Chris

Fox main from Greensboro, NC. Building a new fox from the ground up. Commonly known as the ganon main bl@ckchris. Loving husband. He/him.

[Chris @MonochromeChris]

I had the great opportunity to enter doubles with Dart! and I was able to make the most of it! We got 2nd to one of the best teams around imo (DannyPhantom/ZODD-01) and had an absolute blast doing it! I've spent the morning analyzing and clipping some good bits so i'll post below

[Chris @MonochromeChris]

Pffft after putting in 70 hours towards monster hunter in the last month or so I got my best win in a while.

I tried my best and had fun 😁

[Sake @giron_sam62035]

Picante 100 top 8!

1 - Zasa @LostInTheZas
2 - Timebones @timebonesego
3 - Bumbler @gayestpeach
4 - Bl@ckChris @MonochromeChris
5 - Zimberfizz
6 - Camdoodle @CLG_Camdoodle
7 - Peele @banpeele
8 - Jennifer @WalkmanSSB

Thanks everyone for coming and making it special <3

[Chris @MonochromeChris]

I craved some sort of recognition for being able to win my local doubles tournaments with almost anyone, and felt like I didn't get it. It was foolish. I will do my best now to care about those who care about me, and simply compete against the rest.

This'll be fun. Good luck NC

[Chris @MonochromeChris]

I haven't been on the actual PR in many years, but watching myself not even enter enough stuff to be on the fake tier list PR felt weird. I won almost all the doubles events I entered, but i don't think there's been a single IRL singles event that interested me, so i didn't enter

[Chris @MonochromeChris]

I was focused on getting better at doubles, and I did. Now that I'm largely where I want to be in doubles, I think it's time to make another foray into singles. Tbh, that's where i need to get better for doubles anyway, and dealing with tournament pressure is good too.

[Chris @MonochromeChris]

Training is just the best sometimes. Just trying to shield pressure and find new useful mixups and stumbling across things like crossup nair shine turn grab and shine > tomahawk shinegrab just seem so fun to use, and getting my hands used to doing them is just...fun.

[Chris @MonochromeChris]

Damn I'm really just solo training while listening to news podcasts. It's a good use of time but it does make me feel kinda old lol

[Justus @JustusXYZ]

I and countless other top players actually put forth tons of time and effort into analyzing and practicing doubles only for it to get shafted at every event, then wonder why it gets ruined.

aMSa and Axe are winning events with pikachu and fucking a yoshi. It’s literally so interesting.

If you don’t treat doubles well at an event I genuinely won’t show up to your tourney, period.

[Justus @JustusXYZ]

Plup and Mang0 (two of the most popular players in Smash history) are teaming and it still hasn’t been streamed. I want people to remember this when they say doubles isn’t interesting enough to stream or that people don’t care enough about it.

The reason behind doubles not getting love or screen time is so disingenuous

[Chris @MonochromeChris]

@DukDota I feel like that was during their puff pika phase... that was crazy to watch.

Sky was better at pushing buttons than I was in that era but I don't think buddy saw the screen very well for doubles, and uhhh yeah that likely led to an unusual amount of doubles frustration lol

[Chris @MonochromeChris]

Genuinely curious: has anyone seen someone spike a controller after a *doubles* set?

Not saying doubles players are happier, more well adjusted people, or that we don't have high tension moments, but....

I don't think I've seen it, and I kinda can't imagine it lol

[Chris @MonochromeChris]

@sp1nda_pgh Was the 6'7 basketball star at your local high school a top level basketball player (theoretical but hopefully relatable?)

If they described themselves as mid level for getting a full scholarship and being a role player, would that bother you?

Do you think we're better at melee

[Chris @MonochromeChris]

The tough part about this is just how *hard* the actual game is.

Once you become aware of the idea of making a correct decision every quarter of a second based on like 10 variables and start trying to play that game, it's hard to feel *good* when you largely just fail

[Chris @MonochromeChris]

I'd ask how to get this AI bot to roast me too, but I don't think I need that kind of negativity where I'm at right now LOL

[Chris @MonochromeChris]

@TheXIF I still play the game a *lot* but, well, I think it's really fun.

I think I want to evolve into a "traveling to enter teams with strong players and then having a blast watching the rest of the event and enjoying the city" type player but until then, games fun so I play it

[Chris @MonochromeChris]

@orcaleanyams 10/10 so far! I think once I can drive myself I'd like some form of hybrid; but for my current situation, I'm enjoying it *much* more

[Chris @MonochromeChris]

Holy moly, it turns out when you work from home there is a 0% chance someone will walk into the kitchen while you're making lunch and functionally force you to relive the trauma of tearing your Achilles so they know why you're walking around with a bionic leg.

This is nice 😊

[Chris @MonochromeChris]

I just put something in the oven and not only did I avoid having to tell the story of how I ended up in this cast and how I'll continue to be in it for 5 more weeks, I didn't even have to worry that I might have to!

Didn't realize how heavy it was until the burden was lifted.

[Chris @MonochromeChris]

So far, working from home has been great. I feel able to dive into my work without any fear that my boss will come around the corner and startle me and ask me to do something else.

Removing that potential has been great so far. Feeling much more able to actually *do* things.

[Chris @MonochromeChris]

Staying married to my wife as long as she'll let me

[pugabite ―୨୧⋆ ˚ @pugabite]

men that are respectful, play games all day, never leave their room, don't talk to a million girls and shower everyday wyd

[Chris @MonochromeChris]

As I watch the Olympics in a cast, it's been interesting hearing how many of the competitors have had Achilles tears and choose to rise back to the top of their craft.

Not really sure how i feel about it right this second, but it's something.