Date: 22/5/2015
Time: ~3:00 PM
I remove Cameron from the Skype group chat.
We leave the venue with our arms over each others shoulders. I wonder what the people in public thought of us. We get to Leisha's car. We are at a slight impasse. We want to go to a chocolate café, but the car only seats 5 of us and we have 6 people. We decide to take our chances. Leisha jumps in the back first, then Cameron, then me, then Dean. There isn't much room and I don't like sitting this close to Cameron. Leisha says that if we see police then one of us should probably duck our heads. I decide to do it basically permanently. Cameron then sees this as an opportunity to use my back as an arm rest. I don't remember giving him permission to use me as a piece of furniture.
We park at our destination and walk, and walk and walk for what seems like an eternity. We get to the chocolate café. Leisha, Dean and Bryce all order something, but Cameron thinks it's too expensive so he didn't want to get anything. I sigh in pity and ask him what him and Justin want. I order us 3 milkshakes. My train of thought came down to "it's not fun to be left out, so this will give them something at least without sending me bankrupt".
Sitting at the table, we get our milkshakes. Leisha and Bryce have lit candles decorating their liquid chocolate bowl. I drink my milkshake, but the alleyway has a distinct draft. The more I drink of the milkshake, the colder I get. I start shivering, and aren't sure how much longer I can take this. Cameron is still trying to drink his damned milkshake despite the fact that literally everyone else is finished. Leisha runs off to the bathroom and takes like, 20 mins. She comes back, and decides that toasting one of the last two marshmallows on the decorated candle would be a good idea. It worked. I really wanted to try also, except I accidentally set mine on fire. I tried to feed the once-on-fire marshmallow to Cameron, but he recoils in horror, so Dean eats it instead.
It's incredibly cold. The others are worried about me, Leisha tells me to bring a thicker jumper next time, and Cameron tells me to keep my hoodie on. We decide to go to the EB games on Swanston Street, as they often have tournaments held there on Friday. We come up with a plan; we will convince Deez that I'm Leisha's cousin from South Morang, named David...
05/27/2015 04:08:52
Best thing I've read all year. Look forward to more,
05/27/2015 07:10:43
05/27/2015 07:10:43
Date: 22/5/2015
Time: ~5:00 PM
We get to the Swanston Street EB Games store. We get up the stairs and there's a huge crowd of people there. The people have crowded the area, so we don't dare go close. Instead we sit near the stairwell. I see a familiar face, though he does not recognize me. It's Earl. Previously we'd met in 2012, so I chatted to him for a bit. He seemed to have matured a lot since I'd last seen him. No longer only a robot, he seemed like an actual person this time. He didn't know we'd met before, but he recognized my name as the Smashboards data guy, which really made me happy.
Cameron was elsewhere, and tried to introduce me to Deez, but I was a bit busy talking to Earl. Apparently Cameron had convinced Deez thoroughly that I really WAS Leisha's cousin, David, from South Morang. Unfortunately this ruse was shattered instantly when V came running at me yelling "AERO?" with her bug net in hand.
The bug net gets put over my head.
"Oh," I said.
Deez seems excited to meet me finally. He seems much less annoying in real life. I ignore him mostly to talk to other people I'd just met, like Astra who was someone I'd known years ago, and V who was sitting there directly adjacent to me. We chat some more and the EB organizer asks if any of us wanted to replace some idiots who signed up as a joke. Cameron and I agree.
My set is first. My Sheik gets bopped by some high schooler. I beat him after with Bowser however. The same thing happens to Cameron. His Bowser gets bopped, but he beats his opponent with Charizard. I'm informed that my next opponent is V.
"Oh," I said.
Cameron plays his match vs this other high schooler and gets exposed and loses to this child 2-1. I find out that V has actually quit and my real opponent is Jei. I decide to play forward smash the character, but ultimately I lose 2-1 also.
We all quickly leave after this since the EB tournament really isn't that interesting at all.
Leisha and Bryce disappear and we go back to the hotel briefly before going to the BAM venue for the pre-tournament whatever it was they were doing there. Not very exciting stuff. We literally show up for 10 mins and decided that the hotel was approximately 10x more interesting.
We watch primarily my youtube videos on Cameron's bed for the rest of the night, before finally going to sleep for the BAM pools the next morning.
05/27/2015 10:27:45
Time: ~5:00 PM
We get to the Swanston Street EB Games store. We get up the stairs and there's a huge crowd of people there. The people have crowded the area, so we don't dare go close. Instead we sit near the stairwell. I see a familiar face, though he does not recognize me. It's Earl. Previously we'd met in 2012, so I chatted to him for a bit. He seemed to have matured a lot since I'd last seen him. No longer only a robot, he seemed like an actual person this time. He didn't know we'd met before, but he recognized my name as the Smashboards data guy, which really made me happy.
Cameron was elsewhere, and tried to introduce me to Deez, but I was a bit busy talking to Earl. Apparently Cameron had convinced Deez thoroughly that I really WAS Leisha's cousin, David, from South Morang. Unfortunately this ruse was shattered instantly when V came running at me yelling "AERO?" with her bug net in hand.
The bug net gets put over my head.
"Oh," I said.
Deez seems excited to meet me finally. He seems much less annoying in real life. I ignore him mostly to talk to other people I'd just met, like Astra who was someone I'd known years ago, and V who was sitting there directly adjacent to me. We chat some more and the EB organizer asks if any of us wanted to replace some idiots who signed up as a joke. Cameron and I agree.
My set is first. My Sheik gets bopped by some high schooler. I beat him after with Bowser however. The same thing happens to Cameron. His Bowser gets bopped, but he beats his opponent with Charizard. I'm informed that my next opponent is V.
"Oh," I said.
Cameron plays his match vs this other high schooler and gets exposed and loses to this child 2-1. I find out that V has actually quit and my real opponent is Jei. I decide to play forward smash the character, but ultimately I lose 2-1 also.
We all quickly leave after this since the EB tournament really isn't that interesting at all.
Leisha and Bryce disappear and we go back to the hotel briefly before going to the BAM venue for the pre-tournament whatever it was they were doing there. Not very exciting stuff. We literally show up for 10 mins and decided that the hotel was approximately 10x more interesting.
We watch primarily my youtube videos on Cameron's bed for the rest of the night, before finally going to sleep for the BAM pools the next morning.
05/27/2015 10:27:45
Wow this story doesn't cease to amaze me, beautifully written and with a beautiful ebb and flow of the plot, I cannot wait to read the next Camaero diary
***** - NY Times
05/27/2015 10:43:46
***** - NY Times
05/27/2015 10:43:46
Lyre dies. "I didn't like her anyway."
05/27/2015 10:43:54
05/27/2015 10:43:54
Date: 23/5/2015
Time: ~8:00 AM
The alarm goes off once more. I put my hand to my face, and rub my eyes. Dean opens the blinds.
"THE SUN," I yell. Nobody finds it funny.
We all take turns having showers, but we don't have time to get breakfast. Justin was DQ'd because Cameron was an idiot and got the pools wrong. We hurry to the venue since my pools are basically almost started. We wait at the line but Dean tells me to just walk through and let the Smash 4 organizers know I'm there. I rush by Rhyno who I'd been dying to see, but it was important that I not get DQ'd from the tournament all together.
"You're just in time, we were about to disqualify you," they said.
