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'''start.gg''', formerly known as '''smash.gg''', is a website that provides tournament organizing tools for event organizers within the esports community. The website was launched in 2015 and features the ability to host registration, form a bracket, and create rankings amongst other things. While the website initially only supported games within the ''Super Smash Bros. series'', it has since then expanded to a plethora of other games with competitive scenes, eventually leading to its rebranding to "start.gg" to represent this expansion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.start.gg/rebrand-announcement-and-faq-cc332188cc6d|title=Smash.gg rebrand}}</ref>. As of 2020, it has seemingly become the most widely used software for organizing tournaments, surpassing earlier alternatives such as [[Challonge]].
'''start.gg''', formerly known as '''smash.gg''', is a website that provides tournament organizing tools for event organizers within the esports community. The website was launched in 2015 and features the ability to host registration, form a bracket, and create rankings amongst other things. While the website initially only supported games within the ''Super Smash Bros. series'', it has since then expanded to a plethora of other games with competitive scenes, eventually leading to its rebranding to "start.gg" on May 16th, 2022 to represent this expansion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.start.gg/rebrand-announcement-and-faq-cc332188cc6d|title=Smash.gg rebrand}}</ref> As of 2020, it has seemingly become the most widely used software for organizing tournaments, surpassing earlier alternatives such as [[Challonge]].


The website was acquired by [[Microsoft]] on December 2nd, 2020 following a continued history of collaboration between the two.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/smashgg/status/1334211079451205632|title=smash.gg announces their acquisition by Microsoft}}</ref>
The website was acquired by [[Microsoft]] on December 2nd, 2020 following a continued history of collaboration between the two.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/smashgg/status/1334211079451205632|title=smash.gg announces their acquisition by Microsoft}}</ref>
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