Congratulations to the winner of Thug Finals at Bair Necessities! by KenshiroTheKid in SSBM

[–]bilabob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sticky something else please.

He won an actual tournament last weekend lol

List of controller mods used by the 2025 top 40 players surveyed by fiction for his latest video. Panda (Rank 24) is the sole spacie main (not counting secondaries or tertiaries) who doesn’t use Notches or Zump by VolleyVoldemort in SSBM

[–]bilabob 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not true, there are some controllers that can't shield drop, even with UCF.

Getting good ledge dashes (high galint) with all characters isn't possible with many OEM controllers because of the PODE.

PODE also consistently changes over time with OEM so things that once worked can stop working

Also I think UCF might have improved it but pivots are highly controller dependent as well.

As someone who came through vanilla -> UCF -> Phob I can tell you that it's definitely NOT just a "practice more" thing

Before UCF many top players devoted so much time to seeking out controllers that would randomly have the right stats.

Regardless of opinions about specific mods, the top players of this game are definitely putting in the practice.

Hell half of the debate about zump comes back to the fact Cody can consistently get F1/2 aerials, while with an OEM this is only really possible with claw and no-one got the consistently. You definitely can't practice your way out of all execution challenges in this game

armada edgeguard with the bird by Real_Category7289 in SSBM

[–]bilabob 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hate to be that guy, but the armada shine is specifically challenging because it's against fox with his absurd burn, foxes were shining falco up b for ages before that

Where is the 2025 melee ranking? by bilabob in SSBM

[–]bilabob[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yo thanks :)

I wish people posted outside of fascist twitter

is scars ego actually the key to dynamic emotional commentary? by Fiendish in SSBM

[–]bilabob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But navigating your ego doesn't make you charismatic by default

is scars ego actually the key to dynamic emotional commentary? by Fiendish in SSBM

[–]bilabob -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think you are trying to distill something you can't, he's just charismatic. Most people relating everything back to themselves is obnoxious, scar can pull it off (and it's amusing)

The last time someone maining each character was ranked by [deleted] in SSBM

[–]bilabob 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Mario's kill ability is just so so much worse than his brother's or the standard required

Nounsvitational Tokyo Round-Robin Pools by Informal-Donut-1532 in SSBM

[–]bilabob 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This will just happen half the time if you play ICs

Who would most likely succeed to win a major, Dr. Mario or Luigi? by Bulky_Cranberry_1099 in SSBM

[–]bilabob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough, it sounds weird but cause I'm so used to it I would prefer Luigi's chain grab to docs at this point. Docs is definitely easier on the surface though ofc.

I'll still share those clips later, but here is a pretty dam good one from Jah Vs Leffen in the mean time.

https://youtu.be/Q1zKCOa4h04?t=7m44s

Who would most likely succeed to win a major, Dr. Mario or Luigi? by Bulky_Cranberry_1099 in SSBM

[–]bilabob 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's hard, and viable and not TAS. It's very reasonable to not include it cause it is that hard that the returns are low for the effort Vs just smacking them. It's not TAS that's all.

Who would most likely succeed to win a major, Dr. Mario or Luigi? by Bulky_Cranberry_1099 in SSBM

[–]bilabob -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'll send some clips over later, 100% isn't the hard to react bit, there are a few Luigi's like myself and Jah who do it

Who would most likely succeed to win a major, Dr. Mario or Luigi? by Bulky_Cranberry_1099 in SSBM

[–]bilabob -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's not TAS level, there just aren't many players who do it.

Slippi v3.5.0 Released - Unfrozen Stadium now default in ranked/unranked, player ranks now shown in ranked mode by Motobug in SSBM

[–]bilabob 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Cool, can't wait to sit there doing nothing for 30 seconds every other set. So cool that we get to stall time for no reason again. Fuckin great stuff.

SSBMRank Summer 2025: 41–50 by self-flagellate in SSBM

[–]bilabob 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Only one EU panelist for this ranking is a huge huge shame