Port Priority 8: Ultimate's Most Stacked Tournament EVER

[@Eggss_B]

Mute & Umeki's runs to make top 8 were so phenomenal. The ditto for 7th was just raw asf. This is Mute's 3rd major top 8 in a ROW now. Bro's looking like the most consistent NA player rn.

[@GuavasGaming]

Maybe USA most consistent*, but NA most consistent would be Sonix yea?

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

@@GuavasGaming Sonix made top 2 at two majors in a row, but before that he got 25th.

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

Their runs were both so crazy yet somehow there was no overlap. Mute: defeats Apollokage, Mkleo, Riddles and Kola. Umeki: defeats Zomba, Skyjay and Hurt.

[@Eggss_B]

@@legrandliseurtri7495 Mute also got wins on Geist and Beastly, as well as Umeki getting wins on Lui$ and Mute.

[@fupalover]

​@@legrandliseurtri7495Mute has placed worst than 25th.

[@antoinehusser6142]

Even if Sonic isn't really liked in the commmunity, Sonix is fucking impressive.

[@Srpicklez]

man that Light and Kaninabe interaction just stole my heart. That kid is going to get so much better.

[@yyhrva5605]

I shure hope so I love his pop offs

[@brutalmentehonesto1]

Cringe

[@janswhatsupdoc]

@@brutalmentehonesto1your existence is indeed

[@Mr36Chamberz]

You keep referring to Kaninabe as “they” but his pronouns are clearly He\Him as shown in his player cam. Completely disrespectful and terrible journalism.

[@janswhatsupdoc]

Only westerners bitch about pronouns 🙄

[@Smoothcarries]

I love Sonix rise from the MAIN VILLAIN to the hero of this tourney with ACTUAL CHANTS. He never deserved the hate he got and people in the smash scene have finally seemed to separate the character from the player with him

[@FirstLast-mn4re]

I wouldn't say "hero" but probably lesser of 3 "evils", being Steve and Game & Watch. Its also probably becsuse this was a US tournament and 3 of the top 4 were Japanese players. That being said, leaning in to the "up a stock" memes definitely helps his public perception. I don't think any of the players in top 8 should be villified though. I myself don't like Sonic, Steve or G&W, but the players are people too and have feelings too. They're just trying win. Hate the character not the player.

[@matthewsmid8505]

27:18 “it must be no nut November because this blue ball is suffering right now” bro I can’t 😂😂

[@gambaloni]

“RELEASE!” 😂

[@Zippybobjoe]

EE has the charisma to get away with anything on live broadcasts.

[@FerousFolly]

EE is an actual fiend, he just keeps getting away with it

[@cibug1187]

I was running from a burning fire in my house, when I realized that I left my pet blue hedgehog in my house and I started to cry because I couldn't get there in time. Snoix showed up, look at me and said "Snoix Speed!" He then spindashed in the house and saved my hedgehog from that fire. Thank you snoix

[@ahmadkazan5473]

And then gluttony clapped(he got timed before it came out)

[@andrewfuerstenau1721]

I love that Sonix has seemingly followed the Dabuz path of playing reviled characters to becoming beloved as an individual through memes and copypastas. Sonix advantage and disadvantage states are both insane, he's an absolute grinder, and he deserves both the success and love he's getting these days. Great recap as always too, thank you.

[@SparklingHarmony]

I loved watching Umeki vs Muteace and Light vs Kaninabe. Always wanted to see them collide in a tournament

[@KilogramHours]

Your turnaround time on these is actually fucking crazy

[@eclipse7217]

Gotta love the dueling chants (around 39:00). Im not used to it being Sonix on the louder end, though 🤣🤣

[@samgardner7376]

When Acola randomly went Ages - I’ll bet you he was expecting that he could beat Miya, and was trying to warm up his Ages for Sonix

[@GuavasGaming]

Great point 💯

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

I'm not sure if he expected to beat Miya with Aegis, but he definitively though it would be closer. No disrespect to Miya, but I felt like Acola was not very motivated in this top 8.

[@fupalover]

No thats not what he was expecting at all.

