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[ec0ec0]

Though I'm honestly way more excited for Ken vs PC in the Salty Suite. PC kept playing way longer, and imo ended up way better of the two. But Ken had a few notable wins here and there. I think I remember hearing that he beat lucky in a tournament. Honestly, I dunno man. It could go either way.

If Ken is still edge-guarding like last year, i'd say that he doesn't have a chance

At MLG Anaheim (june 2014) his edge-guards were still abysmal (he's using marth for god's sake!!). He was doing good on-stage against, for example, lucky. But he let fox come back to the stage again and again... therefore, he lost. I know, ken did beat some great players in some tournaments. Still, playing like that, he was not going to win consistently.

That's what i remember from watching ken's marth a couple of times last year: failed edge-guards. But i haven't watched him playing since long ago so....

The only marth that i'm used to watch "regularly" is mew2king (and last year PPMD,kinda), so i'm used to that (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s63pPeyWasw). I was not seeing it with ken haha

Melee was released in 2001. When i was watching, Ken was doing edge-guards from the year 2000. So... has he changed that??

edit: i was not expecting this being at the top of a new page haha

 

[Fidelis Hodie]

Yes, absolutely. If nothing else, they'll be up on VGBootCamp's Twitch for a while after. But within a few days everything will probably also be up on Youtube, and then later organized on vods.co.

There won't be too much going on tomorrow. Saturday and Sunday are the main parts.

Pools are where some of the more low tier heroes come out to play though, so tomorrow will still be hype in its own way. Can't wait for the melee luigi's and ganons to come out guns blazing. Same with smash 4.

 

[theprodigy]

wait, Zero isn't even entering Brawl?

:lol

 

[Revven]

There won't be too much going on tomorrow. Saturday and Sunday are the main parts.

I wouldn't say that for Melee, this isn't round robin pools so there's bound to be some hype as shit sets as the brackets get narrowed down. I suppose the real bloodbath will be Saturday but there's going to be some awesome sets tomorrow for sure -- last year had some really good pools sets, like Aisengobay's or aMSa's matches. There will be good stuff tomorrow.

 

[sinxtanx]

I am so. Fucking. Hype.

BUT TIME ZONES

 

[ec0ec0]

BUT TIME ZONES

;_; same

 

[Jigolo]

Mango is my fav fighter but I can't shake the feeling that m2k is gonna take melee. Quote that

 

[emb]

If Ken is still edge-guarding like last year, i'd say that he doesn't have a chance

At MLG Anaheim (june 2014) his edge-guards were still abysmal (he's using marth for god's sake!!). He was doing good on-stage against, for example, lucky. But he let fox come back to the stage again and again... therefore, he lost. I know, ken did beat some great players in some tournaments. Still, playing like that, he was not going to win consistently.

That's what i remember from watching ken's marth a couple of times last year: failed edge-guards. But i haven't watched him playing since long ago so....

The only marth that i'm used to watch "regularly" is mew2king (and last year PPMD,kinda), so i'm used to that (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s63pPeyWasw). I was not seeing it with ken haha

Melee was released in 2001. When i watched, Ken was doing edge-guards from the year 2000. So... has he changed that??

edit: i was not expecting this being at the top of a new page haha

Ken does weird things for sure. He seems really inconsistent. I really haven't seen him much since his big return though. He's usually out of bracket before I start watching the stream.

I remember seeing him using three (or even four) hits of side B all over the place though. Strangely kind of effective since he usually knows the right times to go for it. But even still, I think he's missing better opportunities there.

Pools are where some of the more low tier heroes come out to play though, so tomorrow will still be hype in its own way. Can't wait for the melee luigi's and ganons to come out guns blazing. Same with smash 4.

It's not at all uncommon to have some great pools matches. I'll probably keep it running in the background just in case any NC players get their pools streamed. ($Mike and Twitch hype!)

But I'm gonna be watching the tournament almost all day Saturday and Sunday. I want to use Friday to do whatever else (probably play some more Earthbound).

But yeah, I should probably not mislead people to sleep on tomorrow. No doubt some pools (especially second round) will get hype.

 

[Fidelis Hodie]

Ken does weird things for sure. He seems really inconsistent. I really haven't seen him much since his big return though. He's usually out of bracket before I start watching the stream.

I remember seeing him using three (or even four) hits of side B all over the place though. Strangely kind of effective since he usually knows the right times to go for it. But even still, I think he's missing better opportunities there.

It's not at all uncommon to have some great pools matches. I'll probably keep it running in the background just in case any NC players get their pools streamed. ($Mike and Twitch hype!)

But I'm gonna be watching the tournament almost all day Saturday and Sunday. I want to use Friday to do whatever else (probably play some more Earthbound).

But yeah, I should probably not mislead people to sleep on tomorrow. No doubt some pools (especially second round) will get hype.

I just want to see Bizzaro Flame styling so bad. Dude has some weeiiirrd tech skill. I love it.

 

[J@hranimo]

wait, Zero isn't even entering Brawl?

:lol

A new king of Brawl shall rise!

