{"id":4621,"date":"2020-05-04T08:18:32","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T08:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/smash-bros-melee-pro-plup-smurfs-in-online-tournament-forcing-organizers-to-lower-prize-money"},"modified":"2024-07-19T17:39:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T17:39:30","slug":"smash-bros-melee-pro-plup-smurfs-in-online-tournament-forcing-organizers-to-lower-prize-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/super-smash-bros-melee\/smash-bros-melee-pro-plup-smurfs-in-online-tournament-forcing-organizers-to-lower-prize-money","title":{"rendered":"Smash Bros. Melee pro Plup smurfs in online tournament forcing organizers to lower prize money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Justin &#8220;Plup&#8221; McGrath has never been known for being a bad influence on the Smash Bros. community, if anything else, he keeps mostly to himself and his Twitch audience without any toxic behaviour &#8211; however, he might&#8217;ve put some of that well-earned goodwill in danger.<\/p>\n<div id=\"traffective-ad-Content_1_748801\" style=\"display: none;\" class=\"Content_1\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"traffective-ad-Content_1_994951\" style=\"display: none;\" class=\"Content_1\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"traffective-ad-Content_1_946453\" style=\"display: none;\" class=\"Content_1\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"traffective-ad-Content_1_131959\" style=\"display: none;\" class=\"Content_1\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"traffective-ad-Content_1_272320\" style=\"display: none;\" class=\"Content_1\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"traffective-ad-Content_1_730722\" style=\"display: none;\" class=\"Content_1\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Plup smurf smash bro melee \" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/3bCL94wlwVsT9QZTyv2KrCGXanGw3iPxeTIJriXQ0o8\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzLzYwMHB4LVBsdXBfRVZPXzIwMTYuanBn\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 399px;\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:11px;\">Plup has upset many in the FGC community. (Picture: PandaGlobal)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Right after the <a href=\"https:\/\/smash.gg\/tournament\/rona-rumble-east-coast-1\/details\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"\">Rona Rumble East Coast<\/a>, tournament organizer Brandon Collier expressed his disappointment at the fact he had to deal with players smurfing, one of them being the Genesis 5 champion.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YungWaff\/status\/1256822877799608320\"><twitter-widget class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" id=\"twitter-widget-0\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; display: block; transform: rotate(0deg);\"><\/twitter-widget><\/p>\n<blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i158866176890991276=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">As far as the smurfing it sucks, but def a lesson learned. Got some ideas to keep things more honest.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brandon Collier (@YungWaff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YungWaff\/status\/1256822877799608320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" style=\"\">May 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Plup, alongside notable Florida smashers like Forest and Colbol, shared an account to enter the netplay tournament, tampering with the bracket, causing several issues for TOs and players registered.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/super-smash-bros-melee\/pound-online-showcases-the-importance-of-region-locking-with-smash-bros-melee-and-ultimate-players-paying-the-price\" style=\"\">Pound Online showcases the importance of region locking with Smash Bros. Melee and Ultimate players paying the price<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"page-break-after: always\"><span style=\"display: none;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<p>This is usually not a big deal, as one can attest by watching many of Gonzalo &#8220;ZeRo&#8221; Barrios&#8217; videos doing so, like the one smurfing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/hungrybox\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Juan &ldquo;Hungrybox&rdquo; Debiedma<\/a> organized tournament for example.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YungWaff\/status\/1256822877799608320\"><twitter-widget class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" id=\"twitter-widget-1\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; display: block; transform: rotate(0deg);\"><\/twitter-widget><\/p>\n<blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i158866176890991276=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">As far as the smurfing it sucks, but def a lesson learned. Got some ideas to keep things more honest.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brandon Collier (@YungWaff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YungWaff\/status\/1256822877799608320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" style=\"\">May 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Big issue here is context. Plup and the rest weren&#8217;t meddling with a sub-only tournament, but rather a community-driven attempt at maintaining a competitive scene amid the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The Rona Rumble tournament boasted a prize pool of &#36;200, plus player bounties, meaning any registered entrant that hasn&#8217;t been ranked Top 100 could win an additional &#36;50 if they could pull an upset over a top Melee pro.<\/p>\n<p>Plup&#8217;s antics sent ripples throughout the bracket, causing more upsets than expected, prompting Collier to decrease the money earned per bounty to &#36;30, with a high likelihood of them being less valuable further down the line.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YungWaff\/status\/1256848093368029185\"><twitter-widget class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" id=\"twitter-widget-2\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; display: block; transform: rotate(0deg);\"><\/twitter-widget><\/p>\n<blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i158866176890991276=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bounties had to be cut to &#36;30 today cause of what happened earlier and cause there were mad upsets.<\/p>\n<p>We might have to make the bounties &#36;25 per bounty for now :(((<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brandon Collier (@YungWaff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YungWaff\/status\/1256848093368029185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" style=\"\">May 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Understandably, people in the community were severely upset at the Florida smashers for messing with the only viable way of competing. Rishi, one of the affected entrants, was very vocal about his distaste for the entire situation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Normally I just brush this stuff off, but Plup taunting me every stock, trolling me on Discord, it all just rubbed me the wrong way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rishissb\/status\/1257052642288812035\"><twitter-widget class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" id=\"twitter-widget-3\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; display: block; transform: rotate(0deg);\"><\/twitter-widget><\/p>\n<blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i158866176890991276=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The whole smurf situation yesterday bothered me more than I thought, esp finding out it was multiple players from Florida. Normally I just brush this stuff off but Plup taunting me every stock, them trolling me on Discord, etc, it all just rubbed me the wrong way :\/<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; VALORISH (@rishissb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rishissb\/status\/1257052642288812035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" style=\"\">May 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, Plup had to apologize to those affected, claiming he didn&#8217;t think it would be a huge deal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We expected to just be kicked out of the event if the TOs didn&#8217;t want smurfs, and there wouldn&#8217;t be much fuss.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PG_Plup\/status\/1257103233186742274\"><twitter-widget class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" id=\"twitter-widget-4\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; display: block; transform: rotate(0deg);\"><\/twitter-widget><\/p>\n<blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i158866176890991276=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">sorry my dood. Didn&#8217;t realize the community would react this way. We expected to just be kicked out of the event if the TOs didn&#8217;t want smurfs, and there wouldn&#8217;t be much fuss.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Plub (@PG_Plup) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PG_Plup\/status\/1257103233186742274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" style=\"\">May 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;ll be interesting to see if the Smash community takes any action against it, especially after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/fighting-games\/evo-2020-cancelled-online-event-summer\" style=\"\">EVO&#8217;s announcement of an online edition<\/a>, with Smash Ultimate set to be part of the lineup.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/crossfeed\/dad-playing-pubg-with-his-child-mousesports-frozen-clutch-lotr-card-game\" style=\"font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; color: grey; font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_blank\">Dad Playing PUBG With His Child, Mousesports Frozen Clutch, LOTR Card Game<\/a><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"368px\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"\/embed-player\/769\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justin &#8220;Plup&#8221; McGrath has never been known for being a bad influence on the Smash Bros. community, if anything else, he keeps mostly to himself&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1973,"featured_media":4622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-super-smash-bros-melee","genre-fighting-games","content_type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Smash Bros. 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