I did it without the Dolphin Slash technique for the most part.
Wow, this isn't good.
Someone at the hotel they held APEX at screwed up.
From what I've gathered regarding what's happening with APEX:
- A portion of the hotel's parking lot collapsed,
and either the hotel staff didn't do a good job finding out the cause, or they lied about what they found in order to keep the event going (I'm guessing it's the former though).
- Someone later caused the fire alarm to go off, and when the actual fire marshals got there, they evidently discovered something was off about the hotel's security and safety measures.
- Due to this, APEX is on hold, if not cancelled, while the hotel is under inspection (and will most likely be fined for safety violations, among other things).
And yeah, a lot of people are guessing that someone tripped the alarm on purpose in order to get the proper authorities there. It's a shame that the event may be cancelled, but at least we can avoid people getting hurt or killed if things got worse had the event continued.
edited 30th Jan '15 8:31:17 AM by Customer
It has all the Smash games, it's just that 4 and Melee are so much bigger (1000 entrants compared to like 200 for the others).
EVO is probably the bigger tournament than APEX, but that's only because EVO has so many different types of fighting games than just Smash. APEX is still huge.
Regardless, yeah, this is bad. Hope it doesn't get cancelled, but I'm just glad everyone's safe. Northeast weather is pretty bad right now so I get what was going on, but that hotel needed better structure.
Are these events held in the same place every time?
Call me butter, because I am on a roll! 3ds friend code: 5258-0885-3903 Wii U: Bowser Charizard@Blitz: Most fans that are competitive or like to watch competitions involving the series knows about APEX and such, so if you're not into that kind of scene, it's understandable that you wouldn't know about it. And yeah, I forgot to mention that all the games were going to be there, but 4 and Melee are the most anticipated.
edited 30th Jan '15 8:49:10 AM by Customer
I only knew about it because of reddit and the discussions you guys have here.
Anyway, this whole thing is really messed up. Good thing whoever pulled that fire alarm called attention to this mess.
"Yeah, it's a shame. Here we are in an underground cave with all these lasers, and instead of having a rave we're using it for evil."I've just never followed the news because I don't know where to find it. 2014 is the first year I've tried to pay any attention to things as they happen instead of waiting for things to be advertised in-store. Also it's the first year I've tried to play online. Yes I DO live under a rock, it's very mossy.
Seriously though, glad nobody got hurt, especially nobody we know. Hope they can either find a way to safely hold the convention anyway or get a new venue where they can hold it. Or something.

Well I beat Pit's Cruel Smash challenge by spamming his bow. (10 left)
Took a couple dozen times but I did it. There's a mellow pleasure in getting past that. Pit is not my first choice for having to beat a Cruel Smash, but then Cruel Smash was never my first choice for any super hard mode.
Fortunately the only one I'll ever have to do it again with is Lucina because it is just not worth my patience.
You gotta believe me when I scare you away, all that I wish for is that you would stay