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Melee's Terrible Stages (And How We Banned Them) piped.video/watch?v=Fux_nomT…
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Congratulations to Scar for retaining his title of 69th greatest Melee player of all-time. Full section of the 70-61 spots for the Melee Stats Top 100 of All-Time in the replies:
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Today's column is dedicated to celebrating Chillin's Smash career.
FULL LINK: meleestats.co/monday-morning…
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The Game Nintendo Wishes It Never Made - A Melee Stats Film
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Last year in Melee:
1. Zain won Genesis 8, beating Jmook and iBDW (NorCal)
2. aMSa won The Big House 10, beating Mango and Soonsay (MI)
3. Mango won Smash Summit 14, beating iBDW and aMSa (SoCal)
4. Zain won the Ludwig Smash Invitational, beating Hungrybox and Leffen (NV)
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Last night in Melee, Mango won Smash Summit 11 with the greatest loser's run of the modern era. He beat:
- moky
- n0ne
- iBDW
- Plup
- Hungrybox
- Zain twice
It was Mango's first LAN major since Mango's Birthday Bash in late 2019.
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Players who have used Sheik in Grand Finals of a major and won:
- CaptainJack (MLG San Francisco, 2004)
- KoreanDJ (MLG Long Island, 2007)
- Amsah (Epita Smash Arena 2, 2008)
- Plup (SWT Championships, 2021)
- Leffen (Battle of BC 4, 2022)
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Player Spotlight: BBB, for winning The Cave from losers as the first seed
hey u stupid fuck how about BBB for losing winners r2 and winning like 20 game 5 sets while playing like SHIT and letting edric wobble me even tho wobblings BANNED cuz i’m too COOL for that PUSSY SHIT suck my cock meleeSTATSpod more like meleeSHITSpod
IM THE WINNER IM THE WINNER
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Last year in Melee:
1. Mango won Smash Summit 11, beating Zain and Hungrybox (SoCal)
2. iBDW won Smash Summit 12, beating Mango and Zain (SoCal)
3. Plup win the Smash World Tour Championships, beating Wizzrobe and aMSa (FL)
4. iBDW won Riptide, beating Plup and Hungrybox (OH)
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Last night in Melee:
1. Zain won the Ludwig Smash Invitational, beating Hungrybox, Leffen, iBDW, and Axe (NV)
2. Mew2King won Viva la Smash, beating Far! and Herrán (Mexico)
3. Drephen won The Homie Round, beating Sirmeris and essy (OH)
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With Tyler Swift’s win on Sora, Smash Summit 12 becomes the first Smash Summit where every player has won at least one set! Good job to everyone in attendance #SmashSummit
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"Melee viewership overwhelmingly does better when Mango is in grand finals....Mango’s fate determines whether tens of thousands of people tune in to a stream or not."
FULL LINK: meleestats.co/monday-morning…
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Last night in Melee was The Golden Gauntlet! In case you missed it, here are the results:
- Zain 5-0 Mang0
- Jmook 4-1 Cody Schwab
- n0ne 4-2 Salt
- lloD 4-1 Axe
- SFOP 4-3 Magi
- S2J 4-2 KoDoRiN
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Michael vs Bananas - The Only Reason We Play Melee
A short film by Melee Stats
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Last night in Melee:
1. iBDW won Phantom 2022, beating Zain and Lucky (NSW)
2. 2saint won The Trail Invitational, beating Zamu and Jflex (MA)
3. 100 Grand won Invincible, beating Chape and Slowking (WI)
4. Jmook won Quit Your Friendlies, beating Zuppy and Matteo (NY)
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Did you know that iBDW is tied for having the 11th most major wins of all-time? @edwin_budding breaks down iBDW's legacy in today's Monday Morning Marth.
FULL LINK: meleestats.co/monday-morning…
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Last year in Melee:
1. Jmook won GENESIS 9, beating Cody Schwab and moky (NorCal)
2. Cody Schwab won The Big House 11, beating Plup and Mang0 (MI)
3. Leffen won LACS 5, beating Zain and Cody Schwab (SoCal)
4. Jmook won Collision 2023, beating Zain and Cody Schwab (NJ)
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Last night in Melee:
1. bobby big ballz won TMT WC, beating Hungrybox and Salt (Online)
2. bobby big ballz won TMT EC, beating Khryke and Mekk (Online)
3. Professor Pro won Long Live London, beating max and mordo (UK)
4. Chem won S@LT, beating Obsidian Mirage and Fudge (PA)
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Last night in Melee:
