Post by D.J Cat on May 2, 2020 23:37:14 GMT 10
Hey all, I thought I would do a write up of the popular Kong Off Tournaments from 2014.
Firstly, watch the trailer to get hyped and get an idea of what it might be about!
Kong Off Trailer:
youtu.be/yruLEKNR42I
PROLOGUE:
So, the Kong Off Tournaments were a Super Smash Bros Melee tournament series held in mid 2014 in Brisbane in the state of Queensland (QLD) Australia.
I'm trying to remember specifically how it all started so I linked to the posts on smashboards to jog my memory (see below)
smashboards.com/threads/qld-tournament-general-thread-next-event-uq-smash-15-19-12-15.336792/page-33
So, the QLD Smash Scene, specifically Melee had really kicked back into gear in a big way thanks mostly to the documentary series "The Smash Brothers" which debuted in late 2013.
It was a great time to be a part of the scene after many years of very low attendance and interest.
During this time there was a Donkey Kong obsession within the QLD Smash Community and I think I recall the event that kicked it off.
Smoking Puppy hosted a smash meet at his place during Easter 2014 and during this event the up and coming Mytus challenged the more established J-Birds to a money match.
J-Birds was so confident in his ability to win the match that he claimed he could beat Mytus's Shiek with his DK.
A very confident statement from J-Birds considering how those 2 characters normally match up.
Against the backdrop of the Kangaroo Point skyline an epic battle was had and the up and comer gave J-Birds the Mytus Touch and prevailed in a climactic finish.
So after that J-Birds swore revenge and had to win with DK, so he started training his DK in his humble abode nestled in the leafy suburb of Mount Gravatt - The Bird's Nest.
Videos like this, made by Mytus using Donkey Kong and Shiek's heads superimposed onto Batman and Bane to promote upcoming smash events really helped further enhance the rivalry.
youtu.be/Y3WS5W57s1k
And here is another one: (fast forward to the 48 seconds mark)
youtu.be/P7uJNtiAw0o
Kong Off is also glowingly referred to in this video from about 34 seconds in:
youtu.be/OqBTWeAlrMs
J-Birds continued toiling away in his nest to harden up his Kong, but despite the considerable talent of his Kong the emerging fresh talent of Mytus, G-Money and others were able to spank the monkey with their top tier character advantages and rapid improvement.
The enthusiasm for the Kong continued to grow during this time.
Amongst some members of the community, at the character select screen if someone picked Donkey Kong the hounarable thing for the other player to do would be to immediately pick Donkey Kong as well, even in legitimate tournament matches.
One of the most influential DK afficiandos was the up and coming powerhouse of the QLD Smash Scene - Smoking Puppy.
His Rivalry/Bro-Mance with J-Birds and the epic Kong vs Kong battles really helped moisten everyone's appetite for more Kong.
The 2 Doyles of Browns Plains, Bob and Dino were watching all this unfold and wondered if people would be interested in a Kong only Melee Tournament.
There was precedence for this from 2010 when QLD was swept up with Ganondorf fever and the famous DORF OFF tournaments were held.
While yes, they were smash tournaments, they were more an excuse to get absolutely hammered while enjoying video games and the antics of the Smash Scene.
So from there, in the tradition of the DORF OFF tournaments Bob and Dino made a hype video to see if people were interested in a KONG OFF and bestowing the honour of being Queensland's King of Kongs (QKOK)
And the answer was a very resounding YES!
The title "King of Kongs" was also a small homage to legendary QLD Smasher King Kong who was a talented smasher who got around in the very early days of competitive Smash in Australia and who proudly represented the Brisbane Tech Team, QLD and also Donkey Kong by maining DK and punching far beyond his weight despite the character disadvantage.
I once saw him do his cargo grab juggle 0-100% against no other than Ken in a money match in Melbourne in 2007.
The good folks of the QLD Smash Scene really helped build the hype for the upcoming tournament.
The majority of the regulars on smashboards changed their avatars to Donkey Kong related ones.
And better yet, they picked characters that suited their personalities.
For example:
J-Birds - Donkey Kong - It makes sense. He was the Prime Ape and the one who mostly kicked off this whole thing.
Smoking Puppy - Diddy Kong - J-Bird's little buddy. While they had a rivalry for 1 vs 1 matches they would always team up in a Donkey/Diddy Tag Team style for Doubles Matches.
