Genesis (tournament)
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Super Smash Bros. |
| Location | San Francisco Bay Area |
| Established | 2009 |
Number of tournaments | Six |
| Current champion | |
Melee:  PlupWii U:  MKLeo Smash 64:  SuPeRbOoMfAn | |
| Final champion | |
| Brawl: Mew2King (GENESIS 2) Project M: Kage (GENESIS 2) | |
Genesis, stylized as GENESIS, is a series of Super Smash Bros. tournaments occurring in the San Francisco Bay Area of the United States state of California. The first Genesis tournament took place in 2009 in Antioch at the Contra Costa County Fairgrounds.
Alongside EVO, The Big House, and Pound, the GENESIS series is considered to be one of the most prestigious Super Smash Bros. tournament series.
History
The first tournament, GENESIS, started in Antioch, California, and began on July 10, 2009. The tournament was organized by Boback Vakili and the Concord-based DBR crew, which had Smash players such as SilentSpectre and G$. At the time, it was the largest Melee tournament in history and the fifth largest Brawl tournament.[1] The tournament featured players from around the world, including the US, Sweden, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. This tournament was significant in that it was Armada's first tournament in the US and started the Mango - Armada rivalry, not only at the GENESIS series, but also Melee.
GENESIS 2 took place two years later on July 15, 2011. The tournament was hosted by Boback and DBR and was again held in Antioch, California. The tournament decided to add the original Super Smash Bros. and Project M, in addition to Melee and Brawl. The tournament was also sponsored by Red Bull and SABERGAMING. The tournament was notorious in that Robert "Zelgadis" Scherer stole prize money that was accidentally left behind and reportedly lied. After police investigation, Zelgadis confessed and gave back the money. This incident damaged the reputations of Zelgadis, DBR, GENESIS, and the Smash community as a whole.[2]
GENESIS was planning to make a comeback in 2013 and 2014. However, Boback could not commit to planning since many other tournaments were taking place. Thus, the revival was stalled.[3] Nearly five years after the incident, Boback and the DBR group announced GENESIS 3, which took place on January 15, 2016. Brawl and Project M was dropped from the tournament and Super Smash Bros for Wii U was brought up. Another change is that the tournament moved from Antioch and moved to San Jose, California, with the top 8 of each game taking place at the San Jose Convention Center. The tournament stands as the third largest tournament in Smash tournament, behind EVO 2015 and EVO 2016. In addition, GENESIS announced its partnership with Nintendo.[4] Additional sponsors included HTC, ASUS, and Skillz. With over $20,000 in prize pool money for Melee and over $10,000 in prize pool money for Wii U, this was the biggest community-funded tournament in Smash history. This tournament features Mango and Armada in the grand finals for the third GENESIS tournament in a row.
GENESIS 4 was announced to be on January 20, 2017. This tournament was organized by Boback, Dr. Z, and Germ from DBR. The tournament kept the same lineup of games as it did in GENESIS 3 and was hosted at the same venues.
GENESIS
The first GENESIS tournament was held on July 10–12, 2009, in Antioch. Melee singles was won by Joseph "Mango" Marquez. This would mark Adam "Armada" Lindgren's first time playing in the United States and would spark a historic rivalry between Mango and Armada.[5][6] Melee doubles was won by the duo of Mew2King and Jman, Brawl singles was won by Ally, and Brawl doubles was won by Mew2King and Fiction. In Melee Crew Battles of East Coast and West Coast, East Coast won.
| Place | Player | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st |  Mango
|
Jigglypuff, Falco | US$2,280 |
| 2nd |  Armada
|
Peach, Fox | US$1,425 |
| 3rd | Hungrybox
|
Jigglypuff | US$855 |
| 4th | Zhu
|
Falco | US$570 |
| 5th | Mew2King
|
Sheik, Marth | US$228 |
| 6th | Scar
|
Captain Falcon | US$171 |
| 7th | Darkrain
|
Captain Falcon | US$114 |
| 8th | Hax
|
Captain Falcon | US$57 |
| Place | Player | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mew2King Jman
|
Sheik Fox |
US$1,370 |
| 2nd | Scar Darc
|
Captain Falcon Jigglypuff |
US$761 |
| 3rd | Mango Lucky
|
Jigglypuff, Falco Fox |
US$456 |
| 4th | Darkrain Cactuar
|
Captain Falcon Fox |
US$304 |
| 5th | Xelic Linguini
|
Peach Ganondorf |
US$152 |
| 6th | Shroomed Julian
|
Dr. Mario Fox |
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| 7th | Armada Aniolas
|
Peach Sheik |
