Ranking Melee's Most Iconic Upsets - The Pantheon w/ Scar 

I am suffering from a severe Scar-content-deficiency. This helps

The Toph/Scar argument like an old married couple. So genuine, so funny.

Biggest upset: Toph vs the sunlight's current position on his face.

This video will be outdated by the eventual upset of "Toph vs whoever the first person to beat him at Melee Jeopardy is"

Scar was a really good guest for this content! He’s always been the best at telling a story and framing events in history.

PP's reactions to Toph and Scar arguing semantics had me DYING

"He's looking clean if he's washed" is so clever and I only just now understood the joke 5 years later

Surprised they didn’t talk about PPU Hbox at apex. That upset was start of the Marth discussion and pivot tippers

I think very clearly the upset that stands out to me is Armada over Mango at Genesis 1. Armada being doubted by all of the American Smashers, makes a massive run over DSW, M2K, Mango to make it to WSG out of basically nowhere to effectively reignite melee as a global esport. I think without Armada doing what he does you don't have the same scene that exists all around the world today. Armada showed the world that the US wasn't unbeatable and that you can come from a small scene, put work in and beat the best.

"His existence itself is san upset" lol I mean, true. Yoshi is not supposed to succeed and yet now in 2022 we have aMSa as a top 5 player in the world

Amsa is such a beast. Keeping Yoshi in the conversation from 2014 to 2022.

PP right of that bat with the 2nd clip lol did him dirty

Not earth shattering nor talked about but I will always remember mattdotzeb beating leffen

Wizzrobe 3-0ing Hbox at WTFox2 should've been in this. Wizzy was already getting some good results, but no Falcon had ever beaten Hbox. This was the era where Hbox was only losing to Fox-players and for it to be a 3-0 came seemingly out of nowhere.

Albert v Hbox should’ve been on here. An unranked player beating clutch box at his peak

The thing about Magi's set with Mango was that it was a launch pad for their career. Magi kind of became household name after this.

PewPewU vs Hbox immediately came to mind. Haven’t watched yet, but man that was so hype

the scar toph banter is soooo good LOL

Prof over Hbox is funny because Hbox upset Prof in PM earlier in the day. Prof said he knew he was beating Hbox in Melee after that loss. Agree that ranking though, Hbox in mid 2015 losing to fox did not feel like a massive upset at the time.

You know someone has been around when they remember “Ken vs chillin: KEN DEFEATED”. I remember seeing that on DC++ My personal fav is aMSa vs M2K. I remember at the beginning of the match, Scar scoffs when asked what aMSa’s chances are, and then the first game aMSa loses badly which was expected. But then the following games aMSa somehow adjusts, keeps his composure and wins. aMSa imo is Melee’s Daigo.

Man there are so many other upsets that could have been included. what a beautiful game

Scar and toph arguing like an old couple is the funniest thing ever 🤣🤣

kage holds a special place in my heart, I am just glad he was in the running

I love toph and scar on the mic together also aMSa is a living legend

Super excited to see Scar on here!

I think its so cool that they ended up choosing the same set that Innuendo Studios focuses on in the “Things of Beauty” video on melee; it really is such an iconic set

Yo fellas thank you for the uploads! Long format suits y'all pretty well. Keep up the good work fr.

god I love scar so much

Scar is a legend

GG blessing us once again

As someone who got into melee through the InnuendoStudios essay on the aMSa vs M2K upset, I personally think it's the goat, with a close runner up of n0ne over M2K

I need more Scar on this channel

Amazing video bringing back a lot of nostalgia

I can’t believe Albert vs Hbox wasn’t on here

All three of these people are great. I've only ever had a chance to chat with Kevin back in the day. Glad to see these pillars of the community standing strong!

Very hyped to see Scar on!

3 community staples right here. Great, GREAT video GG and thank you for the awesome videos

Amazing content, like always

More Scar! More Scar! More Scar!

When Toph wheeled out PLATO I completely lost it.

I see Mister Bobby Scar-Newman and I press like

I knew Scar was both a dangerous and correct pick for this one.

Mang0/Magi might not be the most iconic upset of all time, but I think there's a strong argument for it being the biggest. A previously-unranked player beating top 2 in one of his strongest matchups, with maybe the biggest "perceived" skill differential ever seen at the time. Insane

11/10 such a good topic with the best guest

Armada vs Swedish was definitely the smallest upset in terms of player skill difference, he was top 10 in the world at the time. But purely in terms of melee history alone it is easily one of the greatest upsets of all time.

If this included potential upsets (as if it was last game last stock, maybe last hit) I feel like Colbol vs Armada would be on here.

scar and toph are a great power couple

Great video. My favorite upset was Oscar/Leffen. I remember the end of the last game when Oscar hit a random fsmash and leffen totally gave up for the rest of the set. You could see his still getting crushed in real time. Amazing set

Scar the goat. Miss him

I lost my fucking MIND when I saw the aMSa m2k set. And scar’s commentary made it so good. Agreed, it is THE video I show people when I show them an upset in melee

24:36 Toph and Scar couple moment. Lmao, how you know they are bffs!

