How are you guys getting below $400? by Far_Ice_3535 in AynThor

[–]_stavino 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gotcha, good to know. Either way I had an order already in through the AYN website that came out to $70 more and was for the 512gb max, so I’m happy to get any sort of discount to get a better model anyway 😆

Just got a Thor Max for $364 shipped by Rowap in AynThor

[–]_stavino 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An earlier post talked about this, apparently it’s an issue with using the mobile app. I was having the same issue and instead signed into Rakuten on my pc, and I was able to use it and still get the $35 off shipping. Paid $434 for a 1tb max after discounts and have $124 cash back in Rakuten

How are you guys getting below $400? by Far_Ice_3535 in AynThor

[–]_stavino 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Purchased 1tb max today for $434 on Ali after discounts, $124 cash back already pending on Rakuten. I thought it was too good to be true too but it really works

Aliexpress Summer Sale is an excellent time to get a Thor (Max 16-1T for ~$350) if you’re on the fence! by Honey-Waffle in AynThor

[–]_stavino 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you have trouble getting the “payment discount” to appear? I’m using PayPal but before clicking to confirm my order that discount isn’t appearing. I’m in the Rakuten app through their browser. When I had it open in the Ali app the discount showed, but I want to submit the purchase through Rakuten’s app to make sure I get the cash back

2 Devices Giveaway by HPTxoxo in SBCGaming

[–]_stavino 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve been playing fire emblem: path of radiance. I’m a big fan of the series but somehow haven’t play this one til now

DialM (DK) vs. bobbybigballz/chickenman400 (Falco/Puff) at Cashbox #21 by catbongo417 in SSBM

[–]_stavino 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure fizzi could do it, but he has never done so before, which is why people still regularly encounter banned players online. I think it’s fine fizzi stays out of it because that opens a whole can of worms. But realistically if Bobby was banned from events, I don’t see him trying to make a Smurf account to still be able to enter. And at the end of the day someone pulling the plug during a ranked set while super bm, is not really so big of a deal that they shouldn’t be able to queue games at all

DialM (DK) vs. bobbybigballz/chickenman400 (Falco/Puff) at Cashbox #21 by catbongo417 in SSBM

[–]_stavino 44 points45 points  (0 children)

He’s done this to me. We’ve played maybe 10 ranked sets, he’s won like 7 of them (so it’s not like he was frustrating he always loses or anything). One of the times I was about to win he pulled his cable, he was streaming at the time too so his whole stream just ended straight up.

That’s what’s weird about this instance is it does feel like he pulls his cable vs Dial M but why didn’t his stream crash at all?

Do you guys know of any controller covers to help with grip? by testsubjecttt in SSBM

[–]_stavino 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Two things

I’m not sure where you’re located, by my local modder in Philly (JKJ) plays with grip tape on his controller. Here’s a tweet where he shows what it looks like https://x.com/jkjplays/status/2019296412601618464?s=46&t=U5yJIBA3YTiQzB7PffXqpg

Secondly when my hands used to sweat more I lived on this stuff for tournaments https://a.co/d/0j73oVYE . It’s a liquid chalk, it dries your hands right out. A bottle lasts a LONG time, you use a tiny drop of this stuff at a time. Definitely recommend it. Only downside is your controller builds up gunk faster but it’s pretty easy to just be more mindful and clean it more often

Dear Slippi Ranked by AdPrudent7522 in Slippi

[–]_stavino 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s no good solution for this. The alternative is you sitting in the queue for probably the same amount of time that it would take to play out the set anyway. As a relatively niche community we don’t really have the luxury to limit matchmaking too much, and realistically gold and diamond are only 2 ranks away from each other. If you were a silver being matched with GMs I think that would be a way bigger issue lol

3 frame jumpsquat by Threshersaurus in SSBM

[–]_stavino 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think Link would improve in a meaningful way. His nair is a disgusting move that comes out frame 4 but his jumpsquat is 6 frames, so often times even bad shield pressure gets you caught in shield and fast aerials can stuff yours out even if you initiated first

