@trexchess

He/Him | Washington state Wifi Hermit|Runs SSBU V-Rank

 Bellevue, WA
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Joined February 2019
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Hispanic! at the Disco@NarniaJGCJul 26
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Nerds are sitting behind computer screens and saying this event held in the middle of nowhere in a school gym is more valuable than a huge ass event held in one of the biggest US venues in one of the biggest states, because DoomFart the Japanese minmin is in attendance
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With ultrank discourse back on the timeline, I think it’s time to consider the one solution to level the playing field with Japan’s geographic and transportation infrastructure advantages: Counting mod enabled online brackets for the rankings.
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They should do this for the world cup after the knockout phase. Makes it so there’s always something for a team to play for in groups and the opponent selection process would probably be the only non active sporting event that could surpass the NFL Draft in terms of spectacle.
Jeff Passan
@JeffPassanOct 8
Major League Baseball proposed cutting the regular-season schedule from 162 games to 154 games in a bargaining session with the MLBPA today. Also part of its proposal: higher seeds in playoffs get to choose their opponents, and division series expand to seven games.
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The intersection of smash with AI/Crypto/tech bro culture is absolutely fascinating to me. Like is Crunch so stuck in the silicon valley bubble that he thought a majority of a community w/ such a huge emphasis on art and human expression wouldn’t see this as a slap in the face?
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Like this whole situation reeks of venture capital style “move fast and break things” which has literally never gone over well with the types of starving artists that are driven to play a decades old children’s party game with 0 dev support.
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two nickles now in a one month period for large midwest events seeding a top gnw into a Sephiroth relatively early into their bracket path. Surely a fun coincidence.
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Proud to announce I am #OPTINGIN as the #1 player in Indiana for Q3 2026. I hope the community can come together to support me in this decision.
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I feel that it needs to be pointed out that the way tournaments are structured absolutely influences how statistics are used/misused. Double elimination as a format is inherently stretches/highlights skill differences at the highest levels and shrinks/obscures at the lowest.
Emdy@cxEmdySep 19
random smash frustrations, long ass ramble. been feeling this way for years atp, would appreciate if anyone read and shared what they think. 🫡
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For lower level players however, the low sample size they get in brackets can make it frustrating to feel their improvement when they continually lose to the same rungs of players, without much opportunity to get tournament sets with players around their skill level.
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I think not using tournaments as an instrument of measuring skill is generally a better mindset to have (though I'd argue most smash stats are measuring resume rather than skill, a distinction that is not communicated anywhere near enough).
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I have a lot of issues with the arguments presented in this thread that are longer than I can fit in a single tweet so I thought I'd respond with a thread of my own.
.☘︎ ݁˖@SundriedSageSep 19
i’ve been outside the scene but as someone who competed for many years, and now as a polisci grad, i have much to say about the calls against participating in this tournament being collapsed into oversimplified mantras of “sportswashing.” (🪡)
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I love that to its core the smash scene has become a home for so many members of marginalized communities. Smash should be for everyone. In order for it to be that way there is no room for crypto, imperialism, or those who try to erase the marginalized from public life.
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I sincerely hope this discourse does not lead to less people engaging with the grassroots scenes that do exist throughout the SWANA region. I also hope players and TO's across the scene can use this moment to think more critically about potential sponsors going forward.
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