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vlerkibaba & the 40 wiis
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Melee Tournaments: Has 40+ Wiis | Hoards&sorts slippi replays | Event Streamer(ttv/supersmashdelft) | Ran Dutch local for 7 years | Roffa Rumble org | Samus main | he/him
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Pic by SHIP during Teaghlach in Glendalough National Park, Ireland
I love Twitter highlights on blue sky just how I enjoy TikTok best ofs on youtube
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Not extending the story by much, but here's how the finished case looked once back from (successful!) trip
Yeah, you're like a full on poison sucker, it's great
Spread that money out over the cumulative time you'll no longer complain about various pains and strains, probably a good spend
Is this tournament running frozen, or AI slop stadium?
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Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
Purple tinted glasses in addition to this would be fuego
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imagine if a family of beavers randomly showed up right now and finished whatever thing you've been putting off
Sorted Wii guts: screws, disc drive covers, Mobo bottom and top plates, and disc drives
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technology used to be cool, but now it’s owned by the worst, most moneysick humans on the planet. but there are transsexual furry hackers out there still fighting the good fight
For your hampered eyesight: HAPPY BIRTHDAY
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happy 3²/4²/5² to ask those who celebrate
Part 6/x
Having 3 weeks til the event, I've started gutting the Wiis, up to 6 so far out of 30 intended.
Took a couple hours to get this far, the hardest part being getting the rubber feet out.
My calculations were generous at 550 grams, so the total seems to go a couple tens above so far.
Part 5/x
After determining the peli 1615 flight case as the solution i had to go for to make it all work, having found a good deal on those, and worked out the terms with the Teaghlach TO, I went for it.
In theory, at least by volume, it could even fit 32 Wiis, 4 rows of 8 on top of eachother.
Part 4/x
How light can I make a single Wii?
Untouched they weight close to 1200 grams without cables, 1800 with all cables/USB/sd/scart adapter
Gutted they come down to approx 550 gram without, 800 grams with everything included.
I found a simple usbC power cable on AliExpress and started testing
Part 3/x
Main requirements:
- Sturdy enough flightcase, fitting the max allowable dimensions, lightweight enough on its own.
- Trademarked level gutting of Wiis to get as many as possible in the case under the allowed weight limit.
- DIY padding solution to do it securely without breaking
Part 2/x that they indulged me in my way too ambitious proposition:
"I can fly 30 Wiis into Ireland, I've done the math"
Having had several attempts and many calculations, I felt optimistic about being able to pull it off.

Turns out it requires a lot of planning!
I should start a blog detailing my ridiculous adventures in Wiis.

The latest leg of of it, part 1: Scummit 5 in ireland was the first "big"(55 player) tournament where I got to show off the rapid hotswap recording to YouTube to bracket embed pipeline.

The TOs were so pleased with this intro, that