KhanYe
Smash Journeyman
When one thinks about interscholastic rivalries, thoughts of college football, March Madness, and other sports-related events come to mind. However, thanks to the creative thinking and hard work of Melee It On Me's MattDotZeb, a new interscholastic event was created, dubbed The Melee Games.
BEHOLD.
The concept is fairly simple, a single elimination tournament where the participants are crews of Smashers from schools. The first semester, TMG was a New England exclusive, with 10 schools entering. These various schools played against each other in Crew Battle format with a minimum of five entrants per crew, and a maximum of fifteen. However, the format of these crew battles is slightly different than a traditional crew battle. Lineups must be submitted prior to the matches with the starting player locked. In contrast to a normal crew battle, all players are character locked. In an homage to classic crew battles, only three stages are legal without any banning: Final Destination, Battlefield, and Dreamland.
The Melee Games finals of Spring 2014 getting HYPE.
For the second semester, with the help of co-organizer and Tristate division manager, HectoHertz, The Melee Games expanded to include both the Tristate and New England regions. Over fifty schools entered, including notable schools such as Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, University of New Hampshire, Brown, and even Berklee College of Music! Now, only two remain. Captain Falcon main Klap$ and University of Massachusetts – Boston are representing New England after a big victory against the Spring 2014 champions of MIT, whilst the underdogs of Columbia bested Rutgers in order to represent Tristate. After months of schools battling it out, the Grand Finals of The Melee Games of Fall 2014 will take place at the Apex 2015 Salty Suite to determine which university will take home the gold as the best Smash college in the Northeast.
In terms of advancing Super Smash Bros. further into the eSports conversation, broad-scale, accessible events such as The Melee Games give a window into the potential that this community has. In fact, MattDotZeb has already expanded this hugely successful event into the West Coast. That's right, this upcoming Spring, The Melee Games are coming to California! With 36 teams and 211 players already signed up for California, this edition of The Melee Games is shaping up to be massive. Notable top Smashers like PewPewU representing UCSC and SFat representing College of San Mateo are already signed up.
If you're attending a school in California and interested in signing up for The Melee Games, click here!
If you'd like to see the bracket for The Melee Games of Fall 2014, click here!
Special thanks to MattDotZeb for all his help! If you want to hear more from MIOM|MattDotZeb, click here to check out the DotBlog! Matt posts every Wednesday at 12 PM. Follow him on Twitter @DotZeb, and be sure to click here to check out The Melee Games on Facebook!
KhanYe is going on hiatus for finals for medical school. Follow him on Twitter @aymangolassi to cheer him up. Go UMass Boston!
BEHOLD.
The concept is fairly simple, a single elimination tournament where the participants are crews of Smashers from schools. The first semester, TMG was a New England exclusive, with 10 schools entering. These various schools played against each other in Crew Battle format with a minimum of five entrants per crew, and a maximum of fifteen. However, the format of these crew battles is slightly different than a traditional crew battle. Lineups must be submitted prior to the matches with the starting player locked. In contrast to a normal crew battle, all players are character locked. In an homage to classic crew battles, only three stages are legal without any banning: Final Destination, Battlefield, and Dreamland.
The Melee Games finals of Spring 2014 getting HYPE.
For the second semester, with the help of co-organizer and Tristate division manager, HectoHertz, The Melee Games expanded to include both the Tristate and New England regions. Over fifty schools entered, including notable schools such as Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, University of New Hampshire, Brown, and even Berklee College of Music! Now, only two remain. Captain Falcon main Klap$ and University of Massachusetts – Boston are representing New England after a big victory against the Spring 2014 champions of MIT, whilst the underdogs of Columbia bested Rutgers in order to represent Tristate. After months of schools battling it out, the Grand Finals of The Melee Games of Fall 2014 will take place at the Apex 2015 Salty Suite to determine which university will take home the gold as the best Smash college in the Northeast.
In terms of advancing Super Smash Bros. further into the eSports conversation, broad-scale, accessible events such as The Melee Games give a window into the potential that this community has. In fact, MattDotZeb has already expanded this hugely successful event into the West Coast. That's right, this upcoming Spring, The Melee Games are coming to California! With 36 teams and 211 players already signed up for California, this edition of The Melee Games is shaping up to be massive. Notable top Smashers like PewPewU representing UCSC and SFat representing College of San Mateo are already signed up.
If you're attending a school in California and interested in signing up for The Melee Games, click here!
If you'd like to see the bracket for The Melee Games of Fall 2014, click here!
Special thanks to MattDotZeb for all his help! If you want to hear more from MIOM|MattDotZeb, click here to check out the DotBlog! Matt posts every Wednesday at 12 PM. Follow him on Twitter @DotZeb, and be sure to click here to check out The Melee Games on Facebook!
KhanYe is going on hiatus for finals for medical school. Follow him on Twitter @aymangolassi to cheer him up. Go UMass Boston!
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