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Glen-i

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  1. OK, spending binge from eShop vouchers done, I guess I'm ending the year with 1,571 gold points.
  2. Well, @Jonnas has made me want to go into some detail on characters that I found notable. As far as the Ultimate newcomers go, I'm not really feeling most of them. Here's my opinion on each. Inkling is a more of a zoning kind of character, which I generally suck with. Her side special is great, her other specials? Not so much. Ridley feels awkward as hell, even if he has some nice range at times. But he just doesn't click. Plus, I gotta dock him a few points for looking off being that small. Simon/Richter are an interesting mix of Shulk's crazy range and Mega Man's projectile heavy specials. Unfortunately, I don't like projectile style gameplay in Smash. So they don't quite reach my peak. The slide kick is utterly godly though and a lot of fun. I mostly choose Richter, just because of tastes. King K. Rool is by far the best newcomer. That super armour he sports is total ridic, which makes a lot of rush tactics quite safe against other attacks. I expect a Bayonetta style nerf sometime in the future. So I'm not gonna get too comfortable. Isabelle is a cool alternative to Villager who sacrifices Villager's good ground attacks for some amazing specials. Fishing Rod and Gyroid Mine are incredible tools for controlling the stage. Her normal attacks are pretty bad though. Especially her jab, which is probably the worst jab ever. A lot of people kinda made jokes about how Isabelle would be OP because no-one would want to hit her. After being on the receiving end of that Fishing Rod, I will happily punch her face in at any opportunity. She's pretty fun though. Incineroar is the biggest disappointment for me though. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy it's the Gen 7 Pokémon rep and it oozes so much personality. But it is pretty dreadful. That awful recovery alone means it's never gonna be viable for me. Seriously, how do you have worse recovery than Little Mac? Such a shame. As for echoes, Daisy is basically Peach but more irritating, so that's fine by me. Dark Samus is Samus with a better dodge. Chrom has most of Roy's amazing moveset with Lucina's more stable hitboxes, so he's now my favourite FE character there. Even if Roy's new voice is hilariously over-the-top. Ken on the other hand is not quite as fluid for me as Ryu feels. Ryu tends to take a step forward when he attacks, while Ken likes to stay rooted in one spot. It's cool they're quite different, but Ryu wins out for me. Ken has the more entertaining personality though, even if his Side B sucks. Previously cut characters of note for me are Ice Climbers who I swear is easier to seperate the two and pull off some wacky shenanigans in two places. This is a good thing. Young Link is my surprise hit. I never liked him in Melee, but he's a beast in Ultimate! (Toon Link is nowhere as good as he used to be though. That Forward Smash is awful) I think Pichu might be better than Pikachu! It's electric attacks are stronger, it doesn't hurt itself nearly as much as it did in Melee, it's hard to hit and still has it's ridiculous dash grab. Also, it's voice is funny. Always a plus. Snake still makes me smile so much. I'm not too great with him, but he's definitely better than he was in Brawl. Pokémon Trainer is way better too. Squirtle and Ivysaur are leagues ahead of their Brawl selves and is right up there in my Top 5. My strategy with Charizard, meanwhile, is to immediately swap back to Squirtle. Wolf in Ultimate might as well be a different character to Wolf in Brawl. I really liked Wolf in Brawl, but new Wolf has the same issue I have with Ken. He sticks in one spot while attacking a lot more. I still like him best of the StarFox gang, but definitely a downgrade in my view. So after all that, my two mains are still the same as they were in Smash 4. Lucas and Shulk. But while in 4, I liked Lucas the best, in Ultimate, I can't really decide. This is because while Lucas is pretty much his same, awesome self, Shulk got a nitro boost to his aerial attacks and Monado Arts. His Back Slash allows a bit more control over where it lands and he generally has less ending lag. He got a solid buff and I'm really feeling it! This is a good result! Anyway, I'll leave you with this. Squirtle's German voice (Known as Schiggy over there) is the best thing ever and I wish I could use that particular voice in the English Language option. It's a thing of beauty and I love it.
