is a thing so almost every single NA team has some basketball team backing them up. Clutch Gaming for example has the Houston Rockets while Team Liquid is backed by Disney.
Delta-cod
Smash Hero
There's...basketball teams backing up League teams? And Disney? I want off Esports' Wild Ride.
I miss grassroots stuff, things just felt so much more casual then~
I miss grassroots stuff, things just felt so much more casual then~
Even before this season there was already a few basketball players that owned teams.
Our very own meme
owns the team NRG which Nairo is apart of after leaving Liquid.
Another team from last year that joined league was Echo Fox owned by Rick Fox.
Our very own meme
owns the team NRG which Nairo is apart of after leaving Liquid.Another team from last year that joined league was Echo Fox owned by Rick Fox.
Lukingordex
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That's impressive
Delta-cod
Smash Hero
Well, it's highly likely that, should we get a character board for Switch, that that place will be more active. We may see a short bump in activity here as a side effect though.
I don't see a reason to ditch this place, it's not like both can't exist at the same time. But I wouldn't be trying to redirect people interested in Switch Yoshi to this place, heh.
I don't see a reason to ditch this place, it's not like both can't exist at the same time. But I wouldn't be trying to redirect people interested in Switch Yoshi to this place, heh.
Delta-cod
Smash Hero
I suspect that, outside of Melee some reason lasting forever, the other relevant Smash game will always be the newest. Expect Smash 4 to die off shortly after Switch releases, unless Switch is hot garbage.
Basically what Delta said, until the admins make a Smash 5 or whatever section and the sub-forums for all confirmed characters so far happens, this place will stay alive. Well "Alive" lul
When's E3? Whenever that starts up we'll prolly get more info and 100% confirmation on more characters, cause right now based off silhouettes in the inklings trailer only 9 or so can be confirmed right off the bat. (Yoshi mario link bowser samus DK Sheik Zelda inklings)
When's E3? Whenever that starts up we'll prolly get more info and 100% confirmation on more characters, cause right now based off silhouettes in the inklings trailer only 9 or so can be confirmed right off the bat. (Yoshi mario link bowser samus DK Sheik Zelda inklings)
Pixel_
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E3 starts june 12
since smash switch is basically gonna be a clean slate, do you guys think we should do something different this time around?
maybe focus activity on smashboards to avoid getting it fragmented? tell everyone yoshi is bottom tier and refuse to enter tournaments so that he gets buffed? what else?
oh and also i would say “get an actual lab team together” but the yoshi discord should have that covered
since smash switch is basically gonna be a clean slate, do you guys think we should do something different this time around?
maybe focus activity on smashboards to avoid getting it fragmented? tell everyone yoshi is bottom tier and refuse to enter tournaments so that he gets buffed? what else?
oh and also i would say “get an actual lab team together” but the yoshi discord should have that covered
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Delta-cod
Smash Hero
If you want to keep the boards alive, you can't take any activity away from here. If you want to have a lab team that studies stuff, you can't advertise it as a separate place to be and have people apply to be there, or just accept everyone. You need to select the team, approach them privately, and get them involved that way.
Yoshi Discords, Facebook groups, Skype groups (do people even still use this?), subreddits, etc can't be advertised or used as alternate forms of communication with the people here. Those places tend to just sap activity and nothing that is said or contributed elsewhere is ever shared back here.
People need to feel like they are recognized and incentivized to contribute well here. This means anyone who makes good contributions needs to be appreciated (particularly those who do not compete and place well), and they need to know that their presence here is noticed and that it matters. People who post in the video thread need to get responses -- a critique squad must exist. In this sense, we need to actually hold ourselves to a high standard of participation. This doesn't mean neglecting or ignoring people who post poorly -- we need to actually try to help them improve. Asking people who post one-liners in poor spelling and grammar follow-up questions and refusing to capitulate to people who respond to well thought-out arguments with nothing more than a sentence are basically a necessity.
The difficulty in all this is that posting poorly in character boards is not really against the rules. But if we allow the boards to become a place of minimal thought and contribution, they have no value, and there is no reason for people to actually come here.
TL;DR
Yoshi Discords, Facebook groups, Skype groups (do people even still use this?), subreddits, etc can't be advertised or used as alternate forms of communication with the people here. Those places tend to just sap activity and nothing that is said or contributed elsewhere is ever shared back here.
People need to feel like they are recognized and incentivized to contribute well here. This means anyone who makes good contributions needs to be appreciated (particularly those who do not compete and place well), and they need to know that their presence here is noticed and that it matters. People who post in the video thread need to get responses -- a critique squad must exist. In this sense, we need to actually hold ourselves to a high standard of participation. This doesn't mean neglecting or ignoring people who post poorly -- we need to actually try to help them improve. Asking people who post one-liners in poor spelling and grammar follow-up questions and refusing to capitulate to people who respond to well thought-out arguments with nothing more than a sentence are basically a necessity.
The difficulty in all this is that posting poorly in character boards is not really against the rules. But if we allow the boards to become a place of minimal thought and contribution, they have no value, and there is no reason for people to actually come here.
TL;DR
- Can't advertise/use alternate channels of communication publicly (I'm sure we have ways of contacting each other privately/off the boards already, but we can't continue to expand them to all newcomers).