[@fupalover]

​@@legrandliseurtri7495he wasn't motivated the whole tournament. He was using that tag all weekend even in friendlies.

[@farewell418]

⁠Aegis has a better matchup against G&W compared to Steve, i’m pretty sure he’s trying to practice the matchup against MiYa with Pythra

[@ashbellrideoux3781]

I still CANNOT believe... Sonix 3-0 Acola... The first 2 games were already so intense, but OMG. This Top 8 was CRAZY. And the good selection of music for every game, this got me on the edge of my seat. Truly an amazing tournament. Indeed, this was time to make history.

[@SussyBaka_irl]

Sonix is truly an incredible player. I'm soo ecstatic to see where he'll go next.

[@bariken6662]

I’ve been rooting for Kaninabe and Umeki ever since they got sponsorship from MRG and I still can’t believe they made it in Top8. The owner of MRG accidentally gathered best players without knowing

[@charl-e]

It’s always a good day when RisterMice uploads

[@ayoitsdrago704]

agreed

[@5hyguy42]

Mister rice

[@ValianceGames]

The Peach/Daisy mirror was one I've been waiting for for years. Seeing the best reps of their respective characters navigate a close game 5 mirror that came down to the wire. As a Peach player who struggles in the mirror, I will be studying this set for a while

[@afgcinc7206]

I remember Mute saying on one of his streams that he and Umeki both learned a lot from each other while playing friendlies in Japan. Mute didn't play at his best there, but you can see how they both made each other better. I'd say they're even; Mute plays a bit more patient, Umeki is more aggressive. Which is pretty canon for Peach and Daisy, ironically enough.

[@ValianceGames]

@@afgcinc7206 You are incredible because I've been waiting for someone else to notice how Umeki is aggressive and carefree in his approach like Daisy while Muteace is pristine and reserved in neutral like Peach. Out of context it sounds odd, but you understand what I mean right? How crazy it is that Umeki has always loved Daisy more and plays in a way reminiscent of her while Muteace embodies the more archetypical Peach idea? I have been playing Peach for too long 😫

[@RayBcv1030]

Kaninabe is my goat. I knew that kid was insane when he got 3rd at Sumabato SP 29 a year ago. He's grown so much, I'm proud of him for this run.

[@afgcinc7206]

Both losers side ditto sets were some of the best technical plays, reading ability, and clutch that I've seen lately. You can tell the four of them are earning every bit of their placements, since Peach/Daisy and Fox both have some really bad top tier MUs for them to even get there. My hat's off to them.

[@justice8718]

It's too bad Steve and GnW need bans for legit breaking the game and its basic balances.

[@LoadedKlip]

Ken needs to watch Sonix vs Acola set to learn how to destroy Acola with Sonic Sonix needs to watch Ken vs Light to learn how to destroy Light with Sonic.

[@warriorofthegrandline2y618]

*kaninabe

[@carbon6111]

More like Kaninabe needs to watch Light vs Sonix because it felt like it was the 1st time Kaninabe was made aware Sonic is in the game.

[@Zippybobjoe]

Sonix needs to watch Ken vs Sparg0 to learn how to destroy Sparg0

[@LoadedKlip]

@@Zippybobjoe nah ... Sonix beats Sparg0 that bad or worst ... its a very swing/momentum match up. Both literally destroy each other.

[@janswhatsupdoc]

Ken frequently loses to the same people sonic frequently beats, a damn anomaly consider losing as sonic is a choice

[@Dings-hier-LUK1]

on my way to work in the bus, i saw the tourney live on twitch, and joined at around @27:15 the whole bus stared at me for laughing

[@mcdelgado2208]

It is always so weird that in these majors all of NA underperforms but one shinning light of hope alway wins.

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

Japan had its fair shade of underperformance too, between Shuton, Neo and Yaura. Crazy tournament in general.

[@mcdelgado2208]

@@legrandliseurtri7495 literally top eight was almost all Japan. Just saying, but kinda funny at the same time. Luv light btw

[@farewell418]

@@legrandliseurtri7495Agreed, I wonder where Yoshidora would’ve placed for Japan if he was there, and how different the tournament could’ve been

[@diegot143]

Japan is so clearly the best region, it's not even close. Congrats to Sonix, true top player.