  3. I mean, I did say "Seriously though" straight afterwards. I was having a giggle.
  4. Humble Brag! And I can call him out because he'll never know! Seriously though, I'm not too sure that a long game is such a bad thing. If a game manages to not bore me with it's gameplay loop, I can literally spend hundreds of hours on it. I mean, loads of you losers did the same for BotW. Which I guess is a prime example for me of a game that needed to end a lot sooner then it did. I'm not making much of a point here... Games be-ing long might not be a bad thing, Fa la la la la, la la la la!
  5. Yeah, it's really bad. Funny how the 3DS pulled it off with little issue but this just falls apart at times.
  6. Add Bowser to the list of characters I'm pretty decent with. It's my highest score so far. (At least in Solo, @Dcubed and I broke 2 million in co-op on Yoshi's route, I was Mario) This Classic Mode is definitely is the best one in Smash history. The routes are fun and creative, the end bosses are top-notch, the intensity mechanic is a great incentive and it's really cool that co-op scores are kept in their own seperate category. But anyway, this has been bugging me for a while... So when I don't know something about Pokémon, I go to the only person on N-E who's a bigger Pokè nerd than me. @Serebii, do you know where it's from? EDIT: Never mind, I found out.
  7. Man, that's some lovely artwork there @Ike It's gorgeous.
  8. So I check in on this thread, and no-one thought Smash Ultimate would be a good soundtrack to highlight? Guess I'm fixing that with some of my favourite new remixes. No, Lifelight isn't there. Because Lifelight isn't good. I think @GenericAperson might have been a bit hasty with his best soundtrack of 2018 declaration.
  9. I knew you'd do some kind of Fresh Gif, @S.C.G Wait... YOU'RE NOT S.C.G! Also, thanks @Animal for teaching me that the Beast's name is Dazz. Good to know. Anyway, I literally know nothing about my upcoming gifts. Except that @Dcubed has probably got me another gift along the impeccable quality of "Imagine: Girl Band" on the DS.
  10. Review copy, and that's all I can say on the matter.
  11. Had to Google that... Wish I didn't...
  12. Decent detective work, but it wasn't that.
  13. For me, Smash Bros saved a pretty crappy year for me. But then again, any Smash saves any year for me really. Apart from that, Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate was my main game. Wouldn't nearly have played it as much if it wasn't for N-Europe Peeps, but still. I've only dipped my toe into Monster Boy, but it's already looking great, I'm looking forward to digging into that soon. Biggest disappointment for me was easily Pokémon Let's Go. Everything I dislike about Pokémon games these days without any of the redeeming qualities that would otherwise allow me to overlook it. It all came together to become an unbalanced mess that even this 19 year long Pokémon fan won't pony up for.
  14. Sorry @Ike and @martinist. Something has come up and I'm gonna have to back out.
  15. I'll open the room. 3 stock, Random Stages fine with everyone?
  16. Does anyone fancy some Smash tonight at around 8? @Ugh first aid and I have been doing some co-op online. But it'd be nice to get some N-E Smash in there.
  17. Nice! I remember that route being particularly tricky. So far, I've done it with Pikachu, Captain Falcon and Peach.
  18. It kinda does, yeah.
  19. Is the lack of a plural on purpose?
  20. You think Ubisoft are gonna wanna touch StarFox ever again? And F-Zero is a way to make it bomb harder than Starling!
  21. There we go. Classic 9.9 done. Did it with Pikachu of all characters. My 8th attempt in total. WiiU 9.0 laughs in the face of the difficulty of Ultimate. I attempted it with Fox before hand which only served to remind me how much I suck with Fox. I used 2 continues! That's a new low for me. I recently noticed that you can stop Fox's Side B dead by blocking, which plonks him right in front of you for a free hit. I can't see Fox being that good in the near future. That's what he gets for ruining Melee's balance. Anyway, still gonna try to 9.9 as many characters as possible. Not Fox though, he ain't got a hope in hell.
