Savestate vs Armada - The Quest for the Frozen Turnip 

When I sat down to film this set, I never thought that a video essay would be made about it. LMAO

Armada was so shook from the mental trauma the frozen turnip gave him that he immideately retired after that tournament. Insane.

Melee is so sick

"It's one of those moments that makes you remember that Melee, for all it's seriousness that we inject into it, is a video game. And no matter how much you try to brutally triumph over your opponent, sometimes you just can't help yourself, and you accidentally have fun." FeelsStrongMan

Wonderful video! Savestate vs Armada was one of those truly unbelievable moments in Melee history, and this did a great job setting it up, explaining it, and making a meaningful point out of it. Also, it’s amazing how even after a decade of competing, there are still things for Armada to say “that’s actually never happened to me before” about.

Even by your channel’s standards, this video is really exceptional. Great job, amazing as always!

This glitch occurred on the first stock of my first melee tournament set. Since then I've never seen it happen again. Unlike armada and savestate, we decided to restart the game since we were only about 20 sec in or so. Bizarre little glitch.

Should have called this "the REAL reason why Armada left Melee"

Really loved this. Excellent work yet again!

When rollback netcode was first released, I got the chance to play Savestate on accident. Easily the weirdest match I have ever played in my entire life.

Holy shit the fox pinball at 5:28 is amazing, great video!

Imagine that guy wasn't filming

I still blows my mind that Savestate was just winning for like the first half of this game lmao

the turnip rube goldberg machine that fox got caught in was awesome

damn right it was at the end of armada's career, what a great cap in the absurdity of such a great game, fleeting but fun I love you melee stats

Just love how this game still allows for innovation and new unseen things

wake up babe. new melee stats doc

Finally, the real reason armada quit melee! Saw it and said "this is where I peak"

You took one of the coolest/most storied glitches in Melee and made it into a metaphor for love this shit's GOATed Congratulations on getting engaged =)

holy shit i remember being live for this and just completely losing it while i tried to figure out what was even happening. rewatching the footage with me freaking out in the background is really awesome lol. thank you so much for this video and thank you jordan for happening to record it.

“As far as your concerned” lovin that low key shade 😂

This is no doubt one of the best video essays I’ve seen on RU-vid- thank you and keep it up!

I love how you structure the videos so much!!!!!!!!

"And this fucking Link player has suspended the laws of physics" makes me crack every time 😂

This set definitely deserved a video, good stuff

Just wanted to say thank you for the content that you put out. You're melee content for the heart and soul ❤

"and this fucking link player has just suspended the laws of physics" is the best string of words to ever come out of anybody's mouth change my mind (no really i want more funnies)

This is actually incredible

I like how you weaved the properties into the set. Made it work nicely. Awesome video

This is one of the most beautiful videos I've watched about melee. What those players where experiencing while playing a tournament, the pure joy of the moment, is a privilege.

How do you so beautifully capture the randomness of the world in perfectly crystallized moments that make you swell with sentimentality to the point of tears. It's literal magic

Another amazing video by melee stats, never dropping that quality

This is one of my favorite melee videos ever lol, great job

Your vids are always so awesome. Also thanks for reminding me this set exists, it really blew me away in 2018

god i adore your editing style and the way you are obviously informed good work homie

the fact that you only have 13k subscribers is criminal. Your content in fantastic and makes me love melee even more than i already do

I just want to say #FreeMelee.

10/10 content. I've been watching so much melee content for years, how the fuck was i never recommended something from this channel? Awesome work, loved it!

These videos are so well done!

This is the best thing I’ve seen on RU-vid in months ♥️

Love these videos keep up the good work!

Great job as always. Think it's important to preserve things such as this. Whether for recreation purposes or just for tracking how jank this game we love is.

Really nice video, keep up the good work :)

Excellent video, I loved it!

Thank you for this. I dont even play melee and I loved it

That endnote has me in tears.

Great video, really well done.

This is heart warming along side mind blowing.

I love your work.

4:17 I'm just putting this here for everytime I come back to watch this specific part.

god that was wholesome, melee is great, please enjoy it

Absolute banger of a video

so glad you did a video on savestate! one of my favorite players and streamers :)

Things like this is why Melee is a game we all love

Amazingly well done video man #FreeMelee

How appropriate that a player named Savestate froze Armada both physically and mentally for the rest of time.

this is so beautiful

Easily the most wholesome melee match of all time.

dope vid melee stats, real cool shit

great video mate

That’s one of the coolest matches I have ever seen

Fantastic video

This is freaking amazing

This is one of my fav videos on the channel, it’s bizarre that the view count is so much lower than other videos

these videos remind me a lot of Jon Bois but for Melee. great stuff, really enjoying them!

dope #FreeMelee dedication at the end

great vid as usual :)

The grabbing it from anywhere had me laughing so much.

Very entertaining. Didn't know about this

Great video

There's so much more Melee to be played

what a gag with that roadrunner shit, I knew the sfx was coming and it still killed me

#FreeMelee

Honestly, seeing a moment in a tournanent where both players truly enjoyed themselves, even if the outcome was a winner and a loser in this match, is probably one of the nicest things in competitive gaming. No salt, just sugar and silliness. Sharing a story from myself, taking fighting games too seriously had once destroyed what I loved. Even the most competitive of games need moments of silly or stand-out, funny things, and ever since that day I decided not to take fighting games as serious as I used to, I've had a lot more fun, even if I lose due to some dumb, ballsy attempt at something incredibly stupid. What I'm trying to say, to add to this video, is enjoy yourself, play without a care in some way. A stupid match or dumb joke every once in a while can sow your love for something deeper.

I was there in person i could of swear this set was lost to time like so much of that tournament glad to see it being preserved

I wanna see Armada's face during this SO BADLY

Thanks for this Video. Melee is exciting, funny and a great compitition. But at the end of the day its just Melee, and this is saying more than thousand attributes, thats why I love the game just like a real sport that means so much to me.

I've never heard of a frozen turnip glitch, learning more about melee thanks to melee stats.

i love your videos so much

Holy shit this is so sick, I would of never known without your hard work, Thank you

I love melee so much

This channel needs some exposure Your videos are too good for the amount of subs u have

How did I not hear about this? That's crazy

This video is great

Wow, this was emotionally resonant as fuck right now

YES A NEW VIDEO!!!

Beautiful Vid! #FreeSmash

The Wile E Coyote bit was very good.

This happen to me once with my friend it was a funny experience and unexpected lol

Most underrated melee channel other than borp

The best set in melee history

"That's actually never happened to me in tournemant b4" you editor you

1.0 Melee > 1.02 Melee

me when the link player suspends a fucking turnip in the air via what can only be assumed to be supernatural means:

I like how they both just keep spam grabbing the turnip off of each other lol #freemelee

I have that exact model of crt like 2 feet away from me and was trying to figure out why it was familiar

I love melee docs.

Melee is really awesome

"what a boss" ~ PPMD

That was just... way too funny to me