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| 7th | DaShizWiz RockCrock
|
Falco Ganondorf |
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| East Coast Player | Character | Stocks Taken | West Coast Player | Character | Stocks Taken |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G$ | Marth | 4 | Falcomist | Falco | 3 |
| Pakman | Luigi | 2 | SilentSpectre | Captain Falcon | 8 |
| Hax | Captain Falcon | 3 | Axe | Pikachu | 3 |
| Tope | Sheik | 6 | LunInSpectra | Fox | 3 |
| Scar | Captain Falcon | 2 | Pink Shinobi | Peach | 4 |
| Mew2King | Marth, Fox | 7 | Mango | Falco | 2 |
| Darc | Jigglypuff | 4 | Zhu | Falco, Fox | 4 |
| DJ Nintendo | Bowser | 2 | Lucky | Fox | 7 |
| Cactuar | Fox | 6 | HomeMadeWaffles | Dr. Mario | 1 |
| Jman | Fox | 4 | Taj | Marth | 3 |
| Total | 40 | 38 | |||
| Place | Player | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st |  Ally
|
Snake | US$2,336 |
| 2nd | Mew2King
|
Meta Knight | US$1,460 |
| 3rd | Tyrant
|
Meta Knight | US$876 |
| 4th | Dojo
|
Meta Knight | US$584 |
| 5th | ADHD
|
Diddy Kong | US$233 |
| 6th | DEHF
|
Falco | US$175 |
| 7th | Fiction
|
Wario | US$118 |
| 8th | SK92
|
Falco | US$59 |
| Place | Player | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mew2King Fiction
|
Meta Knight Wario |
US$1,444 |
| 2nd | Ally Sean
|
Snake Meta Knight |
US$802 |
| 3rd | Dojo UTDZac
|
Meta Knight Mr. Game and Watch |
US$481 |
| 4th | Havok Mike Haze
|
Marth, Meta Knight Marth |
US$231 |
| 5th | Inui Atomsk
|
Meta Knight King Dedede |
US$160 |
| 6th | Ling Ling  Excel_Zero
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King Dedede Peach |
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| 7th | BoA Teba
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Marth King Dedede |
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| 7th | Ajax Futile
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Snake Wario |
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GENESIS 2
GENESIS 2 was held two years later on July 15–17, 2011 again in Antioch and at the county fairgrounds. Melee was won by Adam "Armada" Lindgren in a rematch of Joseph "Mango" Marquez in grand finals; doubles was won by Lucky and Mango. Brawl was won by Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman over Elliot "Ally" Bastien Carroza Oyarce; doubles was won by the two Grand Finals participants. Smash 64 was won by SuPeRbOoMfAn of Canada and Project M was won by Kage. In Melee and Brawl crew battles, both were won by the West coast.
| Place | Player | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Armada
|
Peach, Young Link | US$3,396.25 |
| 2nd | Mango
|
Falco, Fox | US$1,698.13 |
| 3rd | Taj
|
Marth, Mewtwo | US$915.63 |
| 4th | Hungrybox
|
Jigglypuff | US$526 |
| 5th | Mew2King
|
Sheik, Marth | US$316.25 |
| 6th | Shroomed
|
Dr. Mario | US$209.75 |
| 7th | Dr. PeePee
|
Falco | US$158.13 |
| 8th | S2J
|
Captain Falcon | US$104.88 |
| Place | Player | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mango Lucky
|
Jigglypuff Fox |
US$1,830 |
| 2nd | Mew2King Dr. PeePee
|
Sheik Falco |
US$732 |
| 3rd | Hax Hungrybox
|
Captain Falcon Jigglypuff |
US$732 |
| 4th | Armada Aniolas
|
Peach Sheik |
US$366 |
| 5th | Axe Taj
|
Pikachu Marth, Mewtwo |
US$80 |
| 5th | Lovage Silent Wolf
|
Fox Fox |
US$80 |
| 7th | Baka4moe Westballz
|
Peach Falco |
US$40 |
| 7th | MacD G$
|
Peach Falco |
US$40 |
| East Coast Player | Character | Stocks Taken | West Coast Player | Character | Stocks Taken |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G$ | Marth | 1 | Wobbles | Ice Climbers | 9 |
| ihavespaceballs | Samus | 2 | HugS | Samus | 3 |
| Cyrain | Fox | 4 | Lucky | Fox | 1 |
| Hungrybox | Jigglypuff | 8 | Shroomed | Dr. Mario | 3 |
| Hax | Captain Falcon | 7 | Axe | Pikachu | 3 |
| Mew2King | Marth | 3 | Lucien | Sheik | 2 |
| DoH | Peach | 2 | Fly Amanita | Ice Climbers | 7 |
| Tope | Sheik | 7 | Silent Wolf | Fox | 2 |
| Dart! | Marth | 2 | Lovage | Fox | 4 |
| Dr. PeePee | Falco | 2 | Mango | Falco | 6 |
| Total | 38 | Total | 40 | ||
| Place | Player | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mew2King
|
Meta Knight | US$3,148.75 |
| 2nd | Ally
|
Snake, Wario, Ice Climbers, Meta Knight, Falco | US$2,574.38 |
| 3rd | ADHD
|
Diddy Kong | US$846.88 |
| 4th | Gnes
|
Diddy Kong | US$482 |
| 5th | Tyrant
|
Meta Knight | US$288.75 |
| 6th | Zex
|
Meta Knight, Marth | US$193.25 |
| 7th | Tearbear
|
Meta Knight | US$144.38 |
| 8th | Rich Brown
|
Olimar | US$96.63 |
| Place | Player | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mew2King Ally
|
Meta Knight Wario, Snake |
US$1,650 |
