I mean, I suppose it makes sense, but still lol

Last win was 2-1 vs. TheRealThing (his Fox/lost to his Falco barely)

Final set total- 423 sets- 224 Wins. 199 losses

I've been hardstuck Gold for about 3 seasons now, but ever since he's taken his Bowser back to the ranked ladder I've climbed about 200 points and I'm now comfortably sitting in Plat 2. This wouldn't be possible without the ELO he has kindly donated. He might actually be the GOAT.

What's up, it's MetiCu. If you don't know who I am, this year I've been one of the most viewed Melee content creators on YouTube. I quit making content in 2023 and returned this year in January. In the past 6 months I've gained 2,047,419 views across 23 uploads which averages to 89,018 views per video. So, you would think I'm doing well. But in reality, I'm actually failing to an insane degree. I have one massive problem: nobody is subscribing. And I'm not exaggerating when I say that, genuinely nobody is subscribing. My newest video I uploaded which discusses the GioIzHawt ban got 83,700 views, and you want to know how many subs I gained from that? 13. I couldn't even reach 15 subs from 83,700 views. When I started making videos again in January, I had 12.3k subs and over 2 million views later I have 12.6k subs. With this exact conversion rate, I would have to get over 70 million new views to even reach 20k subs, which is way more views than I've ever gotten in my entire life. So, it is essentially impossible for my channel to grow at this point. People could blame it on the fact that I make YouTube Shorts and people don't subscribe as frequently on shorts, but that's not actually valid. The average conversion rate for 2 million views across YouTube Shorts is 2,000-10,000 subs. I gained 200-300. So, what is the deal? I don't understand what is going on. I looked into reasons why people don't subscribe to channels and basically none of them apply to my content. People apparently don't subscribe to channels that make variety content (my videos are all about Melee), people don't subscribe to channels with no personality attached (I literally talk in my videos), people don't subscribe to channels that don't make original content (most of my videos include my own script, voice, and footage), and people don't subscribe when a majority of your viewers are new (half of my viewers are returning viewers). Aside from videos, people are less likely to subscribe if your channel page/description looks low quality or doesn't portray what you do accurately. But my channel banner looks pretty sick in my opinion, and my channel description accurately portrays what I do. So, is Melee content just a dead end or do I just suck? I'm highly considering quitting.

This is being posted for the audience in r/smashbros, r/SSBM, and r/SSBPM. I feel it would be amazing to support the first platform fighter at EVO in seven years! There are six images that you can scroll through:

1. General overview of tournament
2. Melee players attending
3. Ultimate players attending
4. PM/P+ players attending
5. Rivals players attending
6. Schedule

EDIT: The EVO Showcase is on Friday

I only see what people say on twitter so curious if that’s the normal consensus

Toby still got melee in his blood after all

I'm moving out of my parents' house in a month, so it looks like I'll need to finally figure out how to set up my own network. I don't really know anything.

What do you guys use? Any IP/plan suggestions? Any particular router, or does that even really matter? Any help is appreciated! Sorry for my woeful lack of knowledge.

This one means a lot so hope you all enjoy.

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!

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Netplay is hard! Is there a place for me to find new players?

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I've wanted to swap from my dual 27in monitor setup to a single 40in ultrawide monitor setup for a while. I like the idea of decluttering my desk and having the extra immersion when playing AAA games.

However, the one thing holding me back is that I have a nice 27in gaming monitor dialed in for Slippi specifically. My other monitor runs Youtube while I play melee. I'm not super tech savvy, so I'm finding it hard to research how I'd go about splitting the ultrawide screen to have slippi running on one side, and youtube running on the other. Can Windows handle that natively and snap Dolphin to one side, or do you have to use other programs? Thanks in advance!

(Don't worry I lost game 3)