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Andrew Nestico

@PracticalTAS

Tool-Assisted Melee content creator・@UCF_SSBM・Retired Smash Mathemagician・Links in pinned tweet・DM to 💬・views=mine

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linkhttps://www.youtube.com/PracticalTAS calendar_today04-11-2015 16:26:58

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The fact that the actual people on the ranking team are catching strays even after Ludwig replied that they approved and he did provide money proves to me that some people need to learn reading comprehension. Get mad at me if you want, sure, whatever. WTF are you mad at them for?

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Tafo(@tafokints) 's Twitter Profile Photo

After talking to most parties in the conversation that dealt with the recent events w/ Rankings and the FT10 event, my overall conclusion is...

1. Most people think the event is hype. Everyone is on the same page

2. There seems to be some very different interpretations to how…

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Andrew Nestico(@PracticalTAS) 's Twitter Profile Photo

My ultra hot take is that your ranking number doesn’t actually matter if you don’t let it matter. Players regularly stream their own lists for content. Fiction got ranked 12th once and has kept “top 10 skill in Melee” in his bio ever since. If you look away, rankings aren’t real.

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chrome (real)(@chromeohnine) 's Twitter Profile Photo

my stance is that rankings are cool but are perceived to get in the way of what people want (hype events, top players being happy) and for that reason i'm fine if we stop doing them

i think you are all fucked tho you have no concept of how to exist without talking about rankings

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Fiction | 69% Apparel(@FictionIRL) 's Twitter Profile Photo

You will be judged and viewed and booed and cheered for and hated and loved and EVERYTHING because we're all here together in a beautiful dance for domination and its INTENSE and EMOTIONAL and FUN and PAINFUL and all we need is to embrace it all to defeat the fear in our hearts

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Fourier Transfem(@CurlingW) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Having the title of Number 1 ranked player for 2023 decided by a FT10 exhibition set feels very questionable

Strong-arming the rankings team into cooperation by threatening to publicly disavow the rankings if the exhibition results are not honored feels even worse

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Andrew Nestico(@PracticalTAS) 's Twitter Profile Photo

As a spectator this is cool, also top players can just Do This bc they have clout so the ranking team looks like assholes if they ignore this

That said this directly hurts the biggest rank reveal so unless Lud is making up for that with a sponsorship I’d be pissed if I was them

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Andrew Nestico(@PracticalTAS) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Sometimes I wondered what people would do if I just decided it wasn’t worth it to run the Top 100 one year. Would someone else have picked up the mantle? (Probably.) Would the top players have milked the cancellation for content? (Yes.)

Would that have made the scene better?

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contra(@connrokelt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

thinking about the time i set up the portland city rankings and everyone was mad, so i changed the methodology and everyone got mad, so i made it just an algorithmic ranking and everyone got mad, so i stopped doing it and everyone got sad that there weren't rankings

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Phil Nolan(@nilpholan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Something absurd happened at a tournament in 2017, and I've been trying to tell the story in a way that does it justice ever since. I'm sure I've told quite a few of you that this was in the works over the last 3 years.

I think it's finally, finally almost ready.

Something absurd happened at a tournament in 2017, and I've been trying to tell the story in a way that does it justice ever since. I'm sure I've told quite a few of you that this was in the works over the last 3 years. I think it's finally, finally almost ready.
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Rana Labs(@rana_labs_) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Do you play Melee? If so, what controller do you use?

(Poll 1 of 2)

(This is for a Project, RTs appreciated for signal boosting)

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GG Melee(@ggmelee) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Golden Guardians have had a great experience being involved in the Melee community. Due to changes in our involvement in esports, we have made the difficult decision to shut down GG Melee, effective immediately.
We are so grateful for the contributions of our competitors and…

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