Astram
Smash Rookie
This is a topic that gets me quite irritated - especially when discussed with people running the group - so I figured I'd post here to see how other people feel but here goes.
So my school recently started a Smash around last year or so and I used to go to their events but as I went more and more to outside events to my local venue, I enjoyed my school's events less and less to the point I stopped going. So the biggest gripe I have with my school's Smash scene is the way it's run.
Firstly, it's a PM --> SSB4 --> Melee weekly so PM one week then 4 the next week - this I don't have a problem with it's moreso the ruleset and setups (Melee / PM only). So the way brackets are generally run are a BO1 until Loser's Finals, Grand, etc, which is the usual BO3; I strongly detest this format because it doesn't allow players to adapt to a person's playstyle, counterpicks, etc. - well until the end which is usually the same people.
With that said, it brings me to my next point, since it's usually the same people in Grands, there was a point that the same person kept winning brackets that he was "banned" from participating in brackets to which he complied with taking up commentary. I feel as if this action is a cheap, especially since the group is trying to advocate the whole, "let everyone win thing" but the thing is I feel any player should have to work for their wins as opposed to have it handed to them. And the funny thing is this "top player" doesn't really make it into Top 16 outside of school events.
As I mentioned previously, I had a gripe with setups when it came to Melee / PM, which are played on flatscreens. Yup, flatscreens and being a person who generally plays on a CRT setup it generally feels bad when I play on them.
It's almost as if I feel alienated when they advocate that they're "here for casuals" yet try to do this whole competitive thing, especially since a lot of people in the group are anti-Melee for some reason yet strong advocates for PM, SSB4, and even Brawl; even more so the whole "cater to casuals" thing irks me when there's so much potential to meet other Smashers from other schools within the state. Though, they did take on another school in a crew battle on a CRT setup and won, so I'll give credit for that.
I mean I understand that the group will be entering it's second year now but I feel so dissatisfied with they way things are run and I don't know if my thoughts are strongly justified so I just wanted to share my experience with other Smashers for their input.
Here's their YT channel if anyone's interested.
So my school recently started a Smash around last year or so and I used to go to their events but as I went more and more to outside events to my local venue, I enjoyed my school's events less and less to the point I stopped going. So the biggest gripe I have with my school's Smash scene is the way it's run.
Firstly, it's a PM --> SSB4 --> Melee weekly so PM one week then 4 the next week - this I don't have a problem with it's moreso the ruleset and setups (Melee / PM only). So the way brackets are generally run are a BO1 until Loser's Finals, Grand, etc, which is the usual BO3; I strongly detest this format because it doesn't allow players to adapt to a person's playstyle, counterpicks, etc. - well until the end which is usually the same people.
With that said, it brings me to my next point, since it's usually the same people in Grands, there was a point that the same person kept winning brackets that he was "banned" from participating in brackets to which he complied with taking up commentary. I feel as if this action is a cheap, especially since the group is trying to advocate the whole, "let everyone win thing" but the thing is I feel any player should have to work for their wins as opposed to have it handed to them. And the funny thing is this "top player" doesn't really make it into Top 16 outside of school events.
As I mentioned previously, I had a gripe with setups when it came to Melee / PM, which are played on flatscreens. Yup, flatscreens and being a person who generally plays on a CRT setup it generally feels bad when I play on them.
It's almost as if I feel alienated when they advocate that they're "here for casuals" yet try to do this whole competitive thing, especially since a lot of people in the group are anti-Melee for some reason yet strong advocates for PM, SSB4, and even Brawl; even more so the whole "cater to casuals" thing irks me when there's so much potential to meet other Smashers from other schools within the state. Though, they did take on another school in a crew battle on a CRT setup and won, so I'll give credit for that.
I mean I understand that the group will be entering it's second year now but I feel so dissatisfied with they way things are run and I don't know if my thoughts are strongly justified so I just wanted to share my experience with other Smashers for their input.
Here's their YT channel if anyone's interested.
