Tournament:Super Smash Con 2023

Super Smash Con 2023
Dates	August 10th-13th, 2023
Venue	Dulles Expo Center
Address/City	4320 Chantilly Shopping Center Chantilly, Virginia
Attendance	3,461
Results
winners	Isai 1v1  Isai &  SuPeRbOoMfAn 2v2
winners	Zain 1v1  aMSa &  Axe 2v2
winners	686M 1v1  Mikeray4 &  Player-1 2v2
winners	Mistake 1v1  ralphie &  Mistake 2v2
winners	acola 1v1  acola &  Miya 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s)	VGBootCamp

Super Smash Con 2023 was the seventh edition in the Super Smash Con series held in Chantilly, Virginia, from August 10th-13th, 2023. The top 2 non-qualified players of Ultimate singles qualified for Watch The Throne.

Tournament summary

Smash 64

At 255 entrants, this was the fifth largest Smash 64 tournament of all time, and Isai's first supermajor tournament victory since Apex 2014. This was the first tournament since Super Smash Con 2016 where Alvin missed top 8 since, placing 9th at the event. After, Isai defeated #1 seed kysk in Winners' Semis 3-0, but then lost to reigning Super Smash Con champion Kurabba in Winners' Finals 1-3. After his loss, Isai did not drop a game, with dominant 3-0's over both SuPeRbOoMfAn in Losers' Finals and Kurabba in both sets of Grand Finals.

Melee

This tournament marked the third major tournament victory in a row for Zain, following his victories at Fête 3: By the Sea and Get On My Level 2023. The tournament notably featured one of Hungrybox's best performances of the year; after losing to moky in top 64, he made an impressive loser's run defeating lloD, Zuppy, Mang0, moky and Cody Schwab to place 2nd after taking Zain to game 5 in grand finals. This tournament was the first since the SSBMRank Summer 2023 was released, with the top 8 of the tournament accurately reflecting the top 8 ranked players among those who attended, with the exception of Zuppy (rank 15) making top 8 instead of KoDoRiN (rank 10). This tournament was ChuDat's lowest placement in his Melee singles career, placing 97th.

Brawl

At 223 entrants, this is the largest Brawl singles event since Apex 2014 in 2014, and the first Brawl singles event to surpass 200 entrants since the end of its main competitive lifespan. Bike upset 686M in Winners' Top 24 with an upset factor 7, becoming the first player to get a major upset on 686M in the post-Smash 4 era. However, 686M tore up the Losers bracket, defeating 8 players, including Player-1 twice in Grand Finals, to take the tournament. As 686M used Ice Climbers for most of his run, this was the first Brawl major/supermajor won by a player who did not use Meta Knight since Super Smash Con 2016. Also, since Mikeray4 and Player-1 won doubles using Snake and Diddy Kong, this was the first time since Critical Hit 3, the first Brawl major, that a team won a major doubles bracket without using Meta Knight.

Smash 4

Prior to the tournament's start, attention was drawn to all four of the tournament's Top 4 seeds being Bayonetta mains (and five out of the Top 6 in the final seeding). Seed #5 Dabuz in particular noticed the Bayonetta-dominant seeding, remarking "If any TOs can't find me during my pool that is ok do not attempt to look for or contact me". With solo Bayonetta mains filling all of the Top 3 for the second year in a row and a solo Bayonetta main winning the past three years in a row, there was continued fatigue from spectators in the era post-Ultimate's release. Even Meta Knight in Brawl singles was not nearly as dominant at the tournament, a character regarded to be more overpowered than Bayonetta in Smash 4. High level players such as KEN, IcyMist, and Sonix dropped out from the bracket in interest of playing Ultimate, with some players such as Dabuz and Miya opting to not play in the bracket entirely, continuing the trend of apathy towards the game from some high level players post-Ultimate's release.

