While I pretty much knew most details in this video already, I still really enjoyed watching it because hearing you speak so positively about many of the players made me happy. Also you use some great BGM in all of your vids, so I'm here for this Nicki Content Era
Prof Pro is one of the kindest Fox celebrities as well I remember asking him to play in Discord's DM, and having 30+ mins of reality checks a couple of times as I was trying to improve (2018-2019) I deeply respect him putting that much time in destroying a foreign unknown guy online. 😂❤
Just so ya know, Chris (MINT) is still playing very often and has entered multiple offline tournaments from 2023-2024, all of which he won without dropping a set. He is the undisputed king of Ireland right now and he is my bet for the best fox in Europe right now, and I dare anybody to challenge that.
I didn’t know prof quit, I hope he comes back someday, like was said in the video he’s very recognizable, and he’s been around for a long time. He’s always seemed like a cool guy. I’ve never met him in any capacity myself, but he’s always seemed friendly and funny evidenced from armada’s old vods with him on stream. And I hope he’s successful in whatever else he chooses to do going forward.
@@SSBMNickiIt's all good, better to keep things moving and say you're not sure than go for perfect accuracy and disrupt the flow. Both were great sets, I recommend anybody reading this comment check them out.
Whenever people ask me why I play vanilla fox they can never believe my answer is Ice (also Crush but not relevant to this). I miss seeing big mustafa on stream
pricent went to emerald city 8 (egtv event) and beat bladewise, fauxhebro and aura losing to fatgoku x2, other then that he hasnt attended any other event in na though
Covid 2020 Allegations Most tourneys being in NA and Smash not looking promising monetarily after the allegations were probably good reasons for anyone to stop playing. In the end, you'll make more money streaming than competing. It's also budget friendly too since they won't have to a lot on airline ticket/hotel/ubers/food while in the U.S.
In every clip i see of Armada gameplay; armada's opponent is always playing bad, or rather worse than how they would play in 2023/2024. In the first clip plup plays neutral pretty slow and when he gets a down throw on fox, he drops it almost immediately. Then not much later, plup air dodges INTO the stage for a very uncharacteristic SD. This is a trend I see everytime i look up and watch Armada clips or compilations. The opponent is always ALWAYS playing poorly. (In comparison to how they would play in 2023/2024) I once saw a clip where Armada loses neutral to mang0, but mang0 drops the combo and gets stuck in a STANDING LASER, in which Armada obviously punishes (as any unranked joe would) and that made it into a "top 10 best Armada moments" video. Armada is an INSANE player for his time, but times have changed. What was once impressive is now the norm.
It blows my mind Nicki was a top fox, but struggles as ics in the matchup. I think that's a straight up 100-0 ics lose, but if You know exactly the next 7 fox actions and have the tech skill, You can snowball them for the game
@@INSANECRAZYHODAPP i wouldn't say I "struggle" with it, I did beat a top 30 Fox player recently and lost to a guy who's a top 5 player. I don't particularly excel at it, but I think I do alright.
@SSBMNicki fair enough, most spacies aren't bad-bad, fox-> ics is their most common pipeline, I just rather farm peach players then fox players at this point. Top level for sure is harder for both, I think the rate of skill vs fox rapidly becomes more unmanageable then anyone else. Sitting on mid level peaches or pocket peaches makes me feel like drephen
I don't think we realize just how bad people were relative to now 4-8 years ago, watching Ice play against Sfat the gameplay is so low level in so many spots. Even the beginners of the game now are quite close to that level of play.
@@AndrewRKenny You're reading into the comment way too hard, there are a lot of low tech, low execution, sloppy mistakes happening in the match that even beginners don't make these days. They may have a better fundamental understanding of the game even back then than the newer players do now, but the gap is much less than it once was. It's hard to realize without watching old matches just how far the game has progressed over time til now. Hopefully a better summary that's a bit less lazy. Also, I said relative to now.
00:00 Intro
01:27 Armada
03:55 Ice
07:12 Pricent
09:42 Pipsqueak
12:55 Professor Pro
15:33 Leffen
20:20 Assorted Thoughts
23:45 Up & Comers?
25:36 Engagement Question/Outro
While I pretty much knew most details in this video already, I still really enjoyed watching it because hearing you speak so positively about many of the players made me happy. Also you use some great BGM in all of your vids, so I'm here for this Nicki Content Era
OMG ITS SEAL
Hey Seal, great comment! Do you know what the 2nd to last bgm was?
@@FirePuff12 Realm Overworld - The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
Pip greatest rectangle wrangler of all time fr fr
Prof Pro is one of the kindest Fox celebrities as well
I remember asking him to play in Discord's DM, and having 30+ mins of reality checks a couple of times as I was trying to improve (2018-2019)
I deeply respect him putting that much time in destroying a foreign unknown guy online. 😂❤
more nicki content lets go
Another fox from NYC? Nice to see another Swiftbass fan in the wild
Just so ya know, Chris (MINT) is still playing very often and has entered multiple offline tournaments from 2023-2024, all of which he won without dropping a set.
He is the undisputed king of Ireland right now and he is my bet for the best fox in Europe right now, and I dare anybody to challenge that.
I play this guy on laggy netplay 2015 when nobody knew about him and was convinced he was the best player in the world at the time.
