Cassio
Smash Master
- Joined
- Jul 1, 2011
- Messages
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Blah, just as I finished editing, but if anyone cares heres the complete application 
/dies
Hello, My name is Cassio. In tournaments I go by Truth and have also previously gone by Tag. On SWF I also have older accounts with the names "The Truth" and "Tagxy".
Im a player from Socal thats been around the boards for quite awhile, contributed in many discussions, and done what I can to help development Brawls metagame, particularly for Pikachu. I enjoy learning about brawl and discussing it with other people.
Tournament Questions
- What is your overall tournament experience? Do you host/co-host them, or attend them regularly?
I'm a regular tournament attendee, having attended most events in SoCal for the past 6 months. *Prior to that I attended tournaments inconsistently since Brawls release. *I do not host or co-host; although I do promote, assist, and provide reliable rides.
-- If you regularly attend tournaments, how is your overall tournament performance? Please link results, if available.
My performance is a bit inconsistent, but I generally do above average in my region. *My region is also very skilled, and when matched against players out of state I've been able to take sets from mid-Power Ranked players in Norcal, Vegas, and Arizona.
http://allisbrawl.com/event.aspx?id=11593
Shauntal
http://allisbrawl.com/event.aspx?id=11550
E4U: Remix
http://allisbrawl.com/event.aspx?id=11680
E4U: N’s Revenge
http://allisbrawl.com/event.aspx?id=11743
The Gauntel
http://allisbrawl.com/event.aspx?id=11802
Caitlin
note: Most tournaments in socal have pools and players who bypass them so an accurate count on attendance is difficult.
-- If you regularly host tournaments, please name any notable events or note any contributions you have made to the scene.
Nothing in terms of being at TO, although a year and a half ago I did make this:
http://allisbrawl.com/group.aspx?id=13223
http://allisbrawl.com/forum/topic.aspx?id=163978
It’s fallen into disuse since Mike’s been the major TO, but back then it helped (among other things) jump start the SoCal community after a bit of a dryspell for tournaments.
- What is the scope of your tournament experience (local, regional, national)?
Ive attended tournaments on the scale of nationals or international level depending on how Genesis 2 is ranked. *Genesis 2 has been my only national scale tournament, and Ive attended several regionals and many locals in SoCal. I also recently attended a small regional in Arizona.
- What is your opinion of the current state of the competitive Brawl tournament scene?
With the release of multiple new fighting games starting with MvC3 and the aggregation of notable retirements from the games early days, the community is beginning to feel its age. *However I believe it is a mistake to conclude the brawl scene is dying and instead are seeing a slow transition from its early years towards maturity. *In the past simply holding an event and posting it on smashboards drew large numbers with little effort. *As the game ages the community needs to become smarter and start putting legitimate effort into planning, advertisement, and community growth. *Its a transition I've seen take socal from life support to an increasingly more successful region. In regards to universally standardized rulesets and the MK ban, I find that both tend to be less important to competitive Brawl at this moment than confronting the real issues that plague the community, and would love to see our community refocus our effort on promoting the tournament scene in more traditional ways. I could write significantly more on the subject, but Ill stop for now.
Specialty Questions
- If you were to be accepted, in what area do you feel would be your best contributions to the BBR? For example, stage analysis, character analysis, gameplay, or tournament perspective.
I could contribute in all areas, some of my best (and occasionally worst) attributes are my critical thinking skills and Ive been studying and exposed to the game long enough to use this quality fairly proficiently. However I would really like to make my best contribution in community development. It may not consider be an area the BBR spends much time with, but in my opinion they have the ability to fudge its trajectory. Id also be able to give a perspective from Southern California since I speak with most all of their top level and high level players (as well as their endorsements to join the BBR and help represent SoCal) about smash and our community.
- What aspect of the game would you like to see the BBR look into/work on?
Somewhat answered in the last question, but as the perceived leaders of the community, Id like to see some work in community growth.
- Is there anything you would hope to gain by being a part of the BBR?
I really enjoy reading and hearing other opinions, moreso when theyre well thought out and informed. *Even though people may consider me to be strongly opinionated, I spend a lot of time understanding what others have to say and trying to take in different points of views. *Im hoping to gain the insights and different perspectives the BBR can offer as well as people who can judge and give feedback on the quality of my own.
- Please link to posts of any contributions or interesting discussions you have made in the past; be sure to show examples what you feel you would best bring to the Brawl Back Room.
I have quite a bit, but am running out of time to find everything. Here are some threads though.
http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=151405#
http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=218683#
http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=139568#
A quick post I found
http://www.smashboards.com/showpost.php?p=14342452&postcount=41
Other Questions
- What do you believe the BBR should be doing for the community?
