Flux

I haven't seen many birthday threads since the move to the new site, but then again, I've also been gone for a while now. Either way, here's a birthday thread for an old friend that I admittedly haven't talked to in a while. Happy birthday Murdoc! Hope you're doing all right, and hopefully I'll end up finding some way to get more involved here so we can have some interaction again. Either way, hope your 20th is great!

I'm somewhat curious if anyone else has a similar "dream location." I'm sure a lot of us probably do. For me, it's a log cabin on a cliffside, situated above the treeline and overlooking a vast forest, with a winding river visible in the distance. The cliffside has a rocky path that leads down to the base of the forest, taking you to ground level. It's my 100% ideal place to live, and I've thought about it enough to pretty much picture the whole area. I'm curious if anyone else has gone into such depth with a dream home or location. It's not particularly impossible, so a part of me likes to think that this place actually exists out there somewhere, or at least something similar. What are your dream homes or locations like?

Number one is New Zealand for sure. Most of the places I want to visit are places with nice scenery and vast forests, and New Zealand really springs to mind for that. Second would be Iceland, for similar reasons. I guess various places in the UK would be next.

I had a pretty good Christmas this year, considering that I didn't actually ask for anything. My family got me stuff anyway, and they knew me pretty well. The Last Guardian - I waited 5 years for this and would have bought it the day it came out, but my family told me not to buy anything until Christmas because they were buying gifts, so I resisted the urge. They knew how much I've been obsessing over that game for the past couple years though. Glad to have it now. World of Final Fantasy - I hadn't actually read much about this outside of hearing its announcement, but it looks like it'll be a lot of fun. My mom got me Day 1 Edition too somehow, so I got a bunch of cool DLC stuff for it. Pretty excited to play through this one. It's been too long since I played a classic RPG. A really nice Columbia hoodie - I love hooded pullover sweatshirts, so this is a really great gift that I wouldn't have thought to ask for. I needed more too. $80 total in cash (from various relatives) $25 Gas Card 2 books - My dad always gets us somewhat obscure books as part of his gift, but they're usually pretty interesting and things I would never have known about if not for him. I can't recall the titles off hand right now though. And then I've got an unopened card from my aunt for my birthday in a few days. I'm guessing there's a bit more money in there, given their previous gifts. All in all, it's been a pretty good Christmas. I didn't really find myself wanting much, now that I've got a job and can buy most things myself, but my family found things that I like and probably wouldn't have bought on my own (aside from The Last Guardian).

HERESY

Best part about the new site? Worst part about the new site? Do you like the new site overall? What are you most excited for in the future? (Not necessarily for the site, just anything in general)

Ayyy, why not? Idk if I'm around enough for an accurate guess, but I'm curious anyway. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Oh shoot, I actually completely forgot Pika. Nobody plays him in my area, so it's easy to forget. I'd personally put Pika somewhere around Samus, probably right above her, but maybe below.

As many of you have probably already figured out, I'm unfortunately going to have to close this thread without really ever getting to work on it. School + work has really left me with very little free time at all. I really hate starting things and not finishing them, so my apologies go out to everyone, but there's really just no way I could do it. Sorry again, from a disappointed Flux.

Oi, no need to r00d. Let's all try to keep things cool around here. Opinions are opinions and everyone has there own. Smash 4 players should be welcome to share there own views as long as they're talking about Melee as well. That's part of what this thread's about after all. On topic, I'm a super big fan of Melee. It's definitely my number 1 investment as far as gaming goes, and I'd really like nothing more than to reach the top level of play. I main Marth, but I've been working on Fox and Falco as well, though there nowhere near my Marth yet. I also have a pocket Mario as my low-tier of choice. I've been practicing for around four years now, but I've only really started going to tournaments and learning how to play against real people this past year. It basically means that tech-skill wise, I'm far beyond most people in my area, but I really need to learn the neutral game intricacies to improve. Anyway, I'm down to play netplay with anyone who wants to do that. As far as tier list discussion, I'm interested in hearing what others have to say about the top characters. My own list would be something like Fox Falco Marth Sheik Puff Peach Falcon Samus ICs Yoshi Luigi as far as the top and high mid characters go. I feel like Puff in particular performs better in practice than where I've placed her, but I think that with time she'll become more predictable and people will have an easier time dealing with her. I honestly considered placing her right under Falcon, where I think she'll end up, given some time.

I have a friend who got three of the Halloween legendaries in his first four crates. Meanwhile, I've only gotten 1 Halloween skin in general out of 7 crates. RNG's a crazy thing. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