EDIT: It was brought to my attention that Polish's pronouns are they/them, I had no idea, just wanted to let everyone know out of respect for them. EDIT 2: Cody was signed to Noun eSports on March 1st, 2024!!! Once again a huge thank you for Cody for doing the interview and my friends who have helped with creating this doc (All of their socials are in the description) This has been in the works since early November 2023 LOL, after some copyright claims, WiFi going out when I was trying to upload it, it's finally here. I hope it is worth the wait and here is to more documentaries in the future! I plan to make more Melee documentaries as well, so don't forget to subscribe haha
Some parts of the video are much louder than others (especially the Cody interview footage). Hopefully this isn't missed in future video production. Viewers shouldn't have to be constantly adjusting volume during a video, especially a documentary. 👍
Cody has SO much grit. Both in Melee and life. I'll never forget his legendary loser's run at The Big House 11, arguably the best in Melee's 22 year history and likely will remain that way.
god i fkn love long form melee content. this was great, shout out to cody for being so transparent. Wish him all the best and im even more of a fan now.
HEY! That's me! I ran that first upstate NY regional Cody showed up to at 18:15. We all remembered that tournament for a long time because nobody knew who Cody was and he beat and then went last game with 2 of the best players in the region that had ran things for like ten years at the time (Pikapika! and Themanalord) and then the one he didn't beat, he beat him in a runback at the next event he mentioned a couple months later. It's always amazing to see such incredible talent come home grown straight outta Rochester NY
Going from being a doc kid to achieving the title of best in the world and then having his own documentary made about him...nice full-circle moment. Now if only someone would finally step in and sponsor him already, ffs.
An absolute behemoth of a documentary that left no stone overturned as far as I'm aware. My only main gripe, as some others have pointed out in these comments, is pacing and by extension, video length. There were many instances where the script felt like it needed to repeat certain keywords or dates or add in sentence fragments to meet some arbitrary quota. You could probably prune 25%-40% of this runtime with more revisions and not cut out any important details. A smaller nitpick I had is about inflection and delivery. This could tie in with the final version of the script being longer than it probably should've ended up and thus, affecting the recording process, but there were plenty of times where you go too monotone, which takes away some amount of impact the section of story you're telling has. That said, I found the audio mixing and song selection particularly well done, so props for that. If you do decide to make another documentary about Melee, I would gladly watch. Cheers! (:
I’ve always heard that Cody had some personal issues in real life, but I never knew what they were. This gave me a better appreciation of what he went through to achieve what he has.
Yep, I heard about it as well, but hearing them for myself when I interviewed and got to know him really showed me a side of him most people didn't see. I have a lot of respect and admiration for him
not gonna lie for the longest time I was one of those ibdw haters for no good reason at all but I could never disrespect the fucking grind. I’m not a fan of z jumping though
@@jensoh I mean that is totally fair about not liking z jump and controller mods, but I'm glad that I was able to change your mind about Cody as a person. I really do believe he is a nice guy and, just like with all of us, has moments that we are not proud of, but the difference is that a LOT of people see his mistakes and criticize him for it. While we don't have to suffer public humiliation or harassment for ours most of the time.
I don’t find Cody’s gameplay incredibly fun to watch, but I really respect him as a competitor and as a person even more. Really well done documentary, hope this blows up.
First got the vid recommended today and I'm so glad Cody finally got a sponsor again. Honestly, I didn't really watch Melee unless it was an M2K set until the post quarantine era, and the "new guard" of players is to thank for that, but mostly Cody. I watched his streams of other games a couple of times before even watching his Melee gameplay and he was just such a kind and chill person that he unintentionally made me start seriously spectating Melee for the first time in my life. This new guard (the way I use it is directly incorrect because these players have been competing for almost a decade, but I don't know what the proper term would be for players that have been playing for a long time, but have had a boom of dominance in the most recent couple of years in whatever the current time would be in the situation) reinvigorated new life into spectating Melee for me and I've loved seeing the storylines develop. Of course, there's the massive Zain vs Cody rivalry, but this guard for me consists of four players. Zain, Cody, aMSa, and Jmook have all been playing for so long, but the past two years have been dominated by them. There were still some old guard (pre 2015) players who won a few tournaments such as Hbox, Mango, and the worst person in FGC history that isn't either a criminal or predator, Leffen, but 2022 and 2023 were the years where the four big guys rose to the most dominant they've ever been.
