Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: that Baby guy on April 10, 2008, 03:55:53 PM
Alright, Vudu and Pale, when can you play?
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: vudu on April 10, 2008, 03:58:14 PM
I'm available tonight probably between 8 and 10 CST and Saturday morning.
EasyCure and I were already planning on rumbling, so this works out well.
Wait a minute, items on low? What kind of crap is this?
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: DAaaMan64 on April 10, 2008, 03:59:04 PM
Caliban we are both Pacific time aren't we? Let me know of a time, I cannot do saturday. So either tomorrow or this afternoon.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: that Baby guy on April 10, 2008, 05:52:11 PM
Well, if you prefer them on normal, we can switch things around. I made one indulgence for myself in the rules, and that was that the items would be set to low rather than high. Since players are allowed to play around with the requirements, I didn't think there'd be an issue.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on April 10, 2008, 06:20:48 PM
I think Saturday evening is my only blackout time (not counting time spent at work).
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: Caliban on April 10, 2008, 07:36:48 PM
Caliban we are both Pacific time aren't we? Let me know of a time, I cannot do saturday. So either tomorrow or this afternoon.
I'm on Eastern time. I can't do it today because I've got to finish an assignment, but tomorrow will be perfect. Depending on how my day goes at school tomorrow I will be available from 5pm until 2am or 3am on Saturday, which in Pacific time means that I'm available from 2pm to midnight I think.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: that Baby guy on April 10, 2008, 07:49:46 PM
Any one opposed to letting Smash_Brother in?
No?
Ok, as long as he wants in, he's in, and he plays the two players with byes. Now to talk to him.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: Smash_Brother on April 10, 2008, 07:51:49 PM
So I'm going against Decoy and Daaman for the first two rounds?
I should just PM them, then?
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: that Baby guy on April 10, 2008, 07:52:53 PM
Yes, precisely. I'll send them both a message, too.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: EasyCure on April 10, 2008, 08:09:20 PM
FRICK! i'm trying to connect to the network with no effing luck. when i did connect not a single person from here was on. i would much rather get my ass whipped sooner than later because i have no idea when i'll be able to coordinate fights iwth you guys, but i'll try
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: vudu on April 10, 2008, 09:23:03 PM
I'M ON NOW; WHERE ARE YOU?
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: EasyCure on April 10, 2008, 09:27:24 PM
playing subspace be right there@!
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: Shecky on April 10, 2008, 09:31:20 PM
Ok, as long as he wants in, he's in, and he plays the two players with byes. Now to talk to him.
We have byes?
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: vudu on April 10, 2008, 09:37:05 PM
Not anymore. There was originally an odd number of players.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: that Baby guy on April 10, 2008, 09:55:46 PM
Wait, Shecky, you signed up?
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: Shecky on April 10, 2008, 10:01:34 PM
I thought I was "late", wasn't sure what the extension was. I have a post in there somewhere... but whatever, I'd just like to play against a few of you, s'all
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: that Baby guy on April 10, 2008, 10:02:58 PM
I can play right now, but you'll have to give me a moment, my Wii is malfunctioning.
Edit: No, wait, I think my roomie is literally downstairs with a different Wii-Remote, just messing with me.
Yup, he thought I wouldn't realize it.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: DAaaMan64 on April 11, 2008, 01:31:48 AM
I lost to smash_brother.
PRO-TIP: In heavy lag, use a slow character, it makes a world of difference!
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: Pale on April 11, 2008, 10:56:46 AM
I can't quite set up a specific time yet but I'll be available at some point.
Anyone who's playing me try AIMing me at PaleZer0 (the 0 is the number zero)
Order doesn't really matter of the first two rounds due to double elimination, correct?
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: that Baby guy on April 11, 2008, 11:26:06 AM
Right, order doesn't matter.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: Pale on April 11, 2008, 11:31:17 AM
PS, I predict that I will lose both of these first two matches.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: Armak88 on April 11, 2008, 07:21:40 PM
I'll face anyone right now for fun....
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: Ceric on April 11, 2008, 07:38:58 PM
For the people facing me. Looks like Sunday might work the best... I'll try to be on AIM tonight and Sunday Morning.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: vudu on April 11, 2008, 07:47:26 PM
thatguy and EasyCure, I'm available tomorrow morning and early afternoon. You guys ready to get beat down?
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: Armak88 on April 11, 2008, 09:22:25 PM
I beat ParyBear for my round two fight
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on April 11, 2008, 09:36:45 PM
I don't mean to sound like a sore loser, because I mean no ill to Armak for winning fair and square, but there's just no way to say this next bit without sounding like a whiny baby. I am apparently absolutely incapable of adjusting to lag, and I am about ready to just stop trying. I hope you win, Ceric, because then I'll be out of this mess before I embarrass myself any further.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: Caliban on April 12, 2008, 12:25:53 AM
I lost against DAaaMan64, 2-0. Some wierd connection issue happened during our second match, so unfortunately we had to redo a second match.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: Dasmos on April 12, 2008, 11:15:10 AM
Yeah there was a misunderstanding. I didn't join the tournament. What I posted was: "I'd love to join, but my FC is broken".
So basically I can't play.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: Pale on April 12, 2008, 11:25:44 AM
I'll try and add you today Dasmos and see if I have any luck.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: that Baby guy on April 12, 2008, 12:39:04 PM
When can you play today Pale?
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: Smash_Brother on April 12, 2008, 12:55:07 PM
I don't mean to sound like a sore loser, because I mean no ill to Armak for winning fair and square, but there's just no way to say this next bit without sounding like a whiny baby. I am apparently absolutely incapable of adjusting to lag, and I am about ready to just stop trying. I hope you win, Ceric, because then I'll be out of this mess before I embarrass myself any further.
I'd recommend using Ike. He seems to suffer the least from lag of any character.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: that Baby guy on April 12, 2008, 02:17:46 PM
Alright, I slaughtered Pale, so that's a win for me.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: Armak88 on April 12, 2008, 02:20:51 PM
I'm waiting for EasyCure to come on for our round 1, does anyone else want to go a few for fun?
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: decoyman on April 12, 2008, 03:11:11 PM
Pale, I tried without luck to add Dasmos. It says "The Friend Code you entered is Incorrect" or something to that order.
Also, S_B took down both my Pikachu in round 1 and my Kirby in round 2.
HELLO CONSOLATION BRACKET, HERE I COME.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: that Baby guy on April 12, 2008, 03:19:39 PM
Alright, Vudu's had the snot beat out of him.
Time to update the scoreboard.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: decoyman on April 12, 2008, 03:25:12 PM
Hey, I got beat down pretty soundly (at least in the second match), but it would've been cool to just do 3:00 min time matches instead, so we could have recorded them and then seen each other playing. It could've been like a shortened version of the playoffs or something. With stock, though, there's no guarantee that the match will be short enough.
