#leffen

We're going back to Season 1 for this one for another pretty hyper-specific joke - one related to the competitive Super Smash Bros. Melee community. Things have simmered down a bit now with Ultimate taking the main stage in terms of competitive play, but back around 2013-2016, Melee was THE Smash Bros. game where everything was happening. The era of the five gods, the god-slayer Leffen, and a renewed time in the spotlight due to EVO 2013 and 2014...Melee lore is super fun to learn of, and all of its eccentric personalities make it an extremely interesting sport to follow.

Of all that's happened in Melee's history, be it the Wombo Combo, Hungrybox's popoffs, Amsa's Yoshi singlehandedly redefining the character...The Salty Suite moneymatch between Leffen and ChillinDude still just feels fucking legendary.

There is so much that happened during and leading up to just that match, and the fallout of it, that people have made full-on video essays on the topic. The TLDR is that Leffen, an at the time recent and insanely good player with a mean attitude, accused the player Chillindude of being a bygone player with no chance in the current game. Their beef escalated and resulted in a moneymatch between the two where Leffen won 5-0 while laughing like a madman between every game. What made all this funnier was that Chillindude, weeks before the game commenced, produced a Diss Track with he himself rapping called "Respect Your Elders". This track and the context surrounding it have become absolute legends in Melee, and its this track that's used for today's rip.