Tournament:GENESIS 8

GENESIS 8
Dates	April 15th-17th, 2022
Venue	San Jose McEnery Convention Center San Jose Civic Top 8
Address/City	150 W San Carlos St San Jose, California
Attendance	3,464
Entry fees	Venue: $75 (until July 26th) $85 (until December 20th) $95 (until March 21st) Singles: $10 (NASB, Strive, RoA, SSB64) $15 (Melee, Ultimate) Doubles: $20 per team
Results
winners	Shihman 1v1  Shihman &  Moustasher 2v2
winners	Zain 1v1  Plup &  aMSa 2v2
winners	MkLeo 1v1  Chag &  Sparg0 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s)	Boback, Dr. Z, NathanSandwich, Jayde, RPSville

GENESIS 8 was a supermajor tournament for Melee and Ultimate and the 8th edition of the GENESIS tournament series. It took place place in San Jose, California, from April 15th-17th, 2022. The event featured singles and doubles tournaments for Super Smash Bros., Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and is a major event for Rivals of Aether, Guilty Gear Strive, and Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl. GENESIS 8 also featured side events for Dance Dance Revolution Extreme, Magical Drop III, Super Street Fighter II Turbo, and Windjammers 2.

The event was originally set to take place between January 28th-30th, but was postponed to April due to concerns over the high amount of cases of COVID-19. A charity event called GenAssist was made to help the GENESIS 8 crew with the six-figure cost of postponing GENESIS 8, which partnered with the online Melee tournament Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 4.

GENESIS 8 was the largest offline Melee tournament by entrants since GENESIS 4 in January 2017, and the largest offline Ultimate tournament by entrants since Super Smash Con 2019 in August 2019.

Summary of events

Melee

GENESIS 8 became most well-known for Jmook's breakout run all the way to 2nd place; seeded 21st and fairly unknown on the world stage, Jmook tore through winners' bracket and defeated Plup, LloD, n0ne, and iBDW, only losing to champion Zain in winners' and grand finals. Jmook's run was seen as arguably solo Sheik's best tournament performance ever at the time, made more impressive by his victories over Plup and iBDW, two players with historically dominant records over Sheik players. Jmook's run is often regarded as the greatest breakout performance in Melee history, due to the fact that he had never ranked top 100 on a Melee global power ranking prior.

Mang0 was famously upset by Fizzwiggle outside of top 64, before being eliminated by Hungrybox for 9th, his lowest ever placing at a GENESIS tournament. With Hungrybox's 5th placing, this was the first open bracket supermajor for Melee since Viva La Smashtaclysm (nearly 15 years prior) to not have any of the Five Gods in grand finals.

Ultimate

The top 3 for Ultimate were the same players as the ones in Delfino Maza RETA 2022 (MkLeo, Glutonny and Sparg0) approximately two weeks prior. This tournament also stands as Tweek's worst placement at an Ultimate tournament, tying Smash 'N' Splash 5 with a 33rd place finish.

Due to the venue having a hard cutoff at 10:00 p.m. before paying staff for overtime, the Ultimate doubles Grand Finals reset was played offstream.

Official game lineup

Game	Entrants	Pot Size
Super Smash Bros. singles	60	TBD
Super Smash Bros. doubles	10 teams	TBD
Super Smash Bros. Melee singles	1,552	TBD
Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles	228 teams	TBD
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles	1,959	TBD
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles	298 teams	TBD
Rivals of Aether singles	233	TBD
Rivals of Aether doubles	29 teams	TBD
Rivals of Aether workshop	49	TBD
Guilty Gear Strive	223	TBD
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl	137	TBD
Dance Dance Revolution Extreme	59	TBD
Windjammers 2	41	TBD
Super Street Fighter II Turbo	32	TBD
Magical Drop III	16	TBD

Results

Super Smash Bros. singles

(60 entrants)
Top 16 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Shihman
2nd	Dr. Grin
3rd	Moustasher
4th	Sir Eddie
5th	Hunter
6th	Eltiti
7th	M-n-Mz
7th	Gaon
9th	Hectohertz
9th	Multiball
9th	Traydozer
9th	Dinks
13th	Quhzk
13th	Shredder
13th	azzpounder
13th	Cagt

Super Smash Bros. doubles

(10 teams)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Shihman		Moustasher
2nd	Shredder		DSJ
3rd	Hunter		Sir Eddie
4th	Mortech		Multiball
5th	Dr. Taco		M-n-Mz
6th	Quhzk		Traydozer

