SEASONED VETERAN - A Rookie Mario Highlights - Super Smash Bros. Melee

You know, maybe we have it all wrong. Everyone is like "Well how can he be A Rookie when he's so good at Smash"? Well what if he's not talking about Smash? What if he's talking about teaching a dog how to program computers?
How many dogs have you seen program a computer? Exactly.
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[@SMALLSandJOE]

Heck yeah! Mario is definitely one of my favorite melee characters

[@jaredbowers9503]

Mine too!!

[@Frudgey]

I love watching Mario get played - he's such an interesting character. I think I just like low tiers in general, though! Thanks for watching SMALLSandJOE!

[@nigelsparks8081]

Mine too!

[@thomasson50]

I want to see him and Franz do doubles together!

[@Frudgey]

Plumber doubles would certainly be a sight to see! I'd be down for that for sure. Thanks for watching the video Thomas!

[@keyanklupacs6333]

What a great dog! Rookie was cool too.

[@Frudgey]

Ha! Thank you, I'm a pretty big fan of the dog myself!

[@coceth]

Love the look on your dog's face.

[@Frudgey]

That makes two of us! Thanks for watching coceth!

[@bluepeacemaker]

Really nice gameplay. Let's go, Super Mario!!

[@Frudgey]

:) Thanks for watching the video Well Ended!

[@su9cp]

2:44 did anyone else noticed that link has a kirby icon?

[@Frudgey]

I've noticed that a couple of times - apparently it's a glitch or something? It is strange though. Thanks for watching hhh!

[@oh_gosh]

HOO HOO HOO HOO YAH

[@Frudgey]

YIPEEEE! HERE WE GO! Haha thanks for watching the video Michael!

[@yogybearZZZ]

the Dawson Slime commentary though.

[@jpoblete11]

Donkey Kong next?

[@Frudgey]

Donkey Kong is definitely happening - I have a DK video dropping on the 26th of June!

[@Kable14kfny]

Like you're videos man, but can you stop putting strings in, each time I'm expecting a full combo to death, but just ends up being a 4 hit string, Nonetheless goodwrk me dude

[@Frudgey]

Hey thanks for the feedback Kylizar! I've heard similar things from others and I definitely get where you guys are coming from. So don't worry I'm getting the feedback and it is something I want to improve. Thanks again for the comment - comments like these are useful when evaluating my own work!

[@roblikestoskate]

Part of this is because Mario doesn't have reliable finishers in many combo situations. He relies instead on reads and option coverage to maintain advantage after the guaranteed hits come out. For example, DruggedFox knows how to keep from getting hit by the Mario combo finishers.

[@EA_SP0RTCENTER]

Aw i wish i would have seen this earlier. I sometimes play friendlies with him our local weekly. Hes damn good.

[@Frudgey]

Not at all surprising to hear that! I'd imagine that A Rookie is _very_ good at the game! Thanks for watching SPORTCENTER!

[@BirdOfCreation]

Seeing characters other than top and high tiers brings some fresh air to the scene. Nice change of scenery. Leffen has a really good Mewtwo, Axe has an awesome Young Link. Even Armada played Young Link at some point to counter HBox's puff.

[@Frudgey]

Leffen's Mewtwo I certainly wouldn't mind checking out, though I'm pretty sure people have already covered his Mewtwo in highlight videos. Axe's Young Link (I almost typed Young Link's Axe haha) is very sick though! Armada I actually haven't seen much of so I can't comment haha!

[@BirdOfCreation]

@@Frudgey if you've seen the swag contest, you probably know what Axe is capable of in terms of movement. Armada picked YL as a counterpick against Hbox in the past because the match-up is near impossible against Peach, even at his level.

[@kansiwiz]

These descriptions are so good

[@Frudgey]

Haha thanks! I have a lot of fun writing them! Thanks for watching the video Kansiwiz!

[@RandomizationShow]

My man out here obliterating these kids in the name of Jesus Christ 😤💪🔥

[@mitchell9959]

god-powered mario combos no doubt

[@adamspeiser6449]

Amazing. Love seeing his best moments cause I seriously have been a bit of a fan when I saw what he can do; and he does it with Mario nonetheless.

[@Frudgey]

:D Thanks for watching the video Adam!

[@Senpaiaproves]

Why does link at the 2:52 mark have kirby stocks?

