NODE 2020 SMASH BROS TOURNAMENT - Qualifying Rounds

May 31, 2021

What's up ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the third annual Smash

tournament

? This is the hottest day of the year in this office. We've all been waiting for this. We have been badmouthing each other endlessly. We have brought special guests. the prize money of 100, yes, the most important thing is that that hundred dollars is the knowledge of knowing that you are the best in the office currently, I know that I am the best and Sam knows that he is the best, but today we will learn to see If there is a third person I am the best or a samurai.

Yes, I have currently won a

tournament

. I know how it feels. Yes, it was the happiest day of Sam's life. Mine is also worth noting here that on my Switch, which usually lived in the dock, there are over 5000

smash

games played and over 650 hours of

smash

, so we have taken this very seriously, first, we have to Dean, a veteran of the 2019 tournament, versus matt, a relatively new competitor, matt, uh, I think he's probably played this game like a couple times I'm going to stalk him, I'm going to destroy him, he's going home crying to his mom , I know you think you're going to suck me, that's not going to happen, I'm sorry, Dean, if I don't restock Matt.

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I'll let Clint Sternum rub me in, okay, Dean playing DDD, which he stole from Sam Matt playing Pac-Man, which he was surprisingly good at, oh, we're on a big battlefield, I totally forgot, oh , thanks for the health, Matt with a move below. his belt, uh, drop the ball and go eat it, why did you choose this giant stage? You just made things worse for yourself, it's going to take longer, yeah I know, it's okay, come on, come on, everyone's here, everyone's burning it. Everyone likes an underdog if Someone's on the Hill Today is me, everyone knows Dean enjoys his villainous status.

The Matt guy could put Dean in death range before he dies since the announcers weren't supposed to be biased. Oh, I missed the moment, wait, I got that. Hey Dean, eat some health. Matt loses. some much needed hp territory from Matt with his one move now I've never played Pac-man but it looks like his one move is pretty effective yeah the only move Pac-man has aha oh man oh Dean already thinks this match is It's over, it's just begun. Well, Dean was saved from the sternum robbery with Dean cleaning house. Next up we have Christian against Wes last year.

Both Christian and West made it through their first

rounds

, but were subsequently defeated by Sam and Nico Christian. Just no. see it as a threat, if that makes sense, I'm taking the Zen master approach in this round and I'm going to kick my opponent's ass very calmly and humbly, ladies and gentlemen, we know I'm here to deliver toys and gifts all day long. time. uh-oh, it's Christmas time for Christian, so I'm going to show you the contents of this box and I'm also going to show you these mind games, oh, Wes's toy chest, Christian playing his new main rule K.

Wes taking out the toy, wait, friend. I can't see what you can't see sonic the hedgehog is oh damn it's going to go fast I hope I hope this match doesn't end too quickly oh wes has an early lead oh christian is lifting his body off the floor like a mop clapping for everyone sides but christian has the damage christian almost avoids getting hit i'm this is a real fight the punches are coming he's chaining them uh oh oh oh wow what a mash oh christian has that oh that's going for an easy read christian not giving it to him oh and he's out from the stage that's going to hurt your fingers oh a little a little point dodge okay wes kiss up eh christian working that oh god buried but very low hp these combos are brutal guys you have to be careful with these projectiles that christian is going to throw around but christian has to be careful not to let sonic get close because he's so fast oh christian doesn't even flinch and sonic hits them wes looks in the wrong direction whoa what's going on wes is going to wes has a lot of work to do if he wants to change this oh, it's getting depressing in the office right now, can west take stock, there it goes right into christian's hand, oh, there let's work on this west, working on spacing, oh no, no it is. finished yet not finished yet good he's vulnerable christian gets the kick okay wes let's do this let's get a ko here now wes says he needs to do some solid killer attacks with sonic here sonic is good at dealing damage but not that good crushing He looks into their eyes before throwing his opponent oh Wes dodging oh he's in for a kill well he's almost going to have to take care of the cell oh he's still in Sonic with the nuts good recovery oh wow no one has ever seen a Sonic With this percentage so high, Sonic got difficult, I can say that, oh no, it's over.

Christian shows his opponent a sign of respect. Pride comes before autumn. Wes is no match for Christian. Next up we have the current Office Smash champion, Sam, against the newcomer to Corral Digital. Chase Jace, what can I say about him? You know he's a fantastic and talented editor, but honestly, he doesn't play any big brother, so I'm hoping to join the ranks of the three-action team here and I guess completely destroy it. I'm actually one of the newcomers here, but unfortunately for these guys, they don't actually know that I have some amazing skills hidden up these sleeves, so they have no idea what's coming, Sam, maybe I can take you down. throne today let's see if we can make that happen so the big difference with this nico tournament is that you can change your character between games so that sam can play with samus this round but can play with zelda in the next round, that's true and sam is playing with samus In this round it seems like Sam is playing his eponymous chase playing Peach, a high-level character, very yeah, I'm curious.

