Super Smash Bros. General

Super Smash Brothers General (スーパースマッシュ兄弟一般 *Sūpāsumasshu kyōdai ippan*) (often abbreviated as "**/ssbg/**") is an internet Super Smash Brothers community hailing from 4chan's own /vg/. The topics discussed there range from who their best players are to asking the same easily googleable questions every few hours to keep each increasingly slower thread alive for a few more minutes. Sometimes actual games take place there, but often it's users find themselves playing with the same handful of players over and over, sometimes under different aliases to fool each other into thinking that this isn't the case. Modern /ssbg/ is predominantly ruled by those who worship Sm4sh, but on paper, it is home to all Smash Bros games.

Except Brawl. Nobody likes that game and the ones that say they do don't matter.

## History and Legacy

Nobody cared about /ssbg/ until Smash 4 put on the mask and was announced, so nobody is still around to tell the tale. Some say the original inhabitants took refuge in the abandoned remains of a Steam Group. Steam Groups were an archaic precursor to the Skype groups, which in turn evolved into Discord Servers. But even they too moved to their own private discord once enough people stopped visiting.

Currently, /ssbg/ threads are mostly dead, needing life support after the Great Discord Sundering commited by the League Against Chazo, but like every general, will be revived once major news happens in the future. Its not like Smash bros will ever die or anything. That's like asking if Pokemon will ever stop releasing new games.

## The Banishment of Melee and PM

The arrival of Sm4sh bore the death of both Melee and PM for the general. Not to say that either were very lively before that. Such is the fate of all older games when a new and improved version is released. You'd sooner find love than you would a game of Melee/PM Netplay from /ssbg/

## The Discord Saga

Every general has it's group chats, some more than others. But with the sudden boom in popularity that brought Discord into the forefront, Steam Groups and Skype Groups became a distant memory. Like the American Settlers before us, the new territory was unexplored and more importantly unclaimed. Due to the bumbling inexperience of the admin of the first /ssbg/ discord Braxton, power struggles ravaged the countryside, much to the dismay of everyone else who just wanted to play video games. One thing lead to another, resulting in the Great Discord Sundering. As a result, 3 major /ssbg/ discords became popular, with a 4th private circlejerk discord muffled in the distance.

## Tournaments

/ssbg/ has had its fair share of tournament TOs across the years. Rick Danto, Chazo, Chad, Elliot, and Freezus and probably more. Not including failed tournaments, of course. The majority of the modern tournaments are done by Chazo, while in the past many other have held the mantle, but anyone is free to start a tournament of their own, so long as they do the heavy lifting of advertising and organizing.

Many great moments were had during these 3-4 hour long tournament events. Sometimes prizes were even given out to the winners. Occasionally tournaments would end with the stragglers searching for games to sate their smash lust, or head into the designated Circlejerk room to watch a movie together. Good times.

## Notable Players

An incomplete list of notable players can be found here.