I rub the back of my head in relief and start playing my pools matches. First up was some Perth player. Being from Perth, this made him automatically garbage in my eyes. I was right. That was an easy set. My next match was against a 3rd seed Mii Gunner, who probably should have been a 2nd seed also. I lose to her 2-0 since I SD'd once in both games. I'm struggling to keep my countenance. I had two more opponent next. Some Mario player who destroyed my Sheik in game one, but lost to Bowser cheese in games 2 and 3, and some girl's Toon Link who destroyed my Robin in game one, but lost to Bowser cheese in games 2 and 3 also.
I had to play the person I lost to once more. Whether I get out of pools, it came down to this. First game was easy, not really sure what happened, it was a blur really. I 2 stocked her Mii Gunner with ease using my Rosalina. It was going pretty good. I banned some stage that wasn't FD, so she counterpicked that. Something happened, I SD'd and lost all hope of winning the match. I kinda just let her hit me so the match could be over quicker. She bans Battlefield, and I counterpick Lylat to counter her silly short hop shenanigans. I utterly crush her for the first and second stock; it's there, victory is in sight. My superior thought process had determined that Lylat would be the best stage choice to ruin Mii Gunner's terrible vertical recovery, which happened in game like I had predicted.
The percentage is 140% to 50%, I have the stage control. I only have to land one KO move to land myself in bracket.
Then it happens.
She lands a random down smash. It outright KO's me from center stage with good DI. I look at the screen in shock, while the Mii Gunner lady cries out in excitement and beats her chest. I wordlessly shake her hand and unplug my controller. I stand up and see everyone there; I try to smile, but I can't. Cam, Rhyno, Dean, Leisha... and everyone else. "What are they thinking," I wonder to myself. I'm still not sure to this day. I receive numerous Skype messages from everyone from qldsmash, but they hardly console me. The fact that I lost... was devastating. I space out entirely for the next half an hour or so...
05/27/2015 11:35:10
Time: ~8:00 AM
The alarm goes off once more. I put my hand to my face, and rub my eyes. Dean opens the blinds.
"THE SUN," I yell. Nobody finds it funny.
We all take turns having showers, but we don't have time to get breakfast. Justin was DQ'd because Cameron was an idiot and got the pools wrong. We hurry to the venue since my pools are basically almost started. We wait at the line but Dean tells me to just walk through and let the Smash 4 organizers know I'm there. I rush by Rhyno who I'd been dying to see, but it was important that I not get DQ'd from the tournament all together.
"You're just in time, we were about to disqualify you," they said.
I rub the back of my head in relief and start playing my pools matches. First up was some Perth player. Being from Perth, this made him automatically garbage in my eyes. I was right. That was an easy set. My next match was against a 3rd seed Mii Gunner, who probably should have been a 2nd seed also. I lose to her 2-0 since I SD'd once in both games. I'm struggling to keep my countenance. I had two more opponent next. Some Mario player who destroyed my Sheik in game one, but lost to Bowser cheese in games 2 and 3, and some girl's Toon Link who destroyed my Robin in game one, but lost to Bowser cheese in games 2 and 3 also.
I had to play the person I lost to once more. Whether I get out of pools, it came down to this. First game was easy, not really sure what happened, it was a blur really. I 2 stocked her Mii Gunner with ease using my Rosalina. It was going pretty good. I banned some stage that wasn't FD, so she counterpicked that. Something happened, I SD'd and lost all hope of winning the match. I kinda just let her hit me so the match could be over quicker. She bans Battlefield, and I counterpick Lylat to counter her silly short hop shenanigans. I utterly crush her for the first and second stock; it's there, victory is in sight. My superior thought process had determined that Lylat would be the best stage choice to ruin Mii Gunner's terrible vertical recovery, which happened in game like I had predicted.
The percentage is 140% to 50%, I have the stage control. I only have to land one KO move to land myself in bracket.
Then it happens.
She lands a random down smash. It outright KO's me from center stage with good DI. I look at the screen in shock, while the Mii Gunner lady cries out in excitement and beats her chest. I wordlessly shake her hand and unplug my controller. I stand up and see everyone there; I try to smile, but I can't. Cam, Rhyno, Dean, Leisha... and everyone else. "What are they thinking," I wonder to myself. I'm still not sure to this day. I receive numerous Skype messages from everyone from qldsmash, but they hardly console me. The fact that I lost... was devastating. I space out entirely for the next half an hour or so...
05/27/2015 11:35:10
T~~~T The story got sad all of a sudden.
05/27/2015 12:29:59
05/27/2015 12:29:59
Date: 23/5/2015
Time: ~10:00 AM
We walk over to the streaming area. I sit down next to Cameron on the chair and chat with him and Ryan. Shane and the other commentator want me to money match Cameron. I'm hardly in the mood. I don't want to do it, but Cameron informs me of a rather underhanded change of events; he'll be playing a character I have no matchup experience against instead, AKA Bowser. His Charizard is trash and easy to beat, but I'd never played a good Bowser in Smash 4 before.
We do Rock, Paper, Scissors. He picks paper. I pick rock. He leans in close.
"Paper wraps rock," he says softly as he gently cups my fist with his hand.
I stare at him. My emotions are getting harder to control, and I resist the urge to hit him.
Shane bets with Dean $10 on me winning. I sit there dying inside, I can't take this pressure of being on stream as it is, let alone Shane's money on the line. We start the games. It was best of 3. The first game was really close; Cameron got lucky to have won it really. The second game though, I continued to fall deeper into despair.
I lose. I stare at Cameron wordlessly. He cradles my face gently with his hand, then he picks up his $2.50. He's laughing. The commentators are laughing. Dean is laughing. Ryan is laughing. V is trying her best not to laugh. Cameron extends his hand for a handshake. I continue staring at him. He grabs my hand and shakes it for me.
We start a friendly. Lucina vs Bowser. I just want to forward smash my troubles away. V offers us both some chocolate.
I destroy him first stock, though neither of us are really taking it seriously. He eats the piece of chocolate after respawning off the platform. Is he... mocking me? I shake my head. I don't want to play. During the second stock, I SD and pull my controller out and leave.
I hate him. I don't know what these feelings are. He's the only person I've ever managed to simultaneously love and hate at the exact same time. I know I'll talk to him later, but for now I just want him to disappear. Date: 23/5/2015
Time: ~11:00 AM
I sit down with Cameron and Rhyno. I'm not speaking to Cameron.
"Talk to meeeeeee," he whines.
We play some Monster Hunter together. Cameron says something stupid. I look behind at him and I smile inadvertently. He smiles back. I roll my eyes at the bumbling idiot. Khoa comes up to me. I'm excited to see him, since I hadn't seen him since 2012. I leech off Rhyno and Cameron in Monster Hunter while I talk to Khoa about stuff and things.
"We should all get lunch together!" I exclaim. "But not Asian food," I say sternly.
He looks at me.
"That was the worst thing you could have said to me," he says.
We smile. He's making me feel better about the day gone by.
Cameron and I sit on the stairs outside the venue. I'm tired, but so is he. He pulls out a tubelike thing. It's a caffeinated energy gel. He takes about 20 minutes to get it open to eat it. I tell him he probably shouldn't eat it. He tries to consume the energy gel, but the look on his face tells me that it's not particularly enjoyable to eat. As he's eating it, I can smell... something. I can smell the energy gel from where I'm sitting!
