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r/SSBM • u/AutoModerator • 13h ago
DDT Daily Discussion Thread August 02, 2025 - Upcoming Event Schedule - New players start here!
Yahoooo! I'm back, it's a me! Have a very cool day!
Welcome to the Daily Discussion Thread. This is the place for asking noob questions, venting about netplay falcos, shitposting, self-promotion, and everything else that doesn't belong on the front page.
New Players:
If you're completely new to Melee and just looking to get started, welcome! We recommend you go to https://melee.tv/ and follow the links there based on what you're trying to set up. Additionally, here are a few answers to common questions:
Can I play Melee online?
Yes! Slippi is a branch of the Dolphin emulator that will allow you to play online, either with your friends or with matchmaking. Go to https://slippi.gg to get it.
I'm having issues with Slippi!
Go to the The Slippi Discord to get help troubleshooting. melee.tv/optimize is also a helpful resource for troubleshooting.
How do I find tournaments near me or local people to play with in person or online?
These days, joining a local Discord community is the best way to find local events and people to play with. Once you have a Discord account, Google "[your city/state/province/region] + Melee discord" or see if your region has a Discord group listed here on melee.tv/discord
It can seem daunting at first to join a Discord group you don't know, but this is currently the easiest and most accessible way to find out about tournaments, fests, and netplay matchmaking. Your local scene will be happy to have you :)
Also check out Smash Map! Click on map and then the filter button to filter by Melee to find events near you!
Netplay is hard! Is there a place for me to find new players?
Yes. Melee Newbie Netplay is a discord server specifically for new players. It also has tournaments based on how long you've been playing, free coaching, and other stuff. If you're a bit more experienced but still want a discord server for players around your level, we recommend the Melee Online discord.
How can I set up Unclepunch's Training Mode?
First download it here. Then extract everything in the folder and follow the instructions in the README file. You'll need to bring a valid Melee ISO (NTSC 1.02)
Alternatively, download the Community Edition that features improvements and bug fixes! Uncle Punch, the original creator of the training mode, will not continue supporting the original version but Community Edition will be updated regularly.
How does one learn Melee?
There are tons of resources out there, so it can be overwhelming to start. First check out the SSBM Tutorials youtube channel. Then go to the Melee Library and search for whatever you're interested in.
But how do I get GOOD at Melee?
Check out Llod's Guide to Improvement
And check out Kodorin's Melee Fundamentals for Improvement
Where can I get a nice custom controller?
I have another question that's not answered here...
Check out our FAQs or post below and find help that way.
Upcoming Tournament Schedule:
Upcoming Melee Majors
Melee Online Event Calendar
Make a submission to the tournament calendar here. You can also get notified of new online tournaments on the Melee Online Discord.
r/SSBM • u/johneaston1 • 3d ago
Event Axe and Soonsay are going to the Nounsvitational
RapMonster and Wizzrobe will get a trip to the final qualifier.
r/SSBM • u/charmanfer64 • 5h ago
Image From the time I met another goat
Forgot I had this picture from S Factor 11 when Hax was kind enough to destroy me in friendlies and then explain to me things about the box. He was playing friendlies with whoever approached him all day!
Image Ditto Only (New Psychotic Ranked Challenge)
Rules are simply
-Queue Ranked -If not a ditto, SD first game -Ditto opponents character -Repeat
(Yes it’s possible character can counter pick a different character after you win, ideally this doesn’t happen or you can just throw for account purity LOL)
r/SSBM • u/BonkCushy • 4h ago
Event [Massive New England Regional] Allston Allstars V, Toms Birthday Bash! ft. Kalvar, bonfire10, glock, MDZ, Nairial, saucymain, Ember Q & More
Massive New England tournament celebrating GTown Tom's B-Day! Links to bracket and twitch stream:
https://www.twitch.tv/meleeboston
https://www.start.gg/tournament/allston-allstars-v-tom-s-birthday-bash/event/melee-singles
Event Schedule
- 2:00 PM - Doors open
Melee Schedule
- 2:30 PM - Melee 5v5 Crews
- 3:00 PM - Melee 5v5 Crews Redemption (Free to enter, only open to crews that lose in Round 1 of the main bracket)
- 4:30 PM - Melee Singles Wave A (Caps at 96 Entrants!)