Yeah hes insane i my puff got one hit on him hes best in ireland from my experince theirs alot of good players from here tbh
I didn’t know prof quit, I hope he comes back someday, like was said in the video he’s very recognizable, and he’s been around for a long time. He’s always seemed like a cool guy. I’ve never met him in any capacity myself, but he’s always seemed friendly and funny evidenced from armada’s old vods with him on stream. And I hope he’s successful in whatever else he chooses to do going forward.
I met him at some London locals and it's true he's super nice.
Ice still plays regularly and he's still insane, but I don't think he's competing anytime soon
Video title appropriate for both Melee and wildlife conservation
your comments about leffen practice are so good lmao, awesome content again!
the discovery of the EU ics
04:15 It was Ice beat SWolf and SWolf beat Mew2King.
SFAT beat HungryBox.
@@AndrewRKenny thanks! I almost managed to scramble it together on the spot but not quite hahaha
@@SSBMNickiIt's all good, better to keep things moving and say you're not sure than go for perfect accuracy and disrupt the flow.
Both were great sets, I recommend anybody reading this comment check them out.
Forgot about Pricent going to Emerald City before they went to Summit! Was a cool event, my bad for getting it wrong
I miss pre-Covid melee
Very funny that for some people Luke came out of nowhere to beat frenzy, they have been playing in grands together for like 6 years aha
Never forget that Rikzz lost to a Pichu player at GoML
Great video man
Bring Kaze back into the scene. Imagine muscle man marth?
Whenever people ask me why I play vanilla fox they can never believe my answer is Ice (also Crush but not relevant to this). I miss seeing big mustafa on stream
happymealz is next up
actual endangered species
The pip sentiment made me teary 😢
pricent went to emerald city 8 (egtv event) and beat bladewise, fauxhebro and aura losing to fatgoku x2, other then that he hasnt attended any other event in na though
8:49 LOL
as a european, stan fox
ARRRMAAAADDDAAA!!!!!
i laughed so much during this hah
Squiltendorf
my favorite EU fox oat is king meruem of course
Definitely forgot Pi
pipsqeak come back 😢
Covid
2020 Allegations
Most tourneys being in NA and Smash not looking promising monetarily after the allegations were probably good reasons for anyone to stop playing.
In the end, you'll make more money streaming than competing. It's also budget friendly too since they won't have to a lot on airline ticket/hotel/ubers/food while in the U.S.
In every clip i see of Armada gameplay; armada's opponent is always playing bad, or rather worse than how they would play in 2023/2024.
In the first clip plup plays neutral pretty slow and when he gets a down throw on fox, he drops it almost immediately. Then not much later, plup air dodges INTO the stage for a very uncharacteristic SD.
This is a trend I see everytime i look up and watch Armada clips or compilations. The opponent is always ALWAYS playing poorly. (In comparison to how they would play in 2023/2024)
I once saw a clip where Armada loses neutral to mang0, but mang0 drops the combo and gets stuck in a STANDING LASER, in which Armada obviously punishes (as any unranked joe would) and that made it into a "top 10 best Armada moments" video.
Armada is an INSANE player for his time, but times have changed. What was once impressive is now the norm.
It blows my mind Nicki was a top fox, but struggles as ics in the matchup.
I think that's a straight up 100-0 ics lose, but if You know exactly the next 7 fox actions and have the tech skill, You can snowball them for the game
@@INSANECRAZYHODAPP i wouldn't say I "struggle" with it, I did beat a top 30 Fox player recently and lost to a guy who's a top 5 player. I don't particularly excel at it, but I think I do alright.
@SSBMNicki fair enough, most spacies aren't bad-bad, fox-> ics is their most common pipeline, I just rather farm peach players then fox players at this point.
Top level for sure is harder for both, I think the rate of skill vs fox rapidly becomes more unmanageable then anyone else. Sitting on mid level peaches or pocket peaches makes me feel like drephen
I thought Ice messed his hands up
@@lewisbirkett4428 Don't think so from what I heard
Which Bundesland do you live in Germany?
@@YauDerAllerEchte brandenburg
Yeah but why aren't you playing fox anymore?
smh not knowing tourney data on the spot instantly
edit:kingu stray is a 👍
I'm here gang
Some structural changes? Bro in 4 years we lost like 6 players lmao
Armada dodged covid fr
Mints my fav since im irish haha
I heard that Ice got some hand problems lately but I could be wrong
I don't think we realize just how bad people were relative to now 4-8 years ago, watching Ice play against Sfat the gameplay is so low level in so many spots. Even the beginners of the game now are quite close to that level of play.
You're letting your eyes or brain deceive you here pretty hard. Beginners today would not make winners semis at TBH6 lol.
No, beginners don’t play that well…
Using higher level tech absolutely does not mean that you're dramatically better. Low level players now would still get their asses kicked by ken
@@vercolitin what 2007? Hell no what you're saying is right but that's the neutral at a certain point tech just over powers the neutral.
@@AndrewRKenny You're reading into the comment way too hard, there are a lot of low tech, low execution, sloppy mistakes happening in the match that even beginners don't make these days. They may have a better fundamental understanding of the game even back then than the newer players do now, but the gap is much less than it once was. It's hard to realize without watching old matches just how far the game has progressed over time til now. Hopefully a better summary that's a bit less lazy.
Also, I said relative to now.
US+Pacific knows how to win.
Europe knows how to have fun.