analog - Ep. 39 - New Year, Same Old analog

As 2019 draws to a close, Rishi and Zane explore just how they're feeling about the last year of Melee - including Hungrybox's shaky hold on the number one ranking, Mango's rise to the top, who our ideal top ten would be, and even whether we care about the ranking anymore after all. When the years go by this fast, what do we care about in Melee?

I dunno, but maybe listen to the podcast to find out.

0:00:00 Coke Gaming Intro
0:01:20 State of Melee/ Least Secure Number 1 Rank
0:12:26 n0ne Having a Crazy Year / Melee’s Coexistence with Ultimate
0:26:20 Who could shake things up next year?
0:31:05 Hax’s Screen Code / The night club
0:38:50 Fox Mains in 2019 / lloD top 10?
0:48:40 Kzhu is better than Armada
0:51:48 Rankings, who cares? / To get sponsored you need content
1:02:20 Break
1:05:15 Melee Teams/ Melee is getting streamlined
1:13:05 Hax Could be a great streamer
1:16:35 Will iBDW hold on top 10 next year? / Zain number 1 next year
1:21:07 Storylines are the most important for the next year / Sickest Top 10 Possible
1:29:00 Conflating Optimal and Interesting in Melee / Melee as Expression

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Zane (@epengu) is a writer, video producer, and commentator. Although his first tournament was in 2013, he’s been avidly following Melee since his first wavedash in 2009. He formerly helped develop the social media and content at HTC Esports, and these days produces videos for Cheddar Esports and is the lead writer for False Swipe gaming. You can stay up to date with Zane’s interviews on his YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/c/epengu.

Rishi (@rishissb) is a long-time competitive Smash veteran. He has been ranked in five Smash games and entered his first tournament in 2005. Formerly from the DMV area, Rishi now resides in NYC where he works in gaming analytics. Check out more of Rishi's content on supersmash.blog/ and youtube.com/rishissb.