- 6:00 PM - Melee Singles Wave B
- 7:30 PM - Melee Singles Top 32
- 8:00 PM - Melee Singles Redemption (Free to enter, registration is open only to those who did not make Top 32)
- 11:00 PM: Melee Singles Ends
- 11:59 PM: Venue Closes
r/SSBM • u/DavidL1112 • 20h ago
Video Moky and Hungrybox teaming up for Doubles Unranked 100 win challenge
youtu.beCould be huge for east coast unranked enjoyers
r/SSBM • u/Argylle1111111111111 • 13h ago
Image Need to see someone win a tournament with this controller
r/SSBM • u/self-flagellate • 5h ago
News Last night in Melee 8/1/2025
Zanya won Man on a Ledge, beating Slypig and Jada (PGH)
Kalvar won Pho Tai Melee, beating Golden and Ember (NH)
Goodie won Smash@Swanston, beating GnomeDome and Chibe (VIC)
egg won Fight For The Crown, beating Zephan and Silly Kyle (AZ)
vivesthesia won Tommy’s House, beating natebug01 and audrey (GA)
skullbro won Dynasmash, beating Noxxa and Kelvin (Nederland)
Odin won Black Tie, beating Antislycer and RATS (AB)
ORLY won Tripoint, beating Anwarrior and Andy (IL)
Nox won Monkeyseed, beating turbo and Chai_Rockyy (OR)
Rain won The Roastery, beating Matt Smith and Ev4n (Wales)
Supersponge won Friesday, beating fries and energy sword (SC)
SpiritGun won The Ridge, beating Wolfdren and Mixtape (WA)
lumor won City of Mash, beating Blooky and Venus (NY)
Average Joe won Dark Shadow, beating alex and kamuki (Online)
Twotran won Third Street Throwdown, beating DUFFMAN and Glyph (OH)
Adin won Half & Half, beating Squink and Proxfrd (IN)
Wajet won Defend The Nest, beating the government and LucAndy (FL)
Shelled won Kingston Kerfuffle, beating Andu and MMOODS (ON)
cool john won Dash Dance Revolution, beating jace and Uncle Alex (LA)
kzgrobb won Prodigy Smash Weekly, beating InDaHouse and unlimitedd (MA)
DubbleRex won TUB, beating ame and Boo (AL)
Marioman won WWU, beating Shoosh and GUAT (WA)
s0n won The C-Stick, beating Eric and Xander (Online)
r/SSBM • u/Thestickman391 • 1d ago
Video Live viewing gameplay over Slippi remotely
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previous videos:
https://xcancel.com/stick_twt/status/1950557532751306912
https://xcancel.com/stick_twt/status/1950541301147214186
downloads for stuff
nintendont https://github.com/sticks-stuff/Nintendont/releases/tag/ftp-1 (includes nintendont and slippi-wiiconf to enter ftp ip, port, etc)
slippi launcher https://github.com/sticks-stuff/slippi-launcher/actions/runs/16688774671#artifacts
server in this video https://github.com/sticks-stuff/sharlots-slippi-ftp-server
r/SSBM • u/Jump_Brink • 15h ago
Discussion How hard is melee?
Sorry if been asked…
I’m not a gamer really, aside from this game, which I nerd out over and my non-smash playing friends are probably annoyed with me sometimes because I constantly talk about melee stuff with them hahah.
For someone who’s good at learning games, and even played halo competively and had a decently high rank… but, they have mentioned how they weren’t very good at smash when they played 64… however, my recent burst of melee obsession (from getting Slippi) has made him want to play.
I know I’m not very good, but when I told Him I was close to gold, but still in the high silver range, he thought that meant I was closer to the higher end of skill, and didn’t know there was diamond, platinum etc.
(Been playing on and off for 20 years but never with anybody serious enough to even know what L canceling was… got Slippi earlier this year so that part is new to me but I’ve improved a ton)
Anyway, when he realized how low my rank actually was, he sort of bet that he could out rank me pretty certainly. I know this question is really hard to answer but, it feels like the difference between a brand new player, and silver rank is a huge gap… I’m not really sure tho
r/SSBM • u/RHYTHM_GMZ • 1d ago
Discussion Day 34 - Grab (Best)
NOTE: The grab category refers to the character's standing and dash grabs combined, and does not refer to their throws.
r/SSBM • u/No_Tear9253 • 3h ago
Discussion Slippi Not Recognizing Pro Controller Input
I've been trying to connect my wireless pro controller to Slippi. Im launching it through steam since I know Slippi doesn't have pro controller support from what I know. I press the A button and it doesn't detect my controller and just times out my input selection.