Dino - Leo Luster - Cool guy in shades. Demands you let his people GO GO (to the Kong Off)
D.J Cat - Cranky Kong - the old head of the group who continues to tell everyone that games were better back in his day and is a fan of doing things the old fashioned way (like posting on forums that are over 15 years old instead of using the newfangled "social medias" that all the young whippersnappers were rapping about)
Syke - K.Rool - wasn't a fan of the Kong Off concept but still came to at least one of the tournaments and perfectly played the villain role by having K.Rool as an avatar.
There was plenty more but that's all I remember off the top of my head.
THE KONG OFF:
The time had finally came for the Kong Off.
In preparation for the tournament i put Donkey Kong posters up (which stayed until we moved out of that house) and had one TV setup with the original Donkey Kong Country and also the original DK Arcade game on another TV (via Donkey Kong 64)
We also had some DK shirts, DK related team names, Banana Bread Beer and who could forget...the legendary Donkey Schlong!
We had something like 25 people turn up (not everyone participated, there was plenty of interested onlookers) and a great time was had by all.
J-Birds confirmed his position as the King of Kongs and also powered to victory in Doubles with his little buddy.
Kong Off 1 - Friday the 4th July 2014
Dino63
Smash Journeyman
Jul 5, 2014
Kong Off Results
DK Doubles
1st Coconut Cream Pie Showers (Spup/J-Birds)
2nd With Zeeeeeec (Moose/Syke)
3rd BIG D*CK 2 - Donkey Schlong (Bob/Dino)
4th Donkey D*cks Desuex (Toki/Marcus)
5th King Kong Dong (Arrow/Budgie)
5th Golden Bananas (Woodley/Gords)
7th Planet Of the DKs (Vyse/Jess)
7th Blue Suede Monkey Balls (Monkey/Blue)
challonge.com/kongoffdoubles
DK Singles
1st J-Birds
2nd Syke
3rd Smoking Puppie
4th Phrase
5th Dino
5th DJ Cat
7th Blue
7th Gords
9th Budgie
9th Monkey
challonge.com/kongoffsingles
smashboards.com/threads/qld-tournament-general-thread-next-event-uq-smash-15-19-12-15.336792/page-33
smashboards.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi381.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Foo259%2Fdjdino063%2Fdkchamps.jpg&hash=f4f17d42f6fc3afed347b1a7d9719e73
Firstly, watch the trailer to get hyped and get an idea of what it might be about!
Kong Off Trailer:
youtu.be/yruLEKNR42I
PROLOGUE:
So, the Kong Off Tournaments were a Super Smash Bros Melee tournament series held in mid 2014 in Brisbane in the state of Queensland (QLD) Australia.
I'm trying to remember specifically how it all started so I linked to the posts on smashboards to jog my memory (see below)
smashboards.com/threads/qld-tournament-general-thread-next-event-uq-smash-15-19-12-15.336792/page-33
So, the QLD Smash Scene, specifically Melee had really kicked back into gear in a big way thanks mostly to the documentary series "The Smash Brothers" which debuted in late 2013.
It was a great time to be a part of the scene after many years of very low attendance and interest.
During this time there was a Donkey Kong obsession within the QLD Smash Community and I think I recall the event that kicked it off.
Smoking Puppy hosted a smash meet at his place during Easter 2014 and during this event the up and coming Mytus challenged the more established J-Birds to a money match.
J-Birds was so confident in his ability to win the match that he claimed he could beat Mytus's Shiek with his DK.
A very confident statement from J-Birds considering how those 2 characters normally match up.
Against the backdrop of the Kangaroo Point skyline an epic battle was had and the up and comer gave J-Birds the Mytus Touch and prevailed in a climactic finish.
So after that J-Birds swore revenge and had to win with DK, so he started training his DK in his humble abode nestled in the leafy suburb of Mount Gravatt - The Bird's Nest.
Videos like this, made by Mytus using Donkey Kong and Shiek's heads superimposed onto Batman and Bane to promote upcoming smash events really helped further enhance the rivalry.
youtu.be/Y3WS5W57s1k
And here is another one: (fast forward to the 48 seconds mark)
youtu.be/P7uJNtiAw0o
Kong Off is also glowingly referred to in this video from about 34 seconds in:
youtu.be/OqBTWeAlrMs
J-Birds continued toiling away in his nest to harden up his Kong, but despite the considerable talent of his Kong the emerging fresh talent of Mytus, G-Money and others were able to spank the monkey with their top tier character advantages and rapid improvement.
