Talk:List of major Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournaments

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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 11:45, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

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MkLeo in 2020

• ... that MkLeo (pictured) won five of the first seven most prestigious Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournaments?
  Source: The sources are in the first seven lines of the first table.
  • ALT1:... that many Japanese Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournaments do not offer cash prizes, and Nintendo was criticized for awarding one winner only a GameCube controller?
    Source: [13][14][15] at the end of the 2nd paragraph

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/KUAC (FM)
• Comment: 119 characters → 3,649 characters for the expansion, since table data doesn't count

5x expanded by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk). Self-nominated at 00:08, 28 June 2020 (UTC).

• Reviewer: If you feel "for only awarding one winner a GameCube controller?" is better than "for awarding one winner only a GameCube controller?", feel free to just change ALT1. I couldn't decide where to place the "only". The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 00:11, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

While that prize is an absolute joke, I don't think it is entirely neutral or necessary to describe the criticism as "significant" in the article. The source also doesn't directly attribute the criticism to Nintendo. On the hook, I do not see how the article supports "many" tournaments lacking cash prizes, as it mentions only one. That gambecube controller fact is hooky indeed though, so I think if it was reformulated, perhaps to be shorter and more punchy, it would be a great hook. CMD (talk) 15:01, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

@Chipmunkdavis: I've changed the word from "significant" to "widespread" and added more sources. I can find as many more sources as you'd like - there was significant coverage of that prize. Here's a some alts:

ALT1b ... that prize pools in major Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournaments are smaller than those of other fighting games, with one premier event awarding only a Switch controller?

ALT1c ... that Nintendo received widespread criticism for awarding the winner of a major Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournament only a Switch controller?

The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 19:49, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

Well good thing the additional sources clarified what kind of controller it was. with a preference for 1b, although perhaps Switch should be linked. CMD (talk) 01:15, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

UltRank

UltRank has surpassed the PGRU as most authoritative ranking of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate players, with the Panda Global boycott as well as the PRGU having been stopped. Sources: Upcomer, Esports.net, Dot Esports --Meester Tweester (talk) 07:15, 11 July 2023 (UTC)