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[Xeteh]

lol at all this passive-aggressive salt.

cry more

There's people doing it for every game. Just tune it out.

 

[Gucci Messiah]

The amount of sour posts in this thread is hilarious. Ya'll need to find something else to do rather than post snarky as fuck bullshit.

Yeah the "Melee is on time to take a break lol" posts are pretty embarrassing

 

[Conceited]

i really don't mind each game having its time to shine but i genuinely hope smash doesn't take kof levels of time like it did last year

 

[Crayolan]

Before melee starts, in case anyone missed it, here's Chudat's insane Sopo comeback vs HugS from yesterday, which landed him in top 8. Poor Hugs got so close with Samus.

 

[Jachaos]

Man I hope all the Smash haters don't shit up the thread with their salt/hatred.

2 pages too late

 

[skLaFarebear]

man Melee is gonna take foreeever

Hope it runs extra long this year. Goin out to dinner later and don't wanna miss too much of Marvel.

 

[V-Faction]

I think it'll be really funny if Smash 4 ends up being quicker then Melee when all is said and done. Smash 4 top 8 finished really quick compared to what people were expecting.

It did.

But resets always play into the lengths. If it's a sweep, I'm expecting an abrupt finish.

 

[Chase17]

If hbox starts planking, people are going to get so mad.

Didn't think about this. I'm going to prepare for the salt.

 

[Xater]

EVO 2014 Viewers on Twitch:

1.) Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 – 149,470 viewers

2.) Super Smash Bros. Melee – ~137,800

3.) Ultra Street Fighter 4 – 130,396

4.) Killer Instinct – 88,517

5.) BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma – 80,861

We are already smashing records!

SFIV would do better if it wasn't at ungodly times for Europeans.

 

[MassiveNights]

What's up with the smash bros hate?

It's just getting stale now for me. Plus it takes too long.

 

[Karsticles]

Kinda cool seeing a racially mixed group of people all going crazy and getting excited for each other. one of those thing you hope the future looks like on a daily basis.

FGC has always excelled in diversity. Only thing we care about is the game. <3

 

[Doomshine]

We'll see if prime time and surprise international top 8 helps push Marvel past Melee viewers, it wasn't doing too hot yesterday.

 

[ShinMaruku]

Kinda cool seeing a racially mixed group of people all going crazy and getting excited for each other. one of those thing you hope the future looks like on a daily basis.

That is why I troll esports and say fighting games will never be esports because esports are not diverse at all.

 

[OceanBlue]

Man I hope all the Smash haters don't shit up the thread with their salt/hatred.

It'll get drowned out for sure. Kinda like how Melee top 32 completely drowned out Xrd top 32.

Surprised people post about Melee hate though lol. It's no big deal that plenty of people tune out different games, but people are most vocal about it with Melee.

 

[NotLiquid]

I want either HungryBox, Armada or Axe to win this.

I want to see Leffen lose as quickly as possible.

 

[Spirit of Jazz]

Man I hope all the Smash haters don't shit up the thread with their salt/hatred.

This happens for every game during Evo and it's annoying as heck. I'd go into more detail but it's time for my 12 hour party game piss break.

 

[CrackPebbles]

Has Sonicfox ever lost a tournament for MKX? Seems boring at this point.

He got 2nd at Combobreaker losing to GGA Dizzy, 4th at CEO.

 

[BigBadShamoo]

This melee music in transition. nice.

 

[TheSeks]

Sonicfox is a very open furry.

JayZCringe.gif

Well, good thing I missed this I guess.

 

[Aaronrules380]

Still wish I could know how Smash 4 would do on the final day. It got around 96000 viewers at max, but it was on a shitty timeslot and on Saturday when it had to compete with other streams

 

[NormalFish]

It'll get drowned out for sure. Kinda like how Melee top 32 completely drowned out Xrd top 32.

Surprised people post about Melee hate though lol. It's no big deal that plenty of people tune out different games, but people are most vocal about it with Melee.

It's basically just a meme at this point

 

[KingBroly]

So what peak did Smash U hit yesterday? I don't remember it being that high, but considering it was in a dead spot, I'd be surprised if it went over 70k.

 

[Frankenstrat]

That is why I troll esports and say fighting games will never be esports because esports are not diverse at all.

Esports is 2 srs anyways.

 

[Eternal Flame]

Does anyone know what the peak number of viewers last year was?

I think marvel peaked at like 148 or 9 k. Melee will more than likely put us over 200k as its usually the second most viewed.

