r/smashbros • u/daniellee912 • Jun 11 '14

SSB4 AMA: The Smash Invitational Participants (Players, Commentators, and Subs)

Hey everyone!

It was a pleasure to represent the community for the tournament.

We will answer questions later tonight

Players

Milktea

Hungrybox - /u/iamhungrybox

MacD

Pewpewu - /u/pewpewu

Toph

Zero - /u/gonzalozero

Peachyhime

Lilo

Koreandj - /u/liquidkdj

aMSa

Cristmas

PPMD - /u/drpp

Rapture

HugS

DJ Nintendo

Ken

Commentators

Scar - /u/bobbyscar

Prog - /u/el-prog

D1 - /u/xd1x

Subs

Tafokints - /u/tafokints

Fiction

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u/DavidL1112 MC Jun 11 '14

Prog/D1/Scar - You guys seemed more nervous than usual. Was it the size of the crowd, having to call a new game, did they give you a list of things you weren't allowed to say?

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u/bobbyscar Jun 11 '14

I mentally double-checked everything I said because we were expected to speak at G / PG levels.

The other thing is that I didn't have a ton of game knowledge which is something I'm not used to.

Finally I didn't think that my commentary style was so great for "announcing." My little Scar moments are usually just between me and my co-caster, and sharing them with the 2500+ people in the crowd wouldn't have worked out IMO.

For all those reasons I could see how I came across as nervous.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '14

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u/Aeilnrst Jun 12 '14

Don't forget the Exclamation Point Throwing Bomb.

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u/bobbyscar Jun 14 '14

dude i could have sworn i called it "gust bellows" - i looked that sh*t up beforehand

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '14

Zap Thing from Mario Kart. Is that a new item?

But for real, you guys did great

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u/bobbyscar Jun 14 '14

LOLLLLLLL WTF IS IT CALLED THEN

YOU ALL KNEW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT

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u/schmorgyborgy Schmorgyborgy Jun 11 '14

so you guys had to keep it G, but not reggie, right?

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u/DJP0N3 Jun 11 '14

REGGIE DON'T GIVE A FUCK HE DO WHAT HE WANTS

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u/d4nace Jun 11 '14

Made it stand out even more since the language came from reggie :D

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u/Advacar Jun 11 '14

All seriousness, ass is PG.

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u/Chedder_456 D-Tilt Jun 12 '14

"But MOM. It says 'ass' in the BIBLE!!"

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u/MisterBigStuff Game & Watch Jun 12 '14

No joke, when I was ten someone used that excuse with the n word. It was ridiculous.

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u/Chedder_456 D-Tilt Jun 12 '14

Where does it say "Nigger" in the bible??

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u/MisterBigStuff Game & Watch Jun 12 '14

It doesn't

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u/HoneyD Jun 13 '14

maybe in the 80s...

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u/cooliem Jun 11 '14

Scar, I thought you and Prog and D1 killed it. You guys were fantastic. Sure, there were some slips every now and then, but it was stuff that only a fan of you guys would really notice anyway.

Good job. I enjoyed the broadcast.

Also, how awkward was it when D1 walked in and you guys realized you only had 2 mics?

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u/bobbyscar Jun 14 '14

<3 thank you so much, we had a ton of fun!

We knew that we would only have 2 mics and asked several times to have a 3rd, but it wasn't meant to be. In the end it was very easy to switch off, and physically handing the mic to someone else was actually somewhat helpful in some cases - it made sure we didn't talk over each other.

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u/j00t Jun 11 '14

Just say "DUMPSTERED" all the time and you'll be fine.

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u/yourwifeandkids Fox Jun 11 '14

Scar, I actually found your commentary the most enjoyable of the three. Even though people are joking about how you made names for shit up, it was approachable. There were times Prog and/or D1 (no offense, guys, I can only imagine how tough it was to commentate that) went silent, and you did a great job carrying the games along. Cheers!

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u/bobbyscar Jun 14 '14

<333 I think we complemented each other really well, and it's always validating to know that I'm not the only one enjoying my little Scar-isms! I'll never say I'm not guilty of making shit up LOLLLLL.

Thanks yourwifeandkids!

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u/ZKSteffel Jun 11 '14

I feel there needs to be some silence in matches though. If there aren't those calmer moments to build anticipation, moments like that MegaMan final smash lose their hype. Prog and D1 have learned that well together. Scar seemed to step in to keep the non-competetives interested.

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u/AppleAppleAZ Jun 11 '14

I applaud you all in at censoring yourselves midmatch, I'm sure it was tough to say KO instead of death after years of saying the latter and censoring some vocabulary that could have even hinted at not being PG takes a lot of composure.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '14

Wait, isn't death a pg word?

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u/bobbyscar Jun 14 '14

Honestly I didn't find it to be too hard and I felt good about saying KO / SD. I don't think "kill" is all that accurate, and if it's not always used it can be pretty funny to say it once in a while. Might keep saying those things!

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u/Ch1rch Jun 11 '14

I enjoyed your commentary the most, scar.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '14

You did an excellent job and didn't seem nervous at all

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u/Timestop- Timestop Jun 11 '14

Damn dude, the part where you talk about how all of the lands in the background are like past battlefields, I was like oh man no ones going to appreciate that Scarism.

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u/bobbyscar Jun 14 '14

ROFLLLLLLLLLLL BUT YOU DID TIMESTOP

You did

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u/renewedapathy Jun 11 '14

It's to be expected with a new game. But you guys still made it hella enjoyable, so thanks!

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u/Hyperactivity786 Jun 11 '14

lol, then Reggie decided to say screw the G/PG ruling

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u/bobbyscar Jun 14 '14

LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING!

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u/45flight Jun 11 '14

Ass is G/PG. Come on people

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u/danielvutran Jun 11 '14

you guys did an AMAZINGGGGGGGGGGG JOB! Just wanted to let you know!!

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '14

Also, you've never really commentated with items on, it's very weird and new I'm sure.

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u/bobbyscar Jun 14 '14

It was weird but there's never a shortage of things to say.

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u/DarkDragoonG Jun 11 '14

I LOVE YOU SCARRRRRRRR

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u/gghast Jun 12 '14

As a fan of scar commentary I v. much enjoyed hearing your little sideline comments throughout the invitational.

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u/tomcruisemomsshoes Random Jun 12 '14

Yea i think you were about to say kirby suicided after inhaling someone at one point because you wanted to avoid the technical term kirbycide which most smashers know, but a lot of the people there werent regular smashers so some wouldnt, but then mid sentence you figured maybe suicide wasn't a good word to say at a nintendo event, and had to stop your sentence and change the wording again and said kirbycide anyway since there wasnt a good quick way to explain it on the fly.

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u/bobbyscar Jun 14 '14

Yes. I remember that moment super clearly, I had no idea what to say.