{"id":10209,"date":"2020-11-25T01:57:55","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T01:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/nintendo-vs-the-smash-community-organisers-and-content-creators-reveal-company-s-mistreatment-of-the-scene"},"modified":"2024-07-20T04:17:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T04:17:45","slug":"nintendo-vs-the-smash-community-organisers-and-content-creators-reveal-company-s-mistreatment-of-the-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/super-smash-bros-melee\/nintendo-vs-the-smash-community-organisers-and-content-creators-reveal-company-s-mistreatment-of-the-scene","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo vs Smash esports: organisers and content creators reveal company’s mistreatment of the scene"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Smash community seemingly can’t catch a break during 2020. While it seemed the worst was behind them after the COVID-19 pandemic made them cancel plans to elevate the scene with the Smash World Tour<\/a> debuting and allegations of sexual harassment coming out of left field, the latest chapter involving Nintendo vs the people has begun. <\/p>\n

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The Big House’s cancellation has rallied the Smash community against Nintendo (Photo: The Big House)<\/span><\/p>\n

In a nutshell, the company issued a cease and desist to The Big House tournament organisers, forcing them to cancel the event<\/a> as they were allegedly using “illegal and modified” copies of Smash Melee, allowing the 20-year-old game to be played online via Slippi, a third-party tool which implements rollback netcode<\/a> to the online functionalities provided by the Dolphin emulator. <\/p>\n

The Big House being affectively forced to cancel their event was just the latest in a long line of moves by Nintendo to stifle the Smash esport scene and those that have started calling for change with the #FreeMelee movement trending on Twitter.<\/p>\n

It’s in this more vocal opposition ton Nintendo that an unidentified Smash insider created a Twitter account by the name of AnonymousSmasher, releasing a lengthy statement recounting all of Nintendo’s transgressions against the competitive Smash community over the years, turning the Free Melee movement into what is now called #SaveSmash.<\/p>\n

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How Nintendo Has Hurt the Smash Community<\/p>\n

Read: https:\/\/t.co\/BS5aqOFbK3<\/a><\/p>\n

— anonymoussmasher (@anonymoussmash2) November 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In it, the leaker does mention that while the information was compiled before the C&D was issued against The Big House, it seemed an appropriate time to release it.<\/p>\n

The long document, which you can read right here<\/a>, details multiple organisations and companies being “ghosted,” and “ignored” by Nintendo as they tried to build an ecosystem for the competitive scene to thrive.<\/p>\n

Some of these include Red Bull, HTC, Major League Gaming, and Twitch, with this last one proving to be the more egregious of the bunch.<\/p>\n