Club Profile: Super Smash Brothers

By: Clayton Bonigut | Writer   &   Darren DiMarco | Web Designer

September 13, 2017

Amongst the crowd and chaos available at Club Rush, a solitary club with a single sign stood their ground as it realised an unforeseeable amount of interested students with a club sign up sheet exceeding four pages in length. This marked the first debut of the Super Smash Brothers Club.

Matt and Cole playing Super Smash Brothers.

Simply offering a place where people can hang out and get to know each other over a friendly game, the Super Smash Brothers (SSB) Club attracted many eager members. Part of the club’s success lies in the hard work and dedication with which the president’s have put in to create an enjoyable environment. Headed by seniors Cole Fernquist, Matthew Carlton, Daniel McQueen, and Ethan Partridge, this club was clearly made with lots of love. Having played the Super Smash Brothers series (a collection of light-hearted, multiplayer fighting games by Nintendo) throughout their childhood and continuing playing them even today, these four have developed and learned an utmost respect for the games, along with the magic it can create for the players.

The controller used to play Super Smash Brothers Melee.

The first meeting of the SSB club was on Monday, September 11. We visited the club and asked its owners about their motivations for creating it. Matthew explained that he “wanted to bring [his] interest to the school in the form of a club and find others who [showed] the same enjoyment for the game.” Getting people together was always the goal, and the series of games provided an excellent way to do that.

The GameCube, the console which runs Super Smash Brothers Melee.

The club had an incredible amount of applicants, which the owners attribute to its surprisingly wlarge scope. “Super Smash Bros. is a franchise title made by Nintendo that pretty much every kid has heard of. While playing the game in a competitive sense is far different than what the average person is used to, I figured it couldn’t hurt to broaden the general purpose and allow all types of players to join,” Ethan noted. He also recalled that the club originally planned to only include events for SSB Melee, the game that the owners play most, but they later decided to broaden the scope a bit more in hopes of meeting new people and sharing different experiences.

Lastly, we asked them how the club might help students, and what their members would be looking forward to. Matthew lightheartedly suggested, “the thing that people will enjoy most about the club will be simply getting to play the game and laugh about it with everyone else. Anyone who’s played any Smash game knows how exciting it can be, even if you’re just playing casually.” Cole added that the club could help people make new friends and find others that share the same interests.

Overall, the Super Smash Brothers Club is not only a fun place to hang out, but an awesome way to meet new people and play a cool series of games. If you’re interested in stopping by, the club will hold daily meetings in Mr. Kerr’s room (P29 in the quad) at lunch starting the week of September 18. You can also contact any of the club’s owners to be added to their text reminder service.

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