{"id":8713,"date":"2017-05-01T01:27:44","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T06:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/?p=8713"},"modified":"2017-05-01T01:27:44","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T06:27:44","slug":"siouxland-smash-to-host-regional-super-smash-bros-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/archives\/8713","title":{"rendered":"Siouxland Smash to Host Regional Super Smash Bros. Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(04.30.2017) By Liv Minshall &#8212;\u00a0\u201cRun, Don\u2019t Walk\u201d, Siouxland Smash\u2019s first regional <em>Super Smash Bros.<\/em> tournament is coming up fast.<\/p>\n<p>David Fuentes, one of the most prominent members of the group has been hosting tournaments in the tri-state area for over 2 years, though they have never been on a regional scale.<\/p>\n<p>Fuentes has been competitively playing <em>Super Smash Bros. Melee<\/em> and attending tournaments since March 2015. Since then he has become a very major member in Siouxland Smash\u2019s group of about 20 to 30 people; attending not only tournaments in Siouxland, but all over the country.<\/p>\n<p>Fuentes says that \u201cRun, Don\u2019t Walk\u201d will be welcoming for all players, regardless of skill-level, and thinks that seeing top-level players from all over the Midwest might hook new players into joining the group. \u201cIt\u2019s just not something that typically happens in Sioux City. You\u2019re not gonna want to miss it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fuentes used to play the <em>Super Smash Bros.<\/em> series when he was younger, but he says there is something about the gameplay that brought him back to seriously playing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe game is fast-paced and very technical, but you can be super creative. The game has been out for sixteen years and you can still see combos and play-styles that you\u2019ve never seen before; a scenario that\u2019s completely new,\u201d Fuentes says.<\/p>\n<p>Fuentes also says he hopes this tournament will benefit the tournament scene in Sioux City. He hosts monthly tournaments in town, which typically attract around 40 to 50 people, but with steadily growing numbers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a way, I think it\u2019s sort of a challenge for myself,\u201d laughs Fuentes when asked why this tournament matters. He hopes to bring in a minimum of 120 people to this new tournament, and with Sioux City\u2019s location he aims to get even more people traveling from Nebraska, Minnesota, South Dakota and other parts of Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the tournament there will be over $600 in cash prizes paid out to the top players in each event. \u00a0\u201cI\u2019m moving soon and it\u2019s kind of my way of going out with a bang,\u201d Fuentes says.<\/p>\n<p>Along with their usual monthly tournaments, held typically on the last weekend of the month, Siouxland Smash is also hosting a type of tournament called an \u201cArcadian\u201d on May 20<sup>th <\/sup>which is perfect for new players who might not know where to enter the massive and fast-paced world of Smash.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament will be held at the Stoney Creek Inn on July 1<sup>st<\/sup>, 2017, and will host both single and double person brackets for Melee, Project Melee, and Smash 4 for the Wii U.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about attending, you can visit the event page <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/smash.gg\/rdw\">here<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or check out Siouxland Smash on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(04.30.2017) By Liv Minshall &#8212;\u00a0\u201cRun, Don\u2019t Walk\u201d, Siouxland Smash\u2019s first regional Super Smash Bros. tournament is coming up fast. 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