10 Times SSBM Went Mainstream (and didn't need Nintendo) - Super Smash Bros. Melee

[@AllstonMelee]

What's your favorite moment Melee went Mainstream?

[@comb711]

My favorite main stream moment was when Taylor Hicks of the soul patrol, winner of Season 5 of American Idol, placed 257th at Evo 2013

[@WooAlberto]

I once heard my step-dad talking about melee. Apparently they mentioned it on ESPN for like 15 minutes and he called me immediately after and asked if I was making money. Obviously not.

[@VintageTechie]

people like ludwig and mang0 being big on twitch have definetly helped me slowly introduce some friends into the scene/ alongside documentaries!

[@jasperh494]

When hungrybox DESTROYED that Fox News anchor

[@JoshHasTime]

CHEDDARRRRRRRRRRR

[@Flip-a-dip-dip]

I didn’t realize it till now but Ken’s life is kinda god-tier

[@turtlechamp8325]

Yeah it's honestly legendary

[@69metersbelow25]

I already knew that

[@goodbibes4092]

THAT WAS THE BIGGEST MIND FUCK EVER, like u think u know a guy lol He's gone to full on reunions n shit?!?!?! With fans long dedicated over a long time???? And all we ever hear from it is like Haha ken was on survivor lol

[@Barchueetadonai]

@@goodbibes4092 yeah Ken was amazing on Gabon. He's probably one of the most desired contestants to return who haven't yet.

[@bladefox5082]

Bro it’s dippy fresh

[@TDBoltSSBM]

#1 - "Slime's Friend"

[@sextipsandadvice969]

It’s sad to know that slime is now ludwigs friend

[@Athesies]

Ludwig's meteoric rise has really been something amazing

[@MWiit]

Ludwig being number 1 kind of warms my heart

[@dukepotato244]

Was insane to find out in retrospect Ludwig was the same dude who shared some iconic Melee scene clips that a lot of people might recognize these days (i.e. the MVG Sandstorm power outage, Leff getting hug sneak-attacked, etc...). I remember seeing this stuff online in during my uni years and didn't realize until much later on they were the same person.

[@ParagonPKC]

I literally shat myself when Jeff Probst smirked and said "I guess even the king can get hit huh" when he bonked his head in a blindfolded maze challenge.

[@JtCoronaOnTheMic]

link??

[@ParagonPKC]

@@JtCoronaOnTheMic it's probably somewhere on vimeo or amazon lol it's the mask match challenge no episode on the wiki :(

[@vegaplus420]

This guy literally shit himself

[@ParagonPKC]

@@vegaplus420 vega varga same thing

[@sillyloogi2]

Hungrybox is in need of a MAJOR comeback! I got you, son! Mom? hit noises ding Yes! Amazing! A surprise save from Hungrybox’s….mother? Your moves were a little bit off son, you must be hungry. Fuel up on Campbell’s® Chunky® Soup. Thanks Mom. Now, let’s smash this noob!

[@Faulheit]

that tilted face moky makes when he's losing" lmao

[@Lunarnova6]

I was really expecting Slippi coming out with Rollback and every twitch streamer imaginable streaming it for a little while to be on this list, but even then there's some pretty incredible things I had no idea that had ever happened that I got out of this. 10/10 video!

[@oomar4597]

oh oh this POGGERS moment

[@nickkelly8815]

why on earth are you not famous in the community? your channel is so good

[@DavidMartinez-xq5nl]

"What if Isai actually tried?" That had me rolling lol.

[@jonathanhiley2375]

Great vid! There's a couple things that I think also could've been included, mainly Tyler Joseph from Twenty One Pilots. He's interacted with several melee pros on twitter (he mains samus so he talked with Buzzfeed star HugS), tweeted out the Genesis stream (I think it was G4) to a large audience, destroyed an interviewer in melee, and I'm sure even more. I also happen to know his younger brother from melee, Jay's marth is pretty solid! There's also that one Elementary episode where DJ and Moon had brief cameos and the writer being interviewed at STR by Lud and Slime, but it's understandable that this wouldn't be included due to DJ and Moon having allegations of misconduct (kinda bad RNG that those 2 were chosen of all melee pro's). Also, I remember actually watching Survivor Gabon (pronounced Gab-own btw) and when Ken said he played Melee I was like "why doesn't he play Brawl, that's the newer one", then Smash 4 came out and I watched The Doc and understood why. But yeah, crazy to see him on my TV, and he did pretty well thanks in part to Gabon being one of the few seasons where the physically strong players were almost all voted out early. And of course, the #1 spot could not go to a more deserving person. Can't wait for him to go to more tournaments and commentate once rona is over with. Good stuff Allston Melee, keep it up!