| 2nd | UltimateRazer Gnes
|
Snake Diddy Kong |
US$825 |
| 3rd | Seibrik ADHD
|
Meta Knight Diddy Kong |
US$495 |
| 4th | ESAM MVD
|
Pikachu Snake |
US$330 |
| 5th | Trela Zori
|
Lucario Olimar |
US$80 |
| 5th | Havok Tearbear
|
Meta Knight Meta Knight |
US$80 |
| 7th | Itakio Valdens
|
Meta Knight Mr. Game and Watch |
US$40 |
| 7th | Zex Z
|
Marth, Meta Knight Pikachu |
US$40 |
| East Coast Player | Character | Stocks Taken | West Coast Player | Character | Stocks Taken |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mew2King | Meta Knight | 4 | DEHF | Falco | 2 |
| Nick Riddle | Zero Suit Samus | 3 | Tyrant | Meta Knight | 3 |
| Poltergust | Yoshi | 2 | Havok | Meta Knight | 3 |
| Anti | Meta Knight | 3 | Rich Brown | Olimar | 3 |
| ADHD | Diddy Kong | 2 | Mike Haze | Marth | 5 |
| Seibrik | Meta Knight | 2 | X | Sonic | 2 |
| Ally | Wario | 5 | UltimateRazer | Snake | 2 |
| MVD | Snake | 2 | Tearbear | Meta Knight | 4 |
| ESAM | Pikachu | 3 | Trela | Lucario | 4 |
| Atomsk | Meta Knight | 3 | Gnes | Diddy Kong | 2 |
| Total | 29 | 30 | |||
| Place | Player | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | SuPeRbOoMfAn
|
Captain Falcon, Fox, Pikachu | US$198 |
| 2nd | Isai
|
Kirby, Yoshi, Luigi | US$99 |
| 3rd |  JaimeHR
|
Fox, Captain Falcon | US$33 |
| 4th | Kefit
|
Pikachu | |
| 5th | Tigerbombz
|
Pikachu, Fox | |
| 5th | B-Rex
|
Fox, Captain Falcon | |
| 7th | Bladewise
|
Fox | |
| 7th | dookdigity
|
Pikachu, Kirby | |
| Place | Player | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kage
|
Ganondorf | US$132 |
| 2nd | JCaesar
|
Wario, R.O.B., Ganondorf | US$66 |
| 3rd | Leffen
|
Fox, Captain Falcon, Falco | US$22 |
| 4th | Trahh
|
Falco | US$5 |
| 5th | Gunblade
|
Ganondorf, Marth | |
| 5th | rubyiris
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| 7th | ishyguy
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| 7th | CrYos
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GENESIS 3
A third tournament was not announced until 2013, but that effort was eventually cancelled because of scheduling conflicts with other tournaments, particularly Apex in New Jersey. In August 2015 GENESIS 3 was again announced and eventually occurred from January 15–18, 2016 in San Jose at the San Jose Convention Center and City National Civic Amphitheater. The tournament was sponsored by Nintendo.[7] Tournament organizers initially planned to allow top ranked players to automatically advance to the top bracket, but backed off after backlash from social media and community figures.[8] Eventually, tournament organizers went along with floating the Melee players to the second round, but made the Smash 4 players play in the first round. This event is the second largest Smash event ever (behind EVO 2015) and the largest community run event.
It was again won by Adam "Armada" Lindgren over Joseph "Mango" Marquez, with the grand finals being a repeat of the previous two tournaments.[9][10] Wii U was won by Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios over Samuel "Dabuz" Buzby.[11] Smash 64 was won by Japanese player wario, who was able to attend the tournament from a crowd fund.
Also through a fundraiser, a $500 "Bobby Scar Award" was awarded to fifth place; it was named after the Smasher and commentator Scar, who made a run at the first GENESIS, placing 6th. It was given to SFAT after PPMD said he didn't have motivation playing more.
In crew battles, team Hungrybox won the Smash Draft crew battles and Japan beat SoCal to take the regional crew battles.
In the 4th installment of the Melee Games, UC Irvine took the title, beating Georgia Tech.
A documentary about the Smash 64 scene called The 64 Story: Genesis 3 was shot at G3.[12]
| Place | Player | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | [A] Armada
|
Peach, Fox | US$10,940 |
| 2nd | C9 | Mango
|
Falco, Fox | US$4,376 |
| 3rd | Liquid`Hungrybox
|
Jigglypuff | US$2,188 |
| 4th | Tempo | Axe
|
Pikachu | US$1,312.80 |
| 5th | CLG | SFAT
|
Fox | US$1,156.40 |
| 6th | EG | PPMD
|
Falco, Marth | US$656.40 |
| 7th |  mYi | Ice
|
Fox | US$437.60 |
| 7th | SPY | Nintendude
|
Ice Climbers | US$437.60 |
| Place | Player | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | COG MVG | Mew2King [A] Armada
|
Sheik Peach |
US$3,970 |
| 2nd | CLG | PewPewU CLG | SFAT
|
Marth Fox |
US$1,588 |
| 3rd | BERT | Swedish Delight Slox
|
Sheik Fox |
US$794 |
| 4th | Liquid`Hungrybox Tempo | Axe
|
Jigglypuff Pikachu |
US$555.80 |
| 5th | Darkatma Frootloop
|
Sheik Falco |
US$317.60 |
| 5th | WFX | Shroomed Alan
|
Sheik Peach |
US$317.60 |
| 7th | SF | Javi SF | Twin
|
Fox Falco |
US$198.50 |