1. Wizzrobe won The Big One, defeating 2saint & KoDoRiN
2. Trif won The Big One (EU), defeating Frenzy & Professor Pro
3. Shippu won The Big One (Asia), defeating Sanne & Satoshi
4. Along with Wizzrobe, 2saint made it to Smash Summit 11!
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Last night in Melee:
1. Fiction beat KJH in Smashboxing (SoCal)
2. 2saint beat Spud in Smashboxing (SoCal)
3. Michael won Indiana Summit, beating Blue and HPR (IN)
4. Khryke won M Series, beating Dawson and Dimension (MD)
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Last night in Melee:
1. aMSa won The Big House 10, beating Mang0, Soonsay, Hungrybox, KoDoRiN, Krudo, Matteo, and Seal (MI)
2. God’s Only Son won Melee at Epic, beating Yamasaki and YeehawDaniels (OR)
3. ORLY won Between 2 Lakes, beating Ryse and squizzage (WI)
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Summer is here, and so is SSBMRank!
Join us for SSBMRank Summer 2023, featuring the fifty best players of 2023 so far 👀
The countdown begins Monday, August 7
ALT SSBMRank Summer 2023
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Today, let's show some appreciation for the community that has given us so much.
Tag a community member you’re thankful for, and tell us why!
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Player Spotlight: Fiction, for winning 41 iterations of Verdugo West out of the 46 he attended, beating S2J (x4), null (x27), Franz (x9), Westballz (x9), Suf (x4), Kürv (x11), Khalid (x2), nut (x11), ARMY (x3), Casper (x13), MegaXmas (x11), and Asashi (x3)!
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Last night in Melee:
1. JSalt won Fuck Panda Popup, beating Preeminent and tiebex (Online)
2. Cojajy won 🐼💩, beating fitzy and LLDL (Online)
3. Gahtzu won TMT EC, beating prof and htwa (Online)
4. Brand0 won TMT WC, beating Haunter and Phorox (Online)
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Change of plans!
CLG's @SSBMagi joins the show, catch it over on the Melee Stats Twitch channel tonight
Major Upset? More like Major DUBset! The eternal champion of Oregon Melee @FatGoku64 makes another appearance on the show to break down this weekend's major. Live TONIGHT!
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Last night in Melee:
1. Plup won the Smash World Tour NA West Regional Finals, beating SFAT & Captain Faceroll (MD)
2. Leffen won the Smash World Tour Europe Regional Finals, beating Trif & Ice (UK)
3. Franz won Pizza Time, beating Khalid & Zelda (SoCal)
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Melee Stats disavows all our relationships with SleepyK. As part of immediately severing all connections with SleepyK, we're removing all content featuring him. All of us condemn abuse and predatory actions. Our full support is with his victim.
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When Mew2King Lost to Bowser
A Film by Melee Stats
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Savestate vs Armada - The Quest for the Frozen Turnip
A short film by Melee Stats
#FreeMelee #SaveSmash
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FLASH
AHH AHH
The Fearless Falco himself, Flash joins the Melee Stats Free Agent showcase! Catch him df5 dairing your favorite players at three majors in 2023, starting with Super Smash Con in August
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Player Spotlight: CountifShine, for beating tiebex, a Melee Online Expert player, smurfing in Tired of 0-2!
Honorable Mention: Paladin, for placing 2nd at Monday Night Netplay as the 4th seed, beating Ghostsoap, Ober, and JSalt!
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Player Spotlight: SweatyJ, for winning Super Bowl LIX, beating Patrick Mahomes and Big Red!
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During his second trip in America this year, Pipsqueak undebatably established himself as the 9th or 13th best player in the world (by some metrics)
We'd like to thank Pipsqueak for once again competing under the Melee Stats Free Agent Showcase, and hope to see him again soon!
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Last year in Melee:
1. Cody Schwab won GENESIS X, beating aMSa and Leffen (NorCal)
2. Mang0 won Tipped Off 15: Connected, beating Cody Schwab and Zain (GA)
3. moky won Don’t Park on the Grass 2024, beating Aklo and Hungrybox (WA)
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Fuck it, he balled
Pipsqueak kicked ass and took names in his trip to America, all in under a month
We'd like to thank Pipsqueak for being the first player under the Melee Stats Free Agent Showcase, and look forward to seeing more from him soon!