Just my two cents.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: vudu on April 12, 2008, 03:37:14 PM
Also, S_B took down both my Pikachu in round 1 and my Kirby in round 2.
That first match was insanely close.
The Kid Icarus level is about the worst Bowser level, and nearly tied is the 75m stage. If folks here have seen the 300, remember the scene of the war elephants slipping on bodies and falling off the cliff and that's basically Bowser on those stages.
I'm probably going to regret saying that now, as everyone will pick those stages when facing me, heh.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: vudu on April 12, 2008, 06:30:07 PM
The Kid Icarus level is about the worst Bowser level, and nearly tied is the 75m stage. If folks here have seen the 300, remember the scene of the war elephants slipping on bodies and falling off the cliff and that's basically Bowser on those stages.
Hey, and don't blame the stage, give me some credit - I was doing well that first round.:P I had you down to one stock, with three stock left myself, and then the inability to recover began. I actually missile-headbutteded myself FURTHER from the stage one time as I tried to get back, and then of course didn't make it back at all. I bet you got some laughs out of that - your "Doh!" taunt is very fitting:) For me, it was more "GAH, NO PIKA, WHY?!"
For the next match, though Pikachu's my main, I decided to choose Kirby because the 'chu's recovery had been so hit-or-miss in the previous match... but when you can't land a blow, it doesn't matter how many times you get back to the stage, I suppose.
Nice matches, btw, your Bowser is really strong.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: Ceric on April 12, 2008, 07:12:23 PM
I won't be able to do my matches. Baby is coming.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: that Baby guy on April 12, 2008, 07:38:02 PM
Alright. Congrats! I'll just remove you from the tournament, then.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: Caliban on April 12, 2008, 09:19:05 PM
Yay for Ceric's newborn, and awww for me not to be able to play against him.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: decoyman on April 12, 2008, 09:58:24 PM
Wow, dude. I guess we won't see you around for awhile:) But when you get back, put up some pics of Mini-Ceric.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on April 12, 2008, 11:19:12 PM
I hope everything goes well, Ceric. Not the way I wanted to survive the opening rounds, really. I still hope to get to play you eventually.
I'd recommend using Ike. He seems to suffer the least from lag of any character.
It's a shame I'm terrible with Ike offline, then. If it didn't take three years to get a random match, I'd be able to practice more and maybe get over my problem. Since I think I sounded even worse in that whiny post now than I thought I did when I wrote it, let me just say that Armak played very well and probably would have won regardless. I just get frustrated when I don't feel like I played my best, win or lose. You can ask my local Smash buddy, who gets exasperated with me getting angry when I'm beating him by 10 KOs. It just irks me because I know I can beat him by 15. ;)
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: Armak88 on April 12, 2008, 11:49:43 PM
Faster characters are harder to play as in laggy fights. Their moves come out fast but the hit "window", if you will, is much shorter. The larger characters attacks might be slow but because their animations are longer they are easier to land in a lag filled match where your timing is skewed.
I have a friend who plays Ike and beats me online, but when we play locally I usually beat him. Ike is ideal in a laggy match because his attacks are long lasting, hard hitting and have huge range.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: Shecky on April 13, 2008, 01:00:48 AM
Not anymore. There was originally an odd number of players.
Lies! I see byes!
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: vudu on April 13, 2008, 10:30:42 AM
Weren't you paying attention? Ceric just had a baby, forcing him to drop out of the tourney. We're back to an odd number.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: that Baby guy on April 13, 2008, 11:53:35 AM
Actually, Shecky, you could jump in and fill the byes, but you'd need to play the matches pretty quickly. I don't have a problem with it, but since it's farther into the start of the tournament, if someone else has an issue with a delay, though I doubt they would, I guess you couldn't be in.
So, if you want to play, you should message the two players with byes and see when you can match them.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: Smash_Brother on April 13, 2008, 02:28:30 PM
Hey, and don't blame the stage, give me some credit - I was doing well that first round.:P
I'm not questioning your Pika skills, but the level killed YOU a couple times as well, if I'm not mistaken.
So yeah, that whole match would've gone differently if not for the level.
It's a shame: when I first saw that stage in videos, I thought it looked really neat, but in practice, it's just a horrible, horrible stage.
I still can't believe I survived that. There was one point when I got the smash ball and was thinking, "Crap, I'm probably going to get myself killed with this." like I have in the past. When I was Up+B-ing through the platform while changing back to Bowser, I was stunned I lived.
You're one of the more evil 'chus I've dealt with, that's for sure.
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I bet you got some laughs out of that - your "Doh!" taunt is very fitting:)
It was more like "phew!", actually.
But the "Doh" taunt is pretty much the most appropriate for any situation. It applies so often when someone dies because the game does something stupid.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: DAaaMan64 on April 13, 2008, 03:10:50 PM
Ya I am not a big fan of the Kid Icarus level either...
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: Smash_Brother on April 13, 2008, 04:21:22 PM
I'm generally not a fan of any stage where you spend more time fighting the level than you do the other players.
That includes 75m, Mario Bros., Big Blue, the Kid Icarus level because everything you do destroys the level from beneath you, Jungle Falls, etc.
For people who are going to chastise me for disliking these, remember that every additional random element which must be tracked from Wii to Wii further lags the game. I've played with a group of four players without lag, then the next round went to 75m and started lagging like crazy.
I'm not at all averse to the Warioware level because it only occasionally has you do minigames.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: DAaaMan64 on April 13, 2008, 05:30:32 PM
I'm generally not a fan of any stage where you spend more time fighting the level than you do the other players.
That includes 75m, Mario Bros., Big Blue, the Kid Icarus level because everything you do destroys the level from beneath you, Jungle Falls, etc.
For people who are going to chastise me for disliking these, remember that every additional random element which must be tracked from Wii to Wii further lags the game. I've played with a group of four players without lag, then the next round went to 75m and started lagging like crazy.
I'm not at all averse to the Warioware level because it only occasionally has you do minigames.
I agree with a possible lag issue if your talking about internet lag. I do love those other types of levels too the because of how much more interesting it can make fights. It also helps you measure a players greed.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round one and two have begun!
Post by: that Baby guy on April 13, 2008, 06:09:14 PM
I agree with you, SB. A stage is no good, IMO, if you can't fight someone the entire time, and instead have to avoid things going on all the time. However, some people are nuts over making sure that everything is completely left alone with what Sakurai made, so I left the rules alone.
Results were all technically due at 3:00 PM EST, but I'll extend the deadline to 9:00 PM EST because I didn't make that clear earlier.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round I + II end at 9:00 EST tonight! Results are due!
Post by: Caliban on April 13, 2008, 06:43:04 PM
I messaged back Shecky that I could have a match with him, but today I'm just too tired from my job, and I'm going to be busy the next 2 weeks with school, so I'm just going to give up my bye.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round I + II end at 9:00 EST tonight! Results are due!
