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Smash Hero
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I was thinking about how our community primarily revolves around old faces and was thinking of ways to attract newcomers. Now, I know that new faces appear at tourneys and sign up to smashboards every once in a while, but for the most part turnouts are the same faces at each event.
Potential new members of the community usually find their way to tournaments by searching the internet, they are directed to smashboards, and they go to their first event. However, Smash is a much bigger game outside the competitive community than inside. I believe there are hundreds of kids/adults,in your area, that have no idea about smashboards or that tournaments are listed online or any of that stuff, but smash (Melee or Brawl) is their favorite game and they play and practice a lot with friends and on Wi-Fi.
True, they probably don't know any advanced techniques, but they are probably beast at the game in their own, right and just need to come to a tournament to spark their activity in the community. It's all about potential. For example, Mango is our best Melee player. He got that way by becoming part of the community, but he as a person had the potential all along. His potential combined with being a part of this community and his experience all factor into him being the best. However, I believe that there are human beings out there that have limitless potential, higher than any current smasher in our community. That doesn't translate to skill, but there are potential people that are just smarter, have better reaction time, more creative and could just surpass mango and the other pro smashers if given the opportunity.
That's why I was thinking a simple flyer here and there could bring many potential faces to the smash scene.
We can't just post flyers everywhere willy nilly as that's kind of illegal.
What you can do, is just ask the owner of your venue if you can post a flyer on the front window of the building a couple weeks in advance. We can leave them on the desks in the lobby on campus. I guarantee people will notice, and take interest. Whether or not they show up depends on how many people saw the advertisement, but I guarantee a "competitive" smash player who sees it will want to come upon seeing the words. Super Smash Bros TOURNAMENT, and that they see its a location close to them.
If we all started doing this, I think we could start seeing bigger turnouts soon. What do you think?
Here are example posters that I made in Microsoft Publisher. You can download them edit it them with your own tournament information. The format is simple, it has the game's logo big in the front: this is what will attract potential player to the poster. Then there is location, entry fees, prize information, date, and rules. This is the ideal format if you wanted to attract a smasher if at all. A new smasher who wants to come for fun may be intimidated by seeing all of the rules. That's why I would just put the basic ruleset on the flyer, and the other rules can be explained to them when they arrive.
Of course you can make your own, but if you're lazy and/or like this format better you can use mine, just a suggestion.
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Potential new members of the community usually find their way to tournaments by searching the internet, they are directed to smashboards, and they go to their first event. However, Smash is a much bigger game outside the competitive community than inside. I believe there are hundreds of kids/adults,in your area, that have no idea about smashboards or that tournaments are listed online or any of that stuff, but smash (Melee or Brawl) is their favorite game and they play and practice a lot with friends and on Wi-Fi.
True, they probably don't know any advanced techniques, but they are probably beast at the game in their own, right and just need to come to a tournament to spark their activity in the community. It's all about potential. For example, Mango is our best Melee player. He got that way by becoming part of the community, but he as a person had the potential all along. His potential combined with being a part of this community and his experience all factor into him being the best. However, I believe that there are human beings out there that have limitless potential, higher than any current smasher in our community. That doesn't translate to skill, but there are potential people that are just smarter, have better reaction time, more creative and could just surpass mango and the other pro smashers if given the opportunity.
That's why I was thinking a simple flyer here and there could bring many potential faces to the smash scene.
We can't just post flyers everywhere willy nilly as that's kind of illegal.
What you can do, is just ask the owner of your venue if you can post a flyer on the front window of the building a couple weeks in advance. We can leave them on the desks in the lobby on campus. I guarantee people will notice, and take interest. Whether or not they show up depends on how many people saw the advertisement, but I guarantee a "competitive" smash player who sees it will want to come upon seeing the words. Super Smash Bros TOURNAMENT, and that they see its a location close to them.
If we all started doing this, I think we could start seeing bigger turnouts soon. What do you think?
Here are example posters that I made in Microsoft Publisher. You can download them edit it them with your own tournament information. The format is simple, it has the game's logo big in the front: this is what will attract potential player to the poster. Then there is location, entry fees, prize information, date, and rules. This is the ideal format if you wanted to attract a smasher if at all. A new smasher who wants to come for fun may be intimidated by seeing all of the rules. That's why I would just put the basic ruleset on the flyer, and the other rules can be explained to them when they arrive.
Of course you can make your own, but if you're lazy and/or like this format better you can use mine, just a suggestion.
Download .DOC
Download .PUB
Download .DOC
Download .PUB
