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This isn't meant to be a doomsdayer post, regardless of how I feel.

I loved the 5 Gods era. That's just the best this game had to offer, period. However, in terms of why this game is excellent, I think that ends up being Zain vs Cody.

Both of these guys not only play against each other the most, but they also have a really distinct humility of learning the game. When either of these guys are on point and in control, it feels so thought out and conclusive. It has felt like that before them, but these guys are just really willing to throw their ego aside and keep trying.

I think these two will be the gatekeepers for the next top players and maybe the rest of Melee. They're always willing to play.

I know people are mixed on SF soundtracks post SF3, there are some good songs here and there, but I LOVE Fete Foraine. This song gives me the feeling of "omg Capcom DOES care about making a good SF". Idk how to describe it, it's just so good.

On a technical level, it's impressive to mix THAT many sounds and have all of them come out clear. You need actual direction with the song to be able to do stuff like that.

On the topic of SF6 music, shoutout to the victory screen music.

I hear people be like "oh yeah you can ASDI left and then buffer C stick into Z while rotating the controller left to get out of Peach Dsmash at 12.4% if they're on port 3".

First of all, how do you know this?

Second of all, if you know this, why is this information not being shared? Shouldn't there be some Modern Melee Encyclopedia with this data actually compiled as one source for people to look at?

For example, the Fox page would have his frame data, on upsmash, hitboxes, note any unique properties, etc. Then, in the matchup section, there should be what percentage it kills on characters on every main stage, then there should be a "how this move can be punished" where it has strategies for other chars to beat you.

It shouldn't be up to some random dude in Idaho that knows what percent Falcon dies at on FoD from Fox upsmash. It should just be public, gathered knowledge.

..unless I'm wrong and there actually is one.