[@vice0903]

This video is needed now more than ever

[@felipeomar3715]

dude, this channel may not be big nor mainstream enough to be featured on this top 10 list, but goddamn y'all are doing amazing work to keep the community active. I feel like content like this really hypes up melee for people who might otherwise have their interests waning over this downtime period because of the pandemic. Thank you for the good videos and I'll be sure to check out the patreon

[@mattdotzeb]

Huge fan of the opening sketch

[@malonee]

Im shocked that the introduction of slippi wasnt on here

[@vegaplus420]

You mean rollback

[@malonee]

@@vegaplus420 Yes, king!

[@vegaplus420]

@@malonee bet bro

[@arb985]

Slippi didn't make it 'mainstream'. It gave melee a huge boost, with rollback and also streaming, but this is all within the community, it doesn't directly reach outsiders so I don't think it fits in this list

[@malonee]

@@arb985 I would say so because it pulled A LOT of ultimate players and people from other fgc

[@jrkb89]

Awesome video as always my dudes! You've become a great part of this huge melee family

[@tedgreene5330]

Faderade prominently featured at 21:52

[@PokemonWalkthroughDS]

17:28 yooo the dude on the left is Josef who is a big part of the Chi Town Melee scene, sick ICs player and welcoming dude

[@BreakDowning]

Why is hungrybox on the news? Why is someone playing bowser?

[@kanestewart6691]

God I fucking appreciate that every time I'm feeling like tearing up, I can just pull up your videos and they pull my heart out.

[@fanatic4561]

Its crazy watching this video after Ludwig just hosted LACS3 with its insane prize pool

[@hitnrun66]

Wow, this video is too underrated. I actually didn’t realize how big the melee community was until i saw this.

[@barrettgreaves5702]

Can't believe it took me so long to find this channel. Great stuff

[@MrSol3fool]

Great video man, thanks for doing something for the community.

[@dukepotato244]

I remember watching the Roast of Hugo and Ludwig's set was phenomenal. Went on to watch his ~200 viewer streams thinking "If this guy blows up, he could really bring eyes to the scene". Needless to say exactly that happened, and I don't think anyone could have done a better job at giving back. Sure he's not Mang0, but in terms of having quality widespread brand-safe appeal, he fucking nailed it.

[@pleasecallmeerik4816]

Top 10 awful Twitter takes from ssbm (blur saying pika is top 5, nintendude saying "wobbler" is hate speech)

[@michaelwellington5509]

1-10: Salem. Everything else is honorable mention

[@vagelisananiadis2254]

Can someone please link me the killa or on mtv thing sounds really interesting and I cant find it anywhere

[@AllstonMelee]

got u kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3i4mGCthZWUm7M

[@vagelisananiadis2254]

Thanks bro

[@navvvi9848]

great video, very informative for a game ive followed since release as a angle i never knew about. thanks for taking the time to make this. subbed

[@bucketfullabiscuits7865]

This is Ultimate, but Le'veon Bell, a running back for the Kansas City Cheifs (Football) played in some online tournaments as Mega Man

[@Barchueetadonai]

I don't recall Mega Man being in Melee

[@bucketfullabiscuits7865]

@@Barchueetadonai read the first 3 words

[@andykay7174]

This channel be popping off

[@WooAlberto]

The first ludwig stream I caught was when he finally beat the elite four in Heartgold or someshit. I thought "eh", I could watch this again. And then I stayed for every following pokemon stream and now I'm a fuckin simp for this man. He said my name twice and now I'm loyal

[@ianjohnston3077]

This is a really well made video. Good stuff

[@BladedStrider]

Been sitting on this idea for a little while Top 10 moments where the set's/games were contested I.E. Maybe Leffen Vs. ChuDat. That, or maybe Top 10 moments when a player smurfed in a tourney. A.K.A. Crush = Kimba at Cold Hard Smash either way, you guys hit another video out of the park. I really enjoyed more of the live action segments, keep up the excellent work!!!

[@jayfugazi9751]

10:06 LMFAO for a second there I thought the white guy with the beard was what ken looked like now

[@kylewise7554]

This is excellent work, looking forward to more

[@devmathur5003]

This video was heartwarming😊 There are a few Melee players in India as well like qwertz 143 and balu

[@michaelwellington5509]

16:17 THATS WOLFEY GLICK THE WIDEO MAN!

[@davidolinger3948]

I know it doesn't count as Melee, but I do think Alpharad deserves a mention for getting tons of recognition for competitive smash

[@AK-ir1se]

Amazing content as always. Thanks for making these

[@ParagonPKC]

we love you dylan

[@dal4268]

I have a reupload of true life I’m a a gamer featuring killaor

[@flashburn117]

17:33 You technically weren't wrong. That was us under a different name lmao. It definitely was a crazy thing to hear during our GF stream that Ninja was restreaming us at the time skyrocketing our reach.

[@MrSlowpez10]

LOVE these videos. I always learn something new and have a fun time watching it. Can't wait till next week!

