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Waiting for Game is a weekly news podcast hosted by Melee Stats, a group of dedicated contributors and followers of the competitive Super Smash Bros. Melee scene. Tune in live at twitch.tv/meleestats every Tuesday at 9pm EDT to see us talk about tournament results and so much more.
Blur rants about the need to join the revolution and destroy intellectual property forever. Sort of.
One day after Riptide happened, we're uploading our epic Riptide preview, which surely ages like fine wine, with the Midwest's finest, SSB_Seal.
stocmoney, OG Father, Spirit, and Holy Ghost of New England Melee, joins the show to talk about the last Shine ever.
Girl month guy Zamu joins the show to break down Shine 2023 and the very quickly closing race for No. 1
The TASMAN cometh - Zuppy joins the show to discuss everyone's rank on the Top 50, recap GOML, and preview Smash Con.
Commentator and legal Canadian resident Webs joins the podcast to talk Get On My Level 2023.
Straight from his major top 8 at LACS, Pika/Fox dual main Swift joins the show to recap his run and preview Europe’s first major in years.
Toph and Chroma join the show to breakdown Ludwig's newest event, as well as if an event immediately becomes a major by virtue of being associated with him and Mogul Moves.
Toph and Chroma join the show to breakdown Ludwig's newest event, as well as if an event immediately becomes a major by virtue of being associated with him and Mogul Moves.
DarkGenex joins the show to discuss if Smash is sustainable, as well as preview the summer.
Fresh off another win over Cody Schwab, Polish regales us with a tale of mind-goblins, losing to Ganondorf, and finding yourself in top eight of a major.
Atlanta's premier TO and community leader Wills joins the show to breakdown the return of the Atlantic South's longest running major.
Tag commentator and the most content contentman you'll ever find, turndownforwalt joins the show to break down the current two-person race for No. 1.
How many more Chief Smash Officers are gonna pop up? TO extraordinaire contra joins the show.
Oregon's favorite son finally joins the show to break down Major Upset, Smash Camp, and the latest news with CLG's shutdown.
Magi joins Melee Stats to dive into the current landscape of competitive Melee and Major Upset.
Top 8 commentator and premier Jersey boy chroma joins the show to break down Collision 2023.
BEMI commentator Wills and ex-BTS writer Epengu join the show to recap BEMI and discuss Collision 2023.
The Midwest's very own Zamu joins the show a second time to help us make predictions for the first Melee supermajor of 2023.
Fresh off winning a Mogul Chessboxing Championship belt, Fiction joins the show to talk about the Scuffed World Tour and which smashers he wants to fight. FatGoku joins as well.
Walt joins the show to talk about Smash Summit 14 and what's going on for the most stacked fall Melee season ever.
Fox propagandist Zamu joins Melee Stats to spread the word of Fox and tell us why Leffen is gonna win Big House.
Everything you know about the Summer PGR is wrong. Except for what we and Krudo are gonna tell you.
A very normal, very sane, totally ordinary episode recapping Wavedash 2022 and previewing Super Smash Con 2022 - definitely nothing here that made one of the co-hosts think he was in danger of dying.
With Wheat taking a week off in Europe, Edwin brings on Seal to break down the last two weeks of the Midwest, as well as preview the upcoming Fete and Smash Factor.
Fresh off 13th at GOML, Ben joins a Wheatless show of Waiting for Game to help the crew dive into GOML 2022 and Double Down.
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Radar joins the crew to dive into Battle of BC 4. Also lemons. Lots of talk about lemons.
Blur joins WFG yet again to recap Panda Cup, Nintendo's relationship with the scene, and if we have too many goddamn circuits.
Sora and Blue join Wheat and Edwin to talk about Smash Summit 13 and the crazy state of the metagame. Also Sheik. Lots of talk about Sheik.
Ryobeat joins the show to preview the Function 2 and talk about how he and the rest of NYCMelee brought their local community together.
Smash Summit 13 invitee DarkGenex recaps himself getting into summit, Pound 2022, and the crazy state of Melee's Top 10 right now, including if Hungrybox is the second best player in the world.
Toph joins the Waiting For Game crew to talk about the wild, unpredictable Genesis 8, talk the current Top 10, and preview Pound 2022.
There's Jordan and Pippen. There's Hov and Ye. But what about The Cheat and Nick MFing Yingling? The two Smash Camp TOs join Waiting for Game to recap the latest Smash Camp, as well as talk the greatest tournaments ever. Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/meleestats
Chroma joins the boys to discuss the recent discourse about Melee's decline, SWT's reveal and preview the upcoming Smash Camp 2022. Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/meleestats
Homemadewaffles join the Waiting for Game to recap the Black Empowerment Melee Invitational, as well as the recent news of Nintendo not allowing Smash at Evo. Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/meleestats
moky & The Crimson Blur join the Waiting for Game crew to recap the Top 30 of Blur Rank, as well as recap the crazy influx of sponsors coming into the community
Zane, friend of Melee Stats and (secret) Meleeionaire joins the Waiting for Game crew to talk about the upcoming fundraiser for Genesis TOs, as well as LACS 4.
Patti, from Allston Melee and #GenAssist, joins the Waiting for Game crew to talk about the upcoming fundraiser for Genesis TOs, as well as LACS 4.