📸: @bluerosetori
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Is Nintendo trying to kill Melee? Again? Tomorrow, we're talking to the two people who will support local Melee until the day they die: @FatGoku64 and @FictionIRL
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Last night in Melee:
1. aMSa won The Off-Season, beating Jmook and Wizzrobe (TX)
2. Leffen won Dreamhack Rotterdam, beating Professor Pro and Trif (Netherlands)
3. Hungrybox won Battle of Z, beating Lunar Dusk and Seb (QC)
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Last night in Melee:
1. Leffen won Battle of BC 4, beating Elliot, Sora, aMSa, Hungrybox, and Zain (BC)
2. Krudo won Tipped Off: Reunion, beating Mekk and Logan (GA)
3. Fiction won Pizza Time!, beating Steech and Franz (SoCal)
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DRIP OR DROWN
@Pipsqueak_TV takes first place at Low Tide City 2022, only dropping one game! Look out for him next week at The Function 2!
📸: @toriilove95
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Last night in Melee:
1. Plup won the Smash World Tour Championships, his third career major win, beating Wizzrobe and aMSa! (FL)
2. Darkatma won Bay Area Rumble, beating Umarth and Darrell (NorCal)
3. Franz won Pizza Time!, beating rom and nut (SoCal)
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Last night in Melee:
1. Fiction/Franz/nut/DD won Verdugo West due to the venue flooding (SoCal)
2. Wizzrobe won Monday Night Melee, beating Salt and bobby big ballz (TX)
3. Ben won Touch Grass, beating Preeminent and lexor (MN)
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With the Melee Stats All-Time Top 100 finally done, this week's episode of Waiting for Game features a RETURNING special guest: @toph_bbq!
(...also @OXY_Crimson)
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Sir, a second Donkey Kong has been sponsored by Melee Stats...
Moe joins the Melee Stats Free Agent Showcase! Catch the Kong at three majors this summer starting with Fête 3 this July🐵
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Last night in Melee:
1. Zain won Genesis 8, beating Jmook, iBDW, aMSa, Spark, and Suf (NorCal)
2. JSalt won SALSA, beating rabit! and Worm (LA)
3. Fout NL won Hyperfocus, beating Jeapie and Folks (Netherlands)
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Last night in Melee:
1. iBDW conquered his demons and won Smash Summit 12, beating Mango and Zain! (SoCal)
2. Lofty won Smashing Through the Snow, beating Lunar Dusk and uguf (QC)
3. Salt won the Gaylee biweekly, beating Slowking and Bbatts (Online)
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Last night in Melee:
1. Mango won Super Smash Con 2022, beating Hungrybox, lloD, essy, Axe, and Lunar Dusk (VA)
2. Secrets won Kings of Hali, beating Inky and Rick (NS)
3. Jamie won Fight of the Fearless, beating ModestMajor and BIGGESTBUBZFAN (Online)
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Happy 400th day anniversary to this video, apropos of nothing
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The upcoming Smash World Tour Championships and the entirety of the 2023 Smash World Tour must be cancelled.
Full Story: medium.com/@smashworldtour/s…
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Today is a day of celebration! Happy birthday to the three legends of Melee Stats, @edwin_budding, @GimmeDatWheat, and @pokimanelol!
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Announcing the Melee Stats Free Agent Showcase!
For all of 2022, Melee Stats will be flying some of the world's best unsponsored players to majors to display their talents to the world!
Our first sponsored player will be revealed this Friday 3 PM ET
📸 @IcefireDee
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ckyulmiqnudaetr (kyle-mik-new-day-ter), noun
1. Donkey Kong player, also known as Quang
2. The newest member of the Melee Stats Free Agent Showcase
Catch him monkeying around at four majors this year, starting with Battle of BC this weekend!
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Last night in Melee:
1. aMSa won Mang0.5 2 Stock Tourney, beating Zain and KoDoRiN (SoCal)
2. Salt won TMT WC, beating Eddy Mexico and Medz (Online)
3. Salt won TMT EC, beating Blue and Gahtzu (Online)
4. Chem won S@LT, beating WAMatt and Stango (PA)
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And that’s that - Smash Summit 11 is the greatest Melee tournament of all time! Thanks to everyone who voted during this year’s March Madness!
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Last night in Melee:
1. Plup won Plup Showdown, beating Hungrybox, Mew2King, and iBDW (FL)
2. Lunar Dusk won East Coast Fridays, beating Bones and Weeg (Online)
3. Eggy won Tripoint Smash, beating New Guy and Mattchu (IL)
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Team Catfish vs. Team Liquid - Friendship in a Game of Loneliness
A Film by Melee Stats
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Congratulations to Gahtzu, not only for winning our March Player of the Month, but for continuing his success into April!
