Editing Brawl Central (website)

:''Not to be confused with [[Team:Brawl Central]].''

[[File:BrawlCentralBanner2.png|thumb|350px|Brawl Central banner.]]

'''Brawl Central''' (later known as '''Nintendo Hub''', '''VGDistrict''', and finally '''Smash Bros Central''') was an unofficial ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' fansite that was created on November 16th, 2006 by "Chris". "The Buzz Saw" would join Chris shortly after to help with programming and backend assistance with the site. Brawl Central acted like the [[Smash Bros. DOJO!!]] by providing information related to ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' and translating sources from Japanese magazines and forums. The website, under its final name '''Smash Bros Central''', was shut down in 2014.

Past members remain active in a Discord channel, accessible [http://discordapp.com/users/119171308754960384 here]. this link doesn't work, leaving here in case someone wants to do that

Brawl Central was started and run by Smash Bros. players and [[SmashBoards|Smash World Forums]] (SWF) members "Chris" and "the Buzz Saw". At some point, 3 other admins ("T3h Kaiser", "Pumpkins", and "NGW") were appointed, with Buzz retiring. The main website featured many different pieces of information and news of Nintendo and other video game related news, constantly being updated by news editors. News editors included NGW, Kagato, Ferret, Xiammes, Kirby173, and Rocky. Brawl Central would later broaden itself and include a forum for community discussion on January 15th, 2008. The forum's section had members gather and discuss topics ranging from video games to questions and forum games. The administrators and moderators kept the site clean, although members sometimes got to "vote" in regards to whether or not something should be deleted. The forum would include many character-specific clans for Super Smash Brothers Brawl. Some of the clans included "The Aura Wielders" (Lucario), "K.I.N.G.S" (King Dedede), "Aethercide" (Ike), "The Galaxian Enforcers" (Metaknight), "FALCON PAWNCH!" (Cpt. Falcon), etc.  

Brawl Central hosted many elaborate [[Wi-Fi]] tournaments during its tenure. The big tournaments were {{Trn|Brawl Central Tournament 1}}, {{Trn|Brawl Central Tournament 2}}, and {{Trn|Brawl Central Tournament 3}}. Notable players who attended these tournaments include {{Sm|RedHalberd}}, Yonex204, {{Sm|UltimateRazer}}, {{Sm|CO18}}, {{Sm|Fatal}}, FIERCE, {{Sm|Snap}}, {{Sm|Thulius}}, ridleynkrool, and boomshakalaka. Many tournament matches remain available on Brawl Central's old [https://www.youtube.com/@BrawlCentralVideos/videos YouTube channel].

On November 2009, ''T3h Kaiser'' and other admins, moderators, and forum members were tired with the way that the admin ''Chris'' ran VGDistrict and thus left to make ''Xugo Gaming''. VGD was set to close down later that month, but on November 24th, ''Chris'' decided to keep the site open and used cheaper hosting to help try to secure the site's financial stability. On Friday, December 11th, 2009 VGDistrict was revamped and all previous members and posts were deleted. One of the most notable changes from the switch to VGDistrict, besides veering away from the Nintendo-centric branding, was the revamped homepage. The homepage now featured dedicated sections for featured members, gaming news, sponsors, gaming tournaments, and a link to VGD's new gaming podcast, the D-cast, run by forum members RnR and Adamated87.

===Domain Post-Shutdown===

Archives of the domain show activity in,<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150726025324/http://smashbroscentral.com/</ref> and soon after, the domain would be taken up by a business company,<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160518040156/http://smashbroscentral.com/</ref> containing dozens of articles relating to business studies. Tab names would simply be labelled "Business". This would continue being used until around March of 2018, where the website would be open for purchase again.

In June of 2018, Smash Bros Central's website returned [https://web.archive.org/web/20180622165627/http://smashbroscentral.com/ with a black screen saying "Soon..."]. It once again sported the Smash Bros Central name on tabs, implying an intention to return. As of 15th April 2024, however, the same screen remains.

The domain for VGDistrict would not see use after January 2014 until July 2017, where it became a redirect for [[SSBWorld]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170705131505/vgdistrict.com</ref> On April 22nd, 2020, the domain name for VGDistrict expired and was auctioned on GoDaddy's website.<ref>[https://uk.godaddy.com/domain-auctions/vgdistrict-com-325414162 auction page]</ref> The domain name was valued at $1,305 USD based on domains of similar naming conventions, but ended with no sale. In September of 2020, it was sold by a Chinese vendor, though the resultant website was taken down.