Smashboards (originally known as Smash World Forums) is an online forum centered on games from the
''Super Smash Bros.'' series, founded in 2002. The community hosts discussions of techniques, news, and professional competition of the ''Super Smash Bros.'' games and is used to announce ''Smash'' tournaments. Users on the website also discuss tournament rules and create
tier lists that rank playable characters in all five games of the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series.
History
Smashboards was founded in 2002 as Smash World by Ricky "Gideon" Tilton.
It went on to become one of the largest independent competitive gaming communities in the world.
In September 2008,
Major League Gaming
Major League Gaming Corp. (MLG) was a professional esports organization based in New York City. Founded in 2002 by Sundance DiGiovanni and Mike Sepso, MLG held official video game tournaments throughout the United States and Canada. The ''Boos ...
acquired Smashboards.com, and in November 2012, Chris "AlphaZealot" Brown, one of the site's moderators, purchased the site from Major League Gaming.
Projects
In 2011, the site's forums were used to collaborate on a
user-made PC version of ''
Super Smash Bros.
is a series of platform fighting video games published by Nintendo. Created by Masahiro Sakurai, the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series is a crossover featuring many characters from other video game series created by Nintendo and other develope ...
'' (1999), titled ''
Super Smash Land''. Additionally, players frequently discuss the rankings for playable characters and the administrators release forum posts of official
tier lists. These lists are generally accepted among community members.
["Playing with the script: Super Smash Bros. Melee. From a casual game to a competitive game.", Taelman, J.G.G., ]Utrecht University
Utrecht University (UU; , formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public university, public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2023, it had an enrollment of ...
, Master thesis, http://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/311112
References
Nintendo
Super Smash Bros.
Internet properties established in 2002
Video game fansites
Video game Internet forums
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