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It's super easy for walljumps, and pretty much anyone can take to the air and be fine. I'd certainly ban it as Bowser. It's better than Port Town Aero Drive, at the least. (What with the cars.)

I really like Lavender Town as a counterpick, it's one of the most well-made custom stages I've ever seen.

I feel like that's very akin to saying 'No defensive options stop Gandouken.' Sure, you can't roll away through it, you can't spot dodge it, and you can't shield through it. That's technically true, but doesn't tell the whole story. You can avoid Ganon's projectile or stuff the windup...

For the Project M tournament we usually do 1-2-2-1 bans on the 7 starters, then 3 bans out of the 14 total counterpick stages. That's the kind of thing I want to mirror, mostly for consistency. I'll probably keep FD as a counterpick, the lack of platform options makes some matchups completely...

So far, we've run Brawl Minus at the last two tournaments. People have enjoyed it, but for the next one we definitely plan to establish a stage list for neutrals and counterpicks. If anyone has input on that, I'd love to hear it. I'm going to be doing some narrowing-down for this afternoon's...

I'm hoping to show that Sonic's Boost is not overpowered as it is, and should only be changed in minor ways. My roommate and I both agree that Sonic is an intimidating character to play against, but he doesn't have unlimited options to win a match and can be dealt with. I'm also hoping to get...

I'll be streaming alongside Daftatt in ~4.5 hours, I will probably be playing a lot of Sonic.

twitch.tv/olympiasmashers My roommate daftatt and I will be playing some Brawl Minus this afternoon. (3 PM on the west coast, ~5 hours from this posting.) Characters you can expect to see: Mine: Sonic, Lucario, Sanic, Dedede, Meta Knight, maybe Ganondorf, Peach, Ike. Daftatt: Captain Falcon...

I thought that would be a Dio texture, and I was right! It was you, Dio!

They aren't being showcased. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I remember not like Mute City in melee/brawl because the main platform didn't have actual ledges. I'll have to see if it has them in Minus, if so I've been wrongfully not playing that one!

My two cents: vanilla Brawl and Smash 4 are not good for tournament play, fun as they are. Smash 4 at Apex 2015 was grueling to watch while I was waiting for Melee Top 8. 6 minute matches, most of which went to time with only two stocks, and generally defensive play. It's probably more fun by...

PM 3.5 has been out for a lot longer than a month. Having seen some 3.6 test builds, it's actually looking really good. Especially for tournament play. I'm pretty pumped to hear about the return of SEP though. Does this mean Big Blue is free?

I might slap together a combo video in a while. It'd just be me playing my roommate, probably, since I don't like playing Sonic on wifi.

Where are you at, Kien? We could try playing through Netplay or something. I can't imagine it being a good match if we're too far away and get much lag. A few frames of fucked-up-by-lag Boost goes a lot further than a few frames doing anything Ganondorf. I'm in western Washington.

Yeah, it's free entry but that's a long way to drive for a no-payout minus tournament. :p

Are you in the pacific northwest? I've decided to start running a Brawl Minus round robin at our weekly smash tournament in Olympia. (At The Evergreen State College.) Let me know if you want to come. It happens each Friday from 4-10.

Is Kien very similar to Marth? Marth doesn't have much trouble. ;)

I'm a pretty good Sonic and my roommate plays several characters that never have a problem with it.

And in that circumstance, you've been hit by the 3.Q forward throw. ;)