02/01/2025
Hi everyone, Happy new year! Jai here, the new head TO for Launceston Smash. As Dean (longest tenured TO in Aus btw) is stepping away in the new year, I wanted to share some updates that will be happening to our locals and competitions on a state-wide scale. If youâre not a Tassie player, feel free to give this one a miss, but if you are a local whoâs been to our events before, strap in cause I think youâll want to give this one a read.
First up, weâre changing the name of our locals to Launceston Smash Club. The aim with this name change is to soften our overall image and present ourselves as a community first, and competition second. This is the guiding principle Dean has followed during his time as a leader and in my opinion is the reason we hold so strong going into the sixth year of this gameâs release. Now, as an attendee, this shouldnât be terribly important for you. Iâve already been filling the head TO role for a little while now, so hopefully you donât notice too much different going on.
The other thing I wanted to talk about is our new crews format we will be trying across all of Tasmanian Smash in 2025. All active players in Tasmania have been drafted onto four teams, whose names I am proud to share here for the first time! These names were voted on by members of the Tasmanian Smash community.
The Wellington Wizardsđ§, captained by Sayhnim
The Hobart Hogsđ, captained by Willye
The Mowbray Mashersđ, captained by Jai2go
The Campbell Town Cavaliersâď¸, captained by Ripto
Throughout the year, players can earn points for their team which will be tallied into their teamâs overall total. Our goals with this format are to forge new bonds, especially cross-state within the community and to create easy pathways for players to improve, and have people to improve for. By attending an appropriate amount of tournaments and showing enough interest, new players can be added to the existing teams.
If you want to learn more about what weâre doing, jump in the Launceston Discord here: https://discord.gg/ZGUm5bf4WC
We hope you enjoy what we have planned for you in 2025!
My biggest request is that if you are excited at all about what weâve got going on this year, try to see if youâve got any friends who may be interested in attending, even if youâve tried them before. Across the state weâre trying more than ever to bring in new people and share the wonderful community weâve built and weâd love them to become a part of it.
Check out the Launceston Smash Club community on Discord â hang out with 129 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
