I love how nobody showed up until he frickin baited people. I’m just imagining how it must have felt to see tons of people show up like “heard you were talking shit” only to do exactly what he wanted them to
There's an old adage: "the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer." This seems to be the same principle.
The way you have evolved your content from cool montages, to these neat history stories about one of the most mysterious oddities in gaming (melee) is incredible. Good shit AsumSaus
Reminds me a lot of the transition EmpLemon made from TH-cam Poop maker (basically fancy montages) to documentarian (they even did an hour-long feature on Hungrybox, as I'm sure you probably know). Maybe documentaries are the next big format of TH-cam.
These videos are so well made and interesting and clear that you could show them to someone who barely knows anything about the game and they’d enjoy them
Hey for real, I forgot that I had originally subscribed for the montages but am loving this detailed insight of the various quirks the game has to offer both in game and out
So basically youre telling me that the melee competitive scene became active all because a guy said he was the best player in the world *Classic Melee*
Asum, I really like your new style of videos. Your original videos are what got me into the competitive scene in the first place, and these new videos are just filled with quality. They're informative, easy to digest, and have amazing audio and visual quality as well. The format of your videos are extremely unique and it's easy to see why you have 100k. Congrats!
On the subject of Star Fox specifically: The on-foot gameplay in Star Fox Assault (as well as the entirety of Assault itself) is mad underrated and I'm glad Nintendo gave it another go. Hopefully one day Star Fox as a franchise gets back to where it needs to be, whether or not they focus on the Arwings. Great video as always! Pretty plausible origin for the shine! As well, I think it's cool that not only is the term "wavedashing" borrowed from Tekken, but Melee's competitive environment is inspired by Tekken's as well!
Same. 4 player Assault is crazy fun. And though it wasn't initially intended for the franchise, Starfox Adventure is solid as well- one of my favorite gamecube titles.
I spent so many hours playing Star Fox Assault multiplayer. Riding on arwings, playing guided missile only, sniper only, blowing up every tree on Sauria, booster packs on zoness sea base...
@@elijahpadilla5083 They made it blue so you could recognize it as something unique I imagine. That or the devs of Mario Kart were thinking of Spike Tops, which do come in blue form.
The sad part is that one of the two got an actual supported by editor fighting scene. And that's most likely because they choose to recruit someone who was able to create a grassroot scene then gave them budget. Instead of Nintendo who just cockblocked the shit out of their scenes.
Been following Melee for years now Never heard of Deezie before, ngl This is a prime channel for keeping history like this alive for the newcomers, thanks for the video
You probably won't see this, but i'm not a melee guy. I grew up with brawl, smash 4, and i've played hundreds of hours of ultimate. But something about your videos... they're so entertaining and informative. You make a game I have no interest in playing so interesting, so technical, and so deep. I'm glad your channel is doing well man, can't wait for more videos :)
I've always felt like each of your videos's quality increased over time, but this one just exceeded that. The amount of information you've given, the details, how complete it is, the wider message, you're honestly becoming the best smash-related content creator imo, thank you for offering such quality, as well as quantity, good luck for the future of this channel man, you deserve more !
I think you nailed it when you said the shines reflective property probably started at the barrel roll But the actual design itself is based on the rings you pick up in starfox 64, with 3 gold rings extending your health bar, while silver ones act as health kits
Quality content at its finest. I haven’t played melee but videos like yours really make me respect the scene and all of the people who have stuck with the game to help it keep going strong for all these years. Keep it up Mr. Saus
So nobody is gonna point out that the hexagonal shape is actually in Starfox 64, and its literally on screen in the upperleft corner (besides the number 032) in the footage at 03:20? Awesome video regardless, as always
2:54 Fox’s Reflector, based on the Barrel Roll? woah. The Shine 4:15 Matt “Deezie” Dahlgren • Organizer of Tournament Go in San Jose out of his parents house in April 2002 5:26 To be The Best Smash Player In The World 6:37 Shine, Sex Kick, Chain Throw Deezie inspired more people to host tournaments, and eventually hosted Capcom
I love this video! The graphics you used and all the other various bits that made this video fun like the SFX used really show how much your content has grown.
