{"id":10057,"date":"2020-11-20T01:56:42","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T01:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/nintendo-wanted-organisers-to-cancel-the-big-house-regardless-of-slippi"},"modified":"2024-07-20T08:37:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T08:37:57","slug":"nintendo-wanted-organisers-to-cancel-the-big-house-regardless-of-slippi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/super-smash-bros-melee\/nintendo-wanted-organisers-to-cancel-the-big-house-regardless-of-slippi","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo wanted organisers to cancel The Big House regardless of Slippi use"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Big House being cancelled sent shockwaves through the Smash community, particularly the Melee side of things, as the 20-year-old game was experiencing a resurgence in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to a third-party mod called Slippi, which added rollback netcode and matchmaking, cementing the ground for competitive play to make a return.<\/p>\n

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(Photo: The Big House)<\/span><\/p>\n

Sadly, Nintendo once again showed their disinterest in supporting the Melee community by issuing a cease and desist to the tournament organisers<\/a>, shutting down perhaps the biggest Melee online tournament ever and jeopardising future plans to keep the community alive and healthy.<\/p>\n

One of the most influential figures to come out of the Melee community is former pro turned variety streamer Ludwig Ahgren, who’s been active member of the community for years, even becoming one of the main sponsors of this year’s Genesis 7<\/a>, the most important tournament in the Smash scene. <\/p>\n

\"TheMang0, last year’s The Big House 9 winner (Photo: The Big House)<\/span><\/p>\n

Using his platform, Ludwig invited The Big House tournament organizer Robin Harn, who revealed that Nintendo did not only want to take down the Melee side of the tournament, but they insisted on the entire event being scrapped, even if Smash Ultimate was played with no hardware or software alterations. <\/p>\n