What a shock it was to see my friend and fellow Tetris player, Blue Scuti at 4:50! About to boot up Tetris and play while this video plays in the background. Thanks in advance, I know it's gonna be good!
Cody has quickly become one of my favorite players of all time the past few years. Seeing them rise after the pandemic was awesome, so glad to see them ranked #1 after all their work.
The ending made me emotional. He has had such a difficult life but it helps him appreciate the simple things. He has a place and person to call home. I think we all want that at the end of the day.
Crazy how dominant he was in battle of BC 6 with that big 6-0 against amsa and his run from losers facing; Axe, Leffen, Joshman(that breaking of the tv really killed joshmens momentum lol), Mang0, jmook, Zain in pure greatness. He showed why he’s the number 1 in that tournament
great video, amazing job covering so much history, just one note: tightening up your script is really important; you probably could have cut over half an hour off the runtime without losing any information by just removing redundant phrasing or repeated statements and cleaning up unnecessarily long sentences (the ratio of [words] to [information] got really bad a few times, which I couldn't understand because there is clearly no need to pad for time)
Thank you! Yes I agree with you, work on the next Melee documentary has already begun and our main focus is to improve the pacing/flow of the script. We hope it will pay off in the next documentary and going forward : )
Haha thank you! BCS is awesome, and honestly I was looking for footage to fit the tone and given Cody went to law school I kinda made the connection there LOL
Great video dude. This is extremely well made and researched. Loved how you put in footage from Cody telling you his perspective. Btw I’m the person in the background of Cody vs Polish at Tipped Off. That was such a good set. Too bad it had to end in a tragic doraki wall Juno SD. It was an absolute privilege to get to watch insanely high level melee on the CRT and feel the emotions radiating off the players
Who is Cody talking about at 15:55? Hes talking about the doc and then talks about a "he" that he admires but i watched several times and dont hear a name.
Already my second time watching it, Cody will forever be my fav top player, number one for a reason! Also, still no sponsor is absolutely criminal, get this man on a team!
Man I took the opposite approach, I learned tech skill and neutral and now my tech skill is struggling to catch up. Now two years in I still rarely get big percent off a hit, I just hit someone once or twice 20 times lol
Amazing and inspirational video! Top players are human just like anyone else who deal with their own personal struggles as they go through life. I wish the smash community was more accepting and empathetic towards these passionate players who have the balls to believe in themselves and dedicate their livelihood to this game. Love the Nujabes music too!
Thank you! Also yeah I agree with you 100%, that was the main reason I wanted to make this documentary, to show the side of Cody most people don't see and realize he's a really nice guy. I hope I'm able to do the same with other Melee players going forward! And yes Nujabes makes some really good music haha
Smash Summit 8 may be the biggest butterfly effect for Melee competitively -Cody goes 0-3 in pools and at Smash Summit 9 that same year introduced a system where last place is eliminated before the Final Bracket on Sunday, but for 8 he gets to continue on -Moky SDing in the lead of Game 1 gave Cody the counter advantage/momentum -Overcoming his eventual demon in Mango when it mattered most -Beginning his dominance against aMSa and Hbox The Summit 9 fact is the most shocking, cause it would have all but certainly ended his career. If not for the low placing and payout, it'd be because he got bopped by players like Spud and Ginger. If any of these scenarios play out differently, it's likely Cody leaves for that degree and 2022/2023 look much different
It's a matter of perspective, one day Cody will look better and realize he's luckier than he thought going through all that he has and coming out on top. Best of luck to Hbox, Cody, and the whole melee scene moving forward! 2024 has big plans for Melee...
loved the vid, the interview was great and you swung really wide to cover a lot most people didn’t know about! one piece of criticism is have is the length tho, I understand that you wanted to cover most to everything but if you just go over tournaments recounting what happend on paper it doesn’t make for the most engaging content. A lot of times you were just counting things like „cody played X and went 3-0, then Cody went on to fight y“ it’s just a bit dull for such a long video and you could’ve either tried to add more color or be more decisive in which sets you wanna mention. Otherwise thank you for the nice watch, hope it gives you an adequate amount of success! ❤
Thank you for watching and the feedback! Yeah I agree with you, this is my first time making a Melee documentary so I wasn't exactly sure how to go about the tournaments. But for the next Melee doc I have in the works I will try to make the writing tighter and not make it feel as repetitive.
