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Spectator Throws Dead Crab At Super Smash Bros. Tournament Winner
“Sorry for losing my temper,” top Super Smash Bros. Melee pro Juan “Hungrybox” Debiedma wrote on Twitter after the weekend’s Pound 2019 tournament in Maryland. He had just fought his way out of the loser’s bracket and ultimately took it all in the grand finals. Debiedma had every reason to be happy – except in…
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Super Smash Bros. Melee Technique Gets Fake-Banned And Then Actually Banned
Despite being old enough to drive, the undying Super Smash Bros. Melee has been haunted by a controversial technique for at least a decade. Wobbling, which can only be used by the Ice Climbers, is a whimsical term for a move that is actually quite controversial due to its infinite grab possibilities. Recently, wobbling got…
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Two Weekends In Boston Showed Two Very Different Scenes In Competitive Gaming
Last Sunday, as two top League of Legends teams battled in Boston’s TD Banknorth Garden in front of thousands of cheering fans, a stadium usher grumbled a complaint that a lot of first-time esports spectators mention. The pro players, whose facial expressions appeared in close-up on big screens all over the stadium, seemed way too…
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GameCube-Only Controller Rule In Smash Melee Competition Raises Eyebrows
Five prominent Super Smash Brothers: Melee tournament organisers and players have formed a competition committee and released a recommended ruleset for tournament play, including a lengthy section imposing a “tentative ban” on the use of non-Gamecube controllers. The ruleset writers explained that the 16-year-old classic Gamecube controller is “somewhat intrinsic to what we consider ‘playing…