Radio Melee

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Melee is Going Global! | Radio Melee Episode 32 Jan 26, 2022

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This week Toph and PPMD are joined by Tafokints to discuss the importance of rankings and making Melee accessible around the world!

Time Stamps:

0:00 - Intro 12:51 - Community Voice: Ideal Top 8

20:41 - Caller 1: What should the purpose of rankings be?

35:46 - Caller 2: Collaboration with international players

51:14 - Caller 3: VODs from player, coach, commentator perspectives

1:09:54 - Community Voice and Outro

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Zain's Competitive Melee Mindset | Radio Melee Ep 31 Jan 21, 2022

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This week Toph and PPMD are joined by Zain to discuss competitive mindset and rectangle controllers!

Time Stamps:

0:00 - Intro

7:40 - Community Voice: Project M Characters in Melee

18:00 - Caller 1: What are your tournament routines and rituals?

27:50 - Caller 2: Marth in Doubles in 2022

42:40 - Caller 3: What's a good balance between competing and making content?

55:50 - Caller 4: How do you feel about box controllers?

1:15:13 - Outro and Community Voice Akaneia Build: https://github.com/akaneia/akaneia-bu...

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"I Realize New Players Have a Lot of Misconceptions.." | Radio Melee Dec 22, 2021

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On the last Radio Melee of 2021 Toph and PPMD are joined by Coach, Sheik master, and Project M Diddy main, Junebug!

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Everything is made up and the Points don't matter

00:03:00 SWT Invaded by Sheik Players

00:11:53 Community Voice: What Do You Want in Melee Commentary?

00:20:38 What About PM Pulls People into the Smash Scene? -Puunk_

00:39:06 How Helpful is a Coach for Low Level Players? -Maxwell

00:51:58 Thoughts on the Box Controller Discourse? -ILikeTurtles

01:20:26 COMMUNITY VOICE: What Character Would you Port from PM into Melee?

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"To Put Me Top 20 in the World I Couldn't Believe it..." | Radio Melee Dec 15, 2021

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On this episode of Radio Melee Toph and PPMD welcome the man from down under, recent Summit attendee and Fox main Sora!

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 An Intro With Aussie Excellence

00:07:15 Australian Locals to Watch

00:08:50 Sora's Biggest Takeaway from Summit

00:13:02 Community Voice: What are you Excited/Concerned for Modded Controllers

00:27:53 Who's #4 in the World/Who Wins the Next Super Major? -ETossed

00:37:10 What It's Like Practicing In a Region Outside of the US? -Quest

00:49:27 What is The Lore Behind 4 Square/Handball? -Danger

01:02:10 iBDW Rating Sora Top 20 in the World

01:11:18 The Summit Bump, Real or Fake?

01:17:20 COMMUNITY VOICE: What Does the Community Want From Commentary?

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"I'm Most Excited To See How Leffen is Going to do at Summit.." | Radio Melee Dec 08, 2021

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On this episode of Radio Melee its just the boys! We got Summit coming up, the big Ludwig Tournament news, and SWT next weekend.

Timestamps:

00:00:00 The Boys get it Rolling

00:02:32 Is International Travel for Events Back?

00:08:32 CV: What is aMSa's Yoshi going to be doing in 5 years?

00:14:31 Will the Panda Controller cause Upsets in Melee? -Gooddaycows

00:22:40 What Are The Most Influential Combo Videos From Your Era? -BigBodyBigBands

00:34:58 How Large is The Melee Community? -CarVac

00:47:30 What Story Lines Are You Most Excited for with Summit and SWT? -Chunk

00:57:20 Opinions on Dr. Mario and Franz recent Win on Fiction? -Wane

01:07:25 What PPMD Is Looking forward to 2022

01:10:15 COMMUNITY VOICE: What're you excited about with the Panda Controller, What are you worried about?

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"After Genesis I'm Going to Move to Canada..." | Radio Melee Nov 24, 2021

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On this weeks episode PPMD and Toph are joined by the best yoshi from across the world, aMSa!

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 The Best and Nicest Yoshi in Melee

00:04:11 aMSa goes 18-0 00:07:42 Has Slippi Changed the Japan Melee Scene?

00:11:17 CV: What's Your Favorite Thing About Wizzy?

