About Daniel Lee

I am a Melee analyst, journalist, and commentator. I love to write narratives about players and deep analysis of individual matches and rivalries. Creator of the "Zero2Hero" series for Melee to train new players and a regular on the Melee It On Me Podcast
Sep 16, 2014

Weekly Wrap Up (9/16/2014)

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Welcome to another version of the Weekly Wrap Up!

With more functionality, we will be including all of the Smash games in the weekly wrap up! If you would like to see your tournament or event featured, please fill out this […]

Sep 12, 2014

Follow Friday (MIOM Edition)

By |September 12, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments

I wanted to highlight people who have been doing work in the community. If you don’t know what Follow Friday is (#FF), it’s a tag on Twitter specifically for people to shoutout other people to follow on Twitter. This week […]

Sep 11, 2014

The HungryWall Part 1

By |September 11, 2014|Uncategorized|4 Comments

Shortly after Apex 2010, a visibly upset Armada returned home to Sweden, empty-handed after losing 3-0 to Hungrybox in Grand Finals. Previously, Armada placed 4th at Pound 4 and 2nd at Genesis. Three trips to America, yet Armada had no victories […]

Sep 9, 2014

Weekly Wrap Up (9/9/2014)

By |September 9, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Welcome to another version of the Weekly Wrap Up!

With more functionality, we will be including all of the Smash games in the weekly wrap up! If you would like to see your tournament or event featured, please fill out this […]

Sep 8, 2014

Tournament Proposition: Amateur Brackets

By |September 8, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments

by MIOM|Tafokints

Background

At local tournaments, it’s important to not only cater to top players, but also to newer players by making the experience enjoyable for them in order to grow the community. With the growth over the past year, local tournaments […]

Sep 4, 2014

A “Gutsy” Proposal

By |September 4, 2014|Uncategorized|7 Comments

by MIOM|Tafokints
Local Tournaments need to have higher venue fees
For the longest time, I have been a firm advocate of making tournaments as “bare-bones” as possible. When I ran the “Campbell” series, I charged a $3 venue fee and even waived […]

Sep 2, 2014

Choosing a Character

By |September 2, 2014|Uncategorized|3 Comments

A popular question through countless Reddit posts, Smashboard threads, and Ask.fm questions is “Which character should I choose?” Understandably so, many new players sometimes feel lost when it comes to picking a character to pursue, practice, and refine in the competitive Melee field. In this guide, I hope to:

• Shed some light on this choosing process,
• Show how new players can, without a doubt, know they made the “right” choice.

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Sep 2, 2014

Weekly Wrap Up (9/2/2014)

By |September 2, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Hey Everyone! We are slowly switching over to this weburl, so update your bookmarks!

With more functionality, we will be including all of the Smash games in the weekly wrap up! If you would like to see your tournament or event […]

Aug 29, 2014

Twitch Iron Man Tournament

By |August 29, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments

by MIOM|Tafokints

On, Twitch’s channel on twitch (lol….), C9.Mango, P4K EMP Mew2King, Silentwolf, and Westballz duke it out in an Iron Man Battle over PAX weekend. Mango and Mew2King have won their matches and play each other in Winner’s Finals.
Preliminary Results
Winner’s […]

Aug 27, 2014

Finding Players at your College Campus

By |August 27, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments

by MIOM|Tafokints

I remember it just like it was yesterday. I was starting my grad school program at UC Berkeley and had very little hope of finding nearby Smashers. The Super Smash Bears club was long gone and the only ranked […]