| 7th | TGL | DruggedFox Baka4moe
|
Sheik Peach |
US$198.50 |
| Place | Crew | Name | Character | Name | Character | Name | Character | Name | Character | Name | Character | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Team Hbox | Hungrybox | Jigglypuff | PPMD | Marth | MacD | Peach | The Moon | Marth | Swedish Delight | Sheik | US$4,000 |
| 2nd | Team SFAT | SFAT | Fox | Plup | Sheik | Nintendude | Ice Climbers | Wizzrobe | Captain Falcon | KJH | Fox | US$1,000 |
| 3rd | Team Ken | Ken | Marth | Armada | Peach | Ice | Fox | Prince Abu | Jigglypuff | Fiction | Fox | |
| 3rd | Team PPU | PewPewU | Marth | Mew2King | Sheik | DruggedFox | Falco | Santiago | Fox | Ryan Ford | Fox | |
| 5th | Team Axe | Axe | Pikachu | Wobbles | Ice Climbers | KirbyKaze | Sheik | Javi | Fox | Zhu | Falco | |
| 5th | Team Westballz | Westballz | Falco | Silent Wolf | Fox | S2J | Captain Falcon | Abate | Luigi | Bladewise | Peach | |
| 5th | Team HugS | HugS | Samus | Lucky | Fox | Shroomed | Sheik | Eddy Mexico | Luigi | Cactuar | Fox | |
| 5th | Team Scar | Scar | Captain Falcon | Mango | Falco | Duck | Samus | Colbol | Fox | Alex19 | Fox | |
| Place | Crew | Name | Character | Name | Character | Name | Character | Name | Character | Name | Character |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | UC Irvine | Santiago | Fox | Connorthekid | Fox | Matt/Captain Faceroll | Fox/Sheik | Squid | Falco | Sherigami | Sheik |
| 2nd | Georgia Tech | DruggedFox | Falco | Baka4moe | Peach | Bravo | Link | Kpan | Falco | Austintacious | Sheik |
| 3rd | University of Arizona | GamerGuitarist7 | Captain Falcon | Janet | Zelda | ForteFreak | Sheik | Yee Man | Fox | Faketaxiluchi | Falco |
| 3rd | York University | KirbyKaze | Sheik | Toronto Joe | Fox | Chrim Foish | Falco | Coffeeblack | Captain Falcon | Slush | Sheik |
| 5th | University of Washington | Silent Wolf | Fox | Wasabi | Captain Falcon | Gus | Jigglypuff | Dempsey | Sheik | Power Up | Falco |
| 5th | Stony Brook University | Fitz | Falco | Minty | Samus | Sol | Fox | Equal | Zelda | Vortex | Sheik |
| Winner | Character(s) | Loser | Character(s) | Score | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S2J
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Captain Falcon | Abate
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Luigi | 4-2 | |
| Place | Player | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st |  TSM | ZeRo
|
Sheik, Diddy Kong | US$5,365 |
| 2nd | Dabuz
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Rosalina and Luma | US$2,146 |
| 3rd |  Ranai
|
Villager | US$1,073 |
| 4th | 2GG | VoiD
|
Sheik | US$643.80 |
| 5th | Liquid`Nairo
|
Zero Suit Samus | US$321.90 |
| 5th | GW | FOW
|
Ness | US$321.90 |
| 7th | Marss
|
Zero Suit Samus | US$214.60 |
| 7th | #THE FAD | Larry Lurr
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Fox, Sheik, Donkey Kong | US$214.60 |
| Place | Player | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ranai Komorikiri
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Villager Cloud |
US$2,720 |
| 2nd | TSM | ZeRo Liquid`Nairo
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Sheik, Diddy Kong Zero Suit Samus |
US$1,088 |
| 3rd |  LLL | Mr. R Abadango
|
Sheik Meta Knight |
US$544 |
| 4th | RAIN Nietono
|
Cloud Cloud |
US$380.80 |
| 5th | SU | Trela Boreal | Ally
|
Ryu Mario |
US$217.60 |
| 5th | Marss Pugwest
|
Zero Suit Samus Marth |
US$217.60 |
| 7th | SF | Hyuga Dabuz
|
Toon Link Rosalina and Luma |
US$136 |
| 7th | TTN | MJG GW | FOW
|
Villager Ness |
US$136 |
| Place | Crew | Name | Character | Name | Character | Name | Character | Name | Character | Name | Character | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Japan | Abdango | Meta Knight | Ranai | Villager | Komorikiri | Cloud, Sonic | Nietono/RAIN | Diddy Kong/Sheik | 9B/Earth | Ryu/Pit | US$1,200 |
| 2nd | SoCal | ZeRo | Sheik | Larry Lurr | Fox | Mr. ConCon/falln | Luigi/Rosalina and Luma | VoiD | Sheik | Tyrant/SlayerZ | Meta Knight/Peach | US$400 |
| 3rd | Tristate | Nairo | Zero Suit Samus | DKwill | Donkey Kong | NAKAT | Ness | Dabuz/False | Rosalina and Luma/Ryu | 6WX/Tweek | Sonic/Bowser Jr. | US$200 |
| 3rd | Mexico | Hyuga | Toon Link | IC | Diddy Kong | Regi | Mr. Game and Watch | Manzano | Villager | Waymas | Wario | US$200 |
| 5th | Texas | Karna | Sheik | Trela | Ryu | Fliphoop/Denti | Diddy Kong/Sheik | The Wall | Yoshi | Espy | Sonic | |
| 5th | Midwest | MJG | Villager | Ally | Mario | Ryuga | Ike | JJROCKETS/Zinoto | Diddy Kong/Diddy Kong | Akiro | Sheik | |
| 5th | NorCal | Shaky | Ness | Zex | Sheik | Trevonte | Sheik | Ito | Meta Knight | Teb | Mario | |
