Major League Gaming Acquires Smashboards

[AlphaZealot]

Here is the link to JV's announcement

MLG's Smash Get Better Fast Guide (not complete, a few new articles get put up each week)

Major League Gamings Official Website

So this represents a big step for the community. Anyone who hasn't read the announcement (if you haven't, go read it!) should be aware that this will mean very little in terms of changes around here (better servers being one of the main things), the structure and members who work within the community (your trusted moderators and administrators) will remain.

Discuss.

 

[thechunkylover]

Interesting... so no changes at all, just that they have ownership? Does this mean there's a chance Smash could be added back to their circuit?

 

[Collective of Bears]

I'm loving this. This will definitely be a huge step for competitive Brawl. Also, I would like to see how the ownership change wil impact the people on the boards. Hopefully more people with common sense and fewer noobs. But then again, one can only hope...

 

[Deleted member]

As long as they stop sending me to there website link when i try to get online on smashboards again, this is cool.

 

[Spire]

I'm sure the minor kinks here and there will be ironed out soon - like the missing avatar curse.

Other than that, I have no problem with this transition.

 

[Tenki]

Was I the only one who read the title and thought:

You have acquired Smashboards!

 

[choknater]

Sure, why not.

 

[Fletch]

Looks like they plan on picking up Brawl for MLG tournaments, I was kind of hoping against it to be honest. But at least we're getting better servers.

 

[Collective of Bears]

I'm sure the minor kinks here and there will be ironed out soon - like the missing avatar curse.

Other than that, I have no problem with this transition.

God I hope so. I need a custom so bad... I hate standard ones. They make me feel so... Noobish.

 

[ToxiCrow]

this is awesome

 

[Knyaguy]

As long as the smashboards dosen't get like totally MGLified or we merge with thier fourms....

God I hope so. I need a custom so bad... I hate standard ones. They make me feel so... Noobish.

I hope mine works *test*

 

[hippochinfat!!]

So that's why I would get linked to the MLG site for some reason earlier today when I clicked on General Brawl Discussion. That better have been a glitch.

 

[notftomearth7]

I REALLY hope they let Smashboards do their own thing and just endorse it. Another thing I'm worried about is a flock of NOOBS come over from MLG forums.


Then we'll be cool

 

[Deleted member]

Joe you're so cool.

Now if only your fox controller had an R button.

 

[JustKindaBoredUKno]

hmm... looks like MLG is picking up Brawl

t'was kind of inevitable. Oh well. I'm gunna be optimistic and say it'll help forward brawl's competitive play and give us all more people to play

 

[-Ran]

Too good. This means our rules will stick, I hope.

 

[Galaxy]

Looks like they plan on picking up Brawl for MLG tournaments, I was kind of hoping against it to be honest. But at least we're getting better servers.

Waaahh? Why? It would bring in much more people, excitement, and a lot of pluses I cannot think of.

Too good. This means our rules will stick, I hope.

Most likely. MLG had Melee for a while and the rules were good, I think the same most tournaments used. So I think we can safely say they we won't be playing with items or on 75m.

 

[Charizard92]

OK, now, their guide is clearly not made, so who makes them in the first place?

 

[AlphaZealot]

I do, and its a long term project. There already around 70 or so "articles".

 

[IM_A_HUSTLA]

i thought of this happening because when SWF was down the other day it kept saying mlgpro.com on the status bar on the bottom of firefox

and if the hint isnt obvious enough for some people Brawl + Cash= MLG Sponsered Tournament(not necessarily but cmon, its not a brawl contest not having to do with gaming)

 

[Chis]

I'm slightly worried about this...

 

[Firestorm88]

Posting what I did in Announcement Discussion:

Does this change anything? This is just a forum. Is the SBR now working with MLG more closely on anything Smash related? Are Evo and SWF ties now even looser?

I still see no mention of this on the MLG front page so it looks like they're ignoring it on that end.

I don't see how this is anything other than a load off SWF's back in regards to bills but I'm not seeing any benefit for MLG.

It'd be nice if this meant stricter moderation though =) SWF is waaaay too lenient.

 

[Chis]

Posting what I did in Announcement Discussion:

Does this change anything? This is just a forum. Is the SBR now working with MLG more closely on anything Smash related? Are Evo and SWF ties now even looser?

