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On December 5th, Nintendo announced that they had cancelled their livestream of the finals of ''[[inkipedia:Splatoon 2|Splatoon 2]]'' North American Open December 2020. While it was only stated to have been done due to "unexpected executional challenges," Slimy, a ''Splatoon 2'' tournament organizer, had confirmed that it was caused by 30% of teams being registered having names in support of ''Melee'' and the ''Smash'' community<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/SlimyQuagsire/status/1335354735885479938/photo/2|title=Team names}}</ref> due to Nintendo's actions against The Big House Online. Following this, the Discord server for the event was spammed by many members of the community in wake of the stream's cancellation. This led to many members of the competitive ''Smash'' community to begin supporting the ''Splatoon 2'' scene in thanks for their solidarity. Many people with large followings outside of the competitive scenes also took notice and began posting tweets criticizing the actions of Nintendo. | On December 5th, Nintendo announced that they had cancelled their livestream of the finals of ''[[inkipedia:Splatoon 2|Splatoon 2]]'' North American Open December 2020. While it was only stated to have been done due to "unexpected executional challenges," Slimy, a ''Splatoon 2'' tournament organizer, had confirmed that it was caused by 30% of teams being registered having names in support of ''Melee'' and the ''Smash'' community<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/SlimyQuagsire/status/1335354735885479938/photo/2|title=Team names}}</ref> due to Nintendo's actions against The Big House Online. Following this, the Discord server for the event was spammed by many members of the community in wake of the stream's cancellation. This led to many members of the competitive ''Smash'' community to begin supporting the ''Splatoon 2'' scene in thanks for their solidarity. Many people with large followings outside of the competitive scenes also took notice and began posting tweets criticizing the actions of Nintendo. | ||
As a result of the cancellation of the stream, EndGameTV announced "The Squid House", a grassroots invitational tournament being funded by the community without Nintendo's involvement. Most of the top teams that had entered the North American Open dropped out to play in this new event. Initially the event had started at a prize pool of $1,000, but through significant support and contributions from the competitive ''Smash'' and ''Splatoon'' communities, this was raised to $28,000, with $3,000 going to charity.<ref>[https://twitter.com/EndGame_TV/status/1335721925616648193?s=20 Final Squid House numbers]</ref> This resulted in The Squid House having the largest prize pool in competitive ''Splatoon'' history, more so than Nintendo has ever offered, and the most viewed stream for a Western grassroots ''Splatoon'' event.<ref>[https://twitter.com/SlimyQuagsire/status/1335696064402305028 Slimy's statement]</ref> | As a result of the cancellation of the stream, EndGameTV announced "[[inkipedia:Competitive:The Squid House|The Squid House]]", a grassroots invitational tournament being funded by the community without Nintendo's involvement. Most of the top teams that had entered the North American Open dropped out to play in this new event. Initially the event had started at a prize pool of $1,000, but through significant support and contributions from the competitive ''Smash'' and ''Splatoon'' communities, this was raised to $28,000, with $3,000 going to charity.<ref>[https://twitter.com/EndGame_TV/status/1335721925616648193?s=20 Final Squid House numbers]</ref> This resulted in The Squid House having the largest prize pool in competitive ''Splatoon'' history, more so than Nintendo has ever offered, and the most viewed stream for a Western grassroots ''Splatoon'' event.<ref>[https://twitter.com/SlimyQuagsire/status/1335696064402305028 Slimy's statement]</ref> | ||
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