Super Smash Bros. Evo 2015 Champ ZeRo Is Joining Team SoloMid

He's got no friends

@mattmayatt lol, you read my mind.

Slow news day....

Okay great... So what does him being in there mean? Do companies battle it out by pitting their best Smash players together? Unleashing their "secret weapon"'s at tourney's to win money? Have them test their products?

I don't really get it. I mean, why's this a big deal?

@Rhydas ZeRo will advertise SoloMid's sponsors on his stream and wear a jacket advertising the sponsors during tournaments, similar to professional athletes. In return SoloMid will give ZeRo money, how much depends on the agreement they made in their contract. SoloMid will also most likely help ZeRo apply for more permanent Visa so he can stay in the US.

The reason why this may be seen as a big deal is because this is the first major sponsorship of a Smash 4 player, which may lead to Smash growing to gain a more high-profile place in the eSports community. Not to the levels of Starcraft or League of Legends, but maybe this will mean the Smash community will be taken more seriously among members of the fighting game community which do not see Smash as a "real" fighting game.

TSM has a godlike csgo team too.

This is pretty big for smash 4 because big teams like TSM are starting to put money into it.

Does any like Zero? I've watched a few of his videos and find his cockiness intolerable.

SoloMid, as their namesake indicates, is more focused on MOBA and streamlined RTS than anything else. This is a bit of an odd offer, but it's nice. We'll see if it means anything in the grand scheme of things in the future. (Not much may come of it, who knows.)

@Bulbousaur Of the Smash series, only Melee and Project M have the frame perfect considerations that traditional fighters have utilized since the early 90s; 64 wasn't refined enough, Brawl was broken in several ways to prevent it from being a viable competitive fighter, and 4 is still too slow, plodding, and methodical to really stand toe to toe with other fighters. I don't blame the fighting community for being apprehensive, they're right about Smash in most of the official titles. (Project M is a special case, since it's custom modded to be frame perfect and rebalanced over time.)

@LUIGITORNADO I do. I don't know which videos you've watched to come to that conclusion, but he's not that cocky IMO.

I've played Smash since 99... a ton, and I have not idea what this is. I guess I'd have to keep up with the competitive bunch. That's alright...

@LUIGITORNADO I'm willing to bet you are one of the poor souls who watched the Game and watch ditto he uploaded and thought he was actually serious.

Also this comment section has some of the most immature posts in NL yet. Shoutouts to mattmayatt and company.

@Bulbousaur Idiots will continue to say it's not a fighting game even if you were to logically dismantle their arguments.

@Bulbousaur Thanks for explaining it. Actually I guess that makes more sense then what I was thinking it was for so yeah. Cool. Well kudos to him on being their first shiny Smash project - hopefully he'll put smash on the map for many other venues in future.

I'll just continue being over here in the corner wondering why there are people out there who are still leagues stronger than me.

@LUIGITORNADO He has the right to be, considering how many tourneys he's won so far. Heck, I'm probably worse than him and I have nothing to show for it, 'cept for a few replays. xD

@LinkSword
I have no idea what you're talking about it. It was some of his early videos.
Can't wait til he loses something

@Rhydas 'probably worse than him' xD there is no probably when it comes to zero, zero wins. xD
This guy didnt lose ONE GAME during all of evo, and around 1800 people entered, that is insane. He has the right to be cocky, and im glad that he has a solid sponsor now. anyone who likes competetive smash should subscribe to his youtube its very good.

@EngieBengie Sakurai himself said he don't consider Smash a Fighter, so Smash isn't a fighting game, no matter how deep Smash gameplay can be.

Harry Potter wins smash bros event.

@LinkSword,

People are only kidding fella,it's not that big of a deal.

He looks like stereotypical gamer thats for sure...

He and Reggie have the exact same smile.

@Chaoz
Right, it's called a brawler. It's honestly better than fighters, as it is an evolution of them.

Jesus this comment section, you guys never cease to amaze me.

The smash community is the reason I can't get into competitive smash. You guys are like freaking cannibals. We're all gamers here. Why is there so much hate? IT'S A FREAKING GAME.

Who cares about this tool?

@LUIGITORNADO well that's not very nice. And in his newer videos, he's not very cocky and rarely brags about how well he does in tournaments.

@sWiTcHeRoO why do you consider him a "tool"? Because he is successful in the career he choose?

@Chaoz he didn't say it wasn't a fighter, he said it wasn't a good game for competetive play.

@TwilightAngel if you think this is something, go check out some videos on youtube that bash on smash.

Edit: lol that was not on purpose.

Oh this is one of those NL comment sections where people just want to hate the winner. Grow up kids.

Even if I prefer Melee I really enjoyed the Smash4 finals of EVO2015. People also hate Diddy (I don't) and ZeRo won again even after nerfs Diddy received. ZeRo played really well and it was fun to watch.

@mattmayatt He knows he is one of the best, and like every amazing player in everything ever, he isn't humble. What makes him so unlikable is that he shoves that title and the fact he is good in people's faces

Ah, Scarflard. Who says professional gamers aren't athletes?

@Evenmoresteven,

No hate fella,just some light hearted comments.

@themac2001 Agreed. Also, he uses the cheapest characters and combos just to win. Remember when he wanted Diddy to get bannend, and then he started to main him? Good times. I wish he would use other characters like Falcon or Shulk.

I hope that Leo guy beats him.

@Luffymcduck Your comment is absurd, we can't have reasonable, well thought out comments when competitive Smash is the topic. /s

@mattmayatt girlfriend

@CrimsonBlade
Didn't he say that there are no good Cpt. Falcon players and then defeated them with his Cpt. Falcon?

@Luffymcduck I forgot all about that. There's no end to his cockiness?

@CrimsonBlade nah Leo is a cocky little frick frack himself, and he uses the cheapest uair to u special kill using Meta Knight ugh. And as someone who plays Shulk, Zelda and 1331 Mii Swordfighter, I would love a mix up.

@CrimsonBlade nah Leo is a cocky little frick frack himself, and he uses the cheapest uair to u special kill using Meta Knight ugh. And as someone who plays Shulk, Zelda and 1331 Mii Swordfighter, I would love a mix up.

@themac2001 well I suppose Leo was a bit cocky himeself. Meta knights not cheap in smash 4. You can escape His up air combo.

@Chaoz Son, let me logically dismantle the argument. What Sakurai says has nothing, I repeat, nothing to do with genre classification. The way to classify genres is by their game mechanics. Historically, Smash was always considered a fighting game by both Nintendo and even Sakurai. What was Smash before it was called Smash? It was a game called Dragon King the FIGHTING game. The back of Brawl's label refers itself as a fighting game. On the eShop, you find Smash under the fighting game section. At the Game Awards, Smash was a nominee for fighting games. Mechanically, everything points to it being a fighting as it has pretty much every basic thing you find in a fighting game. Neutral game, spacing, mix ups, anti aerials, tier lists, combos, light medium heavy attacks, etc. Unlike items and 4 player FFAs, these things are not optional and can't be turned off.

tl;dr What Sakurai says doesn't dictate what genre Smash pertains to, only the game mechanics do.