"Are you sure that's safe to eat?!" I ask worriedly.
I demand him to look at the used by date.
"April 2015".
"These things have like, a 10 year shelf life!" I say.
He seems to agree to my request not to finish it and throws it away.
Leisha and Cameron have their pool coming up shortly...
05/28/2015 08:17:08
Time: ~10:00 AM
We walk over to the streaming area. I sit down next to Cameron on the chair and chat with him and Ryan. Shane and the other commentator want me to money match Cameron. I'm hardly in the mood. I don't want to do it, but Cameron informs me of a rather underhanded change of events; he'll be playing a character I have no matchup experience against instead, AKA Bowser. His Charizard is trash and easy to beat, but I'd never played a good Bowser in Smash 4 before.
We do Rock, Paper, Scissors. He picks paper. I pick rock. He leans in close.
"Paper wraps rock," he says softly as he gently cups my fist with his hand.
I stare at him. My emotions are getting harder to control, and I resist the urge to hit him.
Shane bets with Dean $10 on me winning. I sit there dying inside, I can't take this pressure of being on stream as it is, let alone Shane's money on the line. We start the games. It was best of 3. The first game was really close; Cameron got lucky to have won it really. The second game though, I continued to fall deeper into despair.
I lose. I stare at Cameron wordlessly. He cradles my face gently with his hand, then he picks up his $2.50. He's laughing. The commentators are laughing. Dean is laughing. Ryan is laughing. V is trying her best not to laugh. Cameron extends his hand for a handshake. I continue staring at him. He grabs my hand and shakes it for me.
We start a friendly. Lucina vs Bowser. I just want to forward smash my troubles away. V offers us both some chocolate.
I destroy him first stock, though neither of us are really taking it seriously. He eats the piece of chocolate after respawning off the platform. Is he... mocking me? I shake my head. I don't want to play. During the second stock, I SD and pull my controller out and leave.
I hate him. I don't know what these feelings are. He's the only person I've ever managed to simultaneously love and hate at the exact same time. I know I'll talk to him later, but for now I just want him to disappear. Date: 23/5/2015
Time: ~11:00 AM
I sit down with Cameron and Rhyno. I'm not speaking to Cameron.
"Talk to meeeeeee," he whines.
We play some Monster Hunter together. Cameron says something stupid. I look behind at him and I smile inadvertently. He smiles back. I roll my eyes at the bumbling idiot. Khoa comes up to me. I'm excited to see him, since I hadn't seen him since 2012. I leech off Rhyno and Cameron in Monster Hunter while I talk to Khoa about stuff and things.
"We should all get lunch together!" I exclaim. "But not Asian food," I say sternly.
He looks at me.
"That was the worst thing you could have said to me," he says.
We smile. He's making me feel better about the day gone by.
Cameron and I sit on the stairs outside the venue. I'm tired, but so is he. He pulls out a tubelike thing. It's a caffeinated energy gel. He takes about 20 minutes to get it open to eat it. I tell him he probably shouldn't eat it. He tries to consume the energy gel, but the look on his face tells me that it's not particularly enjoyable to eat. As he's eating it, I can smell... something. I can smell the energy gel from where I'm sitting!
"Are you sure that's safe to eat?!" I ask worriedly.
I demand him to look at the used by date.
"April 2015".
"These things have like, a 10 year shelf life!" I say.
He seems to agree to my request not to finish it and throws it away.
Leisha and Cameron have their pool coming up shortly...
05/28/2015 08:17:08
V kind of seems like that cheezy girl in anime that always offers random food
05/28/2015 06:02:42
05/28/2015 06:02:42
This is getting good :O
05/28/2015 08:05:35
05/28/2015 08:05:35
Date: 23/5/2015
Time: ~4:00 PM
Pool P. Cameron and Leisha begin their matches. Cameron first up is against some Kirby player. Leisha is against her opponent. They both win 2-0. Unfortunately a cruel twist of fate has them against each other in the second round.
I love both Leisha and Cameron and want to see them get through, but with Meteor Master in the same pool, it seems unlikely that both will get out. They begin the set. It's Leisha's ROB versus Cameron's Bowser. They pick Town & City, and Leisha utterly crushes Cameron in the first game of the set. At some stage she tech chases him and KOs him with up air to up air at 80%. The second game was hardly any better; I can't remember a time when I had seen Cameron manhandled so brutally in Smash. I wanted to give Cameron matchup advice, but how could I coach for Cameron and not Leisha? I could see clearly the things they should have been doing; but kept silent on the matter.
Cameron is sent to losers to play against Lizam, who had knocked into losers by some random player I'd never heard of before. Lizam seemed like a nice guy. He was neat and well dressed; something I don't expect from most Smashers. Then again, he had about eighty thousand layers of clothing on and a stylish scarf. I probably should have gotten his real name while I was there.
They start their set, once again Cameron finds himself losing terribly. It amazes me that he does so well against me, but so poorly against people I would hold my own against. The first game goes to Lizam. The second game goes to Cameron. The final game would decide it all...
The last stock is last hit. Both players will die to just about anything. Or so I thought. The game continues to drag on forever. My heart rate increases and increases. I can barely watch the set in front of me. Then it happens. Lizam lands the final blow. 2-1 to Lizam. They shake hands and Cameron stands up and shuffles away. I can read just about anyone based on what their facial expressions are at the time. But Cameron is harder to read than anyone I've known. I give him a hug. He did well, I suppose, but he had the potential to get out of that pool, so I was a bit disappointed in him. His placement was equal 81st, compared to my equal 33rd out of 160.
He didn't really tell me what he was feeling, then again I didn't either when I lost. He asked me to teach him how to play against Sonic. I knew at the time what to do, but I decided that I'll consider teaching him at a later date.
We go to McDonald's (again) with Rhyno and Dean in tow. We order food, and I give my chips to Dean and Rhyno to eat. Cameron is sitting next to me; judging. Rhyno and Dean play with the build your own burger sign, like it's a minigame. I notice something on the lights above us. There is... dried coke on the lightshade. I am judging everything so hard right now.
We hurry back to the venue. Doubles will start soon. I have a text message 5 minutes before doubles starts. It's from my best friend. I call him. To be honest, I was terrified at that point. I was so scared I was going to let Cameron down in doubles, just like my mediocre performance earlier today had let me down in singles. My mind races as the darkness enfolds me. But just hearing my friends' voice over the phone, it snapped me back to my senses and reassures me of why I'm there. He wishes me good luck and I hang up the phone.
We're called to start our doubles matches.
05/28/2015 09:40:07
Time: ~4:00 PM
Pool P. Cameron and Leisha begin their matches. Cameron first up is against some Kirby player. Leisha is against her opponent. They both win 2-0. Unfortunately a cruel twist of fate has them against each other in the second round.
I love both Leisha and Cameron and want to see them get through, but with Meteor Master in the same pool, it seems unlikely that both will get out. They begin the set. It's Leisha's ROB versus Cameron's Bowser. They pick Town & City, and Leisha utterly crushes Cameron in the first game of the set. At some stage she tech chases him and KOs him with up air to up air at 80%. The second game was hardly any better; I can't remember a time when I had seen Cameron manhandled so brutally in Smash. I wanted to give Cameron matchup advice, but how could I coach for Cameron and not Leisha? I could see clearly the things they should have been doing; but kept silent on the matter.
