Hey all, prog here. Well, I’ve written a couple of pieces here to get people involved in their local scenes and how to branch out. Well, if there’s one thing I really enjoy, its making people search for things, to explore, to discover, to go deeper.

Hence, the first bounty. A lot of you know that I’ve been getting ready for EVO, and Marvel, and I figured how about we kill two birds with one stone. A lot of commentators use the term option select in Melee improperly. At its core, an option select is a combination or sequence of buttons that will give different results based on what the game decides.

One notable example in the SF series is the crouch tech: pressing down back + Light Punch +Light Kick. You are NOT allowed to throw while crouching, but you are allowed to tech while crouching. When you are in a defensive position such as down-back and press jab+short, you will get a c.jab (in 3S) or a c.short (in SF4). However, if the opponent has tried to throw you, you will get a tech instead. Thus if the opponent tried to throw you, you get a tech, or if the opponent tried to mix it up, you beat it with a fast normal of your own.

All of that with the same button push, and the game chooses the best option based on its info.

There has long been contention, does this exist in Melee?

http://smashboards.com/threads/exploring-sf4-style-option-selects-in-melee.349343/

Survey says yes. In that thread we see a couple of option selects. Are there more out there?

Well, that’s for you to find out. Lab rats, go. I want YouTube videos of what you discover and a detailed description. Not looking for character specific stuff (however, that is cool), I want stuff that’s applicable to the whole cast. I’ll post a thread in the Melee It On Me Facebook Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/MeleeItOnMe/) post your findings there.

Go, lab rats, Smash scientists and Melee masters. I’ll be rewarding those that happen to find stuff, but its first come, first serve. Show us what you got.