 

[ec0ec0]

Mango is my fav fighter but I can't shake the feeling that m2k is gonna take melee. Quote that

there's only one person that doesn't believe in mew2king: mew2king himself xD

 

[Josh5890]

Never watched Apex before. I'm up for a halfway to EVO torunament!

I just wish the big stuff wasn'lt super bowl sunday.

 

[Daouzin]

there's only one person that doesn't believe in mew2king: mew2king himself xD

Hahaha, sad, but true.

Glad this thread exists, hype levels have been ridiculous. Apex Smash 4 finals and Evo Smash 4 finals are really going to determine how seriously I play Smash 4. So far I've just been forcing myself to play it a few times a week, but I hope to be blown away this weekend.

 

[The Sarcastic Dude]

Pools are where some of the more low tier heroes come out to play though, so tomorrow will still be hype in its own way. Can't wait for the melee luigi's and ganons to come out guns blazing. Same with smash 4.

That's what I love about Melee pools. A lot of characters you usually don't see in Bracket. It's cool to see top level play of low tier characters.

 

[theprodigy]

A new king of Brawl shall rise!

Nairo won Brawl last year

 

[Sylverstone14]

wait, Zero isn't even entering Brawl?

:lol

Prepping the HOO HAH for Smash 4.

 

[Nanashrew]

Prepping the HOO HAH for Smash 4.

I'll never get tired of the hoo hah thing. My friends have started calling Diddy Kong, Commander Hoo-Hah, which is a reference to a fearful and militant character in Camp Lazlo.

 

[Spinosaurus]

Prepping the HOO HAH for Smash 4.

poor hungrybox

 

[theprodigy]

poor hungrybox

press 1 if you feel bad for Hungrybox

Spoiler

we've come full circle now

 

[emb]

press 1 if you feel bad for Hungrybox

Spoiler

we've come full circle now

So many reasons to feel bad for Hungrybox.

 

[Trey]

Never watched Apex before. I'm up for a halfway to EVO torunament!

I just wish the big stuff wasn'lt super bowl sunday.

Yeah, looks like I'll only be able to catch the melee finals.

 

[TheChits]

Phenomenal thread Revven. Great job!

Hi Prog you're the best glad I could meet you at Evo last year

And gosh I'm excited, really hope Smash 4 has some great matches, as that, as that's my main fighting game right now and would love to see how the top level functions

Prepare for lots and lots and lots of hoo hah

 

[theprodigy]

what were the super final numbers for all the Smash games again?

 

[Karsticles]

I'll never get tired of the hoo hah thing. My friends have started calling Diddy Kong, Commander Hoo-Hah, which is a reference to a fearful and militant character in Camp Lazlo.

To me, "hoohah" is slang for vagina, so I am weirded out by everyone saying it so much without context.

 

[Revven]

what were the super final numbers for all the Smash games again?

Like 1037 for Melee, 827 for Smash 4, 179 for Smash 64, and 166 for Brawl I think?

That's all from my memory. Can't check because the Apex website is still down. :/

 

[Nanashrew]

To me, "hoohah" is slang for vagina, so I am weirded out by everyone saying it so much without context.

That's true =x. I guess for me, the new context is of a militant character from an older cartoon I used to watch.

 

[Anth0ny]

Guys the super bowl is going to be boring. Probably a blow out. Believe me, I know these things.

Apex will probably have the most hype top 8s of the year. Watch super bowl and your Katy perry half time show after.

 

[ffdgh]

This is going to be good.

 

[theprodigy]

Like 1037 for Melee, 827 for Smash 4, 179 for Smash 64, and 166 for Brawl I think?

That's all from my memory. Can't check because the Apex website is still down. :/

well I'll count it up myself then lol

64 1v1-188
64 2v2-42

Melee 1v1-1040
Melee 2v2-264

Brawl 1v1-176
Brawl 2v2-41

Smash 4 1v1-838
Smash 4 2v2-180

also, unofficial count: Melee/Smash 4: 205, Brawl/Smash 4: 154 (who are the other 22 lol)

Guys the super bowl is going to be boring. Probably a blow out. Believe me, I know these things.

Apex will probably have the most hype top 8s of the year. Watch super bowl and your Katy perry half time show after.

who's going to blow out who then

 

[Jigolo]

Leffen vs chillin


Cast your votes GAF

Spoiler

lol

 

[PreyingShark]

Guys the super bowl is going to be boring. Probably a blow out. Believe me, I know these things.

Apex will probably have the most hype top 8s of the year. Watch super bowl and your Katy perry half time show after.

...What Super Bowl?

...I'm serious, it somehow always creeps up on me.

 

[Pappasman]

Okay, prediction time.

Melee Top 8
1. M2K's Marth
2. Mango
3. Armada
4. Leffen
5. Axe
6. PPMD
7. Lucky
8. Westballz

Smash 4
1. Zero
2-8. doesn't matter because Zero will win without breaking a sweat.


