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@Wins_Williams One of the Pirates best bullpen arms is unironically a byproduct of the Washington Wild Things

Throwing a 7 inning no-hitter against a lineup where half of the hitters never played in affiliated ball and nobody that did made it past AA

@CONEY A grown ass man in his 30s who was involved with someone who killed themselves probably shouldn’t be telling people to kill themselves

Gooners get huffy when you tell them their sex name isn't an automatic cheat code for being funny

@LiquidHbox @Chickenman400 I’ve seen players banned longer for less. Setting a standard is a good thing but the bias is so apparent and needs to be addressed

Hi everyone, We had a conversation with @Chickenman400 (BBB) about his conduct during the last Cashbox event to clarify the situation. A mutual understanding was met, and he accepted the terms we would lay out. These events are funded by us, for us. The point of the tournament series is to lift up players in both communities and provide a platform for people looking to carve a name out for themselves, but also to ensure there is respect among the competitors. Due to Unsportsmanlike Conduct, Bobby will be temporarily banned from Cashbox events for two (2) months. He has promised to not behave in a similar fashion for future events, and has also apologized to his co-competitor.

Idk how this is possibly hard to understand. No one has a responsibility to do anything, but if you’re not involved with the local community you’re not a member of that community it’s simple. If you don’t go to locals you can’t claim a region you just live nearby

“Doesn’t owe ppl shit” and it’s a joke about supporting your local melee scene LMAOOO

@KortsaOrlong @NotAklo I’ve basically 180’d my position to anti ban by simply having my fiancée hold my controller lmaoo. Her hands naturally claw and mine naturally fall into z placement she could perma claw a tom easier than I ever could and her hands would strain on z jump config

@dairchain @NotAklo I’ve asked the same thing all over the place and nobody has an answer. Pro ban folks keep claiming permaclaw is some kind of “earned” skill.

My final thoughts on zjump — I recently thought about this for a VERY long while before saying something that I wasn't confident in. In this post I've addressed every point that has been brought up regarding this debate, as well as some points that I haven't seen people mention. As someone who has been playing Melee since the beginning and who at heart actually DISLIKES button remapping in the game, banning Z-jump/GCC remapping simply cannot be justified. You cannot ban zjump without banning boxx. Rather, you SHOULD not. It is logically inconsistent. If you support doing so, then your argument is subjective and not objective. You are biased. I've heard many people argue that banning only GCC remapping is fine because the boxx is an accessibility controller, whereas zjump and remapping are purely for ease of use. It's true that some top players (i.e. Cody, Joshman, Lucky, Chem, etc) have benefited from switching to Z-jump. Yes, it's mostly Fox players, as Fox requires the most high speed execution in the game. But the amount of NON-TOP level players that have improved because of switching to boxx is disproportionate. Yes, the boxx is an accessibility controller. But to pretend that the boxx is not ALSO an ease of use tool is straight up delusional. To be clear btw, I think the boxx being legal is very good for the overall health of the scene. If you think "we can address the boxx if it becomes a problem," then that means you only care if someone actually good at the game is using these tools. Put your bias aside; it is blinding you. The argument that GCC remapping is inaccessible is also just bullshit. Here is why: It's true that you currently need a phob gcc/controller mods to do remapping (which is super dumb btw when stealth mods are possible). However, if you want to play Melee on GCC without remapping, the only feasible way you can properly perform techniques utilized by zumpers and boxx players is to use permanent right hand claw grip. For most human beings, this hand position is extremely uncomfortable. In fact, I would even argue that doing perma claw grip without hand discomfort is EVEN LESS realistic than having controller mods done. It's just such a bad faith argument too because most serious competitors have already been using Phob controllers for years. That being said, zjumping is obviously easier than claw grip. I'm sure there is a very small subset of people who disagree, as this is subjective. Let's be real though. Even aside from competitive gamers, the vast majority of human beings would not think that perma claw grip is easier than holding a controller the conventional way. It IS an ease of use tool, but again — so is the boxx. Last thing I'll say is that I truly find it comical seeing Captain Falcon, Sheik, Marth, and Puff players complain about tech skill being too easy for Fox. "Melee is supposed to be a very difficult game [for you, not me]."

@Genesis_Smash The only correct answer is MoF and Junebug

IF WE HAD A SALTY SUITE WHO WOULD YOU WANT TO SEE GO HEAD TO HEAD (any game)

@okwhocaresidk @JKJplays @sp1nda_pgh If a tournament had a no food/drink rule, illegal, if it’s not mentioned undefined. If a player started spitting gum at the screen when losing at they had to make a rule specifically to not spit at the screen, does that mean screen spitting was legal before the rule was made???

@dairchain @JKJplays @sp1nda_pgh Is it legal to chew bubblegum or is it undefined

cody gave me coaching like a month ago where he basically told me to focus only on unreactable spacing and dash dancing + broke down a game of him vs. Zain in real time to show me how he sees the game, and it’s not Z-jump. he’s just a melee genius lol.

@JKJplays @sp1nda_pgh It’s not binary if the term is undefined lmaoo. Yet again 🫵 you made a positive claim. The positive claim means it was previously ruled on as being legal. The MikeHaze scream was never legal, it wasn’t illegal before he did that because no one did it. This is simple

@dairchain @sp1nda_pgh I have a question. Are you alive right now? Or are you just not dead yet? Something being legal or illegal is a binary. It was allowed in tournaments.

@JKJplays @sp1nda_pgh Then your initial statement is incorrect. It’s not that remaps were legal it’s just that they weren’t illegal. You made the positive claim as though it was decided to be legal. The video I linked showed there wasn’t a ruling or general consensus yet

@dairchain @sp1nda_pgh The rulesets not covering it = it was legal and people were using it in tournaments. You're literally pointing to a guy saying he thinks it should be illegal (implying that would be different from the current status quo at the time)

@JKJplays @sp1nda_pgh Can you find me something that states that? I looked around and found a video from Blur from Dec 2016 where he states he thinks it should be illegal but the rule sets don’t really cover this stuff. 13:40 youtu.be/-BU6FCK0ayU?si…

@dairchain @sp1nda_pgh button remapping has been legal in melee tournaments for nearly 10 years lol

@obser_vic @sp1nda_pgh Boxx is already a point of contention and most people wouldn’t care if that got banned either tbf. The hands argument doesn’t seem to hold weight either. RSI can be prevented by stretching, resting and generally taking better care of your hands. Yeah fuck notches lol

@dairchain @sp1nda_pgh we already allow ergonomic stuff like boxx controllers so why not this? if it helps players' hands not succumb to RSI it can't be anything but a plus i also believe notches should be banned though

@PenguinsJesus A compiled list of Tomlin suffering from his success 2024 - Russ at QB LMAOO 2023 - Actually a miracle a Pickett/Rudolph led team even managed to sniff playoffs 2021 - washed up Ben vs Prime Mahomes 2020 - ben throws 2 picks and fumbles in the 1st quarter to give a 28-0 lead

“Mike Tomlin is a victim of his own success” Brother, it is the Year of our Lord 2025. Is “success” in the room with us right now?

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Congratulations to Pittsburgh’s Man on a Ledge tournament organizing team for breaking the all-time record for most iterations of the same tournament series with 592! Yesterday they finally surpassed Xanadu, which shut down last December.

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One day smash players will come to accept that double elimination for majors is a dogshit format, and do swiss into top cut like every other competitive game