Tournament:Supernova 2024: Difference between revisions

During the ''Smash 4'' events, {{Sm|VaLoR}} chose to replace {{Sm|RiskTKR}} in the singles event as RiskTKR had planned on DQing while VaLoR forgot to sign up. In addition, {{Sm|Ouch!?}} switched with VaLoR and teamed with {{Sm|TemporaryPlan}} in the doubles event. Despite allegedly receiving permission to do all of this from the bracket manager and some of the tournament organizers, all of the aforementioned players except TemporaryPlan were ultimately disqualified from the entire Supernova event by a different tournament organizer for bracket manipulation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://x.com/RiskTKR3/status/1822376075978310099|title=RiskTKR on his disqualification}}</ref> This disqualification affected the ''Ultimate'' bracket, as both RiskTKR and Ouch!? were still in the winner's side of bracket prior to their disqualification, with Ouch!? especially being in the top 128. Conversely, TemporaryPlan was not disqualified as he was eliminated from bracket by {{Sm|BroKen}} before the disqualifications.  

RiskTKR later identified said tournament organizer as {{Sm|Roflfox}} and alleged that Roflfox did not make the decision with the head organizer of Supernova.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://x.com/RiskTKR3/status/1822392160106246148|title=RiskTKR's update}}</ref> This claim was corroborated in a now-deleted Tweet from Roflfox, where he disqualified three players on the basis of Rule 3.15, which discussed "alting".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://x.com/PhoenixSSBM/status/1822395164746203217|title=Deleted Tweet from Roflfox}}</ref> Roflfox later responded, saying that he and two other organizers did not approve any swaps at any point during the weekend, and that the pool captains would not have been allowed to do so.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://x.com/adam_ssbu/status/1822384173685805335|title=Roflfox's response}}</ref> Nevertheless, the incident and Roflfox's deleted Tweet drew were criticized online, especially from the [[Utah]] community, with many also questioning why all four players were disqualified from their other non-''Smash 4'' events despite the incident taking place in ''Smash 4''.  

After the convention ended, Roflfox addressed and explained in detail the timeline of the events of the weekend,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbyFbia6izo|title=Roflfox on the events that happened at Supernova}}</ref> including the alleged claims that the players had permission to make the swaps.