Yeah the Smash scene is pretty stubborn, but I think several pro players tried to discuss with evo calmly about why items and some of the stages were a bad idea. There was even a tournament that tried out items. Several tournaments tested the ruleset. One of the item tournaments had Forward show up. A lot of different things were tried before EVO.
Also EVO stated that the ruleset was up for discussion, but as things progressed they made it clear they were unwilling to work with us. I think that is what frustrated players like Overswarm the most.
Then a few weeks after EVO when they got only 150 people for Brawl with only a handful of them even being pros, a couple staff members stopped by and asked how we did things and seemed excited to present our ruleset for next year. I think for the most part all was forgiven from there.
It is just disappointing to the Smash community to not have an National tournament this year.
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