Okay okay, that wasn’t one of my better puns, forgive me.

After this past weekend, we’ve had 8 MLG Qualifiers and one more to go. Fortunately for those players that are qualifying via points, P4K Mew2King ended up winning Pat’s House 2. As a repeat champion, this opens up yet another slot for point qualifiers.

Recap

So far, we’ve had 5 unique champions out of the 8 events. These 5 players are:

1. P4K Mew2king
2. C9|Mang0
3. Curse.Hungrybox
4. Leffen
5. Remen

In addition, two players, EMP Armada (3000 pts), and VGBC| aMSa (2560pts), have accumulated enough points to earn a spot into the Final Bracket, pending some freak accident.

6. EMP Armada
7. VGBC|aMSa

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Welcome to another Weekly Wrap Up!

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The MLG excitement continues in Cali with Pat’s House 2. Here’s the rundown

When: May 24 – May 25

Stream: Clash Tournaments
Pool Assignments:
SINGLEShttp://goo.gl/hhpyFe
DOUBLES
http://goo.gl/fuXVHD
Schedule
– Saturday -11:00 AM – Doors Open11:30 AM – Set up & Warm up12:30 PM – Doubles Pools 02:30 PM – R1 Singles Pools 06:00 PM – SoCal vs NorCal Crews 07:00 PM – R2 Singles Pools 10:00 PM – Venue Closes- Sunday – 10:00 AM – Doors Open / Warm Ups11:00 AM – R2 Singles Pools Cont. (If necessary)12:00 AM – Doubles Bracket (Top 16)03:30 PM – Doubles Grand Finals03:30 PM – Singles Bracket (Top 32)07:30 PM – Singles Grand Finals08:30 PM – Tear down & Clean up09:30 PM – Leave 10:00 PM – Venue Closes
Top Players
P4K Mew2King, Curse.Hungrybox, s2j, Lucky, Fiction, Fly Amanita, Eddy Mexico, MacD, Westballz, MMG|Shroomed, MIOM|PewPewU, MIOM|SFAT, Axe, Plup and many more!

People in Contention with Points for MLG Final Bracket

CT|Zero – 1400 pts

Plup – 1200 pts
 Tafo Predictions
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Welcome Leffen, Armada, and aMSa to the mix that will be present at the final brackets of MLG Anaheim, joining C9.Mang0, Curse.Hungrybox, P4K EMP Mew2king, and Remen. Although Armada and aMSa haven’t “officially” qualified, they have enough points to get […]

Today’s article is written by Nicholas M Whittier (NMW) who talks about mindsets and attitudes in gaming.
Introduction
Competitive gamers come from a wide array of backgrounds, each with their own predilections. Given that we are all part of the Melee community, I will assume that we all have the urge to compete–some innate drive to win. This is not a trivial assumption, as there are many out there who don’t have the drive to compete at all. With the newest generation of Smashers, who are largely inspired by Evo and the documentary, the internet has had countless threads about how to convert one’s casual friends into competitive players. Those casual players frequently lack the drive necessary to be a competitive player. The thirst is not something that can be instilled into your friends. Assuming people have knowledge of the competitive scene and know what top level Melee looks like, they will either have the thirst or they won’t. If you are aspiring to be Isai, SS, or Lord, and you want to do cool shit and wins and losses don’t matter to you, this article will not be relevant for you.

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