- Hold everyone on the boards to a high standard of contribution
- Recognize great contributors (
Pixel_
would be an example off the top of my head) - Cultivate newbies into better posters by forcing them to actually explain themselves (one liners are garbooooo)
- Spelling/Grammar actually do matter
- Tone actually matters
- Recognize great contributors (
- Make people feel like their presence here is worthwhile and that they matter
- Respond to questions in the Q&A thread quickly.
- Actually critique people's videos
- This means forming a dedicated critique team.
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No nobody uses skype anymore in terms of smash. It's basically used in the esports scene to keep tabs on messages that's edited/deleted and video calls.
Delta-cod
Smash Hero
Good. Skype really jumped the shark for me, I'm glad to see it's not really used anymore.
Skype basically died even before Brawl ended. What a trash messaging/video call system.
Even though people still use it for secret messages and video calls to this day, skype vc is still super ****ing bad
Even though people still use it for secret messages and video calls to this day, skype vc is still super ****ing bad
Sharky
Smash Master
Skype did what to me?!?
Also, hi guys. I might try to do a few things with smash again here and there in the near future as I'll be returning stateside soon. Anybody in Socal?
Delta-cod
Smash Hero
Oh my god it's Sharkyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.
I'm sure someone is in Socal but I am definitely not. If you make your way back to NY I'm there again though!
Holy moly, Sharky is alive still.
You coming back for smash 4 or gonna wait till smash 5?
You coming back for smash 4 or gonna wait till smash 5?
Nice, April fools joke this year has more effort put into it.
April 1st here.
April 1st here.
Delta-cod
Smash Hero
Not sure if Slyfer the Sky Dragon or Ridley.
Lukingordex
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This place being active, what a nice April 1st joke 
Delta-cod
Smash Hero
Hey man, Ridley's finally in Smash! It's a time for celebration.
Yoshi's brother finally got in, of course we're gonna be happy and posting all about it.
Delta-cod
Smash Hero
Image of an Alpha build of Smash for Switch.
Sharky
Smash Master
Aaaaand I hit dry land again. The computers on the ship block smashboards =(
I would like to start doing things in a few weeks time when I get back stateside. I've been training up a promising guy in my shop and slowly working out the rust. Wavebouncing is harder than I remember lol, my fingers are slow now. I feel pretty good about what I've got so far though. We're looking at possibly making Evo a thing.
I would like to start doing things in a few weeks time when I get back stateside. I've been training up a promising guy in my shop and slowly working out the rust. Wavebouncing is harder than I remember lol, my fingers are slow now. I feel pretty good about what I've got so far though. We're looking at possibly making Evo a thing.
Buffering in smash 4 feels awkward this time around. I forget the exact frame data.
Welcome back to dry land tho, hope EVO goes well for you when it comes around.
Welcome back to dry land tho, hope EVO goes well for you when it comes around.
Pixel_
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There is another way to do it if you have tilt stick on
How to do wavebounce Egg Lay more consistently with tilt stick
— Yoshi Tech (@YoshiTechSquad) October 12, 2017
(from: https://t.co/rQVh3tqIpQ) pic.twitter.com/bVyyGYOVY5
Delta-cod
Smash Hero
BEACHED SHARK EVERYONE, THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
Wait wait since when could we embed tweets?!?!?!
I think for a year or two now. I only know of this cause of the CCI tier list threads.
Sharky
Smash Master
No worries, this shark only hungers for ramen and rice bowls at the moment while he's still in Japan.
Those controls are interesting. But then again I'm still using the DR controls from brawl so I can't really judge lol. I'll give it a try!
Delta-cod
Smash Hero
Bamboozle, expected Sharky stateside as per previous post. Stop blue-egging us.
Sharky
Smash Master
No bamboozle! It was my last bit of time in Japan. The shark has moved to Hawaii now and is enjoying a luau before hitting SoCal.
I actually went snorkeling at a place called shark's cove yesterday. Seemed like a relevant bit of info.
Delta-cod
Smash Hero
How was Japan? You've been there for...years now, right? Did you end up picking up the language?
Sharky finds Sharks. Well played.
Tbh I'd find it kinda weird living in a different country and not trying to learn their language after being there for years.
Sharky been gone since like the tail end of brawl, so 2013 right? Or at least left around that time and went to many different places but 2 or 3 years seems like almost enough time to kind of learn a new language.
Just guessing, I wouldn't know.
Sharky been gone since like the tail end of brawl, so 2013 right? Or at least left around that time and went to many different places but 2 or 3 years seems like almost enough time to kind of learn a new language.
Just guessing, I wouldn't know.
Delta-cod
Smash Hero
I can definitely see scenarios where you wouldn't learn the language, such as being kept busy in a community that doesn't really emphasize the language at all (or they don't even use it). If there was enough of a need to actually use a new language in a place you were living then I'd certainly expect to pick it up at least somewhat over the course of 4-5 years.
But Sharky's old man. Languages are hard for oldies.
But Sharky's old man. Languages are hard for oldies.
We're all getting older.
I would've liked to learn japanese if I was stuck there for a couple of years. But yeah I know it's possible to live anywhere without needing to learn their language, especially if you're just on a boat most of the time. Just simple gestures or ty or goodbyes is enough when going out to eat at places.
I would've liked to learn japanese if I was stuck there for a couple of years. But yeah I know it's possible to live anywhere without needing to learn their language, especially if you're just on a boat most of the time. Just simple gestures or ty or goodbyes is enough when going out to eat at places.