[@TonyStorm21]

I feel like acola is amazing at the game but has a very huge flaw as a player, he cannot for the life of him figure out how to play vs players that have him figured out. He simply cannot touch Sparg0 He seems to have lost control over the Miya matchup He looked helpless vs Sonix If he cannot break that wall, this will be the end of acola's absolute dominance as Miya is from Japan and Sonix is crazy consistent. WTT will probably give us the answer. Another thing that bothers me to no end is how NA players only seems to represent NA when USA is out of the bracket, specially with the amount of Hate Sonix gets, he doesn't represent anyone besides himself, his actual fans and maybe his country, this was not an NA win, this was a Sonix win.

[@Juan-zs6jt]

Completely agree, acola was too in his head by understimating Miya and practicing Aegis midset, as if he would get to Sonix. The relentless cyberbullying he endures certainly doesn't help, but he certainly needs stronger mental fortitude.

[@sa-x4213]

Not taking out the credit everyone deserves here but clearly acola during and after umeki set didn’t seem in the right head space , doesn’t help with what he goes through and I hope he becomes stronger and motivated to try again like how he looked vs KEN , also I think Miya is the one that has crazy potential to figure things out of the two .. about the last topic , I always thought how it stopped being “USA , Mexico , Canada,etc” and now it became NA instead all of sudden and to me that just shows how good Japan is overall

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

@@sa-x4213 I think Miya and Sonix would have beaten him regardless. But it would have been closer.

[@farewell418]

His tag was also “Miserable” the entire tournament. It honestly felt like he was giving up once top 8 hit. He’s never faced Sonix and needs to face him again, since Ken has a complete different playstyle compared to Sonix. MiYa plays way more aggressive specifically against Steve because he wants to avoid Steve camping him out (this is what he said in his Kagarabi 11 interview). Finally, Sparg0 has a complete 90-10 matchup and Acola needs to practice a new character to counter Cloud otherwise he’s f*cked

[@murphy_washere1765]

Sonix has such a professional mindset when it comes to competing, sonic has never been my favorite character but Sonix has always been top tier enjoyment

[@xanander4693]

I didn’t know who Kaninabe was until this event and he made such a good first impression! I look forward to seeing him compete later on!

[@tungstenfridge5573]

Honest to god, watching this live was crazy. Kaninabe beating both Tweek, then Leo then Pocket to get to Light and take LIGHT, the best Fox in the world, to a GAME 5 in a ditto?All as the 27th seed??? Then there’s Umeki, a TO who actually beat the best Peach main in the world in the Paisy ditto… Acola AND Miya both losing to Sonix, with Sonix 3-0ing Acola??? Just looking at the seeding for Top 8 is wack. The 1st and 2nd seed and the 6th and 7th seeds all being the only Top 8 seeds, with a 14th, 17th, 26th and 27th seed is insane.

[@antmiu2]

was waiting for this video, thanks Rister

[@sylvcast9948]

Top 8 being: 2 Sonix, 2 Fox, 2 Peach/Daisy, Steve and GnW Truly one of the Top8s of all time

[@TopOfAllWorlds]

Fox and Daisy are fine, only one steve is pretty good. Two sonics sucks but whatever. Was a pretty good top 8 all things considered

[@revengeoftheshreks1860]

Umeki is a great player and definitely earned his placement but it was still kind of sad to see Muteace go out like that especially since I thought he had game 5 in the bag. Great tournament tho, glad Sonix won.

[@afgcinc7206]

Agree, Umeki kinda stole 2 games from him, overall I think Mute outplayed him. It does make me wonder what would have happened had Umeki beaten Steve, and the cracked Ryu not having downed Mute earlier.

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

@@afgcinc7206 Yeah, about that, how did Muteace get destroyed by Asimo? That was the one upset that I was sure would happen and it didn't.