A single Fiction tweet inspired us to bring on turndownforwalt to talk about Melee content. Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/meleestats
Watch Wheat flame Edwin for caring about online results as the two and DarkGenex breakdown an interesting 2021 year of Melee. -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/meleestats
The GOAT himself, Phil, joins the Waiting for Game crew to break down last weekend's Smash World Tour Championships, and talk about the landscape of 2022 Melee. Also, Edwin talks about football. Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/meleestats
Fresh off his performance at Smash Summit 12, Australia No. 1 Sora explains what a shooey is and explains the wonders...of egg doinking... -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/meleestats
BIG FENDY joins Waiting for Game this week to help us make sense of an absolutely wild and upcoming Smash Summit 12.
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Free Palestine and Ringler join the Melee Stats boys to make their cases for why they should be voted into Smash Summit 12.
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THREE HOURS OF NONSTOP GOAT TALK WITH TOPH AND THE CRIMSON BLUR WHAT ELSE NEEDS TO BE SAID YOU FOOLS Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/meleestats
THE GODORIN HIMSELF joins Wheat on the latest episode of Waiting for Game to recap his run to third at Mainstage, as well as Wizzrobe's impressive victory. Watch live: twitch.tv/meleestats
Melee Stats premier commentator and fitness guru Chroma joins the crew to dive into the biggest open major of 2021...as well as give some fitness tips. Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/meleestats
SWT bronze medal finisher Polish joins the Waiting for Crew crew to talk about his electrifying performance at the NA East Finals, the future of Peach in the metagame, and how he magically got some top players to play bad vs. him. Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/meleestats
The bronze medal winner and tech-chasing aficionado Captain Faceroll joins the latest episode of Waiting for Game to recap a wild weekend of Smash World Tour, as well as preview the upcoming chaos of the NA East Regional Finals.
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DarkGenex joins the show to talk about the upcoming Smash World Tour events, as well as - wait. Is that...KoDoRiN in the background? What the hell is he doing here?
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Dr. Piggy joins Ambisinister for a special one-on-one episode to talk about her academic thesis on the factors behind skill acquisition as well as the strangely prominent intersection of psychology, academia, and competitive Smash.
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Texas' biggest commentator - figuratively and literally because he's so goddamn tall - joins the Melee Stats crew to talk about Low Tide City, as well as that super secret Project Plus event which everyone is quietly excited about.
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Fresh off Top 8 at Riptide, Logan joins Melee Stats to recap the first open LAN national in a year.
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Longtime friend of the show and the greatest commentator from the Midwest joins the Waiting for Game crew to talk about the first open LAN major Smash has had in just under two years.
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With news of Nintendo once again screwing over the Smash scene, we brought on Wisely, a top PM commentator, to tell us why it's so important for the community to rally together and #FreePM.
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Where has Juggleguy been the last two years? The Big House TO joins Waiting for Game in a special one-on-one episode with Edwin where the two recap their favorite sets from the Big House series, and talk about the greatest Midwest players ever.
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The Smash World Tour kicks off THIS WEEK with its upcoming Central American invitees finally announced! Which of the 16 will earn a spot for the Smash World Tour grand finals? The Melee Stats crew dives in.
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In a special one-on-one episode of Waiting for Game, Wheat talks to CLG | Tafokints about his past contributions to the Melee community, Tafostats, the Top 100 and where Melee is heading.
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Melee legend HomeMadeWaffles joins us to recap Smash Summit 11, debate who's the Melee GOAT, and talk about if Netplay still matters.
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Melee Stats has just gotten ratio’d by Air Yingling. The man behind the greatest Summit campaign of all time joins us to talk about Nick Yingling and to make predictions for the first big LAN event in over a year.
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Twitter phenom and Gaylee community leader MeleeSadPosts joins the gang as we recap Rollback Rumble: The Gay One and look forwards to Smash Summit on the horizon!
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The Melee Stats Podcast OG producer, YouTube legend and dear friend SaveAsUntitled returns for a heartfelt reunion in which we catch him up on the state of 2021 Melee and learn what's he's been doing in his time away from the community.
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The Mixup joins Melee Stats for our longest episode yet! Wheat, Edwin, Walt and Radar talk GOML 2020, make predictions gonna make it to Smash Summit 11 and Radar gives us the hottest takes...on chocolate and vanilla.
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The coolest Fox player north of the border joins the Waiting for Game to talk about GOML, Smash Summit & the future of online majors.
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Welcome back to another week of Waiting For Game! In today’s episode, Melee Stats talks to Golden Guardian's PPMD on the Octagon 2, the future of Mango vs. Zain & so much more.
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Welcome back to another week of Waiting For Game! In today’s episode, Melee Stats talks to Junebug about his various thoughts on the Melee metagame, the return of LAN locals, and who the best Jigglypuff main is right now. T
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Welcome back to another week of Waiting For Game! In today’s episode, Beyond The Summit’s Aiden joins the Melee Stats crew for a hard-hitting two hour roundtable on SCL, Leffen’s showing at Poilon Colosseum, and more.
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TOPH!!!!! The Golden Guardians-sponsored Melee streamer, caster and player joins the Melee Stats crew to talk about all things SCL on the latest episode of Waiting for Game.
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Welcome back to Waiting for Game! Pipsqueak joins us to discuss Regen Online, the rise of Europe's mid-level, and more!
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Welcome back to Waiting for Game! Slime joins us to talk about SCL week 2, how TOs can sell doritos better, and more!
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Melee Stats is back with a new podcast: Waiting for Game! iBDW joins us to talk about SCL, Mango being No. 1, the return of Plup, what's going on with Hungrybox & so much more in our very first episode.
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