The #1 player in Germany (and 83rd in the world) stops by to kick off March Madness, and what a way to start! Nicki and Wassabi talk about the challenges of playing in a remote scene, mentality when competing, and the content he wants to make that caters to a different audience than usual. New York might have 70 man locals, now imagine that it was 7. And then try to make top hundred...

Type !SnooSnoo into any melee stream and you'll see the influence this man carries. Although his play style is absolutely bananas and his energy at majors is unmatched, SnooSnoo is one of the most intelligent and articulate melee players in Tri-state. JD and Snoo go over everything from meshing play style with optimization, how Melee feeds our spirit, maturing in real life and the game, and how it feels to have a tournament like HNC reinvigorate our local scene. Snoo is a goddamn treasure.

Wassabi hits it big at last weeks night club, and it turns out when you play that many sets you can talk about it for a full hour. This episode is one of those long conversations that comes from a big win, how we keep momentum going and how we deal with the implications. It's not just JD congratulating Will the entire time, we promise.

When we win, it can almost turn into a negative thing if not handled properly. If you wanted to hear two up and coming players deal with this phenomenon, then I couldn't recommend a better episode.

Whiskers is a top Yoshi from Queens, New York. Recently he's been on an absolute tear through anyone he comes in contact with, but this has not been a new development. Wassabi sits down with one of the countries top Yoshi mains to talk about his early career, improvement strategies and mindset, and how they can improve the local New York scene going forward.

If you don't know Whiskers, maybe you should watch more of Hax's Night Club... He usually does pretty well.

We fell for the trap, or should we say that JD fell for the trap, of talking about Fox Marth for about half an hour. Summit has it all in our minds, and as two foxes the Wannabes couldn't help themselves. Wassabi is good at the mu, for the record.

Later on, we go into talking about "Zen in the Martial Arts" and how we can take lessons from old and bring them into Melee. Why practice high kicks when we can master middle ones? Scar would love this conversation *Wink*

Content creator month? I guess so.

JD sits down with another NYC legend, Phil Nolan, to go over his thoughts on.. well.. making stuff. We talk about how he got into videography, how Melee is a great way to figure yourself out, and how to build the skills necessary to start a freelance career. 

Wassabi and JD bring it all the way back to the building blocks, namely sleep and practice! You gotta check in with the easy stuff time in again, right? Lest we take it for granted, and all that?

Then the Wannabes dive into last week's HNC, how Wassabi clutched it out against Smuckers and what JD needs to do to become good at the peach matchup again. Also, they played each other again! Who won? Listen to find out. 

Every Melee player wants to be in a position of glory and triumph. But what are the downsides? And how do we handle it?

My favorite Zane and a top 2 Analog host pops into our podcast for a special crossover episode! JD and Epengu talk about his first projects in Melee, leveraging opportunities and work through networking, translating skills out of Melee, and how to get better commentary gigs. 

This was a fire episode, players and content creators alike should get a lot out of this sweet, saucy content. 

The Wannabes answer a question from their Discord channel! We talk about how we handle emotions after tournaments, feelings we get from either a loss or a win. Also, talking about the inevitable questions of "Why are we doing this?" The terrible feelings that melee can bring up when things are at their lowest.

Then, the Wannabes Watchlist! Much less depressing!