Altair357
Smash Journeyman
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So in case you all missed the news, I want to give shoutouts to MikeKirby for placing 5th a KTAR XIV out of 176 entrants with a solo run on the pink puffball, and in the process, actually being able to take freaking Nairo to game 3!!! As if beating Larry Lurr multiple times wasn't impressive enough.
http://smashboards.com/rankings/ktar-xiv-smash-4-top-32-178-entrants.9829/event?id=8
I couldn't find the match amongst the broadcasts on the Rush Hour Smash twitch channel which probably means that it wasn't streamed or the stream was down which sucks. But in any case I want to once again say congrats Mike.
You know, I don't want to be overzealous and overpraise, but as time goes on, I am increasingly starting to think that MikeKirby's situation with parallels what Ryo went through with before the big buffs. Mike Kirby pretty much has all the skill needed to play at the top level. It's just that Kirby himself is still too underpowered to do everything Mike needs him to do. But just like Ike, Kirby's crippling flaws could easily be fixed with proper buffs. It's just a matter of if they'll buff the correct things or not. And I really hope they do. I want to see Mike get properly rewarded for his dedication just like Ryo did.
Mike pretty much gets the same placings as Ryo, though. (And in a better region.) Are people here just predisposed to calling Kirby bad at every opportunity?
I guess it still stands that he would get better results if his character were better, though.