Smash 4 Worldwide: An Online Tournament With A $1000 Prize Pool

[LiteralGrill]

With the release of Smash 4, it's no surprise that Smash Tournaments have been expanding. Normally offline tournaments are much larger then those online. Smash 4 Worldwide flips that statement on its head.

On Sunday, January 18th E2C and Hypest will be teaming up to host Smash 4 Worldwide the largest Smash 4 online tournament to date with a prize pool of $1000 being provided by sponsor RTGN.TV. To top it off, it costs NOTHING to compete. You also read that right, no entry fee. With over 300 sign ups thus far including names like Zero, Cyve, Mr R, and Mr E, the competition looks like it will be fierce. With open sign ups and no cap of players this looks like it will be the largest online tournament for Smash Wii U hosted to date, and possibly the largest tournament period!

Smash 4 Worldwide Payouts
1st Place: $500
2nd Place: $300
3rd Place: $200​

For more information on the event, you can check out the listing for the event here on Smashboards. Sign ups for the event will be available until 2 hours before the event begins, so you can get in early or wait to see if you'll be available. Clear your calendars for the 18th and get ready for some serious online Smash!

SmashCapps is pretty excited for this event, maybe it's because he's one of the TO's who helping to host it! To follow all of his tournament hosting exploits or just help him be less lonely on his twitter account you can follow him by visiting SmashCapps on Twitter.

 

[PokÉmblem]

Wow. Hopefully it's easy to join, MY BODY IS READY!

 

[Sherby]

As the EU streamer for Hypest Tournaments, I'm looking forward to potentially streaming and commentating some of the EU games, as well as working alongside the other fantastic commentators!

GET HYPE

 

[Engage]

TIME TO BRUSH UP ON MY SMASH 4 SKILLS THEN.

 

[BobVance_]

Get ready for dat lag!

 

[IggyD]

Will there be another one soon? I'm going to be out of town that day =[

 

[PokÉmblem]

I forgot I live somewhat near mew2king, if I fight him round 1 I'm done for sure.

 

[Regralht]

Will there be another one soon? I'm going to be out of town that day =[

Likely not soon, considering the sheer size of this one. The /r/smashbros subreddit typically has 64 cap online tourneys every weekend for either 3DS or Wii U, though.

 

[SupremeSuperiorStick]

Signed up last week, got some friends to sign up too

 

[JayTheUnseen]

Too bad I only have 3DS(and haven't been playing it much)

 

[Smog]

Should saved up for the wii u

 

[KayB]

I doubt this is going to go smoothly knowing the nature of online tournaments.

 

[Phan7om]

I really dont wanna face a bunch of wifi Diddys

 

[Mrwhatzitooya]

First massive online tournament of Sm4sh eh...? It's Wario time!

 

[Miku Boy]

I want in!

 

[LiteralGrill]

I doubt this is going to go smoothly knowing the nature of online tournaments.

There are bound to be hiccups, there's no way around lag and such. But minus those kinds of unavoidable things everything should run well.

 

[MeleeMaster23]

Cool! I can't wait to see who's character wins!

 

[ARBITER WARPIG]

Ay carumba, how long will this tourney last?

 

[KayB]

There are bound to be hiccups, there's no way around lag and such. But minus those kinds of unavoidable things everything should run well.

Lag isn't what I'm talking about. There have been online tournaments since the inception of Smash 64 emulation. But a constant problem in all online tournaments is simply attendance. Matches get delayed because people don't respond in time, or people simply aren't available. Things like that get in the way.

 

[Miku Boy]

When do signups end?

 

[BobVance_]

Lag isn't what I'm talking about. There have been online tournaments since the inception of Smash 64 emulation. But a constant problem in all online tournaments is simply attendance. Matches get delayed because people don't respond in time, or people simply aren't available. Things like that get in the way.

Or salty players trying to BS results and argue about it for the sake of trolling.

 

[Kymnosk]

With a prize of 500$ hopefully nobody hacked the game already with intent of using higher knockback or lag cancel hacks or lag hacks or whatever. Also I bet people are going to start microwaving their routers now to win this tournament.

 

[ATH_]

Hyped for this! Should be an awesome experience.

 

[X-Ployt]

I really dont wanna face a bunch of wifi Diddys

Or Sonics.

 

[Rambeard]

The lag will be real in certain cases, but it's awesome to finally be able to compete in a tournament from the comfort of my home

 

[supersonic257]

Or Sonics.

oh come on sonic nots that op

 

[CyberHyperPhoenix]

I was considering on entering, but the matches will probably be laggy as hell

 

[HFlash]

F me, I work this day =/

 

[Deleted member]

Basically Japanese and suburban nine year olds versus ZeRo.

 

[Venks]

As the EU streamer for Hypest Tournaments, I'm looking forward to potentially streaming and commentating some of the EU games, as well as working alongside the other fantastic commentators!

GET HYPE

The Hypest Coin tournament was super fun. This looks like it'll be super crazy. I've already registered. I do not want to miss out on this event.

 

[Morin0]

I predict:

A lot of lag and delay johns. Maybe a dash of grime and salt.

I can't participate because I don't own a Wii U, but I am eager to follow the progress of this tournament.

 

[Spitfire16]

This'll be my first tournament. Time to train like crazy.

 

[ilysm]

Play now? Or wait for a GC adapter?

... . .. .. .. ,,. ,. .,. , . . .. .

 

[Liggli]

An online tournament system is nice - but hope we'll get a normal knockout system than one that players gain score.

And will there be an offline version for parties? Or do we have to bring pen and paper to play a video game?

 

[BlackEndGalaxy233]

I'm pretty excited.

 

[TheMikinator3000]

Wait wait... How do I sign up?!!!!

 

[Events2Compete]

Hey everyone, this is Events2Compete (E2C) for the online Smash 4 tournament with $1000 in prizes. If you can, please check out the event page here https://www.facebook.com/events/321152068082677/ and you can register here www.events2compete.com. Like Capps said it's completely free so this is a good chance for you to see how you compare with players worldwide. Also please subscribe to our twitch channel at www.twitch.tv/events2compete.

 

[Events2Compete]

Lag isn't what I'm talking about. There have been online tournaments since the inception of Smash 64 emulation. But a constant problem in all online tournaments is simply attendance. Matches get delayed because people don't respond in time, or people simply aren't available. Things like that get in the way.

That's why we have a system setup where you report to the T.O. for each bracket if your opponent is unresponsive at any time. If they don't respond within the allotted time frame, you would advance.

 

[version15]

There are bound to be hiccups, there's no way around lag and such. But minus those kinds of unavoidable things everything should run well.

I've been in plenty of online tournaments, for other games at least. Things will be fine provided they are organized well. Its really an overdramatization that online tournaments cant go well when so many have before.

 

[Thedragon159]

Haha this is great news