Mistake placed 1st, winning the past three Smash 4 majors and Super Smash Cons in a row. Cyel (formerly reflection), the #3 seed, was eliminated at 9th place, an underperformance after placing 3rd the previous year at Super Smash Con 2022 and winning Apex 2022. Interestingly, Little Mac had an impressive three representatives in Top 32: Alternis, WonderBread, and Potato257. Goblin placed 9th with Roy, the best placement for a solo Roy at a major tournament.

Ultimate

At 2,607 entrants, this is currently the third-largest Ultimate singles event and the largest Ultimate singles event since 2019.

acola and Miya won doubles, becoming the first full Japanese team to win Ultimate doubles at an international major since Shuton and Zackray won at The Big House 9 in October 2019, almost four years prior.

The third day of the tournament saw a slew of upsets to the point where a Twitter upset bot was overloaded and died. The most notable upsets were on the #1 seed Sparg0, who was upset by #64 seed Ly 3-2 (upset factor 11) and #32 seed Aaron 3-2 (upset factor 9) to place 49th, tying GENESIS 6, 2GG: Kongo Saga, and GENESIS 7 as his worst offline placement ever. Other notable players who were eliminated early include #23 seed Jakal, who was upset by #279 seed Crash101 1-2 (upset factor 8) and #87 seed TM7_ZAP 0-2 (upset factor 4) to place 129th; #14 seed Sisqui, who was upset by #115 seed Jules 1-2 and #110 seed Dany 2-3 (both upset factor 6) to place 97th; and #10 seed Kurama, who was upset by #119 seed Peanut 2-0 (upset factor 7) and #58 seed 1-3 Geist (upset factor 5) to place 65th. In addition, #62 seed IcyMist upset #3 seed Sonix 3-1 (upset factor 9) on Winner's side, although Sonix ultimately made it into top 32, while #8 seed Shuton was knocked into Loser's by #25 seed AndresFn 3-2 (upset factor 4), marking only the third time a European player has defeated Shuton.

The final day of the tournament saw several more notable upsets as all the remaining top 8 seeds in Winner's side, aside from acola, were knocked into Loser's before top 8: #4 seed Miya was upset by #13 seed Dabuz 3-2 (upset factor 4); #5 seed Light was upset by his New England rival and #21 seed Marss 3-0 (upset factor 4); #6 seed Tweek was upset by #19 seed Neo 3-1 (upset factor 4); and Riddles lost 3-0 to acola. Ultimately, Miya was the only other top 8 seed to make top 8, eliminating Shuton 3-2, Light 3-1, and Tweek 3-2 along the way. The other two remaining top 8 seeds were eliminated by #29 seed DDee, who defeated Sonix in an infamous set where DDee used Pac-Man to time the latter out, with Sonix ultimately quitting before finishing the final game (upset factor 7); as well as #7 seed Riddles 3-1 with Steve (upset factor 4). Outside of the top 8 seeds, this marked the first time KEN defeated Zomba, having lost to him four other times in the past.

The top 32 notably had the three best Corrin players in the world at that time -- SHADIC, Neo, and Ly -- start out on the Winner's side of bracket. In addition, Olimar had the most representation in the top 32, at 4 -- Shuton, Dabuz, Noi, and Candle.

The top 8 saw acola's only game 5 set of the tournament as Neo brought him to game 5 last stocks, with both players at a high percent. Neo ultimately lost the set as he whiffed a crucial forward smash. Dabuz defeated KEN 3-2 to become the first qualifier for Watch The Throne. acola then defeated Dabuz 3-1 to make it into Grand Finals. In the Loser's bracket, Miya saw a strong Loser's run defeating DDee 3-0 in the runback, KEN 3-1, and Zomba 3-0 (qualifying for Watch The Throne) before losing to Dabuz 2-3 in the runback to place 3rd. However, Dabuz was swiftly 3-0d by acola in Grand Finals, giving acola his first Premier victory of the season, as well as adding to Dabuz's list of second-place finishes at majors/supermajors.

