Super Smash Bros. in esports

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PC Chris receives the third largest single tournament payout in Melee history for winning MLG Vegas 2006

Professional Super Smash Bros. competition has had a history beginning in 2002 with Tournament Go hosted by Matt Deezie. The games Super Smash Bros., Super Smash Bros. Melee, and their sequels have been featured in multiple high-profile tournaments. Notable Smash tournaments include Apex, Evolution Championship Series, Community Effort Orlando, and DreamHack. From 2004 to 2006 Major League Gaming (MLG) included Melee on its Pro Circuit, and then supported the MLG Smash Series in 2007. In 2010 MLG had Super Smash Bros. Brawl on its Pro Circuit. The MLG Anaheim 2014 championship had also had a Melee event. Super Smash Bros. games also have a large, widespread grassroots scene that supports tournaments at the local level.

History

The first publicized Super Smash Bros. Melee tournaments were held in early 2002 with the Tournament Go series. Early tournaments had disputes over what the official ruleset should be, but the Tournament Go organizer, Matt Deezie, eventually came up with the ruleset that would not become the fundamental ruleset, though there are some slight adjustments. From 2004 to 2006, Major League Gaming sponsored Melee on its Pro Circuit. Ken Hoang was considered to be the best player during this time, earning him the nickname "The King of Smash". Although dropping Melee from its 2007 Pro Circuit, MLG still sponsored a number of tournaments as part of the underground 2007 Smash Series for a year. In 2010 MLG picked up Brawl for its pro circuit for a year. During this time, Nintendo prohibited MLG from live streaming Brawl matches. At 2014 MLG Anaheim Melee was once again hosted at an MLG event. Melee was also included at the Evolution Championship Series (Evo) in 2007, a fighting game tournament held in Las Vegas. Brawl took over for EVO 2008, but the ruleset was criticized, especially for having items on and the competitive Smash scene was slowly fading. Melee was again hosted at Evo 2013 after it won a charity drive to decide the final game to be featured in its tournament lineup. Due to the large turnout and popularity that year, Evo again included Melee at both their 2014 and 2015 event. New Jersey based Apex is another prominent Super Smash Bros. tournament, and has a series of qualifying events that are a prerequisite to playing at Apex. In 2015 Apex announced that they were officially sponsored by Nintendo of America. Apex 2015 was the largest Smash tournament in history until EVO 2015 and featured every official title in the series. Currently, the best players of Melee, colloquially known as the "Five Gods", are Mew2King, MaNg0, PPMD, Armada, and Hungrybox. However, in recent times Leffen has broken through the barrier of the five gods that stood for many years and is universally agreed to be at a comparable skill level; he is known to be a God slayer and the top 6 are collectively known as the "Big 6." In August 2015 DreamHack announced that it would be hosting Melee tournaments at DreamHack London and DreamHack Winter. SmashBoards estimated that in 2014 around 3,242 events featuring a Super Smash Bros. game occurred worldwide.

Other games

The other Smash titles also have sizable competitive scenes. The best Super Smash Bros. Brawl players include Ally, Mew2King and Nairoby "Nairo" Quezada. Daniel "SuPeRbOoMfAn" Hoyt is considered the best active Super Smash Bros. 64 player, though Isai "Isaiah" Alvarado is widely considered to be the greatest of all time. Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios is considered the best Wii U player, while other notable players include Samuel "Dabuz" Buzby, Ramin "Mr. R" Dalshad, Nairoby "Nairo" Quezada, and Eric "ESAM" Lew. EVO 2015 had the biggest attendance of any Smash game with 1,926 entrants.

Status

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Paragon Orlando 2015 Melee match between Armada (Orange Fox) and Leffen (Fox) on Pokémon Stadium

The culture of competitive Melee has been met with some criticism by the game's developers. Masahiro Sakurai expressed concern for the skill gap between casual and competitive players, and has said that competitive play strays from his original vision for the game. Before Evo 2013, Nintendo of America sent a cease and desist letter to bar the tournament from streaming Melee matches, but after experiencing public backlash allowed the live stream to continue as planned.

Sakurai's subsequent philosophy for Brawl was for the game to be more readily accessible to new players. Consequentially, Brawl is less popular among professional gamers due to its perceived lack of competitive depth. In response, some players used an exploit with the Wii's SD Card save system to mod the game, creating Project M, which has a gameplay and physics environment more similar to that of Melee’s. In addition, the less popular Brawl- was designed to give every character incredible buffs and Brawl+ was developed to make Brawl more balanced, especially with the character Metaknight being extremely overpowered in the original game.

For Smash Bros. for the Wii U and 3DS, Sakurai designed the game to appeal to both competitive and casual smashers, stating that his vision for the pace of two titles was between Melee and Brawl. However, some professional players have criticized it for resembling Brawl much more than Melee.

Ken Hoang, considered to be the game's best player for many years, has won over US$50,000 from Smash tournaments. The competitive Smash community was featured in a 2013 crowd-funded documentary called The Smash Brothers. The film detailed the history of the professional scene and profiled seven prominent Melee players including Hoang and Evo 2013 champion, Joseph "Mang0" Marquez. The other five players were Christopher "Azen" McMullen, Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman, Isai "Isaiah" Alvarado, Chris "PC Chris" Szygiel, and Daniel "KoreanDJ" Jung. A spin-off featuring Swedish player Adam "Armada" Lindgren is set to be released in 2015 and raised over US$30,000 through Kickstarter.

Competitive rule set

Games played using competitive rules are generally played with lives (known as "stocks" in-game), with the timer set, and items turned off. It is played either Double-elimination format, or a double-elimination bracket seeded from pools.

