Oregon Smash Community [OSC] - Oregon's official Smash Community est. 2005

[T0MMY]

As posted in the OP, Oregon Smash Community will require TOs to follow the Community Tournament Guidelines as set forth by Nintendo.
This will provide a good playing environment for attendees as well as provide a Nintendo-approved licensed event so as to avoid any issues with using their IP.

 

[T0MMY]

It's been forever since I've hosted in New York, and yet still people remember these events and take time to post some positive things like this.
It can be easy to forget how all that work I've done has impacted the community as a whole until I see responses like this.
There are times to be politely critical of your local TOs so they know how to tailor an event, but also there are times to post some positive messages and let them know they are appreciated.

 

[T0MMY]

The scene's been kind of slow lately and a downturn from where we were to start.
https://gab.com/t0mmySSB/posts/111988166450302816

 

[T0MMY]

 

[T0MMY]

Here's my response to the Smashboards article "Is Brawl Making a Comeback?"

Is Brawl Making a Comeback?

After Smash 4’s announcement at E3 2013, many top Brawl players who’d grown disillusioned with their game loudly shared their excitement to hit the reset button and jump ship to a newer, shinier release. Smash 4’s debut signified a new era for the community, as Nintendo’s marketing showed a...

smashboards.com

 

[T0MMY]

I found a screenshot of final results on AllisBrawl which was the site utilizing the tournament data records for Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
These are latest results on record for the competitors pictured.
These results are after all Doubles (2v2) results and side events were removed because a certain someone was making a claim (one of many grasping at straws atttempts) against recorded tournament results because it might be including doubles results (not sure if it retains their 2v2 win results on their side of things). Because of that it backfired and this screenshot with my doubles results removed exists today as head-to-head 1v1 results. It also means if all including those results would mean my win record would be even greater results.
As a note, these are set wins, btw, not tournament wins. I had quite a few tournament wins where I came through loser's side of bracket to win the tournament bracket.
I am happy to show the evidence of my years-long champion status (March 2008 to Nov 2011) against the top rivals in my region a winning record against (from top left to bottom right): t1mmy, Viviff, Pwneroni, Eggz, OMGage, and Atticus.

Although I have winning record against all state PR this pic only shows top rivals. But if any more records are discovered I will be shown positive wins against other top Power Ranked players Dog Latin, Moochero, Tudios, K-Dash, et al. It was a great time in my Smash career with some very good competitors and sportsmanship and I take pride in all my games whether they were wins or not as all sets are markers on our Smash Journey that are valuable expereinces. GGs everyone in Oregon and Washington.

 

[joshisrad2]

Hey Timmy and Tommy et al, first I just wanna say I'm surprised this thread is still alive! I recently bought Smash Ultimate and I am beyond terrible at it lol but I'm having the most fun playing as Kirby and it makes me think of you, Timmy, every time.

Anyway, today I randomly searched for my old username here and found the updates in this thread:

OSU Smash Fest III {NOW WITH MORE MAPS!}

And that will be when you decide to stop being a douche :P

smashboards.com

And I wanted to just give a public apology for any and all unsavory, mean-spirited behavior I knowingly committed back in the day, including any related to my relationship with you guys when I was hanging with Balloon. Not that I'm blaming him for my being a jerk, that was definitely all me. But if my memory is correct, hanging with him was playing a part in turning me against you guys.

I had a fairly strong sense of right from wrong, but I also had an out of control ego. And I was very bad at condemning when people would do things that I could feel were wrong. Many times the things that would be said about you behind your backs were pretty messed up, like when Balloon for example would make fun of you guys for playing a video game when you were 30 years old. I remember when he turned 30 (and he and I at this point were long since ending our friendship) I thought to myself, there he is, still playing a video game at 30... to be fair, I think he quit shortly after. Anyway, not important. I'm sorry the drama somehow continued after I quit, and all the way into 2023 — yikes :/ Despite our falling out, I've wished the best for balloon in his life, and he seems to be doing work that is in alignment with his interests, so I think he's at least happy with that, and I hope he can let all this stuff go and find peace with regard to all this history.

Tommy, I'm really impressed with the progress that you said you made being #1 on PR for years and taking top 10 at majors. That's awesome dude. I'm glad to hear your health and life are on a good track, I remember hearing about the mold situation. Timmy, I hope you're doing great in your life too.

I won't be posting any further here just wanted to give you an apology and become pono with this area of my life's history. I've wished I could delete my old account altogether due to the embarrassment I feel over it, but whatever lol.

I'll never forget you two, I love you, thank you.

 

[T0MMY]

Hey Timmy and Tommy et al, first I just wanna say I'm surprised this thread is still alive! I recently bought Smash Ultimate and I am beyond terrible at it lol but I'm having the most fun playing as Kirby and it makes me think of you, Timmy, every time.