The enthusiasm for the Kong continued to grow during this time.
Amongst some members of the community, at the character select screen if someone picked Donkey Kong the hounarable thing for the other player to do would be to immediately pick Donkey Kong as well, even in legitimate tournament matches.
One of the most influential DK afficiandos was the up and coming powerhouse of the QLD Smash Scene - Smoking Puppy.
His Rivalry/Bro-Mance with J-Birds and the epic Kong vs Kong battles really helped moisten everyone's appetite for more Kong.
The 2 Doyles of Browns Plains, Bob and Dino were watching all this unfold and wondered if people would be interested in a Kong only Melee Tournament.
There was precedence for this from 2010 when QLD was swept up with Ganondorf fever and the famous DORF OFF tournaments were held.
While yes, they were smash tournaments, they were more an excuse to get absolutely hammered while enjoying video games and the antics of the Smash Scene.
So from there, in the tradition of the DORF OFF tournaments Bob and Dino made a hype video to see if people were interested in a KONG OFF and bestowing the honour of being Queensland's King of Kongs (QKOK)
And the answer was a very resounding YES!
The title "King of Kongs" was also a small homage to legendary QLD Smasher King Kong who was a talented smasher who got around in the very early days of competitive Smash in Australia and who proudly represented the Brisbane Tech Team, QLD and also Donkey Kong by maining DK and punching far beyond his weight despite the character disadvantage.
I once saw him do his cargo grab juggle 0-100% against no other than Ken in a money match in Melbourne in 2007.
The good folks of the QLD Smash Scene really helped build the hype for the upcoming tournament.
The majority of the regulars on smashboards changed their avatars to Donkey Kong related ones.
And better yet, they picked characters that suited their personalities.
For example:
J-Birds - Donkey Kong - It makes sense. He was the Prime Ape and the one who mostly kicked off this whole thing.
Smoking Puppy - Diddy Kong - J-Bird's little buddy. While they had a rivalry for 1 vs 1 matches they would always team up in a Donkey/Diddy Tag Team style for Doubles Matches.
Dino - Leo Luster - Cool guy in shades. Demands you let his people GO GO (to the Kong Off)
D.J Cat - Cranky Kong - the old head of the group who continues to tell everyone that games were better back in his day and is a fan of doing things the old fashioned way (like posting on forums that are over 15 years old instead of using the newfangled "social medias" that all the young whippersnappers were rapping about)
Syke - K.Rool - wasn't a fan of the Kong Off concept but still came to at least one of the tournaments and perfectly played the villain role by having K.Rool as an avatar.
There was plenty more but that's all I remember off the top of my head.
THE KONG OFF:
The time had finally came for the Kong Off.
In preparation for the tournament i put Donkey Kong posters up (which stayed until we moved out of that house) and had one TV setup with the original Donkey Kong Country and also the original DK Arcade game on another TV (via Donkey Kong 64)
We also had some DK shirts, DK related team names, Banana Bread Beer and who could forget...the legendary Donkey Schlong!
We had something like 25 people turn up (not everyone participated, there was plenty of interested onlookers) and a great time was had by all.
J-Birds confirmed his position as the King of Kongs and also powered to victory in Doubles with his little buddy.
Kong Off 1 - Friday the 4th July 2014
Dino63
Smash Journeyman
Jul 5, 2014
Kong Off Results
DK Doubles
1st Coconut Cream Pie Showers (Spup/J-Birds)
2nd With Zeeeeeec (Moose/Syke)
3rd BIG D*CK 2 - Donkey Schlong (Bob/Dino)
4th Donkey D*cks Desuex (Toki/Marcus)
5th King Kong Dong (Arrow/Budgie)
5th Golden Bananas (Woodley/Gords)
7th Planet Of the DKs (Vyse/Jess)
7th Blue Suede Monkey Balls (Monkey/Blue)
challonge.com/kongoffdoubles
DK Singles
1st J-Birds
2nd Syke
3rd Smoking Puppie
4th Phrase
5th Dino
5th DJ Cat
7th Blue
7th Gords
9th Budgie
9th Monkey
challonge.com/kongoffsingles
smashboards.com/threads/qld-tournament-general-thread-next-event-uq-smash-15-19-12-15.336792/page-33
smashboards.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi381.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Foo259%2Fdjdino063%2Fdkchamps.jpg&hash=f4f17d42f6fc3afed347b1a7d9719e73