CPUCS subreddit

The icon of the CPUCS subreddit.

> "*Welcome to the CPU Championship Series! A passionate community forming around Alpharad's CPU Tournaments. We are here to discuss the meta of the current competitive scene and praise the top players relentlessly.*"
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**r/CPUCS**, the **official CPUCS subreddit**, is a subreddit dedicated to discussion of the CPUCS. Founded on January 16th, 2019, it is the main hub for the CPUCS community. Memes, fan works, theories and all kinds of appreciation for the CPUCS are posted here.

## Activity

r/CPUCS is most active when a new episode has been uploaded. During long periods of inactivity, r/CPUCS users have been known to get creative with the content uploaded to the sub, leading to some of the events described below.

## Notable events

### **LinusH111**

*Main article: LinusH111*
On January 27th, 2019, a user by the name of u/LinusH111 created a post asking how to get into a CPUCS tournament. While he was at first met with some derision, a group of fans decided that it would be fun to spread the message and get Linus into a CPU tournament. The movement to get Linus in grew and grew until eventually Alpharad acknowledged it. Alpharad agreed to put Linus into a tournament, with the condition that he would be the only fan fighter submission he would ever take. LinusH111 debuted in PLANTATIONAL, where he defeated fan favorite Ridley before being bested by future tournament winner Cloud. Afterwards Linus said he was grateful for being included and promised that he might be down, but he wasn't out.

After this Linus continued to frequent the CPUCS subreddit, with a post of his inspiring the CPUCS wiki. After the ENDGAME tournament Linus expressed his sadness at the death of Vincent.

### **Creation of Dark Vincent**

After PRISON BREAK, Alpharad created a thread on the CPUCS subreddit, asking the community what the next villain should be like. Many people asked for an evil or dark twin for Vincent, including users u/Jaydenoob616, u/AlmightyRoadkill and u/frute-lupes, additionally proposed an episode featuring a tournament for dark versions of other characters (including a potential "dark Linus"). Dark Vincent was later revealed on Alpharad's Twitter, and he debuted at the start of Season 3 in NO FUN ALLOWED, with tournaments showcasing Dark Realm counterparts to CPUCS fighters in WORLDS COLLIDE and ENDGAME.

### **Missing Fighters**

*See also: The Commissioner, Marth*
Greninja was one of few fighters to not have appeared in any Vincent Saga episode (sans an Audible.com ad spot in NO FUN ALLOWED). Almost every day of Vincent Saga, fans requested him to appear in next episode. Greninja later appeared in the Season 4 intro along villains like Dark Vincent and Blood Falcon, and physically debuted as "The Commissioner" in Thug Finals of TOP TEXT, where he won despite losing. Alpharad later explained that he gave Greninja a plot-significant role as a joke in response to requests.

Marth, another notorious no-show, also debuted in Season 4, in TIMESKIP. However, he did not receive any special treatment in comparison to Greninja, possibly due to lesser demand.

### **"CPUCS AFTER"**

**CPUCS AFTER** (stylized as **CPUCS: AFTER.** in early parts) is a fanfiction created by reddit user u/JayJayAG. It consisted of 56 parts and multiple specials, and it is known for being the longest running CPUCS fanfiction. The story centers on the adventures of some top fighters after ENDGAME.

It started on June 7th, 2019 with "CPUCS: AFTER. 1". Main story ended with "CPUCS AFTER 56 the end" on August 1st, 2019, and truly ended on January 29th, 2020 with "CPUCS AFTER Specials! Galeem Part 7".

### **"Meme for every fighter in order"**

Between Season 4 and Season 5, another user, u/JimAzo, posted memes for every CPU fighter ever seen in an episode to that point (not including the Amiibos from ALPHA VS KIDD: The Amiibo Invitational) to keep the subreddit alive, starting with Pichu on February 23rd, 2020 and ending with Dark Audible Dark Link on June 6th, 2020.

### **Waifu Wars**

"Waifu Wars" is shorthand for internet discussion over which (usually female) fictional character is the best, focusing on physical appearance. Waifu Wars over characters from Smash Bros in the CPUCS have been common during low-activity periods from Alpharad. One especially notable instance occurred shortly after u/JimAzo stopped posting his memes. Some users rapidly began posting pornographic art of female characters, violating rules 3 ("*No spam, **NSFW**, self-promoting, or posts unrelated to CPUCS"*) and 6 ("*Source all fanart"*) of the sub. While the most offensive posts were quickly removed, the sudden and inexplicable return of the Waifu Wars spawned many memes expressing everything from confusion to disgust, and some posts parodying the nature of the Waifu Wars.

## Administrators

* Alpharad
* deadfracture99
* Suiali
* PlayOnSunday
* JoSniffy
* DazzapSmashBros

## References

1. ↑ How do i get into a Tournament? January 27th, 2019
2. ↑ BANNING MII SUGGESTIONS FROM HERE ON OUT February 10th, 2019
3. ↑ I want revenge Cloud! May 15th, 2019
4. ↑ Seriously guys!? February 8th, 2019
5. ↑ Thank you for teaching me everything, Vin. Miss you. May 4th, 2019
6. ↑ Thus conclude the Toyconvict Arc February 24th, 2019
7. ↑ *"Vincent vs dark Vincent (the tournament could just be filled with dark/edgy versions of characters)"* - Jaydenoob616 on r/CPUCS February 25th, 2019.
8. ↑ *"I really want to see a Dark Vincent or a Dark Linus come into play. Or just any character with Dark in their name so you know they're for real."* - AlmightyRoadkill on r/CPUCS February 25th, 2019
9. ↑ *"Fucking dark Vincent. Just make his mii darker and give him horns with the eye brows. That’d be pretty cool, but cliche to say the best" -* frute-lupes on r/CPUCS February 27th, 2019
10. ↑ Fellas, I think we found Vincent's new rival March 6th, 2019
11. ↑ Alpharad on Twitter March 5th, 2019
12. ↑ simply because it was a funny decision to make after ignoring him for three seasons LOL - Alpharad, July 26th, 2019
13. ↑ CPUCS: AFTER. 1 June 7th, 2019
14. ↑ CPUCS AFTER 56 the end August 1st, 2019
15. ↑ CPUCS AFTER Specials! Galeem Part 7 January 29th, 2020
16. ↑ Meme for every fighter in order Day 1: Pichu February 23rd, 2020
17. ↑ Meme for every fighter in order Day the last: Dark Audible Dark Link June 6th, 2020