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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
Aug 12, 2014

Smash 4 Gameplay Impressions

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by Larry “DEHF” Holland
Thoughts on Smash 4

I want to start off by saying a lot of what I’m about to say comes from watching people and the small amount of time I had to play the game at SDCC. Although I was able to play some 1v1 no item matches during the SDCC tournament, most of the matches I played were 4 player ffa with items on.
Game Mechanics

The best description I can give on how I felt the game played is a mix between Smash 64 and Brawl. One of the things that made me feel like it had a Smash 64 feel was the movement. Dashing in this game is a step above Brawl, one of the obvious reasons being you no longer have a chance of tripping. You can also stop your dash animation by shielding like you can do in Smash 64 and Melee. I believe this will add a lot quick weaving in and out of characters ranges through dash.

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Aug 12, 2014

Weekly Wrap Up (8/12/2014)

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Another Weekly Wrap Up! If you’d like your tournament to be featured, fill out this form in the future.!
Mayhem (227 Singles Entrants) – 8/9/2014, San Gabriel, CA
Mayhem is a Melee and Project M LOCAL in SoCal. There was 317 Unique entrants, 227 in Melee, and 173 in PM, with 94 entering both. All this done in 1 day. This is double our previous largest event. Player register ahead of time and pay at the venue. We took over 200 payments in under 90 minutes. The venue opened to the public at 11:00am. Melee finished a little after 1:00am and PM finished a little after 1:30am.
We had special out of state guess Hungrybox come out before moving back to Florida. He wasn’t the reason so many people came out (though i’m sure it helped). Post EVO hype and SoCal not having an SSS or Mayhem since EVO helped boost numbers to INSANE amounts. There were many new players and it was the 1st tournament for many. Overall heard many positive things from these new players and they seemed to enjoy themselves.
Make sure you don’t miss out on the next Mayhem Oct 4th. Melee will be streamed on twitch.tv/mikehazegaming
Singles Results
1. Crs Hungrybox
2. Lucky
3. Westballz
4. S2j

Full Results here
Videos here

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Aug 7, 2014

MIOM Match Analysis + Teespring fundraiser!

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by MIOM|Tafokints

Where: www.twitch.tv/meleeitonme

When: 6 PM PST – 8 PM PST (Possibly longer)

Currently, we are at roughly 1/3 of the goal for the MIOM teespring shirts. To encourage people to purchase these lovely shirts and meet our goal, I will be […]

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Aug 5, 2014

Weekly Wrap Up (8/5/2014)

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Another Weekly Wrap Up! This week featured several international tournaments and Zenith. If you’d like your tournament to be featured, fill out this form in the future.!
Zenith 2014 (280+ Singles Entrants) – 8/2/2014, Brooklyn, NY
An exciting weekend of Smash on the East coast that even featured actor, Dylan Sprouse. Singles featured some upsets in bracket as Wizzrobe defeated Axe in Winners and The Moon defeated Fly Amanita in Loser’s. Overall, The Moon played impressively well, finishing 9th and overcoming an early loss to Phish-it. The later matches in Top 8 were all intense as Axe was on the brink of defeat several times before finally losing to Zhu in a contested 5 game set. In winner’s, things look very promising for Hax as he was able to take a 2-0 lead before losing 3 straight to Mew2King. Hax ended up narrowly beating Zhu to get a shot at redemption. Hax managed to take set 1 of grand finals before losing steam and falling to Mew2King, the champion of Zenith.
Singles Results
1. P4K| Mew2King
2. VGBC|Hax
3. Zhu
4. MOR|Axe

Full Results here
Videos here

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Aug 4, 2014

MIOM 2.0 Updates

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by MIOM|Tafokints

Hey everyone. We are about a week away from launch of MIOM as we transfer domains.

A couple of articles to look forward to next week:

1. Community-based articles from different scenes
2. A look into Smash 4 from the SDCC Champion […]

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Jul 29, 2014

Weekly Wrap Up (7/29/2014)

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Another Weekly Wrap Up! If you’d like your tournament to be featured, fill out this form in the future!
Smash @ Xanadu Weekly (64 Singles Entrants) – 7/22/2014, Baltimore
Our largest Melee bi-weekly, we got 64 entrants and Team Apex’s Nintendude made a rare Xanadu appearance and stole the show. He beat out DP twice, fully utilizing wobbling and frustrating DP with his tactics. Vist upset Mortality’s ChuDat, although Vist does have other recent victories over Chu as well.
Singles Results
1. APEX | Nintendude
2. DP
3. Vist
4. MOR.ChuDat

Full Results here
Videos here

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Jul 28, 2014

MIOM: Temporarily Under Construction

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by MIOM|Tafokints

As we transfer to MIOM 2.0, the blog will be under wraps for a week. We will have 1 more article tomorrow (The Weekly Wrap Up), and then resume next week. Rest assured, we have some high quality articles […]

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Jul 26, 2014

SDCC Smash 4 Tournament Recap and Impressions

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by MIOM|Tafokints

King Koopa Reigns!

Very quickly, people discovered that Bowser was powerful in free for alls. The first three rounds were free-for-alls in which the player with the highest point total moves on. As a result, KOs were highly valued. Bowser’s down+B, the Bowser-Bomb, could KO opponents easily at the 80-100% range. Given the chaotic nature of FFAs, it was very simple to catch un-suspecting opponents with the Bowser-Bomb. In addition, Bowser’s forward smash and aerials KO’d people very quickly. Bowser’s heavy weight also proved to be a valuable asset as he was living until 150-180%.

Several players were not used to the unorthodox control scheme, so as a result, the more “finesse” characters were much more difficult to adjust to. Many people throughout the tournament missed inputs, which would lead them open to attacks such as strong forward-smashes.

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Jul 24, 2014

An Alternative Way to Looking at Advanced Techniques

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by MIOM|Tafokints

I remember very vividly going to my first tournament in High School. It was a doubles tournament that had me really excited. To top it off, they used the correct ruleset: 4 stocks, best of three sets, no items, and tournament stages. We were all very excited to play. During the first day of the tournament, we were fooling around and wave-dashing in friendlies. Immediately, a bunch of other bystanders were both impressed and intimidated by us. It was funny because, at the time, I had no idea how to use wave-dashing in actual matches, but it was just a fancy tool that for some reason made people think we were professional smashers.

Video: Wak’s Classic How to Play Video
When new players ask for help in Melee Social, Reddit, or Smashboards, we do an injustice by telling them to learn techniques such as wave-dashing and shield-dropping without any context. Furthermore, the community has instilled the idea that in order to be decent at the game, you need to learn a laundry list of techniques to survive. I’m not neglecting the importance of technical skill or the ability to perform moves on command, but I’d like to shift our paradigm in how we approach using advanced techniques.

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Jul 23, 2014

Comic-Con 3DS Smash Tournament

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by MIOM|Tafokints

MIOM’s dynamic duo, Toph and Scar, will be commentating Nintendo’s 3DS Smash tournament.

When: Friday 11am PST

Where: San Diego Comic-Con

The stream will be once again on Nintendo’s twitch

Top Players such as FRQ.HugS, LuCKy, Westballz, and other Socal locals will be […]

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