[@SkitZiee]

Aggressive sonic gameplay is actually so cool

[@farewell418]

Agreed, Ken and old Sonix gameplay is the reason people hate Sonic. Modern day Sonix is fun to watch

[@rizvan1632]

Top and high level players need to study that Sonix - Acola set. Acola even tried hard camping in game 3 but Sonix just kept taking his options apart

[@greedo194]

Yeah other top players should also just spindash through minecart... Jokes aside tho sonix played ridiculous that set he looked unbeatable

[@rizvan1632]

@greedo194 I mean joking or not you are right about spindash being very helpful in the MU but still he stopped minecart with bair and upair way more times than spindash that set and upair atleast isn't the most gifted of hitboxes so if he can do it with that it's something other players can def work in with their main

[@venosho2167]

this tourney was legit Sm4sh Civil War and omg did I have such a blast yesterday watching all the sets from day to night, so worth it 💪

[@jimhenson7952]

Finally the fabled Sonix vs Acola set and Sonix washed him as expected. Acola destroys KEN, its not like he doesn’t know the matchup. He simply wasnt familiar with the vibes

[@adomomcjinkies4787]

These mirrors were insane and that's not even enough to describe it

[@Zanio_XL]

2:57 no. He just took the tournament seriously unlike Miami

[@Newbmann]

Pushing your college to 3rd in the MEC fall finals in indiana crew battles as the 2nd lowest seed was amazing on saturday But I mean come on port priority was even more amazing. All the crazy runs the fox ditto of the century between light and kananabe and the absurd peach ditto of Umeki vs Muteace AND THATS JUST FOR LOSERS 8TH'S. DO I NEED TO GO ON? It was epic.

[@Newbmann]

Imagine the outrage if it was a ken V sonix winners finals lol. The sonic ditto in winners finals would have been hillarious.

[@nathangrim4420]

You’re crazy to not include that umeki parasol recovery vs muteace in the montage

[@keanudasilva8464]

I know he didn't make top 8 but I'm happy to See Kola playing well again

[@Peachy_Peachy]

My goat wutever floats 🙏

[@4Neraville4]

Ultimate is in a good shape ❤️

[@sejinaldo]

I'd love to see someone do an analysis on what sonix did with acola that Ken couldn't. It was interesting to see Spargo lose to Ken as well. Wonder how their different playstyles impacted their opponents.

[@rizvan1632]

He didn't let him build and kept punishing him for using minecart and anvil. And he wasn't just hitting him with strays when he was preventing the blocks and minecarts but with combo starters that were consistently doing 40+%

[@brendenlim2158]

Sonix was playing near rushdown against acola. He’s been the most aggressive sonic for a while now and only starts playing slower/safer in bad MUs. He also used a lot of spring into hair to kill to get over a minecart, which is even better since Steve can’t really jump

[@rizvan1632]

@brendenlim2158 it's not really bad MUs. Fox and Aegis are Sonic's worst 2 and he plays them a lot more aggressive than others. He plays slow/campy/spin heavy for a few reasons. MU unfamiliarity, opponents character or opponent playing with sole intention of cheesing or when he is tired and starts autopiloting

[@brendenlim2158]

@@rizvan1632 yea bad wording on my part. It’s more of harder MUs than bad. Vs gnw, gnw has so many buttons to punish sonic just running at him so sonic has to bait with his movement a lot more. Vs tweek’s diddy. Well, just place a banana on the stage and there’s no way sonix is approaching u lol.

[@farewell418]

Ken has a way more campy playstyle compared to Sonix, if he was more aggressive he would probably beat Acola. If you watch MiYa beat Acola, you can see how overboard aggressive he is to avoid Steve camping. Never have I seen more aggressive players playing than when they face Steve. Ken is just so much more campy than Sonix and that’s why he will never beat Acola in his current state

[@OranguBANG]

Sonix is #1 in the world change my mind

[@OranguBANG]

Btw before these points are brought up 1) yes spargo has a winning record on sonix. But they've played like 70 times and sonix has 25 or so wins. And that is all time. Recent time it's almost 50/50 2) having a winning record on someone doesn't make them better. Overall results make them better. If this were the case there are plenty of players with a winning record on spargo. Doesn't make them better than spargo. Sonix is way more consistent with SSC being the only time he misses his seed

[@j.ovinnn]

⁠@@OranguBANGI just feel like Sonixs need more wins spargo won bobc 5, smash factor x,and other majors acola won smash con, and like every japan event outside of the one he just lost to Miya, has rise and grind kagabri 10 Sonix hasn’t won anything outside of this which is a huge win maybe the best in the history of ultimate. Skill level wise right now you can make the case for him but in terms of results no. However if he ends up winning watch the Throne he could end up being number one.!

