![]() ![]() ![]() Before Melee players knew it, Scar created the Melee it On Me Facebook page, effectively giving a rise to a new social media-driven era of Melee, away from Smashboards and toward Facebook and Reddit. Regardless of who was at fault, the RoM 5 incident prompted open dialogue within the Melee community on how to be clear about tournament rules, bracket manipulation, collusion, splitting, the power of tournament organizers and how to avoid this kind of situation again. People like Juggleguy criticized Alukard for using an uncommon ruleset, switching Eggm and Unknown522’s places in bracket, not communicating the rules effectively enough and forcing Mew2King and Unknown522 to replay their last match after it was initially played. Others blamed Unknown522 for bringing the argument to Alukard after the Final Destination match was already finished, while some even felt KirbyKaze was in the wrong for throwing his set against Unknown522. It was an ugly end to a tournament that now had a top eight tainted by one of its sets.Īfter the tournament ended, a few community members like Cactuar and Alukard said that Mew2King was to blame, claiming that he knew fully well that the stage was illegal, but wanted to put pressure on Unknown522 anyway. The aftermath was even messier, with KirbyKaze intentionally throwing his games against Unknown522 in Winners Finals and the latter sandbagging against Mew2King in the Grand Finals rematch after the two publicly agreed to split the winnings. By all means, this was completely avoidable had there been a mutual understanding of RoM 5’s ruleset. A sulking and dejected Mew2King took seemingly forever to get warmed up, eventually losing the game and wanting to forfeit out of the tournament immediately, before getting cajoled by Hax to continue playing. Instead, the game is left in the annals of history, now replaced by the nebulous implications as seen below).Īfter Unknown522 unplugged his controller and left to ask the tournament organizer Alukard to clarify the rules, Alukard then forced the two to replay the match on another stage. (Editor’s Note: This is one of the saddest parts of the set – that last game could have marked a spectacular ending for what could have otherwise been one of the best sets of the year. After minutes of deliberation and arguing over the rules, Unknown522 finally decided to let Mew2King go to the stage anyway, almost making a four-stock comeback in what was agreed upon by the players to be the last game of the set. With the set tied at 2-2, Mew2King counterpicked the Canadian Fox to Final Destination, despite the stage being illegal under the tournament’s rules, which, under Dave’s Stupid Rule, forbade players from counterpicking to any stage they won on during a set. The story behind MIOM’s creation, however, is not so pretty, but is necessary to understand for the scene’s history.Īt Revival of Melee 5, Mew2King and Unknown522 played arguably the most infamous set in Melee history during Winners Semis. Moreover, late 2012 also saw one of the most important factors behind Melee’s rapid growth: the birth of Melee It On Me: a centralized Melee-related group of figureheads within the community that spoke frequently about issues within the scene, as well as generated content for Twitch, with weekly podcasts and streams done by its members. ![]() Despite the scene’s only significant major with all five gods (Apex 2012) happening near the beginning of the year, this tournament was also the first time that top players from the Mexican, Canadian, European and American scenes were present at the same place. Instead, it was a year that had many steps forward for the Super Smash Bros. 2012 was supposed to mark the end of the world. ![]()
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