Cameron is sent to losers to play against Lizam, who had knocked into losers by some random player I'd never heard of before. Lizam seemed like a nice guy. He was neat and well dressed; something I don't expect from most Smashers. Then again, he had about eighty thousand layers of clothing on and a stylish scarf. I probably should have gotten his real name while I was there.
They start their set, once again Cameron finds himself losing terribly. It amazes me that he does so well against me, but so poorly against people I would hold my own against. The first game goes to Lizam. The second game goes to Cameron. The final game would decide it all...
The last stock is last hit. Both players will die to just about anything. Or so I thought. The game continues to drag on forever. My heart rate increases and increases. I can barely watch the set in front of me. Then it happens. Lizam lands the final blow. 2-1 to Lizam. They shake hands and Cameron stands up and shuffles away. I can read just about anyone based on what their facial expressions are at the time. But Cameron is harder to read than anyone I've known. I give him a hug. He did well, I suppose, but he had the potential to get out of that pool, so I was a bit disappointed in him. His placement was equal 81st, compared to my equal 33rd out of 160.
He didn't really tell me what he was feeling, then again I didn't either when I lost. He asked me to teach him how to play against Sonic. I knew at the time what to do, but I decided that I'll consider teaching him at a later date.
We go to McDonald's (again) with Rhyno and Dean in tow. We order food, and I give my chips to Dean and Rhyno to eat. Cameron is sitting next to me; judging. Rhyno and Dean play with the build your own burger sign, like it's a minigame. I notice something on the lights above us. There is... dried coke on the lightshade. I am judging everything so hard right now.
We hurry back to the venue. Doubles will start soon. I have a text message 5 minutes before doubles starts. It's from my best friend. I call him. To be honest, I was terrified at that point. I was so scared I was going to let Cameron down in doubles, just like my mediocre performance earlier today had let me down in singles. My mind races as the darkness enfolds me. But just hearing my friends' voice over the phone, it snapped me back to my senses and reassures me of why I'm there. He wishes me good luck and I hang up the phone.
We're called to start our doubles matches.
05/28/2015 09:40:07
I really love how honest you're being with these diary entries, Aero. Great to read and can't wait for more :)
05/28/2015 14:36:02
05/28/2015 14:36:02
Date: 23/5/2015
Time: ~6:00 PM
We've found our doubles opponents. Cameron asks me who I want him to use. I tell him it doesn't worry me who he uses. I had been asking Cameron weeks prior who he wanted me to use for doubles at BAM. He said he didn't care at all. We sit down at the set up and I select my character.
"Robin!" the announcer yells.
I'd been training a bit with Robin for this day. My superior thought process had determined that this would be the best character to pick as a doubles partner for Cameron, but I hadn't accounted for him switching to Bowser for the tournament. It mattered not; this was my last chance to show off a fantastic display of skill.
Cameron being Cameron, he tends to be very unaware of his surroundings, which leads to him hitting me often. In doubles friendlies I targeted him on purpose to condition him to keep an eye out for me and to avoid my own attacks.
Our first opponents are a guy and girl. As the commander of our team, it was up to me to do the thinking for both of us, since Cameron generally doesn't think at all. The first team was fairly easy to beat.
"The key to victory, lies within," I think to myself.
I check the Challonge bracket. Next up are two NSW/ACT players. We quickly start our set, but Cameron does awfully in the first game and we lose it. He looks at me sternly and tells me not to pick Robin again. I was taken aback... He sounded so serious... So scary... So I pick Sheik. Doubts and fears begin cloud my mind.
The second game goes well, and he pulls off this awesome double KO during the match with Bowser's Flying Slam.
"Have sex with me!" is my joking response to his double KO. He looks at me with this big goofy grin.
The final match didn't go quite so well however. Previous doubts and fears take over; during the match I can do nothing but watch in terror. I don't have enough space to combo, I'm not doing enough chip damage and Cameron keeps hitting me whenever I get near him. We lose our winners bracket set. I go on tilt. I can't help it. I'd failed. But I remember the voice of my friend once more and steel myself for the losers bracket. But before that, I pull Cameron over to the side.
"Cameron..." I say. " Don't tell me to pick Sheik again."
Our next match was against two players who were bad. We utterly crush them.
"Hey Aero," comes a voice. "Looks like you'll get your chance to play Liquid Chillindude after all."
The voice was Cameron with the challonge bracket. The stage was set. It seemed as though I'd really get to play one of the world's best Melee players in my own game of Smash.
05/29/2015 02:37:39
Time: ~6:00 PM
We've found our doubles opponents. Cameron asks me who I want him to use. I tell him it doesn't worry me who he uses. I had been asking Cameron weeks prior who he wanted me to use for doubles at BAM. He said he didn't care at all. We sit down at the set up and I select my character.
"Robin!" the announcer yells.
I'd been training a bit with Robin for this day. My superior thought process had determined that this would be the best character to pick as a doubles partner for Cameron, but I hadn't accounted for him switching to Bowser for the tournament. It mattered not; this was my last chance to show off a fantastic display of skill.
Cameron being Cameron, he tends to be very unaware of his surroundings, which leads to him hitting me often. In doubles friendlies I targeted him on purpose to condition him to keep an eye out for me and to avoid my own attacks.
Our first opponents are a guy and girl. As the commander of our team, it was up to me to do the thinking for both of us, since Cameron generally doesn't think at all. The first team was fairly easy to beat.
"The key to victory, lies within," I think to myself.
I check the Challonge bracket. Next up are two NSW/ACT players. We quickly start our set, but Cameron does awfully in the first game and we lose it. He looks at me sternly and tells me not to pick Robin again. I was taken aback... He sounded so serious... So scary... So I pick Sheik. Doubts and fears begin cloud my mind.
The second game goes well, and he pulls off this awesome double KO during the match with Bowser's Flying Slam.
"Have sex with me!" is my joking response to his double KO. He looks at me with this big goofy grin.
The final match didn't go quite so well however. Previous doubts and fears take over; during the match I can do nothing but watch in terror. I don't have enough space to combo, I'm not doing enough chip damage and Cameron keeps hitting me whenever I get near him. We lose our winners bracket set. I go on tilt. I can't help it. I'd failed. But I remember the voice of my friend once more and steel myself for the losers bracket. But before that, I pull Cameron over to the side.
"Cameron..." I say. " Don't tell me to pick Sheik again."
Our next match was against two players who were bad. We utterly crush them.
"Hey Aero," comes a voice. "Looks like you'll get your chance to play Liquid Chillindude after all."
The voice was Cameron with the challonge bracket. The stage was set. It seemed as though I'd really get to play one of the world's best Melee players in my own game of Smash.
05/29/2015 02:37:39
am anticipating a "my b" somewhere in the next entry.. <:
05/29/2015 03:00:06
05/29/2015 03:00:06
Date: 23/5/2015
Time: ~7:00 PM
I look at the Challonge bracket. Our team name seems to have been changed to "Boozer sucks Aerodrome". Cameron seems less than impressed, as I look at him over my shoulder smugly. Our opponent really does seem to be Liquid Chillindude!
We find Chillindude and his partner. We greet them, and his partner says to watch out for Cameron because he's a Smash 4 player. He eyes over me however.
"I don't recognize this guy though... He must be trash," he says, looking into my eyes.
