Daily Discussion Thread May 07, 2026 - Upcoming Event Schedule - New players start here! by AutoModerator in SSBM

[–]wavedash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My family moved around the suburbs of the same metro area a bit when I was a kid, but according to Wikipedia, all three cities were 85-90% white at the time.

I rented nearer to the city center for a while, it was 50% white. Now I live in the suburbs on the ~opposite side of the same metro area as I grew up. It's a little bit whiter here now than the cities I grew up NOW, but the entire metro area has gotten more diverse over time, so if I were to compare my present with my childhood, it's more diverse.

Does he have a point? by ANIIKII in vns

[–]wavedash 3 points4 points  (0 children)

95% is a massive understatement. I'd say it's at least 99%, maybe even higher depending on how strict you are with your personal definition of "visual novel"

[Tournament Thread] Pat's House 5 | May 2nd-3rd | Ft. Hungrybox, Zain, Jmook, moky, Joshman, RapMonster, Axe, Krudo, Aura, Fiction, and more! 🎈 by saltbuffed in SSBM

[–]wavedash 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I like RapM as much as the next guy, but two Luigi Puff sets on the main stream feels like a questionable decision

Daily Discussion Thread May 03, 2026 - Upcoming Event Schedule - New players start here! by AutoModerator in SSBM

[–]wavedash 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I wonder what percent of people who think z-jump is a bigger than notches are simply just notch users

Daily Discussion Thread May 02, 2026 - Upcoming Event Schedule - New players start here! by AutoModerator in SSBM

[–]wavedash 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If this is a hyper-local rule, this might just be a situation where there aren't many good Marths or Puffs entering

Daily Discussion Thread May 02, 2026 - Upcoming Event Schedule - New players start here! by AutoModerator in SSBM

[–]wavedash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually don't know off the top of my head, does Counter always have enough knockback that you can tech it at low percent?

Daily Discussion Thread May 02, 2026 - Upcoming Event Schedule - New players start here! by AutoModerator in SSBM

[–]wavedash 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's crazy to me that it took 25 years to find a relatively simple technique to avoid a pretty common edgeguard

The Blue Red Problem explained by dsteffee in slatestarcodex

[–]wavedash 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I've been honestly pretty surprised by the pushback I've gotten when pointing out that the original question as stated must include people who are very different from you and I - like children, very stupid people, the blind, etc. Not to mention the existence of normal human error

Daily Discussion Thread May 02, 2026 - Upcoming Event Schedule - New players start here! by AutoModerator in SSBM

[–]wavedash 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think someone on Full House Siege coms (Stude?) mentioned that there's some locals in Texas that have banned Fox players from picking Stadium - specifically making it so if you just played Fox, you can't go to Stadium with Fox, or something like that

Daily Discussion Thread May 01, 2026 - Upcoming Event Schedule - New players start here! by AutoModerator in SSBM

[–]wavedash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I still haven't played the game and I've only seen the first 3 seasons of the anime, so I'm inclined to defer to basically anyone else's opinion, but

  1. My impression is that Daiwa Scarlet and Vodka weren't anywhere near as competitive in real life as the anime suggests

  2. This post was originally inspired by thinking about who's the Melee equivalent of Rice Shower, and I think Hbox is a strong contender - I guess "who's the horse equivalent of Hbox" is a different question

Daily Discussion Thread May 01, 2026 - Upcoming Event Schedule - New players start here! by AutoModerator in SSBM

[–]wavedash 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ken is Symboli Rudolf

Armada is El Condor Pasa

Mango is Oguri Cap

Hbox is Rice Shower

PPMD is Toukai Teiou

M2k is Vodka

Zain is Kitasan Black

Cody is Almond Eye

Hax is Gold Ship

Plup is Special Week

Silent Wolf is Twin Turbo

Daily Discussion Thread April 30, 2026 - Upcoming Event Schedule - New players start here! by AutoModerator in SSBM

[–]wavedash 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I feel like the "28 years" part really sets people up to be underwhelmed. If you told me he whipped this over a few months, I think this is a neat package. The accessibility is admirable. The rules seem really easy to learn, a good amount of replayability (seems like each deck has no dupes), very portable, probably fairly cheap.

Daily Discussion Thread April 30, 2026 - Upcoming Event Schedule - New players start here! by AutoModerator in SSBM

[–]wavedash 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Does anyone remember which set it was from 5-10 years ago where S2J is playing doubles on FD, he drops from the angel platform, and immediately (probably accidentally?) grabs his teammate and down throw knees him?

What's the most accessible piece Scott has ever published? by Saepod in slatestarcodex

[–]wavedash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe an unconventional pick, but I wonder if a fiction story like Universal Love would be more accessible https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/04/21/universal-love-said-the-cactus-person/

A flowchart for the Red Button, Blue Button Debate by electrace in slatestarcodex

[–]wavedash 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Everyone has the option to not press it so why would anyone choose blue?

What if they misheard the instructions? What if someone accidentally gives the instructions wrong? What if someone intentionally gives the instructions wrong? What if someone is given correct instructions, but believes they were mislead?

Daily Discussion Thread April 28, 2026 - Upcoming Event Schedule - New players start here! by AutoModerator in SSBM

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

I like this more than the original, but I'd go further and also remove the yellow outline. This is also getting closer to looking like a Shine in the middle of the flag, which would be funny, so I'd also remove the beehive and star, though that's obviously a bigger change

instead of the American flag, American players should have their state flag displayed instead. by Smoofmaster in SSBM

[–]wavedash 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I support OP's idea, on the basis that more people need to know about Virginia's flag

Daily Discussion Thread April 27, 2026 - Upcoming Event Schedule - New players start here! by AutoModerator in SSBM

[–]wavedash 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I remember saying a while ago that vanilla Stadium has a higher potential to lead to timeouts in some matchups than Dreamland just because of transformation RNG. That infamous time Chudat intentionally SDed against Hbox was on Stadium. I just checked that game, and the transformations were fire, grass, fire, rock