General Event/LR Thread

LuckoftheIrish

United States4791 Posts

March 20 2014 23:11 GMT

Smashing Grounds Weekly is tonight! The tournament will feature Melee and Project M. Zero, Wolf, Roman, Mr. Lemon and others will compete to finish second behind Mew2King. The stream starts at 7PM EDT and can be found at http://www.twitch.tv/gameunderground.

https://www.facebook.com/events/421374361298583/

LuckoftheIrish

United States4791 Posts

March 20 2014 23:14 GMT

I think my favorite bit about non-major tournaments is seeing stuff like Ganondorf/Dr. Mario matches. It's nice to have a set with no spacies, no Shiek, no Marth, no Puff and no ICs.

]343[

United States10328 Posts

March 21 2014 02:04 GMT

oh hey I was watching this anyway (well, it was PM when I tuned in); did Melee end already?

m2k's mewtwo so good

LuckoftheIrish

United States4791 Posts

March 21 2014 02:14 GMT

I don't actually think Melee has started? I watched for a while - like 7 to 7:30? - but had to leave, and it was Project M then. m2k actually playing Mewtwo is awesome. I like his Marth and his Sheik and all, but it's silly to name yourself after a character that you don't play.

bo1b

Australia12814 Posts

March 21 2014 02:21 GMT

I'm guessing m2k hasn't dropped a game yet in pm?

bo1b

Australia12814 Posts

March 21 2014 02:29 GMT

Apparently melee isn't being streamed, instead they're showing friendlies of pm

Count9

China10928 Posts

March 21 2014 02:39 GMT

who has tourneys on thursdays...

]343[

United States10328 Posts

March 21 2014 02:42 GMT

In New England we actually have weekly tournaments every Tuesday (Game Over) and Thursday (Smashing Grounds)

plus there are Saturday tournaments a couple times a month: Mass Madness and Hall of Gaming have been going for many years, and there are some one-off tournaments too (Vericon this Saturday at Harvard, NSA2 next Saturday at NEU)

bo1b

Australia12814 Posts

March 21 2014 04:22 GMT

Well that's the end of that

Jaaaaasper

United States10225 Posts

March 21 2014 04:44 GMT

#10

Man I almost want to drive the three hours down to mass for some of those.

Count9

China10928 Posts

March 21 2014 04:46 GMT

#11

On March 21 2014 11:42 ]343[ wrote:
In New England we actually have weekly tournaments every Tuesday (Game Over) and Thursday (Smashing Grounds)

Feels so weird, too used to sat tourneys I guess. Is it on a campus or something? I can't imagine a lot of people showing up to locals here if it was hosted on a weekday.

]343[

United States10328 Posts

March 21 2014 10:04 GMT

#12

On March 21 2014 13:46 Count9 wrote:

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Feels so weird, too used to sat tourneys I guess. Is it on a campus or something? I can't imagine a lot of people showing up to locals here if it was hosted on a weekday.

New England is a pretty small place overall, I guess? Game Over is held in Cambridge, MA a block away from the subway stop at Harvard (so it's super convenient for the legions of college students in the Boston area); Smashing Grounds is held at Game Underground in Framingham, MA, which is about 25 miles from Boston.

Mass Madness is also at Game Underground, while Hall of Gaming is in Connecticut, about a 2 hour drive from Boston.

But yeah, I'd imagine that in most places, if you need to drive 45 minutes to get anywhere, it'd definitely be hard to have weekday tournaments :/