Results

Super Smash Bros. singles

(255 entrants)
Top 32 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Isai
2nd	Kurabba
3rd	SuPeRbOoMfAn
4th	KeroKeroppi
5th	kysk
5th	Nax
7th	Wizzrobe
7th	Mercy
9th	Shihman
9th	Zero
9th	Alvin
9th	maha
13th	Joshi
13th	Crovy
13th	Dogs_Johnson
13th	tacos
17th	HAMMERHEART
17th	JaimeHR
17th	KD3
17th	baby caweb
17th	Lowww
17th	kix
17th	Take
17th	TTFU-antwon420
25th	etab
25th	Qapples
25th	Josh Brody
25th	Fray
25th	JPX
25th	Waxy:Joe
25th	lord narwhal
25th	B33F

Super Smash Bros. doubles

(65 teams)
Top 32 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Isai		SuPeRbOoMfAn
2nd	kysk		Take
3rd	kix		Kurabba
4th	Joshi		JaimeHR
5th	tacos		Alvin
5th	KD3		Stevie G
7th	Lowww		HAMMERHEART
7th	Mercy		Zero

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles

(860 entrants)
Top 64 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Zain
2nd	Hungrybox
3rd	Cody Schwab
4th	moky
5th	Mang0
5th	aMSa
7th	Zuppy
7th	Aklo
9th	KoDoRiN
9th	lloD
9th	Mekk
9th	Panda
13th	Axe
13th	Krudo
13th	Dawson
13th	Asashi
17th	Polish
17th	Zamu
17th	Morsecode762
17th	null
17th	Drephen
17th	TheSWOOPER
17th	Flash
17th	Redd
25th	KJH
25th	n0ne
25th	Kevin Maples
25th	essy
25th	Khryke
25th	Fizzwiggle
25th	JOJI
25th	Seven
33rd	Spark
33rd	Chem
33rd	Junebug
33rd	Bbatts
33rd	TheRealThing
33rd	RapMonster
33rd	Cbass
33rd	Sirmeris
33rd	Jumbo Goku Jointz
33rd	Franz
33rd	Daniel
33rd	JCAM
33rd	Fishbait
33rd	Stango
33rd	billybopeep
33rd	Fudge
49th	Artan
49th	muro
49th	Gibblez
49th	JJM
49th	Agent
49th	Kalvar
49th	Epic Murloc
49th	Aglet
49th	mvlvchi
49th	Reeve
49th	bab
49th	Anakin
49th	Prometheus
49th	YungWaff
49th	Freezus
49th	Erik
65th	Jorge
65th	Kush Messiah
65th	DrewNG
65th	Skerzo
65th	Preeminent
65th	Seke
65th	Mot$
65th	DrLobster
65th	Limecat
65th	Asidyx
65th	Jude
65th	CakeAssault
65th	Vintage
65th	ckyulmiqnudaetr
65th	bbeanLI
65th	Louis
65th	Porkers
65th	Juicebox
65th	Just Jason
65th	Maher
65th	Frostbyte
65th	Vorporal
65th	Brad
65th	Maelstrom
65th	Ex-Girlfriend
65th	RC
65th	YokaiNels
65th	Bigbuffalo
65th	Concussed
65th	Slowpez
65th	Tr4shJ4ck
65th	Harry

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles

(161 teams)
Top 32 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	aMSa		Axe
2nd	Krudo		Panda
3rd	Stango		Zuppy
4th	Preeminent		essy
5th	Spark		Zamu
5th	Fizzwiggle		Fishbait
7th	Redd		TheSWOOPER
7th	JOJI		DannyPhantom
9th	Arkouda		Kalvar
9th	Pig		Poonslayer7
9th	Figment		TheRealThing
9th	Kevin Maples		eve
13th	Dawson		Bigbuffalo
13th	ckyulmiqnudaetr		Drephen
13th	Jorge		Junebug
13th	Artan		TheAsianOne

