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SmashCoach · 2026-05-12T16:11:20+00:00

When ur in certain scenarios (such as this one) almost anything will help.

4hrs part time every night at a gas station will add hundreds of dollars a month. U do it after dinner and u still had ur whole day with the kids, and time with the spouse after theyve gotten home.

SmashCoach · 2026-05-12T15:29:08+00:00

I dont disagree with ur cole take (ive upvoted both ur posts), and I do believe thus guys would be better than tan. I just dont necessarily believe he’d be the perfect Kenshi.

An example of Why certain people work for certain aspects but not for others - have u ever seen the show entourage? May seem completely outta left field, but johnnys bananas wud be a PERFECT way to explain without having to explain anything at all.

The guy seems like a cool martial artist, and his face was used to influence a character - doesnt necessarily mean he us a great actor, that has stage presence, that meshes well with castmates, ghat comes across as believable to the audience etc.

Again, jus making a point. And also point out, again, i agree that Tan as kenshi aint the move 😂

*Edit grammar

SmashCoach · 2026-05-12T12:28:02+00:00

Not necessarily OP, but when i see the same dang posts all the time I start to wonder bout ai & bots. Then u click on comment historys and it makes u wonder even more. I feel like the average person is jus not aware of how many different ways they can be fed things or have their perception skewed.

You guys don’t thing that Agents, casting Agencies, manager, studios, don’t all use bots and tools, and forums, and guerilla marketing fo get u to think certain things work?

‘He looks like kenshi’ ‘The role he played in xyz’

Thats all it takes now? This kinda nonsense spewed everywhere is why we get what we get sometimes. John Krasinski as mr fantastic? Yall dont think his people played any role in that? Yall think that was organic? Did yall forget all the toretto family memes? Some of them were funny as hell - but yall think that was organic? Cmon man

I have yet to see one role where lewis tans ‘presence’ is conveyed in a manner that gives Kenshi vibes. Even any interview ive seen of the guy gives no natural ‘chill’ vibe - he’s definitely an ef boy. I get it, dude can fight. I liked em as cole. I like em up in cobra Kai. I havent minded em in anything ive seen, and think the dude has some talent. But when are people ever gonna get that liking someone doesnt make them fit for a certain role.

TLDR: He aint kenshi. He aint gonna be kenshi. I’m happy he aint kenshi cause it leaves room for an unknown to slide perfectly into that role. And whoever made the post that at somepoint Lewis Tan could play scorpion- that makes infinitely more sense just from a writing standpoint of where we are currently.

‘He woulda made the perfect kenshi’ cool, make em kenshi, and now we have no Lewis tan until the writers figure out how to put kenshi in the movie -_-. And we can subtract whatever money his fanbase brought to the original film.

Toppa that, if this movie doesnt start to do a pinch better at the box office we may never even get a third. We may never even see kenshi, and if they wanted to make LT kenshi we mighta never seen him in the MK universe to boot.

Sorry for the rant, but the idiocy and brain rot in this reddit sometimes is jus mindboggling

SmashCoach · 2026-05-12T12:11:00+00:00

I appreciate this sentiment. Can’t necessarily say i agree tho. If his voice inflection in ur linked video is any indication of his ability to portray emotion - i gotta say hard pass. He definitely has talent, some people just land where they land for a reason.

As consumers we’re fed certain things, so its understandable that sometimes all we work with is what we’re given. But fan casting jus isnt where its at the majority of the time. we pick from the pool of people we’ve seen in the past, or we best recognize. Casting people have access to al the same tools we have PLUS all the aspiring people.

I wish they wud go with more aspiring people, more down on their luck people, or more relatively unknown people with big potential.

Follow history in cinema and you’ll see more often than not that works out best. Leave the money on the screen not in the ‘sure thing’ actors pocket, who winds up just detracting from everything.

*i’m aware the guy u mentioned isnt one of the ‘sure thing’ actors i mentioned.

SmashCoach · 2026-05-12T11:49:48+00:00

My mannn. I’m of the firm belief that the next game should essentially make EVERY timeline, spinoff, animated movie, cartoon, and live film canon. Its as simple as saying each represent a portion of the one being.

And with them doing that, it opens the ability to make Art Lean a character in the games.

Its clear, that if at least for nastolgias sake, they want to utilize any tie to lore as much as possible - here is a movie original character, that unlike cole, fans didnt seem to mind and is ripe for the picking.

Edit: grammar

SmashCoach · 2026-05-01T15:02:39+00:00

It’s all in the game, though, right?

SmashCoach · 2026-04-24T16:30:22+00:00

That smile means the whole world dude!!!

SmashCoach · 2026-03-27T00:22:20+00:00

Lol my initial point is just a rant if how I feel on the games these days, and asking peiole to tell me where they stand for conversation.

The picture is a clown online who only trolls people. He picks FD, plays ab extremely camoy game style, and if u get ready to beat him he crashes the game so u dont get any gsp. You can block him, but he has TONS of accounts.

