I cant see the regular thread lol!

Hype!!!!!

Wow thats pretty cool! Nice details!

Pic of the day. The leg and arm positions of some characters will automatically be mirrored when facing left or right. Mario, for example, will have his chest shown in the foreground regardless of whether he's facing right or left. This was quite a tedious task, but thanks to it we can show the best features of each character even better.

Here's another example: in the previous games, you saw the back of Kirby's head when facing left. Now Kirby looks great from any angle.

I wonder if that's possible too...

It's technically possible but you'd have to be really bad since once you're in last place the most points you can lose is 5 at a time so you'd need to lose 20 times in a row to reach 0pts.

We thought it would be better to work out the kinks some time before the launch so that when the game actually releases we'll be able to hit the ground running and hopefully not run into too many unforseen issues.

I definitely think the points table can be rearranged, your proposition does seem to fit better considering everybody starts with 100 pts.

I totally agree, there will be two separate rankings on for 3DS and the other for Wii U since tracking who has what version would be a total nightmare. I'm still anxious to see how well Peach will handle without my trusty C-Stick on the 3DS.

One of the aims Smeags and I had for the league is to not overcomplicate it so I think we'll start out without the tier system and we can always add it in afterwards if the league is a huge success. Also, keep in mind that as you and other people move around the ladder, you'll have plenty of new people to challenge, not to mention that you can battle whoever you want in friendlies and that the tournaments you'll organize will also provide a chance to face new people in a competitive setting.

P.S.: You'll never be #1 as long as my Peach is there to slap your Mario silly.

So how does character pics work? I personally don't care if someone was to counter pic me but others might. Do we say who we are using when we issue a challenge or wait until the fight. Will you be going off smash boards so if Metaknight was broken again would you be banning him here?

Also what about stages?

Will certainly pick this up for 3ds, after seeing if the online MP holds up.

@TM25

Obviously we'll want to get started ASAP, and the exciting/crazy/unexpected part of that is not knowing what characters are the best and which stages are competitve-friendly (is that ironic?). We'll follow the top competitive Smashing sites to stay up to speed on which stages will be cut and what-not, but until then... Smash 4 is unmarked territory and we'll be a part of that. :D

To add to what Smeags said, both players will be able to pick any character of their choosing for round 1. The winner must keep his character for round 2, the loser can change. If a third round is necessary, once again the winner must keep his character and the loser can change.

As for stages, there's no way to know which are good and bad right now but that'll be updated as we go. We won't limit stages to the multiple Final Destinations like the For Glory mode though.

Fair enough all sounds good, crazier the better though personally.

I forgot it was a best of three that is well thought out.

Might join depends how stable it all is and if I can hold my own.

I updated my idea post #20! I leave the rest to you mods (make the right decision :P

Cant wait!!!!!

Bump, and vote for the tier system