Post by: Shecky on April 13, 2008, 07:22:44 PM
I messaged back Shecky that I could have a match with him, but today I'm just too tired from my job, and I'm going to be busy the next 2 weeks with school, so I'm just going to give up my bye.
No problem... just looking to get a few matches in really.
As for the levels, I actually like the Kid Icarus level quite a bit. I've learned to leverage a few of it's unique traits. :)
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round I + II end at 9:00 EST tonight! Results are due!
Post by: that Baby guy on April 13, 2008, 09:24:35 PM
Let's do this: Let's let Shecky in, but give him a penalty or something, since we've mostly gone through two rounds. Should we let him in but give him a "loss?" Is there any less significant of a penalty, or is that fair?
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round I + II end at 9:00 EST tonight! Results are due!
Post by: vudu on April 13, 2008, 09:26:37 PM
Let's let him in without a loss but get Pale to change his title to something demeaning.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round I + II end at 9:00 EST tonight! Results are due!
Post by: Shecky on April 13, 2008, 09:31:14 PM
I really don't want in that badly
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round I + II end at 9:00 EST tonight! Results are due!
Post by: that Baby guy on April 13, 2008, 09:32:50 PM
We want you in. I like what Vudu said. Anyways, it looks like Dasmos is broken, so if you can fight Pale or something, that works, too.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round I + II end at 9:00 EST tonight! Results are due!
Post by: vudu on April 13, 2008, 09:34:29 PM
This is all for fun. I don't think anyone here is that serious about if you come in late. (I know I'm not.)
I think thatguy should start to schedule the losers into a separate tournament so we can determine who the worst Brawl player is at NWR.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round I + II end at 9:00 EST tonight! Results are due!
Post by: that Baby guy on April 13, 2008, 10:12:40 PM
I'll do that. Once you get two losses, I'll move you to a losers bracket, where you play until you win.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round III has begun!
Post by: that Baby guy on April 13, 2008, 10:25:22 PM
Round III is up.
The losers tournament will not start yet, since Dasmos is broken.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round III has begun!
Post by: Armak88 on April 13, 2008, 10:46:55 PM
thatguy vs. Smash_Brother is going to be a big fight, looks like. I think Shecky should have to fight all three of us at once haha.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round III has begun!
Post by: Shecky on April 13, 2008, 11:21:35 PM
I've already done that and lost :)
Turned on teams with thatguy, hoping he'd stay on red and set the computer to green ... he picked green
Oh and no friendly fire
RESULT - FUN TIMES
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round III has begun!
Post by: that Baby guy on April 13, 2008, 11:32:24 PM
I really didn't know what you were going for then. That's the only problem with no way to communicate. Teams suck.
Anyways, I hope you saw that you're in this, Shecky. You've got three matches to make up for the lost ground.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round III has begun!
Post by: Shecky on April 13, 2008, 11:39:55 PM
Let's do this: Let's let Shecky in, but give him a penalty or something, since we've mostly gone through two rounds. Should we let him in but give him a "loss?" Is there any less significant of a penalty, or is that fair?
I've no objections.
We don't need to be tourneyfags about this, after all (we're already playing with items on random levels, heh).
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round III has begun!
Post by: that Baby guy on April 14, 2008, 12:24:35 AM
I let him in, he's playing three rounds, actually, in the period that most everyone else is playing one. He's playing the bye'd players from the first two rounds. Let's just hope he wins one of the first two matches, so everything isn't thrown off.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round III has begun!
Post by: Armak88 on April 14, 2008, 01:15:47 AM
I beat Shecky 2-1 the second match was a heart stopper.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round III has begun!
Post by: Shecky on April 14, 2008, 01:17:31 AM
Yeah no kidding, good games.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round III has begun!
Post by: that Baby guy on April 14, 2008, 08:18:39 PM
Smash_Brother tore me a new one this round. 0-2 against him, but the second match was much closer than the first, and came down to a smash ball.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round III has begun!
Post by: vudu on April 14, 2008, 08:48:09 PM
SB tears everyone a new one. Occasionally, I'll get in a good game, but 9 times out of 10 he beats me to a pulp (and I get the feeling he goes easy on me).
Can you imagine how funny it would be if someone with the handle Smash_Brother sucked at the game?
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round III has begun!
Post by: that Baby guy on April 14, 2008, 09:03:39 PM
After I got a rhythm of how he played, I had an easier time, so I expect things to go a little differently if we match up again.
Actually, I should probably play him some more, it was pretty fun.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round III has begun!
Post by: Caliban on April 14, 2008, 09:25:33 PM
I just looked at round 3... I can't play in this tournament this week nor next week. That's why i gave my bye to shecky. I apologize if I didn't make myself clear in my prior posts.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round III has begun!
Post by: that Baby guy on April 14, 2008, 09:28:16 PM
Alright, Caliban, I'll take you out of the tournament. And then I'm making Shecky fight me instead... HAHAHAHAHA!
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round III has begun!
Post by: Shecky on April 14, 2008, 09:35:02 PM
Hey, I can play now if you're up for it. Prepared to be taken out of the tourney!
Bwahahahaha.... I don't go down so easily! Good games though, we're pretty evenly matched, spicy cury did you in on #2
Result: 2-0 Shecky
I absolutely stink at grabbing people
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round III has begun!
Post by: decoyman on April 14, 2008, 11:04:56 PM
Nice matches, DAaaMan. I took this round, and learned a valuable lesson - don't underestimate Olimar's Forward-B (the one where he shoots Pikmin at you, which then stick to you and beat away at you until you knock them off.)
I think the term is harassment, dude. :P
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round III has begun!
Post by: Smash_Brother on April 15, 2008, 12:27:19 AM
SB tears everyone a new one. Occasionally, I'll get in a good game, but 9 times out of 10 he beats me to a pulp (and I get the feeling he goes easy on me).
Let me make one thing very, very clear: the one and ONLY reason I am good at SSB in any way shape or form is because I had, for 5-7 years, a group of solid players I would often play with every single day.
That's how I got where I am: by getting my balls handed to me if I didn't constantly improve. Someone figures out a strategy in the group. You lose for a while, then you figure out how to see it coming and counter it, and I did this for around 7 years.
But the funny part is that, since my group has dissolved and moved on in the world, I routinely get beaten by a Canadian friend who still has a group just like this who he plays with regularly (he knows how jealous I am of it).
Now that my group is gone, I count myself lucky for having had one at all because without it, I never would've had all that practice otherwise.
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Can you imagine how funny it would be if someone with the handle Smash_Brother sucked at the game?
That was an irony I hoped I could at least avoid. You might remember posts from earlier when I mentioned that I wasn't sure how I'd measure up to others, mainly because I had no idea where I really stood.