Pretty sure I recall that being actually correct. It's more that people ran with calling his name wrong so long that it became standard. Kind of like how people mispronounce Ally's name.
That's how his name is actually pronounced and probably how his parents say it. Although the American English pronunciation Isaiah is derived from the Bible, same as Isai except in Spanish.
I bet you write 9s on your high school essays because the last point about him being the soul brought everything together and just left me there thinking holy shit, great video
Great video Asum. I had no idea that one man had such a fundamental role in the birth of this competitive scene that I love so much. His name was Matt “Deezie.” Respect
On my third watch-through of this video, I just noticed the edited melee box art said 2-player instead 4... i can't emphasize enough how you are one of the best content creators of all time.
I didn't expect to watch this whole thing in one sitting but your editing style is superb and the pacing is great. 8 minutes went by and I only blinked.
@@syweb2 nah I think that's just wife just assuming it's meant to be pronounced that way due to it looking kinda Japanese on a surface level, when in reality, it was probably spelt like that because melee has a character limit of only 4 characters for your name tag in-game, so he just simply used the first 4 letters of the name "Isaiah", and the name just stuck from there
Dude I gotta say, I really love your videos Nice short little snippets of history, it's sick and such a nice change of pace from the 40+ minute broad histories that are usually popular. I mean I love those, but this is a nice break
Additional fun fact: The reason the romdump we had of StarFox 2 15 years ago was such a pain to get to work for so long was because it was reliant on a successor chip, the Super FX 2, which there was no data for for the longest time. (Since StarFox 2 was never released in that form)
I've noticed for a long time that the characters with made-up movesets tend to be better than those actually inspired by their games. Link and Mario easily take the most inspiration, and they tend to be average at best with some exceptions in the more recent games. When you make-up a moveset for a character, its really easy to go overboard. Captain Falcon in 64 and Melee is prolly the best example. Never does anything outside of his racer in his actual games, so they used the manga and cartoon to say "hmm... well I bet he COULD do this this and this...".
The ending made me smile. I can feel the even though I am new to smash. I started watching melee last year, and ultimate is my first competitive smash game. I love smash. Thanks Matt. Thanks AsumSaus.
Imagine that this channel used to have no script like, a couple months ago. Just highlight videos. Now I get goosebumps watching your videos. Good shit man.
fuck i said isai wrong... video ruined......
EE SIGH
I was just about to ROAST your ass on that too then i saw this.
EYE SAY-UH
Also, I have never once heard the term "sex kick." Its always neutral air or bair lol
smfh
I love how nobody showed up until he frickin baited people. I’m just imagining how it must have felt to see tons of people show up like “heard you were talking shit” only to do exactly what he wanted them to
smartest shit talker on the face of the earth
really embodies the “settle it in Smash” mentality
There's an old adage: "the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer." This seems to be the same principle.
By being so many move ahead he ruined is life. The man clearly is a chess player.
Big Brain time.
Lol so the entire smash scene was kickstarted when like 50 people wanted to beat this one guy. Nice
Never underestimate a community's hate
Dude, when a person says there the best at smash.....you know what comes next.
The best way to get the right answer on the internet is to first post the wrong answer and say it's the right one.
Kyle Yuen *competitivity
Reverse psychology saves the day yet again
Damn, thanks Matt. Without you, golden tweets like "I'm getting wobbled in my favorite game" would have never existed
my b
imo should be replayed??
wrgg
The way you have evolved your content from cool montages, to these neat history stories about one of the most mysterious oddities in gaming (melee) is incredible. Good shit AsumSaus
Reminds me a lot of the transition EmpLemon made from TH-cam Poop maker (basically fancy montages) to documentarian (they even did an hour-long feature on Hungrybox, as I'm sure you probably know). Maybe documentaries are the next big format of TH-cam.