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Last night in Melee:
- Westballz won the three-day Smash Factor 8 (Mexico)
- Professor Pro won Runway 4 (United Kingdom)
- FatGoku won Monthly at Epic 6 (Oregon)
- Saef won Triad Trilogy Pt. 3 (North Carolina)
- Bob-bomb won SuperFLEX: Gym Leaders (Maryland)
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Last night in Melee:
1. aMSa won Apex 2022, beating Zain, Hungrybox, Aklo, Jmook, Jflex, and JoJo (NJ)
2. SFOP won DreamHack Atlanta, beating Colbol and Mew2King (GA)
3. Nicki won BerlinSmash Circuit Final, beating Charon and 3rd (Germany)
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With the conclusion of Smash Summit 12, Waiting For Game is joined by one of the big breakout stars of the weekend, @LilTrickshot, to recap the weekend and preview the Smash World Tour championships! Hopefully he will also teach the boys what a shoey is
Tune in tomorrow night!
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2024 has ended and that can only mean one thing: SSBMRank is right around the corner!
The countdown of the year's 100 best Melee players will begin on January 20th and end on the 31st with the reveal of the top 10 players of 2024
Which new faces do you hope to see make it?
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Last night in Melee:
1. moky won TMT EC, beating Hungrybox and bobby big ballz (Online)
2. Medz won TMT WC, beating Eddy Mexico and Westballz (Online)
3. Salt won Smash @ Pat’s, beating Nickemwit and Bobby Frizz (KS)
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13. Zain won Pound 2022, beating Hungrybox and Leffen (MD)
14. iBDW won Smash Summit 13, beating Plup and Hungrybox (SoCal)
15. aMSa won The Scuffed World Tour, beating Hungrybox and aMSa (SoCal)
16. Zain won LACS4, beating Mango and Hungrybox (Online)
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Last night in Melee:
1. Cody Schwab won The Big House 11, beating Plup, Mang0, Zain, aMSa, Hungrybox, n0ne, Polish, Faust, TheRealThing, and Chango (MI)
2. Frenzy won Risking It All, beating ModestMajor and GG (UK)
3. Chape won Smash Fusión, beating Mave and vixito (Chile)
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For the second member of the Melee Stats Free Agent Showcase, @Chape_ssb brings the South American style to the big stage!
Check out Chile's best player at four events this July, starting with Double Down in Las Vegas
📸: @IceFireDee
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Last night in Melee:
1. aMSa won Fête, beating Pipsqueak and Mekk (UK)
2. Wizzrobe won Smash Factor, beating Medz and Eddy Mexico (Mexico)
3. Nicki won RCADIA SMASH, beating King and Parseco (Germany)
4. DannyPhantom won The Construct, beating Kendrick and Ryse (WI)
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Yesterday in Melee:
1. Slox won HNC over Whiskers (NYC)
2. Fiction won Verdugo West over Westballz (SoCal)
3. R2DLiu won Xanadu over Vickram (MD)
4. Legend won SmashLoft over CrackurZz (Montreal)
Player Spotlight: Whiskers, who beat Kalamazhu/Wassabi/Aklo/Slox to 2nd at HNC.
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Yesterday in Melee:
1. Android 0 won Sudden Death over Zack Fair (SoCal)
2. Spark won Gator Games over Umarth (NorCal)
3. Savestate won Saturday Scuffle over Beeftip (NC)
Player Spotlight: Asidyx, who won QR AS THE 18 SEED, beating Wally/Fliinchy/HDHR/Mot$/TheSWOOPER! (NJ)
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Last year, we sponsored eight players from all over the world. This year, we're running it back.
The Melee Stats Free Agent Showcase returns, with a whole new set of players ready to make their names known.
Check back tomorrow for the first player in this year's roster!
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Last night in Melee was the second day of singles for Genesis 8, and it was a crazy one! Here are some notable results if you somehow missed it:
R2 Pools:
- Fizzwiggle 2-1 Mango
- Eggy 2-1 moky
- Krudo 2-0 Sora
- John Wick 2-1 Sora
- Dawson 2-0 Lucky
- Zain 2-1 Logos
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Yesterday in Melee, Zain won Genesis 7 over Hungrybox! It's his second major victory ever after Shine 2018. And like we promised yesterday, here's a thread for other notable singles results over the last two days of the event:
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Introducing the first member of the Melee Stats Free Agent Showcase!
@Pipsqueak_TV shows the best of what Europe has to offer at four NA events starting this month at Pound 2022
Tell us who you want to see next!
