@Shiebs:
That sounds like an awesome idea, I'd totally be down (even though I suck at the game)
Yeah o:
@Noqanky:
Back in the days of Smash 3DS I recall we had a group large enough to try doing this. We had something of a ladder system where we could record victories and losses from different members and then at the end of a specific window of time whoever had the most points would "win". I want to say it was Purple Hermit, Rin and I who did some set up for this at the time. And in huge part is because in those times IRC (and eventually discord) were significantly more active with a lot of people interested in playing games together. These are also the times when we had monthly game clubs and movie watching events, etc.
We even had Pokemon tournaments as far back as 2013, though those also died out fairly quickly.
Oh wow that's so cool! I didn't know AP had a discord, or was it more of a group chat?
The problem comes from the fact that at a certain point interest is not high enough to justify the work it took to sustain it; the smash tournaments barely even lasted to when the Wii U version came out. Mostly because at a certain point another game or movie or show comes out so people's interest shifts from smash to something else. There's also timelines: we all live in different countries and hold all sorts of jobs, so it can be difficult to get everyone to align on times to play. Considering that Smash has such a bad online experience, I would also imagine that the distance factor can be further problematic for serious matches.
Yeah, it would take a lot of time figuring out what time works best and who's willing to do it at night or in the morning. I didn't know Smash sucked online play wise. So much for this idea. >_<
If people wanted to do this I would suggest it's more vital to first have an established amount of people that want to play these types of games together. The fact that in AP we don't really have any smash community that will get together regularly to play means the idea might not float from the get-go. Establish that community of players for some time, and then from there you can actually think about what a tournament would be like.
Yeah, basically like a weekly or monthly thing similar to a D&D session in a way.