WillyMac! Omg bro I love your content! Glad to see you're at least a mild fan of melee man.
These videos are so well made and interesting and clear that you could show them to someone who barely knows anything about the game and they’d enjoy them
Hey for real, I forgot that I had originally subscribed for the montages but am loving this detailed insight of the various quirks the game has to offer both in game and out
cuz he got fucked by youtube but ye
The Melee scene was kicked off by "fight me IRL"
Toxicity was used as fertilized xd
Checks out.
So basically youre telling me that the melee competitive scene became active all because a guy said he was the best player in the world
*Classic Melee*
Yep
Deezie: Want to come play?
Everyone:
Deezie: None of you can beat me!
Everyone: _Rushes to the tournament._
I love your shit Asum, keep it up
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Hello
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Hey there
RIP to Rick May, the voice of Peppy Hare, the soldier from TF2, and more. Trust your instincts, never give up.
Oh thanks for telling us that, I didn't know it.
R.I.P.
You were a great solder, maybe even the best.
Okay, so this is sad but, the way you quoted Peppy hurt. That shit hit me way too hard.
F
That's the final straw COVID
Asum, I really like your new style of videos. Your original videos are what got me into the competitive scene in the first place, and these new videos are just filled with quality. They're informative, easy to digest, and have amazing audio and visual quality as well. The format of your videos are extremely unique and it's easy to see why you have 100k. Congrats!
Tru
thank you
I loveee these kind of videos
Hi sypiss
Mr dooter
And blip blip blip blip
The rest is history.
@Anti Lag is Love Jigglypuff
Your sir/ma'am are a meme god.
Hmmm.
@@Athlete-Ali Fox with glasses... im pretty sure thats fox father
On the subject of Star Fox specifically:
The on-foot gameplay in Star Fox Assault (as well as the entirety of Assault itself) is mad underrated and I'm glad Nintendo gave it another go.
Hopefully one day Star Fox as a franchise gets back to where it needs to be, whether or not they focus on the Arwings.
Great video as always! Pretty plausible origin for the shine!
As well, I think it's cool that not only is the term "wavedashing" borrowed from Tekken, but Melee's competitive environment is inspired by Tekken's as well!
Same. 4 player Assault is crazy fun.
And though it wasn't initially intended for the franchise, Starfox Adventure is solid as well- one of my favorite gamecube titles.
Assault vs mode is top 5 most fun things to do in a gamecube
I spent so many hours playing Star Fox Assault multiplayer. Riding on arwings, playing guided missile only, sniper only, blowing up every tree on Sauria, booster packs on zoness sea base...
"It's never been referred to as shine by the team that worked on Smash"
That reminds me, in Mario Kart, what the hell is a "spiny shell"
I always just called it the blue shell. Spiny shell sounds a little neater though.
the, uh, shell of a Spiny (the thing Lakitu throws in the main-series games)?
@@meta04 the shell of a Spiny is red, though, and always has been. It's changed shade a few times, but always red.
fast forward to the mario movie, we now have an official source from Nintendo calling it "blue shell" lol
@@elijahpadilla5083 They made it blue so you could recognize it as something unique I imagine. That or the devs of Mario Kart were thinking of Spike Tops, which do come in blue form.
Today in history lesson: How someone from the Tekken scene kicked of competitive Smash Bros.
Tekken and Smash Bros are such a great duo.
Wavedashing too. It's funny how Tekken has affected Smash
but then there are tweets of players who play traditional fighters shitting on the smash bros community for being different
Because the Smash community is garbage.
The sad part is that one of the two got an actual supported by editor fighting scene. And that's most likely because they choose to recruit someone who was able to create a grassroot scene then gave them budget. Instead of Nintendo who just cockblocked the shit out of their scenes.