Super Smash Bros. Brawl singles

(223 entrants)
Top 16 Bracket
Results Thread

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	686M
2nd	Player-1
3rd	Hoenn
4th	Cody
5th	Gunnermaniac
5th	Mikeray4
7th	Lux
7th	Bike
9th	Dabuz
9th	Big D
9th	Chia
9th	Kyoz
13th*	Ish
13th	Iota
13th	Azazel
13th	Ness682
17th	Reaux
17th	Hinkage
17th	Gardex
17th	Max Power
17th	Sho
17th	Pelca
17th	Fino
17th	Scizor
25th	FEAR
25th	SuperGirlKels
25th	Riko
25th	mario128
25th	Tori
25th	Arch
25th	TempesT
25th	Ashtoric

*DQ'd in Losers.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl doubles

(37 teams)
Top 4 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Mikeray4		Player-1
2nd	Gardex		Bike
3rd	686M		Tori
4th	Gunnermaniac		Hinkage
5th	SteR Tha KiiD		Arch
5th	Kyoz		Ness682
7th	Bombogi		A.M.
7th	Lux		Chia

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U singles

(344 entrants)
Top 32 Bracket
Top 4 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Mistake
2nd	Tyroy
3rd	Jules
4th	ralphie
5th	Joshathan Gamer
5th	Beastly
7th	Machu
7th	Jesse
9th	Cyel
9th	BBW
9th	Captain L
9th	Goblin
13th	Alternis
13th	Billy Schilly
13th	Barking_Frog
13th	Dawn
17th	Drevis
17th	Q
17th	Pong
17th	KEN (DQ)
17th	Mega
17th	WonderBread
17th	IcyMist (DQ)
17th	Cakepoint~
25th	AGenericDango
25th	Mata-Door
25th*	Ferf
25th	Scizor
25th*	Sonix
25th	Potato257
25th	Nintoonist
25th	Random

*DQ'd in Losers

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U doubles

(55 teams)
Top 6 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	ralphie		Mistake
2nd	Scend		Ludo
3rd	Kurama		Dark Wizzy
4th	Lito		Pelca
5th	Pokecheese		ghostbelle
5th	sammm		IcyMist
7th	Wanted		Logan
7th	BBW		VaLoR

