tournament age

[Jim Morrison]

people keep telling to go to tournaments to get better, but i dont think im at the right age to go to tournaments yet. everyone who plays brawl is at least 18 O.o as well as not many tournaments in holland (and dont post tournaments in holland here, cause they're too far to go to on bike). So what age did you go to your first tournament?

 

[MattDotZeb]

13
**** all those people.

 

[crismas]

There is no "age" to be able to go to tournaments. I've known a lot of younger (much younger than 18) and older (older than 23) smashers who go to tournies on a regular basis and are very good. Age doesn't make a difference, if you love to compete then go for it.

 

[Jim Morrison]

problem is transportation though, i can't go 40 miles by bike and my mum is no way gonna transport me for "a silly game"

 

[rabbt]

Just remind her that the best player in the world supports his family with this "silly game" (unless you're talking about Brawl, in which case it IS just a silly game and you should probably never play again) and is now on Survivor because of it.

 

[Jim Morrison]

yea but im not gonna be the best in the world, nor will i be on survivor

EDIT: yea i was talking about brawl, ive always been bad at melee

 

[Grandeza]

Age doesn't really matter. I'm 12 and I've gone to tournaments. I always feel odd with all these people much older than me, but when I go with a couple friends its fine.

 

[Jim Morrison]

its easy to say when your in the USA... + i dont have any brawl friends who actually know how to block properly

 

[rabbt]

Move to the US? Or pick up Melee. Or, start your own tournaments. If you nobody around you plays, start the tournaments and make them all better (at melee). Brawl tournaments really aren't worth it. And the only way to get better at Melee is to play, not to give up and play barlwed.

 

[Jim Morrison]

making a tourney is way too complicated for me. closest i'd get is inviting 3 friends who dont know how to play brawl, let alone melee. also moving to USA might happen... in 6 years

 

[Zigsta]

Yeah, there's no age. Having a car helps, for sure. My first was at 17, and I had a car and everything. One of my friends was only 10 or so, though, and he ended up going all the way to the quarterfinals.

 

[LinkSceptile333]

Age is not a factor in being skilled and going to tournaments.

@rbbt: Stop with the whole Melee > Brawl discussion. You're just tring to get people to flame you.

 

[Jim Morrison]

yea having a car sure helps...

 

[urdailywater]

Simple answer: When you can go you can go. Nothing else can help that.

Every time a tourney pops up around you just ask your Mom if you can go, if she says no find someone else. If you don't have anyone else, just wait.


Nothing much an internet forum can do for you about this tbh..

 

[Shred_kid]

My mom wouldn't drive me initially, but if you keep pestering her, I'm sure she'll give in once. Once that happened for me, she started driving me to all of them.

 

[Rudementry]

Uh I'm like 14 and my dad's super cool and drives me to tournies every weekend. I guess I'm just lucky?

 

[Ballistaboy]

I went to my first one when I was 15, just have older friends take you that's what I did.

 

[Amide]

13
**** all those people.

Why? What happened?

 

[TheManaLord]

When you can drive yourself to tournaments.

 

[Firestorm88]

The best player in BC is 13. I think my first tournament was at 16? I'm 20 now.

 

[_Phloat_]

Why? What happened?

I think he means **** the people that are against his age or something...

 

[MattDotZeb]

Why? What happened?

I meant **** the people who said you can't go to a tourny till you hit the right "age"

 

[OmegaXXII]

people, the is no such thing as right age, it's all whether a player is capable to be mature enough to attend them.

 

[ZeroFox]

15. At that time, I had trouble going to the big tournaments far away from me, but local/regional tournaments were fair game. My mom was pretty reluctant to drive me all over the place at first, but after winning and/or placing well in some tourneys and bringing home some cash, she wasn't so opposed to it.

I also had friends who would host small-mid sized tournaments (maybe up to 20+ people that were known to be good at Smash) on a fairly consistent basis. So I've been to quite a few advertised and quite a few "underground" tourneys.

Things are a bit easier now though =P

 

[Yojimbo]

Age doesn't matter, its when you think you want to get in to the real game. I go to local tournaments all the time, and I'm planning to find a big tournament close to my area to hit up either by the end of this year or the beginning of the next. Its just more or less when you want to take your game to the next level.

 

[GI Josh]

Well, my freinds and I have really small local tournaments now and then, so if you count them , I was 13 at my first one. I have yet to attend a large tourney.

 

[JTB]

Just remind her that the best player in the world supports his family with this "silly game" (unless you're talking about Brawl, in which case it IS just a silly game and you should probably never play again) and is now on Survivor because of it.

Ken isn't the best in the world.

I was 17 when I went to my first tournament.

 

[pockyD]

i really think that if you're young enough to think age matters, then it's probably not the right time -_-

 

[Mr. Rogu]

i was started going to these when i began high school but i could only go to like 2 of them. but now that im a sophomore, and im getting my license in a few weeks, im pretty much free and i almost have enough money for a car

 

[clowsui]

haha nice pockyD

all of these kids worrying about age forget

MANGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[ConnorTheKid]

I started going to tournaments when I was 12. There isn't a specific age to start tournaments =P

 

[~Cyn~]

A simple High School tournament for me :o

was 13... or was it 14? *shrug*

Though after a good 1-2 years, that's when I waited for local tourneys to come up
though ride situations were hectic

 

[Samochan]

What's with the car ride things? Is europe the only place with decent train and buss connections? <_> I travel 700km by train, so 100-200km shouldn't be such a big deal. >_>

 

[shaSLAM]

we dont have transportation trains in the U.S.
i dont think... :0
or anything else other than high gas prices.

but yeah your time will come. one day you will be chosen to compete in tourneys. one day.
just keep playing smash as long as you can.

i would give you a ride... but holland is a little far from alabama :]

 

[Samochan]

we dont have transportation trains in the U.S.
i dont think... :0
or anything else other than high gas prices.

Well no wonder people don't use public transportations. >_>

I do think that people would use cars a lot less if they had anything decent to go to the next city with. <_< Not everyone needs a car but without public transportations a car is basically a must have.

 

[Jim Morrison]

wow this is still running.
Thanks all for posting, I now know age doesn't matter. However location matters. You're in all in USA, easy talk, 3 tournaments a day everywhere. It's different story when your in Europe. There's barely 1 tourney every 2 months. If there is, it's much too far to travel to. So yea, I kinda accepted till I have my own car, I'm not gonna attend a tourney unless it's in my city :D

 

[MattDotZeb]

I think he means **** the people that are against his age or something...

by the way i'm 16 now @_@

Hold Your Colour was awesome.

 

[Pierce7d]

Another thing that many people overlook is the fact that, if you're struggling because it's so hard to get to tourneys, this could mean that tourneys aren't close enough to you. This probably means other people near you suffer the same problem. To solve this problem, there's a simple solution: host a tourney in your area. If you properly advertise it in your area, it will should garner attendance, unless the smash scene in your area is dead.

Being 12 is rough trying to host a tourney, so you should get the help of an older family member, or even olde group of Smash players who can help you with it. You should find ways to communicate and contact the surrounding community, and see how many people you can get to come out and play. Brawl is a very popular game, and casual players might go out and play just for fun if they can afford it.

Talk to other tourney directors and venue hosts for more information about how to go about hosting a tourney, and see if hosting a tourney in your area can solve your transportation problem.

 

[Megavitamins]

Im 14 and I've won cash in tournies =)

 

[Ori_bro]

i started going at age 15 but i havent seen any people complaining about age