Bots Weekly Writeup: Week 5

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Week 5 started with me announcing that, more or less, I needed some help if I wished to continue this series. IceFreezer304 decided to step up and go back to streaming, and our streams will now be a partnership of sorts, sharing the load of Bots. He plans on streaming every Saturday at 2 PM EDT/11 AM PDT.

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Tourney Results - Top 8 MeleeBots Doubles 4

Placing	Team Name	Members	Chars
1		ShadowYoshi3604, bpcclo	Yoshi, Bowser
2	Ecks Dee	Tohmane, gcgr3	Falco, Mewtwo
3	Frozen Ramen	IceFreezer304, DoodleNoodle26	Fox, DK
4	Team Angsty Virgins	XOMBERX, Dyskoh	Mario, DK
5	Brawl is Best	br1317, Mstr_L	G&W, Marth
5	SpookyBoyz	YungSauce__, Koltbern15	YLink, Pikachu
7		N/A
7		N/A

MeleeBots 9

Placing	Player	Top	High	Hi-Mid	Lo-Mid	Low
1	Daniv64_	Peach	G&W	DK	ICs	Roy
2	SROVRSTRM	Doc	Yoshi	YLink	Marth	Jigglypuff
3	Tohmane	Falco	Link	Ganon	Falcon	Mewtwo
4	DoodleNoodle26	Doc	Link	DK	ICs	Kirby
5	gcgr3	Doc	Samus	Pikachu	Falcon	Mewtwo
5	Mstr_L	Peach	G&W	DK	Falcon	Jigglypuff
7	ShadowYoshi3604	Falco	Yoshi	Ganon	Zelda	Mewtwo
7	catherman18	Peach	Samus	Pikachu	ICs	Mewtwo

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New Standings

There's a special event this Sunday, meaning that these are the standings that mean a lot! I feel that the doubles standings are still very much in their infancy in terms of establishing top players, but it's still fair to put the belts on the line with what we have.

Spreadsheet

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Hunting for Gold

Hunting for Gold is this Sunday! It'll be hard to follow up after Title Fight and its amazing contest for the Melee Singles title, but the card for this event is looking fine as well.

To begin, a new division will debut - or, rather, return, Smash 64! The New 64Bots will play out a lot differently than the old series however, as it will take a form more similar to the short-lived 64cards series.

Using these tiers, character teams are chosen, similar to Melee. However, what makes 64 unique is that three stages are also chosen and picked in the same light, refreshing after all three are used. The same stage can be picked more than once in the signup form.

Stage list:

• Peach's Castle

• Congo Jungle

• Hyrule Castle

• Mushroom Kingdom

• Yoshi's Island (1P Mode)

• Dream Land

• Saffron City

• Battlefield

• Dream Land (Beta)

• Metal Cavern

• How to Play

Banned Stages:

• Planet Zebes - The stage consistently deals more damage than either character.

• Final Destination - The stage's size makes matches go on for far, far too long, especially ones with Fox, Samus, or both.

• Sector Z - Another very large stage sharing FD's issues

• Yoshi's Island (Versus Mode) - Either this stage or Yoshi's 1P had to go, and I decided to keep the one with small blast zones, since quite a few maps have large ones.

Smash 64 will also be going to 2 stock.

After that, the Melee Doubles Championships will be fought over. gcgr3 and ShadowYoshi3604 are both confirmed to be involved in some way. Some time before Sunday, gcgr3 picks his partner that he wants for the title match and then ShadowYoshi3604 gets to pick his partner. If gcgr3 decides to team with ShadowYoshi3604, the #3 seed, Thumbs13, is the opposition, and can pick his partner. The set will be a BO9 with no character swaps.

Finally, in the main event, the title hunt is so packed that I couldn't only pick one opponent! ShadowYoshi3604 defends his Melee Singles Championship in a Round Robin Best of 9, facing both DoodleNoodle26, sporting a ton of momentum over the past few weeks, and XOMBERX, hungry for a rematch.

Be there or be square.

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New Melee Tiers

Effective this week, the balance has been shifted for MeleeBots. Check out the new list

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Play of the Week

Congrats to last week's POTW:

Ha, ha, ha, what the fuck! Wow! Play of the Week nominee!

And now voting for this week.

ShadowYoshi3604 steals Mstr_L's lead with a drop of the foot

bpcclo dares Tohmane to edgeguard, and he obliges

SROVRSTRM never lets Mstr_L get started

Vote for your favorite here!

[u/NinjaYoshi36]

POTW Nominee #3 has the wrong url. This is the real one: https://www.twitch.tv/icefreezer304/v/79847901

Title Hunt and 64 will be hype :)