On April 6, 2009, 6 determined people walked together to a large house that would decide the Noodlescape Tournament Championship winner. Only 1 of the 6 would emerge as champion.
Zeph, who also played the eventual winner BigMc, played Pokemon Trainer. xP., who also played as the eventual runner-up xP, played Fox. xP played Falco and BigMc played Dedede. HAI played Ike. KC played Ike. CASEY played Kirby, and lastly k played Lucario.
The quarter-finals were 3-stock matches. Best-out-of-3 advanced to the semi-finals.
The first draw was Zeph against xP (the Falco). At first, Zeph was extremely confident about his skill with his new Pokemon Trainer. He only played the Pokemon Trainer for about a month, yet he got 1st in his round robin bracket. However, xP, an experienced Falco player, was too much for Zeph. xP completely wiped him out in two matches (one on Battlefield and one on Final Destination), and his Falco advanced to the semi-finals. Zeph grew extreme frustration in both matches and struggled to control his anger (which eventually failed). His supposedly powerful Pokemon Trainer lost in the first round.
The time came for the legendary xP., a Fox, and potentially skillful k to play. xP. started playing Fox just a month ago, and it already beat his Falco in terms of skill. k injured his middle finger a while back and could not easily practice, so obviously Fox had the advantage. xP. beat k on Final Destination, although k’s potential surprised him. Next, Final Destination was picked again, and k enjoyed a intial advantage. k’s Aura Sphere game was excellent and he hit his Fsmashes at the right times. The game was just about k’s victory when his finger slipped and his UpB did not connect with the ledge. Although both players were excellent, this time xP. advanced to the semi-finals (both his Falco and his Fox), while k did not.
After xP.’s win and k’s loss, the time came for KC and CASEY (interesting how the two are pronounced the same) to brawl against each other. KC was, at the time, famous for his Aether combos, where he would continuously grab a ledge (Delfino had a lot of them) and Aether to rack up a lot of damage, finally finishing with one of Ike’s stronger moves (usually Eruption, Dtilt, or Usmash). CASEY was the perfessional spammer of the group, and could easily roll behind and Fsmash a slow character. This made CASEY feel rather confident about the matches ahead. KC picked Delfino Plaza, which was his signature stage, and defeated CASEY easily. Next, CASEY picked Yoshi’s Island (Brawl), HIS signature stage, but also lost on it. CASEY stepped down and KC advanced to the semi-finals.
Lastly, BigMc and HAI went into an all-brawn showdown. HAI, who was a dilligent and determined Ike player, practiced for a while for this tournament. HAI was the second-last of the group to receive the game (k being the last) and had less experience than BigMc. BigMc, who picked up Dedede last month, found that Dedede’s play style greatly matched his preferred gameplay. All battles here were fought of Final Destination. After facing Foxes and Falcos in his round robin bracket, BigMc finally enjoyed a battle against a character whom he could chain grab. BigMc won the first match relatively easily. The next battle was quite difficult, however. HAI managed to analyze BigMc’s strategy and avoiding getting grabbed. BigMc suffered several lives before finally downing the formidable Ike for the second time. BigMc got into the semi-finals and HAI lost.
All the semi-finals matches were 4-stock, best-out-of-3 matches.
The time came for xP.’s Fox and BigMc’s Dedede to fight. Dedede, who played xP.’s Fox in his bracket, knew the space animal’s strategy very well. In the bracket match he beat xP. once and lost once. However, in this showdown BigMc managed to fight back. xP. held his own and always knocked BigMc to his last life, but BigMc won both times (one on Battlefield and one on Final Destination). BigMc entered the SSBB Noodlescape Tournament Championship.
Next was KC vs xP (Falco). xP, although practicing with Fox, was somehow better with Falco during the matches ahead (perhaps due to character match-up benefits). xP utilized his chain grab and his blaster extremely well. However, KC picked his infamous Delfino Plaza, and set up a very good fight. He eventually lost to xP, who had an excellent Fsmash strategy. KC, the loser, picked Delfino again and defeated xP there. xP next chose Final Destination, where he destroyed KC’s Ike in an epic showdown. xP trapped his opponent on the platforms and crushed him. KC, who usually responded with an Eruption charge after getting hit in the air, was outsmarted by xP, and he lost there.
Next was the loser’s championship, where both semi-final losers were pitted against each other. In this case it was xP. (Fox) and KC (Ike). It was a 4 stock, best-out-of-5 match. The first battle was KC’s pick, where he chose Delfino Plaza and won there. xP. picked Battlefield next and defeated KC there. xP.’s juggles worked especially well on Battlefield where he could juggle KC onto the platforms and Usmash freely. KC then chose Delfino again. KC enjoyed an Fsmash headstart and won the battle there. xP. naturally picked Battlefield after that, but KC had quicker wits this time. When xP. did a Blaster move, KC would quickly dash attack and utilize the Fox’s lag time. KC nudged through a close battle and won on that stage. With 3 wins, KC was declared winner of the loser’s championship finals, and was awared 100 noodles (http://forum.noodlescape.com ’s currency) for his excellent work and his rank of 3rd place.
Finally the Noodlescape SSBB March-April 2009 Championship Tournament Finals arose. It would be a top-tier clash between Dedede (4th in the tier list) and Falco (3rd in the tier list). Both birds had an equal chance of winning the match. The match was a 5-stock, best-out-of-5 match.
Although Falco had his chain grab and Dedede didn’t, the character match-up for Dedede was still in his favor. Thus, BigMc had a slight advantage. All of the matches were on Final Destination, except for the second which was on Smashville. BigMc’s strategy of Bthrow and Waddle Throw managed to catch the Falco off-guard. BigMc won with 5 kills while xP only had 2. xP learned BigMc’s strategy and aimed to jump behind Dedede and aerial. BigMc could shield grab well, but if xP struck behind, then BigMc could not grab. xP picked Smashville in hopes to achieve his goal of thwarting BigMc. However, a series of excellent edgeguarding techniques led to a 2-stock lead. xP could not defeat enough lives to win, and BigMc won. The last match, on Final Destination, both players played well but in the end BigMc still emerged winner.
BigMc was awarded 300 noodles for his rank as 1st place, and xP was awarded 200 noodles for being runner-up.
Results (kill counts, and ranks) will be posted soon.
We would like to congratulate all participants of the SSBB Noodlescape March-April 2009 Tournament, with big plaudits especially to k (k, and kENN0) for organizing the event, Admin (RAMEN) for creating a forum where organizing was possible, and hai (HAI) who sponsored the event and provided the tournament area.
Thanks to: Dun, RAMEN, Csy, k, NOOK, HAI (Marth) for joining the tournament and making this possible!
Congratulations to: k, xP., xP, KC, HAI (Ike), CASEY, BigMc, Zeph for their skill! All 8 characters entered the championship.
Also, kudos to our top contestants:
1st: BigMc (King Dedede) - 300 noodles
2nd: xP (Falco) - 200 noodles
3rd: KC (Ike) - 100 noodles
Thanks again!
On behalf of the Noodlescape Team,
-Swizchese
PM: Yes, I’m BigMc and Zeph. It feels kind of weird talking about myself in third person. And yes, I did throw a temper tantrum.