The number of stocks used are five in Smash 64 with no time limit, four in Melee and Project M with the timer set to 8 minutes, three in Brawl with the timer set to 8 minutes, and two in 3DS and Wii U with the timer set to 6 minutes. If the timer runs out, the winner is determined by whoever has more stocks left; if both players have the same number of stocks, then winner is determined by whoever has the lower percent. If both players have the same amount of stocks and damage, then, depending on the tournament, the whole match must be played again, or a shorter match with a single stock each is played.

Pausing can disrupt the gameplay; thus, if a player pauses while in the middle of a match to gain an advantage, then that player must forfeit a stock or the game. In stricter tournaments, the player must forfeit a stock regardless of advantage (or lack thereof), though the pause function is usually disabled in these tournaments.

Most matches are played in best-of-three game sets. Best-of-five sets are played anywhere from top 32 to grand finals.

There are stages that are deemed legal by the tournament organizers; these stages are starter stages. Players strike the starter stages before a match to determine the first stage they will play on; also, players must choose their characters without the other person's knowledge for the first match. In subsequent matches there are also counterpick stages allowed. For instance, in Melee singles, the starter stages are Battlefield, Final Destination, Dreamland N64, Yoshi's Story, and Fountain of Dreams. Players use a 1-2-1 format to strike which stages they do not want to play on until one is left. Once the first match is complete, the losing player can choose any of the starter stages or he or she can also choose a counterpick stage - in this case, Pokemon Stadium. After the first match is complete, the losing player chooses a stage, then the winning player chooses his or her character, then the losing player chooses his or her character before heading to subsequent matches. In best-of-3 sets, the winner can ban one stage so the losing player cannot choose that stage. Generally, players cannot select a stage on which they have previously won, this is known as "Dave's Stupid Rule". However, a modified version of this rule is being used currently, in which a player can select a stage he or she won on only with the other player's approval.

Competitive play may be either singles, or doubles. In singles, two players face off against each other. In doubles, two teams of two players fight each other. Sharing stocks with your teammate is allowed. Friendly fire is enabled, so teammates can damage or save each other. This is to ensure fairness, as certain combinations of characters in teams can prove to be overpowered. It also ensures that two-on-one situations aren't overwhelmingly tilted in the winning team's favor. It also adds a couple of extra strategies. For example, some characters can absorb attacks, to heal themselves or to charge an attack for later use. With friendly fire on, a player can attack their ally specifically to allow them to absorb it. Additionally, most characters have a triple jump that, once used, prevents the character from taking any action until they are hit with an attack, land back on the stage, are KO'd. If a player is not going to make it back to the stage, their ally can hit them with a weak attack, allowing them to re-use their triple jump and make it back. A similar thing applies to Jigglypuff's Rest move, which is extremely powerful, but immobilizes Jigglypuff for several seconds, unless she is hit by an attack. An ally can use his or her weakest move to knock Jigglypuff out of this state, denying the enemy the chance to use a powerful move on her. Super Smash Bros 4 adds an eight player mode, which allows triples and quadruples teams, although there have been comparatively few tournaments.

In addition, a player gets port priority when he or she wins in a best-of-one of, usually, rock-paper-scissors. Smasher Mew2King found out that the player who is player 1 or is closest to player 1 has priority in attacks that hit each other at the same time. Also, a neutral start may be enacted if a player suggests it.

In some Brawl rulesets, Metaknight is either banned from certain stages or is completely banned from tournaments due to his overpowered nature of attacks.

Wombo Combo meme

A December 2008 doubles match is the centerpiece to an internet meme. In a shortened segment, which as of 2015 has more than 9.3 million views on YouTube, a doubles match consisting of the team of SilentSpectre, as Captain Falcon, and Tang, as Fox, against the team of Zhu and Lucky, both Fox. After Lucky loses his stocks, only Zhu is left against SilentSpectre and Tang. The duo went on to perform a doubles combo against Zhu's Fox while the commentators exclaim "Happy Feet. That ain't Falco" and then yell wildly as Zhu's Fox is KO'd. Wombo Combo is one of the memes seen in the Wii U eShop game Meme Run. It has also been used in many "MLG Montage" parody videos and it has been used in other eSports.

Melee major tournament results

2002

Name	Date	Entrants	Prize pool	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Tournament Go 1 singles San Jose, California	April 6			J.R. Castillo	Justin Junio	Recipherus
Tournament Go 1 doubles San Jose, California	April 6			Justin Junio J.R. Castillo	John-john Daren	Recipherus Adam
Tournament Go 2 singles San Jose, California	June 15		US$40	Justin Junio	Recipherus	Matt Deezie	terrakalar
Tournament Go 3 singles San Jose, California	August 24			Recipherus	Adam	Vien	Sam

2003

Name	Date	Entrants	Prize pool	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Tournament Go 4 singles San Jose, California	January 19	90		Ken	Recipherus	Sultan of Samitude	Justin Junio
Tournament Go 4 doubles San Jose, California	January 19			Justin Junio J.R. Castillo	Ken Manacloud	Recipherus Adam	John-john Andrew
Tournament Go 5 singles San Jose, California	January 19			Ken	Recipherus	Isai	Azen
Tournament Go 5 doubles San Jose, California	January 19			Ken Isai	Hein Wes	Scamp Sam

