The Wannabes Podcast

Shephard "Fiction" Lima is a one of a kind player. Actually, there are other players like him, but none of them can claim ever reaching top 10 in the world.

Recently, Fiction has picked up two additional main characters in Falco and Sheik. Joining his already established Fox, he's looking to reinvent his approach to the game by just "playing what feels right". In tournament. For money. 

While becoming a top player, Fiction has also pursued game development and will be soon releasing his game in early access. JD and Fiction talk through the mindset of someone at his level, what it means to improve and take the games seriously, juggling different hobbies and, yes, his approach to Twitter.

Kinetic: Break All Limits is on Steam Early Access on January 5th https://store.steampowered.com/app/1987710/Kinetic_Break_All_Limits/ 

This episode, like many others, was released early on our Discord. You can join that here: https://discord.gg/kVr2Cn46Fn

Music - “Virtual Soul”  Harris Heller

There's a unique challenge in becoming a top player, and even more so when it happens overnight. After a string of 2nd places in 2022, including Genesis 8, Jake "Jmook" DiRado established himself as a serious tournament threat heading into this year. Representing his newly acquired sponsorship with Flyquest, he defied expectations by winning Genesis 9. Thank god he did, cause he chose that tournament over my bachelor party. At least it gave us something interesting to watch. 

Winner of Genesis 9 & Collision 2023, Ranked 6th in 2022, and the champion of Upstate New York, Jmook returns to TWP after 4 years. Jake speaks to his upcoming move to California, the challenges of being a professional melee player, his plans to level up content and how he still considers "playing the homies" as fundamental to his improvement strategy.

This episode features submitted questions from our Discord. You can join that here: https://discord.gg/kVr2Cn46Fn

Music - “Virtual Soul”  Harris Heller

Yeap, it's a long one. Trying something new here with a mega episode. This weeks theme is balance, finding a way to keep Melee (or ultimate) in our lives while exploring other hobbies or building our adult lives.  

Starting off as a competitive player or farming a region, marketing content or working the algorithm, building a community or grinding ranked, we cover a bit of everything with the three sick guests of Ventus, Kogs and Billz. 

0:00 - Intro and preamble

0:11:50 - Starting as a competitor & wannabes feedback w/ Ventus

1:17:34 - Pushing top 100 w/ Billz

2:04:35 - Breaking through the content sphere w/ Kogs

Solo episode and a possible return. 

JD aka Poonslayer7 covers updates, why the show ended and what's important when being a melee player.

Feedback is appreciated. Let's see how this goes.

3 weeks off, zero prep. Can Wassabi and JD find the conversation in REAL TIME? Of course they can... They do it all the time.

Personal lives, exercising, Garlic Salt Ep. 0 and getting REALLY GOOD at Melee. All the basics.

Have any questions? Join our Discord and let us know what you want discussed! https://discord.gg/qFZHFw8ugH

Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/thewannabespod JD - https://twitter.com/SoonPlayer7 Wassabi - https://twitter.com/WassabiSabi

And follow us on Twitch! JD - https://www.twitch.tv/wannabe_jd Wassabi - https://www.twitch.tv/wassabisabi

JD's new podcast Garlic Salt has been in the works for a few months now, and it's finally time to release an episode to the world!

More info on a full release soon.

MONSTER-MEGA-THREE-SEPERATE-RECORDING-INTERVIEW

This man is a legend. One of the head TO's of Rollback Rumble, including The Big One, Commentator extraordinaire, and a power ranked Falcon player to boot, NathanSandwich exemplifies what it means to be a participating member of the community.

These interviews are largely influenced by RR: The Big One, taking place before, during, and after the event. JD and Nathan discuss their plans for content and other TO responsibilities, what it felt like to be in the thick of the action (while recording a content piece of course) and a final debrief about the experience. 

We also go step-by-step through Nathan's career in TOing, commentary, and playing the game. Let me be clear: TOing is about 15 different roles in one, from Social media to seeding, conflict management to marketing.

This episode is crunchy. We wouldn't be mad if you didn't listen all at once...

IRL is coming back, and The Wannabes are taking some different tacts. What do we do to prep for a fest, what should we keep in mind while we're there? And why is JD always talking about eating cheese?

Have any questions? Join our Discord and let us know what you want discussed! https://discord.gg/qFZHFw8ugH

Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/thewannabespod JD - https://twitter.com/SoonPlayer7 Wassabi - https://twitter.com/WassabiSabi

And follow us on Twitch! JD - https://www.twitch.tv/wannabe_jd Wassabi - https://www.twitch.tv/wassabisabi

The Big One was insane! Wassabi and JD go over their content journeys and reflect on everything it took out of them, along with Will's amazing run to 25th in singles, JD's video editing, A long fox-ditto play session between them, and of course WATCHING SUMMIT! Patrons, make sure you keep an eye on the Patreon for some new premium *~*CoNtEnT*1*

Have any questions? Join our Discord and let us know what you want discussed! https://discord.gg/qFZHFw8ugH Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/thewannabespod JD - https://twitter.com/SoonPlayer7 Wassabi - https://twitter.com/WassabiSabi And follow us on Twitch! JD - https://www.twitch.tv/wannabe_jd Wassabi - https://www.twitch.tv/wassabisabi

AKLO FOR SUMMIT!!!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-Aklo-get-to-smash-summit-11

Have any questions? Join our Discord and let us know what you want discussed!

https://discord.gg/qFZHFw8ugH Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/thewannabespod JD - https://twitter.com/SoonPlayer7

Aklo - https://twitter.com/SSBM_Aklo

And follow us on Twitch!

JD - https://www.twitch.tv/wannabe_jd Wassabi - https://www.twitch.tv/aklo14

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