Cool stuff but jeez is there an over saturation of "Smash Docs" out right now. It makes them not hold very much value when a new one comes out every week.
Yea, this one especially is worse than the rest. Most coming out are well made with strong scripts but this one is mid. Mid script, just stock video or footage for stuff like the pneumonia? This one seems like an eager fan making their first project and the others have more production quality to them
IBDW is a bit of misc bag from me. He doesn’t have the same charisma as many other Top players he has a habit of being a little too whiny and virtue signally but I do believe he’s a good guy and seems a lot more mature than before. I understand why he’s a pretty divisive when compared to say Zain but he’s an incredible player and I hope he keeps up the good shit
Cody has anti-charisma, if such a thing exists. There's nothing unlucky about him not being sponsored. He's so toxic and untouchable that he only has himself to blame. Sponsors will typically overlook all kinds of flaws to associate themselves with greatness, but between iBDW's twitter meltdowns and his inability to make a brand look good, it's not at all surprising that he finds himself in the situation he's in. That being said, his skill as a Fox player is unprecedented and undeniable.
@@compromisedsshbut this logic doesn’t really make sense. He got signed to Panda and CLG. Those orgs broke down for their own reasons so he was forced to leave. I think the biggest issue is that there isn’t a new Tier 1 org interested in smash anymore.
@@AsteriskStar1 it makes perfect sense. Panda didn't ditch iBDW (which he was going by at the time). Cody made a deliberate decision to leave. The guy running Panda didn't stop being a millionaire because the people placing well in Smash tournaments decided that they stopped wanting his money. In fact, the org bent over backward to make sure they honored their commitments. This is another example of Cody being unsponsored because of things he did. In any case, you still have a valid point about money being more prevalent in the scene before the past six months or so. Everyone else in the top 10 is sponsored though. I don't feel like you're making irrelevant points, but I also don't see how they conflict with what I said in any way. To be more concise, my main point is: Cody has only himself to blame for not being sponsored (and luck doesn't factor in).
A point of pride for me is how cool so many ppl who are into melee are. And that’s reflected in large part in the top players. Some of my favorites are ppl like Mango, Plup, Moky, Zain. Even outside of top players, ppl like Lud and Slime. Ppl like Scar Toph HMW Phil. (And so many more.) So to have our game represented with its top player being Cody is kind of a bummer for me. The saving grace is that his gameplay is cracked af and he’s given us some of the hypest sets, like the ones against Zain Mango Amsa. So yeah, it’s not how’d I choose it, but I guess it could be worse
Cody has to be hardest working Smash player EVER. Nothing was easy for him, but he pulled through. I'm not sure there was ever someone more deserving of the title of #1 in the world.
He is definitely up there with aMSa, Zain, moky and others for the most hard working in terms of getting better with Melee. I do agree with you that he deserved his title of #1 in the world for his impressive 2023 and all the hardships he overcame in his life
great video, the audio and writing need help doe! I mean this with sincerity and no hate. The audio levels between you and cody is not good, I had to keep increasing volume when you talked and decrease when anyone else talked or music for a montage played. The writing has so many loose ends and is overall too slow paced and repeats a lot.
1:42:09 idk why Cody thought the reverse pop off was a good idea to, in his words, rob him of the pop off… like what kind of guy robs someone of a celebration of a tournament they won, even if the other guy pops off when he wins, not when the other guy wins. Cringe if Cody and just a bad choice
I went from an absolute cody hater to, I think, a fan. While I dont like seeing him win tournaments most of the time I at least can respect the ahrd work he has done, not just with melee but his personal life. During 2021 till like early-mid 2023 he just seemed unhappy and the reverse pop-off on hbox just made me really dislike him, not that I am a massive hbox fan or anything it was just kinda weird. But then something changed and he started having fun again and laughing while playing. Mainstage 2022 was the first time I, sort of, wanted to see him win. Had it not been against mango I might have actually been cheering for him. Then salty suite was hilarious at apex was gold. Then the insane losers run at SSC. I think thats when I came full circle to seeing how much he has changed. I still think his fox is boring for being so optimized and damn near TAS level, but I do think he belongs in the era of the new gods.