2004

Name	Date	Entrants	Prize pool	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Game Over singles Woodbridge, Virginia	January 10			Ken	Azen	Isai	Dave
Game Over doubles Woodbridge, Virginia	January 10			Ken Isai	Azen Anden	Iggy Joshu	ChuDat Jtanic
MELEE-FC1 singles South Bend, Indiana	July 9–10			Ken	Azen	Isai	Wes
MELEE-FC1 doubles South Bend, Indiana	January 10			Ken Isai	Azen Dave	Iggy Joshu	Eddie Eduardo
Tournament Go 6 singles San Jose, California	August 21–22			Azen	Captain Jack	ChuDat	Sastopher
Tournament Go 6 doubles San Jose, California	August 21–22			Ken Isai	Azen Wes
MLG New York 2004 singles New York City, New York	October 24			Ken	Isai	Captain Jack	Azen
MLG New York 2004 doubles New York City, New York	October 24			Ken Isai	Azen Wes	KishPrime KishSquared	Eddie Manacloud

2005

Name	Date	Entrants	Prize pool	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
MOAST 3 singles Dallas, Texas	January 15–16	128	US$1,840	Isai	Ken	Caveman	Zulu
MOAST 3 doubles Dallas, Texas	January 15–16	51	US$1,022	Ken Isai	Rob$ Zulu	Caveman Smiles	Wife Husband
MLG DC 2005 singles Arlington, Virginia</small	January 29–30	97	US$1,000	Ken	Isai	ChuDat	NEO
MLG DC 2005 doubles Arlington, Virginia	January 29–30	40	US$250	Ken Isai	Chillin NEO	Hayato KrazyJones	IK_GHOST Wes
MLG San Francisco 2005 singles San Francisco, California	January 29–30	100+	US$1,000	Ken	DieSuperFly	Kei	Zelgadis
MLG San Francisco 2005 doubles San Francisco, California	January 29–30		US$250	Ken Isai	DieSuperFly Eddie	Kei SillyFox	Oro HugS
Gettin' Schooled 2 singles Catonsville, Maryland	June 25–26	99		Ken	ChuDat	Azen	Chillin
Gettin' Schooled 2 doubles Catonsville, Maryland	June 25–26	41		Ken Isai	Caveman Rob$	Hayato KrazyJones	Eddie Jv3x3
MELEE-FC3 singles South Bend, Indiana	July 10–12	186		Ken	Sastohper	ChuDat	Isai
MELEE-FC3 doubles South Bend, Indiana	July 10–12	87		Ken Isai	VarietyBarrage Takagi	Wes Mike G	Chillin PC Chris
Jack Garden Tournament singles Kyoto, Japan	July 20	116	US$1,417.50	Ken	Bombsoldier	Masashi	Jing
BOMB 4 singles Potomac, Maryland	November 12	105	US$1,417.50	ChuDat	Azen	NEO	Mike G
BOMB 4 doubles Potomac, Maryland	November 12	42	US$1,260	Mew2King Vidjogamer	NEO Oro	Husband Wife	Wes Mike G
MLG Atlanta 2005 singles Atlanta, Georgia	November 26–28	105	US$4,000	Ken	Azen	ChuDat	Isai
MLG Atlanta 2005 doubles Atlanta, Georgia	November 26–28	42	US$2,000	Ken Isai	Wife Husband	Azen Oro	Wes Mow

2006

Name	Date	Entrants	Prize pool	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
MLG New York 2005 singles Jersey City New Jersey	February 25–26		US$13,750	Ken	ChuDat	PC Chris	Isai
MLG New York 2005 doubles Jersey City New Jersey	February 25–26	40	US$800	Ken Isai	Chillin Azen	ChuDat Manacloud	KishPrime KishSquared
MLG New York Opener 2006 singles Secaucus New Jersey	April 21–23	143	US$5,275	PC Chris	Ken	ChuDat	Tink
MLG New York Opener 2006 doubles Secaucus New Jersey	April 21–23		US$5,275	Ken Isai	PC Chris Wes	Caveman Rob$	Wife Husband
MLG Dallas 2006 singles Frisco Texas	May 19–20	144	US$5,275	Ken	ChuDat	PC Chris	KoreanDJ
MLG Dallas 2006 doubles Frisco Texas	May 19–20		US$5,275	Ken Isai	FASTLIKETREE Xelic	Caveman Rob$	ChuDat Manacloud
MLG Anaheim 2006 singles Anaheim California	June 23–24	160	US$5,275	Ken	PC Chris	ChuDat	Isai
MLG Anaheim 2006 doubles Anaheim California	June 23–24		US$5,275	Ken Isai	FASTLIKETREE Dope	Taj Forward	ChuDat Manacloud
MELEE-FC6 singles South Bend, Indiana	July 13–15	205	US$3,250	PC Chris	Mew2King	Vidjogamer	ChuDat
MELEE-FC6 doubles South Bend, Indiana	July 13–15		US$3,100	Mew2King Vidjogamer	Chillin Azen	Drephen Bushman	Rob$ Caveman
MLG Chicago 2006 singles St. Charles, Illinois	July 21–22	184	US$5,275	Ken	ChuDat	Mew2King	Azen
MLG Chicago 2006 doubles St. Charles, Illinois	July 21–22		US$5,275	Chillin Azen	Ken Isai	Mew2King KoreanDJ	Dope Darkrain
MLG Orlando 2006 singles Orlando, Florida	August 25–26	176	US$5,275	Azen	ChuDat	KoreanDJ	Isai
MLG Orlando 2006 doubles Orlando, Florida	August 25–26		US$5,275	Ken Isai	Chillin Azen	Mew2King Vidjogamer	Wife Husband
MLG New York Playoffs 2006 singles New York City, New York	October 13–14	208	US$5,275	Azen	PC Chris	ChuDat	KoreanDJ
MLG New York Playoffs 2006 doubles New York City, New York	October 13–14		US$5,275	Chillin Azen	Mew2King The King	Ken Isai	KoreanDJ JBlaze
MLG Las Vegas 2006 singles Red Rock Resort Summerlin, Nevada	November 18–19		US$18,000	PC Chris	KoreanDJ	Ken	Mew2King
MLG Las Vegas 2006 doubles Red Rock Resort Summerlin, Nevada	November 18–19		US$18,000	Ken Isai	ChuDat Manacloud	Mew2King The King	Wife Husband