Wow, for real we were talking about you when we were talking about this time period of playing Smash very recently! I think it was this past week or so during some tea conversation. What strange coincidence, t1mmy particularly must have picked up on the Kirby vibes since he started the conversation. Haha... I'll have to show him this right away, it will be such a nice Christmas Eve message. He always loves hearing from all the oldschool/veteran Smashers, and also people who enjoy playing Kirby (he's still got such passion and a kind of zeal for talking about Kirby even after so many years!).

Anyway, today I randomly searched for my old username here and found the updates in this thread:

OSU Smash Fest III {NOW WITH MORE MAPS!}

And that will be when you decide to stop being a douche :P

smashboards.com

And I wanted to just give a public apology for any and all unsavory, mean-spirited behavior I knowingly committed back in the day, including any related to my relationship with you guys when I was hanging with Balloon. Not that I'm blaming him for my being a jerk, that was definitely all me. But if my memory is correct, hanging with him was playing a part in turning me against you guys.

It's all good, for sure no hard feelings or any grudges at all. We understand the situation, as a number of people have contacted us with similar sentiments regarding this drama. It was a time of being young and free-spirited with plenty of energy and ambition. That kind of verdant spirit is unbridled and can be used for any direction, so influence from others can be pretty strong when looking for any kind of guidance.

I had a fairly strong sense of right from wrong, but I also had an out of control ego. And I was very bad at condemning when people would do things that I could feel were wrong. Many times the things that would be said about you behind your backs were pretty messed up, like when Balloon for example would make fun of you guys for playing a video game when you were 30 years old. I remember when he turned 30 (and he and I at this point were long since ending our friendship) I thought to myself, there he is, still playing a video game at 30... to be fair, I think he quit shortly after. Anyway, not important. I'm sorry the drama somehow continued after I quit, and all the way into 2023 — yikes :/ Despite our falling out, I've wished the best for balloon in his life, and he seems to be doing work that is in alignment with his interests, so I think he's at least happy with that, and I hope he can let all this stuff go and find peace with regard to all this history.

It's easy to get ego tied up with competition, and can be difficult to separate the two when starting out. As we grow we understand more the value behind our thoughts, behavior, and actions. Being able to separate the elements and sublimate all the emotion and spirit that makes up life is quite an alchemical undergoing, it's all rather magical and beautiful. However we expressed ourselves isn't who we are today, as we transform moment to moment so we can put a lot of what was said and done behind us and focus on greater endeavors.
The funny thing is I wasn't even 30 when he "accused" us of being that old, I just had to shrug it off, and kind of just made it my own that with age comes wisdom. I think I even just joked that I was 40 or 50, because what would it matter? I figured being a 20-something to younger teenagers, it was more of the intention behind the message, so if you can have fun with it then the ill will goes away as well. But as I am older yet, and I still enjoy playing games even to this day, Smash included, or spending time in any of my other interests since life itself is a blessing and we should be thankful for every moment we have.

Tommy, I'm really impressed with the progress that you said you made being #1 on PR for years and taking top 10 at majors. That's awesome dude. I'm glad to hear your health and life are on a good track, I remember hearing about the mold situation. Timmy, I hope you're doing great in your life too.

I'm glad things turned out as good as they did. I didn't realize it at the time, but the energy it took to compete was very stressful at a time when I was in a hazardous environment. I still have to deal with some issues, but I am thankful for the point I've come and how much better things finally reached (just a couple years ago, really) and can be very proud of myself of getting through tournaments and school despite a kind of saturnical challenge.

Despite our falling out, I've wished the best for balloon in his life, and he seems to be doing work that is in alignment with his interests, so I think he's at least happy with that, and I hope he can let all this stuff go and find peace with regard to all this history.

Yes, this is how I see things too! It's all water under the bridge, and honestly I think the challenges set by Bart (and any conspiring with Viviff later) were exactly what helped to push me to be a better Smash player and eventually a regional champion, but more importantly it really helped me understand a bigger picture as well; the world isn't going to be there to help and support you, it's a big world full of people with their own prerogatives. If you want great things then you have to do great work. There will always be challenges and trials, many of which we'll stumble upon on our way through them, but I think you've proven that despite any time we do stumble there is always a chance for redemption and get ourselves back on a greater path.

I won't be posting any further here just wanted to give you an apology and become pono with this area of my life's history. I've wished I could delete my old account altogether due to the embarrassment I feel over it, but whatever lol.

I'll never forget you two, I love you, thank you.

I am really touched that you went out of your way to reflect on all this and write about it in such a profound way.
Life is our game of Smash, you can always recover to the stage and there's always "one more game" to learn from and get better.
I wish you the best in your path, your journey; seeing how far you've come already I know you will have plenty of blessings.

Much love to you too, and we will continue to remember you and everyone else who shared a part of our lives surrounding this game, and most certainly we'll remember you for these kind and uplifting words.