@@John-nk3ej Singular 'they' has been in use since the late 1300s, and prominent writers such as William Shakespeare used it. Its use is deemed 'correct' by Oxford University and Merriam-Webster, the two biggest dictionaries for the English language. If you wanna be really nitpicky, you'd be arguing that singular 'you' is not grammatically correct and that we should be using the word 'thou' instead even though singular 'you' has been in use for about as long as singular 'they', but I don't see you doing that...
Yea the script is pretty mid, especially at the start, and like is this a Cody story or the history of melee story, dude doesn’t have to re explain all the melee lore because there is like a million videos that are better that already cover that stuff
EDIT: It was brought to my attention that Polish's pronouns are they/them, I had no idea, just wanted to let everyone know out of respect for them.
EDIT 2: Cody was signed to Noun eSports on March 1st, 2024!!!
Once again a huge thank you for Cody for doing the interview and my friends who have helped with creating this doc (All of their socials are in the description)
This has been in the works since early November 2023 LOL, after some copyright claims, WiFi going out when I was trying to upload it, it's finally here. I hope it is worth the wait and here is to more documentaries in the future! I plan to make more Melee documentaries as well, so don't forget to subscribe haha
Some parts of the video are much louder than others (especially the Cody interview footage). Hopefully this isn't missed in future video production. Viewers shouldn't have to be constantly adjusting volume during a video, especially a documentary. 👍
@@Chipori Yeah I found out about that a little too late, it won't be a problem for next time
The unenployed arc is over!!!!
Cody has SO much grit. Both in Melee and life. I'll never forget his legendary loser's run at The Big House 11, arguably the best in Melee's 22 year history and likely will remain that way.
He really does, I wish nothing but the best for him and yeah that Big House 11 run was INSANE
you think he's may be the best of all time?
@@changstein I think it's still too early to tell, but Cody and Zain do have a chance to be the best of all time if they can secure more #1 rankings
amsa run better imo
@@Samureai Amsa's run was through winners, not losers.
OMG A CODY SCHWAB DOC We needed it!!! I can't wait to watch it
Haha yep, I hope you'll enjoy it!
god i fkn love long form melee content. this was great, shout out to cody for being so transparent. Wish him all the best and im even more of a fan now.
Thank you!!! Cody is a really awesome guy and I'm very thankful that he was willing to do this
HEY! That's me! I ran that first upstate NY regional Cody showed up to at 18:15. We all remembered that tournament for a long time because nobody knew who Cody was and he beat and then went last game with 2 of the best players in the region that had ran things for like ten years at the time (Pikapika! and Themanalord) and then the one he didn't beat, he beat him in a runback at the next event he mentioned a couple months later.
It's always amazing to see such incredible talent come home grown straight outta Rochester NY
that's sick dude!!
Going from being a doc kid to achieving the title of best in the world and then having his own documentary made about him...nice full-circle moment. Now if only someone would finally step in and sponsor him already, ffs.
Yeah haha, I really really hope that Cody finds a sponsor soon, it really sucks that the #1 player in Melee doesn't have a team to call home currently
Someone did!!!
An absolute behemoth of a documentary that left no stone overturned as far as I'm aware. My only main gripe, as some others have pointed out in these comments, is pacing and by extension, video length. There were many instances where the script felt like it needed to repeat certain keywords or dates or add in sentence fragments to meet some arbitrary quota. You could probably prune 25%-40% of this runtime with more revisions and not cut out any important details. A smaller nitpick I had is about inflection and delivery. This could tie in with the final version of the script being longer than it probably should've ended up and thus, affecting the recording process, but there were plenty of times where you go too monotone, which takes away some amount of impact the section of story you're telling has. That said, I found the audio mixing and song selection particularly well done, so props for that.
If you do decide to make another documentary about Melee, I would gladly watch. Cheers! (:
Great documentary! Any time there’s a new Melee documentary I get excited and watch it immediately.
