LovinMitts
Smash Journeyman
ITT: Describe how your local scene works. Social interactions, cliques, well-known players, teams, common venues, things that make your local scene stand out from others, etc. I'll start with an example.
In my local scene, (upstate South Carolina) most tournaments take place in Clemson. There's also a small video game store close to where I live that has tournaments sometimes.
You could classify the players that attend locals here into 4 main categories:
-Kids, new players, and "bad" players
-The "in-between" crowd
-The highly skilled players
-Esam
Last year, a top player from SC named Starlord (formerly Atlas) started the Esports team Olympus Esports. Since then, they've hosted biweeklies and such, which has really caused the scene around here to pick up steam. They also sponsor many of our best local players and have a big tournament every few months. The series is called Olympus and it typically alternates between Melee and Project M. The main events typically have a considerable pot bonus. Most of their events take place at a church in Clemson.
I don't know what else there is to say about my local scene..
In my local scene, (upstate South Carolina) most tournaments take place in Clemson. There's also a small video game store close to where I live that has tournaments sometimes.
You could classify the players that attend locals here into 4 main categories:
-Kids, new players, and "bad" players
This is the majority of the turnout for many locals. Especially ones that take place at Clemson University, as we got some of the more casual players that attend for fun just because it's there. We also get a couple kids every tournament. They usually keep to themselves and other kids. Then there are the so-called "bad" players. I don't say that they're bad out of any sort of elitism or anything, but they're the people that don't really strive to get better. Most of them would become part of the next category just by putting in more effort to get better. Of all the sub-categories here, the "bad" players make up the majority of them. It's been really easy to place better in this tournament environment because not many people actually get better between tournaments.
-The "in-between" crowd
This is where I am. This category is much smaller than the previous one, but it is still much larger than the next one. This is the group of players that are actively working on getting better, but don't consistently place in the top 3-5 of the locals. For having the largest range of skill levels, this category still manages to be pretty small in this scene.
-The highly skilled players
This category is rather small. It consists of players who consistently place very well. They typically take home some of the prize money and may or many not be sponsored by our local Smash team, Olympus Esports. There isn't much else to be said here.
-Esam
Esam goes to school in Clemson, so if he needs to pay rent or something, he just attends a local and totally cleans up shop and leaves with all the prize money. There are other top players who fall in this category of players who just drop by sometimes because they're close and then completely sweep it. Examples are Soft and Druggedfox. We're still working on getting PPMD to come to a tournament down here. Someday.
Last year, a top player from SC named Starlord (formerly Atlas) started the Esports team Olympus Esports. Since then, they've hosted biweeklies and such, which has really caused the scene around here to pick up steam. They also sponsor many of our best local players and have a big tournament every few months. The series is called Olympus and it typically alternates between Melee and Project M. The main events typically have a considerable pot bonus. Most of their events take place at a church in Clemson.
I don't know what else there is to say about my local scene..