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles

(1,552 entrants)
Top 64 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Zain		$9,312
2nd	Jmook		$5,820
3rd	iBDW		$2,910
4th	n0ne		$1,513.20
5th	aMSa		$698.40
5th	Hungrybox		$698.40
7th	Kalamazhu		$465.60
7th	lloD		$465.60
9th	KoDoRiN		$232.80
9th	Ginger		$232.80
9th	Mango		$232.80
9th	SluG		$232.80
13th	Plup		$116.40
13th	moky		$116.40
13th	Axe		$116.40
13th	Krudo		$116.40
17th	Salt
17th	Aura
17th	Polish
17th	KJH
17th	SFAT
17th	Fiction
17th	Zamu
17th	Spark
25th	Azel
25th	Ralph
25th	S2J
25th	bobby big ballz
25th	null
25th	ChuDat
25th	Panda
25th	Dawson
33rd	Magi
33rd	Ben
33rd	Suf
33rd	TheSWOOPER
33rd	Zuppy
33rd	Eddy Mexico
33rd	SDJ
33rd	Drephen
33rd	Kalvar
33rd	Slowking
33rd	404Cray
33rd	Juicebox
33rd	Fizzwiggle
33rd	cliché
33rd	rom
33rd	Umarth
49th	Seal
49th	Lucky
49th	FatGoku
49th	Shroomed
49th	Bimbo
49th	CPU0
49th	dansdaman
49th	Logos
49th	Ambisinister
49th	Darkatma
49th	shabo
49th	Typhoon
49th	John Wick
49th	Stiv
49th	Gooms
49th	Greg Turbo
65th	polear
65th	Sora
65th	Ember
65th	SpiritGun
65th	Wally
65th	Redd
65th	Casper
65th	PRZ
65th	NoFluxes
65th	Lord
65th	blargh257
65th	JJM
65th	Captain G
65th	MegaXmas
65th	Darrell
65th	Conman
65th	Noire
65th	Hank
65th	Blues Clues
65th	Webwipe
65th	raoul
65th	Pancakes
65th	Snap
65th	Wassabi
65th	Amrak
65th	SA Nick
65th	Eggy
65th	Reesch
65th	Blandeezy
65th	Toph
65th	Nakamaman
65th	Younger

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles

(228 teams)
Top 6 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Plup		aMSa
2nd	Ralph		Darkatma
3rd	FatGoku		Ginger
4th	Krudo		Panda
5th	Aura		Ryobeat
5th	Azel		SFAT
7th	moky		bobby big ballz
7th	Reno		Lucky
9th	Drephen		Eddy Mexico
9th	Fiction		iBDW
9th	S2J		Shroomed
9th	Fizz		Phazon
13th	DSJ		Conman
13th	Polish		envy
13th	Sora		Jmook
13th	Amrak		Webwipe
17th	nut		Kalamazhu
17th	NoFluxes		Eggy
17th	Tank		John Wick
17th	Light		Buttlet
17th	MrG		C4D
17th	Jello		SpiritGun
17th	Zamu		salami
17th	Zuppy		n0ne
25th	BlueFoxXT		CPU0
25th	Jet		Dusk
25th	Juicebox		Redd
25th	Lana Del Krey		bonfire10
25th	polear		James Jr
25th	RanD		Ben
25th	ycz6		Clue
25th	Mekk		Salt

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(1,959 entrants)
Top 64 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	MkLeo		$11,754
2nd	Glutonny
3rd	Sparg0
4th	Light
5th	Myran
5th	Zomba
7th	Marss
7th	Kola
9th	Dabuz
9th	Aaron
9th	Ikan
9th	sisqui
13th	Chag
13th	Oryon
13th	yonni
13th	Riddles
17th	Monte
17th	SKITTLES!!
17th	Pink Fresh
17th	BigBoss
17th	Lui$
17th	Cosmos
17th	Teaser
17th	MVD
25th	AC
25th	Big D
25th	ESAM
25th	Gackt
25th	Maister
25th	BassMage
25th	Fatality
25th	Nicko
33rd	RockMan
33rd	Goblin
33rd	jaredisking1
33rd	Kurama
33rd	Biggymouth
33rd	Tweek
33rd	Lancelot
33rd	Uncivil ninja
33rd	Zenyou
33rd	Peckham
33rd	Skyjay
33rd	Ogey
33rd	Atelier
33rd	VoiD
33rd	Mystery Sol
33rd	Anathema
49th	TriM
49th	Enki
49th	Ignaize
49th	Tsubotsubo
49th	8BitMan
49th	Dark Wizzy
49th	Flow
49th	NoTag
49th	Grayson
49th	Machu
49th	EKING
49th	Nao
49th	Sonido
49th	Sticccy
49th	Leon
49th	varun
65th	BOAT
65th	Zen
65th	T3 DOM
65th	Stroder Ame
65th	Debo!
65th	Fancy
65th	Peanut
65th	spot
65th	Chase
65th	frawg
65th	Jake
65th	JeJaJeJa
65th	Chewie
65th	Brr
65th	Niko
65th	JoJoDaHoBo
65th	naitosharp
65th	moxi
65th	Kyros
65th	polka
65th	VaLoR
65th	MFA
65th	Scend
65th	PeW
65th	Vikerkaar
65th	Nito
65th	Kazma
65th	Legit
65th	Raflow
65th	MuteAce
65th	Fizzmint
65th	GOHAN
97th	Baren
97th	Marvelous_Marco
97th	Banana Boy
97th	Cyro
97th	Headshot
97th	Vermillion
97th	Teb
97th	Leo D. Haki
97th	Dynomyte
97th	Yep
97th	BacoN
97th	PositiveW
97th	AMOGonza
97th	Neeroz
97th	Suarez
97th	Syrup
97th	MoDzai
97th	Rocke
97th	Smirk
97th	Marce
97th	AndresFn
97th	Ripka
97th	Evil Bez
97th	Vendetta
97th	Colorondo8
97th	Yrneh
97th	Fzekan
97th	Lavish
97th	B-Rice
97th	Elegant
97th	latios
97th	Enarmonía