@@GreenChillZone you seem to be implying that any competitive game doesn't have a garbage community
Been following Melee for years now
Never heard of Deezie before, ngl
This is a prime channel for keeping history like this alive for the newcomers, thanks for the video
100% thought you were gonna say “Matt Deezie Dahlgren is the daddy”
I personally think "the Godfather of Smash" is a nice title
Last time i was this early, sheik was still top 3 on the tier list.
LOL
Last time I was this early Fox's Down B was the Reflector.
Annar remember back when she was the best character in the game?
@@williamwoods778 Even better than puff?
Last time i was this early poké floats was still legal
7:45: How could you forget the most perfect Smash game, Smash for 3DS
Smash Run in the 3DS game probably makes it my favourite one to play.
But it doesn't have piranha plant so that makes it garbage
or Project M
Smash 3DS is a better game for competitive play compared to Project M
@@RedTotey tru
Everyone: HE MISPRONOUNCED ISAI
me, an intellectual: Wife says it's supposed to be pronounced this way in the doc
Seeing peppy in these recordings is just sad after Rick mays death
dont worry hes barrel rolliing on the other side
Press z or r twice to pay respects.
celeberate his life instead
"Godspeed, you magnificent bastard."
Rest easy, soldier.
I mostly knew him as Soldier from Team Fortress 2, still sad nonetheless.
I literally never clicked a notification faster. Congrats. You're a top tier content creator.
not top tier,
meta knight tier
SdB SdB brawl meta knight tier
You’re editing is so clean and simple and yet stylish. Awesome video.
*your
@@TheBadluckforever go talk to some bitches you nerd
@@zyonthelickman someone needs a tampon
@@Pocket_Jake 🤓
Verified user = free likes
You probably won't see this, but i'm not a melee guy. I grew up with brawl, smash 4, and i've played hundreds of hours of ultimate.
But something about your videos... they're so entertaining and informative. You make a game I have no interest in playing so interesting, so technical, and so deep.
I'm glad your channel is doing well man, can't wait for more videos :)
I've always felt like each of your videos's quality increased over time, but this one just exceeded that. The amount of information you've given, the details, how complete it is, the wider message, you're honestly becoming the best smash-related content creator imo, thank you for offering such quality, as well as quantity, good luck for the future of this channel man, you deserve more !
Deezie really just baited everyone into going to a smash tourney lol.
I think you nailed it when you said the shines reflective property probably started at the barrel roll
But the actual design itself is based on the rings you pick up in starfox 64, with 3 gold rings extending your health bar, while silver ones act as health kits
Comment "thank Mr. Deezie" for healthy melee tournaments.
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Stefan S sex kick
Doot
Ledge camping puffs :)
Quality content at its finest. I haven’t played melee but videos like yours really make me respect the scene and all of the people who have stuck with the game to help it keep going strong for all these years. Keep it up Mr. Saus
I love that you added Squidward's walking sound effect when you showed the Star Fox team on foot!
im seriously so glad i got recomended this content man im loving this shit sm
6:02 When the game has only been out for a few months and that doc still ledge dashes better than you
I want to say Captain Jack but that’s only because I recall from the documentary that Captain Jack played as Doc as well as Sheik.
That was 2004, so 3 year old game
@@DungeonMaster2003 oops my b ! :)
@@DungeonMaster2003 yeesh, way to ruin the joke
So nobody is gonna point out that the hexagonal shape is actually in Starfox 64, and its literally on screen in the upperleft corner (besides the number 032) in the footage at 03:20? Awesome video regardless, as always
Yeah those are rings you collect in star fox. That might be where they got the shape from.
I like how you sometimes tie everything together in the end with a little poetic analogy
2:54 Fox’s Reflector, based on the Barrel Roll? woah. The Shine
4:15 Matt “Deezie” Dahlgren
• Organizer of Tournament Go in San Jose out of his parents house in April 2002
5:26 To be The Best Smash Player In The World
6:37 Shine, Sex Kick, Chain Throw
Deezie inspired more people to host tournaments, and eventually hosted Capcom
I love this video! The graphics you used and all the other various bits that made this video fun like the SFX used really show how much your content has grown.