2007

Name	Date	Entrants	Prize pool	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Cataclysm 3 singles Spencer, Massachusetts	March 3–4	112	US$1,680	Mew2King	KoreanDJ	ChuDat	PC Chris
Cataclysm 3 doubles Spencer, Massachusetts	March 3–4	58	US$1,160	Mew2King Isai	KoreanDJ JBlaze	ChuDat Forward	Wife Husband
Pound 2 singles Mount Airy. Maryland	June 16–17	201	US$4,470	ChuDat	Mew2King	Jiano	Chillin
Pound 2 doubles Mount Airy, Maryland	June 16–17	83		Mew2King PC Chris	Viperboy KeepSpeedN	Aho Fonz	Taj Forward
MLG Long Island 2007 singles Melville, New York	May 5–6	71	US$1,569	KoreanDJ	Mew2King	PC Chris	Bum
MLG Long Island 2007 doubles doubles Melville, New York	May 5–6	27		Mew2King Isai	Chillin ChuDat	Wife Husband	KoreanDJ Cactuar
The Renaissance of Smash 4 singles Varberg, Sweden	July 3–6	132		Amsah	Aldwyn	Helios	Armada
The Renaissance of Smash 4 singles Varberg, Sweden	July 3–6	64		Helios Ek	Amsah Faab	Masamune Kriz	Armada Aniolas
MELEE-FC Diamond singles South Bend, Indiana	July 12–14	256	US$4,550	Mew2King	PC Chris	Drephen	Vidjogamer
MELEE-FC Diamond doubles South Bend, Indiana	July 12–14	123	US$4,050	PC Chris Cort	Chillin ChuDat	Xelic Caveman	Dope Vidjogamer
Zero Challenge 3 singles Santa Fe Springs, California	July 20–22	228	US$2,150	PC Chris	Mew2King	ChuDat	Ken
Zero Challenge 3 doubles Santa Fe Springs, California	July 20–22		US$2,100	Isai The King	Ken Bombsoldier	SilentSpectre Tang	Mew2King ChuDat
EVO West 2007 singles San Diego, California	July 27–29	128	US$1,280	Mew2King	PC Chris	ChuDat	Edrees
EVO World 2007 singles Green Valley Ranch Henderson, Nevada	August 24–26	270	US$10,250	Ken	HugS	Mango	PC Chris
Super Champ Combo singles San Bernardino, California	September 29–30	201	US$4,000	Mew2King	PC Chris	Mango	Cort
Super Champ Combo doubles San Bernardino, California	September 29–30	75	US$1,850	Chillin Azen	PC Chris Cort	Mango Lucky	Mew2King HugS
Viva La Smashtaclysm singles Torrington, Connecticut	November 10–11	188	US$4,000	Azen	ChuDat	KoreanDJ	Mew2King
Viva La Smashtaclysm doubles Torrington, Connecticut	November 10–11	75	US$1,500	Chillin Azen	Mew2King Vidjogamer	KoreanDJ ChuDat	PC Chris Cort

2008

Name	Date	Entrants	Prize pool	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Pound 3 singles University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Maryland	February 2–3	224		Mango	Mew2King	PC Chris	Cort
Pound 3 doubles University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Maryland	February 2–3	109		Mew2King Azen	Mango Forward	PC Chris Cort	Chillin ChuDat
Epita Smash Arena 2 singles Villejuif, France	February 23–24	231		Amsah	Captain Jack	Armada	Masashi
Epita Smash Arena 2 doubles Villejuif, France	February 23–24	97		Overtriforce Strawhat Dahean	Captain Jack Masashi	Calle W Svampen	Iñf Poilon

2009

Name	Date	Entrants	Prize pool	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Revival of Melee singles Nanuet, New York	March 7–8	136	US$1,350	Mango	Mew2King	DaShizWiz	PC Chris
Revival of Melee doubles Nanuet, New York	March 7–8	49	US$960	Mango PC Chris	Mew2King Jman	Kage Vwins	Colbol Hungrybox
SMASH ATTACK singles Bremen, Germany	April 3–5	131		Armada	Zgetto	Amsah	Adam
SMASH ATTACK doubles Bremen, Germany	April 3–5			Zgetto Faab	Amsah Adam	Armada Aniolas	Fuzzyness Yuna
Epita Smash Arena 3 singles Villejuif, France	April 11–12	108		Armada	Amsah	Strawhat Dahean	Zgetto
Epita Smash Arena 3 doubles Villejuif, France	April 11–12	50		Armada Aniolas	Strawhat Dahean Overtriforce	Amsah Adam	Remen Ice
GENESIS singles Antioch, California	July 10–12	290	US$5,700	Mango	Armada	Hungrybox	Zhu
GENESIS doubles Antioch, California	July 10–12	50	US$3,043	Mew2King Jman	Scar Darc	Mango Lucky	Darkrain Cactuar
Super Lion 4 singles Villefontaine, France	August 7–9	113		Amsah	Overtriforce	Poilon	Zgetto
Super Lion 4 doubles Villefontaine, France	August 7–9	58		Faab Zgetto	Strawhat Dahean Overtriforce	Amsah Adam	Inf' Poilon
Revival of Melee 2 singles Nanuet, New York	November 21–22	159	US$1,590	Hungrybox	Dr. PeePee	Kage	Mango
Revival of Melee 2 doubles Nanuet, New York	November 21–22			Mango Lucky	Bam Vwins	Scar Darc	Hungrybox Cactuar

