Hey there, it's @ddrfr33k. One of the awesome things we had going with our prior group were the weekly discussion threads. They were an opportunity to chat with your fellow group members, talk about yourself, and learn a little bit more about the group in the process. Well, we're going to resurrect that thread series again. And we're doing it in style! But what are you waiting for? Me to stop talking? Well, we got a little surprise for you. This week's theme is:

Rivalries!

![rivalry.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmaS33HexteUfbhYVHfyCy4aZfqgDZqDPs38rzKBH6JtP6/rivalry.jpg) That's a classic rivalry right there... Tell us about a rivalry you had with someone. Not only that, but tell us more about it. How did it start? Did it ever end? How?

Now wait a sec. What's this? More to this post? YES! We're doing something new here at OP Gaming. With each discussion post, a moderator or admin will be sounding off in here. Ever wondered what goes on in our brains? This is the chance! Our first responder is @Volderhein! Ahh... **Rivalries.** Where to start? Oh I know... Let me tell you guys the story of how I developed several rivalries in **Super Smash Brothers Melee.** I started frequenting a these weekly sort of _"parties"_ a group of friends organized. I refer to them as parties because we played as much as we drank. But anyways, I started going to these parties and started meeting new people. We played games and hung out while eating pizza and drinking cola. That's when **Super Smash Brothers** came and sucked us whole into a vortex of competitive spirit, salt, and training... But most importantly, well developed **rivalries.** https://media1.tenor.com/images/59fdbe56e530ea2bd1b1f6e71a0cb71b/tenor.gif?itemid=9772533Tenor.com

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This began when I first brought my Wii U with **Super Smash Brothers for Wii U** or most commonly called **Smash 4.** I supposed that because I owned the game and had the most experience with it, I would absolutely rekt everybody in that house during that night... I couldn't have been more wrong in my life. From there on we moved out from **Smash 4** to a Brawl mod called **Project M** and we spent some years there. This phase of our smash addiction was when things finally got serious. We stopped being casuals. The rivalries which had been created on **Smash 4** translated almost equally to **Project M**, BUT something had changed. Each of us started developing their skills more and more and quickly. Suddenly, we started getting better, our matches were closer, and tighter than they had ever been before. We were finally taking a good hold of the game in our grasp and it really was noticeable which one of us really wanted to invest time in the game and who didn't. https://media1.tenor.com/images/fbd7e52eee8d1da8e2848832f4599c14/tenor.gif?itemid=10644782 [Tenor.com](https://tenor.com/view/crystal-sparkle-flashing-shapes-stars-gif-5062708) By the time we switched over to Melee, **Rivalries were set in place.** I had developed these with two of my friends, specifically. This guy who played Captain Falcon. His extremely fast inputs are in your face 24/7 if you don't do something about it. And the other one was with this guy who wasn't that fast nor the best at applying techniques but can read you like a book. But why do I see them as Rivals? Because at some point we had an equal amount of skills and mindgames. We sort of grew together while training with each other and developed our own way of playing characters and the game itself. https://media1.tenor.com/images/22f4586c4698204cd3bae4c91ced9b97/tenor.gif?itemid=9782973 [Tenor.com](https://tenor.com/view/izuku-bakugou-gif-9782973) At the end of the day, our rivalries still last to this day and age but it's hard to keep consistent. Our group sort of disintegrated since not everyone likes playing the game at that level of competitiveness. We do still play once in a while and heck we even play some other games too like _Skullgirls_ and _Tekken!_ So i'd say we are still rivals but overall we're still friends. I'll leave some images and stuff we've done over the years! https://scontent-mia3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/12814072_10207759233074142_3864107309136630995_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=2b38d5b7a799f56eeb649f0c82b2e191&oe=5B86F841
And here's a video compiling the best kills and plays we made during that night! Wow... A lot of time has passed... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22HEYtN7QHU

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