Did he just call isai “eesai”
Pretty sure I recall that being actually correct. It's more that people ran with calling his name wrong so long that it became standard. Kind of like how people mispronounce Ally's name.
Todd Jay It’s correct. People pronounce it “Izaiah” (Eye-Zay-uh) for whatever reason
That's how his name is actually pronounced and probably how his parents say it. Although the American English pronunciation Isaiah is derived from the Bible, same as Isai except in Spanish.
Yeah that’s how it’s actually pronounced it states so in episode three of the smash doc.
@@Fin0fLenster how was Ally prounuced? Not al-eye?
2:52 We allllll know he had to have done a couple of takes when reffering Shine as "Reflector"
I don’t even play Melee but your videos are some of the best edited and directed on TH-cam so here I am
Seriously, Matt, thank you.
Pretty sure the design comes from the “Supply Rings” that you collect in Starfox 64. You know, the spinning shiny things you fly into to collect?
I bet you write 9s on your high school essays because the last point about him being the soul brought everything together and just left me there thinking holy shit, great video
Your editing is out of this world
Great video Asum.
I had no idea that one man had such a fundamental role in the birth of this competitive scene that I love so much.
His name was Matt “Deezie.”
Respect
On my third watch-through of this video, I just noticed the edited melee box art said 2-player instead 4... i can't emphasize enough how you are one of the best content creators of all time.
Honestly I love this video its so wholesome I am truly happy for Matt and I honestly wish him the best, what a man.
I love the dulcet tones of AsumSaus’s soothing voice as he narrates
This gives off strong Jon Bois/SB Nation vibes and i think it’s amazing. One of my fav videos to date. Hope you keep up the good work!
thancc matt
Matt's gonna kick off Karlson's pvp too
is it just me or is this comment lookin kinda
t H I CC
3:50 Also that SF64 had Hexagonal rings showing up everywhere in the levels, so the iconography still fit in
RIP Peppy Hare. You were a legendary voice actor
Good on you for using Sonic Unleashed music! The soundtrack for that game is *HEAVILY* slept on.
Rip rick may (voice actor of peppy) “do a barrel roll”
Honestly I was always more confused about where the heck Fox’s up B came from.
Same. I thought he was going to talk about THAT move...
Fox has specials other than neutral b and down b?
Japanese myths associating fox spirits with fire, I'm assuming.
Thought it made sense. Space dude having a jetpack for no reason whatsoever sounds pretty reasonable to me
Upset: show m2k getting wobble, that’s probably the most hilarious one
This is the kind of informative melee content the world needs. You're doing the lord's work at this point saus.
You also see Fox on the "Continue?" Screen and the Map Select.
I didn't expect to watch this whole thing in one sitting but your editing style is superb and the pacing is great. 8 minutes went by and I only blinked.
Thank you for uploading. I didn’t have anything to watch
I loved this video. Thanks for some more Smash history... it was super interesting. Keep the awesome content coming my friend!
I’m not gay but I want to marry you.
*AsumSaus says “Ee-sai” instead of “Ai-zay-yuh”*
Holy shit I want a divorce.
According to the documentary, Ee-sai is how it's supposed to be pronounced, but Americans anglicized the shit out of it.
@@syweb2 nah I think that's just wife just assuming it's meant to be pronounced that way due to it looking kinda Japanese on a surface level, when in reality, it was probably spelt like that because melee has a character limit of only 4 characters for your name tag in-game, so he just simply used the first 4 letters of the name "Isaiah", and the name just stuck from there
That multiplayer clip in star fox 64 "is" a very hard to find video. To see this now after so many years of searching is amazing!
