Tournament:Collision 2019

Collision 2019
Dates	March 16th-17th, 2019
Venue	Palisadium U.S.A
Address/City	700 Palisadium Dr, Fort Lee, New Jersey
Attendance	410
Results
winners	Marss 1v1  Nairo &  Cosmos 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s)	Nairo, House of 3000, Master Hand Gaming

Collision 2019 was a major Super Smash Bros. Ultimate major held in Fort Lee, New Jersey from March 16th-17th, 2019. It was the sixteenth entry into the Collision tournament series, the first Collision event to be a major, and the first Collision event to feature Ultimate.

Tournament summary

This event is the most notable case for how flawed the Spring 2019 PGRU's methodology was, specifically how the tiers were solely determined by the entrants count. Despite the event featuring enough top-level talent to be considered a major, the event only had 391 entrants, over 200 entrants short of the A-tier cutoff. Ultimately despite clearly not being a regional, the event was only ranked as a C-tier, as it was a mere 9 entrants short of the B-tier cutoff. OrionRank and retroactive tiering efforts have since acknowledged the event's major status.

This event is best known for Frozen's cinderella run. As the 28th seed, she surprised audiences by having the biggest upsets of the event, including defeating #11 seed Cosmos 2-1 (upset factor 5), #4 seed Light 3-1 (upset factor 6), and, most notably, #1 seed Tweek 3-2 (upset factor 8). She ultimately placed 3rd, marking her best Ultimate tournament run and largely contributing to her 46th-place finish on the Spring 2019 PGRU. In addition, the event is also known for Nairo's incredible loser's run after falling to Marss in top 16, defeating Light 3-2 and Tweek 3-1, as well as shutting down Frozen's run at 3rd. Nairo's set against Light was especially infamous, as after going down 0-2, Nairo pulled out Ganondorf and was able to reverse-sweep the set. This remains the best win from a player playing Ganondorf, while Collision remains the only major tournament where Ganondorf was used to win a set. Finally, Tweek himself ultimately placed 5th playing Ridley and Young Link instead of his usual main. This remains the only time a Ridley player placed top 8 at a major, and as such is the best placement from a Ridley player at a major despite Tweek dropping Ridley almost immediately afterwards.

In grand finals, Nairo faced off against Marss once again, and was able to reverse 3-0 Marss in the first set of grand finals. However, Marss ultimately came out on top by winning the reset 3-1, marking the first major win of his career. This win was especially noteworthy for Zero Suit Samus: although players were beginning to realize Zero Suit Samus' nerfs were not as drastic as initially believed, she was still widely regarded as vastly inferior to her Smash 4 incarnation. This event began a drastic shift in Zero Suit Samus's perception, and additional success from Marss and other Zero Suit Samus players eventually led many to believe she was still a top tier, a belief that remained for the rest of the early metagame.

Coaching controversy

The set between Marss and Wishes proved to be very controversial. During Game 5, Marss got out of his chair to consult a tournament organizer while his character was still on the revival platform and Wishes ended up taking his last stock. Marss was complaining how Wishes was allegedly receiving coaching from Pazda, who was in the crowd, and a decision was made to replay Game 5 from when Marss got out of his chair. Marss won the replay and advanced on in bracket while Wishes was sent to losers. This set led to discussion in the Smash community about what constitutes coaching and how to handle it when it occurs.

Results

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(391 entrants)
Top 64 Bracket
Top 32 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Marss		$1,935
2nd	Nairo		$774
3rd	Frozen		$503.10
4th	Light		$270.90
5th	Dabuz		$116.10
5th	Tweek		$116.10
7th	Sinji		$77.40
7th	Cosmos		$77.40
9th	Suarez
9th	Mr.R
9th	Raptor
9th	Wishes
13th	Smokk
13th	UtopianRay
13th	KingArc
13th	Pelca
17th	LingLing
17th	Odyssey
17th	Mr E
17th	Juice
17th	Daybreak
17th	Nicko
17th	colinies
17th	Jack
25th	Biddy
25th	SoulArts
25th	LeoN
25th	BOW
25th	Fwed
25th	Bryce
25th	The Great Gonzales
25th	Uno
33rd	Dark Wizzy
33rd	Elu
33rd	Angello
33rd	BlazingPasta
33rd	Jakal
33rd	Unknown
33rd	Wraith
33rd	DarkMATTer
33rd	Gen
33rd	Z
33rd	Jayy
33rd	Hackoru
33rd	Shoyo James
33rd	Luck
33rd	Kofi
33rd	Arch
49th	Beast
49th	Muted
49th	cookieslayer
49th	Redeemer Z
49th	Noe3
49th	EO
49th	SuperGirlKels
49th	Arhungry
49th	Waves
49th	Haven
49th	Dill
49th	Zoan
49th	Rishi
49th*	Sync

*DQ'd in Losers.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles

(64 teams)
Top 12 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Nairo		Cosmos
2nd	Marss		Light
3rd	Dabuz		Mr E
4th	Hackoru		Odyssey
5th	cookieslayer		Nicko
5th	Tweek		Mr.R
7th	ADHD		Atomsk
7th	Pelca		Waves
9th	DarkMATTer		Blue
9th	SteR ThA KiiD		WontonWarrior
9th	Fwed		Z
9th	6WX		Uno

Squad Strike

(54 entrants)
"Top Whatever" Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	The Great Gonzales
2nd	6WX
3rd	UtopianRay
4th	SuperGirlKels
5th	BlazingPasta
5th	Juice
7th	Jet
7th	Martial

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