You have two situations I believe happen in offline SSB circles:
Situation 1: One friend dominates all other friends. As a result, s/he never improves and does poorly against situation #2 players.
Situation 2: A group of friends are all competitive, all about the same skill level. When four of them sit down to a game, it could go any which way. They keep developing new strategies and then developing counter-strategies based upon each other's playstyle. Still, all players will only grow as far as they're challenged to grow, meaning the players' overall skill levels influence how far they can take their collective game.
I was fortunate enough to have a situation 2, but I couldn't be sure how far I'd actually come.
To give a basic example of strategies and counter strategies, I'll bring up a classic one between me and my friend Darrel, back with SSB64, and Samus vs. Link...
As Link, I'd always use my Dair on him, but this was eventually stopped when he learned to shield and up+B as a counter. Then, one day, I figured out that pressing Z just as Link hit the ground would cause him to bring up his shield immediately, meaning I could shield his up+B and whallop him with a smash attack afterwards.
It sounds trivial (just learning parts of the game, really) but this is the start of progression when it came to improving our overall game.
It's a pretty safe bet that everyone here who plays SSBB has tons and TONS of untapped potential which will be unlocked as they play more online SSBB, but that only comes from facing challenging opponents who force you to get better. It's actually a neat feeling when I'm playing someone online and I notice that they've figured out one of my strategies and are countering it accordingly (primarily when it's someone I know from online).
I personally don't buy into the "LULZ I PWNED JOO!" mentality of most internet games, hence why I'll never taunt at the end of a match (I don't have a mocking taunt, ironically). It's just a chance to learn and get better at the game. Why? Maybe for tournaments some day or just for the hell of it. Or maybe you have a RL friend you want to trounce.
No matter what the reason, I'm happy to be a sparring partner for folks who want to improve their game and I don't look down on people I win against. God knows I'm still learning characters as well and I've learned a thing or two from a number of NWR folks already.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round III has begun!
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on April 15, 2008, 02:51:01 AM
I used to play Event 51 obsessively, which is the reason why I ONLY play as a high-risk opportunist (who dares, lolz).
The slippery shieldy low-risk high-priority strike tactics don't get you very far when one's aim is to win without losing stock in the event.
Then Brawl came out, ruined the game, and such opportunist tactics only lead to certain death.
And i'll soon give up on Brawl when Mario Wheeling comes out.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round III has begun!
Post by: DAaaMan64 on April 15, 2008, 05:16:01 AM
Nice matches, DAaaMan. I took this round, and learned a valuable lesson - don't underestimate Olimar's Forward-B (the one where he shoots Pikmin at you, which then stick to you and beat away at you until you knock them off.)
I think the term is harassment, dude. :P
They were good matches, I wish I wasn't out of the tournament :(.
Me and you need to square off when we can get no lag, Olimar is a terribly unfriendly lag character.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round III has begun!
Post by: decoyman on April 15, 2008, 11:47:11 AM
They were good matches, I wish I wasn't out of the tournament :(.
Me and you need to square off when we can get no lag, Olimar is a terribly unfriendly lag character.
Sorry that you're out of the tourney... but it was either you or me. Regardless of who won, it was gonna suck for one of us.
Totally down with squaring off again... If enough more people get fed up with online, maybe lag will drop to negligible levels. At least we can always hope.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round III has begun!
Post by: EasyCure on April 15, 2008, 12:27:00 PM
I have a question for Thatguy, and all of you in the tournement really:
How would you feel if i gave up my spot to Vudu?
I know this isn't a serious tourney but i just want to make sure all of you think its fair before i just hand it to him. He and i discussed it after our last round matches and he's ok with it as long as everyone else is.
I don't think i'll have time to get my tourney rounds in for this week. I can only play for like an hour tonight after work and even that will be cutting into my schedule, and i have no idea when Pale is able to play. I'd rather Vudu take my spot since our matches were pretty much down to the wire, so i'm sure he'll go as far as i would of gone if i was participating.
I'll try to be part of the next tournament though, whether thats for Brawl or Mario Kart. I'll still be on weekends to play any one of you randomly though, so don't take me off your friend rosters!!!
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Post by: Smash_Brother on April 15, 2008, 03:47:16 PM
I'm fine with that.
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Post by: EasyCure on April 15, 2008, 04:19:45 PM
you don't count cuz you'd end up raping him
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Post by: that Baby guy on April 15, 2008, 04:20:47 PM
That's fine with me. No problem there.
Also, how do we want to do this losers tournament? Is it an attempt to find who we think is #3?
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Post by: vudu on April 15, 2008, 04:25:23 PM
Also, how do we want to do this losers tournament? Is it an attempt to find who we think is #3?
Wouldn't #3 (& #4) be one of the people who lost to the guys who made it to the final round? This is really just a way to find out who the worst Smash player is on NWR. (And, considering I was the only person who lost both round 1 & 2, I suppose that's me!)
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Post by: Smash_Brother on April 15, 2008, 04:35:11 PM
Not true. He could be practicing right now, developing a new strategy against Bowser players (which is why I'd pull out my second main...as soon as I figure one out).
Honestly, my weakness is being rattled by a player pulling something on me I'm not familiar with under pressure. That's why Thatguy nearly won our 2nd match: his Ice Climber biorhythm kicked in and he was figuring out how to handle my Bowser. Had the items not gone severely in my favor, it'd have gone the other way, as I was down a stock for most of the match.
I think half the advantage of Bowser as a main is that so few people play him seriously that hardly anyone has experience fighting a Bowser player. Once they DO have that experience, Bowser becomes a bit easier to deal with, it seems.
The lag on all of his moves generally means there are only ever so many tricks he can pull out, and while they're powerful tricks, they're limited by quantity and that makes him predictable.
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Post by: UltimatePartyBear on April 15, 2008, 04:36:15 PM
Also, how do we want to do this losers tournament? Is it an attempt to find who we think is #3?
Wouldn't #3 (& #4) be one of the people who lost to the guys who made it to the final round? This is really just a way to find out who the worst Smash player is on NWR. (And, considering I was the only person who lost both round 1 & 2, I suppose that's me!)
I haven't yet played my round 1 match, technically, and I strongly suspect Shecky's a lot better than me. You and I may need to have a showdown.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round III has begun!
Post by: that Baby guy on April 15, 2008, 04:47:29 PM
No, since it's a double elimination tournament, the 3rd and fourth placers may not wind up being the last ones left. For instance, if someone early on lost to the top two, whereas your third and fourth may have lost to the some mediocre player and the 2nd placer, are we sure 3rd is really the best one?
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Post by: vudu on April 15, 2008, 04:49:40 PM
Can we at least agree that I suck?
