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Jackson Parodi, a video game music-focused performer, has appeared at several events, including Zeldathon and AGDQ. A man of action, he recently made it out to Smash the Record, a charity event, and helped raise $50,000 dollars for the St. Jude Children's Hospital. This is his story.

Between The Big House 6 and Smash Summit 3, it's safe to say this autumn has been the season for Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles play. However, the excitement doesn't end there, as this weekend's UGC Smash Open will feature a $5,000 pot bonus and a plethora of Melee's top teams. Here are the major storylines and viewing information for the UGC Smash Open's Melee doubles tournament.

Super Smash Bros. has been included in The Game Awards for Best eSports player. This category is presented by Omen and meant to judge the most outstanding performer in 2016, without taking account the game. An award such as this is something HungryBox is very deserving of, having worked to be one of the first sponsored and full time players of the game. It would also be incredibly hype for the Smash community, seeing that it'll garner more eyes to Smash Bros.

On December 2-4, Smashers from all over the world will gather in Collinsville, IL for UGC Smash Open. Among these are some of the best that Smash Wii U has to offer.

Earlier this week, Jebailey tweeted out that he will add Super Smash Bros. Brawl to CEO Dreamland if a certain tweet received 5000 retweets or more. Thanks to the entire community banding together, that goal has been met and Brawl is now a confirmed part of the CEO Dreamland lineup.

As the year comes to a close, one major tournament remains before Melee enters a pseudo off-season: the UGC Smash Open. Taking place in St. Louis, Illinois, the stakes will be high at the UGC Smash Open as 16 of the top 30 from the 2015 SSBMRank, including 5 of Melee's "Big 6", and more compete for $15,000+ in prizes for singles.

The Weekend Watch-list submission is back this week! Here's how it works, each week we will cover from 5 to 10 tournaments, so here is a chance to get in.

The rumors have been confirmed: CEO Gaming's Alex Jebailey has just announced CEO Dreamland for April 14-16, 2017. This new installment in the long-running CEO series focuses specifically on Smash and Smash-related titles. Confirmed games include Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros., Brawlhaha and Rivals of Aether. All games will feature both doubles (on Friday) and singles (Saturday and Sunday) brackets. This tournament will not be replacing Smash at CEO 2017; instead, it is to serve as spin-off in the CEO series.

Marth main and "That's Not Safe"-guy The Moon becomes the latest top Melee player to with a new esports team.

The weekend results are in! If you didn't have time to catch the Twitch streams this past weekend, no worries! Here are the results from the big events that happened this past weekend!

Independent developers, or indies, have seen a rise in the last decade. Thanks to games such as Super Meat Boy, Shovel Knight and the like, retro-inspired titles have been appearing at an increasing rate on app stores and consoles worldwide.

Being a Super Smash Bros. enthusiast, have you ever imagined the characters of your favorite indie titles duking it out in one title? A Florida-based team by the name of Lowe Bros. Studios, aims to do just that with Indie Pogo.

As 2016 comes to a close, fewer and fewer major Smash tournaments are left every weekend. Among the handful of remaining majors, one tournament is looking to bring the hype for both Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U: UGC Smash Open. With many of the world's best competing for over $40,000 (split between both games) and esteemed tournament organizers Bassem "Bear" Dahdouh and Matthew "MattDotZeb" Zaborowski running the tournament, UGC Smash Open is shaping out fantastic experience for attendees and viewers alike. For those still considering attending UGC Smash Open in person, here's a few reasons why you should go.

This weekend, the United Arab Emirates’ community will be ending their 2016 with a bang in the form of Dubai Dojo. While any tournament in the region would be worth covering on its own thanks to the its array of talented players, Dubai Dojo brings something new to the table: some of Japan’s best.

This weekend, from November 25 - 26, Super Smash Bros. Melee is back at DreamHack Winter for the second year running. Like last year, a contingency of America's best has convened on Jönköping, Sweden to battle amongst some of the best in Europe for this year’s crown and $30,000, the second largest prize pool in Melee history.

With a smaller amount of travelling Americans this year and a few notable absentees from Europe’s top level, this DreamHack will give a chance to other players to shine. However at the very top, this tournament is as stacked as almost any other major this year.

Welcome to the 11th installment of Comedy Corner [Thanksgiving Edition], a satirical segment here on Smashboards that dwells on the many quirks of our favorite game series. Today we look at "smash-escapism" and how it affected one man during that holiday people still celebrate for some reason.

Ever wanted to play Super Smash Bros. Melee, but you didn't have a full setup available? Well, Melee Light, a version of Melee that plays straight from your web browser, might be the solution you need.

SmashDown World is looking like the most stacked Smash 4 tournament Europe has ever known, with most of the continent in attendance, as well as some heavy-hitters from the US and Japan. If you like Smash 4 and you have access to the internet on November 26-27th, you have no excuses to miss this!

November 21st is the last day you can register for the early bird registration fee for 2GG's ZeRo Saga Tournament! If you plan on attending, act fast for an affordable price!

The Smashboards bi-weekly Ask Me Anything series is back! For this installment, we have Elegant, the best Luigi main from the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U community in the world.

Smashboards recently had the chance to interview Project M Donkey Kong player R3 | ThunderzReign about his recent win at Olypmus, and his thoughts on the PM community as a whole