📸 @RellFGC
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Last night in Melee:
1. Mot$ won Triple Threat Tuesdays, beating Freezus and Womb! (NJ)
2. Zaid’s fuckass marth won Fantastic Manawerx, beating Zephan and Defy (AZ)
3. Holiday won Gar, beating Bodunga of the Pooplands and Charlie Wu (OH)
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What a crazy weekend of melee! And who better to go over such a crazy week than the man himself @aidencalvin! Join us tomorrow at 9pm ET as we try to keep the star TO of Summit Champions League on-topic about his own event
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Last night in Melee:
1. iBDW won Smash Summit 13, beating Plup, Hungrybox, Jmook, and n0ne (SoCal)
2. Franz won Pizza Time, beating Venelox and Casper (SoCal)
3. Dawson won Cheeks, beating Dimension and soap (PA)
4. Sverre won House of Smash, beating Martin and Rich (Norge)
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Last night in Melee:
1. Plup won CEO 2023, beating Wizzrobe and Panda (FL)
2. Chem won The Nightclub VIP, beating Hax$ and Aklo (NY)
3. Fiction won Lawless, beating Kürv and cliché (SoCal)
4. KJH won BODIED, beating Ben and Kuyashi (MI)
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Last night in Christmas Melee:
1. Umbr won Melee Yule Log, beating Mother Earth and DevDogg (Online)
And that’s it!
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Last night in Melee:
1. Wizzrobe won Mainstage, beating Hungrybox and Ginger to win his second major! (SoCal)
2. Kendrick won Accel, beating ORLY and Fizz (WI)
3. Ishigami won the Wiri Store Melee Tournament, beating Leof and Stiffff (Dominican Republic)
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Last night in Melee:
1. Mango won Smash Summit 14, beating iBDW, aMSa, Hungrybox, Leffen, KoDoRiN, and Soonsay (SoCal)
2. Inngenn won BattleGateWay, beating Hutukamiman and vugzi (Japan)
3. Glaikit won Shoot the Gun, beating Jacob and stylo (Scotland)
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Last night in Melee:
1. moky won Don’t Park on the Grass 2024, beating Aklo, Hungrybox, Cody Schwab, Trif, Aura, Khalid, and DannyPhantom (WA)
2. Panda won Smash the Scene, beating brokenyew and Yeti (FL)
3. McCloud won GGs Down By The Bay, beating Michael and Okameed (VIC)
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It’s officially a comeback - after an ELECTRIFYING August, Axe is making his debut on Waiting for Game tomorrow night! Be sure to tune in.
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Last night in Melee:
1. KJH won MEAT 6, beating Ginger & Ossify (MI)
2. Rocket won the FM weekly, beating CPU0 & esjam (AZ)
3. shmugs won Brewhall Brawl, beating Amrak & Webwipe (BC)
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Last night in Melee:
1. Magi won The Coinbox, beating SFOP and Hax$ (Online)
2. Ryobeat/2saint won The Nightclub due to the event running late (NY)
3. Skerzo won Midlane Melee, beating and Killablue (IL)
4. Kingu won Four Quarters, beating max and 23 (UK)
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Last night in Melee:
1. Elliot won Elliot’s 19th B-Day Bash, beating aMSa and Polo (BC)
2. Bbatts won The Nightclub, beating Aklo and Wally (NY)
3. Lucky won Melee in Progress, beating KoopaTroopa895 and billybopeep (SoCal)
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In honor of him graduating med school all while dominating online events, Dr. @lloD74 is the Melee Stats Player of the Month for March!
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Last night in Melee was Day 1 of Redemption Rumble! In case you missed it, here are notable results from pools:
- Magi 3-2 Zain
- bobby big ballz 3-2 S2J
- Joshman 3-1 Magi
- Spark 3-1 S2J
- Swift 3-1 SFOP
- Aklo 3-2 Fiction
- Spark 3-0 bobby big ballz
- Swift 3-2 FatGoku
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Yesterday in Melee:
- Captain Faceroll won Fete (UK)
- Krizski won Salt Mines 2019 (Calgary)
- Fiction won Dreams Collide (SoCal)
- TheSWOOPER won Run it Back (NJ)
Player Spotlight: Setchi, who finished 2nd as the 9 seed at Fete, beating Nicki, Frenzy, and Trif (X2)
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What do you do after you beat Hungrybox, iBDW and Ginger? Well, talk to Melee Stats of course! @ssbmPolish joins the boys on tonight's Waiting For Game to discuss this weekend's Smash World Tour event, one of the most stacked tournaments we've seen all year
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