With ten publicly announced events, the 2026 public Smash Calendar is now live! We have 50 rows of tournaments in the private Calendar, so if you are thinking of running an event next year, get in touch with us (intake form or ticket). docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Excited to host one last big event before I stop TOing - and we're ending it off with one of the largest scale events we've ever done! Hope to see you there! And yes, the OTHER page you're looking for will be up very soon...

Hi everyone! I am happy to announce Sunset Melee, a New England Melee and Rivals 2 Regional on January 10-11, 2026, at the Westin Hotel in Waltham! This is the LAST TOURNAMENT that both @motobug.net and I are going to run, and we hope to see many of you there!!!

I checked my calendar and while I haven't run a weekly in 4 years and haven't really cared to play melee since 2019, I 've been to 20 tournaments in the last 15+ weeks or so going back to June 14th. Looking forward to things slowing down in October. This has been a busy summer...

announcement soon. keep january 10-11 open if u fuck with me

Here's the Top 8 from Mass Madness 53 on Saturday!

Here's the Top 8 from Pho Tai Big Mode 3 last weekend!

Overall, I'd say I am pretty happy with how New England Melee performed at Collision. Things didn't always go perfectly, but I'd say we did alright. I am proud of NEM for showing up in a big way this weekend. :)

I'm happy to see a lot of people at Collision so far, but I'm finding my social battery isn't what it used to be. Talking to people for hours in a big venue is definitely a lot, hah. That said, I'm still happy to see and talk to people, looking forward to doing more of that!

Here's the Top 8 from Mass Madness 52 on Saturday!

Here's the Top 8 from Allston Allstars V - Tom's Birthday Bash on Saturday! Big thanks to @bekvin.bsky.social for the graphic and @breathlessx22.bsky.social for the photos!

Gonna be open for a bit about this, but I feel like over the last year or so, I've had more on my mental stack than is healthy for me to varying degrees over time. I am very much looking forward to things simplifying in my life next year. That will be good.

My 33rd birthday is today, but I had to run this on Saturday, and it was an absolute blast. Couldn't think of a better way to celebrate the occasion than being amongst so many of my friends. :)

It is immensely fulfilling being part of this experience each year. Much love to everyone who came together and made Evo 2025 possible. Thank you.

Went to Bit Bar in Salem tonight for their melee monthly. It's a great venue! I'm glad I got to see it with lots of friendly faces around. I'd say this was a pretty cool event, and I definitely recommend everyone who is in the area check this place out sometime!

I'd say the NESL Finals event this weekend was a great success! I am happy I got the opportunity to work with a fine team. :) Congrats to Kalvar for winning and to everyone behind NEM Star League for making all of this possible!

Today, I spent my Sunday at my first Strange Brew Melee monthly and got to spend some time with some good people. I was able to get a decent pic with a few of the folks who ran the tournament today as well. Long live NH melee!

one of the most stunning set endings of all time!!!

Happy 4th, everyone. :)

Well folks, the cat's out of the bag - I'm teaming up with the folks behind New Game Plus and Balance Patch to run my birthday bash at Allston Allstars V in Boston on August 2nd! We're expecting that melee singles will cap out at this event, so register ASAP if you want to go!

Today is my first visit to Rhode Island for a melee tournament in more than 10 years, and my first time at GGRI. This is a cool tournament! They capped out the bracket at 32 entrants as well. Great stuff!

Almost forgot to put this out, but I was lucky enough to get a pic with a few of the folks that run Prodigy! Was nice seeing everyone there! @litorally.bsky.social, @jacqinora.bsky.social, @trance404.bsky.social and @creestab.bsky.social (who ran Rivals but isn't in this pic) all did great work!

Hey everyone. I've thought about it for a bit, and I should probably give my thoughts about this mango situation. I'll start by saying his actions are completely unacceptable, especially for a man in his 30s that knows how many people look up to him. He should know better. (1/4)

Here's the Melee Singles Top 8 from Mass Madness 51 on Saturday!

Had a great time at MATE tonight! This was my first one, and it didn't disappoint. Got to see a lot of friendly faces and got a great pic with the folks that made it happen. Next for me is Prodigy Classic on Saturday. I'm looking forward to making my first trip there as well!

I think if someone is in a position of power and has many fans in the community, it's extremely important that any such person sets an example for others and uses that power in a positive way. Needless to say, I am extremely disappointed today.

