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Starting soon after the launch of''SSBM'', an Adelaide University gaming club held weekly Smash tournaments known as “AV Connection” which was later shortened to AVcon. With the introduction of their convention they added Smash to the roster of tournaments. Over the years, AVcon's attendance finally peeked in 2005 with over 110 players but slowly dropped to around 80 in 2006 and 40 in 2007. AVcon had their Smash tournament sponsored by Nintendo in 2005 and EVAC (the club's modern name) still runs Smash tournaments weekly at Adelaide University. | Starting soon after the launch of''SSBM'', an Adelaide University gaming club held weekly Smash tournaments known as “AV Connection” which was later shortened to AVcon. With the introduction of their convention they added Smash to the roster of tournaments. Over the years, AVcon's attendance finally peeked in 2005 with over 110 players but slowly dropped to around 80 in 2006 and 40 in 2007. AVcon had their Smash tournament sponsored by Nintendo in 2005 and EVAC (the club's modern name) still runs Smash tournaments weekly at Adelaide University. | ||
In mid 2004 Naked_gamer was pushing a Adelaide LAN (Adelaide_LPCs) to include consoles into PC LAN. Launching in late 2004 was Adelaides first console LAN not aimed at [[wikipedia:Xbox|Xbox]]es. The tournament was heavily promoted on a few Australian forums and brought in 15-30 players on average, the competition was early dominated by {{sm|2SXC}}, with other challengers such as | In mid 2004 Naked_gamer was pushing a Adelaide LAN (Adelaide_LPCs) to include consoles into PC LAN. Launching in late 2004 was Adelaides first console LAN not aimed at [[wikipedia:Xbox|Xbox]]es. The tournament was heavily promoted on a few Australian forums and brought in 15-30 players on average, the competition was early dominated by {{sm|2SXC}}, with other challengers such as Oliver, {{Sm|Suhayb}}, and Haku. | ||
In 2006 Naked_gamer split ways with LPC, creating SoLan which ran for 8 months, until he discontinued the series because of venue problems and issues. SoLan introduced [[doubles]] matches into the mix. | In 2006 Naked_gamer split ways with LPC, creating SoLan which ran for 8 months, until he discontinued the series because of venue problems and issues. SoLan introduced [[doubles]] matches into the mix. | ||