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Not Everyone Loved The Smash Balls In Nintendo’s Latest Smash Ultimate Tournament
Hundreds of PAX East attendees crowded around a small stage in the expo hall last Saturday afternoon to see if Seth, one of the top-ranked Smash players in Chicago, could keep his team alive in Nintendo’s North America Open against his opponent Poltergust. As both players deployed deadly items and Final Smash attacks, the hall…
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DreamHack’s Fighting Game Tournament Trophies Keep Breaking
After wrapping up its first Denver outing this weekend, the DreamHack tournament series awarded the champions of their various fighting game events with unique trophies that featured moving parts and the logo of each respective title. Unfortunately, these prizes soon began to fall apart.
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Nobody Expected A Shiny Hunter To Beat Pokemon Champs At Weekend’s Big Tournament
Against all odds and expectations, a “shiny hunter” who had just started learning to play competitive Pokemon doubles defeated the reigning world champion as well as a two-time US National champion during this weekend’s tournament.
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Don’t Celebrate A Tournament Win Until You’ve Actually Won
After losing the first round during a best-of-three semi-finals match against one of the best Guilty Gear Xrd Sign players in the world, Woshige pulled off a massive comeback to take the second. Then he turned to the crowd to celebrate. Whoops.