This video nails the early history of the crew battles, and I can't tell you how much it means to see the video dedicated to KishCubed. Great watch with amazing attention to detail. Thank you!

To give more context about this time period: This is actually similar gameplay to how I played a lot of that year, the only difference being which matches were and weren't recorded, and/or which were uploaded to the internet or not, so I have less credibility than I should have had for that year due to pure bad luck in that aspect (I've said this many times, but it gets memed on because I can't prove it, or have less data to prove it than I should have had). IMO my best performance this year was the 9-0 vs ChuDat/PC Chris in LF/GFs of FC:Diamond the week before this, where I had crowd cheering and strong mental state, and managed to get multiple 2 and 3 stocks on them (low % with both of the 3 stocks on each player actually), making that tournament my best lifetime performance against both Chu Dat and PC Chris. I was really excited at how I played during that tournament, and couldn't wait for the matches to be uploaded online so I could show the world how great I can be at my best, only to find out that the videos were not properly saved, and would never be uploaded. I became extremely devastated and depressed after learning about that (but I didn't learn about it until a few weeks or months after it happened), since 90% of the reason I played was to show the world how great I was or could be. I'm not lying when I say that I played better at the end of that tournament than half the sets I played a decade later, and I'm not speaking only relatively either. I believe it's because I was solely focused on Melee then, without Brawl (which game out 7 months later) or other games (or life goals like college or anything else etc) to distract me from my goal of being as good as I could be at Melee at that time. Will elaborate more when my book comes out (yes it is still happening eventually 100%, I've just been focused on so many other things lately, so it's significantly more delayed than expected).

Imagine if they all heard this voiceover mid match. “And this would be the last stock he would take in this crew battle.” “I’m sorry what?” *M2K noises*

Oh wow, a Melee mini-doc focusing on crew battles? This format has a TON of interesting history that a lot of people nowadays just don't know about, so it's super cool to see you giving it some spotlight!

Holy shit, you're such a legendary creator man.

"The birth of modern melee" gave me goosebumps for some reason. Is M2K our Prometheus?

When M2K sweeps one of the best crew is honestly the sickest and funniest thing in hyped up melee

Me when this would be the last stock I would take in this crew battle

Borp's run at the crew battle in fight pitt iv is a close second.

I like the idea that Ken does this and then thinks, "I'mma go on Survivor".

Hugs86 had a pretty impressive showing at the Smash Summit 11 commentator crew battle

16:23 honestly, if the quality was higher and the names weren't displayed up top, I would've believed this interaction were from two noob marths on slippi unranked.

4:17 I like how everyone's serious then there's just hbox

I feel like when m2k talks about 2007 m2k he's talking about his mentality and ambition. Probably not but if he is it would actually make sense

and here I thought the Summit 11 Crews was one sided

2007 m2ks marth just brang smart and in modern melee age "normal play" to the table. Standart situations like a optimized chaingrab on fd, a down throw gimp or good ledge options were all more or less invented by him

i will be an m2k fan forever. this man has so many highlights it's ridiculous.

Haven't watched it yet but I know it will be worth my time

"This would be the last stock _ would take in the crew battle" is SUCH a cool line

Hadn’t heard this story, great video dude!

Scar would love this he's a huge M2K fan especially for this time period.

My first time hearing of gahtzu was during the us vs the world crew battle that was one of the best crew performances i seen…

This is incredibly thorough and impressive, and you didn't even lump me in as a Kish. Great content.

Your growth as a creator over the past year or so has been really inspiring.

everyone gangsta till the camera zooms in and says "this will be the last stock they would take" 💀

yet another amazing video from one of my favorite creators. The content you make is constantly high quality and I love what you do.

15:00 walt: (In reference to the crew battle performance) “im at a complete loss for words” also walt: *curates a 20 minute documentary on said subject* 😭

Crews needs a lot more love these days. Such a fun and interesting format

This was amazing content! Learning about these great, yet, little talked about moments in the history of the game is so interesting, keep it up

Wooo another TDFW video!!! Thank you for making melee content for the whole scene to enjoy!

