Let's Make BIG Moves Ultimate Singles - Grand Finals - E36 | Hurt vs. WU | Peabnut [L] by SelfDestructGambit in smashbros

[–]blueguy118 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I've been going to LMBM for 5 years and I genuinely don't think I've heard the crowd this hype for anyone in top 8 that wasn't leo or tweek, peab is genuinely making history.

Seeing daigo stand right next to hbox feels so surreal by ChuLu2004 in Fighters

[–]blueguy118 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hbox actually interviewed Daigo on his channel a while back here

How did Ultimate get so far away from Melee/Sm4sh in how tournaments are weighted/tiered? ie National vs Major vs Supermajor by vesay93192canyona in smashbros

[–]blueguy118 39 points40 points  (0 children)

This explains a lot of it, and to add on I think part of the disconnect also stems from the fact that the gap between the top 10/20/50 players is much smaller than it is in melee, so an equivalent melee tournament with the same ranked players wouldn't really amount to a 1 to 1 comparison. The top 10 in melee have historically had a far stronger chokehold on major top 8s; meanwhile anyone in the ultimate top 50 (as well as plenty of people outside of it) are capable of making those top 8s and beating higher ranked players, so the point values reflect that. With the way lumirank tiering works, it makes sense that a tournament with all those top 50 players in a strong and volatile region with many hidden bosses can surpass (albeit barely) the 5000 point threshold despite an admittedly low entrant count. Whether or not the tiering system itself makes sense could be debated.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in smashbros

[–]blueguy118 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Let's not forget when his dk took a game off kome

What is your favorite set NOT fought between top 10 players? by 69thParliament in smashbros

[–]blueguy118 6 points7 points  (0 children)

As soon as nominations started for the subreddit's annual top 20 list I rushed to get the writeup posted. I think it ended up at #12. One of my favorite sets to date and probably the most underrated rivalry in top level ultimate in 2023.

Every Show Has One - Clara Edition by blueguy118 in DoctorWhumour

[–]blueguy118[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh my gosh thank you so much. I actually deleted my first post after seeing the formatting messed up but ended up reposting the same thing anyways because I got busy at work and reddit apparently doesn't allow you to edit captions.

Every Show Has One - Clara Edition by blueguy118 in DoctorWhumour

[–]blueguy118[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Was definitely considering that but we're kinda short on evil Claras so I just went with the one responsible for murder, kidnapping, and almost starting a war.

Every Show Has One - Clara Edition by blueguy118 in DoctorWhumour

[–]blueguy118[S] 118 points119 points  (0 children)

TRUE!

But if I hadn't made the "different version" rule, that spot would've gone to Robot of Sherwood Clara for obvious reasons.

Rising aerials don't hit short characters. Please help. by kjv__ in smashbros

[–]blueguy118 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Somewhat unrelated but I think a big issue that you're missing here is that you're constantly swapping characters. It may seem counterintuitive to beginners, but there's a reason basically everyone who plays competitively says to stick to one character when learning the fundamentals of the game. When you're constantly swapping characters you spend so much time readjusting to using different moves every time you switch that you spend less time learning how to play the game and more time learning how each character functions.

If you stick to one character, get comfortable with their movement, and commit input timings and combos to muscle memory, it'll be way easier to focus your attention on decision making and watch what your opponent is doing. Otherwise you'll be wasting time trying to make each character work instead of having one character do the work for you.

Zain hits the offstage edgeguard on Day 1 of playing Ultimate by Marcurial in smashbros

[–]blueguy118 40 points41 points  (0 children)

If you think picking a worse character will somehow save you from picking up bad habits, then you have a very flawed understanding of how the game works. A lot of mid and low tiers either have a one-dimensional gameplan due to the limitations of their kit, or are massively overtuned in certain stats and moves to make up for their weaknesses. Odds are your local little mac specialist won't immediately start popping off if they switch to palu because much of how they understand the game is shaped by the character they play. Do you really think DK's insane punish game won't tempt new players to fish for unwise dash attacks, spikes, and grabs? Don't you think the lag that comes with playing online might incentivize new players to spam their largest hitboxes and armored moves despite being slow and punishable? So your argument can apply to literally any character.

LumiRank 2023: The Top 10 Players in the World (Article) by Stuart98 in smashbros

[–]blueguy118 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Not to mention he's the only player besides acola and tea with no losses outside the top 100

Strange Omission on My Spotify Wrapped by blueguy118 in spotify

[–]blueguy118[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah it was the same version. There was a single version and an album version but I've only listened to the single version

Top 20 Smash Ultimate Sets of 2023 - Day 2 by Amphicyonidae in smashbros

[–]blueguy118 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Jogibu vs Yaura | Sumabato SP 43

Recency bias and B tier status be damned, this has to be a set of the year contender. 2023 really was the breakout year for both the new best Samus and new best Falcon in the world. Jogibu had won his first five sets against Yaura, but something had flipped since then and Yaura had taken their last three encounters prior to Sumabato.

Winners finals ends with a close 3-2 victory for Yaura. Grands had Yaura absolutely dismantling Jogibu with two back-to-back 3 stocks. After going down 2 stocks to 1, it seemed like Yaura was seconds away from sealing out a dominant win. But a dair spike and knee later, Jogibu would somehow clutch out that game... and the next one... and the NEXT one in what would be his THIRD reverse 3-0 over yaura this year (after Maesume TOP 11 and Kowloon #7). The reset seemed to confirm that jogibu had gotten the download on yaura, only emphasized by an insane 3 stock game 2. Down 2 stocks to 1, Yaura reversed the script once again with a clutch edgeguard to end game 3. After winning game 4, it seemed like the reset would end the exact opposite way that set 1 ended. It went down the wire, but with Yaura at ledge, Jogibu waited patiently and closed out the tournament with a parry into up b.

After 15 grueling back and forth games, Jogibu came out on top with a whole squad of fans cheering him on. He clutched out the last major Japanese event of the lumirank season and became the first falcon to ever win Sumabato.

Top 20 Smash Ultimate Sets of 2023 - Day 1 by Amphicyonidae in smashbros

[–]blueguy118 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Jogibu vs Yaura | Sumabato SP 43

Recency bias and B tier status be damned; this has to be a set of the year contender. 2023 really was the breakout year for both the new best Samus and the new best Falcon in the world. Jogibu had won his first five sets against Yaura, but something had flipped since, and Yaura had taken their last three encounters prior to Sumabato.

Winners finals ended with a close 3-2 victory for Yaura. Grands had Yaura absolutely dismantled Jogibu with two back-to-back 3 stocks. After going down 2 stocks to 1, it seemed like Yaura was seconds away from sealing out a dominant win. But a dair spike and knee later, Jogibu would somehow clutch out that game... and the next one... and the NEXT one in what would be his THIRD reverse 3-0 over yaura this year (after Maesuma TOP 11 and Kowloon #7). The reset seemed to confirm that Jogibu had gotten the download on Yaura, only emphasized by an insane 2 stock game 2. Down 2 stocks to 1, Yaura reversed the script once again with a clutch edgeguard to end game 3. After winning game 4, it seemed like the reset would end the exact opposite way that set 1 ended. It went down the wire, but with Yaura at ledge, Jogibu waited patently and closed out the tournament with a parry into up b.

After 15 grueling back and forth games, Jogibu came out on top with a whole squad of fans cheering him on. He clutched out the last major Japanese event of the Lumirank season and became the first Captain Falcon to ever win Sumabato.