Month: October 2016

In readiness for the DreamHack Smash Championship in Sweden later this year, DreamHack Fighters caught up with current Super Smash Bros. Melee world number one and proud Swede Adam “Armada” Lindgren to discuss his history and goals going forward with Melee. It all started after competing at the Nintendo Championship, alongside his fellow Melee playing brothers “Aniolas” and “Android,” back in 2005. Upon learning that there was a whole world of players who were better than him at Melee, it became his goal to become the best in the world, through constant practice and tournament attendance.

His decision to make Peach his main came partially from going to the Nintendo Championship and seeing someone doing loads of damage with her down-smash. Combine that with the fact that people were placing high with Peach without using the tech that Armada has discovered himself, he could place even higher than them by employing all the strategies he had invented, combined with the tactics he saw American players using.

According to the interview, Armada’s long term goal as a player is to stay as the world number one, while also maintaining his stream and his hands. Many other top players are developing serious hand injuries which prevent them from playing, so Armada hopes to compete for as long as his hands will let him. You can check out the full interview over on DreamHack’s official website, which also answers the burning question of which Mario brother is Armada’s favorite.

Source: DreamHack

In readiness for the DreamHack Smash Championship in Sweden later this year, DreamHack Fighters caught up with current Super Smash Bros. Melee world number one and proud Swede Adam “Armada” Lindgren to discuss his history and goals going forward with Melee. It all started after competing at the Nintendo Championship, alongside his fellow Melee playing brothers “Aniolas” and “Android,” back in 2005. Upon learning that there was a whole world of players who were better than him at Melee, it became his goal to become the best in the world, through constant practice and tournament attendance.

His decision to make Peach his main came partially from going to the Nintendo Championship and seeing someone doing loads of damage with her down-smash. Combine that with the fact that people were placing high with Peach without using the tech that Armada has discovered himself, he could place even higher than them by employing all the strategies he had invented, combined with the tactics he saw American players using.

According to the interview, Armada’s long term goal as a player is to stay as the world number one, while also maintaining his stream and his hands. Many other top players are developing serious hand injuries which prevent them from playing, so Armada hopes to compete for as long as his hands will let him. You can check out the full interview over on DreamHack’s official website, which also answers the burning question of which Mario brother is Armada’s favorite.

Source: DreamHack

See the SFV action again–or for the first time!

This past weekend’s SoCal Regionals served up a Street Fighter V battle worthy of California’s biggest FGC event: with Qanba.Douyo’s Xiaohai taking their second CPT win, and Evil Geniuses’ K-Brad breaking the top three, amidst the other various pro player placements that continue to demonstrate how changeable the top 16s are for this game.

Street Fighter fans who missed the action–or want to have a second look–will want to check out this highlight compilation from Xuses:

If you prefer to watch your matches in full, here’s the SFV Grand Final–Xiaohai versus YouDeal.MJS|Haitani–from Capcom Fighters.

Capcom Fighters has much more match footage from SCR as well on their channel, so go have a look if you want more SFV action from SoCal!

Sources: XusesGB; Capcom Fighters

See the SFV action again–or for the first time!

This past weekend’s SoCal Regionals served up a Street Fighter V battle worthy of California’s biggest FGC event: with Qanba.Douyo’s Xiaohai taking their second CPT win, and Evil Geniuses’ K-Brad breaking the top three, amidst the other various pro player placements that continue to demonstrate how changeable the top 16s are for this game.

Street Fighter fans who missed the action–or want to have a second look–will want to check out this highlight compilation from Xuses:

If you prefer to watch your matches in full, here’s the SFV Grand Final–Xiaohai versus YouDeal.MJS|Haitani–from Capcom Fighters.

Capcom Fighters has much more match footage from SCR as well on their channel, so go have a look if you want more SFV action from SoCal!

Sources: XusesGB; Capcom Fighters