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(2,607 entrants)
Top 32 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	acola
2nd	Dabuz
3rd	Miya
4th	Zomba
5th	KEN
5th	Neo
7th	DDee
7th	Marss
9th	Tweek
9th	ApolloKage
9th	SHADIC
9th	Riddles
13th	Light
13th	Big D
13th	Noi
13th	Raflow
17th	Lui$
17th	Shuton
17th	MuteAce
17th	Chase
17th	AndresFn
17th	Ouch!?
17th	Ly
17th	Scend
25th	MVD
25th	Tarik
25th	Chronos
25th	WebbJP
25th	Dark Wizzy
25th	Sonix
25th	Jules
25th	Candle
33rd	Rivers
33rd	Onin
33rd	Aaron
33rd	Jahzz0
33rd	Skyjay
33rd	Mr. E
33rd	ChunkyKong
33rd	IcyMist
33rd	Soar
33rd	Quandale Dinglelingleton
33rd	NoTag
33rd	Elam
33rd	ESAM
33rd	Deathspade
33rd	Doorstop
33rd	Vendetta
49th	Sparg0
49th	Gackt
49th	Syrup
49th	Cosmos
49th	Ned
49th	MPg
49th	Steffen
49th	Wildz
49th	MoDzai
49th	SUPERBIGMARIOFAN
49th	Shoe
49th	Yoda Cage
49th	Peanut
49th	Geist
49th	MFA
49th	T3 DOM
65th	Kurama
65th	C.Kaleb
65th	Armadillo
65th	BassMage
65th	Goblin
65th	Ling
65th	Riku
65th	Larry Lurr
65th	BeastModePaul
65th	MopN
65th	Brr
65th	Creepooba
65th	ATATA
65th	crêpe salée
65th	Tachyon
65th	Pharaoh
65th	elijmin
65th	Ludo
65th	Beastly
65th	Cee
65th	frawg
65th	Lemmon
65th	Antimony
65th	Colorondo8
65th	Amaryllis
65th	fawn
65th	Smirk
65th	Sir Dank
65th	Dany
65th	HENRY LUMA
65th	Justice
65th	Zie
97th	Splash Daddy
97th	Wasabi
97th	Sisqui
97th	Peabnut
97th	VoiD
97th	Alo!
97th	NaetorU
97th	Unova
97th	Rocke
97th	Towa
97th	GuyGuy
97th	Grape
97th	TM7_ZAP
97th	VaLoR
97th	Yez
97th	Bobo
97th	Dakpo
97th	Beast
97th	ram
97th	Axel~
97th	DM
97th	GoofyGoober
97th	Atomic
97th	Jordan
97th	Pink Fresh
97th	CaptainCRUP!!!
97th	Oolong
97th	Ferf
97th	Stocktaker69
97th	Cody
97th	WhyDo
97th	Chunky
129th	Nexus
129th	SAUCE
129th	Jakal
129th	Crash101
129th	Lima
129th	smasher1001
129th	Draxsel
129th	Haze
129th	omega
129th	Grymlynn
129th	Memphis
129th	Anathema
129th	Alternis
129th	Momon
129th	Vivid
129th	SlushieV2
129th	Tony Pajamas
129th	Atreus
129th	BallsGrab
129th	firefly
129th	Synergy
129th	G-XTREME
129th	Demon
129th	Burst
129th	Connor
129th	Konga
129th	Psysilex
129th	Infiknight
129th	Kreeg
129th	Dominator
129th	Wise
129th	Machu
129th	Clique
129th	Salty
129th	Wing
129th	Ray
129th	Ikana
129th	Blacktwins13
129th	AoS
129th	Rob Gucci
129th	merf
129th	DTP
129th	varun
129th	Burst
129th	Madasti
129th	Skew
129th	Reelsteal
129th	Thass
129th	PsyKoD
129th	DJDon
129th	smub
129th	Ravenking
129th	DatDerpDog
129th	TimPrater
129th	boosk
129th	BeatyBean
129th	JustTheIce
129th	BlitzLuigy
129th	Spandex
129th	D3_Will
129th	Hockey
129th	Izaiah
129th	Char
129th	Reyluno

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles

(567 teams)
Top 32 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	acola		Miya
2nd	lolyoshi		Onin
3rd	Lui$		Scend
4th	Lima		Chase
5th	Sonix		KEN
5th	Kiwi		Ling
7th	Marss		Light
7th	BacoN		NoTag
9th	Kurama		MuteAce
9th	MVD		ESAM
9th	Pelca		TayJuice
9th	Jordan		Zie
13th	AndresFn		Sisqui
13th	Dark Wizzy		BassMage
13th	SuperGirlKels		Soar
13th	Rocke		Justin23
17th	Slasher		Alo!
17th	TemporaryPlan		Splash Daddy
17th	Tarik		Neo
17th	Ly		Noi
17th	CaptainCRUP!!!		Stroder Ame
17th	Mistake		varun
17th	Ludo		MFA
17th	Karflo		Quandale Dinglelingleton
25th	Justice		RiskTKR
25th	Conman		Lagiakai
25th	Fatality		Sonido
25th	Demon		Atreus
25th	MPg		ApolloKage
25th	Enki		Kuracow
25th	WonderBread		Tachyon
25th	Memphis		PeachFuzz
33rd	elijmin		Connor
33rd	Luxa		Mega
33rd	Dominator		Riku
33rd	Reaux		Lito
33rd	PokefanZ		Mercury
33rd	Blacktwins13		Ouch!?
33rd	DJDon		Adachi
33rd	Chugs		Peabnut
33rd	merf		Awdio
33rd	Candle		Wildz
33rd	SpeedyBlueDude		Kreeg
33rd	Beastly		Dakpo
33rd	Grape		Armadillo
33rd	Shoe		Chronos
33rd	My_K.O.		NWA Danbi
33rd	ZeroTwoNone		Celcha

