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LoneYoShi
Profile Blog Joined June 2014
France1348 Posts
August 12 2015 08:41 GMT
#21
Good to see Sm4sh getting some traction !

Also, gl to Nairo and TL ! :-)
Ragnarork
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
France9034 Posts
August 12 2015 08:51 GMT
#22
Nice to see Liquid picking up more and more Smash players (Even if not a huge fan of Sm4sh and more a melee kind of guy myself)
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Muffloe
Profile Joined December 2012
Sweden6061 Posts
August 12 2015 10:36 GMT
#23
Nice to see Liquid Smash expand, welcome and gl
Liquid`JunoTheCat
Profile Joined December 2014
Netherlands79 Posts
August 12 2015 11:11 GMT
#24
Yay! So happy to have Nairo on the team!
Team Liquid"Two things fill the heart with ever new and increasing admiration and awe: the starry skies above and the moral law within"
itsjustatank
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Hong Kong9169 Posts
August 12 2015 14:04 GMT
#25
awesome
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Arghmyliver
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States1077 Posts
August 12 2015 15:28 GMT
#26
Always a Liquid fanboy even if he plays sm4sh and even if he started as Meta Knight in Brawl. Even the TMNT managed to rise to great heights from the sewer. In all seriousness though, welcome to team, hopefully he can do good things for that game.
Now witness their attempts to fly from tree to tree. Notice they do not so much fly as plummet.
KtJ
Profile Joined October 2014
United States3514 Posts
August 12 2015 16:45 GMT
#27
Hypuuuu can't wait to see him play!
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Footler
Profile Joined January 2010
United States560 Posts
August 12 2015 16:46 GMT
#28
On August 12 2015 14:44 Seiniyta wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2015 13:25 Dodgin wrote:
On August 12 2015 11:01 amazingxkcd wrote:
wuuuuuuuuuuuut, sm4sh? ew


I used to feel this way about smash 4 but it seems to be getting better over time. It will never be melee but you can differentiate yourself and its not always campy.


Smash 4 is rarely campy nowadays. Will there be more campyness then melee? Sure, but that's purely because of the huge character roster and there being way more playstyles possible then melee.

The fact that there's a player that won 45+ tournaments in a row, from weeklies to majors does indicate that there's a significent skillcap that 99% of the pro scene isn't even getting close of reaching. And when the game keeps growing and top matches look more like this set after the first game:



Smash 4 will have a really bright future ahead of itself. Unless Sakurai releases a patch that ruins the competitive aspect of it but the last few patches have balance wise definitly been going in the right direction.



Ya I'll admit before Smash Con watching smash 4 wasn't something I had much interest in since the competitive play right after release wasn't that fun to watch. But after watching it and especially the match you linked I'll definitely be tuning in to more tournaments. I really enjoyed ESAM and Nairo.
I am The-Sink! Parting bandwagoner before it became a soul train.
-Mav-
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States50 Posts
August 12 2015 17:00 GMT
#29
Loving the Smash hype! You deserve it Nairo!
Agh
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1043 Posts
August 12 2015 17:02 GMT
#30
ignoring shiek and zss players, smash4 is actually fun to watch
I may appear to be an emotionless sarcastic pos, but just like an onion when you pull off more and more layers you find the exact same thing everytime and you start crying
Xeofreestyler
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
Belgium6775 Posts
August 12 2015 17:32 GMT
#31
On August 13 2015 01:46 Footler wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2015 14:44 Seiniyta wrote:
On August 12 2015 13:25 Dodgin wrote:
On August 12 2015 11:01 amazingxkcd wrote:
wuuuuuuuuuuuut, sm4sh? ew


I used to feel this way about smash 4 but it seems to be getting better over time. It will never be melee but you can differentiate yourself and its not always campy.


Smash 4 is rarely campy nowadays. Will there be more campyness then melee? Sure, but that's purely because of the huge character roster and there being way more playstyles possible then melee.

The fact that there's a player that won 45+ tournaments in a row, from weeklies to majors does indicate that there's a significent skillcap that 99% of the pro scene isn't even getting close of reaching. And when the game keeps growing and top matches look more like this set after the first game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDU0_UkYqF4

Smash 4 will have a really bright future ahead of itself. Unless Sakurai releases a patch that ruins the competitive aspect of it but the last few patches have balance wise definitly been going in the right direction.



Ya I'll admit before Smash Con watching smash 4 wasn't something I had much interest in since the competitive play right after release wasn't that fun to watch. But after watching it and especially the match you linked I'll definitely be tuning in to more tournaments. I really enjoyed ESAM and Nairo.


Damn, gotta admit same here. That match was pretty tight!
Graphics
docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
August 13 2015 06:26 GMT
#32
Been watching more smash 4 recently, this is a great pick up.
User was warned for too many mimes.
adabab243
Profile Joined August 2015
1 Post
Last Edited: 2015-08-13 16:37:02
August 13 2015 16:35 GMT
#33
Bot edit.

User was banned for this post.
OPL3SA2
Profile Joined April 2011
United States378 Posts
August 13 2015 18:30 GMT
#34
Correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't Smash4 played on Nintendo Wii?
Playoffs? You're talking about playoffs?
thekoalaz
Profile Joined October 2011
United States109 Posts
August 13 2015 23:01 GMT
#35
Whoo Sm4sh! Loving this TL support for this series.

On August 14 2015 03:30 OPL3SA2 wrote:
Correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't Smash4 played on Nintendo Wii?


Smash 4 is played on the Nintendo Wii U (It's official title is Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. A mouthful.)
]343[
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States10328 Posts
August 13 2015 23:36 GMT
#36
nice!
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Lucumo
Profile Joined January 2010
6850 Posts
August 15 2015 17:39 GMT
#37
On August 12 2015 12:18 Pontius Pirate wrote:
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On August 12 2015 12:06 TheDougler wrote:
Haven't really followed the smash community. When he says "the dude who's lost no tournaments" is that Mew2King?

Also is HungryBox's text box cut off for anyone else?

Edit: Just needed to maximize my screen. So what's the deal with this "ZeRo" dude? Where'd he come from?

Also, Congrats to Nairo and Team Liquid!

Zero is currently to Smash4 what Flash was to 2009-2011 BW. Except a bit moreso. He actually has not dropped a series in something like 8 months.

You must be forgetting 2009 Jaedong, and even the 2010 one.
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