fredrancour
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Compendium levels also pump money into the pot for the crew battle. I forget what it's at now.The top level will be pretty high if the thingmakes it
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Competitive Super Smash Bros. Melee Discussion Thread
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theprodigy
Member
level 7 completed, it's just the Tafokints+Melee analyst desk though
so...do they plan on having new rewards after level 10?
edit: this is the last day of registration, Melee is currently over 1300 and Smash 4 is currently over 500
so...do they plan on having new rewards after level 10?
edit: this is the last day of registration, Melee is currently over 1300 and Smash 4 is currently over 500
Saw the 20XXTE replay trailer and makes me wonder if it would be possible to retrieve the position and animation states of characters on screen and use that in a separate program with maybe custom or smash 4 models, so for viewers at least melee HD would exist. I can see a lot of hurdles in developing such a program though.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
I've seen some people suggest having it added to PM, since modifying Brawl's replay system is apparently exceedingly difficult.
Replays+Dolphin is already going to provide that effective Melee HD though.
theprodigy
Member
level 8 and 9 completed ($1000 Smash 4 singles pot bonus, non-esports commentary for Melee, $2000 Melee singles pot bonus, overnight Smash 4 ballroom), and apparently now there's levels 11-15!
remember that the pot bonuses aren't cumulative though, so the Melee singles bonus is only $2000 right now (and Smash 4 at $1000)
remember that the pot bonuses aren't cumulative though, so the Melee singles bonus is only $2000 right now (and Smash 4 at $1000)
My face when I saw that on-stream, was that of pure disgust. Also Canada is getting beat on the crewbattle voting, I'm going to have to drop some dough.
theprodigy
Member
Who's going to make the thread for HTC Throwdown/Dreamhack London?
Mew2King plays Mario Maker: http://oddshot.tv/shot/mvg-league-20150915194251673
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Jigolo
Member
I really hope PP ends up going. He needs to get to funday before that tho
theprodigy
Member
So MLG New Orleans will have both Melee and Smash 4, $10000 prize pool for each game (I find it funny how it's less than the $15000 for MLG Anaheim, but at least it's for two games now), and a tentative 256 player cap per game.
also The Big House 5 schedule:
also The Big House 5 schedule:
you know, I always wanted to go to an MLG
but I'm busy that weekend. shit. new orleans sounds like fun.
all 6 gods showing up to big house 5 would be crazy. they might as well stay for mlg, too. autumn of smash?!?
This fall has definitely been stacked. We've had P@X, HTC, Dreamhack, and now MLG all announced out of nowhere with big prize pools. Plus Paragon. And BH5 looks like it's going to be one of the highlights of the year.
theprodigy
Member
other fun facts for The Big House 5:
56/100 of the MIOM top 100 are attending, I believe this, Apex, and Evo are the only tournaments this year with at least half
1320 Melee singles entrants, 516 Smash 4 singles entrants (so Smash 4 did need its first cap increase....barely; Melee went through two full cap increases and ate into a decent chunk of its 3rd)
56/100 of the MIOM top 100 are attending, I believe this, Apex, and Evo are the only tournaments this year with at least half
1320 Melee singles entrants, 516 Smash 4 singles entrants (so Smash 4 did need its first cap increase....barely; Melee went through two full cap increases and ate into a decent chunk of its 3rd)
It was a pretty bad viewing experience at times too.
"It's not barbecue without the right ingredients. Oh, and cheddar!"
Though the early pro pools and the spectacle of the finals were impressive.
LucidMomentum
Member
I haven't practiced Melee in like 2 months. I was amazed I didn't go 0-2 at paragon.
Meanwhile, my PM skill is improving I feel. My characters suffer from awful neutral options, so I'm working on getting the most out of my movements and not getting baited so much.
As fun as paragon was, it doesn't beat the friendliness and coziness of our small biweeklies. I'm going to start working on power rankings for our area too. We've been without them far too long.
lol right? I broke that dude's shield then completely messed up my punish haha.
theprodigy
Member
sounds like a typical new age player, got all tech skill no fundamentals Kappa
also The Big House 5 compendium finally hit level 10, which is the mini-documentary by Last Stock Legends
...they should at least throw some pot bonuses to Smash 4 at level 11/12, come on now
So guys, does anyone here know how I'd go about streaming Melee with the Elgato HD60? I've got a Smash itch and I'm curious to find out if there's some way I could do as much with this setup of mine. I tried Project M a while back but still had things to fiddle with in Dolphin.
God damn, Luigi's the best.
Hype so real you get lost in it sometimes. That is truly the worst. :lol
God damn, Luigi's the best.