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Post by: EasyCure on April 15, 2008, 04:59:59 PM
You dont suck vudu, you whooped my ass the majority of the time in our after-tourny matches, remember?
except for that EPIC 1-stock match in New Pork City where my ness threw your sheik off the left edge at only like 20%
man i really wish we had a replay of that fox vs fox match... that was LOLtastic
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round III has begun!
Post by: vudu on April 15, 2008, 05:20:09 PM
man i really wish we had a replay of that fox vs fox match... that was LOLtastic
For those curious, in the Fox vs. Fox match, I was up two lives to one, when EasyCure nabbed a Smash ball. He instantly killed me. He then sat around for about half the life of the Landmaster while he waited for me to respawn. I finally was forced back onto the playing field, and desperately tried to avoid him until his Final Smash ended. I was standing on top of his Landmaster and he was about to shoot me off (and most likely kill me) when time ran out. This took place in mid-air at the very bottom of the screen, with no ground below us, so EasyCure died about a half a second before I did, thus securing me a win.
It seemed funnier at the time; I guess you had to be there.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round III has begun!
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on April 15, 2008, 05:23:28 PM
He should have hovered you off the top while you were still invincible.
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Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on April 15, 2008, 05:24:32 PM
Hey vudu, that Ice Climbers replay you sent me was awful. What am I supposed to do with it?
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round III has begun!
Post by: vudu on April 15, 2008, 05:31:29 PM
Hey vudu, that Ice Climbers replay you sent me was awful. What am I supposed to do with it?
You were supposed to laugh at how badly I beat Traag. A few weeks ago he sent me a replay of probably my worst game ever. Later, I beat him 5-0, so I sent him the replay to rub it in his face. Your name was right below his, so I copied you for shits and giggles.
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Post by: decoyman on April 15, 2008, 05:36:54 PM
For real, guys, seeing all this talk about the LOLX and GLEEZ coming from people about their matches, I really want to see them:)
WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE TO SAY "YOU SHOULDA BEEN THERE" BECAUSE WE CAN BE THERE, KINDA!
I vote 3 min. time matches for the next tourney (or the semifinals of this tourney?!)
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round III has begun!
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on April 15, 2008, 05:56:41 PM
Well, vudu's Ice Climber replay was 3 full minutes of non-fighting.
Brawnline leads in non-entertainment.
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Post by: vudu on April 15, 2008, 06:00:42 PM
I'm sorry, did you say something? I was too busy looking up Daisy's skirt.
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Post by: Smash_Brother on April 15, 2008, 06:02:09 PM
I have a replay of me vs. Maxi (I think) where Manaphy showed up, switched us (I became Ike and he became Bowser), and I grabbed a smash ball as Ike and KOed him with it.
I recorded it just for the fact that Manaphy FINALLY showed up.
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Post by: EasyCure on April 15, 2008, 06:16:36 PM
He should have hovered you off the top while you were still invincible.
i forgot about that :(
and Vudu, it really is one of those "only funny in the moment situations" as are most Smash stories i think. I remember once when me and my friend Joe were playing SSB64 on the original Mushroom Kingdom leve, the one with the pipes you could go in/out of. At one point in the game it just felt like it was impossible for us to die. We'd counter each other constantly and the few hids we did land would end up throwing us into a wall or something and keep us from dying.
So for the first few minutes of this we were just annoyed and things got really quiet as we both wanted to KO eachother. Then things started getting hilarious when we'd get smashed around like a pinball. I think it ended when he smashed me into a pipe, pounced off the side of one of the platforms, hit a bob-omb, flew back up into a pipe with a pirhanna plant sticking out of it, i think he threw a second bob-omb at me, which caused me to fly straight up and die at like 500% (ok it was more like 300%). the framerate started dropping with all the back and forth so we were able to see every little thing poor Link hit on his way to death. It was hilarious then, still is when WE talk about it, but everyone else doesnt get it cuz you just had to be there.
Same goes for this one time i was playing one of the Last Event matches in Melee (cant remember which one) when again the framerate started to drop and a CPU Pikachu came out of nowhere with that mid-air attack that does multiple hits, i think its his down-A where he spins and headbutts you(?), and the game slowed down to a snails pace, to the point where i thought everything froze... until BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! everyone but pikachu goes flying in every direction at, no lie, 999%. I was blown away and started laughing my ass off but no one was around to see it, so when i tell my friends they just looked at me like i was on crack
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Post by: vudu on April 15, 2008, 07:55:43 PM
S_B - Can you send me that match? I've yet to see Manaphy.
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Post by: Shecky on April 15, 2008, 08:02:12 PM
S_B - Can you send me that match? I've yet to see Manaphy.
Ditto.
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Post by: Shecky on April 15, 2008, 08:22:08 PM
Party Bear... Good games... I still stink at grabbing... why is it so difficult!
The temple stage took forever, I was really hoping your random selection would have trumped it... just to big for two people. (New Pork is worse though)
Result: 2-0 (Shecky)
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Post by: vudu on April 15, 2008, 08:49:47 PM
So am I supposed to be scheduling a time to fight Pale?
When does round 3 end?
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Post by: UltimatePartyBear on April 15, 2008, 09:13:44 PM
As predicted, Shecky beat me. I'm officially out.
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Post by: EasyCure on April 15, 2008, 09:26:28 PM
ends thursday at ? time (check the first post by Thatguy) and yes, get in touch with Pale. I sent him a pm when i thought i'd still be in it but obviously, i cant now so you harass him now
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Post by: that Baby guy on April 15, 2008, 09:50:20 PM
Thursday 3 PM EST. Time for Pale to be removed from this contest!
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Post by: Smash_Brother on April 16, 2008, 12:00:00 AM
I think I should digitize it and share it with everyone that way.
Otherwise we'll have to swap Wii codes and since I have a different Wii, it means everyone would need to reinput my code.
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Post by: UltimatePartyBear on April 16, 2008, 10:49:51 AM
Party Bear... Good games... I still stink at grabbing... why is it so difficult!
The temple stage took forever, I was really hoping your random selection would have trumped it... just to big for two people. (New Pork is worse though)
Result: 2-0 (Shecky)
My random choice that round was the Mario Bros. stage. I was so happy when Temple loaded up instead. :)
I feel a lot better about my performance this time around. I guess I should try developing a "main" of my own if I want to stand a chance. I just get bored playing the same character all the time. Maybe if it was Jigglypuff....
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Post by: decoyman on April 17, 2008, 01:21:31 PM
YouTube that thing, SB -- I'd like to see it too:) (yes, I just made YouTube into a verb.)
So, is everyone done with their matches for this round? It's felt kinda stagnant in here the past couple days.
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Post by: vudu on April 17, 2008, 02:21:48 PM
Pale and I still haven't hooked up. He refuses to respond to my messages.
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Post by: EasyCure on April 17, 2008, 02:42:32 PM
You have to take him out to dinner first, maybe catch a movie
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Post by: that Baby guy on April 17, 2008, 03:05:15 PM
Did you try AIM?