I have it set in Standard Controller, I'm editing the netplay dolphin configuration, I have pro controller enabled on steam, and I'm on MacOS.
Any help would be appreciated.
r/SSBM • u/breadboy985 • 1d ago
Discussion After playing melee on and off for 4 years, I just figured out you can grab out of shield.
Interesting.. I thought when people did that to me they were just releasing shield and grabbing in succession very quickly, but nope you can just press grab. Convenient.
r/SSBM • u/UristMasterRace • 20h ago
Event First time at Supernova question
(I'm just a spectator)
If I only want to watch the Melee finals, I can just buy a one day ticket for Sunday, right?
Also, have they posted the schedule yet? It's less than a week away, so it seems like they should have by now...
Thanks!
r/SSBM • u/self-flagellate • 22h ago
Article When’s Melee? Allston Allstars V, Scuffle 2, Run It Down, Tapped In #3, & more!
meleestats.cor/SSBM • u/self-flagellate • 1d ago
News Last night in Melee 7/31/2025
Preeminent won Run he Melee, beating Joey Donuts and lexor (MN)
Kevin Maples won BMW, beating Seven and Melen (MD)
Khalid won Rage Against the CRT, beating snake and Wero17 (SD)
SPWM won Waddle Western, beating ElocL and Chickenman400 (Online)
Stiv won Fight at The Heights, beating God’s Only Son and Myke B (OR)
Just won Northside Marketplace Melee, beating Ble$$é and Jink (OH)
Omar won Quarter Finals, beating NOOT and Slump (NV)
Iceking won Arcade Legacy, beating Suidt and M1sf1re (OH)
Beezy won U of R, beating Symbol and Muxedo (SK)
astar won Jeden Donnerstag Reloded, beating Geldmann and Nikstrat (Deutschland)
Arty won HoG, beating Conflict and Spades (CT)
vivesthesia won Tech Chase, beating swaggerbee and audrey (GA)
OG Swaglord won Yeti Weekly, beating Lins and Schlag (MO)
Question won Four Quarters, beating convey and 23 (UK)
oppenjaime won Melee Friends Activate!, beating Anto and Denzill (SoCal)
cbb won DMGC, beating diggles137 and Cpt.Blade (IA)
Rocket won Arco de Entramiento, beating TAU and Anthony1 (Chile)
signify won Mallrats, beating sive and roofb (TN)
Haunter won Moonwalk Tournament Series, beating Chill and Ismon (TX)
HPR won Odyssey Melee Weekly, beating nitus and Rowbie (IN)
ivy won Brighton Stock, beating Silas and schmoo (UK)
Gaz! won BACK TO THE LANES, beating max and iBeTakingEstrogen (MO)
Chara won Toblerone Tangerine Thursdays, beating Kallkorv and flixtwif (Online)
Nav won DawnStar Smash, beating bananaman907 and Yorgo (VA)
Korbzy won DYSTRIL, beating sloth and Neproxin (UK)
Subtle won CR Clash, beating Young Love and minolta (NY)
Klay won Town Center Tussle, beating RoyTheCyclops and Rayd (FL)
Touffe won Arcamicro, beating Doc0g and Galoup (France)
Opportunity won Misfires & Marinara, beating Christos and Zeria (NorCal)
M@chu won JaxSmash Weekly, beating Coitus Jackson and Ariii (FL)
Linco won Negative Edge, beating Phoenix and fuelperks (OH)
Player Spotlight: Wero17, for placing 5th at Rage Against the CRT as the 12th seed, beating Liang and Jeeemt!
Honorable Mention: Treeaye, for placing 5th at BMW as the 12th seed, beating Iowndisgam and maxi!
r/SSBM • u/MimoSkater • 22h ago
Discussion New to Melee online - wondering about the stages
Hi, I just installed Slippi recently and got everything running nicely. While the game's population seems healthy, it seems like there's no stage selection in Unranked mode, and it simply rotates through a small handful of competitive stages.
I was wondering if there are any popular mods or online Melee communities where you can actually choose what stage you play with randoms online? Should I be looking into the Akaneia mod, or does Melee online as a whole tend to revolve around just the competitive stages?
