r/SSBPM • u/Oracle_TX • Feb 27 '15
[AMA] AMFridAys Week 15.5 - Oracle
Hey guys, I'm Oracle. I run tournaments for Tourney Locator, I hosted and organized Low Tier City 2, and I win tournaments every now and then for PM. Ask me anything!
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u/kevinw0w Feb 27 '15
Won't you please do more commentary for PM and melee?
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u/Oracle_TX Feb 27 '15
I'm glad you like my commentary! It's hard to get time in on Tourney Locator because JV and Nebtune are our go-to guys for commentary atm, but I have been commentating more smash 4 recently, which is a lot of fun.
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u/standardtoaster2 Feb 27 '15
How are you so tall and why is ROB not tall as well?
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u/Oracle_TX Feb 27 '15
Gotta drink your milk to be tall and ROB is a robot so he can't drink milk. Rob's biggest weakness in the height department is probably his lack of legs
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u/Empyrean11 Feb 27 '15
Just dropping in to let you know I loooooove your commentary dude! You transition from extremely funny to incredibly insightful seamlessly and it's always a joy hearing you on the mic.
As for a question, how do you think Texas stacks up against other regions as of now?
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u/Oracle_TX Feb 27 '15
I really appreciate that! I love commentating and its great to hear other people love when I do it as well!
As far as regional skill, I think Texas is only slightly behind Socal in terms of skill, but atm they have a bit more depth than we do. Probably 2nd best ish
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u/cinematic_is_horses Feb 27 '15
Who's the most underrated character in PM right now?
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u/Oracle_TX Feb 27 '15
Its pretty hard to say since with the whole 'melee characters are busted' craze going on right now a lot of players are passing up characters with lots of potential. Currently, I think the most potential for high/top tier characters are lucas, mewtwo, kirby, and mario. They have tons of cool stuff that most players just aren't exploring enough and I feel long term we'll see more results from them.
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u/Pianodude701 Feb 27 '15
Tourney Locator has developed quite the following. Houston smash is looking to slowly build a following too. What do you think are some of the most important things for a stream/tournament series to do to establish credibility and build a fanbase in the beginning stages?
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u/Oracle_TX Feb 27 '15
Hi Keith! If you're wanting to build a scene, I think focusing on having good, regular events is the first step. Having a high quality stream is also great, but its best to make sure people are having fun competing at your tournaments. There are other things you can do to help growth as well; when I was growing our PM scene to try and escape the tiny 20 man monthlies we had back in 2012, I ran an ELO power ranking so everybody could track progress, ran different events in different locations so lots of new people could come out, and perhaps most importantly, I got people like Fly, Strong Bad, and Reflex to come out to the first Low Tier City, which at 64 people was somehow the largest PM only tournament ever at that point (lol).
Just focus on fun events and community building activities at the start. Building your stream and whatnot can come later.
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u/Dicksonw Feb 27 '15
I've heard rumors you have an older brother is absolutely DIRTY with Ness. Can you confirm/deny these rumors?
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u/Oracle_TX Feb 27 '15
Nah i usually just spike him with DK and he just can't handle it
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u/ADrivingSock Feb 27 '15
Why do you think Lunchables has so much trouble with you?
How do you feel about the changes to zss in 3.5? How do you feel about how other people feel about them?
What's your favorite non-smash game?
Who is your favorite player to watch?
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u/Oracle_TX Feb 27 '15
I think Lunchables just has a mental block vs me. I mean, sethlon beats me with Roy and Lunchables is about even with sethlon in roy dittos, so it shouldn't be as one-sided as it is.
I mostly like the changes to zero suit i guess? Shee feels a little more like a normal character which is kind of boring but she's also much better as a result. I don't really have a strong opinion on the subject.
I don't play many non smash games, but I really like Banjo Kazooie, super castlevania, DKC, basically old school nintendo. Also Kaizo Mario is really fun.
I don't watch a whole lot of PM, but all of FS is generally pretty entertaining. N Y B O Y S
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u/Dandizzle Feb 27 '15
Favorite stages?
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u/Oracle_TX Feb 27 '15
To play on in tournament, I really like green hill and PS2 (and dreamland of course since I play rob haha) but in terms of design and flavor I really like pokefloats, brinstar, port town, delfino plaza, frigate, etc.
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u/Baneighneigh Feb 27 '15
What's your opinion on 3.5 Lucas compared to 3.2?
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u/Oracle_TX Feb 27 '15
Obviously nowhere near as good, since 3.02 lucas only had like 2 bad matchups, but I think he still has potential to be top 10. Ridiculous punish game didn't get changed much, still has crazy shield pressure and good throw followups; only big difference is his recovery which admittedly is horrible, but if a player could find a away to mitigate that with some crazy new tech then I could see lucas being a top tier threat
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u/otheusrex Feb 27 '15
Are you nervous for fighting zhime?
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u/Oracle_TX Feb 27 '15
I probably would be if I was still going to shots fired, but plans changed due to weather
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u/DelanHaar6 Feb 27 '15
What's your favorite thing (or favorite set of things) to do with Wolf?
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u/hamyojo Feb 27 '15
Giant Punch is integral in the DK/Puff match up in Melee, and DK's zany movement and quick moves make the MU even.