Gamestop holding a Smash Bros. Brawl tournament. The prize is $5000 and other crap!

[KentaRawr!]

Before this post begins allow me to apologize for breaking the seemingly infinite tradition of having all Smash Bros. Brawl discussions take place in the count-down thread. However, something of this magnitude does seem to be deserving of its own thread to me, and considering that thread is mostly for the discussion of the Daily Updates, as well as counting down to the game, I believe this thread breaks no rules.

Now then, on to the topic at hand! Gamestop is holding a tournament for Smash Bros. Brawl in various stores across the U.S., (Including Alaska) with a prize of $5000, a Plasma T.V., a Wii Console, and a bunch of games. All the details are in the previous sentence. Click on it and magic links you to the page. But, one thing to note is that everyone 13 years and older are allowed to enter, so my previous thoughts of not winning $5000 are diminished, and so slim at the same time. :3 If you're totally lazy and don't want to navigate their flashy page (not in techy terms) here are their rules, and here's the Gamestops participating in the first round.

Sooooo, yeah.

Discussion starts now.

[XxSephirothxX]

Cool, one of those is my local Gamestop. That might be a fun way to kick off Spring Break.

[edczxcvbnm]

hmmmmm....maybe I will go to get my ass kicked XD

[ljkkjlcm9]

I could probably win the local one lol
but as it turns out, I have a very important female in my life visiting through til the 10th of March, so I'll be too busy with her. She is far more important than ANY video game, even smash bros.

THE JACKEL

[Roto13]

Then he wouldn't have an excuse when he loses, though. :P

[ljkkjlcm9]

Then he wouldn't have an excuse when he loses, though. :P

I don't lose, but I've always been more of a non-competitive gamer. I mean don't get me wrong, the games I'm good at, there has been no challenger in my school who has beat me! And that's quite a large number of people! But of course, I just like to play among friends, for fun, though they hardly seem to have fun when they always lose lol.

THE JACKEL

[Roto13]

Hmmkay.

[Evastio]

It sucks that I won't be able to participate in this. I guess all I can hope for is that the winner won't be using a 3rd Party Character. Even if it's Toon Link, Sheik, Link, or Fox that wins I'll find it much better than Sonic or Snake winning. Then again, with Sonic's high vulnerability to Shield Grabs and his lack of extremely powerful finishing moves and Snake's unique fighting style compared to other characters (like relying mainly on his explosives for his smashes and not melee attacks which will make him hard to master) it'll probably be somewhat unlikely that those two will win the tournament.

I could probably win the local one lol
but as it turns out, I have a very important female in my life visiting through til the 10th of March, so I'll be too busy with her. She is far more important than ANY video game, even smash bros.

Taking your girlfriend with you doesn't sound like that bad of an idea unless she's really that against it. I mean if girlfriends ask you to go shopping with them for clothes every now and then, I don't see why they wouldn't be okay with going to this, especially considering it's a one time thing. Also, good luck with her.

[ljkkjlcm9]

I could probably win the local one lol
but as it turns out, I have a very important female in my life visiting through til the 10th of March, so I'll be too busy with her. She is far more important than ANY video game, even smash bros.

Taking your girlfriend with you doesn't sound like that bad of an idea unless she's really that against it. I mean if girlfriends ask you to go shopping with them for clothes every now and then, I don't see why they wouldn't be okay with going to this, especially considering it's a one time thing. Also, good luck with her.

Thing is, she's only here for a week, I don't know when I'll see her again. A smash bros tournament would be a great waste of time I could better spend on her. Plus, she is not into games, much at all, mostly cause she stinks at them.

THE JACKEL

[Roto13]

It sucks that I won't be able to participate in this. I guess all I can hope for is that the winner won't be using a 3rd Party Character.

If you don't stop complaining about 3rd party characters in Smash Bros. I'm going to eat you.

[ljkkjlcm9]

It sucks that I won't be able to participate in this. I guess all I can hope for is that the winner won't be using a 3rd Party Character.

If you don't stop complaining about 3rd party characters in Smash Bros. I'm going to eat you.

yeah, what he said

THE JACKEL

[Evastio]

To me having Snake or Sonic win this tournament would be like you guys finding out that Darth Vader or Yoda won a US wide Soul Calibur IV tournament. Besides, it's not like it's unreasonable to be disappointed about the Smash Bros. series not being Nintendo anymore like it was for the past two games.

But if it's really annoying you guys that much I guess I'll stop. That doesn't mean I'm going to be okay with them in Brawl though.

[ljkkjlcm9]

To me having Snake or Sonic win this tournament would be like you guys finding out that Darth Vader or Yoda won a US wide Soul Calibur IV tournament. Besides, it's not like it's unreasonable to be disappointed about the Smash Bros. series not being Nintendo anymore like it was for the past two games.

But if it's really annoying you guys that much I guess I'll stop. That doesn't mean I'm going to be okay with them in Brawl though.

lol you don't have to be ok with it, you just have to accept it!
I think Darth Vader and Yoda in SCIV is weird, but they're in the game and I accept they are usable characters just like any other.

And it doesn't matter which character the person uses. They're either good, or they're not.

THE JACKEL

[Evastio]

And it doesn't matter which character the person uses. They're either good, or they're not.

On that topic, I wonder if any MLG Melee players will be in that tournament. If there are then this will probably make it... interesting. I guess it'll still be fair seeing how Melee's and Brawl's control feel (I don't know what else to call it) are completely different even with the Game Cube Controller since it's slower and floatier. That's what I heard anyways.

[ljkkjlcm9]

And it doesn't matter which character the person uses. They're either good, or they're not.

On that topic, I wonder if any MLG Melee players will be in that tournament. If there are then this will probably make it... interesting. I guess it'll still be fair seeing how Melee's and Brawl's control feel (I don't know what else to call it) are completely different even with the Game Cube Controller since it's slower and floatier. That's what I heard anyways.

the one thing that might bother me, is that it's a release tournament with the new game. But I know some people probably have imports of it, or modded Wii's to play the japanese version. They'll have an advantage over the other players.

THE JACKEL