 

[T0MMY]

I should have posted this a while ago. Results for Brawl Doubles in Salem last year.
Nice to see oldschool Eugene competitors winning the Brawl.
T1MMY and I taught our Brawl pupils well <3
(Pwneroni was originally from Portland but has been dubbed "honorary Eugene" when he lived down here during Brawl)
Looks like they cleaned up the competition very handedly.
Can't imagine what destruction would have happened if Me & t1mmy, the #1 Oregon Brawl team, would have done if we had attended

 

[T0MMY]

I found a screenshot of final results on AllisBrawl which was the site utilizing the tournament data records for Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
These are latest results on record for the competitors pictured.

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The final GameClucks (Pac NW Regional) that I played was November 2011, I remember this clearly because I had intended to retire from Brawl after a long record of state and regional championship wins under my belt and it felt like some local players were not happy about such a dominant player for so long.

When I posted my intent to retire on AllisBrawl in 2010 @OMGage responded saying I should win one more regional event. It was pointed out that I had won a Regional recently, but he said it was not an out-of-state regional which I still wonder to this day why that mattered. GameClucks was where most of the region's players met to compete since it was closer for British Columbia as well as neighboring states and East/West regions of Washington, so that spring I traveled a few hundred miles and competed in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. 1v1 event at the April GameClucks. I played through my sets all the way to Grand Finals where I met up against F Felix , Washington's strongest player (imo) and who was ranked 2nd on the PNW PR as well as being one of the top Diddy Kongs in North America (arguably 2nd best next to ADHD). In one of the later rounds I believe he pulled out his Falco to see if that could change how the match was going, strategically that was a good matchup against my R.O.B., but it proved an advantage that was a net loss due to my experience with the MU and put me another game up in the set where I played a final round against his Diddy. It was a difficult battle that I focused on controlling the "item war" of Gyros and Bananas, and I took the region's title as Super Smash Bros. 1v1 champion that month.
I should have felt happy since I hadn't won a regional in Washington in a while, but afterwards I felt exhausted and sick, like spending that much effort doing whatever it took for 1st place drained me to the core. I did not like that feeling and regretted taking up Gage's challenge at all, win or not. I couldn't help but make it known how sick playing through that event was and how I felt to our driver, @IndigestibleWad and how I didn't want to play anymore because how draining it was.

But that First Place still didn't seem to bring closure to some local Smashers, and it was Gage who responded requesting that I, once again, win another regional, and I still wonder why did he ask for me to win a GC at all let alone two GCs?? I look back and say I should not have cared about such a request after 3 years of winning State and Regional tournaments and that was plenty enough reason to retire whenever I felt like I needed a break (which how I was feeling was long past due). Well, I was not one to simply back down from any challenge as long as there was one left, and my opportunity came in November 2011 when I once again traveled to Washington to compete in the Super Smash Bros. Brawl 1v1 event at GameClucks. I played through my sets and dominated through where I had to get past Nerd on winner's side to get to Grand Finals, and he had spent a long time with Meta Knight at this point (previous years he played Falco and Snake), but I won in a blowout with the amount of MK experience I had behind me and considering my Falco and Snake practice it was his best character, but I advanced and went up against Washington's Power Ranked #1 player Jem who held the best record of Meta Knight players in PNW. Of course, the R.O.B. vs Meta Knight matchup was stacked against me, but I was as familiar with his play style as much as he was with mine but I was the stronger player that day. At this point in the metagame, most of the ridiculously Meta Kinght-skewed stages were struck off the stage list and it was a more even battleground (gone were the days of Hannenbow, Norfair, Halberd, et al. Despite some of the more questionable stages like Pictochat, Green Greens, Rainbow Cruise, and Delphino sticking around way too long, Jem and I were more "competitively-minded" players, and we stuck mostly just "neutral" stages. I was on point shutting down Jem's use of MK's Mach Tornado, an attack that could win neutral with a press of a button and then set up for big rewards in the punish game. It was a one-two punch where both MK profited in Advantage and R.O.B. suffered a great deal in Disadvantage. There were few options for stopping the Mach Tornado, but even without it MK's speed and disjointed reach with the Galaxia sword still won out big, so I'd have to space for his frame-4 Down Smash which Jem favored in neutral to profit on whiff-punish/zoning, and I accomplish this if I played a strong footsies game to utilize frame-quick responses like R.O.B.'s D-Tilt that could beat my opponent to the punch if I was a step (or three ahead). By the end of the set I proved a stronger player that evening. And after the GGs and formalities I was ready to go home. I didn't realize that would be my last GameClucks, but I did realize after that Regional Championship Bout that I didn't feel exhausted and sick like I had before, I just felt... relieved? Relieved and on my way back home, and not even Gage requested "one more" regional.