Side Events

Melee Ganondorf vs Donkey Kong crew battle

Team	Stocks Taken	Team	Stocks Taken
Epic Murloc	2	ckyulmiqnudaetr	5
Mekk	4	Nogh	3
Trail	3	Moe	7
SunriseXpress	4	Preeminent	2
Prometheus	5	Junebug	3
Total	18	Total	20

Team Donkey Kong won $5000.

SHADIC vs Neo exhibition match

Player	Character	Set Score	Player	Character
SHADIC		5-0	Neo

Jordan vs NaetorU money match

The money match was a result of trash talk from Jordan on NaetorU's participation in the Smash Ultimate Summit 6 and subsequent trash talk between supporters of both sides.

Player	Character(s)	Set Score	Player	Character(s)	Prize
Jordan		3-5	NaetorU		$1000

Smash Remix singles*

(81 entrants)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	JaimeHR
2nd	Mercy
3rd	Fray
4th	KD3
5th	antwon420
5th	baby caweb
7th	Shears
7th	Dr. 69

*Smash Remix singles is organized by the community and not officially affiliated with the Super Smash Con directors.

Smash 64 combo contest

(6 entrants)
Judges: kysk, n0ne, Hungrybox, Wizzrobe, Shalaka

Place	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
1st	Huntsman	48	50	37*
2nd	Tacos	42	44	25*
3rd	JaimeHR	42	35
4th	Afro	42	31*
5th	Razz	40
6th	Raychu	35

*Did not complete the combo.

Smashies Awards

The 5th annual Smashies Awards were hosted by Coney on August 11th, where awards were given to players nominated for different categories.

Category	Recipient(s)
Best Combo (Smash 64)	Prince at last year's Smash 64 combo contest
Best Comeback (Smash 64)	OJ against  JPX
Most Improved (Smash 64)	etab
Best Combo (Melee)	JJM on  Dawson at No Jawns 2
Best Comeback (Melee)	Cody Schwab against  Zain at Battle of BC 5
Best Doubles Team (Melee)	Hungrybox &  Plup
Most Improved (Melee)	moky
Best Combo (Ultimate)	Yoshidora on  acola at Kagaribi 10
Best Comeback (Ultimate)	Dabuz against  Riddles at Kagaribi 10
Best Doubles Team (Ultimate)	Chag &  Sparg0
Most Improved (Ultimate)	Miya
Best Commentary Moment	EE,  TKBreezy, &  Coney: Super Smash Con 2022 Confetti Mishap
Best Popoff	Gackt
Saltiest Moment / Best Taunt	Mang0 vs the MPGR Summer 2022 rankers
Sakurai Award	Beyond the Summit

Trivia

• During the second round of the Smash 64 Combo Contest, the camera cut away from the winning combo, performed by Huntsman with two controllers, who walked up to the judges' table prior to the final hit. This initially led everyone to believe the combo had failed, with the Charge Shot missing Fox. However, the combo actually succeeded with Fox falling back into the Charge Shot's range for the KO, earning it the nickname "The Invisible Combo".
  • Huntsman later agreed to redo the combo on stream after he won.
• Before Ultimate doubles on August 11th, Cosmos felt his knee lock, making him visit an emergency room. He was able to recover in time to play his singles pools the following morning, though he had to use crutches.
  • The tournament was Cosmos's last chance to make Top 8 at a major to win a $500 bet with EE. EE gave him an extension of one major tournament due to the circumstances.
• Grand Finals of Smash 64, Melee, Brawl, and Ultimate singles all featured a player over 30 (Isai, Hungrybox, Player-1, and Dabuz, respectively).

External links

• Start.gg page