I clench my fist slightly. Who is this person? Obnoxious and abhorrent, I despise him already. Chillindude seemingly tries to make peace than try to trash talk me, mentioning my Smashboards shirt.
Smiling fakely, I say: "I've never been on Smashboards before in my life."
"Fair enough," comes the reply.
I'm furious. I will demolish them singlehandedly if I have to. I tag Chillindude's Donkey Kong as my opponent for the first match, while Cameron tags the other person's Megaman. I thought Chillindude would be better, but he wasn't particularly amazing. He was better than his doubles opponent though who was really quite atrocious. We 6 stock them in the first match. While I wasn't actively showing it, I was still seething with rage.
The next game they want to gentleman's PAC-LAND; AKA the worst stage in the game. We agree because they're going to lose anyway. The game is a bit of a blur really, but I do remember one of them yelling out "WHY DOES ROBIN STILL HAVE 3 STOCKS?" which made me laugh maniacally internally.
We crush them this game also. We shake hands and move on to find our strongest opponents yet; Kira and Enn.
Kira's Zero Suit Samus had been famous since Brawl days, and she was in top 8 of singles, so I knew not to underestimate her. I didn't know who Enn was, but he was also from NSW so he was sure to be a formidable opponent also. We sit down at a set up. Someone wants the chair I'm sitting on. I tell them to go away. They do... temporarily anyway.
We start our game on Battlefield. The pressure is intense, but I can't fold now! Kira does the smart thing and tags me for most of the match, something that other players hadn't done in the sets previously. I'm struggling with Kira's rushdown, she continues to pressure me, but I'm not losing it yet. Cameron is doing well against Enn but probably not as well as he could be doing. The game progresses with Cameron on 1 stock and me on 2 stock. We have the stock lead, but Cameron has almost lost his last one. He loses it and takes my spare. It's pretty even now... Enn is the first to fall, then Cameron shortly afterwards leaving just Kira and I. The stock percentages are basically the same. Cameron sits next to me nervously. Kira and I trade blows until we're both at KO percent... I land a hit which knocks her offstage. She recovers high with Flip Kick. I can see it, I can see clearly what she's going to do.
"There it is!"
She jumps and I up air in the area I predict her to be. It hits cleanly and KOs her off the top of the blastzone. She seemed genuinely surprised. The second match begins and it's just as intense. Same characters, same stage. This match went a bit easier for me, because I tagged Enn instead of Kira. Cameron loses all his stocks, but once again I have a stock for him to use up. Kira loses her last stock, while Enn is on very high percent. Cameron and I are both an Ebola back throw away from death, but somehow I do it; I land a KO blow on Enn's Ness.
Kira and Enn are incredible sports about their loss. They high five each other and fist bump. I wish other players were like this. We all shake hands and part ways. Our next match is against one of SA's best, and some random person I've never heard of called Flow Rats. I try to get information on them but to no avail. I hope for the best in our next set.
05/29/2015 07:07:04
Time: ~7:00 PM
I look at the Challonge bracket. Our team name seems to have been changed to "Boozer sucks Aerodrome". Cameron seems less than impressed, as I look at him over my shoulder smugly. Our opponent really does seem to be Liquid Chillindude!
We find Chillindude and his partner. We greet them, and his partner says to watch out for Cameron because he's a Smash 4 player. He eyes over me however.
"I don't recognize this guy though... He must be trash," he says, looking into my eyes.
I clench my fist slightly. Who is this person? Obnoxious and abhorrent, I despise him already. Chillindude seemingly tries to make peace than try to trash talk me, mentioning my Smashboards shirt.
Smiling fakely, I say: "I've never been on Smashboards before in my life."
"Fair enough," comes the reply.
I'm furious. I will demolish them singlehandedly if I have to. I tag Chillindude's Donkey Kong as my opponent for the first match, while Cameron tags the other person's Megaman. I thought Chillindude would be better, but he wasn't particularly amazing. He was better than his doubles opponent though who was really quite atrocious. We 6 stock them in the first match. While I wasn't actively showing it, I was still seething with rage.
The next game they want to gentleman's PAC-LAND; AKA the worst stage in the game. We agree because they're going to lose anyway. The game is a bit of a blur really, but I do remember one of them yelling out "WHY DOES ROBIN STILL HAVE 3 STOCKS?" which made me laugh maniacally internally.
We crush them this game also. We shake hands and move on to find our strongest opponents yet; Kira and Enn.
Kira's Zero Suit Samus had been famous since Brawl days, and she was in top 8 of singles, so I knew not to underestimate her. I didn't know who Enn was, but he was also from NSW so he was sure to be a formidable opponent also. We sit down at a set up. Someone wants the chair I'm sitting on. I tell them to go away. They do... temporarily anyway.
We start our game on Battlefield. The pressure is intense, but I can't fold now! Kira does the smart thing and tags me for most of the match, something that other players hadn't done in the sets previously. I'm struggling with Kira's rushdown, she continues to pressure me, but I'm not losing it yet. Cameron is doing well against Enn but probably not as well as he could be doing. The game progresses with Cameron on 1 stock and me on 2 stock. We have the stock lead, but Cameron has almost lost his last one. He loses it and takes my spare. It's pretty even now... Enn is the first to fall, then Cameron shortly afterwards leaving just Kira and I. The stock percentages are basically the same. Cameron sits next to me nervously. Kira and I trade blows until we're both at KO percent... I land a hit which knocks her offstage. She recovers high with Flip Kick. I can see it, I can see clearly what she's going to do.
"There it is!"
She jumps and I up air in the area I predict her to be. It hits cleanly and KOs her off the top of the blastzone. She seemed genuinely surprised. The second match begins and it's just as intense. Same characters, same stage. This match went a bit easier for me, because I tagged Enn instead of Kira. Cameron loses all his stocks, but once again I have a stock for him to use up. Kira loses her last stock, while Enn is on very high percent. Cameron and I are both an Ebola back throw away from death, but somehow I do it; I land a KO blow on Enn's Ness.
Kira and Enn are incredible sports about their loss. They high five each other and fist bump. I wish other players were like this. We all shake hands and part ways. Our next match is against one of SA's best, and some random person I've never heard of called Flow Rats. I try to get information on them but to no avail. I hope for the best in our next set.
05/29/2015 07:07:04
MOREEEE
05/30/2015 01:41:33
05/30/2015 01:41:33
Date: 23/5/2015
Time: ~8:00 PM
Our doubles match is up. Ghost and Flow Rats use Diddy and Palutena respectively. Such a strange team. We begin our matches, but they were formidable opponents indeed. Neither Cameron or I did particularly well in either games and we lose to them 2-0. I was a bit disappointed, but I suppose I tried my best. 13th/51 was pretty good; but I just hoped that Cameron was happy with that also.
Top 8 in doubles would be happening the next day. Matches finish and Dean goes back to the hotel. We hang around for a bit at the venue, but decide to get a drink before going back to the room. There's a small corner store that doesn't seem to ever close, so we go there. I pick up a soft drink, but Cameron finds a Milky Way branded drink. I judge him. He looks at the price. It's about $5. I judge the drink. Cameron buys the drink. I continue to judge him.
Exiting the store, Cameron remarks that the drink better give him an orgasm for the price he paid. I raise my eyebrows at him and shake my head. Even in the best of times, hearing Cameron talk about this is something I don't want to hear.