Also if anyone wants to make a fantasy team you can do it here.
http://smash.gg/fantasyapex

Here is mine: http://smash.gg/fantasyapex/349b4427

Add 13 players from the list of available players. Each player is assigned a dollar value primarily based on their 2014 MIOM ranking. Each player on your roster receives points based on their final placement at Apex 2015 Melee Singles.

 

[direct_quote]

Guys the super bowl is going to be boring. Probably a blow out. Believe me, I know these things.

Apex will probably have the most hype top 8s of the year. Watch super bowl and your Katy perry half time show after.

It was a blow out last year, so yah probably. Doesn't mean people will cancel their super bowl parties though..

 

[Azure J]

This is the perfect way to help me forget that I might have made a huge mistake making my current semester schedule. Roll on Apex weekend!

In for everything, primarily Melee, 4, and Xrd though.

This video is even better lead-up material

^Required viewing by the way.

Oh my days. This is the first time I'm seeing this in full. Leffen fucking killing it though:

"Everyone's all 'We'll help you win against Leffen, Chillin" but no one's saying 'We hope you win Apex Chillin'."

Money/soul betting for Fox's default color has to be one of the more inspired bets I've seen in competitive gaming. :lol

who's going to blow out who then

Leffin vs chillin


Cast your votes GAF

Spoiler

lol

The timing on these posts though... :lol

 

[JB-the-Hunter]

Phenomenal thread Revven. Great job!



Prepare for lots and lots and lots of hoo hah

There won't be as much Diddy as people expect. That's more of a low-mid level thing.

 

[MaddenNFL64]

Is Nakat at Apex? His Ness is bad ass.

 

[Revven]

Is Nakat at Apex? His Ness is bad ass.

Yes, I put him in the notable players list at the bottom of the OP.

 

[SDBurton]

Sooo pumped for this!

 

[Kimosabae]

I'm hoping the top 8/16 doesn't even get started until after the game.

 

[Revven]

It's confirmed now, Bizarro Flame will be facing against Eikelmann in the Salty Suite instead of Kage due to Kage falling ill:

I just confirmed that I'll be taking place of @Kagethewarrior in the Salty Suite match vs @Bizzarro_Flame

Norcal vs Florida, part two.

Source: https://twitter.com/EikelmannRUS/status/560949188209696768

Will update OP accordingly. Still Ganondorf dittos and Eikelmann does sort of play a "fundamentals" kind of Ganondorf like Kage does so it should still be a hype match. Esp. because it's NorCal vs Florida again.

Edit: Also removed Tafokints vs Slox as according to the salty suite schedule video it's not in the lineup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klKmWWC3OXo

Edit 2: OHHHH SHIT HAX AND AXE MIGHT BE TEAMING:

...Teams? @Mortality_Axe

Source

 

[J@hranimo]

Hax x Axe sounds powerful. Might have to catch more doubles this year.

 

[Josh5890]

Guys the super bowl is going to be boring. Probably a blow out. Believe me, I know these things.

Apex will probably have the most hype top 8s of the year. Watch super bowl and your Katy perry half time show after.

Ok Mr. Smarty Pants. Where should I put my $1000 bet down on for the big game?

 

[Codeblue]

Those Street Fighter brackets are looking pretty weak.

 

[Revven]

Those Street Fighter brackets are looking pretty weak.

There's still signing up at the door allowed for those games.

Anyway, the Smash 4 Salty Suite details are out.

Friday night instead of Saturday so there's no conflict with the main salty suite. Added to the OP.

 

[JB-the-Hunter]

Abadango vs. Koolaid = Pac-Man dittos

Boss vs. Mr. Con Con = Luigi dittos

Also, I believe LoF vs. DA is a 4v4 (8 player Smash) battle. Hopefully they try out Pyrosphere, Norfair and Pokemon Stadium 2.

 

[Laws00]

What Apex was it the year when finals for smash was till almost 4 or 5 AM east coast time? Good lord that was something else

 

[Revven]

What Apex was it the year when finals for smash was till almost 4 or 5 AM east coast time? Good lord that was something else

Apex 2013. That was when Brawl was the main event and they had the finals start at nearly midnight and the game kept going until like 3 AM or something.

 

[Anth0ny]

who's going to blow out who then

Ok Mr. Smarty Pants. Where should I put my $1000 bet down on for the big game?

leffen

It was a blow out last year, so yah probably. Doesn't mean people will cancel their super bowl parties though..

this year, apex will have a beginners stream. This will make converting your super bowl parties into apex parties much easier!

 

[Revven]

Oh yeah and tonight at 1 AM EST is the MIOM Live at Apex pre-show: www.twitch.tv/vgbootcamp

They're going to have a special guest... JC from the Nintendo Treehouse! And apparently, he's going to be making some Nintendo-related announcements at some point during the show? Wut wut?

Oh by the way. JC will be making some official Nintendo-related announcements as a guest on MIOM tonight. Don't. Miss. It. #smashbros

Source

Don't want to overhype it but... maybe it'll be some good stuff.

 

[HawthorneKitty]

Isn't ESAM not going?