| 5th | Florida | Nick Riddle | Zero Suit Samus | Ryo | Ike | ESAM | Pikachu | 8BitMan/Heero | R.O.B./Sonic | MVD/Day | Diddy Kong/Lucario | |
| 9th | MD/VA | Seagull Joe | Sonic | Logic | Olimar | Pink Fresh | Lucas | Remzi/Mister Eric | Zero Suit Samus/R.O.B. | Acid/GimR | Captain Falcon/Mr. Game and Watch | |
| 9th | Southwest | Z | Pikachu | FOW | Ness | Lycan | Diddy Kong | SS | Villager | K9 | Sheik | |
| Place | Player | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | wario
|
Pikachu | US$1,190 |
| 2nd | SuPeRbOoMfAn
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Pikachu, Captain Falcon | US$476 |
| 3rd | wangera
|
Jigglypuff | US$238 |
| 4th | Isai
|
Pikachu, Fox, Captain Falcon, Mario | US$166.60 |
| 5th | KeroKeroppi
|
Pikachu, Captain Falcon | US$95.20 |
| 5th | Mariguas
|
Pikachu, Captain Falcon | US$95.20 |
| 7th | COG | Wizzrobe
|
Yoshi | US$59.50 |
| 7th | tacos
|
Captain Falcon, Yoshi | US$59.50 |
| Place | Player | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | JaimeHR SuPeRbOoMfAn
|
Mario, Samus, Kirby Pikachu, Fox |
US$470 |
| 2nd | tacos The Z
|
Kirby, Captain Falcon Pikachu, Captain Falcon |
US$235 |
| 3rd | Isai  Rith
|
Pikachu Pikachu |
US$141 |
| 4th | wario wangera
|
Pikachu Jigglypuff |
US$94 |
| 5th | SPY | Nintendude Fireblaster
|
Mario Pikachu |
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| 5th | Dext3r  Pete
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Pikachu, Kirby Captain Falcon |
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| 7th | Banze Cort
|
Pikachu Kirby |
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| 7th | YBOMBB Snorlax
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Jigglypuff Kirby |
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| Mariguas's Character | Stocks Taken | Isai's Character | Stocks Taken |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikachu | 6 | Link | 3 |
| Pikachu | 2 | Captain Falcon | 4 |
| Pikachu | 2 | Pikachu | 10 |
| Pikachu | 1 | Fox | 3 |
| Pikachu | 4 | Jigglypuff | 5 |
| Pikachu | 4 | Kirby | 7 |
| Pikachu | 2 | Donkey Kong | 3 |
| Pikachu | 2 | Mario | 5 |
| Pikachu | 5 | Ness | 3 |
| Pikachu | 2 | Luigi | 5 |
| Pikachu | 6 | — | — |
| Pikachu | 3 | — | — |
| Total | 39 | 48 | |
| Winner | Character(s) | Loser | Character(s) | Score | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fireblaster
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Yoshi | Bark Sanchez | Pikachu | 3-2 | US$20 |
| Kort
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Link | Hero Pie
|
Link | 3-1 | |
| Darkhorse
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Captain Falcon | Lorenzo
|
Captain Falcon | 2-1 | |
| Madrush21
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Captain Falcon | Eggmode
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Pikachu, Yoshi | 3-0 | US$100 |
| Wookiee
|
Pikachu | Studstill
|
Kirby | 1-0 | |
GENESIS 4
GENESIS 4 took place on January 20 to January 22, 2017 in San Jose, California and used the same venues as GENESIS 3. Nintendo was once again a sponsor of the tournament, along with HTC, Nvidia, Controller Chaos, Twitch, Red Bull, and many other sponsors.[13] Like last year, tournament organizers announced the top 64 Melee players at the event would automatically be in the second round of the tournament, sparking backlash from top players such as Leffen and Armada.
In crews, team Silent Wolf defeated Team Hungrybox in Melee Draft Crews and Team USA defeated Team Japan in Wii U World Crews.
Melee doubles was won by brothers Armada and Android over Leffen and Ice. Wii U doubles was won by Ally and MKLeo over the Japanese duo Ranai and Komorikiri. Lastly, Smash 64 doubles won by defending champions JaimeHR and SuPeRbOoMfAn over last year's runners-up tacos and The Z.
In Wii U singles, Mexican Smash player MKLeo defeated Ally to win GENESIS 4 and Peruvian Alvin defeated favorite SuPeRbOoMfAn in Smash 64 singles.
For the fourth time in four GENESIS series, the Grand Finals pitted Armada and Mango. Armada defeated Mango in Winner's Semifinals and Mew2King in Winner's Finals to get to Grand Finals. Mango defeated Leffen in a close 5 game series, and subsequently defeated Hungrybox, and Mew2King after being sent to the loser's bracket by Armada. Prior to top 8, Armada nearly lost to Johnny" S2J" Kim in a close five game series; had S2J won, S2J would have been the first player outside of the "Five Gods" and Leffen to defeat Armada in a tournament set since Pound 4 in 2010, where Amsah "Amsah" Augustuszoon, a Sheik player from the Netherlands, beat Armada 3-1, knocking him out with a 4th-place finish.
