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The 6th Annual School Super Smash Bros. Thanksgiving Tournament

11/30/2015

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Last Wednesday was my school's Thanksgiving feast. Every year we have this event where the students, teachers, and alumni get together, play some games, and eat a lot of great food (If you've been reading a while, you probably remember last year's). The most prominent part for me, though, is the Annual Super Smash Bros. Tournament! It was started by Adam in his freshman year, and when he went off to college, Zachary took over the role of host. They still come back to play, but now that they've both graduated, this year was my first year as the host. I think I did a pretty good job organizing it, if I do say so myself. I decided that this year, I was going to kick it up a notch. I printed out a big poster for the bracket, and put on Velcro, so people would be represented by their fighters' icons, which I thought was pretty cool. I made a trophy, and I got a $20 Nintendo eShop gift card for the prize. I made a few announcements about the tournament in the week prior, and people applauded, they were really excited about it. The sign-up sheet was completely full when the day finally came around. A lot of experienced competitors and new faces were there, but I'd been training for months. I was really excited, and really confident.
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However, setup didn't really go as planned. I should have gotten there around 7:00, but instead I ended up getting there around 8:10. I was rushing, freaking out, trying to get everything set up. Turns out we didn't have the right cable for the projector, so instead of using my idea of keeping the Wii U GamePad outside for spectators to watch, we had to hook it up to the speaker system to use for sound.
​We ended up starting at 9:20 instead of 8:45.
When we finally did get started, I went into the fray with my favorite character, Samus.
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And boy, did that training pay off. I was a powerhouse. I barreled through the first few rounds, and my expertise brought me to the final round.
In the final round, I faced off against Luis, another seasoned Smasher.
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The battle was furious, and we both fought expertly. When it looked neck-and-neck, the time ran out, and we were put to a sudden death, where a single hit will KO. Luis dashed in, and hit me with an agile aerial attack before I could dodge, and that was the end of that. He won the trophy, which he complimented my handiwork on, and the gift card, but I'm very proud with how well I did. And next year, it's going to be even more awesome!
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Claire
12/1/2015 07:53:03 am

swag. just swag.

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Mike
12/1/2015 12:50:51 pm

Congratulations in running a great tournament and writing a great story about it.

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