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Rewben2

Is Slippi matchmaking still alive?

I've barely played smash, more of a viewer but I recently heard about Slippi matchmaking. It sounds great, I like the idea of being able to jump into MM and play a few games when I feel like it. The thing is all the threads I'm seeing about it are from last year. Is there much of a playerbase left? I don't want to download everything to find there's no one left playing.

And are there some sort of regional restrictions? I'm Australian so yeah.. Thanks.

Posted Aug 4, 2021, 8:21 AM UTC

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xbennyS•

Yes very

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_Nicki•

you will easily find players unless you only search for games at like 6am, go do it!

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Rewben2OP•

Sweet, I'm Australian though so don't know what time that'd be for me (I assume you mean 6am US time)

I can still queue with people from different regions right?

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_Nicki•

nah i meant 6am your time. You will be matched with people who live somewhat close to you in order to ensure a good connection.

you can however use the direct connect function to connect to any certain person around the world, the ping might end up being too high though

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Rewben2OP•

Ah, that was my concern given that Australia is smaller in size - though still has a smash scene. I'm installing and see how it'll go

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Birdgoescaw•

I'm in the South East Asian region, so my experience will be a bit closer to yours. It's definitely possible to get matches whenever you want. Wait times are as low as 5 seconds on like a Friday night, to 5 minutes when its late at night.

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Rewben2OP•

That's pretty sick, I guess being a 1v1 game is helpful with the queue times opposed to usual 5v5 I play

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SuperFGC•

They mean 6 am for whatever region you are in

You can only queue for unranked which has a set distance (based on your IP). Once you wait for a certain amount of time, that distance search range will be automatically expanded. Slippi takes legitimately like 20 seconds to set up and you've spent more time asking on reddit than it would take to set it up itself.

You can always use direct mode and use a discord to find people in the melee online discord as well

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Rewben2OP•

I'm already installing and setting it up. I'm just asking how the MM works.

And no, someone who doesn't know what they're doing won't be able to install dolphin, find an iso, setup their controller etc. in "legitimately like 20 seconds".

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AggrOHMYGOD•

I think it’s fair of him to assume most people had the iso and controller set up as online melees been out for like 6-7 years, 20xx has been on computer for a while, and uncle punch, the best training tool, is on computer as well. There’s a video called something like “setting up slippi in 53 seconds” which you can follow real time once you have the other stuff. If you know what you’re doing and have a fast computer, the switch from dolphin to slippi is limited mainly by choosing a display name.

Regardless, enjoy.

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kelots•

yo there's an aussie discord, and aus/nz netplay is all good. im a kiwi and usually find a game instantly through the evening, maybe a min or two during the day

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Rewben2OP•

Yeah the queue time isn't bad at all it seems. When I first started playing in the past and joined an aussie smash group for netplay, I was so far below everyone's skill level that I played with that it wasn't fun for me (them too probably) so I stopped

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S420J•

Slippi has skill based matchmaking so it should even out for you after a few games :).

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Dr_Hobo1•

There’s a newbie chat channel in the Aus Smash discord, ask for games in there and just explain that you’re only getting started out, most everyone there is either v new or v helpful and will help you out with really any questions you might have about how to improve!

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cheesescientist_•

Even at 4-5am I find games FAST

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_Nicki•

I just know that in Europe the early mornings (7-8am) can be slow. probably different in NA.

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Kered13•

Yeah NA doesn't really have slow times. At off hours you'll start seeing the same names repeatedly, but match making is still fast.

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musecorn•

My average wait time is like 1.5 seconds. Very very alive

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DJJohnson49•

No clue about australia but in the US I play into the wee hours of the morning sometimes and have never had to wait more than 10 seconds to find a match

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[deleted]•

Yeah wut of course there is a huge player base on slippi. I just watched before slippi now I just grind

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60s_cut•

The only games that have even more alive matchmaking in than slippi are the obvious mega games (fortnite apex overwatch counterstrike etc)

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skreww_L00se•

In LA, I usually wait like 1-10 seconds, don't think I've ever played the same person twice lol

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ShotTermGoals•

don't think I've ever played the same person twice lol

Really? I'm westcoast but more to the north and get matched with people in the PNW and Norcal. There's like a decent collection of people I run into on a regular basis.

Maybe Socal and the matchmaking there just has that many more people...

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PelorTheBurningHate•

Yea, I'm also socal and I very rarely see the same person twice even in the middle of the night.

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_kyL•

I literally play at 4 am and get instant ques with new people everytime. Very much alive

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Cpteleon•

Yeah absolutely. Takes me about 1-5 seconds to find a match, at any time, in Europe. Longest I've waited was about 10 seconds at 4 am on a weekday or smth. It's incredibly active with players of all skill levels.

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wow937•

It's only been growing and will only continue to grow

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dumdumstoopid•

I find an opponent within 10 seconds without fail. Weekdays, weekends anytime.

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neondays•

As an Australian, you will not have a difficult time finding matches, but people will quit from your games because the ping will be 180-250 which is virtually unplayable.

Your best bet is to find some sort of nationally local community of melee players who play on slippi and use direct play. The melee scene in Australia is not too bad.

When I was in Japan trying to play unranked everyone would quit immediately after noticing the ping.

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Rewben2OP•

All games I found last night were 60ping or less, took 1-2mins average and that was 7pm-11pm on a wednesday which isnt a super alive time i wouldnt think

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neondays•

You might’ve gotten lucky since Australia has a lot more melee players than Japan

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Kered13•

Slippi isn't popular in Japan for reasons. Also Melee is less popular in Japan to begin with.

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JaeharysTargaryen•

Shit I find people all the time every day

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LonelyVirgin69•

West Coast "doubles unranked" has kinda fallen off but if you're just looking at singles then you should have no issue finding a match.

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l5555lE$GN•

It's like a year old lol of course it's alive.

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[deleted]•

a ton of games die within a year, it's not that crazy of a question

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l5555lE$GN•

Yeah but this is melee

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___Boy___•

Yo if you happen to be in Melb, our scene is probs the biggest. Id love to help you get to grips with the game/play some friendlies!

As long as you dont live in NT the scene is thriving.

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Rewben2OP•

Hey, I an in melb (near the city too) so would get into the scene and playing friendlies if I get improve more

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___Boy___•

Oh dude that's sick! Jump in the Aussie smash discord and I'd be keen to give you a crash course in your character after work if you like. I'm Hoppalot22. Theres newbie channels and resources as well!

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___Boy___•

I'm also a regular at the Monash weeklies when covid isnt ruining everything XD

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