"You know that's probably just chocolate milk right? I don't think chocolate milk works that way," I say.
We go up the elevator and back to the room. Opening the door; Jei, Meteor Master, Atyeo and Dean are discussing the seeding of the bracket the next day. There's no room on the beds, so I sit close to Cameron on Justin's sofa bed. While the guys discuss the seeding, we sit there and listen. Cameron discovers that his drink has chunky bits in it. He shows me, and I silently wonder to myself if that drink is out of date, but decide it would be funnier if it was and I don't tell him. There's not much room on this sofa bed. I basically had to almost sit on Cameron's feet.
I suggest they put Earl and V on the same side of the bracket. I get told to shut up by Dean.
They finish the seeding and leave, so I unbox the gift that Rhyno gave me earlier that day; a Wario Amiibo. I set it up on Dean's Wii U. I have to name the Amiibo.
"cameron..."
"cameron..." was its name.
We decide to train the Amiibo by putting it against a level 9 custom Zelda with Farore's Windfail. The Zelda CPU JV 4 stocks the Amiibo.
"Well... It's definitely an accurate representation of Cameron's skill," I say.
"Awwwwwww," Cameron whines.
We continue for a while training the Amiibo, but as the night drags on, I get drowsier and drowsier. I fall asleep on Cameron's bed.
I wake up to the sounds of laughter. They're playing replays that were saved during the day at BAM. I think what I was watching was the worst thing I've ever seen. Two players who didn't know what teamwork was, and a Link player who used Side B about 4 times, and Down B a grand total of 0 times. He charges an arrow under the platform of Battlefield and after 10 seconds, this Robin just throws a book at him, KO'ing him. I fall back to sleep.
I wake up again. This time the Amiibo named "cameron..." was facedown on my crotch. Judging by Cameron's laugh, I assumed he's put it there. I think he just wanted an excuse to touch my crotch while I was sleeping though to be honest. Cameron kicks me off his bed, and I trudge off to my own bed and fall fast asleep again. Tomorrow is the final day of BAM... Date: 24/5/2015
Time: ~11:00 AM
I wake up. Across the room I see Cameron sleeping soundly. I turn to my left. Dean is staring at me. It seems he's been awake for a while.
I lay in bed thinking about the events that have transpired over the last few days. Dean goes to have a shower. His phone alarm goes off.
"Bzzt... Bzzt..."
It sounded pretty muffled. I wonder to myself how he wakes up to this in the morning.
"Bzzt... Bzzt... Bzzt..."
It continues. It slowly grows louder.
"BZZT... BZZT..."
Cameron and Justin wake up.
" BZZT... BZZZT..."
The alarm's vibration echos across the room, waking up the entire hotel in the process. I don't think I've heard a louder phone vibration in my life.
Dean exits the shower and turns the phone alarm off. I tell Cameron to go have a shower. He refuses, insisting that deodorant is good enough.
"THAT'S NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR A SHOWER, CAMERON," I yell.
We leave for the venue, because Dean's meant to be there by 12:00 PM. Meeting up with Rhyno, he tells me he also didn't have a shower. I ask why. He tells me that deodorant is good enough.
I hear a cracking noise. What could it be? Oh I know what that is. It's my sanity.
Deez appears. He asks me why I removed him from the Skype group.
"Because you're annoying," I say flatly.
It seems to work. But Deez wants to money match Cameron and I. Cameron has no money, so I hand him a $20 note to go win some free money. They find a set up and start the money match. Cameron loses the first 2 games. He wins the next 2 games. In the final game he was winning hard, but he threw away an easy win and got Aura Sphere'd on the ledge. I judge him harshly. I decide to try to win the money back with random characters, but lose 3-0.
"Can I be let back in the Skype chat now?" he asks after he beats me.
"No," I say with a mortified look on my face.
"Damn, oh well maybe next time!" he says.
I judge him and leave soon after because he said something rude to me, which I don't quite remember what it was. I go play some friendlies with Leisha and friends. Date: 24/5/2015
Time: ~7:00 PM
The day continues and it's time for the Smash 4 finals. It's V vs Atyeo, with V in losers bracket. I pray that she's able to defeat him...
They start playing on the big projector screen as a crowd gathers. Hundreds of people are watching. The pressure is intense, it amazes me that both players can play at their best under the cold gaze of the crowd.
They start game 1. V loses terribly as Villager. She changes to Ness and resets the bracket.
They start the second set.
What I feel in that room is pressure like no other. Chants across the room for both players ring through.
"Let's go Veee, let's go! Let's go Veee, let's go!"
"ACT! ACT! ACT!"
The games that I watched from that projector were flawless. A beautiful display of each other figuring each other out and adapting back. Their quality of play was something I've not seen for a long time, and I was jealous of it. If only I had even half the skill of the two competitors before me.
Every game has a stock closed with Ness back throw. Every time it happens, Bijou looks at me from the audience, points, and smiles. I smile back, but I'm struggling to keep my composure just watching.
I want V to win.
They continue to play and they get to game 5. This is it! This will be the game that determines who is victorious; and who will feel the pains of defeat.
The game starts and it's dead even. My heart rate increases slightly.
Atyeo begins to take the lead, with both players on high percentages, V makes the hardest read I've ever seen. She runs past Atyeo and pivot forward smashes! The crowd bursts out! My heart rate increases even more.
Atyeo equalizes fast with an upsmash. My heart rate continues to increase.
The crowd and commentators go silent. Eyes fixated on the screen in front of them.
V pulls ahead and cements her lead. The crowd begins to chant again:
"Back throw... Back throw..."
At this point she starts to tunnel vision. My heart rate is through the roof, I'm not sure how much more I can take this.
Atyeo equalizes the percentages again. One whiffed move will spell losing the game for both of them.
Then it happens.
Atyeo fires a blaster from mid range...
" THERE IT IS."
She lands the grab and uses Ebola back throw. It's over. Atyeo's Fox hurtles towards the blastzone and everyone erupts into cheers.
I see Bijou pointing at me still. This is probably the happiest I've ever been to see someone be back thrown by a Ness player.
06/01/2015 03:40:33
Time: ~8:00 PM
Our doubles match is up. Ghost and Flow Rats use Diddy and Palutena respectively. Such a strange team. We begin our matches, but they were formidable opponents indeed. Neither Cameron or I did particularly well in either games and we lose to them 2-0. I was a bit disappointed, but I suppose I tried my best. 13th/51 was pretty good; but I just hoped that Cameron was happy with that also.
Top 8 in doubles would be happening the next day. Matches finish and Dean goes back to the hotel. We hang around for a bit at the venue, but decide to get a drink before going back to the room. There's a small corner store that doesn't seem to ever close, so we go there. I pick up a soft drink, but Cameron finds a Milky Way branded drink. I judge him. He looks at the price. It's about $5. I judge the drink. Cameron buys the drink. I continue to judge him.
Exiting the store, Cameron remarks that the drink better give him an orgasm for the price he paid. I raise my eyebrows at him and shake my head. Even in the best of times, hearing Cameron talk about this is something I don't want to hear.
"You know that's probably just chocolate milk right? I don't think chocolate milk works that way," I say.
