![]() According to Kotaku, Evo itself was borne out of an argument in 1995 about who was the top player, which resulted on an online beef being settled at an arcade on Broadway in New York City. The fighting game community, or FGC, which began in the arcade scene of the early 1990s, is going through a cultural transition itself. Much of this is based on anecdotal information. There is a general sense that some announcements could be forthcoming at Evo 2016, or maybe with the rumored NX release of Smash. The exchange has since been verified on Twitter by both JC and D1, the Smash community program manager for Twitch. Nintendo told the Guardian: “We have nothing to announce on this topic.”Ī Reddit post from four months ago details a conversation between a Smash community member and Nintendo Treehouse employee hinting at larger role to be played by Nintendo in 2016. ![]() It’s a good first step, but an assortment of unconnected annual tournaments are not the same thing as a formalized Nintendo Smash league with a set season leading up to grand finals.Īttempts to get an official comment from Nintendo on the matter have proved fruitless. ![]() As of now, Nintendo is providing logistical support for various Smash tournaments throughout the year. Getting this is difficult,” says Tafo, a blogger for Melee it On Me – who maintain the most authentic player rankings for various Smash games. “We would need a Nintendo-endorsed league (content would have to be driven from them). There are conversations in the Super Smash Bros community as to whether Nintendo needs to play a more active part in growing Smash into what the USCIS would recognize as a sport. TBS VIDEO GAME SHOW 2016 SERIESRiot Games has been successful at building out League of Legends into a recognizable sport (with an official championship series called LCS), and it has the distinction of facilitating the very first P-1 visa to an eSports competitor in 2013. Many competitive games are team-based, but receiving a P-1 visa has kept complete teams from participating. The petition amassed the 100,000 signatures required to guarantee a response by being shared by many different eSports communities, and retweeted by musicians like Lupe Fiasco and celebrities like Dylan Sprouse.Įsports are in a transitionary period, where immigration officials probably don’t know much about them or the fact that major cable networks like TBS and ESPN broadcast matches of competitive Starcraft and Counterstrike. The statement has sparked many debates on social media. On 4 May, Team Solomid announced that a visa had been approved for Leffen until July, to allow him to participate at the Evolution Championship Series, the most prestigious fighting game tournament in the USA.Īccording to a government statement that has since gone viral via a video of Hjelte reading it, he was originally not approved for a P-1 visa because “Smash Bros Melee is not considered a legitimate sport.”
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