I still see no mention of this on the MLG front page so it looks like they're ignoring it on that end.

I don't see how this is anything other than a load off SWF's back in regards to bills but I'm not seeing any benefit for MLG.

It'd be nice if this meant stricter moderation though =) SWF is waaaay too lenient.

Strict to Gamefaqs degrees?

 

[Firestorm88]

Strict to Gamefaqs degrees?

GameFAQs is not strict. I mean on the level of NeoGAF or Smogon. Faster bans and more infractions all around. Some of the bull**** that's allowed to go on is seriously too much. Brawl forum is unreadable.

 

[Vyse]

Too good. This means our rules will stick, I hope.

As far as I know, MLG have always gone by the SBR's reccomended rulesets before.

 

[SKnickers03]

a lot of talk regarding the ruleset...

im curious...metaphorically, if mlg decided to alter/waive the traditional ruleset...what would happen?

 

[Vyse]

This is very exciting . MLG did a lot for Melee back in the day. Even when they dropped melee from there pro circut, they still sponsored grassroot tournaments.

MLG is an example of a company that knows what it's doing. When they picked up melee, they hired people who were involved in the community to help them. Compare that to Mr. Wizard from Evo. MLG caters to the players and is smart enough to know that we know what is good for our game. They listen to the community and that makes them a great company in my eyes .

Also, got to love new servers .

If I had to guess. MLG will go by the SBR, especially seeing as Smashboards has effectively become their base of smash related happenings.

There would be an uproar if they tried to go down the path of EVO. But I'd wager we can place our faith in MLG.

 

[AAP]

So anybody have any ideas what they might be planning for the friend finder?

are they trying to integrate it into the gamebattles portion of the MLG site perhaps? they must be up to something with it for it to be down for so long.

Hopefully it'll be back soon, better than ever.

anybody else who might be a bit more savvy in this department have any ideas? surely all this delay can't be from just switching servers

 

[Fatmanonice]

So anybody have any ideas what they might be planning for the friend finder?

are they trying to integrate it into the gamebattles portion of the MLG site perhaps? they must be up to something with it for it to be down for so long.

That would be awesome. As a person who hosts online tournaments and participates in them, that would be a great thing to see and hopefully it'd make this community take online play more seriously instead of the "online player=scrub" mentality that a lot of people have here...

 

[OmegaXXII]

hmm.. since it seems that there won't be any major changes in the community, I'm all up for it, just am concerned whether or not we'll see any Melee single anytime soon.

 

[M@v]

Wow, didn't see this coming at all O_o. Seems like a great idea though. It can only mean more good things for us, and the expansion of brawl. *salute MLG*

 

[kr3wman]

But do keep your eyes peeled for a special announcement (I’ll give you a hint: It involves Brawl and some cash)!

-JV

Yayuhhzzz.

Too bad they don't have a league in Canada. I think.

 

[CY]

this is cool, but hopefully it doesn't turn out like gamebattles where MLG just takes over everything pretty much.

 

[Pierce7d]

This is a dream come true.

 

[Adi]

Tell me when they switch back to melee =).

 

[Galaxy]

Tell me when they switch back to melee =).

You might be waiting a long time then.

 

[MuBa]

As long as MLG does not change smashboard's forums and the canon rule set the SBR made for Brawl tournemants, we should be very happy. Because winning at LEAST $10,000 in a video game tournament is nothing to scoff at =/

Plus having a lot of people over would be very fun.

 

[NeoCrono]

I really hope everything goes smoothly, or I'll cry. Like what most people said, as long as they don't mess with the forums. I'll be good

 

[Battlewoundz]

Im excited, I think it could bring in large crowds for brawl.

 

[GofG]

I posted this in the old thread:

This is terrible for the competitive smash community.

(Same thing Yuna said, except with stronger adjectives and implying that this makes it BAD instead of just not good)

I got flamed .

I posted that because I understand that this means that MLG will pick up Brawl. Iwan, someone I thought was my friend! :O <3, commented on the fact that I always agree with Yuna, etc. I do, that's why I was joking about it in my post (when I said "Same thing Yuna said, except stronger adjectives and implying that this makes it bad instead of not good.")