After all, it's all due five minutes ago, or something.
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Post by: vudu on April 17, 2008, 03:09:53 PM
Yes, I sent him a message via AIM. Granted, he might not have been around last night, so who knows.
Since both Pale and I have one loss each, you can go ahead and schedule round 4 and just say whoever wins out round will play so-and-so. Hopefully, Pale and I can work out a time to fight sometime tonight or tomorrow.
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Post by: that Baby guy on April 17, 2008, 06:02:12 PM
Actually, that's not a bad idea. I'll do that.
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Post by: Smash_Brother on April 22, 2008, 01:34:33 AM
I lost to Armak: I won the first, he won the two second games.
LOTS of Smash Balls...
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Post by: that Baby guy on April 22, 2008, 02:21:10 AM
THANK YOU!
I was worried this whole thing died. I still haven't heard from Vudu or Pale :(
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Post by: Armak88 on April 22, 2008, 03:44:09 AM
They were nail biters to be sure. Good games though.
So what happens now? S_B faces the winner of Pale and Vudu, then I face the winner of that match?
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Post by: decoyman on April 22, 2008, 11:56:47 AM
Shecky and I were supposed to play last night, but my Internet decided to go down all evening. It was back up this morning, but now tonight may not work.
Thus, the saga continues...
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Post by: EasyCure on April 22, 2008, 01:25:59 PM
i'd like an * next to my name in the OP. I didn't lose, i bowed out gracefully. j/k
I'd love to see a replay of the Tourny's Final round, what say we take a vote to set a 3 min time limit to it????
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round 4 has begun! Check OP for matches and a Question!
Post by: decoyman on April 22, 2008, 02:23:12 PM
I'd love to see a replay of the Tourny's Final round, what say we take a vote to set a 3 min time limit to it????
AYE, vote I. I vote AYE.
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Post by: vudu on April 22, 2008, 02:23:19 PM
Pale was forced to drop out of the tourney because he was too busy not doing his taxes. I win by default.
And since I have a bye in round 4, this means that the only player to lose both of his opening rounds will make it into (almost) the final round. How weird is that?
But never fear--SB will most likely destroy me.
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Post by: Armak88 on April 22, 2008, 02:42:29 PM
I don't know how I feel about making the final match time. If enough people want it that way then I'll go for it but I'm not overly enthusiastic about the idea myself. It would be cool if we had a good replay of the final match though.
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Post by: UltimatePartyBear on April 22, 2008, 02:53:41 PM
And since I have a bye in round 4, this means that the only player to lose both of his opening rounds will make it into (almost) the final round. How weird is that?
Considering you have two losses and this is a double elimination tournament, extremely.
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Post by: vudu on April 22, 2008, 02:57:25 PM
:D
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Post by: decoyman on April 22, 2008, 04:09:21 PM
It really wouldn't be that much different than a stock match, since it's just 1-on-1, right?
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Post by: vudu on April 22, 2008, 04:54:36 PM
It would be different because in a time match a viable strategy is to avoid the other player if you're winning and time is running out.
Ah, yeah, that's true. Ok, so, a stock match with time limits would be a good compromise, then. I vote for that:)
Thats what i meant to say. Also, i wouldnt really want a time limit to declare the winner so what if we do something like this:
Players A and B do a 4 stock/3min match. If time runs out and neither player's stock has ran out, play a second match at whatever stocks were left and another 3 mins time.
Or is that too complicated?
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Post by: that Baby guy on April 22, 2008, 05:55:36 PM
That doesn't work without complicated handicap adjustments. It's not worth it.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round 4 has begun! Check OP for matches and a Question!
Post by: EasyCure on April 22, 2008, 06:46:26 PM
Yeah i didnt think that would. I just wouldnt want to watch a replay of one person dodging for 3 mins to avoid a KO.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round 4 has begun! Check OP for matches and a Question!
Post by: Armak88 on April 22, 2008, 07:17:53 PM
Armak, I'm free tonight from 7 - 9 CST if that works for you.
I'll try to be on, but I have a band practice that I have to get to so it will be tight.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round 4 has begun! Check OP for matches and a Question!
Post by: vudu on April 22, 2008, 08:22:39 PM
No prob. I won't be around tomorrow night, but I'm free Thursday night. If that doesn't work, Saturday (most any time) is fine for me. Hit me up on AIM to work something out.
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Post by: Shecky on April 22, 2008, 09:52:21 PM
if you want replays, just make stock 2 instead of 4 and make it best of 5 instead of 3 ... those matches should be under 3 mins.
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Post by: that Baby guy on April 22, 2008, 11:45:56 PM
That's what it'll be. I already said that! You're stealing my thunder!
Except I also said best of 7 instead.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round 4 has begun! Check OP for matches and a Quest
Post by: Shecky on April 23, 2008, 12:34:22 AM
Decoy and I had our matches. A couple of Pikachus! I would have loved to send those replays out to you guys... let me see if I can paraphrase:
"PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA"
Something like that :)
Matches were great test of wits actually and overall very close. I've never really had to go up against another fast character in these matches, let alone another Pikachu - so it was really fun duking it out.
Result: 2-1 (Shecky)
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Post by: decoyman on April 23, 2008, 12:36:06 AM
Shecky's normal pikachu took out my green-headband pikachu for the win tonight, 2-1.
Fun matches though! Even when I was dying horribly, I was chuckling about it. :P Like when you were hanging on the ledge, and I threw a capsule at you, but it broke open before it got to you and a lightning bolt came out and landed right on your head, just as I was racing over. I think I got small, then you plowed me right off the stage. That was pretty awesome, even if I was on the wrong side of the exchange. XD
And as long as there's a Pikachu in the tourney still, I can rest easy. Good games!
Edit: Beat me to it! As you said, it was a great match of wits. And yes - two Pikachus can really start gnawing at the eardrums, can't they?
Edit Tew: After we finished, was that you who joined up with us, thatguy? If so, those were some fun matches. We've all got to play against each other more often. I particularly enjoyed the epic story of Nana and Popo, told through taunts. (though you should maybe practice on the order so you don't have to try like 8 times :P )
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round 4 has begun! Check OP for matches and a Question!
Post by: Armak88 on April 23, 2008, 02:25:58 AM
saturday might be best for me, i'll try on thursday, but i have an exam friday so it doesn't look to good.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round 4 has begun! Check OP for matches and a Question!
Post by: Shecky on April 23, 2008, 08:15:38 AM
Fun matches though! Even when I was dying horribly, I was chuckling about it. :P Like when you were hanging on the ledge, and I threw a capsule at you, but it broke open before it got to you and a lightning bolt came out and landed right on your head, just as I was racing over. I think I got small, then you plowed me right off the stage. That was pretty awesome, even if I was on the wrong side of the exchange. XD
Yeah that was hilarious, as was the time on the battle ship where we essentially looked like synchronized Pikachus. To the point where our moves would cancel or hit simultaneously - we even timed the side-B special right so that we crossed mid-level.
