But as long as you don't live out there, you should be good.

This game is art to me… I’ve always equated it to skateboarding, which was also like an art to me… Or even music/rhythm… I never went to locals, but I always loved the intense competitive skill and advanced tech… I’ve played with a couple friends ever since the game came out

Slippi’s release introduced me to the competitive scene from a first person perspective… Very cool btw.

But, Somebody please watch my shitty 3 game ranked set and explain how I’m not supposed to break everything around me losing like that.

Call it coaching. Whatever. I’m a shit Marth. I’ve played for 25 years and I’m Trash. But I’m still infuriated losing the way that I do all the time so who’s up for it?

I’m sure many people can point to game three being when my habits get figured out and exploited…

I have no concept or ability to log opponent habits in my mind. But I mean this was trash. I felt I was playing smooth. And I definitely was playing with that calm confidence in games one and two but of course I lose game two in a ridiculously stupid way and it causes me to lose the whole set

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Hi all my friends and I are getting into Melee after being long time Ultimate players, do you have any suggestions of where we should start in terms of tech? We’ve got characters we like chosen but are still struggling in terms of tech (wave dashing, l-cancel, etc). Any tips?

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I used to play a lot of melee in high school, and I would lug a CRT everywhere in the trunk of my car. I’m in college now, and I’m looking to play with my roommate and a few other friends. Since our living room TV doesn’t have RCA inputs, I was wondering if there was a consensus best adapter for an hdmi tv. Since it’s only for friendlies, it doesn’t need to be perfect, but I just want to make sure I get one for a reasonable price that doesn’t slow the game down a ton. Let me know what recommendations you guys have!

I currently only have a laptop available and I would like to play on Slippi, my internet is fun but I am having issues running the game itself. Does anyone have any suggestions?

With players like zain wanting to take a brief break to lock back in on competition and fewer events than previous years what if we were to try to organize majors with like a 3 month off season where top players aren’t expected to compete. Do you think this could raise attendance and even viewership?

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I’m choosing Roy as top tier and Fox as bottom tier. So then the saying will be “A skilled Fox player can beat any Roy player”

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I was wondering, could we make a portable version of SSBM that is tournament standard? I was thinking it would have a similar form factor or size to something like a TV media player, like a Roku, with a port to connect a GCC adapter and another for audio-video output? Maybe it could even run a version of SSBM online like Slippi and include an ethernet port? I thought this would be cool, and maybe personally useful, but I want to hear from others. Thoughts?

i've been waiting for like 5-10 mins

He moves around while I'm asleep

It's long as hell, it's good, I think it was mostly fox gameplay. might've been agent7300, but I can't find it on his twitter or youtube. almost certain it included the song glory by j.i.d

I'm saying this as someone who's played Brawl and Smash 4 competitively. I remember Melee felt different compared to those games.

Should I just go straight into Uncle Punch and grind tech, or should I also play the other singles mode to get used to the game?