Wii U – Bassem [Bear] Dahdouh: Esports Event Manager & Tournament Director

Thank you everyone for Smash 4 Wii U @ #CEO2016

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who came out to the event and thank you to everyone for tuning into #CEO2016. This was probably one of the most stacked tournaments since Genesis 3, and I certainly most delivered a magnificent show. There was a few things I will most definitely recommend as improvements for next year to Jebailey, but overall the tournament was the most exciting I’ve seen in the short history of Smash 4.

I do want to take a moment to say thank you to all the volunteers at #CEO2016 who put in work for brackets on Day 1 Friday. There was so many pools to cover and some overlap between Doubles & Singles, and I’d much prefer having them separate days at any future events I’m involved with. I really appreciated everyone’s patience at the venue with the heat & lack of wireless network.

Really appreciated the patience y’all had with MKXL’s Top 8 as they had a delayed start time as a. It was great to meet and I had the pleasure to be your Smash 4 Wii U TO for the weekend. I hope to improve any way I can for any future events I may be your TO for.

Greatly appreciate every single volunteer at #CEO2016 for giving your time to help make this a success. Without you, we couldn’t have done it and I hope Top 8 Sunday in the ring was a great reward of itself.

Thank you to Jebailey for believing in me & giving me the responsibility of Smash 4 Wii U. I’m very humbled to have accomplished this and looking forward to seeing y’all soon enough better improved as well at #EVO2016.

Safe journeys back home everyone,

Bassem “Bear” Dahdouh

CEO 2016 Smash 4 Wii U Ruleset Graphic

Above is the CEO 2016 Super Smash Bros for Wii U (Smash 4) Ruleset in a nice high resolution image by Panda Global’s KTH.

Check out Keith (Panda Global @PG_KTH here: https://twitter.com/PG_KTH

I asked KTH to make this so that any TO that is in need has a nice easy to read printable ruleset. (Minor changes/edits may happen; if they do I’ll adjust the image accordingly with the help of my trusted graphic designers). Note that CEO, they’re allowing wireless controllers with a strict desync policy to avoid any delays.

This is approved by Alex Jebailey and we appreciate his support. We did this out of courtesy to the Smash 4 scene and wanted to ensure every TO, player, commentator, and spectator has easy access to something visual for the CEO 2016 Ruleset.

I hope this is of use for some people. If you need a high resolution emailed to you, just DM on Twitter and I’ll send it to you.

Be sure to register for CEO 2016! Follow the link below!

http://ceogaming.org/ceo2016register

Best,

Bear

EVO 2016 Smash 4 Wii U Ruleset Graphic [unofficial]

Above is the EVO 2016 Super Smash Bros for Wii U (Smash 4) Ruleset in a nice high resolution image by Panda Global’s KTH & Wolfiisair.

Check out Keith (Panda Global @PG_KTH here: https://twitter.com/PG_KTH

Check out Wolfii (Panda Global) @PG_Wolfiisaur here: https://twitter.com/PG_Wolfiisaur

I asked them to make this so that any TO that is in need to go by the EVO 2016 Smash 4 Ruleset has a nice easy to read printable ruleset. (Minor changes/edits may happen; if they do I’ll adjust the image accordingly with the help of my trusted graphic designers)

This is unofficial we did this out of courtesy to the Smash 4 scene and wanted to ensure every TO, player, commentator, and spectator has easy access to something visual for the EVO 2016 Ruleset.

I hope this is of use for some people. If you need a high resolution emailed to you, just DM on Twitter and I’ll send it to you.

Best,

Bear

Love Letter to the Smash Bros Community

Earlier this week I wasn’t in the best place with so much family duties to tend to along with esports & my full time aviation job, but a Las Vegas local I’ve never met came to a tournament I TO’d at and thanked me for being a positive impact on the community & to his high school friends. They all are came out their first time to a tournament where they thought they would be bodied but ended up doing quite well. It was very heartwarming to see a group of friends say to themselves “let’s put ourselves out in the real world.”

That fam is what I strive for as a community leader. I don’t care for the winning a tournament, pulling off an awesome Oddshot worthy combo on stream, or being a famous tournament organizer (lolz really I’m nothing special).

It’s about the community. It’s about inspiring someone I’ve never known to come out with his or her friends to have a good time.

To see them smile.
To see them salty.
To see them shy.
To see them shout.
To see them sacrifice a whole night.
To see them Smash.

It’s a beautiful thing to see what I see, and I’m happy y’all like me enough to keep me around.

Thank you to everyone for your support & wonderful heartwarming gestures. I love the local Las Vegas Smash Bros community & they’re growing nicely in this small town (yes we’re not as big as you think we are). And thank you Tesla for reminding me why I got into TOing & community leadership in the first place.

Y’all are awesome. I may be not TOing in March & April for my wedding, honeymoon, & family, but I’ll still be there to help y’all when I can.

All the love & luck,
Bassem “Bear” Dahdouh