2010

Name	Date	Entrants	Prize pool	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Pound 4 singles Frederick, Maryland	January 16–18	347		Mango	Hungrybox	Amsah	Armada
Pound 4 doubles Frederick, Maryland	January 16–18	138		Mango Lucky	Darkrain SilentSpectre	Dr. PeePee LoZR	Darc Hax
Apex 2010 singles Rutgers University–New Brunswick New Brunswick, New Jersey	August 6–8	220	US$3,300	Hungrybox	Armada	Mew2King	Dr. PeePee
Apex 2010 doubles Rutgers University–New Brunswick New Brunswick, New Jersey	August 6–8	86	US$860	Mango Lucky	Mew2King Jman	Armada Aniolas	Hax Hungrybox
Smash Needs You singles Birmingham, England	August 10–12	100		Armada	Zgetto	Faab	Makenshi
Smash Needs You doubles Birmingham, England	August 10–12			Armada Aniolas	Zgetto Faab	C IVP	Marc Utto
Revival of Melee 3 singles Nanuet, New York	November 20–21	163	US$1,630	Dr. PeePee	Mew2King	KirbyKaze	Jman
Revival of Melee 3 doubles Nanuet, New York	November 20–21			Mango Lucky	Hax Hungrybox	Dr. PeePee everlasting yayuhzz	Chillin Tope

2011

Name	Date	Entrants	Prize pool	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
B.E.A.S.T Gothenburg, Sweden	January 7–9	100		Armada	Amsah	Ice	Pasi
B.E.A.S.T Gothenburg, Sweden	January 7–9			Armada Aniolas	Amsah Zgetto	C Ivp valle	Luma Ice
Pound V singles Arlington, Virginia	February 19–21	243	US$3,645	Dr. PeePee	Armada	Hungrybox	Axe
Pound V doubles Arlington, Virginia	February 19–21			Armada Mew2King	Mango G$	Hungrybox Hax	Dr. PeePee LoZR
GENESIS 2 singles Antioch, California	July 15–17	228	US$7,425	Armada	Mango	Taj	Hungrybox
GENESIS 2 doubles Antioch, California	July 15–17	74	US$3,900	Mango Lucky	Mew2King Dr. PeePee	Hungrybox Hax	Armada Aniolas
B.E.A.S.T II singles Gothenburg, Sweden	August 11–14	112	kr11,400	Armada	Ice	Zgetto	Leffen
B.E.A.S.T II doubles Gothenburg, Sweden	August 11–14	51	kr10,400	Armada Aniolas	Fuzzyness Ice	Faab Zgetto	IVP Pepito
Revival of Melee 4 singles Nanuet, New York	November 19–20	110	US$2,200	Mango	Dr. PeePee	Mew2King	Jman
Revival of Melee 4 doubles Nanuet, New York	November 19–20			Kage Mew2King	G$ Mango	Jman Hax	Tope Cyrain

2012

Name	Date	Entrants	Prize pool	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Apex 2012 singles Somerset, New Jersey	January 6–8	318	US$6,756	Armada	Hungrybox	Mango	Javi
Apex 2012 doubles Somerset, New Jersey	January 6–8	98	US$1,960	Armada Mew2King	Hungrybox Plup	Dr. PeePee LoZR	G$ Mango
IMPULSE singles Toronto, Canada	June 30–July 1	98	US$1,960	Mango	Dr. PeePee	Hungrybox	Mew2King
IMPULSE doubles Toronto, Canada	June 30–July 1	24	US$419	Mango Dr. PeePee	Hungrybox Kage	Bam Vwins	Unknown522 RaynEX
Smashers' Reunion: Melee Grande singles Eidsvoll, Norway	July 13–July 15	124	kr18600	Armada	Dr. PeePee	Leffen	Ice
Smashers' Reunion: Melee Grande doubles Eidsvoll, Norway	July 13–July 15	45	kr16900	Armada Ice	Dr. PeePee Leffen	Zgetto Adam	Jolteon Fuzzyness
MELEE-FC10R Legacy singles South Bend, Indiana	August 12–14	146		Mango	Hungrybox	Axe	SFAT
MELEE-FC10R Legacy doubles South Bend, Indiana	August 12–14			Mango DoH	Chillin Hungrybox	Axe Kage	G$ Swiftbass
The Big House 2 singles Ann Arbor, Michigan	October 6–7	128	US$1,920	Mango	Hungrybox	Fly Amanita	SFAT
The Big House 2 doubles Ann Arbor, Michigan	October 6–7	40	US$800	Mango SFAT	Chillin Hungrybox	Unknwon522 DoH	KirbyKaze Lovage

