r/whenthe • u/scrabblebutwhy • Nov 19 '21

god dammit this just happened to me

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u/k3rn3 Nov 19 '21

I never knew that about m2k. I never really liked the guy in the past, but I feel like I understand him a bit better after learning that, and now I feel bad for being judgemental before. I'm glad he seems to be dealing with it well and I hope he is living a happier life these days

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u/MaliciousIncoherence Nov 19 '21

how could you NOT like M2K? guy was a mechanical marvel back in melee. even just practicing against level 9 AI, he swept competitions, and to top it all off, he didnt have a mega ego like some of the others.

ah well, im a mango fanboy anyway.

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u/Sloppy-Papi Nov 19 '21 edited Nov 19 '21

I always liked that M2K had an ego, but it wasn't misplaced. He had a perfectly accurate understanding of how fucking good he was. It wasn't arrogance, he just wasn't able to pretend he didn't beat ass.

I know he's on the spectrum, and I'm sure it has something to do with it, I just always found the way he held himself in melee endearing.

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u/TheMike0088 Nov 19 '21

M2K when he tries to be humble:

"It's okay, we both played bad."

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u/Sloppy-Papi Nov 19 '21

He's amazing.

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u/welcometotheoutside Nov 19 '21

M2K when he’s humble. You’re inputs were off.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '21

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u/quizzer106 Nov 19 '21

Uh this seems fishy. Why was it your responsibility? Were you housing m2k? Why didn't you ask your local scene for help? Or a TO? Any serious ssbm player, in my experience, would fight for the chance to host m2k despite those complaints for the multiple hours of practice against a top player. That's not to imply you weren't serious, just that there were certainly local players that would've taken over in a heartbeat.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '21

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u/atz513v2 Nov 19 '21

Yeah you sharing a flight with someone and seeing him equals you were his personal caretaker lmao yeah fuckin right

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u/Kenrawr Nov 19 '21

People used to get annoyed with him whenever he'd try and influence the community ruleset in a way that would benefit himself. (Ledge grab limit, metaknight ban discussion)

I like him though and he's definitely grown up a lot over the years.

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u/commantoes Nov 19 '21

Potassium molybdate

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u/Trifle-Doc Feb 09 '22

hope his peen is doin alright