Wow Peaches Peach picks a level okay Chase run headlong until the missiles have to close the gap between him and sam because sam like samus is organized into the characters the question is does sam control the flow of the battle does he have? control Peach's hips because Peach's hips are dangerous oh look at that little dodge there Peach's hips don't lie that's true and sam The big move is to get that laser ball charger, all I have to do is carry that ball snap there and throw her off the map like that chase flying in chase what an entry like a celebrity's entry a little short on turnips and there's the first star sam with an early death sam is fully loaded get off my map oh what a dog for chase ooh chase i need more hits do some umbrella action one of my favorite moves this might be the first game where losing an action the one from the pro chase shows up again no oh what a dodge oh read a little attack career.

Sam is having trouble connecting in this stalled chase, trying to figure out the rhythm of Sam's missiles here, Sam changing it as much as he can. Clearly, Sam is now taking this ovarian 100 seriously. I'm taking this very seriously. The chase is hanging in the air. His hands are sweating a little. That's good. He's using that umbrella. That means it's a real fight. He has a turnip in his hand. He tries to chase. a perfect shield but miss the moment and be careful with that later oh there's who would chase his shield to chain sam's little attacks sam reading the dodges here 45 just with a combo he can chase chase he hasn't used his counters here yet There, it's because he's conditioning Sam, oh, there it is, I think Chase just remembered that he has a counterattack.

I'm down here, um, vulnerable. I am vulnerable. Sam mocking Chase. I think he's playing some mind games. Yeah, who's going for that counterattack? but sam gets the grab yeah, sam controls the flow of the battle chase he has to be careful with those grabs the flow of battles be careful with the chase showing off some skills from his unsuccessful melee days sam moves forward, we got to clint against daniel and what could only be described as a bad deed towards your coworkers. I had never played a video game before. Clinton is here to win. I'm here to fill a group.

Will be great. Daniel, I apologize. Leave. to resupply you, I'm not holding back, this is my chance to practice, sometimes it takes a real stranger to come in and change things, yeah, if there's a box, daniel is here, far away from it, okay, Clint He has promised us less than 50 players for Daniel Daniel This is the first time he plays Daniel is already using his finger Am I doing it? you're doing a great job daniel you're going to want to use this other joystick daniel you're going to want to use the left joystick I'm going to want to use this to move it.

There is no way to wait. Daniel put a point on it. He went off the map three times. I win? Daniel three stalking himself. Clint moves forward. Next up is former champion Nico against former intern Peter. Hey, what's up today? I'm going to play as Peter. I'm going to kick his ass. I've been playing Smash Brothers since I was six years old, which means it's ingrained in the way my brain was formed. Just Smash Brothers and it's on it's DNA and its core and I'm ready to unleash that today so nico you don't know what you're coming buddy you're out of breath so peter goes with ike who also has a long sword I guess than us.

I'll find out who has the longest sword, so Peter, the crowd favorite, comes with ike oh, he's hurting Nico, oh, that's a big hit, I don't know how seriously I should take this very seriously, nico, it's the tournament you could potentially, oh. with a kill on i just smashed the screen peter is sticking to the skies and nico sticking to the ground peter just needs to land a couple more hits because he's as heavy as a gang wow peter is doing the damage and nico is ready oh nico no i was ready for it wow there we go a b-side of peter and denigo almost commits suicide peter is a puncher oh man wow peter avoids the magician's claws whoa he got out of there these moves are completely evenly matched come on peter oh complicated peter is doing incredibly well already Whether you win or lose, you get the prize for the worst player to get a share of a professional player.

This begs the question: Has Niko gone soft on his parenting? Oh, that's right, he's tough as a rock. Peter is showing an impressive feat by cutting a counter action. nico but nico advances next we have nodo alumnus cliff against newcomer jordan. Okay, today I will play as good as ever, I have the whip and I'm going against Jordan. I've never played against her, but it should be easy I think. I'm going to knock him out once Kirby rebounds, he never falls so I'm never going to fall. I don't hold that against me because in the training video I used Baxter, what's his name, Baxter, the big one, wait, no, who did it?

I use it in the training video Buster nico uh jordan is your uh your apprentice, so do you have any hope for her in this battle? I hope to see her, uh, get gl cliff to at least go into red, omg she's fine, cliff versus kirby. richter versus kirby richter used to fight dracula now he fights a little bouncy boy he's a little marshmallow ooh getting off that marshmallow taking a little toad stomp kirby's body is so soft oh my god oh jordan lands a blow absorbing another invincible oh just getting a little breath of fresh air oh wow, it's an even game, it's Kirby, isn't he taking the initiative?

Oh, and then he slammed right into Kirby, a small light character floating around. Do you have any audiences shouting advice? Do you have any advice for your apprentice nico she's doing great i have nothing to say other than having fun and kicking her ass wow jordan knows what's up jordan knows what's up we might see another action taken oh don't speak too soon you are doing very well jordan it's work wear it out wow oh wow oh it's strictly recovery it's a tie game ladies and gentlemen follow me in Peter's footsteps she's gotten some action oh punching the air waiting for the right moment to hit the cliff not knowing how to approach the situation his projectile seemed ineffective with the character always in the sky oh she has her hair oh cliff pushes her off screen he just falls in love with her what are you doing jordan questioning his existence reaches the star on top of the christmas tree? and he starts it I won I wanted you to do a great job Jordan I don't feel too bad about losing an original computer Jordan exceeded all expectations but Cliff is still moving forward Next we have the newcomer Griffin versus Node showrunner Natalie I'm looking forward to you I know I have to pass a good relaxing time and it's absolutely devastating that in Smash Bros I'm going to be Griffin, that's all I have to say.