Nothing against melee but I need a lil nap. I'll be back for marvel or maybe melee grand finals. Think I'll leave the stream open though.

 

[I-hate-u]

Can't believe they still have to lug around CRTs to these events.

Nintendo should port the game to NX. Those are guaranteed sales.

 

[BassForever]

It did.

But resets always play into the lengths. If it's a sweep, I'm expecting an abrupt finish.

Even if Smash 4 had a reset it still would have ended faster then last years Melee finals. The 2 stock 6 minute matches seem to be the sweet spot for Smash 4.

 

[RoySFNR]

Man all the Smash haters here. I mean, I don't care one bit about Marvel but you don't see me dropping snarky comments about the amount of viewers it got on Friday.

 

[Firemind]

Mango got dis

Wish I could watch the stream ;-;

 

[Loco4Coco]

Melee started already? Saw the finals for Guilty Gears earlier, dude celebrated too soon!

 

[OceanBlue]

JayZCringe.gif

Well, good thing I missed this I guess.

He sounds like a really cool guy. Would rather hang out with him than with a lot of the other "personalities" in the FGC.

 

[Aaronrules380]

So what peak did Smash U hit yesterday? I don't remember it being that high, but considering it was in a dead spot, I'd be surprised if it went over 70k.

96000 by the end. But yeah, it was held back by being on a dead slot and on Saturday.

 

[Captain Rage Quit 69]

Remember the correct Melee players to root for are PPMD and PPMD.

 

[Producer]

Man all the Smash haters here. I mean, I don't care one bit about Marvel but you don't see me dropping snarky comments about the amount of viewers it got on Friday.

Marvel wasnt played Friday

 

[LOLDSFAN]

I want either HungryBox, Armada or Axe to win this.

I want to see Leffen lose as quickly as possible.

Axe or American for me.

 

[theprodigy]

Still wish I could know how Smash 4 would do on the final day. It got around 96000 viewers at max, but it was on a shitty timeslot and on Saturday when it had to compete with other streams

Smash 4 would do something slightly lower than Melee

there's your answer

 

[Nanashrew]

i really don't mind each game having its time to shine but i genuinely hope smash doesn't take kof levels of time like it did last year

Last year smash actually ended on time, KOF put everything before it off schedule from endless bracket resets.

 

[Pappasman]

Esports is 2 srs anyways.

PPMD Kreygasm

 

[RC]

The only thing I'm salty about is there being two smash games at EVO.

I've given up on hating Smash since it's here to stay at EVO.

 

[NotLiquid]

I love how SaltyBets has a bet on whether the Finals are going to start before or at/after 1:15 PM.

 

[BassForever]

So what peak did Smash U hit yesterday? I don't remember it being that high, but considering it was in a dead spot, I'd be surprised if it went over 70k.

IIRC it hit 80k which was fairly impressive given it's time slot and how much else was going on around it.

 

[PhoenixDawn]

Still wish I could know how Smash 4 would do on the final day. It got around 96000 viewers at max, but it was on a shitty timeslot and on Saturday when it had to compete with other streams

I was surprised it got that high, but it was great to see it. Especially considering it got sent to die with that timeslot. Can't believe they even prioritized melee semifinals in a better slot than the smash 4 finals. It is what it is though.

 

[Aaronrules380]

Smash 4 would do something slightly lower than Melee

there's your answer

I mean you say that, but can you really be sure?

 

[crash-14]

Evo needs to start step up his game on game set ups transition. They always kill the stream momentum.

 

[KingBroly]

96000 by the end. But yeah, it was held back by being on a dead slot and on Saturday.

That's higher than KI did last night. Wow.

 

[BumblebeeCody]

It's a matter of how late it is for international viewers really. We'll see.

EVO has always been arse with stream times. Every year I'm up till 5am(UK) for EVO finals. Germany, Sweden, Finland all around 6am.

 

[Gucci Messiah]

He sounds like a really cool guy. Would rather hang out with him than with a lot of the other "personalities" in the FGC.

Me too as long as he left the tail at home

 

[LiK]

SonicFox is only 17 and made more money than most of us at that age lol

 

[BigBadShamoo]

Melee started already? Saw the finals for Guilty Gears earlier, dude celebrated too soon!

It hasn't yet.

 

[Revven]

I love how SaltyBets has a bet on whether the Finals are going to start before or at/after 1:15 PM.

They do it for every game lol.

 

[NotLiquid]

IIRC it hit 80k which was fairly impressive given it's time slot and how much else was going on around it.

Wasn't it somewhere in the ~93k area during the finals or am I thinking of something else?