matchpoint.gg

An always-on competitive matchmaking system for the Smash Ultimate community, In Open Beta Now! Join our discord at

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We could not be more excited to finally announce the launch of the Matchpoint OPEN BETA!!!

Check out the website link and some of our features down below 👇

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Until the NA community collectively decides to change to its culture and approach to matchmaking/improvement it won’t matter who/what service is created/used.

The community needs to decide Matchmaking services add value to skill progression other then just bragging rights

[Night Shift | WebbJP 🥷🥷 @ItsWebbJP]

So can NA actually stay committed to using a matchmaking site? My time on Smashmate in Japan was very seamless and made grinding the game online there effortless, I don't get why services like MatchBox die when they provide basically all the essentials you need for matchmaking

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@SchuStats

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🥱 Waking up to calls for a Ladder after NA visits Japan:

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@BroKenSSB @lostzawg Queue in and find out 😉

[BroKenSSBU @BroKenSSB]

steve probably shouldn't be allowed on smashpros it just kinda ruins it lmao, at least give people the chance to cancel the match if they're forced to fight steve

[matchpoint.gg @MatchpointGG_]

@PracticalTAS @L4st_v1 @imESAM @zorsti Maybe, but products can be changed and adjusted easily, culture is a lot harder to change, so even if I built the exact product to spec that you’re talking about it wouldn’t matter if the culture wasn’t ready to support it. Of course we want to build what the community wants.

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It’s almost like one region has a resource that is used by its entire player base to improve while others hides its top players behind gated discord communities 🤔 🤷

[Schu @SchuStats]

The Most Improved Players of the Past Year!

Read the article (link in reply) for more info!
The full list is on my patreon, link also in reply

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@PracticalTAS @L4st_v1 @imESAM @zorsti Hate to break it to you but it’s not a product problem, it’s a culture problem. If it was a product problem one of the multiple other entries in the space would have taken root.

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@L4st_v1 @imESAM @zorsti ELO isn’t gatekeeping as you put it, its what allows you to be paired with people relatively in range of your skill level so that you are always receiving competition relative to your skill as your participate in competitive systems.

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@L4st_v1 @imESAM @zorsti The difference is opportunity, in closed systems only those with access get the opportunity to participate. In open systems like Smashmate that use ELO as an objective rating system everyone is afford the opportunity to access higher levels of comp as they improve up the ladder.

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@imESAM @zorsti Oh So top players aren’t currently apart of any discord communities that require an application process to join 🤔. Anyone from the general playerbase can come get games with yall!! My bad 🐐

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@imESAM

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@BubbsStep @kamoun_epice We have had region settings since day 1
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[zawg @lostzawg]

MATCHPOINT MEGASTREAM HAPPENING RN 🔴

→ $5 to anyone who takes a set off me
→ $30 to the highest *climber* by Midnight EST
→ $20 to the highest Albertan by Midnight EST

MORE INFO BELOW
LIVE RN!!!!

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Rumor has it people are planning queueing starting at 7pm EST tonight 👀

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@Decay_SSBU

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“People just use matchmaking to get wins in better players to brag about it, not as a tool to actually improve”

Once ppl realize that it’s your Rank on the ladder and not individual wins that matter, this sentiment will change.

Remember:

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Fun Fact: If all the people who say “I would play on the matchmaking sites if they were active” actually started queuing, then the matchmaking sites would be active.

Be the change you want to see. #passiton

[zawg @lostzawg]

BEAT ME IN A SET = WIN $5

Check replies/bio, Iive rn!!!

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The skill ceiling in NA Smash is declining will continue to degrade until the community shifts its mindset and starts adopting open and objective spaces where players connect with other players in competitive formats outside tournaments to improve.

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@lostzawg @REALOranguBang Point degradation is a natural sign of a healthy ladder system it makes it very hard to just sit top because points are being traded frequently