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Home to the Middle East’s first and largest fighting game event, this year’s Kuwait Battle Royale saw pro players and special guests from all communities come together to experience what the Kuwaiti FGC had to offer. While they were all in town–either competing, spectating or commentating the event–tournament hosts Fikra sat down with many of the visiting community members to get their thoughts on Kuwait, its gaming scene, and the event itself.

The overwhelming response from those interviewed shows just how passionate and welcoming the Kuwaiti community was: with many praising their hospitality, along with the zeal of the competitors and cosplayers who attended the event. As Kuwait Battle Royale was twinned with GX, a general gaming expo held in Kuwait, this gave the whole tournament a much busier atmosphere and showed just how dedicated the general gaming scene is in Kuwait.

Hopefully, the positive response of all those interviewed has shown Kuwait as a potential destination for any traveling tournament attendee. Here’s hoping Kuwait Battle Royale 2017 is even bigger.

Source: FikraKW

 

If you haven’t signed up for Shine 2016 but still want to enter for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, this online event may be just the thing. Hosted by Big Blue eSports, the winner of this online qualifier will receive a free flight, housing and entry for the event, along with a custom smash.gg hoodie. All top 8 placers will also gain free entry to Shine 2016, along with some merchandise to commemorate their placing.

Starting this Saturday, there will be four separate qualifiers with the top 12 of each tournament going forward to a final top 48 bracket on Wednesday the 10th at around 5pm PDT. This top 48 bracket will not be reseeded, so if you qualified in Losers, you will stay in Losers for the top 48. This online event will be restricted to the USA and Canada only, with players requiring a 2Mbps upload and 5Mbps download speed in order to compete in this event.

There will be a 512 player cap for each of the four qualifiers, so register now on the official smash.gg page to ensure you can compete. Registration is free, so no worries about losing any money if your connection drops out mid-match or you suddenly cannot continue playing. Make sure to correctly type your Nintendo Network ID during registration, so that matches can be played as fast as possible. Top 48 on Wednesday will be streamed on Big Blue eSports’ Twitch channel, so tune in to see who will be getting that golden ticket to Boston.

Sources: r/smashbros, smash.gg