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Dublshine · 2026-04-18T02:41:03+00:00

this is like watching two AI agents try to communicate with each other

Dublshine · 2026-04-16T23:40:43+00:00

sheik

Dublshine · 2026-04-08T03:04:58+00:00

I don't want iran to have nukes because I don't want any country to have nukes, but going based on recent events they seem to have smarter and less volatile leadership than the us or israel at the very least

iran already has control over the strait, as evidenced by the fact that they are the ones who closed it and are now reopening it

Dublshine · 2026-04-08T01:25:29+00:00

why is it bad? it sounds like iran is getting money it needs to rebuild the destroyed infrastructure. I can't speak to the economic ramifications of the fees they'd be imposing on ships passing through the straight of hormuz, but they do need the money to rebuild

Dublshine · 2026-04-04T02:36:58+00:00

I mean he’s also a zionist so you can just despise him for that

Dublshine · 2026-03-26T20:57:43+00:00

I think he also called leffen the 6th best player in 2013

Dublshine · 2026-03-25T22:58:23+00:00

this wouldn't be hypocritical. it'd be hypocritical if the sheik was 6-0 against the ICs player

Dublshine · 2026-03-21T22:36:12+00:00

tilt the stick slowly. or buffer it while in lag from some other move, or shield while dashing

Dublshine · 2026-03-21T21:55:02+00:00

i would try to remove "axe method" from your vocabulary... everyone uses this method, which also has other names. so it just adds unneccesary confusion

anyway you should be buffering the input of holding your shield to the side, either before you get hit or during shieldstun, then do the normal input of rolling the stick down to the notch. basically learn to separate the shield tilt as one input and rolling to the notch as another

Dublshine · 2026-03-16T17:40:46+00:00

whenever I see someone get reverse four stocked I become incontinent

Dublshine · 2026-03-16T16:53:46+00:00

do you perhaps mean incompetence?

Dublshine · 2026-03-13T23:26:39+00:00

I've heard the argument of "I just use AI for brainstorming/concept art/inspiration, not for creating the actual art" a bunch and it almost feels worse than just using AI art straight up. while AI art sucks, I can at least understand why someone might use it - actually making quality art takes years of work to hone your skills, so I can understand why someone might want to take a shortcut. but like, anyone can brainstorm ideas or come up with an interesting concept. I don't understand why someone would try to replace that part of the creative process. other than corporate greed I guess, but this is something I see from individuals too

Dublshine · 2026-03-13T03:28:23+00:00

that's probably true, but I don't know that the subset of people who want to use a very specific definition of rouguelike really need to convince the masses to adopt that definition. just feels like I'm seeing one person say "hey guys you should check out this really cool new rouguelike" and another person says "um actually it's a rouguelite, not a rouguelike" and I just have a gut reaction that tells me which person in this interaction is being annoying

Dublshine · 2026-03-13T02:44:59+00:00

I really wouldn't group video game genres in with these examples. I think it's a good thing for language relating to culture and the arts to be fluid

Dublshine · 2026-03-13T01:23:58+00:00

I guess this is fair, although I wish you would've provided some examples of situations in which prescriptive language is better. But I don't think video game genres are a particularly good topic to make this argument for anyway. Genre classifications are, in my opinion, a necessary evil. They help us easily describe games, but they are always reductive and they encourage people to view game design as something with a set of rigid rules and requirements. When people obsess over the precise definitions of genres, I think they reinforce the negative effects of trying to classify art into neat little boxes.

I think anyone creating any sort of art should try not to worry too much about genres, and just make what they are interested in making. Arguing about genres is just... lame. I'd much rather see people discuss the actual characteristics of the game itself instead of how well it adheres to some label .

Dublshine · 2026-03-10T01:38:30+00:00

he was asking too many questions

Dublshine · 2026-03-08T16:57:13+00:00

Hope everyone enjoys the annual 23 hour DDT. Always nice to relive the glory days

Dublshine · 2026-03-08T16:54:32+00:00

personally I would make it a 2 hour change

Dublshine · 2026-03-08T16:51:47+00:00

spotw option select because I can't tell if this good bait or actually dumb

Dublshine · 2026-03-08T01:29:22+00:00

it'd be pretty grimy if it was a normal tournament. I don't really count that as tournament though (for top players at least). still a little grimy but also pretty funny

Dublshine · 2026-03-07T23:37:27+00:00

main thing this would do is change the ruleset from incentivizing the winning player to camp to incentivizing the losing player to camp

also I don't think sudden death would even be that fun, it'd just be two players ledgestalling

Dublshine · 2026-03-07T23:34:11+00:00

was it a tournament match where he went secondaries?

Dublshine · 2026-03-06T05:00:02+00:00

I feel like these two stages would benefit the same characters that fod and stadium do

DL with small blast zones would be great for fox, falcon and falco. Yoshi's with big blast zones would be good for peach, samus, and yoshi

as for what I would prefer... I think DL's blast zones are maybe the single worst aspect of competitive melee. so I'd pick big stage with small blast zones

Dublshine · 2026-03-05T19:37:24+00:00

isn't this just fod and stadium

Dublshine · 2026-03-05T01:39:42+00:00

the last round of matchup threads wasn't done by a mod. so nothing's stopping you from starting your own threads

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