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles

(298 teams)
Top 12 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Chag		Sparg0
2nd	MkLeo		BigBoss
3rd	MVD		ESAM
4th	Maister		Cosmos
5th	Lui$		Mikee
5th	Jake		yonni
7th	BassMage		Skyjay
7th	Dark Wizzy		Larry Lurr
9th	Marss		Light
9th	Glutonny		Leon
9th	sisqui		AndresFn
9th	Riddles		Stroder Ame
13th	Scend		Moonboyjosh
13th	Myran		Uncivil ninja
13th	FrostKqt		Quinn
13th	Sonido		Fatality
17th	Mathyoshi		Wey
17th	Ludo		moxi
17th	Domnique		Mystery Sol
17th	Shoe		MFA
17th	SKITTLES!!		Terra
17th	Biggymouth		Remi
17th	Bry		Enarmonía
17th	Ruff!		JeJaJeJa
25th	Fizzmint		jaredisking1
25th	VaLoR		Banana Boy
25th	Kyros		Marvelous_Marco
25th	ScioN		Versed Ace
25th	BacoN		NoTag
25th	Tyranks		Peckham
25th	T3 DOM		Chase
25th	brandon		SaltySam
33rd	PeW		Oryon
33rd	Jahzz0		Risotto
33rd	Shido		Enki
33rd	Pink Fresh		ZD
33rd	Royal Blue		Mamba
33rd	Crimsym		Kurama
33rd	Machu		SpamCop
33rd	Mystearica		Juanpi
33rd	Haarsnow		Jaaash
33rd	Big D		Kantrip
33rd	Legit		Virus
33rd	NaetorU		Mika
33rd	SpeedyBlueDude		~King
33rd	Z-NIX		SOLDIER1st
33rd	Katz		Ace!
33rd	Dre		Puresalt

Side event

Vendetta vs AndresFn First to Five

Both players were locked into using Ryu or Ken. Vendetta was awarded $1,000 for winning.

Player	Character(s)	Set Score	Player	Character(s)
Vendetta		5-3	AndresFn

Trivia

• raoul flew from France to San Francisco, California on January 14th, 2022 to arrive early before the tournament's original dates of January 28th-30th, 2022. After his flight landed, he learned the tournament had been postponed earlier that day.
• This is the first major Melee tournament to have only one spacie player in Top 8 (iBDW with Fox) since MELEE-FC3 (Dave with Falco) almost 17 years prior.
• Although AndresFn and Vendetta's exhibition FT5 was for the symbolic title of best shoto player in Ultimate, both finished 97th in bracket and were significantly outplaced by Ikan, who used only Ryu on route to a 9th place finish. This spawned numerous jokes (in which both players took part) about Ikan being the one true shoto master.
• Prior to Sparg0 vs. Zomba in Top 8 of Ultimate, a video was played announcing Sparg0's sponsorship by FaZe Clan, with Sparg0 subsequently removing his hoodie to reveal a FaZe jersey.
• n0ne's winner's semifinals set with Jmook marked the lowest seed combination (17th and 21st seeds, respectively) for a Top 8 set at a Melee supermajor.

External links

• start.gg page
• Genesis Gaming
• Facebook event
• GENESIS series Twitter account
• Teaser Trailer
• Cinematic Trailer