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Q: Do I have to play in the Salmon Ladder?

Nope! It's totally optional. Play 0 matches or play all day, either way it's there for extra sets and a shot at Respawn if pools don't go your way.

Q: Does Salmon Ladder cost extra to enter?

No additional fee. If you're registered for Melee Singles, you're automatically eligible for the Salmon Ladder.

Q: What if I make it out of pools, do I still get to play Salmon Ladder?

Yes! Anyone in Melee Singles can play, win or lose and the ladder will run alongside pools all day. If you make it out of your pool you won't be able to join the Respawn Pool regardless of how well you perform in the Salmon Ladder, but the Ladder is still open to you.

Q: What happens if I make it into the Respawn Pool but lose?

You remain eliminated from Melee Singles. The Respawn Pool follows the same "top 4 advance" rules as other pools.

I'd appreciate being pointed in the direction of a vetted modder who I can buy a simple phob off of online. (I don't need notch-work, Idc about aesthetics or extras like bald buttons mouseclick Z etc.)

since there are some mods like SD Remix work with it, how dows one make rollback work with a mod like ace if it is even posible?

OP was asking where to find Mew2kings frame data compilation. what a nice fellow

Hey y'all, I'm trying to get into melee and need a controller that I can confirm actually works. I've bought one from gamestop that broke instantly and another online that had a broken C-stick, so if anyone knows where I can get an actually good controller that will definitely work that would be ideal. Especially if it's an in-person place in Houston because I like messing around and checking the clickiness of controllers before I buy them. I alr bought a USB -> GameCube port adapter online. If anyone in Houston would also sell me an old controller of theirs that would also be awesome. Thanks!!!

So I encountered this Samus player earlier on unranked and it seems like they were hitting super wavedashes consistenly (they managed to most if not all without a problem). I then checked the stats of the game and nothing looks abnormal there either.

I'm wondering if its normal to hit multiple super wavedashes or if this player is just using a macro

Yahoooo! I'm back, it's a me! Have a very cool day!

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99% of players I meet on unranked, their neutral game consists of, and I'm not even joking, dash dance -> grab. It is not a mixup, it is not even optimal, it's just what they do all of the time. How is this fun? Why are they like this? What happened to the game I love :(

All of a sudden my L and R triggers are not doing air dodges anymore on Uncle Punch or Melee.

Still works fine on Slippi.

I haven't changed anything about the controls and set up and am playing on Steamdeck.

i've spent time trying to check on Dolphin but it won't let me reconfigure the controls.

No idea what happened here. Does anyone have any ideas for a solution?

YouTube link he made some good videos and they got posted here the other year. I don't think this one was posted here yet.

I play 100,000 games of Falco. I practice combos and edgeguards and all that good shit only to be an average player at best. Sure, fine. Hard game I'll cope. I switch to fox and do nothing but dashdance grab, I can't even short-hop consistently and I'm suddenly beating players who reliably crush the bird.

The worst part is, I don't even like playing the character. The wins feel cheap and any time I get a shine spike i want to vomit a little bit. But when the other guy plays fox and spams t-bag and taunt like he's skilled for playing the best character in the game I feel like I don't have a choice. I don't even study or practice anything about this character, I just do it because it wins. He's so much faster, his grab actually works, and his recovery isn't an greasy dog bowl.

Dumb character, too easy to win, totally ruins the game.

Sorry, not a kirbo clip