Thank you!!! I plan on making more Melee Documentaries in the near future!
This video deserves so much more viewership amazing work
Thank you so much, I really appreciate it haha
I’ve always heard that Cody had some personal issues in real life, but I never knew what they were. This gave me a better appreciation of what he went through to achieve what he has.
Yep, I heard about it as well, but hearing them for myself when I interviewed and got to know him really showed me a side of him most people didn't see. I have a lot of respect and admiration for him
This documentary is an impressive amount of work, and well-timed. Nicely done!
Thank you, hearing that makes it all the more worth it!
hopefully this leads to him getting sponsored. can't wait to watch this fully.
Congrats on getting this documentary out :D
Ty sir
Ayyy w hisoka pfp
"Now, they will try" actual chills down my body and soul. Good job
Thank you! I'm glad someone pointed the reference out haha
Cody deserves respect not only for his accomplishments in Melee but for also dealing with more undeserved hate than any Melee player to exist.
I couldn't have agreed more, hopefully things start turning around in that aspect for Cody
not gonna lie for the longest time I was one of those ibdw haters for no good reason at all but I could never disrespect the fucking grind. I’m not a fan of z jumping though
@@jensoh I mean that is totally fair about not liking z jump and controller mods, but I'm glad that I was able to change your mind about Cody as a person. I really do believe he is a nice guy and, just like with all of us, has moments that we are not proud of, but the difference is that a LOT of people see his mistakes and criticize him for it. While we don't have to suffer public humiliation or harassment for ours most of the time.
He comes across as a a-hole IRL.
He does get a lot of hate but come on hbox was on another lever of hate. Literally had a crab thrown at him
This documentary was so inspiring and great words can not describe on how good this documentary ❤ 10/10.
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it
Cody was already my goat, but now I appreciate him and his hard work and grit more.
#1 for a reason, baby!
Yes sirrrrr!
I don’t find Cody’s gameplay incredibly fun to watch, but I really respect him as a competitor and as a person even more. Really well done documentary, hope this blows up.
This makes me feel with Cody a lot more than I did
He is a really nice guy, unfortunately most people don't get to see that side of him
He finally got sponsored by nouns
“he’s just a dork, yes, that’s all I am, that’s all anyone should think of me” real. I’m a Cody fan now
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First got the vid recommended today and I'm so glad Cody finally got a sponsor again. Honestly, I didn't really watch Melee unless it was an M2K set until the post quarantine era, and the "new guard" of players is to thank for that, but mostly Cody. I watched his streams of other games a couple of times before even watching his Melee gameplay and he was just such a kind and chill person that he unintentionally made me start seriously spectating Melee for the first time in my life. This new guard (the way I use it is directly incorrect because these players have been competing for almost a decade, but I don't know what the proper term would be for players that have been playing for a long time, but have had a boom of dominance in the most recent couple of years in whatever the current time would be in the situation) reinvigorated new life into spectating Melee for me and I've loved seeing the storylines develop. Of course, there's the massive Zain vs Cody rivalry, but this guard for me consists of four players. Zain, Cody, aMSa, and Jmook have all been playing for so long, but the past two years have been dominated by them. There were still some old guard (pre 2015) players who won a few tournaments such as Hbox, Mango, and the worst person in FGC history that isn't either a criminal or predator, Leffen, but 2022 and 2023 were the years where the four big guys rose to the most dominant they've ever been.
What a shock it was to see my friend and fellow Tetris player, Blue Scuti at 4:50! About to boot up Tetris and play while this video plays in the background. Thanks in advance, I know it's gonna be good!
Np! Also I think it's actually crazy that he managed to beat Tetris, I respect it a lot haha
I'll definitely watch it soon, it seems really great.
Good job !
Thank you!!!!
Excellent documentary!
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!
Cody has quickly become one of my favorite players of all time the past few years. Seeing them rise after the pandemic was awesome, so glad to see them ranked #1 after all their work.
The ending made me emotional. He has had such a difficult life but it helps him appreciate the simple things. He has a place and person to call home. I think we all want that at the end of the day.