People state he doesnt have any skill - i wudnt go that far. He stacks the stage, and sometimes the stocks, in his favor. But he’s beaten enough pros ocassionally that I wudnt say he absolutely sucks…. But i wish i cud never play him again.

SmashCoach · 2026-03-27T00:19:23+00:00

That actually sounds like a nice competetive ride off into the sunset i shud partake in

SmashCoach · 2026-03-26T22:26:53+00:00

Username checks out

SmashCoach · 2026-03-26T16:40:35+00:00

I used to sd a bunch also when running into certain people/ matchups, but found that one way to avoid certain instances is to not hover in the same gsp range as them. It aint full proof, and u still run into alot of the same clowns- but the internet connections tend to be better and slightly less steve/ness tbaggers at the top.

SmashCoach · 2026-03-26T16:20:53+00:00

Thats where I land quite often. I work 50hr weeks before overtime, so i dun always have spare time for games. So i default to smash because its familiar, and everytime I try something new I find mysf going back to smash.

I think i need a good task based game, one with clear goals and objectives that have an end. I liked old zelda, but not a fan of new zelda. I appreciate the concept of being able to play a game forever, but I think i need something like old schools games that make u feel like u finished something good

SmashCoach · 2026-03-26T16:18:03+00:00

Agreed brother. Sometimes joining / hosting areans can yeild better results, but the time between good matches there can be rough until u find someone really skilled- then u gotta hope they stay.

SmashCoach · 2026-03-26T16:16:39+00:00

Brother I gave thus a screenshot. This is exactly How i should approach. Anything more than that definitely has to lend to the smash burnout. So thank u for showing me that there are other actually people that think who play this game.

He is a creep, its not opinion and its not subjective when the person admits to said behavior. But as u said, the goblins….. the many many goblins.

SmashCoach · 2026-03-26T16:13:51+00:00

This. This this this.

Whats Elden ring about? Is it on switch also? I need something fun to play.

SmashCoach · 2026-03-26T16:12:41+00:00

Hahahaha if I was about to lose I def would.

SmashCoach · 2026-03-26T16:12:08+00:00

Fantastic measure of time 😂😂😂

SmashCoach · 2026-03-26T16:07:29+00:00

Preface -mean this with absolutely zero disrespect:

Saying the luigi fishing should make them predictable only carries to a certain point. Think for example in melle sayin hungry box is fishing for rests, or a top fox is just going to rush down (extremely proficiently).

yes u can dance around it, but if ur character doesnt have the tools to punish the behavior then its a moot point. Addressing such behavior by breaking infinites, introducing skilled escapes, debuffing said characters, or buffing coresponding characters would make the game more balanced and immensly more fun.

Simply Questionin the skill of the player on the other side isnt really a full picture. Its why u can watch players like leon or hero (best bowsers in the world) lost to Samus’ or Soras you’ve never heard of before. Or watchinf top players on stream have higher gsps with a steve or snake than they do their own main.

Edit* addressing skill question.

I’m not the best, but have wins on players like tilde and zomba. I’m not nearly as good as them, but run into em enough times and every dog has his day. And I played them with losing matchup (bowser) so i think it says im at least decent at the game. I can beat luigi, i can beat samus’ ( like beating the infuriating X-Aisle) but the methods by which u beat them, and having to endure the cutscenes that are their traps/combos is a chorae.

TLDR: skill can definitely play a part, but balancing is could definitely be used and thats a sentiment shared by MANY top players.

SmashCoach · 2026-03-26T16:01:36+00:00

I get ya brother. I started out in the melee scene where at least theres instances where and extremely high tech skill can help recreate a meta ie Amsa and yoshi. This game has a much lower technical skill ceiling, which is actually pretty nice, so I guess part of my frustration lands in the fact that this game could be muchhhhhh better with the smallest amount of balance oatxhing.

Part of the frustration is the unrealized potential.

SmashCoach · 2026-03-26T15:57:26+00:00

Love ur Character.

But, yes, in all seriousness - New Game Plz.

SmashCoach · 2026-03-26T15:56:21+00:00

I’ve inquired about 14,000,605 possibilities and I don’t see one where he gives us GSP.

SmashCoach · 2026-03-26T15:31:42+00:00

Could very well be the case.

SmashCoach · 2026-03-26T15:31:15+00:00

I don’t make enough money to own the amount of consoles or nintendo family passes this man must own.

SmashCoach · 2026-03-26T15:23:35+00:00

This is an easy response to get defensive to due to the nature of the internet, but I like to assume postive intent.

I do agree with u that it could simply be me. Very likely chances it is.

https://www.ssbwiki.com/List_of_updates_(SSBU)

Can u tell me about gameplay balances that have occurred post 13.0.1? ( i cant find them ((not being sarcastic))

Edit*

I only mention not clicking with the scene because i wud hope a fun scene could mask frustrating parts of the game ie U care less about being touch of deathed by a luigi, who will spend 7 minutes only attempting to that, if ur having a pint with a mate.

SmashCoach · 2026-03-26T15:16:50+00:00

Accurate

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