worst smash tournament
jstpst
March 24, 2026
I attend a Smash tournament, lonely and excited to socialize in a context I am good at.
"The number of players for a round-robin tournament is (n^2 - n)/2, so if we have 6 or fewer players, we don't need to do a tournament-style bracket" I think to myself.
I am the only one for the first 15 minutes
Good thing I brought a controller because the host only had two broken Joycon. We wait 15 more minutes while they charge from dead.
There is one Nintendo Switch for the whole tournament
I offer my controller to someone else because they're talking Smash Bros as something they're new to. I take a busted Joycon
The projector is blurry and does not fit on the screen
They don't notice I bump my handicap up to 150% and I whup their butts while explaining what buttons let you jump
We all get a prize because the prizes were for the top 3
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