SSBM

February 26, 2024

Note on my relationship with Melee

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Introduction

I frequently enter Super Smash Bros. Melee tournaments. I use the tag "Jada" in this community, and I have been playing competively since 2013. I have done a variety of things in the community to varying degrees such as:

• TOing - I've done tournament organizing for local events, securing a venue, advertising, scheduling, managing brackets, securing full setups, etc.
• PR panelist - For several seasson, I have been a power ranking panelist to determine an ordered numerical list of the strongest players for a usually local region for a given time frame.
• coach - I have coached various low and mid level players for my local region, primarily focused on understanding the fundamentals of the game and how to effectively improve.
• community figure - I deeply enjoy meeting local new players, answering questions, and also organzing the logistics for traveling to larger out of region events.
• content - I have spent the least amount of time doing this, but I have briefly done content creation via Pittsburgh Monthly Melee Minutes prior to the pandemic. I also did a few interviews in text form that I am afraid may be lost to the sands of time.
• player - I have been ranked several times in Pittsburgh, and, at the time of writing, am ranked 2nd. I have defeated several players who were at the time ranked or were shortly ranked top 100 in the world.

I primarily play Sheik in tournaments, and my practice is solely focused on improving with her. I also really enjoy playing as Zelda and switch to her occasionally in games. My first tournament was Y-Town Throwdown in 2014, where I placed 49th out of 119 entrants. My liquidpedia page has a bit more information on the specific events I have attended.

The game is incredibly challenging and deep. The game itself and the community have taught me so much, and I am forever grateful.

Sample Tournament Sets

Suidt (Fox) vs Jada (Sheik) - Melee Singles Losers Pools - Full Bloom 2024

Jada_TBK & Khryke vs Envy & Polish - Grand Finals - Phantom 2022

MOAL 206 | Gerb (Marth) vs Jada (Sheik) | Winners Semis

The Nightclub VIP: TinderMaster3000 (Fox) vs Jada TBK (Zelda, Sheik) - WR2 SSBM Pool A