I believe "Damn it! Quit thinking like me!" is what I said during that segment of the match ;)
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Post by: that Baby guy on April 23, 2008, 01:34:01 PM
Shecky's normal pikachu took out my green-headband pikachu for the win tonight, 2-1.
Fun matches though! Even when I was dying horribly, I was chuckling about it. :P Like when you were hanging on the ledge, and I threw a capsule at you, but it broke open before it got to you and a lightning bolt came out and landed right on your head, just as I was racing over. I think I got small, then you plowed me right off the stage. That was pretty awesome, even if I was on the wrong side of the exchange. XD
And as long as there's a Pikachu in the tourney still, I can rest easy. Good games!
Edit: Beat me to it! As you said, it was a great match of wits. And yes - two Pikachus can really start gnawing at the eardrums, can't they?
Edit Tew: After we finished, was that you who joined up with us, thatguy? If so, those were some fun matches. We've all got to play against each other more often. I particularly enjoyed the epic story of Nana and Popo, told through taunts. (though you should maybe practice on the order so you don't have to try like 8 times :P )
That was me, and I know the order. I just like to do their down taunt, then up taunt, then back and forth over and over and over again. It's what I do.
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Post by: decoyman on April 23, 2008, 02:09:23 PM
Heh, ok. I was leaving you alone for awhile, thinking you were trying to figure your story out...
Now that I know you have all that spare time over there just for taunting, I'll make sure to liven it up a little next time. :evil;
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round 4 has begun! Check OP for matches and a Question!
Post by: Shecky on April 24, 2008, 08:16:54 PM
So what happens next?
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round 4 has begun! Check OP for matches and a Quest
Post by: that Baby guy on April 24, 2008, 08:18:19 PM
Oh, I'm still waiting on the Vudu/Armak fight. And I think there's one more out there, too, with Smash_Brother.
EDIT: Shecky, you're up against Smash_Brother. Have fun!
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Post by: vudu on April 24, 2008, 08:25:10 PM
Armak and I still need to hook up. He's busy having a life or something. I think Saturday is the day.
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Post by: Armak88 on April 24, 2008, 08:48:47 PM
come back! I'm online now!!!
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Post by: Shecky on April 25, 2008, 12:27:28 PM
I played against S_B, good games. First match was close, but SB managed to stay alive close to 200% and that proved the key. Also, I always forget that Bowser's FS will cancel Pikachu's second quick dash... and thus SB got two quick kills on me the second match, giving him the 3-1 stock advantage. So I conceded the second match.
Result: 2-0 SB
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Post by: Smash_Brother on April 25, 2008, 01:33:44 PM
I thought it was funny when King Bulbin plowed us both off the screen.
And for once the Kid Icarus level didn't royally screw me over but seemed to screw you over (I think you had two recovery deaths where the ledge to catch just wasn't there).
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Post by: Shecky on April 25, 2008, 02:11:09 PM
I thought it was funny when King Bulbin plowed us both off the screen.
That was indeed comical :)
I also liked how I shrewdly avoided every single blast of your cracker launcher, only to get pegged squarely in the nose by the actual item when you tossed it afterwards. :D
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And for once the Kid Icarus level didn't royally screw me over but seemed to screw you over (I think you had two recovery deaths where the ledge to catch just wasn't there).
I did indeed have two recovery SD on that level, and one recovery miracle (Headbutted underneath the platform and UP-B to the oposite side of the screen)
That whole match was not kind to me at all, but that's smash for you. ;)
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round 5 has begun!
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on April 25, 2008, 02:16:31 PM
Too bad I wasn't in the tournament I would have PWND Smash and Shecky at ONCE.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round 5 has begun!
Post by: Armak88 on April 25, 2008, 02:16:44 PM
I didn't end up fighting Vudu, but S_B and I had some good games. I like to try and go towards him when he breathes fire, you know, to see how much damage I can take ;)
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round 5 has begun!
Post by: Smash_Brother on April 25, 2008, 04:03:32 PM
That whole match was not kind to me at all, but that's smash for you. ;)
That level is just heinously designed, IMHO. If the edge pieces are destroyed, there's suddenly zero ledge catch, and they couldn't be arsed to ensure that the inner pieces allow you to catch on their edge if there's no piece adjacent to them.
It's little touches like that and the fact that a landmaster can fall through a tiny opening a fraction of its size that really show they spent too much time on the damn SSE and not enough time testing for bugs and imbalances, like this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiW90quHDqg&feature=related
And here's an interesting glitch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7pnbF-LRAc&NR=1
Those were good matches, Armak, and I'm becoming savvy to your play style as a result (evidenced by my string of wins near the end of the night). I'd say your Diddy is the best I've seen to date.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round 5 has begun!
Post by: that Baby guy on April 25, 2008, 06:27:52 PM
No, no, no, S_B. The Ice Climbers could always chain grab. They're built to have exceptionally poor grabbing range to make this more difficult, and characters each have different timing based on size and weight. Not to mention that even with a "glitch" like that, pros still consider the IC's to be "middle tier." That type of throwing is part of what helps compensate with the fact that they weigh about an ounce and have about three inches of attack range most of the time.
Kind of like how Bowser can jump forever over ground with the right attack. That's considered legal because he's not exactly the highest tier.
I still agree with you, though. For how few characters were added, I really think balance should have been better. So far, a good Olimar trumps everything any time.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round 5 has begun!
Post by: Smash_Brother on April 25, 2008, 07:04:48 PM
From what I understand, there are 5 characters Dedede can do this to for infinite damage.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round 5 has begun!
Post by: Armak88 on April 26, 2008, 02:14:45 PM
I guess I need to start playing levels other than final destination on a regular basis. You really had my number on shadow moses island, I just had no room to work with and no viable up smashes to finish you of with. Now if I could only get a hold of that Vudu guy...
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round 5 has begun!
Post by: vudu on April 26, 2008, 05:20:54 PM
Armak banana raped me to death. It was a painful as it sounds.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round 5 has begun!
Post by: Armak88 on April 26, 2008, 05:40:04 PM
haha the random stages were not kind to you. First Bowser on 75ft then your Captain Falcon had an affinity for the spikes on the dk waterfall stage. bad luck.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. Round 5 has begun!
Post by: that Baby guy on April 27, 2008, 03:29:12 PM
Alright, I suppose we're at the final round! Armak vs. Smash_Brother.
Now, I'd like to do something a little different. As you've probably noticed, everyone wants to see the replays, yadda yadda yadda.
What we're going to do is cut to two stock matches. Stages are still random, but there's a difference. I've seen some complaints here about stages, and it's true, not all stages work for all characters. You each may submit up to five stages you want off of the random list. Be sure to turn them off before you fight!
