The Longest Game in Smash History 

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you enjoy😊

"We should ban this stage to save people's time" "To save people's time from what?" "From what I'm going to do if you don't ban this stage"

honestly big respect to boom. Man saw the problem, warned everyone about it and then proceeded to demonstrate why exactly it was a problem when no one listened to him.

Incorrect. The longest game in Smash History is when I left my console on overnight to unlock Mewtwo.

Bro learning the origin of Gerson Boom's name after all these years and it coming from a smash 64 set of all things feels like discovering the Rosetta Stone,incredible!

Wow the end with Brawl Taunts what a throwback

It's really crazy how the stage meta has changed through time. 64 had to choose the best of the worst yet now we have Ultimate and choose to play on about 3 of over 100 potential stages, ruling out perfectly decent stages because of silly things like 'there's a slight slant',

Glad you mentioned the Undertale fact about Gerson Boom. Another fun part of it is that in Deltarune it's revealed that his son's name is Alvin (after another Peruvian Smash 64 legend who was mentioned in this video). Always good to see you upload again.

bro hijacked an entire tournament just to prove his point

It's a Christmas miracle, GRsmash uploaded!

Not all heroes wear capes, and not all presents have wrappings.

I’m a 64 player and you did an excellent job covering this saga, also the editing is really next level

You are so real for the Brawl Taunts ending. Thanks for another epic video

I'm one of the ex-leaders of the Smashboards 64 backroom, and I wrote the first tournament ruleset removing Hyrule Castle from neutral picks (I'm in the video as asianaussie) boom's opinions on Hyrule date back for a long, long time and were widely regarded as extreme by Smashboards posters - I distinctly remember him saying Link goes from bottom 3 tierwise to top 3 on Hyrule because of how overwhelmingly powerful his circle camping is - for perspective, this is like saying there's a legal stage that puts Melee Kirby or Bowser into top tier His arguments about Hyrule were a big part of the english-speaking community moving to DL-only - they certainly convinced me

As someone who loved your channel back in the early days when you had "the humor of an edgy teenager," I gotta say this is an amazing video. Well-researched, crisply paced script, and incredibly well-edited. Excellent work!

If you cant solve the problem, become the problem.

Lesss goooo more top tier grsmash videooooos!

Dad's finally back with the milk.

Man, excellent polish on the editing. The way graphics don't just pop in but smoothly materialize and how each scene isn't a cut but instead a pan and tilt with accompanying swoosh sound - it all adds so much life. That zoom across key moments of the match at 11:58 was particularly slick and offered such a good impression of the length without needing to showing the whole thing. It's all so natural that it's easy to miss how much work would've gone into this. Really great work 👏

The fact that a TURTLE merchant references this is amazing. Genius.

This video makes me appreciate more the current state of Melee and Ultimate. While it may be annoying to see Sonic, Jigglypuff or Steve camp so much, we don’t know how much worse it could get. Tahmks for coming back! Merry Christmas!

First a video about the best rivalry I’ve ever heard of (Im team Dennys btw) and now a we’re blessed with another incredible smash doc We missed you GrSmash, you’re an absolute legend

Bro became the villain to prevent the blooming of any further villains. o7

I had no idea about this aspect of the Smash 64 scene, and your video was incredible. The depth of information combined with the amazing improvement in your editing skills truly made this standout. I'm genuinely impressed and can't wait to see more videos from you in this style. Keep up the fantastic work!

love to see some 64 content, a GRsmash smash 64 video on christmas its a miracle

Man good to see you upload. One of not that many channels that I've wished would continue making content on more than just one occasion. Hope that is indicative of you doing well in life rn Happy holidays man, cheers

Huge props for mentioning the inbox system. I really miss the early convos I had with followers. I can't fathom how RU-vid hasn't made a new pm system

It's so nice to see you uploading again, I also really dig this style of content just as much as highlight videos. Also I love the new profile pic

Aside from the amazing video, I think the content you produced was extremely impactful for the time. It wouldn't really hold up in the youtube of today but genuinely so many smash players I talked to have recommended your videos to beginners and that's what sparked their interest in how someone is doing the cool shit they are seeing on screen. I think they also helped a lot with the overall cluing people into certain narratives of the time. I think going towards this kind of content is what's best overall in this landscape but I will always go back to old videos because they are so rewatchable.

How does the old name of this channel being "ghost rager" affect the "GRSmash is Green Ranger" legacy?

i love how he spends an hour stalling just to die 2-0

Great video! Glad to see 64 highlighted, even in this context. Also funny to see how deep you dug on Smashboards, most of those names are still playing and attending events frequently to this day. Side note, feel real bad for that BarkSanchez guy after that tragic SD, hope he's doing ok.

Beautifully put! I’ve been a long time smash fan and even this tale flew above my head! Thank you for such a wonderful video!!!

Shoutout to Elise Avery who also did a solid vid on this game. Smash 64 has a lot of overlooked content compared to Melee, 4, and Ult, so seeing more media on wild 64 sets would be a blessing.

I love how not a single tournament organizer seemed to consider using a timer outside of the game.

Return of the king

I've been watching your vids since 2015, they were a huge part in getting me into melee and the community. I really love seeing this video

Love to see more of your content man! Looking forwards to more in the future, Merry Christmas!

Nice to see people talking about Smash 64! Very well made video, you have my 64 historian seal of approval, congratulations!

Honestly, your videos are pretty entertaining. Gonna miss the compilation bits but fr fr these videos are very well written

Really enjoying this new form of content from GRSmash

14:58 It just occurred to me that Gerson Boom is probably a tortoise because tortoises are known for being agonizingly slow.

