I'm seeing a some people are upset at the placement for Rivals of Aether 2 at EVO
For anyone unaware, I am the publisher for that game
I also remember being in the crowd at EVO 2016 and watching hungrybox beat armada through losers
It was a seminal weekend for me. I returned from Vegas and started grinding smash, got my ass beat. Then I started grinding commentary, and later on that turned into streaming
To have another platform fighter, and it be the one I publish, means something to me (regardless of how you feel about us...)
To clarify I did buy a bunch of EVO passes to help make this the biggest Rivals 2 tournament we've ever had
We handed passes to the top 128 players, ran online qualifiers, ran locals, and gave passes to TO's to give out to their community
I'm sure I got taken advantage of. People sold codes, shared them without permission, and signed up with no intention of playing. But that's the price I'm willing to pay to make this the biggest Rivals 2 event we've ever had. The community has rallied around this, and I'm pumped to go to EVO this year
See yall there (Saturday night)
If you're EU top level and not playing smash the peak, you're throwing imo
It's not even about getting better immediately by playing but moreso that you can actually increase the level of the entire site by just participating which will get you much better practice long term
After years of organizing tournaments,
I realized something:
https://t.co/aj4DqzpNQ7 is powerful…
but not always easy to use as a TO.
So I built this 👇
This was the best Smash Ultimate tournament of all time no doubt, absolutely insane top 8.
Gave off season finale vibes so the only thing left now is a new smash announcement @Sora_Sakurai
Results of notable international competitors at Kagaribi#15 (2814 entrants)
Players are listed if they placed or were seeded top 512, & color-coded based on performance relative to seed.
Teezy 🇫🇷, Iberyes 🇵🇹, & Bomboozler 🇭🇰 were seeded below top 512 but made it onto the list!