APEX 2015: The Tournament That Lived

[The Derrit]

As many people are already aware, APEX 2015 has seen its fair share of diversity this weekend. After a crazy beginning to the weekend, the community, backed by Twitch, Red Bull and its fans, saved a tournament that looked like it may have been doomed.

Thanks to the efforts of many, the tournament will continue tomorrow.
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Red Bull asked me to write a story detailing the events of today, and I wanted to present it to you here to celebrate the perseverance of our scene. I cannot post it in its entirety here, but if you'd like to read it, please follow the link below.

APEX 2015: The Tournament That Almost Wasn't​

It's been a crazy day. Look forward to tomorrow - it's gonna be one hell of a ride.

Best,

The Derrit

 

[◥θ┴θ◤ | JJ]

All this happened while I was gone. Coming home to this is... wow.

 

[Bizzoula]

All this happened while I was gone. Coming home to this is... wow.

Same here man.
Really crazy stuff.

 

[Jayhawker]

Let's just hope the chaos is over... I don't know if I can take any more It's really amazing that this all happened and Apex is STILL not cancelled.

 

[Duzzzyy]

May Sakurai's Wild Ride have mercy on us all...

 

[Espy Rose]

Diversity? I think you mean adversity.

 

[◥θ┴θ◤ | JJ]

Let's just hope the chaos is over... I don't know if I can take any more It's really amazing that this all happened and Apex is STILL not cancelled.

Hopefully this will strengthen ties between Nintendo and the competitive Smash community. Seeing the kind of dedication that was put forth first-hand has to be nothing short of awe-inspiring.

 

[Victor Hugo Amaro]

This is gorgeous. Proud of this community man. Respect.

 

[tarmon2121]

Seriously, this is what makes the smash community so great. What would happen if all this happened to ANY other community? The entire event would have probably been cancelled at around the time of the Alex Strife BS, let alone make it all the way to where we are now.

 

[Sonicthesneak]

So Nintendo... Are you watching us now?

 

[Eeveecario]

APEX 2015 - The comeback tournament after a sudden chaos

 

[Zebkeet]

We are here, Esports. Where are you?

 

[Jayhawker]

Hopefully this will strengthen ties between Nintendo and the competitive Smash community. Seeing the kind of dedication that was put forth first-hand has to be nothing short of awe-inspiring.

Yeah, I'm honestly shocked that this is continuing. I've always had faith in the community, but it's just insane that we're able to push through this.

 

[warriorman222]

This is what makes the Smash Community so awesome: pure persistence. Any other FGC would have just dropped out after Alex Strife.

@Warchamp7 Shall return next year...

 

[RiceIsYummy]

This was seriously a Cinderella story and I can't imagine a better community. All other communities could learn a thing or two from the happenings of today.

 

[Eeveecario]

This was seriously a Cinderella story and I can't imagine a better community. All other communities could learn a thing or two from the happenings of today.

Dwarven Vow #7: Justice and love will always win.

Justice? They have been working hard to keep them alive! The Tournament deserve to live!.

Love?
FOR THE SAKE OF GAMING, OF COURSE!

Edit:

(...) The competitive community and Nintendo haven’t always seen eye to eye, but one thing is for sure: Nintendo should be proud to have such a passionate and driven group of individuals behind their game.

That moment when you feel proud of being a gamer...

 

[Jayhawker]

Seriously, this is the kind of stuff that makes it into the smash documentary! (next episode pls?)

 

[RobinOnDrugs]

Good job Smash community!

 

[Cubelarooso]

The best time to count chickens is when they can't run around. Like when they're encased in a shell.

 

[Quarium]

After years of lurking this site, these news finally made me feel like creating an account. Just so I can congratulate absolutely everyone involved in this and just how much dedication they've been showing in the wake of so much adversity. It is truly admirable how in barely a FEW hours! so much cooperation, spread of awareness and level headed action has been taken. And now it seems as if things are taking a turn for the better, It feels like an amazing comeback after getting 3 stocks taken away in a row! Not giving up where most people would have, you just don't see this everyday.

