melee, misc

Life Right Now

Hey all. Short and sweet post (I always say that but it’s probably true this time) today. As you may know, lloD and I had to drop out of Smash’n’Splash at the very last minute due to a family emergency. In fact, we were in the middle of the pre-SNS bracket they were running… and […]

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melee, misc, smash5, tourney

Smash Ultimate, and 2019

Part three of my turn-of-year recap. Smash Ultimate Since DPOTG, I have played Melee once. For 20-30 minutes. The rest of the time, I’ve been playing Smash Ultimate. The full month I went without playing Melee is maybe the longest I have gone without playing in years. I quite literally cannot remember the last time […]

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melee, misc, tourney

Fall 2018 (Shine, Big House, Summit Campaign)

The last couple of months have been a whirlwind. In August, I would stare at my calendar and count the number of weeks and days until Smash Ultimate’s release, wondering how I would pass each week… all that time went by like a blur. For one thing, I feel like I didn’t have a September […]

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melee, mindset, misc

Resting from Results

I’m re-prioritizing. Throughout 2017, I worked my ass off to become a top player. I pushed the Marth meta a great deal and became one of the most consistent top players. My goal for the spring of 2017 was to maintain the high level of play I demonstrated at Genesis 4, where I defeated Swedish […]

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misc

How I Got Into [Competitive] Smash

Happy birthday! Today, Super Smash Bros. Melee turns fifteen years old. And Smash for Wii U turns two years old. I thought this was a fitting occasion to talk a bit about how I got involved with competitive smash in the first place. I’ll also briefly reminisce about my smash career before you probably heard […]

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misc

April Thoughts – The Games I’m Playing

I haven’t registered for EVO yet. I have my passes for Sunday finals, but I haven’t actually followed through on registration. And that’s because I’m not sure what events I’m entering quite yet. I will be entering Melee for sure. Melee has and will continue to be my primary focus when it comes to improving […]

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