The grand finals set was a convincing 3-0 victory for Armada over Mango, winning his third GENESIS title in a row.
Genesis 4 was subject to a controversial anomaly which was discovered during the Super Smash Bros. 4 match between Komorikiri and Captain Zack. As per the recommended ruleset for Smash, the "launch rate", which determines how much, if at all, the knockback dealt by moves will be modified,[14] was supposed to be set to the default of 1.0, however at the end of the match it was discovered to have been set to 0.9 for the entire set, and testing from dataminers proved that this was also the case for the previous set between ZeRo and Dabuz.[15] Despite this, the tournament organizers decided that instead of replaying the whole set, a single game would be played to decide the winner of that set, which triggered criticism from viewers and members of the community alike.
| Place | Player | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | [A] Armada
|
Peach | US$8,520.00 |
| 2nd | C9 | Mango
|
Falco, Fox | US$3,408.00 |
| 3rd | FOX MVG | Mew2King
|
Sheik, Marth | US$1,704.00 |
| 4th | Liquid`Hungrybox
|
Jigglypuff | US$1,022.40 |
| 5th | TSM | Leffen
|
Fox | US$511.20 |
| 5th | PG | Plup
|
Sheik | US$511.20 |
| 7th | Tempo | Axe
|
Pikachu | US$340.80 |
| 7th | G2 | Westballz
|
Falco | US$340.80 |
| Place | Player | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | [A] | Armada [A] | Android
|
Peach, Fox Sheik |
US$3,810.00 |
| 2nd | TSM | Leffen LG | Ice
|
Fox Fox |
US$1,524.00 |
| 3rd | CLG | PewPewU CLG | SFAT
|
Marth Fox |
US$762.00 |
| 4th | Tempo | Axe PG | Plup
|
Pikachu Fox, Samus |
US$533.40 |
| 5th | FOX MVG | Mew2King Liquid`Hungrybox
|
Sheik Jigglypuff |
US$304.80 |
| 5th | IMT | Shroomed Alan
|
Sheik Peach |
US$304.80 |
| 7th | SPY | MacD DruggedFox
|
Peach Fox |
US$190.50 |
| 7th | Liquid`Ken Santiago
|
Marth Falco |
US$190.50 |
| Place | Crew | Name | Character | Name | Character | Name | Character | Name | Character | Name | Character | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Team Silent Wolf | Secret | Silent Wolf | Fox | C9 | Mango | Fox | Misfits | The Moon | Marth | Selfless | HugS | Samus | Bladewise | Peach | $1,500.00 ($300.00 each) |
| 2nd | Team Hungrybox | Liquid`Hungrybox | Jigglypuff | Tempo | Axe | Pikachu | BCW | Abate | Luigi | Wizzrobe | Captain Falcon | SS | Colbol | Fox | |
| 3rd | Team SFAT | CLG | SFAT | Fox | CLG | PewPewU | Marth | IMT | Shroomed | Sheik | Syrox | Fox | CDK | Fox | |
| 3rd | Team Nintendude | SPY | Nintendude | Ice Climbers | PG | Plup | Sheik | Tempo | S2J | Captain Falcon | OBEY | Mike Haze | Fox | Professor Pro | Fox | |
| 5th | Team ChuDat | VGBC | ChuDat | Ice Climbers | Selfless | Lucky | Fox | Slox | Fox | Laudandus | Sheik | Gahtzu | Captain Falcon | |
| 5th | Team Chillin | Liquid`Chillin | Fox | MIOM | KirbyKaze | Sheik | ALG EMG | n0ne | Captain Falcon | Rudolph | Marth | Ryan Ford | Fox | |
| 5th | Team Zhu | BOXR | Zhu | Falco | FOX MVG | Mew2King | Sheik | DruggedFox | Fox | SPY | MacD | Peach | Santiago | Falco | |
| 5th | Team Duck | Duck | Samus | G2| | Westballz | Falco | LG | Ice | Fox | KJH | Fox | Prince Abu | Jigglypuff | |
† - Crews were redrafted because RNG | Swedish Delight was unable to attend. In addition, TSM | Leffen, [A] Armada, and Cactuar opted out of the crew battle, so Ryan Ford, Slox, and Gahtzu took their spots, respectively.
