Mono

sometimes you set out to make a youtube thumbnail and get lost in the sauce

Didn't know Genesis was yesterday

Melee

I sat down with @moky_dokie and talked about his deeply personal relationship with Melee. But with a camera for once. Link below

The obvious parts are: - Huge barrier for entry and deterrent to playing the game (bad) - Actively balances the game and especially fast characters bc it makes mashing buttons harder (good) - I get to press more buttons (good) Melee is a game that's balanced so much around its physical execution, probably way more than we give it credit for. You can be extremely good at the game by just learning how to consistently move fast and hit hard. At the same time, the community has fetishized the difficulty of Melee to the point where we actively dissuade people from trying the game because they're told they need to spend months solo grinding on a $600 specialized controller just have any shot at taking a stock. Yeah, you need to learn to L-cancel to be good at Melee. But you don't need it to play Melee. Millions of people had fun with the game casually without ever being able to, and I think you could still win games and sets without it, even today.

gonna make a video on L-canceling since it seems like one of the biggest roadblocks for people picking up the game but i need your takes if you love it tell me why you love it if you hate it tell me why you hate it

Very proud of my chat with @ZainNaghmi - He had a lot of great insights on his feelings about Melee & its future. Link below :)

@monotheon i don’t think it’s up for debate

Which 5 alphabetically adjacent players make the best crew? The A's and J's are pretty stacked imo

@Vidya_James Mgmg to morsecode is almost nasty it's too bad moky snuck in there somehow

@monotheon that run of M's - N's form quite a few decent contenders

This is peak Melee 🗻

It wouldn't be world class Melee without world class talent to bless the mic 🎤 Tune into Nounsvitational 2025 December 6th & 7th

@ZainNaghmi @moky_dokie @LilTrickshot @KrudoKyle nothing but goats

INTRODUCING FIRST TO 50 OPPONENTS FOR THE REST OF THIS WEEK @moky_dokie @LilTrickshot @KrudoKyle @monotheon

@LiquidHbox God, whoever drew that is probably so cool and funny and talented and handsome and good at yoshi

THIS THUMBNAIL 😂😭😭😭

CINEMA

@TheXIF It's not just about feeling shame- it's about affording others the respect and grace to not impose your weird degenerate shit onto them. We can disagree about how much we should consider the comfort of the people around us, but the answer isn't "never".

People are of course taking this in the worst faith possible thinking I’m on some puritanical bs when I just mean that when I see people that have this shit on their car I think Shame might’ve helped.

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Collision Finals Day! Talking about it on stream now :)

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