Here's the Top 8 from Pho Tai BIG MODE #2 on Saturday!

no way, people who double check their own work and then sanity-check it turn out smarter than people who cheat and look up the answer? who could have seen that coming

I'd say I'm having a decent Father's Day weekend so far! Helped run Big Pho 2 yesterday, got perfect weather at Pawtuckaway with lots of family around today. Life is good.

For me, getting to write about each of the players that made NEM PR and the process of its creation was one of the coolest new parts of our PR process this time around. Give this a look if you'd like to read up on who New England Melee's best active players were this past season!

New England Melee PR, Winter 2025 1. Kalvar 2. bonfire10 3. Ember 4. Younger 5. glock in my toyota 6. Nairial 7. Electroman 8. Abel 9. Arty 10. Arn255 11. regEx 12. Tommy 13. Greenstach 14. saucymain 15. Palika HM: Eduporp PC: @kurovii.bsky.social

I'd say Giga HoG went well this weekend! I headed down there with a full SUV of gamers and got to see folks from many places come together for it, which is always a pleasure. I'm glad to have gotten a pic with Arty and Tuba as well. They did great work this weekend. :)

Looking at this, I'd say I've made some good memories at the big FGC tournaments over the years. I'm happy to have had the opportunity to go to a decent few of these. Will need to get a pic with all the event badges I've collected when it's all over next year.

My Combo Breaker 2025 album is up! Truly my favorite event of the year <3 If you see someone, please tag them! There are so many players I don’t know Link down below 🔗⤵️

On my way home from CB. It's a bit flat out here, but I'd say it's been a worthwhile trip. This was my first time out to the Chicagoland area for an event, and it didn't disappoint. I'm glad to have seen some friends and crossed some bucket list items off this past weekend. :)

Offline over everything.

Genuinely curious how (or why people choose to) play in outfits like these...

Now, THIS is a venue. Can't even get a good picture of all of it for how large it is, hah. #CB2025

On my way to combo breaker. My flight got delayed, but we're in the air despite the bad weather. PR season + other things I've had to deal with collectively has been a lot of work for me personally, but I'm glad I'll be able to relax a bit and see some folks this weekend. :)

Massachusetts Melee PR, Winter 2025 1. Younger 2. Electroman 3. regEx 4. Greenstach 5. saucymain 6. Ant 7. Shmeeli 8. Heavenly Sunflower 9. Future Shock 10. MEAT HMs: Bank, Nage, Rat Rattington PC: Gtown_Tom

Connecticut Melee PR, Fall 2024 - Spring 2025 1. Nairial 2. Arty 3. Arn255 4. Palika 5. Conflict 6. @brubesque.bsky.social 7. WeWa 8. @kurovii.bsky.social 9. robi 10. DynamoDB HM: @latidati.bsky.social PC: @chrisbinghi.bsky.social, Tuba

I'm spending my Mother's Day with a healthy amount of my extended family today and perfect weather to boot. Couldn't have asked for better. Happy Mother's Day, everyone. :)

Made it back to home after Final Warning! FW was a fine end to the PR season. I'm glad to finally have made it out to a Maine tournament, Maine Melee has a great scene. Got a nice pic with Boxman, too. He's a local legend with 20 years in smash, major respect to him. :)

Slippi Nintendont 1.13.0 is a must-update for TOs and players alike, finally enabling true and reliable power-on + walk-away autobooting. Changes include: - Fix black screen freeze on boot - Boot hotswap without USB drive - Optionally disable Freeze Glitch - Fix booting from USB dl + details ⬇️

made a combo video to celebrate getting top 100 😃 www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFxE...

One of my personal highlights from CT GamerCon was getting to meet and get some photos with a pair of absolute legends. Big thanks to Roger Clark and Rob Wiethoff for the pics!

Here's the Top 8 from Pho Tai: BIG MODE on March 29th! At 47 entrants, this was New Hampshire's largest melee monthly since 2019!

I just registered for COMBO BREAKER 2025 (start.gg/cb2025) - looking forward to crossing this one off my bucket list and seeing some of you there!

I'm just now realizing that I've spent 9 of my last 11 weekends at tournaments. Giga HoG, SSS, MM, Genesis, AA, SSS, CTGC, Big Pho, OUG Finals. Thankfully, things will slow down the next 3 weeks, though the PR season ending on 4/19 means there's more work to do. It never ends.