[@theguitardude5769]

rapidly turning into my favorite melee channel ❤️❤️

[@ezmoneyy149]

Didn't know ninja helped bring people to melee. Ty ninja

[@prodig7266]

@5:21 is at närcon

[@JonathanDirmann]

That intro was so accurate 😂

[@PokemonWalkthroughDS]

Yo shoutout to CableThanos who was the dude who was playing with Russell Wilson

[@technicalmachine1671]

Had no idea Ken was on Survivor. It's like I stepped into a parallel world.

[@Lencaleena]

This channel is underrated

[@demonicheed]

why is nobody talking about the friend's absolute fuckin drip

[@mechc4902]

definitely a certified pog classic

[@WeSkillNow]

Love all the work you guys put into your excellent videos

[@marina8706]

LACS 3 is now the 5th biggest melee prize pool of all time!

[@primrosevale1995]

I haven't seen this much talk about a party game going mainstream since the time Nintendo had to give out gloves back in 1998.

[@michaelmorehouse6027]

I think emplemon should be an honorable mention here

[@gomezfreshh9897]

Who's Ludwig though? I've kept up with the Melee scene for almost a decade but don't really know who he is and what he does.

[@GoodieM8]

He originated in the melee scene and then last year he kinda blew up on twitch and has just skyrocketed even more since then.

[@ovadyarachman7243]

he hosted the first ever slippi tournament.

[@gomezfreshh9897]

@@GoodieM8 Oh okay thanks! I've heard his name a couple of times but had no idea who he really was

[@lubiehue7177]

editor for the reads, commentated every once in a while, he commentated smash the record 2017

[@GoodieM8]

@@lubiehue7177 AND got top 8

[@Illidandavid]

When you have no clue about half the esports hall of fame, but not seeing Flash or JaeDong on there? Bru. At least Moon, Faker and Armada found a cozy spot, and I guess rightfully so.

[@papasitodonkey9749]

Me, I just wanted to beat my friends in Brawl, and found Brawl and Melee tier list.

[@TrevarThePastor]

That’s dudes Hysteric Glamour hat is sick 🔥

[@lukefisher64]

I found melee through EmpLemon’s HungryBox vid

[@wills992]

this video is tight

[@thomastaylor1853]

Would love to see a top 10 melee montages/combo videos video.

[@joshuaguerra21]

Does anybody have a link to the last song played?

[@AllstonMelee]

its a Snowwiener beat, follow him and tell him to upload his music lol twitter.com/SnowWiener

[@dinkygoo5071]

Top ten doubles teams?

[@nogard0497]

UGS

[@AspectCave]

i like how you you put melee fox on the top of the gamecube

[@larrylikhtenstein2496]

For the KZbin algorithm

[@maximusmontes]

I remember the True Life episode. S.T.D Smash Till Dawn

[@andrewcichetti6130]

you guys deserve more subs

[@PattySkeet]

Never seen your content before but this popped up on my recommended. Fucking solid dude, easy sub

[@prototypex9094]

16:15 ay thats wolfey

[@bazzball8449]

You make the most amazing content! Keep up the good work ❤️❤️❤️

[@inakilannot2428]

Im a big fan of the content, but good god the music loops are like a drill straight into my brain.

[@joethynne4679]

broooooooooo come on you fr said "survivor gabbin"

[@MA-ym8pl]

amazing video! Keep making content please!

[@thelurkingpanda3605]

Holy shit whats the shirt on the right at 1:00 I like it

[@degogaming]

This video made me cry Redbull tears of joy

[@Skantaq]

please do a top 10 players’ signature/invented moves

[@kerokeropoonito]

the mega64 sweatshirt POGGG

[@Riolupai]

18:56 those exist? wth

[@CraigOrangeSoda]

What a great timing for KZbin to recommend this after what Nintendo just did

[@CapybaraEnjoyer123]

Nice Mega64 sweatshirts!

[@Acryte]

Sick vid dude. Good times.

[@m3on08]

The short man ludwig really did it

[@supabigsteve3969]

Top 10 Times Rocket League Went Mainstream: Number 1: Allston Melee Channel 14:00

[@gsef4157]

allson skatepark is so rad, the pump track there is so fun.... im from MA also, cant wait for IRL toruneys to come back. i wanna fuck some shit up!!!!!!!! also..... GO VOTE!

[@wyattking4551]

As long as we continue to share our love for it, we will never die

[@Mandelason]

Someone had to say it. Melee's got a long life to live.

[@suborilltakeitpersonally290]

I bet the Wizzrobe x Dragonforce collab was lit 🔥🔥🔥

[@Perryg]

Oh snap i never thought I’d be in one of these videos! I’m in the background of the True Life part lol

[@jugohayashi2389]

Clickbait game out of this world

[@MostYourBase]

Come on.. Leffen signing with Red Bull?? What about Bizzarro Flame signing with TeamYP?!?

[@seanmcgrath7222]

Really good idea for a vid wow

[@asadk895]

Where could I find the killer O'R Mtv episode?

[@seangymnast6605]

God I fucking love the melee community

[@zeo_o6395]

ludwig has now grown a bit.

[@buffbear7890]

this shall be the 11th time it went epic