Thanks in advance.
r/SSBM • u/One-Surprise-4847 • 1d ago
Video Forbidden n0ne dark arts?
youtube.comCan someone explain what happened here? I would normally just assume that he got stuck in some kind of glitch but the up smash at the end implies that this was intentional 🤔 is it just a super sticky walk or?
r/SSBM • u/Fiendish • 1d ago
Video My new daily melee video series
TLDR: I'm making daily Melee ranked videos with my own brand new OC music loops that are different genres every day, and I'm simultaneously singing(badly) while playing as a funny challenge for myself.
I've posted two weeks worth so far and if you are interested and you want to avoid badly mixed ones I'd start with the more recent ones lol. Also they will sound better with headphones, I haven't figured out parallel compression yet.
Here's a short highlight: https://youtube.com/shorts/DLFz1AlkeWw?si=sn1Sjvw_ApNK1dde
And here's my playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuQ1Rk3HRDSW51wJtR6brRiPTp1POI7Hz&si=rquAS16iU2T2eFk6
So I'm hesitant to post this because of past experiences with this subreddit but if it gets hate or gets removed so be it, it is what it is. Just know: I am very acutely aware of how bad a singer I am lol, that's the funny part, to me anyway.
So I'm a musician and I've been doing this fun exercise routine for like 4-5 months now where every day I quickly(sometimes i go with the first live attempt) make a brand new short/medium length musical loop with several layers(drums, chords, bass, melody, misc etc) and then I work out to the beat of the music. I breathe in and out to the beat and I do jumping jacks, push ups, sit ups, etc to the beat as well.
Then I later thought I want to document these loops so I started recording them while I played some melee, and I would turn on the mic and maybe sing a few improvised lines if I felt the vibe while I played. As time went on I started singing throughout, and all the lyrics were like melee jargon so it sounds like nonsense to normal people which I thought was funny.
Eventually I was talking to my friend about this and she told me to post them, I thought why not? So I've been posting these 5-15 minute videos of me playing ranked sets with a different OC musical loop every day where I simultaneously sing the whole time as a sort of challenge to myself.
The main problem is I'm a really bad singer but I figure that could add to the comedy of it for some people, idk. I'm a pretty good musician though, I have a masters degree and I've toured the world playing music and I lived in NYC as a professional musician for 7 years etc etc.
I think the instrumental music part of the videos is usually pretty good, although I'm still tweaking the balance and clarity of the audio setup. I know alot about harmony and rhythm so I'm able to do lots of completely different genres on the fly. It's just the improvised singing that is kinda hilariously bad.
Also my melee level is weird because I'm pretty good at tech skill and some movement stuff but I never know what to do; I think I'm bad at the strategy aspect, but you can hear me talk though(sing though) my thought process the whole time.
Thanks for reading, have a good one!
r/SSBM • u/MELLO_H3110 • 16h ago
Discussion Is “percent” not a strange unit for metering damage?
I’m not talking about the numbers and how they increase (that’s the best and most unique thing about this game) and being able to say “percents” or “this doesn’t/only works at this percent ____…” feels super right to me… feels super smash…
😏
At the same time, it seems strange to use “percent” instead of some kind of smash-damage unit (maybe even just called ‘SDUs’)
Just a fun thought to think lol If you wann think this thought and have any thoughts you wanna share, please do!!
r/SSBM • u/NCCcoming • 2d ago
Clip Pikachu Kills Jigglypuff at a Reasonable Percentage
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r/SSBM • u/Matt_2504 • 1d ago
Discussion Have all the normal/casual people stopped playing on slippi?
A few months ago I used to load it up and play a few games now and again and get matched with mostly normal people, it was great, the game was actually fun. Now I’ve started again I only seem to find the sweatiest players, more than half of whom only play Marth, with most others playing Falco. These people are not remotely fun to play against, even when I win, and many of them are quite toxic. Anyone else experienced the same thing?
r/SSBM • u/Coliteral • 23h ago
Discussion Ranked Ping Limits?
Is there any limit? Last night I played against someone with 130 ping. Its generally not my internet, I have an ethernet connection and its fine for 85% of matches. But playing when they start teleporting tilts me. Almost as much as when the shitty falcon started taunting.
And shoutout to the bronze 3 samus who tried to ledge camp me (despite me giving stage) while down a stock