Natalie would have you believe that she is better than Griffin, but I faced them both in battle and defeated them. both with equal ease, both griffin and natalie also have the best costumes of the group here with natalie being uh boxer suit zero samus and griffin just being everyday where uh captain falcon cool guy motorcycle captain falcon civilian falcon when he leaves the military, he's well we're out in the fight let's see what we have here we go captain falcon often returns knownas ganondorf's grandson his son oh that little mini stump was pretty impressive oh natalie busting out the combos he's been practicing i can hear the creak and groan of the controllers under the stress of the fight the fierce grips bending and warping the plastic oh tap tries to get out of range but a small whip catches them oh buried he's on the ground now he doesn't take advantage of the blow she just took a basic hit, Griffin walks towards the projectiles and manages to find a way to avoid that rhythm.

He almost bounced around. Griffin has a chance to catch her when she is vulnerable and lands, but he doesn't take advantage of it and Natalie takes action. Natalie throws it into the air starting. to get a little advantage here can griffin kick him back oh he's on the ground again he's on the ground griffin keeps jumping on his head with a kick forgetting to connect but he's falling oh dodging but falling into another blow now trying to nail him griffin getting a fire hook looks like there's a move you're forgetting you have complete control over the move repertoire griffin goes over the edge guard that's why I like to see oh well dodge but it's not enough this downward punch can't connect oh so close a fan favorite but it doesn't connect at least he had the guts to try to get around this little character jumping oh it's getting hotter now he's waiting to attack trying to read Griffin's recovery Griffin is trying to keep his gap starting this distance starting to discover natalie's moves wow a little stomp on the head a little bit of neck bones i learned that move from mario yeah now he just lets him recover without any opposition griffin runs in a very spicy move from griffin griffin vulnerable there natalie doesn't capitalize but griffin has another low action she doesn't need the bug on the windshield now if Griffin can get a good combo off she could bring him back but we'll see now she's been matching him blow for blow here hawk kick on the whip oh he's going for the spread full knee even gets a little lens flare it's so bright but it doesn't connect a little popper there Griffin has to be careful when chasing her aggressively in the air because her drop connects very quickly ooh Griffin with a grab but it doesn't hit oh, cute and little reverse tap puts him down, he's down 58 but he oh 73 oh, now he's making sure the deficit stays a deficit oh little spot, dodges there tap, being a little careful on the edge whoa catches bad, commits to the projectile trying to meet the air oh griffin with another brave falcon punch griffin is still within kill range while natalie is not oh what's up what a crazy dodge now he has work to do the government has more oh oh oh the kicks griffin's compression are very dangerous this is uh this has become anyone's game, no, no, now he's pushing it up, oh yeah, he's trying to finish it, that's it, it was a real game, a demonstration Griffin's brave, but not yet advanced, saving the best for last, we have crushed the veteran wren of the tournament against the runner's alumni, carmichael.

I'm not going to lie, I don't have a good track record in this tournament series. I've been harassed three times the two times I've played and I think I have some tough competition in comics. I now put my chances of survival at about one percent. take everything i just said and invert it, so i watched 36 hours of smash

bros

tutorials. I've read the manual several times, so I know how to play. The only thing I hope is that Wren and I remain friends through all of this. Now this is important. i play for ren because in every tournament he has played ren has been harassed three times look at mike he is exploring the character he is surprised with the wide selection of fighters to choose from there we go two eternal enemies their fates came this is a solid villain versus story hero here today do the good guys win where the bad guys take control? okay we're leaving ren makes a mockery from the beginning but he gets beaten for it carmichael i see myself what he's doing is right he'll get three oh my god carmichael has aerial moves he has antennas he has hooks something around ren is scared man he's shaking in his shell coming in with a classic insert this is carmichael wow oh my god it's getting more the crowd is going crazy carmichael avoids the trap carmichael not knowing that if he just presses b a fireball will shoot out of his hands, oh, he shoots him, i would have done it instead of oh, clint, yelling tech at carmichael like that could make a difference, being burned alive by wren, oh, oh, okay, carmichael lost.

Another star hero, our hero, the outcome of this game seems more and more determined as we progress, yes, it is gloomy, it is a gloomy and gloomy destiny of mega mega and mario boy was that exciting, take his actions Brynn breaks the stool, break the game stool the game is still going look at the shield a broken post which game ren can still win a balanced stance throw fireballs at him so you can hit b carmichael hit b just press start hitting b on his own without direction on its own oh no, it's burning Alive keeps going for the first time in its life.

It was much harder than I thought. Well, that concludes the