I absolutely agree and I'm really happy that things are starting to turn around for Cody now
Cody deserves his flowers. Takes broken hands and sunburnt skin to mend those seeds. Good on him for continuing through.
100% agree
Crazy how dominant he was in battle of BC 6 with that big 6-0 against amsa and his run from losers facing; Axe, Leffen, Joshman(that breaking of the tv really killed joshmens momentum lol), Mang0, jmook, Zain in pure greatness. He showed why he’s the number 1 in that tournament
great video, amazing job covering so much history, just one note:
tightening up your script is really important; you probably could have cut over half an hour off the runtime without losing any information by just removing redundant phrasing or repeated statements and cleaning up unnecessarily long sentences (the ratio of [words] to [information] got really bad a few times, which I couldn't understand because there is clearly no need to pad for time)
Thank you! Yes I agree with you, work on the next Melee documentary has already begun and our main focus is to improve the pacing/flow of the script. We hope it will pay off in the next documentary and going forward : )
Amazing documentary ❤ thank you for bringing us this story
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed hearing Cody's journey
It's finally here!!🎉
SHEEEEEEEESH
Watched the video till the end, amazing job dude! Didnt even know how two hours and more passed by!
This was such a well put together documentary and I got so much sympathy for Cody
already know you’ve done an amazing job 🎉
Thank you!
3:37 that's a funny critikal cameo lol.
WOOOO YEAH BABY THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT
“It felt hollow”
“It felt really good”
Finally. Jam has spoken.
That I have
aye i just got an ad i know your money up now
LOL
love this video so far but i can’t stop laughing whenever better call saul comes on 😭😭
Haha thank you! BCS is awesome, and honestly I was looking for footage to fit the tone and given Cody went to law school I kinda made the connection there LOL
Great video dude. This is extremely well made and researched. Loved how you put in footage from Cody telling you his perspective. Btw I’m the person in the background of Cody vs Polish at Tipped Off. That was such a good set. Too bad it had to end in a tragic doraki wall Juno SD. It was an absolute privilege to get to watch insanely high level melee on the CRT and feel the emotions radiating off the players
A lot of audio imbalancing, but lots of effort went into this I can tell, good stuff brotha.
Thank you! But yeah unfortunately I found that out a little too late, depending on my college schedule I might release an updated/fixed version
Timely, thoughtful, and engaging throughout
Thank you!
Amazing documentary, amazing player, amazing story. Well done 🎉
Thank you!
Who is Cody talking about at 15:55? Hes talking about the doc and then talks about a "he" that he admires but i watched several times and dont hear a name.
PPMD
Already my second time watching it, Cody will forever be my fav top player, number one for a reason! Also, still no sponsor is absolutely criminal, get this man on a team!
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the documentary, and yes Cody not having a sponsor as the #1 player is still crazy, he needs a team asap haha
@@Jamillian8he finally got sponsored! Lets go!
Have a drink for every good thing Cody Schwab has in his life there is an equal bad thing that follows afterwards.
Rise and shine Cody!
Man I took the opposite approach, I learned tech skill and neutral and now my tech skill is struggling to catch up. Now two years in I still rarely get big percent off a hit, I just hit someone once or twice 20 times lol
Amazing and inspirational video! Top players are human just like anyone else who deal with their own personal struggles as they go through life. I wish the smash community was more accepting and empathetic towards these passionate players who have the balls to believe in themselves and dedicate their livelihood to this game. Love the Nujabes music too!
Thank you! Also yeah I agree with you 100%, that was the main reason I wanted to make this documentary, to show the side of Cody most people don't see and realize he's a really nice guy. I hope I'm able to do the same with other Melee players going forward! And yes Nujabes makes some really good music haha
Thanks for this documentary dude, God Bless You And EveryOne Here IN JESUS NSME AMEN AND AMEN ✝️🙏❤️🥰☺️😊
Smash Summit 8 may be the biggest butterfly effect for Melee competitively
-Cody goes 0-3 in pools and at Smash Summit 9 that same year introduced a system where last place is eliminated before the Final Bracket on Sunday, but for 8 he gets to continue on
-Moky SDing in the lead of Game 1 gave Cody the counter advantage/momentum
-Overcoming his eventual demon in Mango when it mattered most
-Beginning his dominance against aMSa and Hbox
The Summit 9 fact is the most shocking, cause it would have all but certainly ended his career. If not for the low placing and payout, it'd be because he got bopped by players like Spud and Ginger. If any of these scenarios play out differently, it's likely Cody leaves for that degree and 2022/2023 look much different
Nice work
Cody is a beast
Thank you! And yes he is very much cracked at Melee haha
It's a matter of perspective, one day Cody will look better and realize he's luckier than he thought going through all that he has and coming out on top. Best of luck to Hbox, Cody, and the whole melee scene moving forward! 2024 has big plans for Melee...
