Week 12: Part 1

There aren't a whole lot of useful platforms for my business, but I know one website that businesses like mine use a lot, and that's smash.gg. This website allows businesses to create an easy way for players to register for an event, see who's going to it, and what's going on in the bracket. Businesses will use this to advertise an upcoming event and list details of where and when it will be held, and charge a certain price for each individual game/tournament, such as $10 for Smash Bros. or $5 for ARMS. Each tournament shows how many people have registered and are supposed to be going. While I can't necessarily control who comes to my tournaments, this feature is still useful since it can actually convince more players to come. If top Melee player HungryBox decided to come to my tournament, this would encourage Melee fans to come too just to meet HungryBox, creating more revenue. I personally have been to tournaments where players used this website to also see who's where in the tournament bracket. It's definitely a very useful website for both the business and the players. The players can register for a tournament very easily and it creates an easy path for registration sales. And while it doesn't have any communication like other social platforms, it still is the go-to website for competitive gaming businesses.