Hype so real you get lost in it sometimes. That is truly the worst. :lol
What are you playing Melee on? Dolphin, a Wii/Wii U, or Gamecube? If you're using Dolphin then you should be able to use something like OBS to stream the game window.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Nintendont on Wii U if that is an option. I think that might be lagless if you have a fast enough HDTV or monitor.
Otherwise, you would honestly be better off getting some dedicated hardware for capturing Melee than trying to use a HDMI-only capture card. You can buy a decent composite/S-Video USB "video grabber" and some extra cables for a lot less than the hardware to properly deal with HDMI. I use a Diamond VC500 but there are a lot them and I don't know which are the best.
Then I have a Monoprice Wii component+s-video cable. Composite to the TV, s-video for capturing, Wii sends signal through both so no video splitter needed. For audio you can use some cheap Y splitters, then you just need the RCA cables to go to the TV and capture dongle.
Can't help much on the software side if you want to stream. I don't, so I record uncompressed with Virtualdub and then compress afterward with Handbrake.
Otherwise, you would honestly be better off getting some dedicated hardware for capturing Melee than trying to use a HDMI-only capture card. You can buy a decent composite/S-Video USB "video grabber" and some extra cables for a lot less than the hardware to properly deal with HDMI. I use a Diamond VC500 but there are a lot them and I don't know which are the best.
Then I have a Monoprice Wii component+s-video cable. Composite to the TV, s-video for capturing, Wii sends signal through both so no video splitter needed. For audio you can use some cheap Y splitters, then you just need the RCA cables to go to the TV and capture dongle.
Can't help much on the software side if you want to stream. I don't, so I record uncompressed with Virtualdub and then compress afterward with Handbrake.
LucidMomentum
Member
So uh,
This happened to my bro and me at the Biweekly last night:
This happened to my bro and me at the Biweekly last night:
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
I'm going to prove that there is a such thing as a dumb question.
How do you try?
I feel like I knowingly make sub-optimal decisions. For example, I had an opponent standing on stage, waiting for my get up option. I could have shino stalled to force him to give me some space and attempted an invincible get up, I considered it, very briefly, before going nah, roll up the ledge.
They wavedash back, fsmash, RIP Sheik.
Same thing happens in neutral. Consider some options for a situation and end up going with "just dash attack" and get punished super hard for it.
How do you try?
I feel like I knowingly make sub-optimal decisions. For example, I had an opponent standing on stage, waiting for my get up option. I could have shino stalled to force him to give me some space and attempted an invincible get up, I considered it, very briefly, before going nah, roll up the ledge.
They wavedash back, fsmash, RIP Sheik.
Same thing happens in neutral. Consider some options for a situation and end up going with "just dash attack" and get punished super hard for it.
So uh,
This happened to my bro and me at the Biweekly last night:
I'm going to guess your the ganondorf that got annihlated.
My take on this: there are a lot of options in most situations. All have different risk/reward. All may have different timings and leniencies. The game happens fast.
When you're considering what to do, the options are coming to mind really quickly, and you have increasingly little time to decide. You might start to doubt the timing for whatever seems optimal, your execution, or your opponent's upcoming choice. As your decision cycles through options, you hit the point where you have to decide. Immediately after deciding and starting to carry it out, you keep thinking about the options. Time moves on a couple frames, and you keep getting updated information about the situation. Before it feels like the interaction is even beginning, the effect of hindsight is already kicking in.
Sorry, I accidentally wrote a bunch of words for what's probably a dumb answer. Tl;Dr: you're probably subconsciously processing additional information that leads you to one decision or the other, and hindsight may start earlier than we realize while playing.
It's hard to think about this game and play it at the same time. This game is just hard in general.
theprodigy
Member
what the HELL is this match at Dreamhack
so much random shit, so good
so much random shit, so good
Other than Armada's matches, top 16 of Dreamhack looks like it's gonna be pretty hype.
Winners side right now has:
Professor Pro vs Amsah
Ice vs Android
Tekk vs Westballz
I barely get what it was supposed to advertise though. Just the HTC brand name? idk. I saw the one guy with a new phone. Guess I need to get the new HTC phone, Kappa.
Winners side right now has:
Professor Pro vs Amsah
Ice vs Android
Tekk vs Westballz
Really awkward, awful commercial. But I guess we're talking about it now; that matters a little in marketing, right?
I barely get what it was supposed to advertise though. Just the HTC brand name? idk. I saw the one guy with a new phone. Guess I need to get the new HTC phone, Kappa.
The Sarcastic Dude
Banned
Mango out at 17th. Holy Crap.
theprodigy
Member
Mango bringing Clown9 to Melee