Tournament:OHN7
OHN7 (also known as ‘Don’t Come’), was held in Sydney’s UTS, on the 7th and 8th of December 2008. The East-Coast Australian Major was a hard-pressed partnership with the Ozhadou organisation, a dedicated entity for competitive fighting games. The merge came as a decisive sign of solidarity made by the foreign Smasher, CAOTIC.
Background
The Sydney Smash Community has historically had a patchy relationship with Ozhadou. Both OHN5 and OHN6 languished in both organiser support and turnout for SSBM. Criticism drawn from the Smash community alluded to the rejection of the event due to high entry fees with no returns.
Results:
1st - CAOTIC & Emily (Victoria)
2nd - Kulla & Berimbau (New South Wales)
3rd - Jaz (New South Wales)
4th - Shaz (Victoria)
5th - Kupo (Victoria)
Feedback:
Public reception for ‘Don’t Come’ was resoundingly positive, with the tournament tipped to be the most favoured event of 2008.
Shaya SSB64
Offensive attacks from two prominent Queensland Smashers had temporarily reprimanded any positive contributions until being later silenced.
Two very different organisational models:
Notable facts:
‘Don’t Come’ holds the Australian Record for the most foreign participants of any major tournament. Significant contingents hailed from Victoria and Queensland. It is also Sydney’s largest tournament to date (Approximately 50 unique competitors over 2 days).
It was the first Australian Major to successfully implement a non-partisan approach to both SSBM and SSBB.
It is the only known SWF tournament in the world to officially exclude singles events from its schedule.
‘Don’t Come’ payed homage to the now defunct Melee – FC series by introducing Dodgeball as a side event.
Regional New South Wales (Hunter Valley/Illawarra) claim superiority over Sydney over a victorious Melee crew battle.