I’m from San Jose. I didn’t know my home town was the home of Melee’s competitive scene :,)
its true, killing people in an unexpected way and getting excited and making a fool of yourself is the spirit of melee
Mmm some nostalgic music right there. Thanks for the flashback
Dude I gotta say, I really love your videos
Nice short little snippets of history, it's sick and such a nice change of pace from the 40+ minute broad histories that are usually popular. I mean I love those, but this is a nice break
4:57 foreshadowing
I miss the old format sometimes, but I still admire the effort you put into making such entertaining and educational smash videos!
Fun fact: The "Super FX" label on the box is referencing an additional chip on the game cart that allowed for real 3D graphics on the Super Nintendo.
Additional fun fact: The reason the romdump we had of StarFox 2 15 years ago was such a pain to get to work for so long was because it was reliant on a successor chip, the Super FX 2, which there was no data for for the longest time. (Since StarFox 2 was never released in that form)
the quality of your content, from start to now, cannot be understated :) fantastic as always.
Never insult someone for living with their parents.
After all, they could be the one to start the tournament scene of YOUR fighting game
god i love your videos. please make more about obscure stuff casuals don't know about. the extender thing straight blew my mind. thanks asumsauce.
7:13 Is that crop of M2K from that video where he gets wobbled so hard it kills his soul?
easily my favorite youtube channel and it has been for a while
7:20 demonetization
This was the best one you've done. Truly fantastic tribute
4:19, So you're saying that the person who started Melee's competitive scene was Matt Tu...... Matt Dahlgren
Your contents getting better and better Asum, great stuff
Your title makes it seem like Fox and Shine had a baby and it was called competitive smash. Well, that actually is true lol
I've noticed for a long time that the characters with made-up movesets tend to be better than those actually inspired by their games. Link and Mario easily take the most inspiration, and they tend to be average at best with some exceptions in the more recent games. When you make-up a moveset for a character, its really easy to go overboard. Captain Falcon in 64 and Melee is prolly the best example. Never does anything outside of his racer in his actual games, so they used the manga and cartoon to say "hmm... well I bet he COULD do this this and this...".
Dude your videos are so good, I haven’t seen a bad one. Your channel needs to be bigger!
*FIYAH*
*~Fox Mccloud*
Aw this video is sweet. I've been loving your content as you've grown beyond montages.
The fact that the guy who basically invented one of the most popular competitive videogame scenes worldwide is named Matt "Deezie" is surreal
The ending made me smile. I can feel the even though I am new to smash. I started watching melee last year, and ultimate is my first competitive smash game. I love smash. Thanks Matt. Thanks AsumSaus.
Super Fox McCloud Final Destination No Items Melee
Maaaan, you improve with each and every video.
Keep it up!
6:04 this was a PRIME missed opportunity for a "No items, Fox ONLY, Final Destination" joke. Dangit.
What a nice message..
one man can change everything and make history. He just loved something and his efforts to promote it payed off.
*You can do it*
So fox...isn’t from melee
I’m not going to lie that was a really entertaining video. Keep it up!
1:56 OK FIRST OFF HOW DARE YOU
Imagine that this channel used to have no script like, a couple months ago. Just highlight videos. Now I get goosebumps watching your videos. Good shit man.
No one gonna mention how the original ssb64 was the first time Kirby was 3d?
I had never know of Matt or his Tournament Go untill today, thanks for making this video!
Imagine all the "Isai could beat Mang0 and Armada today if he tried!!!!" boys REEing right now from how you pronounced his name
the doc-est of kiddies
This was fucking amazing. Going WAY back to the very first competitive smash tournaments, fuck yeah. ❤️
After seeing the thumbnail, I imagined, in space, Slippy and Peppy playing Melee.
Wonder who won...
peppy doesnt play video games that much because he's a boomer so of course slippy won
I'm happy to see other TH-camrs making melee history videos.
Thanks, Matt.
I love these kinds of informative videos. Keep up with the awesome content my man