[@OranguBANG]

@@j.ovinnn way more consistent than spargo. Spargo has more wins yes, but he constantly placing outside of his seed, gets upset before top 32 even starts, etc. Sonix always is making it to final 8 and half the time second place. As I stated above the only time I ever seen sonix do horrible is ssc

[@OranguBANG]

@@j.ovinnn I also think sonix is the only one without a true bracket demon. Whoever he faces he can win, where as a lot of others have people they get stuck in (like spargo against Samus players or acola vs spargo etc) He does have an issue with that one Mii Gunner but it's more sporadic

[@j.ovinnn]

@@OranguBANG I feel like spargos been getting a bad reputation for being inconsistent when he’s only missed two top 8s even though they 2 of the three biggest tournaments of the year. However I do agree with you sonixs is the more consistent player but I wouldn’t say it by a huge margin. And in terms of bracket demons Lights record against sonixs is phenomenal and spargo beats sonix most of the time they play. Spargo legit the only check for sonix if it wasn’t for spargo sonix would be clearing everyone because most of the time light doesn’t make it as far in bracket as sonixs .

[@StarmisYTP]

One last bang for Smash Ultimate before the community guidelines. Glad we can get this as would likely be a a golden moment and the last hurrah for Smash competitors.

[@FerousFolly]

acola is clearly a very talented and gifted player, but I can't stop thinking that he is still carried by his steve's complexity. as soon as someone figures him out they become a wall, it's like he has reversed the process of bracket demons; he never has any issues until one player figures him out and then suddenly a new bracket demon has spawned (e.g. sparg0, sonix, & miya). not being able to counter adapt your gameplan once someone has you downloaded is a clear sign of over relying on one gameplan - a complex and powerful gameplan yes, but one without longevity unless evolved, and it looks like acola is seriously struggling to evolve it as it becomes more apparent he needs to. light got so close but he was playing a set where his opponent effectively had 2-3 extra stocks to work with, since a single steve jab kills fox at 0 from anywhere on the stage.

[@ShikaiShinobi]

went to port priority last night and it was insane double fox face off armadillo vs mk leo kaninabe vs leo and tweek it was insane

[@nellio3981]

Glad to see NA represent and show it's not as bad as the other regions 🙏 Especially since Beastmodepaul destroyed the top EU players

[@GuavasGaming]

Beastmodepaul having his second half of 2023 coming out party. So cool to see him put Hero out there, Sparkle (I think that’s his name) also showed a solid Hero at this tourney

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

I'm really curious to see what Gluto will say about his run and his loss to beastmodepaul.

[@GuavasGaming]

@@legrandliseurtri7495 who else did he lose to?

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

@@GuavasGaming He lost to Tea 3-0. A bit surprising considering how their most recent set went(3-1 in Gluto's favor, with a three stock and a two stock).

[@damajorplaya3804]

Sonix is my favorite player and I’m tired of pretending he’s not

[@smokeybeartx2001]

No NA vs the world/Japan crew battle. 0/10 tournament. Jk. This event was amazing, Umeki vs Muteace and Kaninabe vs light were my favorite sets

[@Bludgeoned2DEATH2]

As a pure Melee player the only reason I even care about Ultimate is because of you! When I heard PP8 was done I thought out loud about when the Rister Mice video would be out, thanks for the sacrifices you make, King ❤

[@janswhatsupdoc]

Kaninabe had to have stolen the show, despite the dumb USA chants and the crowd constantly cheering against him his wins over mkleo tweek and onin had got my throat sore

[@kaylone4174]

As predicted, Ristermice takes the W

[@BryGuyJohn]

Another day, another example of a better PLAYER than Acola figuring out his character and destroying him.

