Smashboards

Smashboards (originally known as Smash World Forums) is an online forum centered on games from the Super Smash Bros. series. 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.

Smashboards was founded in 2002 as Smash World by Ricky "Gideon" Tilton.[1] It went on to become one of the largest independent competitive gaming communities in the world.[2]

In September 2008, Major League Gaming acquired Smashboards.com,[3] and in November 2012, Chris "AlphaZealot" Brown, one of the site's moderators, purchased the site from Major League Gaming.[4]

The site's forums were used to collaborate on a user-made PC version of Super Smash Bros. called Super Smash Land.[5] Additionally, players frequently discuss the rankings (or "Tiers") of each playable character and the administrators release forum posts that officially list them. These lists are generally accepted among community members.[6] There is also a part of the site dedicated to discussing characters that might be added to Super Smash Bros in the future.

References
  1. Myers, Andy (September 2005). "Smash Planet". Nintendo Power. 195: 76–79.
  2. "Why Smash Rocks Part 2". Major League Gaming. May 10, 2005. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
  3. "Major League Gaming Acquires Smashboards.com". Major League Gaming. September 28, 2008.
  4. "Smashboards Under New Management". Smashboards.com. November 27, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
  5. Pereira, Chris (2011-09-14). "Play Super Smash Bros. on Your PC as if it's a Game Boy Game". 1up.com. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
  6. "Playing with the script: Super Smash Bros. Melee. From a casual game to a competitive game.", Taelman, J.G.G., Utrecht University, Master thesis, http://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/311112


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