[@SMALLSandJOE]

There is a classic glitch were you can pick whichever character color you want and set it as your stock icons for that game. Idk how to do it but it's definitely on KZbin somewhere

[@thePanOfPans]

Stock icon glitch. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZO2oKeLbpp3jNk

[@Senpaiaproves]

@@SMALLSandJOE thank you! Honestly

[@Senpaiaproves]

Extremely pointless but its cool nonetheless lmao

[@jaredbowers9503]

Clip at 6:40 is SO BEAUTIFUL 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👌👌👌

[@Frudgey]

That spike at the end is really what sold it for me! Thanks for watching Jared!

[@TheSleepKing]

Yes, a huge inspiration for Mario mains everywhere

[@ZetTroxX]

One of the true low tier heros out there

[@jaredbowers9503]

A Rookie is such an icon for me. Same with Franz. I love playing Mario and Doc, and I love seeing others play them even more 👌👌🔥

[@Frudgey]

I absolutely love seeing the plumbers get played! Definitely wouldn't mind seeing more Luigi get played as I think Luigi is probably my favorite out of the plumbers!

[@geesixnine]

My Boi Rookie reppin Long Beach

[@Frudgey]

:) Thanks for watching the video Wayne Gee!

[@geesixnine]

@@Frudgey No, thank you

[@supervacilon7302]

There was some clips that has nothing relevant imo, sickest mario by far

[@Frudgey]

Yep fair enough! I'm trying to make an effort to be more rigorous about my clip selection, though time will tell if I succeed. Regardless, thanks for watching the video Supervacilon!

[@supervacilon7302]

@@Frudgey thanks to you for make it!

[@surfingraichu7594]

Mario is sick!❤️

[@Frudgey]

100% agreed! Thanks for watching the video SurfingRaichu!

[@しゃいんおーら]

Is it what can win the victory at a tournament using a Mario?

[@Frudgey]

Is it possible to win a tournament with Mario? I'm not sure - seems like it'd be hard to do! Thanks for watching the video though, stan pson!

[@しゃいんおーら]

@@Frudgey Is it possible to victory a tournament with Mario?

[@HoboBob24]

@@しゃいんおーら It's possible for a solo-main Mario to win a major tournament, but it hasn't happened yet, and it probably will not happen in the foreseeable future. It would take A Rookie or Scorpion Master playing at their very best on their luckiest day, while encountering no medically-well, top-30-ranked player in bracket.

[@georgemiranda5380]

If only he wasn't transphobic but nice mario bro

[@davidwilliams9880]

n0nes Mario is more entertaining to watch

[@Renzolodeon]

n0nes mario isn't as nearly polished as rookies

[@lanievee6759]

Trans rights

[@Wetshock]

Heck yeah! This trans denier who says that trans people are going to hell! Love this player.

[@119mars]

he should be sponsored by 2GG (2 gender gaming)

[@Wetshock]

TDG: Trans Denier Gaming

[@Thierce]

I can't tell if this is sarcastic and I'm genuinely worried

[@logandevine4225]

@@Thierce yeah a rookie is a total ass-hat transphobe, sorry to break it to you.

[@Frudgey]

I wasn't sure what you were talking about (I truly do live under a rock) and then I did some digging on Twitter and... oh my. I'll say that the tweet that I read definitely didn't look good at all ("I don't respect their lifestyle because of my faith" - that's atrocious) however looking at his very recent Twitter history I'm not so sure if he still holds onto this belief. (I sincerely hope he doesn't). I thought about taking this video down, but given the context I don't know if that's fair. Maybe he's genuinely trans-phobic (again, I hope not) or maybe he said something dumb and has come to reflect on what he said. For what it's worth it does seem to me that he has challenged his own belief on this and is open changing them. Again though, this is _my_ interpretation. I think we shouldn't support trans-phobia or give people who are trans-phobic any power (to put more emphasis on this - trans-phobia is terrible), but on the other hand I think there's potential to set a dangerous precedent to judge a man off of one tweet from months ago. In either case I choose to give him the benefit of the doubt and I'm going to leave the video up for now.

[@lestacilo]

great video

[@PierreLucSex]

Melee is sick

[@Frudgey]

Amen to that!

[@drewbabe]

bummer about him being a huge transphobe