00:16:51 How Has Being the Best Yoshi in Japan Helped or Hurt you? -Fig Leaf on the Run

00:31:07 Are There Ways for European/America Fans to Watch Japanese Melee? -Downgrade Falco

00:36:29 What's your Favorite Tournament Travel Story? -Swartzcr

00:54:28 What Advice Would aMSa Give to Mid Tier Mains going to Summit? -Speedy Sloth

01:05:50 How Can aMSa Win a Major?

01:12:50 What Makes aMSa so Kind, and what Does Kindness Mean to aMSa?

01:18:46 COMMUNITY VOICE: What Will Happen to aMSa's Yoshi in 5 years?

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"People Will Call You Lame Cause You're Beating Them..." | Radio Melee Nov 17, 2021

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On this weeks episode PPMD and Toph are joined by recent Mainstage winner and Captain Falcon god himself Wizzrobe!

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Winner of Mainstage and Captain Falcon Extraordinaire

00:02:06 How Does Wizzrobe prep for a Tournament?

00:03:20 Wizzrobe's Endorsement for Summit

00:07:41 CV: How Involved in Melee are you and Who would Elijah Wood Main?

00:17:12 How Can Scheduling be Better at Majors? -FateofReality

00:27:53 Wizzrobe's Experience with Envy at Events -LoBana

00:36:27 Which Falcons Inspire Even Wizzrobe? -YokaiNels

00:50:20 Wizzrobe's Character Picks in Different Smash Games

00:53:41 The Pop Off King Explains His Thought Process

00:56:16 COMMUNITY VOICE: What Do You Enjoy Seeing From Wizzy?

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"There's a Huge Body of Melee Players who Don't Practice..." | Radio Melee Nov 10, 2021

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Another God Like Peach Player

00:01:42 SmashCon Winner 2021

00:04:37 Polish Used to be a Falco Player

00:12:49 Last Week CV: Which Esport Pro Would you Want to see Pickup Melee?

00:20:07 Would Peach be Better or Worse Without Turnip? -TeamKessig

00:33:33 Against Hungrybox what does Polish do Differently than Armada? -Harpot678

00:49:06 What is the Current Role of Analytics in Melee? -Abe

01:02:04 What to Expect at My First Major? -Els

01:11:15 Balancing A Full Time Job and Melee

01:20:22 Improving and Actually Practicing Melee

01:24:17 COMMUNITY VOICE: Are you just a Spectator of Melee or Active Participant? (Who would Elijah Wood Main?)

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"In the Case of Zain, You Just Really Wanted Hungrybox to lose..." | Radio Melee Nov 03, 2021

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 2 gods, one Commentator

00:01:10 Armada the Super Mario 64 Speed Runner

00:05:35 Will Armada Return to Competitive Melee?

00:12:16 The Melee Community Pushing Armada Away

00:19:06 CV: What are YOUR thoughts on NASB? Will you stick with it?

00:36:28 How do you feel "Satisfied" with your Personal Achievements? -Yungyosi

00:48:03 The Different Playstyles of Peaches Besides Comparing to Armada? -Banana Foster

01:06:17 How do you Account for Variance in Every Day Gameplay? -Macho

01:23:45 How did Armada Defy the Odds Coming from Europe? -Chape

01:36:04 Armada's Influence in the Current Melee Scene

01:45:37 COMMUNITY VOICE: What Esports Pro Would you Want to Pickup Melee?

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"People Forget That Ultimate Died For a Year..." | Radio Melee Oct 20, 2021

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On this weeks episode its just PPMD and Toph as they talk about, Smashcon, Improving at Melee, and the Nick Allstarts Hype train.

Timestamps:

00:00:00 Where Everything is Made Up and the Points Don't Matter

00:03:28 Melee Isn't Dead

00:08:15 Where Did All the Fox/Falco Co-mains Go? -TeamKessig

00:24:40 The Advantages of Dual Mains

00:30:07 Are Offline Tournaments losing interest for Top Players? -m0ppu

00:53:52 How To Stay Patient When Practicing Melee? -cg

01:16:15 Will Melee Players Continue to Play Nick All-stars Brawl? -LILBIRD

01:27:30 Last Weeks CV: Degenerate smash twitter

01:30:02 COMMUNITY VOICE: How Much are You Playing Nick Allstar Brawl?

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