2013

Name	Date	Entrants	Prize pool	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Apex 2013 singles Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, New Jersey	January 11–13	336	US$6,540	Armada	Dr. PeePee	Mew2King	Mango
Apex 2013 doubles Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, New Jersey	January 11–13	106	US$2,189	Armada Mew2King	Hungrybox Plup	Shroomed PewPewU	DoH Mango
B.E.A.S.T 3 singles Västra Frölunda Gothenburg, Sweden	April 3–7	89		Mango	Ice	Overtriforce	Zgetto
B.E.A.S.T 3 doubles Västra Frölunda Gothenburg, Sweden	April 3–7	42		Mango Scar	Zgetto Faab	ICE Fuzzyness	Adam Jeapie
Zenith 2013 singles Morristown, New Jersey	June 1 to 2	126	US$1,260	Mango	Hungrybox	CT | Mew2King	VGBC | Dr. PeePee
Zenith 2013 doubles Morristown, New Jersey	June 1 to 2	33	US$660	Mew2King Hax	Hungrybox DoH	Dr. PeePee Unknown522	Mango Scar
EVO 2013 singles Paris Las Vegas	July 12–14	709	$7,960	MIOM | Mango	Wobbles	CT | Hungrybox	Armada
EVO 2013 doubles Paris Las Vegas	July 12–14			Mew2King Hungrybox	Mango Lucky	PewPewU SFAT	Armada Android
The Big House 3 singles Ann Arbor, Michigan	October 12–13	172	US$2,400	EMP CT | Mew2King	CT | Hungrybox	VGBC | Dr. PeePee	SFAT
The Big House 3 doubles Ann Arbor, Michigan	October 12–13	48	US$960	Mew2King Hungrybox	SFAT PewPewU	Dr. PeePee Hax	Kage VaNz
Revival of Melee 6 singles Nanuet, New York	November 16–17	118	US$2,360	CT EMP | Mew2King	CT | Hungrybox	The Moon	Chillin
Revival of Melee 6 doubles Nanuet, New York	November 16–17	31	US$620	Mew2King Hungrybox	Darc Darrell	Alukard DJ Nintendo	Toph Kage
Kings of Cali 3 singles Pasadena, California	December 14–15	202	US$1,860	CT EMP | Mew2King	Fly Amanita	Shroomed	Axe
Kings of Cali 3 doubles Pasadena, California	December 14–15	68	US$1,240	Mew2King Lucky	MacD Fiction	OkamiBW Axe	Lovage S2J

2014

Name	Date	Entrants	Prize pool	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Apex 2014 singles Somerset, New Jersey	January 17–1	629	US$10,480	VGBC | Dr. PeePee	CT EMP | Mew2King	MIOM | Mango	Leffen
Apex 2014 doubles Somerset, New Jersey	January 17–19	160	US$3,200	Mew2King Hax	Mango Lucky	Hungrybox Plup	Armada Ice
B.E.A.S.T 4 singles Västra Frölunda Gothenburg, Sweden	February 12–16	160		Leffen	CT EMP | Armada	Ice	Overtriforce
B.E.A.S.T 4 doubles Västra Frölunda Gothenburg, Sweden	February 12–16	57		Armada Aniolas	Leffen Ice	Thomas Vegard	Android Zoler
Revival of Melee 7 singles Nanuet, New York	March 8–9	113	US$1,695	MIOM | Mango	CT EMP | Mew2King	CT | Hungrybox	Darrell
Revival of Melee 7 doubles Nanuet, New York	March 8–9	33	US$660	Mew2King Hax	Hungrybox Darc	The Moon DJ Nintendo	Alukard Jman
Get On My Level 2014 singles York University Toronto, Ontario	May 10–11	238	US$2,380	C9 | Mango	Crs. Hungrybox	CT EMP | Mew2King	KirbyKaze
Get On My Level 2014 doubles York University Toronto, Ontario	May 10–11	57	US$1,140	Mew2King Hungrybox	Mango Toph	DJ Nintendo Sauc3	RaynEX Riddlebox
Republic of Fighters 3 singles Noisy-le-Grand, France	May 17–18	192		Leffen	CT EMP | Armada	VGBC | aMSa	Ice
Republic of Fighters 3 doubles Noisy-le-Grand, France	May 17–18	64		Armada Ice	Leffen Fuzzyness	Faab Amsah	Professor Pro VA
Pat's House 2 singles University of California, San Diego La Jolla, San Diego, California	May 24–25	162		P4K EMP | Mew2King	Crs. Hungrybox	Fly Amanita	Westballz
Pat's House 2 doubles University of California, San Diego La Jolla, San Diego, California	May 24–25	16		Mew2King Hungrybox	Lucky S2J	SFAT PewPewU	Axe OkamiBW
SKTAR 3 singles Somerset, New Jersey	May 31–June 1	237	US$2,370	EG | PPMD	P4K EMP | Mew2King	C9 | Mango	EMP | Armada
SKTAR 3 doubles Somerset, New Jersey	May 31–June 1	55	US$1,100	Mew2King Armada	Mango PPMD	SFAT Shroomed	Cyrain Milkman
Super SWEET singles University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan	June 7–8	165	US$1,600	P4K EMP | Armada	P4K EMP | Mew2King	C9 | Mango	Axe
Super SWEET doubles University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan	June 7–8	45	US$900	Armada Mew2King	Mango Scar	KirbyKaze RaynEX	Duck Price Abu
MLG Anaheim 2014 singles Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, California	June 20–22	325	US$15,000	C9 | Mango	P4K EMP | Armada	P4K EMP | Mew2King	EG | PPMD
CEO 2014 singles Orlando, Florida	June 27–29	262	US$2,740	P4K EMP | Armada	C9 | Mango	Crs. Hungrybox	P4K EMP | Mew2King
CEO 2014 doubles Orlando, Florida	June 27–29	40	US$800	Armada Mew2King	Hungrybox Plup	Chillin ChuDat	ZeRo ESAM
Kings of Cali 4 singles Westchester, Los Angeles, California	July 5–6	208	US$1,860	C9 | Mango	P4K EMP | Armada	P4K EMP | Mew2King	Lucky
Kings of Cali 4 doubles Westchester, Los Angeles, California	July 5–6	44	US$390	Armada Mew2King	Fiction MacD	Mango Scar	Ken DEHF
EVO 2014 singles Las Vegas, Nevada	July 11–13	970	US$9,700	C9 | Mango	Crs. Hungrybox	P4K EMP| | Armada	EG | PPMD
EVO 2014 doubles Las Vegas, Nevada	July 11–13	72	US$2,130	Hungrybox Plup	Mew2King Hax	Leffen Ice	PewPewU SFAT
Zenith 2014 singles The NYU Game Center New York, New York	August 2–3	281	US$3,455	P4K EMP | Mew2King	VGBC | Hax	Zhu	MOR | Axe
Zenith 2014 doubles The NYU Game Center New York, New York	August 2–3	60		Mew2King Hax	ZeRo Axe	Zhu Cactuar	Zanguzen Jsex
Tipped Off 10 singles Doraville, Georgia	September 20–21	175	US$2,625	Crs. Hungrybox	EMP P4K | Mew2King	SS | Colbol	CT | Wizzrobe
Tipped Off 10 doubles Doraville, Georgia	September 20–21	44	US$880	Hungrybox Plup	Mew2King Colbol	Axe ESAM	Gahtzu Wizzrobe
The Big House 4 singles Romulus, Michigan	October 4–5	570	US$5,740	C9 | Mango	EMP P4K | Mew2King	Leffen	EMP P4K | Armada
The Big House 4 doubles Romulus, Michigan	October 4–5	44	US$2,280	Armada Mew2King	Hungrybox Plup	Leffen Hax	MacD VaNz
Do You Fox Wit It? singles Merritt College Oakland, California	November 15–16	211		VGBC | Hax	GC | Silent Wolf	SFAT	Lucky
Do You Fox Wit It? doubles Merritt College Oakland, California	November 15–16	50		Mew2King Hax	Mango Lucky	SFAT PewPewU	Shroomed Alan
Forte 2 singles University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas	December 20–21	227	US$4,405	Crs. | Hungrybox	MOR | Axe	FX.W | Wobbles	SmashFactor | Javi
Forte 2 doubles University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas	December 20–21	46	US$920	Javi Tuga	Hungrybox ARC	Cloud Pax	Axe Tai