[@AndreasSaag]

Sonix choice of character, play style and general vibe is problematic. He’s not a good posterboy for this game. Steve is OP but not nearly as problematic as Sonic when it comes to killing the entertainment of watching a grand finals. Harassing a player is never ok but it’s just inevitable that there will be hate for this running away play style.

[@justice8718]

Sonic is a good poster boy because he shows you how it is.

[@AndreasSaag]

@@justice8718that hug between Light and Kaninabe is how it is. Could you imagine Sonix huggning Ken like that after losing the ditto? He’d probably run home and write on twitter how “Ken doesn’t play Sonic the right way”.

[@farewell418]

@@AndreasSaagi mean, Ken is a million times more campy than Sonix. I wouldn’t doubt he would post something like that if he was salty

[@randomzergling]

What's wrong with sonix lmao? Profesional hater out here. Sonix is chill af last I met him, and he's playing pretty aggressive.

[@AndreasSaag]

@@randomzergling ​​⁠ I think Sonix seems like a really chill person and polite sportsman too. Playing aggressive? Watch this game and tell me that again 😅 I’m glad he hasn’t become as dominant as I feared at the time of this video

[@FerousFolly]

hey man are you using a weird format to import media or for rendering or something? it's clearly a 1080p60 file since youtube has processed it as such, but in practice it's like I'm watching 720p30 at best, and the colours are a bit weird in this video too. it might just be me but I don't think it is; no shade on you for it, you do fantastic work, but maybe something to look into since the game you're covering is 60fps and it can feel a lil disjointed to watch 30fps footage of it.

[@IamSatoshi...]

No Sparg0 in stop 8?

[@tigolbitties2803]

Sonix and acola was a set I didn’t know I wanted to see. Such an interesting match up

[@Andromeda89997]

What is a TO?

[@jinxeatsdust]

Tournament Organizer

[@LoadedKlip]

Poor Leo ... i think he could have won if he got past Kaninabe. I would gave favored him vs Acola and Miya. 50/50 vs Sonix.

[@tomrejor4842]

He lost pretty bad to Acola last time they met in bracket I'm pretty sure, I wouldn't have him favoured.

[@LoadedKlip]

​​​@@tomrejor4842and he destroyed Acola 2 times prior to that. He definitely played sloppy vs Acola last time. Actually he played horrible that entire weekend against everyone. I think he would be ok today vs Acola.

[@MotivatedStudent2000]

​@@LoadedKlipAll statistics of MKLeo from the Ludwig Smash Invitational and before that are irrelevant.

[@LoadedKlip]

@@MotivatedStudent2000 disagree. I think the players have evolved for sure but not to the point that those matches dont matter.

[@Alaspooryorick98]

Man. I am the biggest sonic hater alive but holy smokes Sonix played the best smash ultimate I've ever seen this tournament, out of this world

[@farewell418]

You aren’t the biggest sonic hater if you respect a sonic player, at least the haters are maturing

[@Alaspooryorick98]

@@farewell418 eh I use hater loosely I guess cause I'm not one of the ignorant bandwagoners, I think Sonic is a relatively carried character but that doesn't mean any of his players necessarily are.

[@randomzergling]

​@@Alaspooryorick98I feel like carried is just a bad word to use in general because you could argue everyone is carried by something, and picking a better character is just part of the game. We should consider character picking as just another choice, because it's not like a low tier player was forced to play a low tier, they purposefully chose to. We shouldn't blame the best of the best for making a better decision.

[@Alaspooryorick98]

@@randomzergling I disagree lol Sure you can say Isabelle is carried because she's good at camping under a plat and is rewarded for it, but character strengths don't exist in a vacuum, they exist within the framework of the rulesets that we literally made up, the problem is the current ruleset i.e stage list + characters creates both and unfun and uncompetitive environment. So yeah respectfully I disagree with you wholeheartedly on your analysis of the situation

[@cullenhutchison6528]

I think EVO 2019 was more stacked, but probably not more densely stacked given that it had over 3x the number of players.

[@shanecarvin1035]

Sonix new number 1?

[@Huntero41]

Armadillo lost to mkleo and yaura, just kinda unlucky.

[@LazyNinjass]

You say a lot of abbreviations that not all of us get. What is TO? what is RSP? Speak English for the rest of us please lol SPR ?

