Eliminating the Monetary Aspect of Tournaments.

[joejoe22802]

This sounds like a cute little idea once the community is dead.

 

[Massive]

We have free smash events, they're called smashfests. Smashfest plus bracket equals exactly what the OP is talking about.

And I do support money in smash, although I'd also point out that if you're only playing for money, you're probably better off quitting and applying the effort to something you DO enjoy and can still make money at. I mean, if you want to play video games for money, get good at like SC2 or SF or something. Smash is small enough that everyone has to be enjoying themselves playing at least a little (or even just enjoying the atmosphere and camaraderie even if they don't like the game itself) or it's not satisfying enough to do.

In other words, if you're playing Smash, you already ARE playing for fun. Money just adds to the hype and, for the top players, helps them travel around and teach others to play better (by beating them, of course).

QFT.

There's no real money in this game, we're all doing it for fun anyway.

I can tell you though, frequently having awesome, free smashfests leaves very little incentive to actually travel to tournaments. Especially smaller ones where you'd basically end up meeting your crewmates in finals, lol.

 

[Doser]

Why can't people wrap their heads around the fact that many people find it FUN to play for MONEY. They aren't exclusive, playing to win money can be fun, just like playing without money involved can be fun.

You'd have to be autistic to think your definition of fun is what everyone else must follow.

 

[Rostigalen]

To put it simply: I gladly pay to get ***** by players like armada and leffen (and everybody else in the swedish smash scene except for Isa).

THE CALLOUT.

/Isa

(ps. I doubt you would ever have seen Armada playing outside of Sweden if he couldn't get a return on his investment)

 

[the_CAM_factor]

if tourneys were free then i can guarantee tristate would lose its best players who come out for the money.

But, I am all for amateur bracket being free, i think thats a great way to attract people to play the game without the intimidation of having to pay to lose.

 

[KirbyKaze]

Money is a good incentive and helps people like Armada reach stuff like Genesis. There's very little money in smash anyway - you can't make a living off this.

Let's keep encouraging Armada to come back mmkay?

 

[Stevo]

Japan is relatively small as well, so there isn't much travel costs involved.

a little money keeps it interesting.
besides, entrance fees have barely even changed since smash first started having tournaments. If anything we should be asking for higher entrance fees.