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Dismay
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Good luck! | ||
TheEmulator
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Shebuha
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GO HOTBID | ||
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Punic
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Worth the price of entry.... | ||
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hacklebeast
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Don't worry hotbid, after you are done with esports you can get a degree with a little more value. From the University of Phoenix maybe? | ||
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petered
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I actually got into Starcraft because it was installed on the computers in the basement of the League, haha. Good times. | ||
Heyoka
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On March 23 2014 00:03 MLG_Adam wrote: Time to abuse my power and ensure hotbid matches are on main stage I can't explain to you how happy this would make me. Please Adam, it's your duty. | ||
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itsjustatank
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On March 23 2014 04:47 TheEmulator wrote: GL. We should get a video series on Hotbid's attempts at MLG Anaheim. this can be arranged. | ||
KadaverBB
Germany25657 Posts
On March 23 2014 06:30 Heyoka wrote: I can't explain to you how happy this would make me. Please Adam, it's your duty. Make it happen! | ||
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On March 23 2014 06:30 Heyoka wrote: I can't explain to you how happy this would make me. Please Adam, it's your duty. I'm viewing this like I'm the Games Maker in Hunger Games. Main stage all day baby. | ||
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Helios.Star
United States548 Posts
On March 22 2014 22:50 Hot_Bid wrote: In June, I am attending MLG Anaheim to do some interviews and watch SC2 and Smash Brothers. I also realized I could fulfill my lifelong dream of being a MLG no scope 420 YOLO swag progamer and win a match. It's something I really couldn't do for StarCraft 2 because a) I am terrible (my highest rank was masters in like 2012) and b) all the open bracket entrants were largely pros. So I entered the Anaheim smash open bracket. Unfortunately, I am also not good at Smash. I've never been to a true tournament. I'm "good" among college dorm rooms and friend groups, and given my Brood War and StarCraft 2 background, I generally tell people "I'm decent enough to realize I'm terrible." Why is this important? ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/C79fMIX.jpg) MLG VP and HGH sponsored Adam Apicella Well, I've made a bet with Adam. As some of you may know, he attended a school called Ohio State, most notably known for their fratbro fans and lack of academic integrity. I went to a school called Michigan. There's a rivalry between our schools. Therefore, if I am able to win two games at MLG (not sets, games) then he will wear a Michigan shirt/jersey for the last day of MLG. If I am unable to do this, I will have to wear an Ohio State jersey, probably XXXL, on the last day and do some interviews in it. The format of MLG is double elim. Which means most likely I'm going to get at minimum two Bo3s, to win an aggregate two games. If I win a set, I win the bet. If I go 1-2 in two sets, I win as well. I realize a lot of this will come down to bracket luck, I have a zero, and repeat zero, chance if I get paired up with any notable tournament player, so I might have to bribe whoever generates the brackets for Anaheim. Fortunately, there's a bright side, and, the bet means I get to play Smash a lot. In fact, this weekend three dutch guys are coming over to play. I will start my Asian Rocky Balboa-esque training with the goal of winning a solitary losers bracket set immediately. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/DGLYblK.jpg) TLHQ's SSBM setup. It's a plasma! No lag, I promise. Here's what I wrote about Smash before: + Show Spoiler + SSBM is a game built on speed, creativity, and emotion, a beautiful accident with a competitive scene that was never anticipated by its players or publisher. It is a game forged in living room couches and friends' basements, on tiny CRT monitors and $5 money matches. It is a game built on mechanical and mental skill with ten year veteran players who still smash every week and care about which coast of the United States you grew up on. The highs and lows of Melee's life span are well documented. The game went from kids huddled in college dorm rooms to a big stage, golden age of $10,000 MLG tournaments, back to player-organized "lets hold one more grassroots event before Melee dies" back to a 100,000+ viewer EVO 2013. Melee is a survivor. It fought slow declines, a "death" sequel, and the efforts of its creator to kill its competitive scene. Thirteen years later, here it stands, with the most entrants ever for events and Nintendo finally recognizing its scrappy little scene. Melee will be at MLG for the first time since 2007, and again a few weeks later at EVO 2014. So when Liquid decided to pick up two legends from an entirely different, console-based fighting game, it felt natural. The game is StarCraft-esque, which is the best compliment we can give it. You don't form communities and friendships and a lifestyle around flash-in-the-pan, dead in six month game titles. Ordinarily, games should not see a revival 13 years after launch. But Melee, like StarCraft, is not just an ordinary game. See you at Anaheim. For those interested in the journey of someone who's "new" to tournament play but played Smash way back when (I assume a lot of you are like this) then you can follow along in my quest to learn. I'll hopefully be giving updates on my progress and how it goes. I never knew you went to Michigan. As a lifelong Wolverine fan and student ill definitely be cheering for you. Just thinking about wearing an ohio state jersey made me throw up in my mouth a little bit... | ||
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