We go up the elevator and back to the room. Opening the door; Jei, Meteor Master, Atyeo and Dean are discussing the seeding of the bracket the next day. There's no room on the beds, so I sit close to Cameron on Justin's sofa bed. While the guys discuss the seeding, we sit there and listen. Cameron discovers that his drink has chunky bits in it. He shows me, and I silently wonder to myself if that drink is out of date, but decide it would be funnier if it was and I don't tell him. There's not much room on this sofa bed. I basically had to almost sit on Cameron's feet.
I suggest they put Earl and V on the same side of the bracket. I get told to shut up by Dean.
They finish the seeding and leave, so I unbox the gift that Rhyno gave me earlier that day; a Wario Amiibo. I set it up on Dean's Wii U. I have to name the Amiibo.
"cameron..."
"cameron..." was its name.
We decide to train the Amiibo by putting it against a level 9 custom Zelda with Farore's Windfail. The Zelda CPU JV 4 stocks the Amiibo.
"Well... It's definitely an accurate representation of Cameron's skill," I say.
"Awwwwwww," Cameron whines.
We continue for a while training the Amiibo, but as the night drags on, I get drowsier and drowsier. I fall asleep on Cameron's bed.
I wake up to the sounds of laughter. They're playing replays that were saved during the day at BAM. I think what I was watching was the worst thing I've ever seen. Two players who didn't know what teamwork was, and a Link player who used Side B about 4 times, and Down B a grand total of 0 times. He charges an arrow under the platform of Battlefield and after 10 seconds, this Robin just throws a book at him, KO'ing him. I fall back to sleep.
I wake up again. This time the Amiibo named "cameron..." was facedown on my crotch. Judging by Cameron's laugh, I assumed he's put it there. I think he just wanted an excuse to touch my crotch while I was sleeping though to be honest. Cameron kicks me off his bed, and I trudge off to my own bed and fall fast asleep again. Tomorrow is the final day of BAM... Date: 24/5/2015
Time: ~11:00 AM
I wake up. Across the room I see Cameron sleeping soundly. I turn to my left. Dean is staring at me. It seems he's been awake for a while.
I lay in bed thinking about the events that have transpired over the last few days. Dean goes to have a shower. His phone alarm goes off.
"Bzzt... Bzzt..."
It sounded pretty muffled. I wonder to myself how he wakes up to this in the morning.
"Bzzt... Bzzt... Bzzt..."
It continues. It slowly grows louder.
"BZZT... BZZT..."
Cameron and Justin wake up.
" BZZT... BZZZT..."
The alarm's vibration echos across the room, waking up the entire hotel in the process. I don't think I've heard a louder phone vibration in my life.
Dean exits the shower and turns the phone alarm off. I tell Cameron to go have a shower. He refuses, insisting that deodorant is good enough.
"THAT'S NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR A SHOWER, CAMERON," I yell.
We leave for the venue, because Dean's meant to be there by 12:00 PM. Meeting up with Rhyno, he tells me he also didn't have a shower. I ask why. He tells me that deodorant is good enough.
I hear a cracking noise. What could it be? Oh I know what that is. It's my sanity.
Deez appears. He asks me why I removed him from the Skype group.
"Because you're annoying," I say flatly.
It seems to work. But Deez wants to money match Cameron and I. Cameron has no money, so I hand him a $20 note to go win some free money. They find a set up and start the money match. Cameron loses the first 2 games. He wins the next 2 games. In the final game he was winning hard, but he threw away an easy win and got Aura Sphere'd on the ledge. I judge him harshly. I decide to try to win the money back with random characters, but lose 3-0.
"Can I be let back in the Skype chat now?" he asks after he beats me.
"No," I say with a mortified look on my face.
"Damn, oh well maybe next time!" he says.
I judge him and leave soon after because he said something rude to me, which I don't quite remember what it was. I go play some friendlies with Leisha and friends. Date: 24/5/2015
Time: ~7:00 PM
The day continues and it's time for the Smash 4 finals. It's V vs Atyeo, with V in losers bracket. I pray that she's able to defeat him...
They start playing on the big projector screen as a crowd gathers. Hundreds of people are watching. The pressure is intense, it amazes me that both players can play at their best under the cold gaze of the crowd.
They start game 1. V loses terribly as Villager. She changes to Ness and resets the bracket.
They start the second set.
What I feel in that room is pressure like no other. Chants across the room for both players ring through.
"Let's go Veee, let's go! Let's go Veee, let's go!"
"ACT! ACT! ACT!"
The games that I watched from that projector were flawless. A beautiful display of each other figuring each other out and adapting back. Their quality of play was something I've not seen for a long time, and I was jealous of it. If only I had even half the skill of the two competitors before me.
Every game has a stock closed with Ness back throw. Every time it happens, Bijou looks at me from the audience, points, and smiles. I smile back, but I'm struggling to keep my composure just watching.
I want V to win.
They continue to play and they get to game 5. This is it! This will be the game that determines who is victorious; and who will feel the pains of defeat.
The game starts and it's dead even. My heart rate increases slightly.
Atyeo begins to take the lead, with both players on high percentages, V makes the hardest read I've ever seen. She runs past Atyeo and pivot forward smashes! The crowd bursts out! My heart rate increases even more.
Atyeo equalizes fast with an upsmash. My heart rate continues to increase.
The crowd and commentators go silent. Eyes fixated on the screen in front of them.
V pulls ahead and cements her lead. The crowd begins to chant again:
"Back throw... Back throw..."
At this point she starts to tunnel vision. My heart rate is through the roof, I'm not sure how much more I can take this.
Atyeo equalizes the percentages again. One whiffed move will spell losing the game for both of them.
Then it happens.
Atyeo fires a blaster from mid range...
" THERE IT IS."
She lands the grab and uses Ebola back throw. It's over. Atyeo's Fox hurtles towards the blastzone and everyone erupts into cheers.
I see Bijou pointing at me still. This is probably the happiest I've ever been to see someone be back thrown by a Ness player.
06/01/2015 03:40:33
06/01/2015 03:47:20
Beautifully written (claps)
06/01/2015 03:47:24
06/01/2015 03:47:24
Date: 24/5/2015
Time: ~8:00 PM
V had done it. She'd won BAM7 and proven herself as one of the best in Australia.
As Cameron and I are walking, I come across Nikes standing back to a wall looking lonely and lost. My heart went out to him. Like me, he came to BAM7 expecting a much higher placing than he'd gotten. As we approached him, he seemed pretty distressed. I'd previously found Nikes to be annoying online, but decided that I cannot leave someone to be depressed about something like this to fend for themselves. We go over there and I mention that he looked a bit sad. Cameron gave him a hug. I would have too, but Cameron's hug looked so insincere, I decided it was for the best that I didn't. We chat; and I make him laugh a few times. Even if it was just for a bit... I'd hoped that I had cheered him up a bit.
I move away from the area where Smash 4 finals were hosted to money match Shane. If Shane lost, he had to use Wendy next tournament. If I lost, I had to use the tag "HelloKitty1996" next tournament. I lose the set. In the end he KO'd me by spamming Bowser Jr. forward tilt. I smiled at him and said "good games", but inside I almost wanted to cry. I'd come to BAM7 to display some aspect of Queensland's skill, but I'd lost pretty much every game miserably to everyone I played. I can hardly take it. What am I lacking?
We go over to watch the VIC vs NSW/ACT crews. Victoria wins it, but Waveguider managed to drag it out to the very end, to like, last stock. I was slightly impressed. It's here that I get to briefly congratulate V.