Fantastic Christmas present, great to see you back GR. Also funny how the Deltarune character, Alvin, is also named after a 64 player who got mentioned here.

Man, I missed these kinds of videos GRsmash made even with the edge sense of humor lol. It's been a very long time my man. Hope you continue to make more vids in the future!

A truly amazing Christmas gift! Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to you GRSmash and everyone

Such an interesting video. I love videos like this where you can learn about odd things in Smash history. More of these!

glad to see you back, been watching you for years

Ah yes, the “Hyrule Castle gets banned” set.

Your editing is on another level, man. I was immersed the whole time!!

Excellent video GR! I was around during the early days of your channel, my name back then was TheNilocV. I think I'm listed in the credits of one of your early vids. I always looked forward to watching your comps in high school and shared them with all my friends that I could get to watch them lol. Merry Christmas to you and yours!

GRsmash upload at the very end of 2023 AND it features Runescape music? GOATed

Yo this video is top notch quality, love it. Missed the compilation uploads but this content is fire, welcome back GrSmash!

Best christmas present! Hope you had a really good one GRSmash

Thanks for the Christmas upload GRSmash! I've been watching you since the beginning. Always nice to see new videos from you.

New GRSmash video and it's for 64? POG

That subtle shade thrown at sm4sh gave me a giggle.

Dude I had to double check and make sure I was watching a GRsmash video. The production quality is amazing! Good sh*t brother! 💪😎

15:43 Never thought that I would see an "ssbb taunts" reference and clip in 2023. What an amazing series back in the glory days of youtube/newgrounds

Just seen ur channel and saw you haven’t upload too much recently.. but after watching this I need more man😭 keep doin yo thing bro

I want to see this record broken and a Smash Bros match that goes on for an entire day.

Let's be honest. We're not playing 19xx, but Smash Remix. Love all the stages they have added, along with the all new characters.

Quality video GR, i havent watched a video of yours for years, so the quality was a nice surprise

This video is excellent. Your research and presentation of the story is top notch

I'm digging the new format brother, Keep up the edits

Nice video, I can tell a lot of effort went into it!

I can't believe the longest smash game was in the country I live in

That transition screen with the time frames is a little eye melting. Really dope to have the game time displayed like that but the rush to the right was painful. 👍

Gret video. Love the new direction for your channel.

New GRsmash vid just dropped, POGGIES

GRSmash is back!

NEW GRSMASH ITS A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE

Great music choices. Bangers all throughout

Oh shit, a new Grsmash Video😍

i love ur editing style. props to u or ur editor.

A GRsmash video on Christmas? Yes please

I know in the video he says that 64 is all about punish game, but i would argue around that wording I think. I would say that since the punish game in 64 is so much stronger, that makes 64 all about the neutral game and not getting hit first.

good stuff man, also brawl taunts nice lol

“Time to check my sub feed.” *spits out coffee*

2:20 Perfect music to anticipate a duel :)

Awesome video man!! Did such a great job

Sonix when he's up a stock: *Am I a joke to you?*

Calm voice GRSmash is my sleep paralysis demon

Peak video. I need a link to that last clip with Kirby and Ike because that was hilarious

11:03 Gerson's son in deltarune is named Alvin

What a good christmas present. I don't play 64, melee is my thing but I absolutely love 64 as a spectator. The thing I look forward to most every year is Super Smash Con and the 64 combo contest. Its just so amazing.

This game is a classic

Somehow I never knew about this game, nor did I know it was so famous that Toby Fox referenced it.

GR Smash is back!

man I hope you get to post more! I know how long videos take, I hope you read this and have a happy new year!

Playing or watching Dreamland on repeat is a deflating experience. Stage counterpicking brings variety and spice. I hope the professional scene brings back more legal stages.

Your editing skills have improved immensely dude, they definitely didn't go unnoticed. Great video!

wow, great timing! Elise Avery also released a video about this lately, so it's cool to know more about this match!!!!!

Hoping to see more gr smash vids!!

Haven't watched in a while. Glad to see you back.

4:44 - ‘Pokefloats only. Pokeballs on very high’ - see, this guy gets it!

Smash history videos like these are so interesting. I’m looking for more vids similar to this and coney’s DK vs DDD brawl vid. I could watch them all day

I can't understand the hype around Boom. That guy hijacked a tournament just to prove his point, making Gerson losing his time while he was cooperative, and then proving his point was completely wrong by being destroyed by Marka. What kind of whim can let a man acting like a child like this ? I feel so sorry for Gerson, he didn't deserve anything and he suffers from bad decisions from Sakurai, bad decision from tournament creators, and borderline behaviour from Boom. That's a shame.

Very good video. The only thing I'd note is that the uploader of the video who went to Peru also Herbert Von Karajan or Karajan for short (also known as Dajjal/Isai is Dead) was a pretty prolific 64 uploader. He's also known for making the first keyboard to PC adapter as there was a lot of 64 players who played on keyboard due to emulator play (such as me who switched over to Hori ages ago.)

Nobody will believe me but in Smash Bros Brawl online with a full free-for-all lobby of randos, I (playing as Samus) and another person (Playing as Zelda) had a two hour long sudden death on Temple. I stayed alive by just constantly ledge grabbing the upper rightmost ledge, and the Zelda survived by staying in that tunnel right at the center of the stage. The Zelda got hit by a few bombs but somehow never flew far enough to get KO'd, and she made her way back to the center. The game finally ended when a bomb dropped just a little too close to the ledge I was hanging onto, immediately KO'ing me. To this day I'm still amazed that nobody disconnected and ended the game instantly, the game didn't crash or the server didn't lose anybody's connection, etc.

we're so back.....