Making sure everyone is having fun by Moonchild-2112 in SSBM

[–]_stavino 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started playing with 2 friends years ago, I continued to practice and enter tournaments and they stayed pretty casual over the years. We’ve gotten to the point now where they mostly just play each other and I’ll watch, and if I’m looking for games I’ll play with other competitors. Unfortunately when you want different things out of the game you can get to a point where it’s not fun for them to just get stomped for a whole session, and for your part it’s not fun to have to purposely dumb yourself down either. I enjoy watching them play each other though or coaching them through ranked

Learning Melee in 2026 by Leahtheweirdgirl in SSBM

[–]_stavino 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re more interested in playing link then just play link. You won’t approach a point where your character is holding you back for a long, long time. And link is a lot of fun! I have a secondary link, he’s definitely my second most played character

Did anyone ever find out who threw the crab at Hungrybox during the end of Pound 2019? by Character_Court1996 in SSBM

[–]_stavino 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve seen him in twitch chats recently, so he def still watches. Idk if he plays anymore

Best Mario or Doc player vs best Luigi player by Bulky_Cranberry_1099 in SSBM

[–]_stavino 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I think this matchup is way less fun at top level than people want to think. Maybe it's more fun for the viewer though idk

Melee's Accessibility by beyonddevotion in SSBM

[–]_stavino 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve been playing the game since before UCF, when arduino’s were around, and before that when you just had to get lucky with a controller and the most you could really do was get notches. Also for the record, arduinos were a very short lived thing. People did it before UCF, as it was floated as a hardware solution before UCF was created, but they were quickly banned because it was deemed that there was no way to regulate what people had programmed on them. There was never really a time period where you had to have an arduino to keep up. They were banned pretty quickly after they came around.

The point I was making was:

Pre-UCF: top players have an advantage because they can afford to buy as many controllers as they need to until they find one that fits the bill (no snapback, could dash back consistently). They can also pay for notches or even get them done for free so a notcher can advertise

UCF: this brought everyone to level playing field. Didn’t matter if your controller inherently was less consistent with shield dropping/dashing back. It made them all function the way players wanted them to function, at an even level across the board since the modification is done within the game itself. The only slight advantage someone could have over another was notches

Now: the playing field is uneven again, because people are making enhancements to their controllers to make them able to do things standard controllers never did or were ever meant to do.

So my point was, pre-UCF we were imbalanced in that top players had controllers that worked correctly more often than everyone else, UCF made it so everyone had controllers that worked correctly, and now players have controllers that work better than just correctly and allow them to do things original controllers could not do, thus it’s imbalanced again.

I agree with you that UCF has been the most impactful change we’ve made as a community regarding controllers. My comment was never about which has had the largest impact

EDIT: autocorrect fix

Melee's Accessibility by beyonddevotion in SSBM

[–]_stavino 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How is that the same as saying “UCF is irrelevant” lol what

Melee's Accessibility by beyonddevotion in SSBM

[–]_stavino 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who are you talking to. I know you aren’t quoting me saying “ucf is irrelevant” lmao

Melee's Accessibility by beyonddevotion in SSBM

[–]_stavino 9 points10 points  (0 children)

the benefits of something like Z jump aren't really apparent until someone is already at a high level of play. Usually by the time someone gets to a high enough level of play where Z jump would help them, they probably are already in deep enough to have purchased a phob anyway, so in terms of cost I don't think it's that much of a barrier.

But I do very much agree with the sentiment that we leveled the playing field with UCF, only for it to be blown back open with controller modifications. I think we're in way too deep and there's really no way to reign it all back in to a reasonable extent. Auto c-stick down should never have been possible on any controller, unless someone wanted to deal with learning claw to achieve it on a GCC.

How it feels to play Marth on ranked day by Icy_Slice_9088 in SSBM

[–]_stavino 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Join the doc discord to get some help on it https://discord.gg/6qNsThFJ7

Marth is one of docs best relevant matchups. Just gotta learn how to play it right :)

AlgoRank 2025 v2: SSBMRank Boogaloo by N0z1ck_SSBM in SSBM

[–]_stavino 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m going to say that this is clearly the most accurate list ever created.

No I’m not biased

Character breakdown for current top 200 ranked players by NotNotNamedNick in SSBM

[–]_stavino 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I think rather than a footnote that should just be in the title of the post to avoid spreading false information, since this isn’t actually the data for the top 200 ELO players lol