One of the first crew battles had a similar interesting occurrence with Isai becoming motivated and taking 15 stocks.

hit the hbox pop-off when i saw walt uploaded, sick as usual

Damn, M2K really said what is a king to a god

gosh as someone who has participated in melee crew battles before, i can say u feel so hype n connected to ur team :) luv to hear da awesome history of crew battles! turndownforwalt never disappoints :')

Amazing as usual, more crews content for sure!

god i love this channel. most polished melee content on youtube 1000%

Great video as always

How did i not know of this!? Great video, these are the legendary things in video game history we should remember and enjoy as gamers. Stuff never before seen and possibly never again to occur. Respect to everyone who participated in the event, as the skill of opponents is what sets the stage for an epic showdown in the first place.

High quality production and storytelling as always. Love seeing old melee relived for modern times For those who also want to see another amazing crew battle performance, watch mang0 at the west coast vs east coast mlg anaheim 2015 crew battle where he took 8 stocks off 3 gods

i come back to this video every now and then and just admire the brilliance of the editing and also mew2kings pure skill

Wow I never heard of this incredible little tidbit of melee history. Great production value as always Walt!

My favorite crew battle win was a falcon player named Equal who literally won an entire crew battle solo I wish I could find the vod.

Lets goooo been looking forward to this video for a while

This doc is amazingg omfg the "This would be the last stock (player name) would take in this crew battle" gave chills lol. Good shit walt lol

I love you. Like really love you. Your voice makes me feel things I thought I never could.

intro gave me shivers gj, very well done

I love the way you edit these videos

it is actually insane how he manages to keep you interested throughout the whole vid, this man is what this community deserves!

I think this video is so Interesting and well made I love your vids so much.

Awesome video !

The Kishes are legends here in the SB smash community. They’re awesome guys.

Excellent content

I love your writing style. The "this is the last stock so and so took" pattern gave me chills and made me laugh.

Holy shit, I knew M2K was good, but I didn’t know he was THIS good

Why the fuck is this vid such high quality? Good shit man.

This feels like a Secret Base / Jon Bois video ;) Love it.

Great video

the scripts and voiceover in your videos is always amazing walt

15:14 you had 2 sneak that in🤣🤣🤣, love it

goddamn dude this is such a legendary documentary. can't believe i'd never heard about this before

Wow! I just watched a master at his craft. I think I like crews infinitely more now, thanks TDFW.

14:04 Ancient bair side b regrab technology that stango brought back to practice a few years back

Wow this is amazing

Crews are hype! I wish more tournaments featured them.

The king

legendary video about legendary performance from legendary creator :B

Disappointed that it’s not Bloke Cinco’s comeback in the 2015 The Melee Games match between University of Houston and University of Texas at Austin

holy shit, what a great history lesson! FANTASIC VIDEO!!!!!!

DAMN WTH HOW HAVE I NEVER HEARD OF THIS BEFORE thanks for bringing attention to this MUCH DESERVED performance This is Insaneeee Pog M2K

Can confirm - this is the only part of the tourny people were talking about afterwards. It was most certainly a meta-changing moment and helped usher in the modern era of Melee.

Loving the content man! Also loving your commentary work you have done recently, keep it up mang, I can see a big eSports org picking you up for content creation, would be so dope if you could get sponsored

crazy high video quality

Ty ❤

what a beast!

Its crazy to think 3 out of the 5 gods are retired

Holy shit, the motion graphic explaining how crew battles work was SO clean

Melee seems to have an infinite number of epic storylines

Congrats on 42000 subs

Excellent now I can finally feed myself

Good shit, Walt

"The birth of modern Melee" Thats just perfect.

This also kind of reminds me at thevstart of crew battles when Isai steamrolled through a whole crew almost lol

Dude, this intro’s got me so hyped.

Awesome

9:50 yoo reversing the clip and going for a zoom-in would've been dope there

still so well made even with 2007 clips/vods

Haven’t watched the video yet but I want that t shirt omg

clip of isai at 12:16 is hella wholesome lol

🔥🔥🔥

YOUVE GOT TO REVIEW MANG0s run in the East Coast vs West Coast crew battle at MLG!

woke up to a new melee doc?? hell yeah

Only melee channel busting out melee facts I didn't know about. Your frame perfect 100/100 times like 2007 m2k.

Id love a video on Sfats multiple reverse 4 stocks.

Walt commentating my life: "This would be the last stock he would take in his career."

Very few people know exactly how good M2K is. M2k is not one of them. PC Chris is.

We need to bring back crew battles it’s honestly the sickest thing in melee

Lets fuckin go Walt. This is most excellent

5:11 the picture I almost wasnt in.

The dk vs ganon Crew battle was amazing!

16:22 LMAOOOO WHAT ARE THOSE GRABS