But I’m glad I did. Preamble It’s been nearly four years since I last posted an update on this blog. While writing the last post, I was in the midst of many major life transitions. Those transitions never really slowed down, especially as COVID hit. But to fully explore the nature of these changes and […]
Read moreGenesis 4
What an electric start to 2017 this tournament was! I usually organize these posts in loose chronological order, and sprinkle the content with digressions. This post won’t be any different. I’m always open to criticism on the format of these posts, but for the most part, it seems that people are happy to read from […]
Read moreThoughts on Olympus
Olympus took place over Halloween weekend. It was primarily a Project:M major, but also featured a great deal of Melee and Sm4sh talent. It was my first big tournament since SmashCon, and I had high expectations for myself. I couldn’t find a Melee teams partner, so I decided to take a leap and enter PM, […]
Read moreCatching Up: Post-EVO and SSC2016
I meant to cover these topics in the aforementioned “Much Has Happened in the Last Four Months” post, but that was before my bit on EVO turned into a novella. So, as promised, here is the second arc of the 2016 summer of smash (and Rivals)! Post-EVO To be honest, the weeks after EVO and […]
Read moreCatching Up: EVO2016
Originally titled “Much Has Happened in the Last Four Months,” I was going to talk about… the last four months. I ended up writing 3400 words on EVO, so I’m going to leave it at that, for now. Enjoy! My last post was about Prime, which in my mind was a big turning point for […]
Read moreMy 2016 Melee Tier List (v2.0)
The final product with brief notes: I made a tier list about a month ago while procrastinating on finals, and posted it to Reddit. A fair amount of discussion ensued, which I really appreciated. I thought a lot about the placings of every character, and this is the result. I promised an in-depth discussion […]
Read moreApril 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 […]
Read moreApril Thoughts – Pound
I haven’t written a post since the night before Pound 2016, and a lot has happened. So in this post I’ll lay out my thoughts on a bunch of things. Fun! ***This started as one post, but I had a lot more to say than initially expected, so I’ll be making a series of posts […]
Read moreA Reflection on my tournaments this week
It’s spring break! And as we all know, spring break means more smashing. I got back home about an hour before writing this post. I plan on taking it easy today because Shots Fired 2 is tomorrow! But more on that in a second. Last week I went to Unity 3, a Melee regional in […]
Read moreTourney Etiquette – Handshakes, Hygiene, Coaching, and more
Sick day gave me some extra time to write, so here’s my first substantive bl0g post! This is partially an expression of my opinion, and partially instructive to people who are either new to the tournament scene or unclear on expect etiquette. I’ve always found the changes in expected etiquette at tournaments to be interesting. […]
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