| metalmonstar said: 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. |
ive been apart of the smash communty since 2003(been playing the game since 1999) and im here to tell you that EVO doesnt really like smash. Its not looked at as a fighting game(and it isnt, its just WE made it a fighting game) so the support is not there for it. Its been to EVO a few times and each time is was a massive success(evo 2006 anyone?). EVO 2008 was a joke, items? Not to mention a ABSOLUTE garbage player (CPU, a rob main) won due to the rule set(items).
Smash has always been hated on because it doesnt fit the traditional "fighter" shell. And smash always gets shafted. People blame the smash community for being XYZ or ABC......wrong. we want the game to be as competitive as possible with out being retarded(items and stupid stages).
Im not made that evo 2009 didn support us, its thier loss. Smash has MASSIVE events(bigger than evo at times[Axis]) that happen all the time. Clash of the titans 4/ World Hobo/Genisis......and MLG(yes its going to happen).
PS: to set things straight. smash DID NOT have items as a standard for a long time. i wanna say the first year of smash was with items. the other 6 years were majority NO ITEMS.
