Scufo

That offstage throw has got to be the coolest way to kill someone I've ever seen. It's stuff like that that'll help us break Brawl.

I can't play my match until Ocean and Nekofrog play their round, and then someone plays against Vintage. So yeah what G-T said.

http://www.vgcats.com/ It's funny because it's true!

That's not what I meant. Of course it would be easy to actually program it in there. What I mean is that, given the EXTREMELY small impact air tripping has on gameplay (as in, the vast majority of us have not even once experienced it), it would be an utterly pointless addition. Tripping was added because it was thought to provide balance (twisted logic is fun). But air tripping just has such an abysmally small chance of happening that there's no way it's a legitimate gameplay mechanic. IMO. ALSO this is the first time I've heard that air tripping only occurs when Olimar is present. Unfortunately I can't remember who my opponent was, other than it was a level 9 CPU in an offline game. So it could've been him, I donno. If it's true that it only happens when he's an opponent, though, then it's definitely a glitch. Good thing Nintendo doesn't believe in patching their games huh!

Oh god. It's like the Mario Bros. movie all over again. And the huge fake ears. Oh man...

Air tripping has happened to me once. I went to recover, starting with my second jump. But instead of obeying my input, Zelda decided it would be a better idea to just start tumbling to her death. The CPU opponent was nowhere near me, so I wan't footstool jumped. The controller rumbled when it happened. I think it's a glitch. There's no way they'd even bother to implement something with such a small chance of happening.

@Triad Oh, don't get me wrong. Tripping's not a big deal at all. It's just the principle of the thing that gets me. To Sakurai, a loss is discouraging and makes you not want to play anymore. Of course that's not what many of us believe. He wants a game in which "everyone wins" because they did their best. If you lose to a random bomb-omb appearing in your face, it's all good fun. Again this is not the way many of us think. Sakurai didn't want Melee to be competitive. Basically he failed miserably there. So, he took every measure to make sure Brawl is not competitive. He will fail again, because we will make it competitive. It will never be quite as deep as Melee, but I believe it can come pretty close. Regardless, I agree with everyone who's said Brawl is simply more fun than Melee.

Brawl definitely seems more balanced right now. Off the top of my head I can only think of a few characters who I think will be considered unplayable. Link, Shiek, DK, maybe Ice Climbers, maybe Jigglypuff, maybe Samus, MAYBE Ike. That's about it really. Out of 39 that's pretty damn good. I expect to see the tier list be more top-heavy this time around, which is a very good thing. And yes tripping makes me very very angry not so much for the impact it has on gameplay but the fact that they would have the nerve to give a "fuck you" to competitive smashers by adding an uncontrollable, universal random element. Why not just let us play the way we like? Smash has always been about customization, after all. Melee was plenty accessible as it was. Items and wacky stages for casuals, and the option to turn them off for tourneyfags. Sakurai's a cool guy. He came up with smash. For this I am grateful. But I almost wish they put someone else in charge of Brawl.

Cynical beats blitzag 3-1.

Blitzag! Calling Blitzag! Check your PMs dood.

Cynical beats Steben in a lagtastic 3-0.

Awesome matches Silent Mike. You're a great opponent. Better than me, but not by much

Holy balls, the NWG has been identified sort of! Posting in an epic thread.

Count me in on the tourney. My Lucas, Zelda, and Olimar are looking forward to having their asses handed to them.

Haven't been able to play with you guys yet but I'm definitely maybe gonna get in on this tournament! Items off is good. I think non-neutral stages are fine, but there are a few stages that are just way too intrusive for serious play. Namely Warioware, Spear Pillar, and Rumble Falls.

I see your Spear Pillar and raise you a New Pork City.

Whoa whoa what? I thought it was generally accepted that Brawl is aimed more at casuals, in accordance with Nintendo's whole "non-gamer" policy right now. As evidenced by no rankings online, the generally slower gameplay, decreased complexity (no more l-cancel, crouch cancel, bunch of other stuff), hell, even the forced random tripping. It's got competitive smashers having a hissy fit. Although yeah, the challenges are, well...challenging. I'd be disappointed if they weren't. I want to WORK to unlock everything in this (massive) game.

Yeah GC's best. Turns out you can buy em for like 5 bucks on ebay. I was worried they'd be expensive now with Brawl out, and I imagine it'd be tricky to find them at retail.

Ah, crap. I accidently got one of the numbers wrong in my friend code. Fixed now and in the database. Scufo 2234-6795-7679 I would greatly appreciate it if you guys could re-add me.

"Well I guess I'll add everyone's friend codes now. Shouldn't take too long." Oh my dear sweet jesus christ was that tedious. ANYWAY hope to see you guys online.

10/18. I stupidly missed Duck Hunt D:

Funny how that works out. I was really excited about Dedede and Metaknight up until release, but after trying them out I can't say I'm too enthusiastic about them anymore. Although I still need to give Dedede more of a chance. Diddy and Olimar, on the other hand, I love both in concept and execution.

^I wasn't really addressing anyone in particular. Just sayin. EDIT: lol

Anyone who complains about SSE was setting their expectations way too high. It's a one player mode in a multiplayer game that imports fighting controls into a platformer. I like it, but it's nothing more than a nice little addon. Can't expect more than that from it.

Added my code to the database. I'll be adding everyone else once I get a spare moment...which won't be today. How's the lag been for you guys? So far I've only been able to play one online game due to connection issues, and there was like a half second of lag. Completely killed the experience.