2015

Name	Date	Entrants	Prize pool	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
B.E.A.S.T 5 singles Hvitfeldtska gymnasiet Gothenburg, Sweden	January 9–11	375	€ 5020	Leffen	[A] Armada	C9 | Mango	Ice
B.E.A.S.T 5 doubles Hvitfeldtska gymnasiet Gothenburg, Sweden	January 9–11	111	€ 2220	Armada Android	Leffen Ice	Mango Baxon	Zgetto Adam
Paragon 2015 singles Orlando, Florida	January 17–18	262	US$3,610	Liquid`Hungrybox	COG MVG | Mew2King	Leffen	Westballz
Paragon 2015 doubles Orlando, Florida	January 17–18	58	US$1,180	Hungrybox Plup	Shroomed SFAT	Leffen MacD	Armada Mew2King
Apex 2015 singles Somerset, New Jersey	January 30–February 1	1,037	US$18,070	EG | PPMD	[A] Armada	TSM | Leffen	C9 | Mango
Apex 2015 doubles Somerset, New Jersey	January 30–February 1	264	US$2,640	Mew2King Hungrybox	Armada Android	Ice Leffen	Chillin ChuDat
I'm Not Yelling! singles Oakland, California	April 10–11	316	TBA	[A] Armada	C9 | Mango	TSM | Leffen	CLG | PewPewU
I'm Not Yelling! doubles Oakland, California	April 10–11	50	US$2,640	MacD Leffen	Armada Shroomed	PewPewU SFAT	Mango Lucky
MVG Sandstorm singles Tempe, Arizona	April 18–19	231	US$2,309.50	[A] Armada	Westballz	MVG | Axe	Liquid`Hungrybox
MVG Sandstorm doubles Tempe, Arizona	April 18–19	49	US$490	MacD Leffen	Armada Mew2King	Hungrybox Silly Kyle	Axe Forward
DrommeLAN 4.5 singles Sandvika, Norway	April 24–26	144		[A] Armada	TSM | Leffen	Fuzzyness	Android
DrommeLAN 4.5 doubles Sandvika, Norway	April 24–26	42		Armada Android	Leffen Fuzzyness	Beat Hack	Thomas Vdogg
Press Start singles Irvine, California	May 9–10	222	US$5,500	C9|Mango	Fly Amanita	MVG | Axe	Liquid`Hungrybox
Press Start doubles Irvine, California	May 9–10	41	US$4,250	Mew2King Hungrybox	Leffen MacD	Mango Lucky	SFAT Alan
Battle Melbourne Arena 7 singles Melbourne, Australia	May 22–24	255		C9 | Mango	TSM | Leffen	Lucky	S2J
Battle Melbourne Arena 7 doubles Melbourne, Australia	May 22–24	89		Leffen Blue2ez	Russell Lucky	S.D. CAOTIC	Zxv Syke
Get On My Level 2015 singles York University Toronto, Ontario	May 30–31	224		Liquid`Hungrybox	Hax	KirbyKaze	MacD
Get On My Level 2015 singles York University Toronto, Ontario	May 30–31	57		Hax Hungrybox	Vwins Kage	RaynEX Ryan Ford	Duck Prince Abu
CEO 2015 singles Orlando, Florida	June 26–28	466	US$7,830	TSM | Leffen	[A] Armada	C9 | Mango	Westballz
CEO 2015 doubles Orlando, Florida	June 26–28		US$1,740	Armada Shroomed	Leffen Hungrybox	PewPewU SFAT	Westballz MacD
WTFox singles Memphis, Tennessee	July 10–11	150	US$3,050	TSM | Leffen	C9 | Mango	[A] Armada	COG MVG | Mew2King
WTFox doubles Memphis, Tennessee	July 10–11	25	US$1,520	Armada Mew2King	Leffen Mango	Westballz Wizzrobe	Darkatma Shinobi
EVO 2015 singles Bally's / Paris Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada	July 17–19	1,869	US$18,690	[A] Armada	Liquid`Hungrybox	EG | PPMD	PG | Plup
EVO 2015 doubles Bally's / Paris Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada	July 17–19	82		PewPewU SFAT	Armada Ice	Hungrybox Plup	Frootloop Darkatma
Super Smash Con singles Dulles, Virginia	August 6–9	398	US$15,860	TSM | Leffen	MVG COG | Mew2King	Tempo | Axe	Tempo | Westballz