Remember, you can negotiate additional rule changes if you would like to.
Additionally, since we're switching to two-stockers, we're going to go with the best of nine, or the first to five wins. If the match is within the time constraints, save it and you can share to those leeches like Decoyman.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. The last round has arrived!
Post by: Smash_Brother on April 28, 2008, 01:04:55 PM
Er, my random stage list has had stages turned off since the start (though, it hasn't picked the random stage I picked for most of my matches anyway).
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. The last round has arrived!
Post by: that Baby guy on April 28, 2008, 01:30:46 PM
Oh. CHEATER!
Seriously, I don' think it's much of a problem, now you are no longer breaking the rules, though. If there are any objections, let me know, though.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. The last round has arrived!
Post by: EasyCure on April 28, 2008, 02:25:38 PM
I'm rooting for S_B only cuz Armak also banana raped me to death (I feel your pain Vudu, i really do..do). Besides, i got a few wins, out of tourney, on S_B whereas Armak raped me constantly so i'll hate him forever for that.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. The last round has arrived!
Post by: vudu on April 28, 2008, 03:36:09 PM
Seriously, I've never see anyone play as Diddy like that. I always thought his down B was completely worthless.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. The last round has arrived!
Post by: Armak88 on April 28, 2008, 04:53:19 PM
so much hate. I leave for 2 days to write my exams and everybody turns on me haha. I'll have to think about which stages I don't want in, I think anything that scrolls should be tossed, and the melee stages really are cramped...
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. The last round has arrived!
Post by: Smash_Brother on April 28, 2008, 05:06:06 PM
I don't think they're serious. :P
And if we want to just play battlefield, I'd be fine with that.
I admit I'm gawking at 9 rounds, though. I don't know when I'm going to have the time to sit down for that long...
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. The last round has arrived!
Post by: Armak88 on April 28, 2008, 05:14:34 PM
It's ok I can end it for you in five ;) I'm all about final destination, but I think it might ruin the anti-tourny*** nature of the tournament, I mean, why don't we turn off items while we're at it? It's just for fun so it doesn't really matter to me. Whatever people decide is what I'll do, but I'm taking my bananas with me because watching people trip is just funny.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. The last round has arrived!
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on April 28, 2008, 05:18:17 PM
My imaginary intertube dollars are on Armak88 in seven rounds.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. The last round has arrived!
Post by: DAaaMan64 on April 28, 2008, 05:22:12 PM
How the lag these days? It's been weeks since I tried to play online.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. The last round has arrived!
Post by: that Baby guy on April 28, 2008, 06:08:05 PM
I've got to fight you, too, sometime, Armak. Apparently, you have fury as a monkey.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. The last round has arrived!
Post by: EasyCure on April 28, 2008, 06:17:13 PM
My imaginary intertube dollars are on Armak88 in seven rounds.
I'll wager a THEORETICAL million dollars on S_B for an undefeated sweep
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. The last round has arrived!
Post by: Armak88 on May 02, 2008, 10:42:38 PM
Hey S_B I'm good to do this final round tonight or tomorrow night if you're interested.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. The last round has arrived!
Post by: Smash_Brother on May 03, 2008, 12:29:16 AM
Why are you not on AIM? I can probably do it tonight, if the lag isn't still destroying the service (it's been like it was the week of launch as of late, it seems...).
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. The last round has arrived!
Post by: Armak88 on May 03, 2008, 02:14:40 AM
my computer that i usually have aim on is on the fritz, i'm online now though, I can see that you're in a team battle.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. The last round has arrived!
Post by: Smash_Brother on May 03, 2008, 02:41:48 AM
Will you be around tomorrow?
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. The last round has arrived!
Post by: Smash_Brother on May 04, 2008, 12:52:16 AM
Was that you on mid-day? I messaged your AIM (which was on) but no one answered.
I was delivered a bit of bad news today, so it wouldn't have been the best evening for me anyway.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. The last round has arrived!
Post by: Smash_Brother on May 11, 2008, 01:43:01 AM
Well, we TRIED to have the matches tonight, but Armak was getting terrible lag so after playing four rounds, we opted to move it to Monday (when the service will hopefully be less congested).
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. The last round has arrived!
Post by: Shecky on May 15, 2008, 12:09:08 AM
I say Vudu and I battle this out and forget these losers that can't finish the job :)
Battle for best of the worst?? ;D
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. The last round has arrived!
Post by: vudu on May 15, 2008, 04:08:05 PM
I already determined that I won. All of this is just the battle for second place.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. The last round has arrived!
Post by: EasyCure on May 15, 2008, 08:34:11 PM
i say i win since i let you have my slot in the tournement..
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. The last round has arrived!
Post by: vudu on May 15, 2008, 10:05:35 PM
YOU'RE LAST PLACE. WE SWAPPED, REMEMBER?
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. The last round has arrived!
Post by: EasyCure on May 19, 2008, 09:14:17 PM
but you couldnt have determined you won if i didnt give you my spot!
also, did this thing ever end? where's the EPIC replays we're supposed to get???
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. The last round has arrived!
Post by: Smash_Brother on May 20, 2008, 10:42:51 AM
Sadly, no.
We nearly finished it last saturday, but we stopped because Armak was definitely lagging, and I say that because I know how he plays as Diddy and he really wasn't playing on par with his usual performance.
I've been immensely busy and I haven't seen him online since (he has computer problems anyway).
I could upload the four matches we played if folks want, but I think those who've been "banana raped" will agree that this wasn't the same level of Diddy play you saw before.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. The last round has arrived!
Post by: EasyCure on May 20, 2008, 12:33:08 PM
oh ok. I have been banana raped and if the video isn't up to banana rape par, i dont want it.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. The last round has arrived!
Post by: Smash_Brother on July 23, 2008, 01:56:18 PM
I should've done this sooner, but it's a pain in the ass to digitize videos for me.
However, I have here the four rounds of the final that happened. Armak and I never found another time to play when he had less lag, so I can at least offer this tournament closure.
Click on "Watch in High Quality" to see a much better version: Round 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=robMqet7jik Round 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhW14pZVCO0 Round 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEFthZeGR0c Round 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjApGfAwE80
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. The last round has arrived!
Post by: EasyCure on July 23, 2008, 02:12:23 PM
'bout damn time
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. The last round has arrived!
Post by: Smash_Brother on July 23, 2008, 02:38:47 PM
I didn't post them earlier because I expected to be having a proper rematch with Armak, but seeing as how I can't find him, I might as well at least offer these.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. The last round has arrived!
Post by: nickmitch on July 23, 2008, 09:07:41 PM
When are we doing another one of these? I would like to play.
Title: Re: HULA HOOPS Tournament. The last round has arrived!
Post by: Smash_Brother on July 24, 2008, 12:50:33 PM
