Recent content by Vayseth

Hello! I am Vayseth! I run large events on my own, am hired out to do large events for others and am probably the most connected organizer from a global perspective. Here are the things I want to make sure we all accomplish: Like Suar said, using the PGR as a vehicle to define specifically...

Seeing the Japanese votes I submitted on accounts not run by Japanese players freaked me out a bit. Unfortunately I have much less of a response this time around but I feel like everyone over here is burned out by the amount of tournaments we've had recently. I apologize for the wait and for the...

Vayseth's Voyage is an article series written by The Big House Wii U Head TO Vayseth straight from Japan. Every week, he will be bringing you articles on various topics regarding the Japanese Smash Community. Bringing Smash Communities around the world closer and closer together with every...

Oh no, I mean that Japan has currently developed into a metagame where anyone can win. But they only have between 150-350 entrants at their biggest tournaments. I believe that soon we will see the same kind of environment around the world once we get to the top 150-350. We will still get the...

In Japan the culture is so that if you do not think you can compete you do not enter tournaments. They are too embarrassed to come out just to lose and especially Umebura has this image of being extremely competitive so many casual players are turned off by it. The only people who show up to...

Vayseth's Voyage is an article series written by The Big House Wii U Head TO Vayseth straight from Japan. Every week, he will be bringing you articles on various topics regarding the Japanese Smash Community. Bringing Smash Communities around the world closer and closer together with every...

Oh it is nothing like that! Twitter has a character limit so it is hard to explain everything clearly. We have been in talks for about a month but nothing was ever locked in so we were all taken by surprise is all. The only thing we know for sure is Ranai will be unable to attend due to work...

That is absolutely correct. While his results haven't been nearly as dominant lately I think any TO would be out of their mind to seed ZeRo less than #1. After SSC, Shine, TBH6, and any other 2016 majors that may need to be reevaluated if trends continue.

You are correct

Vayseth's Voyage is an article series written by The Big House Wii U Head TO Vayseth straight from Japan. Every week, he will be bringing you articles on various topics regarding the Japanese Smash Community. Bringing Smash Communities around the world closer and closer together with every...

Rain/Nietono are from Tokyo so HIKARU rarely finds himself matched up against them. The last time they were in the same room was the 3-on-3 crew battle where HIKARU took out Kameme. Earth and HIKARU are regularly matched up against each other. Last week's tournament HIKARU lost and this...

I'm not sure. I am half way around the world and was also surprised to see no other posts since my last one. I am sure they'll bounce back.

Vayseth's Voyage is an article series written by The Big House Wii U Head TO Vayseth straight from Japan. Every week, he will be bringing you articles on various topics regarding the Japanese Smash Community. Bringing Smash Communities around the world closer and closer together with every...