Super Smash Con doubles Chantilly, Virginia	August 6–9	164	US$3,280	Leffen MacD	Mew2King Wizzrobe	DJ Nintendo The Moon	Colbol Gahtzu
PAX Prime 2015 singles Seattle, Washington	August 28–30	187	US$3,500	COG MVG | Mew2King	TSM | Leffen	Tempo | Westballz	[62-Bit] Bladewise
PAX Prime 2015 doubles Seattle, Washington	August 28–30	39	US$1,500	Leffen MacD	Mew2King HugS	Westballz Nintendude	Zhu Cactuar
Paragon Los Angeles 2015 singles Los Angeles, California	September 6	547	US$5,470	C9 | Mango	COG MVG | Mew2King	Liquid`Hungrybox	Tempo | Westballz
HTC Throwdown singles San Francisco, California	September 19	386	US$13,860	TSM | Leffen	Liquid`Hungrybox	GC | Silent Wolf	TGL | DruggedFox
HTC Throwdown doubles San Francisco, California	September 19	113	US$3,130	Mew2King Hungrybox	MacD Leffen	PewPewU SFAT	Mango Lucky
DreamHack London 2015 singles London, United Kingdom	September 19–20	110	US$20,000	[A] Armada	Tempo | Westballz	mYi | Ice	ATBT | Tekk
Helix singles Berlin, Germany	September 19–20	208		[A] Armada	Tempo | Westballz	mYi | Ice	ATBT | Tekk
Helix doubles Berlin, Germany	September 19–20	63		Armada Ice	Westballz Overtriforce	Peki NamiNami	Random-ness Zloer
The Big House 5 singles Dearborn, Michigan	October 2–4	1,317	US$18,170	[A] Armada	Liquid Hungrybox	COG MVG | Mew2King	C9 | Mango
The Big House 5 doubles Dearborn, Michigan	October 2–4	224	US$6,480	Armada Android	Mew2King Hungrybox	Shroomed Alan	Bladewise Javi
MLG World Finals singles New Orleans, Louisiana, Louisiana	October 16–18	111	US$10,000	Liquid`Hungrybox	COG MVG | Mew2King	Tempo | Axe	COG | Wizzrobe
MLG World Finals doubles New Orleans, Louisiana, Louisiana	October 16–18	32	US$5,000	Mew2King Wizzrobe	Axe Chillin	DruggedFox Nintendude	TaylorHJ Lee
Smash Summit singles Walnut, California	November 4–8	16	US$32,929	[A] Armada	C9 | Mango	COG MVG | Mew2King	PG | Plup
Smash Summit doubles Walnut, California	November 4–8	8	US$3,000	PewPewU SFAT	Armada Mew2King	Mango Lucky	Shroomed S2J
Eclipse singles Oslo, Norway	November 14–15	187	kr85,600	[A] Armada	TSM | Leffen	Tempo | Axe	PG | Plup
Eclipse doubles Oslo, Norway	November 14–15	69	kr21,400	Axe Plup	Leffen Ice	Armada Android	Zoler Random-Ness
DreamHack Winter 2015 singles Jönköping, Sweden	November 26–29	353	US$20,000	Liquid`Hungrybox	[A] Armada	PG | Plup	Tempo | Westballz
DreamHack Winter 2015 doubles Jönköping, Sweden	November 26–29	96	US$10,000	Axe Hungrybox	MacD Shroomed	Armada Android	Mango S2J

Wii U

2015

Name	Date	Entrants	Prize pool	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Apex 2015	January 30–February 1	837	US$15,055	ZeRo	PL.XFIRE | Dabuz	LLL | Mr. R	6WX
CEO 2015	June 26–28	512	US$7,830	ZeRo	Nairo	XFIRE.IQHQ | Dabuz	UGC | Larry Lurr
EVO 2015	July 17–19	1,926	US$19,260	ZeRo	LLL | Mr. R	Nairo	Abadango
Super Smash Con	August 6–9	744	US$17,390	TSM | ZeRo	PG | ESAM	Nairo	SWS | Fatality
Paragon Los Angeles 2015	September 5–6	519	US$7,190	Liquid | Nairo	IQHQ | Dabuz	PG | MVD	Boreal | Ally
Big House 5	October 2–4	512	US$6,120	TSM | ZeRo	Liquid | Nairo	IQHQ | Dabuz	Anti
MLG World Finals 2015	October 16–18	159	US$10,000	Liquid | Nairo	TSM | ZeRo	PG | ESAM	Boreal | Ally

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