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'SoCal's most beloved, jolly... character' - Jace 10/11/20

Commentator. Dungeon Master. Singer. Born to have a mic in my face.

He/Him

ICs/Sheik

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Honestly so proud of myself. Nearly 7 years of grinding comms for an opportunity like Wavedash and I rose to the occasion and did a damn good job. So grateful to Dreamcatcher Gaming, Top Shelf, MetaShift and any and everyone else that gave this lunatic a shot. Melee forever.

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@Ringler_SSBM Steamed Glans

[isohel @isohelsgarden]

huge news for captain falcon players

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I'm clean af boi

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Falco is about to have the biggest drop of a top tier since fucking Mario like 20 years ago, holy shit

[parry.gg @parrygg]

Announcing the 2026 Melee tier list, a collaboration between parry.​gg and Melee Stats

Official release coming December 2026

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@StefanoBWVO LET'S GO!!!!

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@StefanoBWVO Prayers up, you got this Squid!

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@Jeff_in_3D When I was a kid I got so mad at a level in Donkey Kong Country 2 that I delivered a palm strike to my SP's screen that cracked it internally. That's a mod, right?

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I just registered for The Big Dipper https://t.co/UsG0IIDewv #bigdipper via @startgg

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33rd at SoCal Sweep 2, I fucking love SoCal Melee so goddamn much, dude, I hope y'all enjoyed the top 32 comms. Janks and Doctor No are the fucking GOATs, you're all the fucking GOATs, Melee 5ever

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@Janks1158

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@BloodFromAPeach On the contrary, I was amazed at how locked in and professional you were for so long in spite of it. I wish I had gotten Christian's attention to put a stop to it sooner, I'm so sorry for freezing up on you, I was just so mad.

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@Emily_The_Rose uhhhhhhhh, lucky day?

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bribing the trans Human Resources employee for all the hot office gossip, call that the HR Tea

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@FictionIRL https://t.co/BYcT3W7Wlo

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post 4 characters you relate to and let people make assumptions about you

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@Orbital_Ape If your handwriting is good enough to make it look that clean every time, more power to you. A lot of people think they have it like that and their 4s be looking like 9s and that shit pisses me off.

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@Jeff_in_3D Ngl I literally voted yes on all of those people except him for that very reason

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Bro wrote a mini essay just to say, "well we only lost because of our horrible, destructive policies"

Like... Yeah, dude. What myth were you trying to dispell?

[JD Vance @JDVance]

One of the things the data analysts on our side obsessed over was "composition"—whether the electorate looked close enough to 2024 for Republicans to win. And despite polls that showed a Democrat blowout, the data kept on telling us the same story: in some states turnout was merely OK, in other states it was downright amazing, and in no state was it catastrophic. There was a genuine sense of optimism on our team: our people were showing up.

So, I asked the smartest data guy I know, does that mean we're going to shock the world? "No," he told me. "We might do better than the polls suggest. But the data is telling us that a lot of Trump/Vance 2024 voters are pissed and planning to vote for the other guys. Our voters are turning out, but they may not vote for us."

Well, that looks prophetic now. Our voters did show up. In Florida, for example, the electorate was 9 points more Republican than Democrat, just a couple points worse than 2024. Undoubtedly there were places we could have done better on turnout. But the main problem is not turnout. The main problem is that many people who voted for Trump/Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats in 2026.

There will be a lot of infighting and arguing over what happened and why that is. One of the pollsters I really respect told me that our economic messaging wasn’t sharp enough down the stretch. I’m sure that’s true.

But the real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone.

Another pollster—one of the smartest people I know in politics, told me yesterday we’d lose the generic ballot by 13 points. I felt negative going into Tuesday, but even I was shocked by this. In his polling, he saw that a lot of Trump 2024 voters were angry and planning to vote for Democrats. He asked those voters who had abandoned us what would cause them to come back on our team. The top four answers, accounting for nearly all of the responses were:

1) End the war
2) Focus on cost of living/inflation
3) Put America First
4) Change our relationship to Israel

Our voters showed up. And the above four reasons are why many of them voted for Democrats. This is according to a pollster who nailed the results. While many spent Monday attacking Rachel Campos Duffy for calling for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, it turns out her political advice was sound. (She’s also a great person.)

In the next few months, there's going to be a lot of gaslighting. Expect to hear any number of establishment politicians say the solution to our woes is amnesty. I'm open to the idea that we should change enforcement—by focusing more on businesses that hire illegal labor, for instance. But anyone pushing amnesty is lying to you.

The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night.

If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that's at least honest.

But everyone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there.

I remain hopeful about our country. To the people who are pissed off and want to say, “I told you so”: you’re right, you did tell us so. Take that energy into electing Republicans who share your worldview. To the people who are just pissed at the results, you should be. Let’s take that anger and get back to the work of saving our country.

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Now if only you would vote for me to be your doubles partner at SoCal Sweep 2 🤔

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@Jeff_in_3D Just shut up and eat some tost

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@CommonEnemySSBM Oh man they would HAAAAAAAATE me lol