| Place | Player | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | FOX MVG | MKLeo
|
Marth, Cloud | US$5,060.00 |
| 2nd | C9 | Ally
|
Mario | US$2,024.00 |
| 3rd | TSM | ZeRo
|
Diddy Kong, Cloud | US$1,012.00 |
| 4th | Captain Zack
|
Bayonetta | US$607.20 |
| 5th | eLevate | Mr. R
|
Sheik | US$303.60 |
| 5th | LG | Abagando
|
Mewtwo | US$303.60 |
| 7th | RNG | Dabuz
|
Rosalina and Luma | US$202.40 |
| 7th | 2GG | Komorikiri
|
Sonic, Cloud | US$202.40 |
| Place | Players | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | C9 | Ally FOX | MKLeo
|
Mario Cloud |
US$2,360.00 |
| 2nd | Ranai Komorikiri
|
Villager Cloud |
US$944.00 |
| 3rd | IMT | ANTi MVG | Salem
|
Mario Bayonetta |
US$472.00 |
| 4th | TSM | ZeRo NRG | Nairo
|
Diddy Kong Zero Suit Samus |
US$330.40 |
| 5th | LG | Abadango Kameme
|
Bayonetta, Meta Knight Sheik, Cloud |
US$188.80 |
| 5th | Elegant Aarvark
|
Luigi Villager |
US$188.80 |
| 7th | PG | ESAM PG | MVD
|
Pikachu Cloud |
US$118.00 |
| 7th | VGBC | Pink Fresh DMG NLM | Captain Zack
|
Bayonetta Bayonetta |
US$118.00 |
| Place | Crew | Name | Character | Name | Character | Name | Character | Name | Character | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Team USA | TSM|ZeRo | Diddy Kong | NRG|Nairo | Bowser | Misfits|Larry Lurr | Fox | RNG|Dabuz | Rosalina and Luma | |
| CLG|VoiD | Sheik | IMT|ANTi | Mario | Samsora | Peach | SS|Mr. E | Marth | |||
| MVG|Salem | Bayonetta | DMG|Tweek | Cloud | Denial|Marss | Zero Suit Samus | Ito | Meta Knight | |||
| 2nd | Team Japan | Ranai | Villager | LG|Abadango | Mewtwo | Kameme | Mega Man | 9B | Bayonetta | |
| 2GG|Komorikiri | Cloud, Sonic | Earth | Pit | Umeki | Peach | Nietono | Diddy Kong | |||
| Ri-ma | Toon Link | You3 | Duck Hunt | RAIN | Cloud | OCEAN | R.O.B. | |||
| 3rd | Team MexCanEU | FOX|MKLeo | Marth | C9|Ally | Mario | Chag | Bayonetta | Locus | Ryu | |
| eL|Mr. R | Sheik | Javi | Cloud | BYOC|S1 | Ness | SF|Regi | Mr. Game and Watch | |||
| Captain K | Pikachu | Bedgar | Sheik | IC | Diddy Kong | Big D | King Dedede | |||
| Place | Player | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st |  Alvin
|
Pikachu | US$925.00 |
| 2nd | PG | SuPeRbOoMfAn
|
Pikachu | US$370.00 |
| 3rd | kysk
|
Kirby | US$185.00 |
| 4th | Dext3r
|
Pikachu | US$129.50 |
| 5th | Wizzrobe
|
Yoshi | US$74.00 |
| 5th | KeroKeroppi
|
Pikachu | US$74.00 |
| 7th | Mariguas
|
Pikachu | US$46.25 |
| 7th | tacos
|
Yoshi | US$46.25 |
| Place | Player | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | JaimeHR PG | SuPeRbOoMfAn
|
Mario, Samus, Kirby Pikachu, Fox |
US$430.00 |
| 2nd | tacos The Z
|
Kirby, Captain Falcon Pikachu, Captain Falcon |
US$215.00 |
| 3rd | Mariguas Dext3r
|
Pikachu Pikachu |
US$129.00 |
| 4th | Taimai kysk
|
Pikachu, Kirby Pikachu, Kirby |
US$86.00 |
| 5th | Alvin Shalaka
|
Pikachu, Captain Falcon Pikachu |
– |
| 5th | Zero Strandead
|
Pikachu Pikachu |
– |
| 7th | Bark Sanchez EMG | Darkhorse
|
Pikachu Captain Falcon |
– |
| 7th | SPY | Nintendude Joshi
|
Mario Pikachu |
– |
GENESIS 5
GENESIS 5 was announced on July 16, 2017. It was held from January 19, 2018 to January 21, 2018. After two events in San Jose, the tournament organizers moved to Oakland and the event was held at the Oakland Convention Center, which is attached to the Oakland City Center Marriott hotel. Sunday matches were held in the Paramount Theater.
SuPeRbOoMfAn placed himself at the top once again in Smash 64 after defeating the defending champion Alvin in a close grand finals after Alvin dominated the Canadian in the first set of grand finals. MKLeo defeated the dark horse Mistake from Canada to defend his GENESIS title.
The Melee singles for GENESIS was a historical one for the Smash scene. HugS became the first ever Samus main to reach top eight at a super major. In addition, Plup won GENESIS 5 after defeating Hungrybox in the grand finals, making him just the second non-God to defeat all five Gods and win a super major. This meant that the GENESIS saga between Armada and Mango in the grand finals came to an end, after Armada placed 4th and Mango placed 5th.
