'Super Smash Bros.' tournament organizer sells his own house to keep things running

Not every business decision turns out to be a success, and sometimes that really, really, really sucks.

Michael “FullMetal” Buchheit, the organizer of the Super Smash Bros. tournament series Tipped Off, organized his twelfth Tipped Off set to go down in Georgia this weekend. But unlike previous years, not enough people signed up to cover the costs of hosting the tournament, Kotaku reported today. 

In order to pay for everything, Buchheit had to sell his house.

Tipped Off has been running since 2006, back when the only serious competitive Smash game on the docket in most circles was Melee. Since then, the scene has blown up in extraordinary fashion, with about a dozen high-profile tournaments dotting the U.S. alone each year.  Read more…

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