[@farewell418]

Every game has their abbreviations, it’s usually short for tournament names, stages, characters, and more. You just gotta learn or not care about it it

[@javier5842]

23:05

[@pokejms107]

miya let so many leads go, next time he will get him

[@rebelresource]

Sonix is KING

[@rainyboybbx]

I am really not a fan of sonix as a viewer. But my god, respect to that man for just tearing through this tournament.

[@MotivatedStudent2000]

Kazuya >>> Unattr*ctive Aegis players and apologists. Kazuya is the most attractive character in Ultimate 🔥🔥🔥

[@Peachy_Peachy]

Are you saying kazuya players are attractive?

[@SussyBaka_irl]

​​@@Peachy_PeachyNgl Riddles has been keeping himself in good shape. Kinda jealous ngl.🗿

[@Peachy_Peachy]

@SussyBaka_irl oh yeah I saw those gym pics om nom nom...

[@MotivatedStudent2000]

@@Peachy_Peachy Yes, I do. That is the message I wanted to convey. Riddles is hot af when he plays Kazuya. With Terry, he is a weakling.

[@donutbarbell]

Sonic wins go up. Viewership goes down. Such a boring character to watch (this isn't hate on the player, just the character)

[@xanander4693]

Haha nope. Sonix is fun to watch

[@farewell418]

@@xanander4693agreed, Ken is the sonic that is unfun to watch. Ken is basically old Sonix gameplay, campy and incredibly unclean (the amount of times Sonix SD’d a year ago in tournaments was too may to count). Nowadays, Sonix is much more aggressive and interesting to watch

[@LazyNinjass]

Seeding is so useless. A tournament has never finished according to those numbers…

[@SussyBaka_irl]

The whole point of seeding is to correctly place characters against each other or as closely as possible, in-order to avoid Top 8's with duplicates of 3 or over of a single character, whilst simultaneously attempting to ensure players continue to encounter previously fought players, as well as newer encounters, so that you don't see Little Timmy in Top 8, meanwhile Sparg0 v MKLeo is being played for Top 96. It's a lot more intricate than you'd realise, so don't say it's useless, when players aren't attempting to match their seeds, but surpass it. There's hundreds of players in these events, with only 8 spots for a cash prize in Top 8. Seeding is bound to become inconsistent, when players encounter unique bracket paths, against familiar & unfamiliar players of all skill levels.

[@LazyNinjass]

@@SussyBaka_irl thanks for that. I do see the point of it now. Seeding is more for matchup placements and not about who will come in 1st 2nd 3rd…

[@afgcinc7206]

@@LazyNinjass Yeah unfortunately a lot of it is about the "storylines" and such.

[@mahman1907]

@@afgcinc7206that part of the hype. Also to be fair Mexico place their seed on the dot. Except Leo who under perform.

[@Manganimemer]

Two Peaches, two Sonics, two Foxes, a GnW, and a Steve. To say this game is dead would be a *massive* understatement. Not only is there barely any character diversity anymore, but the characters that win are some of the most boring characters in the history of platform fighting games. Hope Smash 6 has a good bounce back, cause this game is done 🫡

[@xanander4693]

I get sonic, g&w and Steve but peach and fox boring???? Nah you’re tripping

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

The most recent supermajor before this one had a Sonic, an Aegis, a Rosa, a Corrin, a Roy, a Peach, a G&W and a Rob in top 8. Literally as many characters as players. But even for Port Priority 8, if you look at the 24 people who made top 32 but not top 8, there are 27 different characters if I'm not miscounting, and out of those characters, only two of them were also present in top 8.

[@wariocapproductions326]

Smash players would get the best roster ever, and then somehow complain that it didn't come fast enough Fucking hate this community so much

[@farewell418]

@@wariocapproductions326facts, and G&W isn’t even that bad, he just has a juggle kit and that’s why people don’t like him. At least G&W is aggressive and not boring to watch

[@MrBobxxl]

also a horrible top8

[@crew_the3rd]

You know the vibes. 🦔💙🦔🌀🦔🥏🦔🔃🦔🔄🦔💨