Cody Schwab looks like Sam Altman. I always thought so.
Ok im a fan of the schwabster
He be doin work
Cody is a beast
Yep Cody is pretty sick haha
Melee has to be scripted. This is too inspiring.
I think the same thing every day haha
I respect you alot Cody. You went through alot of hate and mocking. It all made you stronger though
Amazing vid
loved the vid, the interview was great and you swung really wide to cover a lot most people didn’t know about! one piece of criticism is have is the length tho, I understand that you wanted to cover most to everything but if you just go over tournaments recounting what happend on paper it doesn’t make for the most engaging content. A lot of times you were just counting things like „cody played X and went 3-0, then Cody went on to fight y“ it’s just a bit dull for such a long video and you could’ve either tried to add more color or be more decisive in which sets you wanna mention. Otherwise thank you for the nice watch, hope it gives you an adequate amount of success! ❤
Thank you for watching and the feedback! Yeah I agree with you, this is my first time making a Melee documentary so I wasn't exactly sure how to go about the tournaments. But for the next Melee doc I have in the works I will try to make the writing tighter and not make it feel as repetitive.
looking forward to it!!! doing it on cody was a great decision, im sure you will land a slamdunk soon @@Jamillian8
RECKONING DAY
Lmfaoooo
Cool stuff but jeez is there an over saturation of "Smash Docs" out right now. It makes them not hold very much value when a new one comes out every week.
Yea, this one especially is worse than the rest. Most coming out are well made with strong scripts but this one is mid. Mid script, just stock video or footage for stuff like the pneumonia? This one seems like an eager fan making their first project and the others have more production quality to them
woo woo
wooo magi
NOWAY
YES WAY
Bruh i just got the notification right now
Better late than never haha
1:38:00 he can give his reasons and excuses but that doesn’t change that he shouldn’t have and had the choice to not say some things.
IBDW is a bit of misc bag from me. He doesn’t have the same charisma as many other Top players he has a habit of being a little too whiny and virtue signally but I do believe he’s a good guy and seems a lot more mature than before. I understand why he’s a pretty divisive when compared to say Zain but he’s an incredible player and I hope he keeps up the good shit
Cody has anti-charisma, if such a thing exists. There's nothing unlucky about him not being sponsored. He's so toxic and untouchable that he only has himself to blame. Sponsors will typically overlook all kinds of flaws to associate themselves with greatness, but between iBDW's twitter meltdowns and his inability to make a brand look good, it's not at all surprising that he finds himself in the situation he's in. That being said, his skill as a Fox player is unprecedented and undeniable.
@@compromisedsshbut this logic doesn’t really make sense. He got signed to Panda and CLG. Those orgs broke down for their own reasons so he was forced to leave. I think the biggest issue is that there isn’t a new Tier 1 org interested in smash anymore.
@@AsteriskStar1 it makes perfect sense. Panda didn't ditch iBDW (which he was going by at the time). Cody made a deliberate decision to leave. The guy running Panda didn't stop being a millionaire because the people placing well in Smash tournaments decided that they stopped wanting his money. In fact, the org bent over backward to make sure they honored their commitments. This is another example of Cody being unsponsored because of things he did. In any case, you still have a valid point about money being more prevalent in the scene before the past six months or so. Everyone else in the top 10 is sponsored though. I don't feel like you're making irrelevant points, but I also don't see how they conflict with what I said in any way. To be more concise, my main point is: Cody has only himself to blame for not being sponsored (and luck doesn't factor in).
