Tournament:Smash Factor 8

Smash Factor 8
Dates	July 26th-28th, 2019
Venue	Puebla
Address/City	Priv Alejandra 512, Santiago Momoxpan, Centro Puebla, Mexico
Attendance	609
Results
winners	Kaiton 1v1
winners	Westballz 1v1  JAVI &  Twin 2v2
winners	Marss 1v1  MkLeo &  Javi 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s)	Smash Factor

Smash Factor 8 was a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate major tournament that included Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Melee. It was held in Puebla, Mexico, from July 26th-28th, 2019. It was the largest Smash tournament held in Mexico for 3 years until Smash Factor 9.

Tournament summary

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

The Ultimate singles event was Mexico's first-ever major event and featured several players from all-around the world. This diversity was best displayed in the event's top 8, which featured players from six different countries: Mexico, USA, France, Netherlands, Japan, and Costa Rica. As such, Smash Factor 8 is tied with Pound 2022, Smash Factor 9, and King Of Fields 95 3 as the most diverse top 8 for a major in terms of countries represented. In addition, this is the first major where Costa Rica was represented, and remains Yei's best placement at a major.

This event is known for being Maister's breakout major event. Although he had been a well-known player since the end of Smash 4 and had dominant regional and superregional performances, his major performances in the Spring 2019 PGRU season were underwhelming, which left him unranked. Conversely, this event saw Maister double-eliminate Abadango and Glutonny, only losing to MkLeo twice, to ultimately place 3rd, at that time the best Mr. Game & Watch performance at a major. Alongside Maister, Regi Shikimi also placed top 8 with Mr. Game & Watch, an impressive feat at that time as Mr. Game & Watch was considered a far weaker character back then. This event not only marked Maister's meteoric rise in the metagame, with subsequent strong major placements proving this performance was not a fluke, but also began a reversal on Mr. Game & Watch's viability in Ultimate.

In addition, this tournament is also known for breaking MkLeo's three-year streak of winning ever Smash Factor he attended, as he lost to Marss 3-2 in Winner's Finals and 3-1 in Grand Finals. However, MkLeo's streak at making top 2 at every Smash Factor since Smash Factor 3 remained.

Other Smash games

Melee followed a similar pattern to Ultimate, in which the singles events were won by American players while the doubles events were won by Mexican players, with one of them being named "Javi". This was the second Smash Factor in a row where the singles events for both games were won by Americans.

Results

Super Smash Bros. singles

(30 entrants)
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Kaiton
2nd	Lex
3rd	Coki
4th	Lengüitas
5th	Keyths
5th	Batu
7th	Kebenice
7th	Breaker

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles

(118 entrants)
Top 24 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Westballz
2nd	Medz
3rd	Lucky
4th	La Luna
5th	Bladewise
5th	Dream
7th	Valdo
7th	Eddy Mexico
9th	Aza
9th	Bimbo
9th	.jpg
9th	Chango
13th	Twin
13th	E X
13th	JAVI
13th	Dani
17th	Herrán
17th	Vincessant
17th	PanterA
17th	Kyb
17th	DASH
17th	Rael
17th	Monty
17th	HELA

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles

(31 entrants)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	JAVI		Twin
2nd	Valdo		Bladewise
3rd	Aza		Rael
4th	Dani		La Luna
5th	Eddy Mexico		Bimbo
5th	Chango		.jpg
7th	Dream		ChinoMx
7th	Loki		ZouL

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(532 entrants)
Top 32 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Marss
2nd	MkLeo
3rd	Maister
4th	Glutonny
5th	Mr.R
5th	Abadango
7th	Regi Shikimi
7th	Yei
9th	Javi
9th	Mr E
9th	Hyuga
9th	NAKAT
13th	Chag
13th	Pablo
13th	Bedgar
13th	Bernie
17th	Sparg0
17th	Wonf
17th	Cloudy
17th	Rox
17th	Pain
17th	Leaf
17th	CK
17th	Sou
25th	Kala
25th	BigBoss
25th	Lalini
25th	Ripka
25th	Frido
25th	Genialo
25th	Emm
25th	Keen
33rd	Addy
33rd	Bryan
33rd	Pineda
33rd	AC
33rd	Soki
33rd	Laloba
33rd	Waymas
33rd	BryanZ
33rd	Nanon
33rd	xLone
33rd	SBGera
33rd	Skyjay
33rd	Vizard
33rd	Simi
33rd	Salva
33rd	FuerzaDON
49th	Lucario G7
49th	Nair^
49th	RS (burgo)
49th	Endor V
49th	Pollo
49th	Coki
49th	Bestia
49th	Reflet
49th	Poyo
49th	HK-47
49th	AlexDisC
49th	Animus
49th	Rojo
49th	Stronghold
49th	Ely
49th	Best Taco

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles

(137 teams)
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	MkLeo		Javi
2nd	Mr.R		Glutonny
3rd	Marss		Mr E
4th	NAKAT		Abadango
5th	Cloudy		Wonf
5th	Nery		Ang
7th	Frido		Keen
7th	Hyuga		BryanZ
9th	Pablo		Rox
9th	Bryan		Sparg0
9th	Best Taco		Lalo
9th	Serge		Jojoshep
13th	Ariffo		BigBoss
13th	Leaf		Poyo
13th	AdrianSP		Skyjay
13th	Chag		Artik

Side events

Mexico vs The World Crew Battle

Mexico Player	Character	Stocks Taken	World Player	Character	Stocks Taken
Bedgar		2	Mr. R		3
Sparg0		4	Abadango		2
Hyuga		2	Mr.E		4
Maister		4	Glutonny		2
MkLeo		3	Marss		3
Total	—	15	Total	—	14

External links

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