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Welcome to the Weekend Watchlist 26! The Smashboards events system recently got a fantastic upgrade and we've combed through all of the tournaments submitted to find some of the best events being streamed this weekend to feature here.

Greetings, Gunla here. Today, the Smashboards Rankings System has once again updated. As a result, we've returned to bring you the changes! Episode two featured a simple update on the statistics and categories of each game. For this episode, we'll be bringing you the current standings in each game. Without any more delay, let's jump right in!



MLG World Finals 2015 occurred during the later half of this month. With the...

A great way to become better in Smash is to understand all available options and be a master of tech. Being able to work quickly out of shield can makes punishes that much better was well. One Smash in partnership Tourney Locator have worked together to produce the Tech of The Week series for a good while now and this week they are here to present A Few Notes On Footstools.

Smashboards recently released it's interview with Myk "PBE | L1NK" Villaflor, the winner of the ESGS Brawlfest Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament. On the Super Smash Bros. For Wii U side, Wario main Adrian "TSF | Enigwa" Marin took the gold home, winning grand finals against Manila Cup champion Mikel "PBE | GodZ" Godinez. For insight towards the For...

Welcome to the SmashBoards Writer's Interviews! This is a series that will appear at least twice every month covering a writer. These are more casual interviews, but depending on the interviewer, we leave it up to them whether they'll answer further questions. For those who missed the previous interviews, be sure to check out PopiPenguin, SmashCapps, and Push_Dustin.

This week we have SmashBoards writer Pidgezero! She's been around in the community for quite some time, but the twist is her love of the smaller Smash Bros. games and their scene, along with the willingness to help players in the scene, and the endearingly positive (and quirky, to say the least) personality she has. Without further delay, give your hands up for Pidgezero!


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Greetings, and welcome to a new monthly series called The State of Smash 4. This will take a look into Smash 4’s competitive metagame, major events and the community’s developments from the past month; each new iteration of this series will be posted early on in the following month. October has been quite the month, with many major events and news coming out at a frequent rate, and the start of a new era in Smash 4. Without further ado, it's time to reflect over what's happened in October!


Right before October, a new patch dropped. This patch brought a lot of changes to custom moves and minimal changes to specific characters; the major changes came to Luigi, who lost a major tool in the way of DThrow KO setups. The full list of changes...

It's time to get exposed as Angel Cortes has been signed by Astral Authority! Angel Cortes, formerly known as iKon, was an Ice Climbers main in Brawl but is better known as a Diddy Kong player in Smash 4. Gaining notoriety after a now famous Twitlonger Post calling out many players he has gone on to take top placements at many tournaments including Super Smash Con and Nebulous Prime 1 at 5th and 9th at SKATAR 4. He is also currently ranked 5th on the New Jersey Smash 4 Power Rankings.

A 32k Melee singles pot that is the largest in Melee history, friendlies, behind the scenes interviews, fan interactions, special gameplay challenges and more. All of this and more is at Smash Summit. Ten of the most skilled Melee players were invited to participate in this event by media company Beyond the Summit with another six being voted in to attend by fans.

November 7th is looking to be quite the weekend for Smash Bros. Many Melee, Project M and Smash 4 players will travel down to Atlanta, Georgia to attend Tipped Off 11! This long running tournament series returns, once again being organized by Flow and FullMetal. Tipped Off’s history is all about the grassroots; it’s all about Smash and the community that plays it, proudly featuring Melee for 9 years. This is the South’s largest tournament (having over 650 attendees), with Melee Singles having 332 entrants, and Wii U having 243. This will be the 16th largest Melee event of all time, a feat that is definitely one to be proud of.


Earlier this month, Tipped Off started a donation drive on Smash.gg to help fund the event. Some of the rewards included T-shirts, controller stickers, waistbands and more; with the...

Omni is back yet again with a vlog! Many people know Omni for some of the vlogs he has released including Diddy Is Innocent, Why Smash 4 Will Die, Why You Should Pick A Top Tier and others. This time Omni has sat down to discuss a topic very relevant to many players: choosing a main. He gives three tips on how to make the choice and explains the reasoning behind each. Give the video a watch and let us know in the comments below of these tips helped!

While they may be called video 'games', the health problems gaming can lead into are no playful matter. Ironically many of these have gained nicknames from Nintendo products such as Nintendinitis or acute Wiiitis. With more and more players facing injuries from playing competitive video games it seems like the time is now to help educate players on how to keep their bodies healthy and in working order.

The Guinness World Records has been the world's largest collection of world records for over 50 years. In this year's Guinness World Records Gamer Edition, not one, but two Smash Bros. players have been featured for their achievements!

Another Smash player has been signed! Team Detonate announced yesterday night that SuperGirlKels would be joining their Smash team. She is a tournament organizer for the Uproar Tournament series in Canada and recently joined the ranks of Villyness for women to take a top five placement at a major tournament having gotten 4th at Canada Cup. She expressed excitement at joining the team.

Panda Global has been growing strong in Smash even though the team is so relatively new. Having only been around since June of 2015 they have already signed on names like Eric "ESAM" Kew, Jestise "MVD" Negron, Justin "Plup" McGrath, and Shane "SS" Bruce. Today they add a Smash player and commentator with an entire technique named after him. Panda Global has signed Robert "Wobbles" Wright!

It's official: Evo will be returning to host the 15th event in the Evolution Championship Series: Evo 2016! Having housed Melee, Brawl, and Smash 4 under its roof Smash fans will be excited to see where it heads for the 2016 edition of the event. The official trailer for the event has been released which highlights some of the best moments from last year's event.

Mind Over Meta is a weekly series of articles on /r/SSBPM, the Project M subreddit. Written by several different authors, this series covers many of the mental aspects of playing smash and other subjects related specifically to Project M. This week user L_Pag wrote about stages. The original article can be found here. To read the rest of the series check out the Mind Over Meta Archive. Sit down, read, and enjoy.

Welcome to the Weekend Watchlist 25! The Smashboards events system recently got a fantastic upgrade and we've combed through all of the tournaments submitted to find some of the best events being streamed this weekend to feature here. So without further ado put on a costume, munch some candy, and read our Weekend Watchlist!

Welcome to another Random Tournament Spotlight! As the name of this series implies we will be taking events at random that are entered into our event system be it big or small, on any day of the week, or however unusual and highlight a part of our Smash scene. Last time we met some folks in Philadelphia celebrating a new venue. This time we head to Virginia to meet the folks behind Anvil Smash.

This week's Weekly Top 5 Smash Shorts series ends with a blast showcasing another series of community contributed Smash clips with Magic43's Captain Falcon taking the top spot. You don't want to miss the last two plays.

What is a Smash Short? As the name suggests, it's a quick moment or series of events in Smash that is so good that you have to share it with someone. And we're giving you (yes, you) the opportunity to share those moments for a chance to be selected as one of the Top 5.

Missed the best moments from the past week in the competitive Smash community? EMG has you covered and just posted the 42nd installment of their Play of the Week series! Featured in this episode are highlights from #StR2015 including Lucky's career ending Falcon punch and a slew of unreal comebacks, combos and more! The clips are some of the best plays yet and certainly will help you remember this week in Smash history!