@@compromisedssh you do realize panda completely shut down right
A point of pride for me is how cool so many ppl who are into melee are. And that’s reflected in large part in the top players. Some of my favorites are ppl like Mango, Plup, Moky, Zain. Even outside of top players, ppl like Lud and Slime. Ppl like Scar Toph HMW Phil. (And so many more.) So to have our game represented with its top player being Cody is kind of a bummer for me. The saving grace is that his gameplay is cracked af and he’s given us some of the hypest sets, like the ones against Zain Mango Amsa. So yeah, it’s not how’d I choose it, but I guess it could be worse
Cody has to be hardest working Smash player EVER. Nothing was easy for him, but he pulled through. I'm not sure there was ever someone more deserving of the title of #1 in the world.
He is definitely up there with aMSa, Zain, moky and others for the most hard working in terms of getting better with Melee. I do agree with you that he deserved his title of #1 in the world for his impressive 2023 and all the hardships he overcame in his life
Dude doesn’t even know about hbox, smh
What is the song playing at 2:15:20
God bless Fizzi
Algorithm ❤
Thank you Flame!!! Your Mang0 documentary was really good man
hi cody
When does Jamillian8 play a match against Cody??? 🤔
Jamillian8 would get washed by Cody in Melee every day of the week
Nice quality but the sound in the pre-credit stuff is LOUD
The FT10 montage?
great video, the audio and writing need help doe!
I mean this with sincerity and no hate.
The audio levels between you and cody is not good, I had to keep increasing volume when you talked and decrease when anyone else talked or music for a montage played.
The writing has so many loose ends and is overall too slow paced and repeats a lot.
Yo, what happened to most of your re zero videos?
1:42:09 idk why Cody thought the reverse pop off was a good idea to, in his words, rob him of the pop off… like what kind of guy robs someone of a celebration of a tournament they won, even if the other guy pops off when he wins, not when the other guy wins. Cringe if Cody and just a bad choice
1:22:20 “Cody was slightly in the lead” bro did u watch your own video? Zain has the lead
I went from an absolute cody hater to, I think, a fan. While I dont like seeing him win tournaments most of the time I at least can respect the ahrd work he has done, not just with melee but his personal life. During 2021 till like early-mid 2023 he just seemed unhappy and the reverse pop-off on hbox just made me really dislike him, not that I am a massive hbox fan or anything it was just kinda weird. But then something changed and he started having fun again and laughing while playing. Mainstage 2022 was the first time I, sort of, wanted to see him win. Had it not been against mango I might have actually been cheering for him. Then salty suite was hilarious at apex was gold. Then the insane losers run at SSC. I think thats when I came full circle to seeing how much he has changed. I still think his fox is boring for being so optimized and damn near TAS level, but I do think he belongs in the era of the new gods.
Obligatory comment ❤
Thank you Nif
What was the song used for the introduction from 3:00 - 4:00 more or less?
The Intro Song is an original composition created by my friend Roshi, we might release that song and the song for the FT10 montage at the end
hey look its emily rose iv boyfriend
Cody is carried
You're braindead.
2:03:07 small nitpick but you got Polish's pronouns wrong! They go by they/them
Oh shit, I didn't see that, I'll mention in the pinned comment. Thank you!
@@Jamillian8 No biggie! You didn't mean to misgender them so it's okay :)
Lies are bad.
small nitpick but they/them doesn't make grammatical sense.
he had it right the first time buddy
@@John-nk3ej Singular 'they' has been in use since the late 1300s, and prominent writers such as William Shakespeare used it. Its use is deemed 'correct' by Oxford University and Merriam-Webster, the two biggest dictionaries for the English language.
If you wanna be really nitpicky, you'd be arguing that singular 'you' is not grammatically correct and that we should be using the word 'thou' instead even though singular 'you' has been in use for about as long as singular 'they', but I don't see you doing that...
I watched his girlfriend telemarketer story and now I can’t look at him the same
Bad.
Yea the script is pretty mid, especially at the start, and like is this a Cody story or the history of melee story, dude doesn’t have to re explain all the melee lore because there is like a million videos that are better that already cover that stuff
Cody is so resilient. I couldn’t 🍇 my own mother when I was 17 but to each their own! Great to see mental illness still runs this game
Bro
Son… you have a mental disorder