Radio Melee

This week, PPMD and Toph are joined by Mekk to discuss the positive effects of staying physically fit as a Melee player.  

0:00 - Intro 20:57 - Community Voice: What matchup do you want to see in finals at Big House?  

27:23  - Caller 1: How do you stay so positive after losses? 

41:14 - Caller 2: In what ways have other falcon mains influenced your playstyle? 

54:24 - Caller 3: Is there is any value in playing people below your level? 

1:17:05 - Community Voice 

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This week, PPMD and Toph are joined by Shine 2022 champion Zain!  

0:00 - Intro 17:51 - Community Voice: Who is the weakest player we could send back in time to win Genesis 1?  

25:16  - Caller 1: How does winning Shine 2022 compare to 2018? 

34:31 - Caller 2: Do the play styles of retired players age at different rates? 

48:47 - Caller 3: What does fostering your local scene mean to you in the "Slippi" era where you can just sit at home and play top players instead? 

1:14:39 - Community Voice  

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This week, PPMD and Toph are joined by master statistician GimmeDatWheat to discuss the intricacies of rankings.   

0:00 - Intro 18:18 - Community Voice: What are your goals and what can you do today to achieve them?  

28:36  - Caller 1: What is Melee Stats’ approach to all of the different aspects of competitive play? 

43:27 - Caller 2: Have there been any improvements made to the ranking process and are there any changes you would like to see? 

51:56 - Caller 3: How can we help reduce ranking anxiety for players? 

1:26:59 - Community Voice  

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Toph and PPMD are joined by iBDW to discuss the contributing factors to his recent success!   

0:00 - Intro 

18:18 - Community Voice: Who are your local heroes?  

22:02  - Caller 1: How does running subathons affect how you approach streaming?  

 28:11 - Caller 2: How do you feel about people attributing your recent success to your switch to Z-jump? 

40:27 - Caller 3: How do you discipline yourself to learn and practice when you don't want to? 

50:46 - Caller 4: What does the timeline look like for innovating and labbing fox tech before using it in tournament.  

1:02:38 - Community Voice  

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Toph and PPMD are joined by Double Down 4th place finisher and ICs specialist, SluG!  

0:00 - Intro 

14:17 - Community Voice: Would you trade a current top player to bring back Armada? Should Steve be banned?  

21:58  - Caller 1: Is wobbling needed to make up for shortcomings? What are some no wobbling strategies?   

37:05 - Caller 2: Why did you change your name to SluG? 

43:26 - Caller 3: Marth vs Ice Climbers matchup 

1:04:52 - Community Voice  

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Toph and PPMD are joined by Hungrybox to discuss iBDW's reverse pop-off and the future of Jigglypuff.

0:00 - Intro 

25:00 - Community Voice: How do you form your opinions on top players? 

29:11  - Caller 1: Will top players start relying on secondaries?  

40:00 - Caller 2: How long will older top players be able to keep up? 

56:54 - Caller 3: How will Jigglypuff evolve as a character? 

1:03:26 - Community Voice  

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To kick off season 4 of Radio Melee, Toph and PPMD are joined by Ginger! Ginger gives his take on the Falco meta and the dynamic of juggling content and competition.   

0:00 - Intro 

24:04 - Community Voice: What two players would you want to see a fusion of? 

26:00  - Caller 1: Why has Mango been the only Falco player to top 8 consistently?  

42:10 - Caller 2: How difficult is it to balance content creation and competing? 54:16 - Caller 3: What is culturally different between the Smash and FGC communities? 

1:18:37 - Community Voice  

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Radio Melee time again! Today Toph and PPMD are joined by professional Peach main lloD!  

0:00 - Intro 20:51 - Community Voice: Which smasher would best survive on a deserted island? 

24:38  - Caller 1: How do you decide when to play the slow game vs playing aggressive?  

33:51 - Caller 2: What were the most important Summit 13 sets to watch? 

50:39 - Caller 3: What kind of challenges are shared between being a competitive Melee player and becoming a doctor? 

1:14:31 - Community Voice  

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Toph is away this week, but PPMD is joined by Aklo and Ryobeat to talk all things TO'ing!  

0:00 - Intro 18:14 - Community Voice: UK vs US Office crew battle 

22:11  - Caller 1: What is Ryobeat's "secret sauce" of TO'ing? 

38:14 - Caller 2: Should there be more Arcadian style tournaments? 

52:36 - Caller 3: What are some tips for new TOs? 

1:08:17 - Caller 4: How would you improve the standard tournament format? 

1:34:48 - Community Voice  

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PPMD and Toph are joined by Jmook to cover his impressive 2nd place finish at Genesis 8.  

0:00 - Intro 

21:04 - Community Voice: What if Zain had beaten Hbox with Roy? 

24:20  - Caller 1: Jmook's mentality after Genesis 

37:56 - Caller 2: What is a move you think has more potential to be useful? 

52:18 - Caller 3: What steps can we take to help top 100 players be more financially stable? 

1:10:00 - Caller 4: How did you pick Sheik as your main? 

1:21:20 - Community Voice  

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