This simply has worked to solidify even further the great admiration I feel for the smash community and I'm glad that my first post in this site it's something like this. Keep it up Smash peeps, keep it up.

 

[DJ _ICE]

This is stunning, I'm on the edge of tearing up at all this

 

[Code Bread]

/r/Kappa is going nuts. It's hilarious.

 

[Gidy]

4 Threads. Are you kidding me.

Good for Apex though. Let's hope Karma doesn't hate us anymore

 

[Morbi]

I was worried that Brawl or Smash 4 would be dropped to compensate for lost time. It makes more sense to drop doubles given that you are not dropping an entire game that many signed up for exclusively. I mean, if I was a Brawl or Smash 4 player, I would be highly disappointed to know that all of my travel expenses were wasted.

That being said, it would certainly be horrible if people only entered doubles to find that those were dropped from the roster. Hopefully most people do not exclusively enter doubles, eh? It is certainly a lose/lose situation regardless.

Apex 2015 is my favorite tournament. Despite literally everything going wrong, it is not cancelled. Amazing. Simply amazing.

 

[Zeppelin]

So i'm guessing that in the Armada documentary, this will be the part where you hear the gates close, and then hear triumphant music, followed by Guile's theme with Mang0 just wrecking the bracket lol. Just like Evo 2013in the first doc

 

[Overclocked]

Incredible what this tournament has gone through already. Today, the Smash community showed the world what we're made of and what we can overcome. I'm only a stream watcher and occasional player, but I couldn't be prouder. Shoutouts to Twitch, Red Bull and the entire community for making this thing happen even after all this.

 

[Opossum]

ADversity, The Derrit.

 

[Pazzo.]

We're seeing history in the making....

Let's make sure we secure a legacy of goodwill, and not harm. Alex Strife was a step in the wrong...

Today's event is a step in the right.

 

[Wooggle]

This is an even better showing of what kind of community we are than Evo 2013

 

[THE_MAAFIA]

4 Threads. Are you kidding me.

Good for Apex though. Let's hope Karma doesn't hate us anymore

For people who are actually going (like me) we need these threads to know what the heck is happening and all the news we can get

 

[CAUP]

Let's not count our chickens before they hatch. I'm sooooo hyped

 

[Engage]

Man
this is why the smash community so much.
After the huge crapstorm that hit Apex today, the Twitch staff managed to find a new venue that wasn't too far away from the old one
and Apex is now almost back to normal, and the mood is a lot more joyful than it was hours ago.
They almost got all of the TV'S and games set back up as well, Apex will resume tomorrow, and Nintendo was there to witness it all. It's glorious.

And to top it off, Sky Williams is paying for hotel rooms to give people who have no where to stay free rooms when available. Apex, you've made your move, now players, get your controllers out and make yours.

 

[mobilisq]

Diversity? I think the word you were looking for is 'adversity'

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Why is this taking up all of the front page??

 

[ZomBiehn]

Eat, Sleep, SMASH, Repeat

 

[ZLF Aurora]

"If we all press our L buttons at once, the whole tournament can tech the hit and keep going!"

 

[KACHOW!!!]

Yo guys check out the sneak preview for my upcoming apex 2015 documentary, where i cover the clarion fiasco, and get interviews from top level players at the heart of the action the full doc should be up in about a week! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLP_r6zvyuc

 

[Twilight Emblem]

Terribly run tournament series
Deserves absolutely no respect at all in how it was run

Apex staff get your **** together and give us a tournament for once in your life that doesn't have complications or issues. I almost want to punch the ppl in charge of this and apex in general through a wall.

You get feed back year after year and you don't listen to those complaints and change anything. You need to do an enormous feedback evaluation from the people that went and watched and take what they hated and fix it

I don't think you'll do this because well you guys suck **** at organizing and running a tournament lmao but whatever thought i'd try