1. Restructuring the 64 Forums and the Smash 64 Backroom
The Smash 64 rooms were moved from "General Gaming" and given a heading to share with SSB: Melee. Smash 64 was the start of the game series we all know and love, and still maintains an active competitive community more than a decade after its release. Because of the limited size of that community it did not get its own heading, but it still deserved better representation on SWF. Smash 64 was also given its own backroom, and the first round of admissions and decisions from it have already been carried out. Hopefully these changes will be a boon to the 64 community.
2. New Senators Added to the Mix
In an effort to allow for even better discussions and decisions on site policy, and to increase the diversity of the Senate, we have recruited five new senators. Please welcome Hilt, Ankoku, Bionic, Mediocre and Dazwa as they step into their new roles. We expect that they will all do an excellent job. Expect even further changes to the composition of the Senate in the future.
3. Permanent Points Return
Because of the usefulness of permanent points as a moderation tool, they have been brought back. Now repeat offenders will find it much harder to play the system. The more a user breaks the rules, the faster they will get banned next time. We hope this will make for a more enjoyable forum experience for everyone.
4. Nudity Now Clearly Against Forum Rules
We have updated the Global Rules to more explicitly ban nudity. Although it has never been allowed on SWF, a few users apparently had some confusion about the rules regarding it. Now there is no excuse for not knowing that posting nudity can earn the poster a permaban.
5. The Unified Ruleset Initiative
In order to increase the consistency for rules among various smash tournaments, the BBR-RC has started a unified ruleset initiative. AlphaZealot is the head of the project, and everything is discussed among the BBR-RC. Because of the expansive reach of this initiative, we are also working with Neal from All is Brawl. To facilitate this change, only tournaments following the agreed upon ruleset will have their threads stickied on SWF, or receive coverage on AiB. We hope that this effort will result in a more unified and professional Brawl community.
6. SWF at PAX East
To find new ways to spread the word about our community and competitive Smash in general, Ambassador Solid Jake is aiming to set up an expert panel to talk about competitive gaming at Penny Arcade Expo. The panels, which are free to host, give the host access to over 100,000 PAX attendees and all the media that PAX has at its disposal, including a section in printed PAX materials. Although SWF will not be the focus of the entire presentation, it will certainly get some mentions and will facilitate our ambition to make more people aware of and active in the competitive Smash community.
Unfortunately, PAX has turned down Solid Jake's request for a panel. Both he and JV will still be attending PAX, but as normal attendees rather than panel hosts.
The Smash 64 rooms were moved from "General Gaming" and given a heading to share with SSB: Melee. Smash 64 was the start of the game series we all know and love, and still maintains an active competitive community more than a decade after its release. Because of the limited size of that community it did not get its own heading, but it still deserved better representation on SWF. Smash 64 was also given its own backroom, and the first round of admissions and decisions from it have already been carried out. Hopefully these changes will be a boon to the 64 community.
2. New Senators Added to the Mix
In an effort to allow for even better discussions and decisions on site policy, and to increase the diversity of the Senate, we have recruited five new senators. Please welcome Hilt, Ankoku, Bionic, Mediocre and Dazwa as they step into their new roles. We expect that they will all do an excellent job. Expect even further changes to the composition of the Senate in the future.
3. Permanent Points Return
Because of the usefulness of permanent points as a moderation tool, they have been brought back. Now repeat offenders will find it much harder to play the system. The more a user breaks the rules, the faster they will get banned next time. We hope this will make for a more enjoyable forum experience for everyone.
4. Nudity Now Clearly Against Forum Rules
We have updated the Global Rules to more explicitly ban nudity. Although it has never been allowed on SWF, a few users apparently had some confusion about the rules regarding it. Now there is no excuse for not knowing that posting nudity can earn the poster a permaban.
5. The Unified Ruleset Initiative
In order to increase the consistency for rules among various smash tournaments, the BBR-RC has started a unified ruleset initiative. AlphaZealot is the head of the project, and everything is discussed among the BBR-RC. Because of the expansive reach of this initiative, we are also working with Neal from All is Brawl. To facilitate this change, only tournaments following the agreed upon ruleset will have their threads stickied on SWF, or receive coverage on AiB. We hope that this effort will result in a more unified and professional Brawl community.
6. SWF at PAX East
Unfortunately, PAX has turned down Solid Jake's request for a panel. Both he and JV will still be attending PAX, but as normal attendees rather than panel hosts.