What Is the Super Smash Bros. Crusade Forum and How Do You Use It?
The Super Smash Bros. Crusade forum is the Project Crusade Community at projectcrusade.forumotion.com — the discussion board for the Super Smash Bros. Crusade fangame. You use it by picking the board that matches your goal: game talk in General Discussion, roster talk in Character Discussion, stage talk in Stage Discussion, online matches in Online Lobby, and problems in Bug Report Board. Reading is open to visitors; posting, searching, and following threads require an account, and the Global Forum Rules board should be read first if you are new.
What the forum is
Project Crusade Community describes itself as "the forum for the Super Smash Bros Crusade fangame." It is a Forumotion-hosted board, so the layout is the familiar index-of-boards format: each board shows its topic count, post count, and the most recent post with a date and username. The index also carries a search bar with options to display results as posts or topics, plus an Advanced Search link.
One practical note from the site itself: the page asks you to enable JavaScript "to get the full experience." If boards look incomplete or menus do not respond, that is the first thing to check.
The main boards and what each is for
The index groups boards by purpose. The table below maps each board to the kind of question it answers, using the descriptions and activity figures shown on the forum index.
| Board | Use it for | Index snapshot |
|---|---|---|
| Global Forum Rules | Reading community rules before posting | 0 topics, 0 posts |
| Forum Announcements | Official news about the forum | 23 topics, 585 posts |
| Super Smash Bros Crusade Developer Blog | Developer posts about game updates | 74 topics, 1,401 posts |
| General Discussion | Anything about the game that fits nowhere else | 217 topics, 1,872 posts |
| Game Mode Discussion | Existing game modes and unofficial mode ideas | 68 topics, 975 posts |
| Character Discussion | Existing characters and unofficial character ideas | 771 topics, 15,190 posts |
| Stage Discussion | Existing stages and unofficial stage ideas | 217 topics, 6,019 posts |
| Online Lobby | Evolve and LogMeIn Hamachi networks, challenges, tournaments | 122 topics, 1,308 posts |
| Custom Content | Custom content created for Crusade | 2 topics, 13 posts |
| Suggestion Board | Suggesting things for the game | 196 topics, 1,769 posts |
| Bug Report Board | Reporting bugs and other issues | 170 topics, 1,331 posts |
| The Arcade | Video games and similar off-topic talk | 332 topics, 9,000 posts |
| Tea Room | General off-topic discussion, introductions, leaving/returning threads | — |
Two patterns are worth noticing. First, Character Discussion is by far the busiest game-related board, which tells you roster talk is where most community energy goes. Second, the Developer Blog is where official update posts land, so it is the board to watch rather than rely on secondhand summaries.
How to use it, step by step
- Open the index at projectcrusade.forumotion.com and confirm JavaScript is enabled so the board list and search render properly.
- Read Global Forum Rules before your first post. The board description explicitly asks new members to do this.
- Register or log in if you want to post, reply, search, or follow threads. Browsing the index and board listings does not require it.
- Search before posting. Use the search bar at the top of the index, or Advanced Search, and switch between "Posts" and "Topics" depending on whether you want a specific reply or a whole thread.
- Pick the right board using the table above. A roster idea belongs in Character Discussion or the Suggestion Board, not General Discussion; a crash belongs in Bug Report Board.
- Check the last-post column before starting a thread. If a topic was active recently, replying there keeps the discussion in one place instead of splitting it.
- For online play, go to Online Lobby, where members share Evolve and LogMeIn Hamachi networks and start tournaments.
- For official news, read Forum Announcements and the Developer Blog rather than assuming a general thread is authoritative.
Expected result: you can find existing discussion on almost any Crusade topic without creating a duplicate thread, and you know which board will actually get your question answered.
Common snags
- Posting without an account. The board structure is visible, but contributing is not. Register first.
- Posting a suggestion as a bare idea. The Suggestion Board description notes that suggestions "must make some amount of sense to constitute a thread," so a one-line wish is likely to be ignored or locked.
- Treating old threads as current. The index shows last-post dates that vary widely by board — some recent, some years old. Check the date before assuming a thread reflects the current build.
- Asking for support in the wrong place. Bugs go to Bug Report Board; general gameplay questions go to General Discussion. Misfiled posts get less attention.
- Assuming downloads live on the forum. The index is a discussion board; it is not presented as a download page, so treat file distribution as something to confirm within the community rather than expect from the index.
Quick answers
Is it official? It is the forum for the Crusade fangame, run as the Project Crusade Community, with a dedicated Developer Blog board for developer updates.
Do I need an account? To read, no. To post, search, or follow, yes.
Where do I find people to play with? Online Lobby, which covers Evolve and LogMeIn Hamachi networks plus tournaments.
Where do I report a bug? Bug Report Board.
Where do I suggest a character or stage? Character Discussion or Stage Discussion for ideas tied to those topics, or the Suggestion Board for general suggestions.