As a group of top level players, tournament organizers, and intelligent members of the community; the BBR is well suited to give direction to and present a face for the community. Though not without criticisms, the BBR’s Tier List and Match UP Chart are viewed as a community opionion. Though I know realistic expectations on time and effort exist, I think with creative thought theres the potential to branch out using the qualities of the BBR previosly mentioned to help the community in other ways.
- How much influence should the tournament-attending community have on the rules used in tournaments?
As much as theyve always head (which is a rather significant amount). To be honest community opinion exists sort of as a veto power. Tournament Organizers and ruleset recommendations generally have great flexibility on rulesets in regards to how the community will accept, but have to react to uproars on stronger disagreements.
- Are you allergic to water?
Welp, I do not. *But I looked up Aquagenic Urticaria and it sounds rather dreadful.
- How far do you think Brawl's gameplay has progressed over the past year, and how much farther do you think it will go in this year?
This is a difficult judgement to make since Im not sure how much gameplay in Japan has changed and they are likely to be Brawl's strongest region, however as a result of their influence in the last year its not difficult to say gameplay outside Japan has seen some changes. *One thing I have noticed both from video footage and discussions with top level players is the increasing importance of stringing attacks together, as I remember when I first entered the Brawl scene I saw a post by gimpyfish stating that nothing would be able to save brawl from its virtually non-existant hitstun. *While patience and camping certainly always play a strong roll in brawl (particularly from a neutral position), as top level players players become increasingly proficient at option limitations and reads I feel that the maximization of momentum has played and will continue to play an increasingly important roll in Brawl.
- How much do you feel tournament experience can have an effect on a player's skill, competitiveness, and knowledge?
I dont think a clear answer exists. *At the very least tournament experience can be said to be the most common and easiest way to improve upon the stated traits. *However we've also seen cases where tournament newcomers have had great success from nontraditional backgrounds such as wifi, the latest case being Maguro from Japan (granted their wifi is better). *However I think it would be false to say nothing is gained or affected from tournament experience regardless of where ones primary source of experience comes from.
- How do you feel about the current state of the community and where do you think it should go?
Its an interesting time. Ill first refer everyone to my answer on the state of the competitive Brawl scene. In addition, for the first time in quite awhile there exists a larger amount of uncertainty than usual on questions people find interesting like who are the best players in the US and tier list placements. To summurize everything the community’s in a very big and perhaps critically important transition phase. How its handles may have long-term reprucussions.
- There are nine blocks identical in appearance, but one is just slightly heavier. You also have a scale that can compare the weights of two things. How do you find the heavier block using the scale only twice at most?
Have to give credit where its due, Player-3 answered it first. Would have been fun to try if I wasnt so curious to see what hed said.
Im a player from Socal thats been around the boards for quite awhile, contributed in many discussions, and done what I can to help development Brawls metagame, particularly for Pikachu. I enjoy learning about brawl and discussing it with other people.
Tournament Questions
- What is your overall tournament experience? Do you host/co-host them, or attend them regularly?
I'm a regular tournament attendee, having attended most events in SoCal for the past 6 months. *Prior to that I attended tournaments inconsistently since Brawls release. *I do not host or co-host; although I do promote, assist, and provide reliable rides.
-- If you regularly attend tournaments, how is your overall tournament performance? Please link results, if available.
My performance is a bit inconsistent, but I generally do above average in my region. *My region is also very skilled, and when matched against players out of state I've been able to take sets from mid-Power Ranked players in Norcal, Vegas, and Arizona.
http://allisbrawl.com/event.aspx?id=11593
Shauntal
http://allisbrawl.com/event.aspx?id=11550
E4U: Remix
http://allisbrawl.com/event.aspx?id=11680
E4U: N’s Revenge
http://allisbrawl.com/event.aspx?id=11743
The Gauntel
http://allisbrawl.com/event.aspx?id=11802
Caitlin
note: Most tournaments in socal have pools and players who bypass them so an accurate count on attendance is difficult.
-- If you regularly host tournaments, please name any notable events or note any contributions you have made to the scene.
Nothing in terms of being at TO, although a year and a half ago I did make this:
http://allisbrawl.com/group.aspx?id=13223
http://allisbrawl.com/forum/topic.aspx?id=163978
It’s fallen into disuse since Mike’s been the major TO, but back then it helped (among other things) jump start the SoCal community after a bit of a dryspell for tournaments.
- What is the scope of your tournament experience (local, regional, national)?
Ive attended tournaments on the scale of nationals or international level depending on how Genesis 2 is ranked. *Genesis 2 has been my only national scale tournament, and Ive attended several regionals and many locals in SoCal. I also recently attended a small regional in Arizona.
- What is your opinion of the current state of the competitive Brawl tournament scene?