| Place | Player | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | PG | Plup
|
Sheik, Fox, Zelda | US$6,815.00 |
| 2nd | Liquid`Hungrybox
|
Jigglypuff | US$2,726.00 |
| 3rd | TSM RB | Leffen
|
Fox | US$1,363.00 |
| 4th | [A] Armada
|
Peach, Fox | US$817.80 |
| 5th | C9 | Mango
|
Fox, Falco | US$408.90 |
| 5th | Dig | Lucky
|
Fox | US$408.90 |
| 7th | Tempo | Axe
|
Pikachu | US$272.60 |
| 7th | Dig | HugS
|
Samus | US$272.60 |
| Place | Player | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MVG FOX | Mew2King PG | Plup
|
Marth, Sheik Fox |
US$ |
| 2nd | Liquid`Hungrybox Liquid`ChuDat
|
Jigglypuff Ice Climbers |
US$ |
| 3rd | [A] Armada [A] | Android
|
Fox, Peach Sheik |
US$ |
| 4th | CLG | PewPewU CLG | SFAT
|
Marth Fox |
US$ |
| 5th | Tempo | S2J IMT | Shroomed
|
Captain Falcon Sheik |
US$ |
| 5th | Dig | Lucky MSF | La Luna
|
Fox Marth |
US$ |
| 7th | Tempo | Axe INC | Medz
|
Pikachu Fox |
US$ |
| 7th | ERG | Ryan Ford Bladewise
|
Fox Peach |
US$ |
| Place | Player | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | FOX MVG | MKLeo
|
Marth, Cloud, Meta Knight | US$3,370.00 |
| 2nd | EMG | Mistake
|
Bayonetta, Zero Suit Samus | US$1,348.00 |
| 3rd | MVG | Salem
|
Bayonetta | US$674.00 |
| 4th | NRG | Nairo
|
Zero Suit Samus | US$404.40 |
| 5th | Dabuz
|
Rosalina and Luma | US$202.20 |
| 5th | PG | MVD
|
Diddy Kong | US$202.20 |
| 7th | falln
|
Rosalina and Luma | US$134.80 |
| 7th | PG | ESAM
|
Pikachu | US$134.80 |
| Place | Players | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | FOX | MKLeo Javi
|
Cloud Sheik |
US$ |
| 2nd | PG | MVD PG | ESAM
|
Diddy Kong Pikachu |
US$ |
| 3rd | NRG | Nairo EMG | Mistake
|
Zero Suit Samus Bayonetta |
US$ |
| 4th | C9 | Ally E2C | tyroy
|
Mario Bayonetta |
US$ |
| 5th | Elegant SAK | Stroder
|
Luigi Greninja |
US$ |
| 5th | YP | Fatality DMG | WaDi
|
Captain Falcon Mewtwo |
US$ |
| 7th | P4K | Captain L Konga
|
Pikachu Donkey Kong |
US$ |
| 7th | Dabuz IMT | ANTi
|
Rosalina and Luma Mario |
US$ |
| Place | Player | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | PG | SuPeRbOoMfAn
|
Pikachu, Kirby, Captain Falcon | US$620.00 |
| 2nd | Alvin
|
Pikachu, Captain Falcon | US$248.00 |
| 3rd | Fukurou
|
Kirby | US$124.00 |
| 4th | KeroKeroppi
|
Pikachu | US$86.80 |
| 5th | Fry's | Wizzrobe
|
Yoshi | US$49.60 |
| 5th | kysk
|
Kirby, Pikachu | US$49.60 |
| 7th | JaimeHR
|
Captain Falcon, Samus, Kirby | US$31.00 |
| 7th | tacos
|
Yoshi, Kirby, Pikachu | US$31.00 |
| Place | Player | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Alvin tacos
|
Pikachu Pikachu, Kirby |
US$ |
| 2nd | Taimai kysk
|
Pikachu Pikachu, Kirby |
US$ |
| 3rd | PG | SuPeRbOoMfAn JaimeHR
|
Pikachu, Fox, Captain Falcon Kirby, Pikachu, Mario |
US$ |
| 4th | Brody Darkhorse
|
Pikachu, Fox Kirby, Donkey Kong, Captain Falcon |
US$ |
| 5th | cobr KeroKeroppi
|
Kirby, Pikachu Pikachu |
US$ |
| 5th | Hydra Kimimaru
|
Mario Mario |
US$ |
| 7th | Onski Pizza
|
Kirby Pikachu |
US$ |
| 7th | Shiman LETSGO
|
Mario Pikachu |
US$ |
GENESIS 6
Genesis 6 (stylized as GENESI6 or GENESIX) was revealed shortly after Genesis 5 on their Twitter page's bio but didn't receive a proper reveal until June 12th, releasing a trailer on Twitter and YouTube and the smash.gg page.[16] The tournament is set for February 1-3 at Oakland, California.
References
- ^ "Tournament:GENESIS - SmashWiki, the Super Smash Bros. wiki". www.ssbwiki.com.
- ^ "A solemn moment for DBR and the Melee Community". Smashboards.
- ^ "GENESIS 3: Melee".
- ^ GENESIX [@Genesis_Smash] (January 8, 2016). "We're proud to announce that Genesis 3 has officially partnered with @NintendoAmerica! #G3" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "A Look Back at the First Genesis".
- ^ Smith, Wynton (January 14, 2015). "The genesis of Smash Bros.: From basements to ballrooms". ESPN. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
- ^ "'Super Smash Bros' Genesis 3 event to be supported by Nintendo America, game wins People's Choice Awards 2016".
- ^ "Genesis 3 backtracks on controversial seeding plan after online backlash".
- ^ Jurek, Steven (January 18, 2016). "Armada takes down Mang0 in Genesis 3 Melee grand final".
- ^ "What Genesis tells us about Smash in 2016". ESPN.com. January 21, 2016.
- ^ Rosen, Daniel (January 18, 2016). "ZeRo retakes his crown, wins Smash 4 at Genesis 3". TheScore eSports.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ GENESIX [@Genesis_Smash] (January 19, 2017). "We're proud to announce that GENESIS 4 is officially partnered with @NintendoAmerica! #G4" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ [2][dead link]
- ^ "Ruben on Twitter".
- ^ [3], Genesis releases GENESIS 6 trailer and smash.gg page