In many ways, The Big House tournament encapsulates the heart of the grassroots Super Smash Brothers scene. Robin Harn, the event coordinator of The Big House series, started the tournaments in a small ballroom in the heart of the University of Michigans campus. In order to generate excitement, he convinced two of southern Californias superstar players, Oscar Lovage Nilssons and Johnny s2j Kim, to travel to the Midwest. Their attendance spurred on other top players from Canada, California, and the Midwest to come to the first ever Big House event. In total, 115 players attended the first Big House, which sounds small now, but was amazing five years ago.Fast forward to 2016 and we are at the sixth iteration of The Big House series on Oct. 7-9, which boasts over 1500 entrants for Melee singles and a strong majority of the Melee It On Mes top hundred players. A large part of the growth comes from The Big Houses reputation as a well-run event. Harns priorities have always been to maximize the experience for the players and attendees. Players testify to the great experiences they have at The Big House where Harn scrutinizes every detail to ensure everything runs on time. The growth over time has made The Big House the premier Smash major of the fall season.Momentum and godhoodAs players prepare for The Big House 6, the landscape remains uncertain among the top players. At the last major, Shine 2016, Jason Mew2King Zimmerman won the event over Zachary SFAT Cordoni in rather dominating fashion. Interestingly enough, SFATs goal at the beginning of summer was to win a major and he was within striking distance of achieving it. Many scoffed at his lofty goal, but he turned heads over the summer, defeating Joseph Mango Marquez in three sets and also Juan Hungrybox Debiedma in one set during that span.SFATs recent performances have generated excitement within the community. Other than William Leffen Hjelte, no one has ascended into Melee godhood. Others have come knocking on heavens door only for them to slump shortly after. Yet, in 2016, SFAT and Justin Plup McGrath have risen through the ranks and strengthened their resumes as prime candidates. They have put together strong performances with SFAT finishing in second at Shine 2016 and Plup finishing in third at Evo 2016. They hope to continue their momentum into The Big House 6.Uncertainty at the TopPicking a winner for a major has never been more difficult with big questions surrounding each of the top players. Leffen signed up tentatively for The Big House 6, but his visa issues leave him uncertain on an actual appearance. For the first time in a while, Hungrybox has the overall first seed in the event, meaning that he will not have to face Adam Armada Lindgren or Mango until winners finals. Although he has the easiest path to winners finals, he has looked shaky in the past two months. His edge guarding and execution were lackluster towards the end of summer. Earlier this year he broke his Evo curse by winning Evo 2016, but he has yet to win a Big House event, finishing in second place three times. Can he break his Big House curse?Armada had a quiet summer by his usual standards, choosing to stay in Europe after Evo 2016. He won Heir 3 in August and Syndicate 2016 in September, but still is untested in his matchups against tougher players. Can he get revenge on Hunrgrybox for Evo 2016? Does he have a solution to Mangos Fox and Marth in a best of five set? Despite these questions, the extended rest may prove beneficial for Armada as he will be in good shape for The Big House 6.For Mango, he has had a solid year despite his inability to close out and win tournaments. He has a winning record on Armada and is catching up to Hungrybox in their head to head records, but the big question is whether he can play consistently for an entire event. At Shine 2016, he lost early to Michael Nintendude Brancato and mustered a solid losers run before losing to SFAT for third place. Mango can go toe-to-toe against anyone, but the issues of consistency remain a costly one. Can Mango make it into the top eight through winners or will he struggle through losers at another major? If 2016 has told us anything, he will need to stay in winners if he wants a chance at his third Big House trophy.Mew2King comes in with the most momentum after winning Shine 2016. His confidence has reached new heights after demolishing his bracket, but he did not have to face Mango or Hungrybox in the bracket. Historically, hes performed poorly against the likes of Hungrybox and Armada, but his positive mindset may be the x-factor in helping him overcome two of his largest thorns. The Big House 3 was where his return of the king moment happened three years ago. Can he pull another to win his second Big House?The Big House has brought some of the most exciting moments in Melee history, including Mangos exciting losers run at The Big House 4 and Mew2Kings return of the king run at The Big House 3. The Melee landscape is more unpredictable than ever as several players can take the entire event. The early stages of pools at The Big House 6 start on Friday and conclude on Sunday. Make sure you dont miss it! Ben Simmons Jersey . Robinson finished with 17 points, all but two in the second half, and Lawson had 14 after halftime and finished with a game-high 11 assists as the Nuggets handed Dallas its first home loss in eight games this season. J.J. Hickson led Denver with 22, and Kenneth Faried added 10 points and 10 rebounds. 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Its the epic pickup games that emerged during the filming of the movie in the summer of 1995.Michael Jordan was fresh off the sting of what would turn out to be the last playoff series loss of his career, to the Orlando Magic in the second round. Movie or no movie, he was determined to return to his place atop the NBA. So he ordered the construction of a tented hardwood basketball court on the Warner Bros. studio lot and laced up his Concords. Word got out, and an array of NBA players came through.Besides the movie co-stars such as Patrick Ewing, Charles Barkley, Alonzo Mourning and Larry Johnson, there were the likes of Grant Hill, Rod Strickland, Glen Rice, Dennis Rodman, Juwan Howard, Steve Smith and Cedric Ceballos. Shaquille ONeal came by. Magic Johnson, less than a year shy of his return to the NBA, made an appearance. Reggie Miller showed up for what turned into a clear-out-and-let-em-go-at-it game, with the trash talk flying.It was like an NBA all-star game every day, said Tracy Murray, who was coming off the third season of his 11-year pro career that summer.Except it had regular-season intensity. So many players showed up that losing meant a two- or three-game wait to get back on the court. Veteran center Olden Polynice came by and made the mistake of thinking, Its the summertime, theyre going to be bulls----ing.Come to find out, they werent bulls----ing, Polynice said.Murray credits the cutthroat competition with priming him for a breakout season -- he made 116 more 3-pointers and his scoring average jumped by 11 points, setting him up for a nice free-agent contract that provided the bulkk of the $22 million he made in his career.dddddddddddd.For Jordan, it was the launchpad to the Bulls record-setting 72-10 season, capped by a championship.Maybe we should credit the singer DAngelo as well. His first album dropped that summer, and his seductive songs wound up providing the soundtrack to the pickup games on the Warner Bros. lot.Michael loved that CD, Murray said.Therefore, Everybody hooped to DAngelo, Murray said. Driving up the floor ... Brown Sugar.Dont think for a second that the neo-soul or even the low stakes of the summer diminished Jordans ultra-competitive fires. Don MacLean learned that the hard way.It started when Jordan was loosely guarding MacLean, and MacLean (the all-time leading scorer in the old Pac-10 conference) got hot and scored about two-thirds of his teams buckets to send Jordan off a loser on the final game of the night.As MacLean changed clothes and iced his knees, Jordan came by and asked if hed be back. MacLean had an overseas trip to conduct basketball clinics in Japan, so he couldnt return the following week.Jordan told him, Thanks for coming, make sure you come back.Im thinking: That was cool for him to say that, MacLean said. 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