With the release of multiple new fighting games starting with MvC3 and the aggregation of notable retirements from the games early days, the community is beginning to feel its age. *However I believe it is a mistake to conclude the brawl scene is dying and instead are seeing a slow transition from its early years towards maturity. *In the past simply holding an event and posting it on smashboards drew large numbers with little effort. *As the game ages the community needs to become smarter and start putting legitimate effort into planning, advertisement, and community growth. *Its a transition I've seen take socal from life support to an increasingly more successful region. In regards to universally standardized rulesets and the MK ban, I find that both tend to be less important to competitive Brawl at this moment than confronting the real issues that plague the community, and would love to see our community refocus our effort on promoting the tournament scene in more traditional ways. I could write significantly more on the subject, but Ill stop for now.
Specialty Questions
- If you were to be accepted, in what area do you feel would be your best contributions to the BBR? For example, stage analysis, character analysis, gameplay, or tournament perspective.
I could contribute in all areas, some of my best (and occasionally worst) attributes are my critical thinking skills and Ive been studying and exposed to the game long enough to use this quality fairly proficiently. However I would really like to make my best contribution in community development. It may not consider be an area the BBR spends much time with, but in my opinion they have the ability to fudge its trajectory. Id also be able to give a perspective from Southern California since I speak with most all of their top level and high level players (as well as their endorsements to join the BBR and help represent SoCal) about smash and our community.
- What aspect of the game would you like to see the BBR look into/work on?
Somewhat answered in the last question, but as the perceived leaders of the community, Id like to see some work in community growth.
- Is there anything you would hope to gain by being a part of the BBR?
I really enjoy reading and hearing other opinions, moreso when theyre well thought out and informed. *Even though people may consider me to be strongly opinionated, I spend a lot of time understanding what others have to say and trying to take in different points of views. *Im hoping to gain the insights and different perspectives the BBR can offer as well as people who can judge and give feedback on the quality of my own.
- Please link to posts of any contributions or interesting discussions you have made in the past; be sure to show examples what you feel you would best bring to the Brawl Back Room.
I have quite a bit, but am running out of time to find everything. Here are some threads though.
http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=151405#
http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=218683#
http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=139568#
A quick post I found
http://www.smashboards.com/showpost.php?p=14342452&postcount=41
Other Questions
- What do you believe the BBR should be doing for the community?
As a group of top level players, tournament organizers, and intelligent members of the community; the BBR is well suited to give direction to and present a face for the community. Though not without criticisms, the BBR’s Tier List and Match UP Chart are viewed as a community opionion. Though I know realistic expectations on time and effort exist, I think with creative thought theres the potential to branch out using the qualities of the BBR previosly mentioned to help the community in other ways.
- How much influence should the tournament-attending community have on the rules used in tournaments?
As much as theyve always head (which is a rather significant amount). To be honest community opinion exists sort of as a veto power. Tournament Organizers and ruleset recommendations generally have great flexibility on rulesets in regards to how the community will accept, but have to react to uproars on stronger disagreements.
- Are you allergic to water?
Welp, I do not. *But I looked up Aquagenic Urticaria and it sounds rather dreadful.
- How far do you think Brawl's gameplay has progressed over the past year, and how much farther do you think it will go in this year?
This is a difficult judgement to make since Im not sure how much gameplay in Japan has changed and they are likely to be Brawl's strongest region, however as a result of their influence in the last year its not difficult to say gameplay outside Japan has seen some changes. *One thing I have noticed both from video footage and discussions with top level players is the increasing importance of stringing attacks together, as I remember when I first entered the Brawl scene I saw a post by gimpyfish stating that nothing would be able to save brawl from its virtually non-existant hitstun. *While patience and camping certainly always play a strong roll in brawl (particularly from a neutral position), as top level players players become increasingly proficient at option limitations and reads I feel that the maximization of momentum has played and will continue to play an increasingly important roll in Brawl.
- How much do you feel tournament experience can have an effect on a player's skill, competitiveness, and knowledge?
I dont think a clear answer exists. *At the very least tournament experience can be said to be the most common and easiest way to improve upon the stated traits. *However we've also seen cases where tournament newcomers have had great success from nontraditional backgrounds such as wifi, the latest case being Maguro from Japan (granted their wifi is better). *However I think it would be false to say nothing is gained or affected from tournament experience regardless of where ones primary source of experience comes from.
- How do you feel about the current state of the community and where do you think it should go?
Its an interesting time. Ill first refer everyone to my answer on the state of the competitive Brawl scene. In addition, for the first time in quite awhile there exists a larger amount of uncertainty than usual on questions people find interesting like who are the best players in the US and tier list placements. To summurize everything the community’s in a very big and perhaps critically important transition phase. How its handles may have long-term reprucussions.
- There are nine blocks identical in appearance, but one is just slightly heavier. You also have a scale that can compare the weights of two things. How do you find the heavier block using the scale only twice at most?
Have to give credit where its due, Player-3 answered it first. Would have been fun to try if I wasnt so curious to see what hed said.
/dies