We move away from the crews area again. We all decide to take a group photo. Justin takes the photo for us.
Leisha, Dean, Shane, Rhyno, Bryce, Cameron and I get into position for the photo.
Cameron jumps on my back.
"Guh..." I think to myself. It surprises me that he's almost as heavy in real life as he is in doubles. Must be that potbelly of his.
The photo gets taken.
I hope to look back at this photo in years to come; to be able to treasure and relive these memories with my friends once more.
06/01/2015 08:03:56
Time: ~8:00 PM
V had done it. She'd won BAM7 and proven herself as one of the best in Australia.
As Cameron and I are walking, I come across Nikes standing back to a wall looking lonely and lost. My heart went out to him. Like me, he came to BAM7 expecting a much higher placing than he'd gotten. As we approached him, he seemed pretty distressed. I'd previously found Nikes to be annoying online, but decided that I cannot leave someone to be depressed about something like this to fend for themselves. We go over there and I mention that he looked a bit sad. Cameron gave him a hug. I would have too, but Cameron's hug looked so insincere, I decided it was for the best that I didn't. We chat; and I make him laugh a few times. Even if it was just for a bit... I'd hoped that I had cheered him up a bit.
I move away from the area where Smash 4 finals were hosted to money match Shane. If Shane lost, he had to use Wendy next tournament. If I lost, I had to use the tag "HelloKitty1996" next tournament. I lose the set. In the end he KO'd me by spamming Bowser Jr. forward tilt. I smiled at him and said "good games", but inside I almost wanted to cry. I'd come to BAM7 to display some aspect of Queensland's skill, but I'd lost pretty much every game miserably to everyone I played. I can hardly take it. What am I lacking?
We go over to watch the VIC vs NSW/ACT crews. Victoria wins it, but Waveguider managed to drag it out to the very end, to like, last stock. I was slightly impressed. It's here that I get to briefly congratulate V.
We move away from the crews area again. We all decide to take a group photo. Justin takes the photo for us.
Leisha, Dean, Shane, Rhyno, Bryce, Cameron and I get into position for the photo.
Cameron jumps on my back.
"Guh..." I think to myself. It surprises me that he's almost as heavy in real life as he is in doubles. Must be that potbelly of his.
The photo gets taken.
I hope to look back at this photo in years to come; to be able to treasure and relive these memories with my friends once more.
06/01/2015 08:03:56
Aerodrome said:
I hope to look back at this photo in years to come; to be able to treasure and relive these memories with my friends once more.
Beautiful
06/01/2015 08:10:14
Cam has the biggest baby face I've ever seen, so adorable.
06/01/2015 09:31:53
06/01/2015 09:31:53
mat7772 said:
Cam has the biggest baby face I've ever seen, so adorable.
Ah yes, I too find those babies with full facial hair adorable.
06/01/2015 09:39:36
Date: 24/5/2015
Time: ~9:00 PM
Together we leave the venue with Khoa and everyone else to get dinner. Ryan pulls out his deodorant and kindly shares it around.
"I have my own deodorant, but I want to use yours," I say.
We settle on some chicken schnitzel. We get there and we all order food and sit down. Cameron won't sit next to me, so I tell Justin to sit next to me instead.
We chat a bit. Leisha attempts to eat Dean's lapel card. Dean comments that there seems to be something wrong with Bryce's girlfriend. Cameron tells Leisha she should eat the fork. Bijou agrees because the fork was high in iron.
We get our food. Cameron once again hasn't ordered anything. I was coerced to buy chips, but I forgot to eat them. Everyone judges me. We leave the food place.
We walk to the nearby intersection. It's here that we part ways with Khoa, Shane and Rhyno. I shake their hands and say goodbye, since who knows when we will see each other again.
We walk past McDonald's and decide to get ice cream. I buy Cameron an ice cream. We eat the ice cream and leave.
We continue walking. We get to the BAM venue, and find that it's time to say goodbye to Leisha and Bryce. I shake Bryce's hand and Leisha bear hugs me until I suffocate and Cameron has to give me CPR kisses (may or may not have been forced to write this by Leisha). We leave.
Walking back to the hotel, I miss everyone already. We have to hurry though, Cameron and Justin have a train to catch.
In the hotel room, I decide that it's finally time to arm wrestle Cameron. On the table, we ready ourselves for the manly display of strength. Arms outstretched, I pull my head up and glare at him. He smiles. Hands clasped, the arm wrestle begins.
I struggle for the first 5 to 10 seconds.
"NNnngh..." I mumble.
I look up at Cameron. Is he... smiling? A part inside of me resonates as my face transitions from surprised shock to rage. Using a well of untapped strength, I slam Cameron's arm down on the table violently. He seemed surprised but was smiling anyway. I accuse him of going easy on me, but apparently he wasn't. I compare my arms to his; his are bigger than mine. If he could actually tap into that strength he would probably beat me, but that's not something I would ever say to him.
It's time to go now. If we don't leave now, we'll miss the train that Justin and Cameron have to catch to get back to their hometown.
06/01/2015 19:17:12
Time: ~9:00 PM
Together we leave the venue with Khoa and everyone else to get dinner. Ryan pulls out his deodorant and kindly shares it around.
"I have my own deodorant, but I want to use yours," I say.
We settle on some chicken schnitzel. We get there and we all order food and sit down. Cameron won't sit next to me, so I tell Justin to sit next to me instead.
We chat a bit. Leisha attempts to eat Dean's lapel card. Dean comments that there seems to be something wrong with Bryce's girlfriend. Cameron tells Leisha she should eat the fork. Bijou agrees because the fork was high in iron.
We get our food. Cameron once again hasn't ordered anything. I was coerced to buy chips, but I forgot to eat them. Everyone judges me. We leave the food place.
We walk to the nearby intersection. It's here that we part ways with Khoa, Shane and Rhyno. I shake their hands and say goodbye, since who knows when we will see each other again.
We walk past McDonald's and decide to get ice cream. I buy Cameron an ice cream. We eat the ice cream and leave.
We continue walking. We get to the BAM venue, and find that it's time to say goodbye to Leisha and Bryce. I shake Bryce's hand and Leisha bear hugs me until I suffocate and Cameron has to give me CPR kisses (may or may not have been forced to write this by Leisha). We leave.
Walking back to the hotel, I miss everyone already. We have to hurry though, Cameron and Justin have a train to catch.
In the hotel room, I decide that it's finally time to arm wrestle Cameron. On the table, we ready ourselves for the manly display of strength. Arms outstretched, I pull my head up and glare at him. He smiles. Hands clasped, the arm wrestle begins.
I struggle for the first 5 to 10 seconds.
"NNnngh..." I mumble.
I look up at Cameron. Is he... smiling? A part inside of me resonates as my face transitions from surprised shock to rage. Using a well of untapped strength, I slam Cameron's arm down on the table violently. He seemed surprised but was smiling anyway. I accuse him of going easy on me, but apparently he wasn't. I compare my arms to his; his are bigger than mine. If he could actually tap into that strength he would probably beat me, but that's not something I would ever say to him.
It's time to go now. If we don't leave now, we'll miss the train that Justin and Cameron have to catch to get back to their hometown.
06/01/2015 19:17:12
Jei wasn't at Schnitz.
06/01/2015 16:02:44
06/01/2015 16:02:44