  22. Anyway, I've started tackling Classic 9.9. Struggling a bit. Although, to be fair, the 4 characters I attempted it with (Mario, DK, Link and Samus) have some pretty difficult routes. I was close with Link but got caught in Ganon's Death Tornado right at the edge of the screen and got killed at 50%... Was not happy about that. Especially since Ganon was almost dead. @GenericAperson I've not actually got any 4 star spirits trained up... Mostly because I'm aiming to get every spirit to LV 99. I'm at my 3 stars now. I also keep swapping spirits to match the series a character is from. I can't help myself! It just feels right. There's a great 3 star Nightmare (from Metroid) one that steals health whenever you land a physical hit. Works well with Ridley.
  23. Individual, definitely. They all have different movesets and playstyles. They're even separate characters to unlock in WoL. On a related note, it really bugs me that the Miis don't get a classic route. I mean, how hard can it be to put together 6 fights revolving around Fists, Swords and Guns? And then have it end with a powered up fight against fellow customisable avatars, Robin and Corrin.
  24. Well, it's that time of year. Time for the meaningless award ceremony! And there's two more I came up with! First up is... The Perfect Attendance Award This goes to the awesome person who managed an attendance rating of 100% throughout the entire year. That's all 140 GP's! Even if the sword of everlasting disconnection (trademarked) did it's best to smite them down. @S.C.G is the sole winner of this one. And I've gone all out with your reward. I used an actual template to make a certificate from scratch this year. Is there no expense I won't burden!? That took me 10 minutes. You're welcome. Honourable mentions go to @RedShell, @viceview51 and @martinist who all got higher than 90% attendance. Next up is... The Blue Shell Award This one goes to the person who got the most 2nd place GP placings. Because dealing with that particular winged monster is just not worth the stress... Congratulations to @RedShell for a decisive victory in this aspect. Like, it wasn't even close. That said, @martinist and @Glen-i clinched 2nd and 3rd most, respectively. The PWMNBD Award The PWMNBD (Person Who Made No Bloody Difference) celebrates the person who is most likely to enter a League night and make no difference to their average what-so-ever. Such stability is commendable, even if it doesn't help them win... @BowserBasher is the winner of this one. 10 separate occasions where he pulled this off. @S.C.G and @viceview51 both got 6. The Ultimate Rivalry Award This one goes to the two people who had the smallest point difference at the end of the year. This year's mortal enemies are @Vileplume2000 and @Dcubed with a 0.1 point difference. I mean, there's only one way that could have been any closer! Very stylish! And finally, there's... The Taskmaster Award This award goes to the person who completed the most Random Tasks. No matter how stupid they might have gotten. Seriously, your eagerness to follow instruction is bordering on worrisome. @RedShell wins this one. And now I know who to go to when I need something done. @martinist and @viceview51 did particularly well on this one as well. But now... What, you want me to say something again? I just did so in the last post! Give me a break! And that wraps up the 2018 League. I like to think it was a successful experiment. And I hope you enjoyed the new twist on the familiar. Massive thanks to @BowserBasher for being the room host on the majority of the nights and for once again dealing with my shenanigans. And definitely for improvising when I couldn't keep the updates going. As well as providing me with any results screenshots I need. Let's face it, he's one of the columns keeping this League from collapsing in on itself. And I couldn't do this without his support. I also want to give thanks to @RedShell for providing me with a not crap logo for this year, as well as providing some secondary support to help me out. I'd like to take this opportunity to ask if you'd able to provide a logo for 2019. Whenever you're able to, of course. And of course, thanks to everyone who took part. Especially those of you who qualified in at least one of the leagues. You guys rock! I will once again run the League for 2019. Random Tasks won't feature in the first half for sure, but we'll have to see if it makes a return. The 2019 League will begin on the 24th of January. I will open a new thread about a week before hand. I hope to see you there.
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