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Smash Apprentice
Over the past few months, the topic of whether Smash4 or Melee should be in EVO has been discussed at length.
Let me say right off the bat that it should be understood that Smash4 will most likely be featured at EVO as the main event, and not Melee. The obvious reasons being that Nintendo was a sponsor of EVO last year, and will probably be a sponsor in 2015. Money is now involved, and Nintendo will be looking to benefit. Getting their new release some big press only makes sense.
With that being said, the point of this thread is not to debate which game is going to be featured as the main event, as it's pretty obvious. The reason I created this thread, is to get some insight into the rationale of people rallying for Smash4s inclusion.
The main argument I see from most advocates for it's inclusion, is that it's new. As far as the Smash community is concerned, this doesn't mean anything. As a primarily grassroots scene, we have gone without the support of the developers. This meant instead of the bulk of players going to where the money is being thrown at, as seen from the FGC, we stayed with the games we enjoyed the most.
Another reason that is used a lot is that Melee already has a thriving community, and that Smash4 needs this for the growth of it's scene. Melee players who disagree are described as selfish, and supporting "Meleetism." These types of statements are completely ironic, because the reason Smash got back into EVO is primarily because of MELEE players. How is it greed to want to keep something you earned, but not greed to want to take something you didn't put any effort into?
Yes, there were players of other Smash games that gave their support, but the bulk of the effort came from the Melee community. Essentially, Smash4 players want to hijack the popularity and efforts of the Melee community to ride their way into a huge event the Melee community put a lot of effort getting into. Melee had to demonstrate itself as a competitive game for years before it got in, why should Smash4 be any different?
People will then say that the different Smash communities are intertwined, and that when one community profits, we all profit. This is not true. Smash may be a franchise, but each one are entirely different from each other. For the previous statement to ring true, that would mean loads of players are cross gaming in tournaments, and this isn't true.Any popularity that Smash4 will gain from EVO 2015 will support the Smash4 community, not the Melee community.
Is there any solid rationale to include Smash4 in EVO 2015 that can be offered?
Let me say right off the bat that it should be understood that Smash4 will most likely be featured at EVO as the main event, and not Melee. The obvious reasons being that Nintendo was a sponsor of EVO last year, and will probably be a sponsor in 2015. Money is now involved, and Nintendo will be looking to benefit. Getting their new release some big press only makes sense.
With that being said, the point of this thread is not to debate which game is going to be featured as the main event, as it's pretty obvious. The reason I created this thread, is to get some insight into the rationale of people rallying for Smash4s inclusion.
The main argument I see from most advocates for it's inclusion, is that it's new. As far as the Smash community is concerned, this doesn't mean anything. As a primarily grassroots scene, we have gone without the support of the developers. This meant instead of the bulk of players going to where the money is being thrown at, as seen from the FGC, we stayed with the games we enjoyed the most.
Another reason that is used a lot is that Melee already has a thriving community, and that Smash4 needs this for the growth of it's scene. Melee players who disagree are described as selfish, and supporting "Meleetism." These types of statements are completely ironic, because the reason Smash got back into EVO is primarily because of MELEE players. How is it greed to want to keep something you earned, but not greed to want to take something you didn't put any effort into?
Yes, there were players of other Smash games that gave their support, but the bulk of the effort came from the Melee community. Essentially, Smash4 players want to hijack the popularity and efforts of the Melee community to ride their way into a huge event the Melee community put a lot of effort getting into. Melee had to demonstrate itself as a competitive game for years before it got in, why should Smash4 be any different?
People will then say that the different Smash communities are intertwined, and that when one community profits, we all profit. This is not true. Smash may be a franchise, but each one are entirely different from each other. For the previous statement to ring true, that would mean loads of players are cross gaming in tournaments, and this isn't true.Any popularity that Smash4 will gain from EVO 2015 will support the Smash4 community, not the Melee community.
Is there any solid rationale to include Smash4 in EVO 2015 that can be offered?
