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[[Image:Randall.jpg|thumb|70px|right|Randall the Cloud.]]
'''Randall the Cloud''' is the cloud that appears on the [[Yoshi's Story]] stage, often to assist the recovery process. The term derived originally from Canadian smasher [[FastFox]], and it has since taken off as a norm on [[Smash World Forums]].
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'''Randall the Cloud''' is a nickname for the [[Lakitu]]'s Cloud that appears on [[Yoshi's Island: Yoshi's Story|Yoshi's Story]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''. It is often used to assist the [[recovery]] process. The term derived originally from Canadian smasher FastFox, and it has since taken off as a norm on [[Smash World Forums]].
   
Randall's complete round trip through the stage and out the other side takes exactly 20 seconds. As such, many players attempt to summon Randall (via a strained shout) in their darkest moments. It is not uncommon that a player will fall just short of the edge, only to see Randall's devious smile as he emerges half a second later. When an attempt to land on Randall fails, most players proceed to scream "RAAAANDAAALL!" at the top of their lungs in indignation.
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Randall's complete round trip through the stage and out the other side takes exactly 20 seconds. As such, many players attempt to "summon" Randall (via a strained shout) when falling. It is not uncommon that a player will fall just short of the edge, only to see Randall's smile as he emerges half a second later.
   
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Randall does not appear for the opening ten seconds of a given battle and emerges on the right-hand side of Yoshi's Story immediately thereafter, meaning that the position of the cloud is consistent and predictable, not random. Through paying particular attention to the countdown in a [[time]]d match, a prudent smasher can use this knowledge to effectively stall a recover and land on Randall instead of taking a [[SD|fall]].
==Relationship to Randall00==
 
 
Curiously, although the cloud's name emerged out of the smash community in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, it actually bears no relationship whatsoever to [[smasher]] [[Randall00]] (RJM), who hosts [[Pro Impact BI-WEEKLY Smash|tournaments]] in the neighbouring city of Calgary. In reality, the cloud was dubbed "Randall" long before a smash community even existed in Calgary and the whole matter is nothing more than a peculiar coincidence.
 
 
RJM has been known to periodically apologize on behalf of the cloud.
 
   
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
 
*[[Yoshi's Island: Yoshi's Story|Yoshi's Story]]
 
*[[Yoshi's Island: Yoshi's Story|Yoshi's Story]]
*[[Central Canada Smash Circuit]]
 
*[[Pro Impact BI-WEEKLY Smash]]
 
   
== External Links ==
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==External Links==
   
 
*[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=115132 No "clouded" hopes]
 
*[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=115132 No "clouded" hopes]
*[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=79777 Knowing the position of the YS cloud: a lil guide by AustinP]
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*[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?p=1591173#post1591173 Knowing the position of the YS cloud: a lil guide by AustinP]
   
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[[Category:Unofficial lingo]]
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Revision as of 09:53, 16 June 2018

Randall

Randall the Cloud.

Randall the Cloud is a nickname for the Lakitu's Cloud that appears on Yoshi's Story in Super Smash Bros. Melee. It is often used to assist the recovery process. The term derived originally from Canadian smasher FastFox, and it has since taken off as a norm on Smash World Forums.

Randall's complete round trip through the stage and out the other side takes exactly 20 seconds. As such, many players attempt to "summon" Randall (via a strained shout) when falling. It is not uncommon that a player will fall just short of the edge, only to see Randall's smile as he emerges half a second later.

Randall does not appear for the opening ten seconds of a given battle and emerges on the right-hand side of Yoshi's Story immediately thereafter, meaning that the position of the cloud is consistent and predictable, not random. Through paying particular attention to the countdown in a timed match, a prudent smasher can use this knowledge to effectively stall a recover and land on Randall instead of taking a fall.

See also

External Links

This article's title is conjectural.