They definitely picked the best one IMO. That set was mindblowing.

aMSa vs m2k at KoC4 was the set that introduced me to Melee. Even before Big House 10, easily S. Probably S+ tier now

I remember coming back to my college from a visit home, it was a Sunday and I had forgotten my ID card so I couldn't get into my dorm. I went into the basement of the library to connect to wifi and catch the end of KoC. The Amsa M2K set was about to start. by the end of the set I was being so loud they found me in the basement and made me leave. I'll never forget the hype

Actually one of my favorite Melee videos is called: "Smash as a spectator sport". There the guy talks about that match between M2K vs Amsa and I remember watching it back in the day... It just feels like an anime were Amsa is the protagonist, it is too good. Nice vid as always you Golden Guardians !

Love seeing scar

Peepee was 10 years younger in 2012 but back then he looked 10 years older than how he looks now

“A Yoshi?!”

What toph and scar said about armada is honestly facts. I could see like a n0ne,s2J,llod,Axe even take a set off of armada

The lovage leffen set was great for the ditto meta, i would go with A because Foxes started implementing full hop drill after this. Especially Leffen

My hot take: the fizzwiggle/mang0 set should be S tier. Not because it's necessarily hype the way that n0ne/m2k was, but because it's establishing the precedent of the Slippi era: that a relative unknown can take on a top 10 player and potentially pull off an upset. People tend to forget that Melee's LAN nature made the game incredibly insular for well over a decade--places were region locked, competition was sparse if you weren't living in a major metropolitan area, and it was difficult to learn and improve without the propagation of content that YT now provides. Slippi and UnclePunch has basically upended the entire Melee paradigm. Now that people have spent their 2+ COVID years grinding on Slippi, regions are less of a thing, overall skill level has increased, and new names are up-and-coming. So yeah, fizzwiggle's win itself isn't mindblowing. But what it represents? It's in S, for sure.

LOVE Scar TOoph married bitching LOL. Amazing!

I'm really surprised Leffen vs Plup Samus and Hbox vs Wizzy (Optic Arena) wasn't on here. Those were the first two that came to mind, and were each pretty big. I do love the Amsa vs M2K one though.

Definitely gonna binge watch The Reads after this.

I think the silent spectre upset counts I think armada is just johning, if you think about it silent spectre ALSO had to deal with 0.9

22:20 I’m so mad you showed me that clip. I missed that set and didn’t watch it yet on purpose…

SCAR! BOBBY SCARDUZIO!!!!

More Scar!

Toph and scar Pog

alternative titel: toph touching his hair for 30 minutes straight

It's interesting to say that the Swedish v Armada upset ushered in a wave of A level players getting god tier tech skill and that the top player pool got wider because of it, when, around this same time, Hbox became the clear number 2 and then number 1 when Armada left. On the one hand, there is more depth in players with the increased tech skill and everyone is getting closer. On the other hand, the guy that couldn't jump cancel grab was number one in the world

If you're gonn mention Hbox ypu should've went with Hbox vs Albert. Back then Hbox was dominant as hell and having a Falco beat him game 5 was nuts

I love scar!

Mew2king in the crewbattle crazyreturns vs east coast is still one of my favourites.

i remember that one of the first melee tourneys i saw was the kings of cali where amsa beat m2k so that will always be the biggest upset to me

Scar if u don't remember magi mango that's on You

“It’s Lud and Slime” *Cuts out 10 minutes of trash talking*

I wish scar would just talk forever, about whatever, just speak your mind, Robert

Apex 2018? You sure about that?

Bobby Toph collab 😍

Scarrrrrrre

For me the number 1 is Lovage vs. Leffen. I watched it live online and that shit was so hype.

Just watching this after the recent news about Chillin and cried happy tears at his upset This community man :) love it

Pretty surprised Zain vs. Leffen at Smash n' Splash 3 isn't on this list

DID THEY NOT GO OVER ALBERT VS. HBOX AT LOW TIER CITY 7???? Pretty sure Albert wasn't even ranked at the time

Love scar

PP was just waiting to say juiced this entire video. The excite at getting to say juiced was hype

Day 44 of asking GG Melee to make a compilation of every time n0ne says “Zain...” like a disappointed parent

Scar and toph bicker like brothers

HOW IS ALBERT VS HBOX NOT ON THE LIST??

why do you guys care that mango beat Taj after losing to him but you guys don't even care that Ken beat chillin in losers and won the tournament

Albert v. Peak Hbox should have been on this list.

Armada's entire Genesis 1 run should ve here.

SCARRR

The People’s Champion pog

That ending lmaoooo

“Zane” cmon 😂

Harry Pogger vs Hbox was absolutely snubbed

Any win over Armada will be top for me. He was the absolute #1 of melee for a very long time in my mind.

26:30 LOL