So my school is having a Smash Tournamnet

[Bluekirby2]

Only problem is that the posters give very little information about them. Doesn't say where sign-ups are, or even what game it will be, so I kind of assumed it would be Smash 4. It just says when the event is, and I just know the deadline to sign-up is Friday and admission is $5.

Well I'm not sure what to do.

 

[Wintermelon43]

I bet it's a 4-player Free-For-All tournament

 

[Raijinken]

Main options: Contact someone and ask, avoid it because it's largely unknown, or go and have fun.

 

[Bluekirby2]

I bet it's a 4-player Free-For-All tournament

Or even worse, it's an 8-player free-for-all.

 

[Rinku リンク]

Or even worse, it's an 8-player free-for-all.

There might even be... items.... *shivers*

 

[Bluekirby2]

There might even be... items.... *shivers*

Even worse....

Spoiler

CUSTOMS!

 

[Rinku リンク]

Even worse....

Spoiler

CUSTOMS!

 

[Wintermelon43]

There might even be... items.... *shivers*

Even worse...... HIGH ITEMS!!!!

 

[Raijinken]

Even worse...... HIGH ITEMS!!!!

I mean, if you're going to make it a fun-fest with minimal room for skill, you may as well go all the way and make it chaotic fun!

Even worse....

Spoiler

CUSTOMS!

That alone would make this tournament more fun for me than most others, though.

 

[TheRealDayman]

does the poster have contact info for the organisers? If so contact them about it

 

[Bluekirby2]

does the poster have contact info for the organisers? If so contact them about it

No, the poster doesn't say anything about contact information.
Way to go school.

 

[jojr123]

Dear god... *shudders* maybe... even wiimotes?

 

[Bluekirby2]

Seeing as how little information is given about the event, I don't think I'll attend.

 

[jojr123]

Is there anybody hosting who would know?

 

[RoyMaBoy]

Last month, my high school held a SSB4 tournament, and it was pretty dang legit. Items were off, 1 on 1, 2-stock, and 5-minute matches, best 2 out of 3, a variety of different controllers, all fighters usable (except Lucas), and an amiibo prize. And a couple weeks ago, they had another one that was the same. Yeah, before I actually attended the tournaments, I though they would have items on and all that and it wouldn't be that competitive, but it really was.

 

[Bluekirby2]

Well I didn't go, and I'm glad I didn't. Turns out, it wasn't even Smash 4. Or even Melee or Project M.

It was Brawl. And items were on.

 

[PlayR489]

Well I didn't go, and I'm glad I didn't. Turns out. it wasn't even Smash 4. Or even Melee or Project M.

It was Brawl. And items were on.

*Internally Cringes*

 

[jojr123]

So were there even Gamecube controllers available, and if so, did anybody use them?

 

[Bluekirby2]

So were there even Gamecube controllers available, and if so, did anybody use them?

I didn't go, so I wouldn't know.

 

[N7Kopper]

Well I didn't go, and I'm glad I didn't. Turns out, it wasn't even Smash 4. Or even Melee or Project M.

It was Brawl. And items were on.

*Internally Cringes*

*insert Sans plaguing your life with incidental music here*

But, yeah. That sounds like a huge waste of money. No wonder they didn't tell anyone what was going on.

 

[Space Stranger]

It was Brawl. And items were on.

Jokes aside, was it hosted by the school's Gaming Club? If you were interested, you could have proposed for them to play Smash 4 and have a legitimate tournament by going over some rulesets, stage selections, etc.

 

[Br0ken]

Just pray to Daddy Sakurai that it isn't one of those coin game tourneys. I've witnessed my fair share of them.

 

[Bluekirby2]

Just pray to Daddy Sakurai that it isn't one of those coin game tourneys. I've witnessed my fair share of them.

I didn't realize people even touched coin games.

 

[Mr. Potatobadger]

Good luck... My school had a sm4sh tournament last year and it was 3 stocks, FD Only, best of 1, single elimination, and wiimotes only. I made it to grand finals having never used a wiimote to play before, but I ended up losing to someone who regularly plays with the wiimote.

Edit: Didn't realize you said you didn't go.

 

[-crump-]

In my school's media center today, there were some guys who brought in a Wii U and we're playing Smash huddled around the Gamepad.

I almost asked to join, but then I saw they were using Wii Remotes...

WITH NUNCHUCKS

 

[bkslider]

Literally ran in to the same thing at my school today. There will be a Smash tourney, but version, ruleset, controller, and even location and contact info were all left out. Sigh...

I'm still practicing up just in case. There is gonna be prizes for first three finishers.

 

[RIP|Merrick]

On days where I feel like I could have run a tournament better as a TO, I look at the way amateurs handle it for on campus tournaments (seriously, I won one recently and I couldn't even win back the money I paid to enter for, and the rules were laughably bad to put it gently) and I feel 100% better about the way I handle our weeklies and monthlies.