Tournament:The Big House 5

The Big House 5
Dates	October 2nd-4th, 2015
Venue	Adoba Dearborn Hotel
Address/City	600 Dearborn Drive Dearborn, Michigan
Attendance	2,040
Pot size(s)	Melee singles: $18,170.00 Melee doubles: $6,480.00 Smash 4 singles: $6,120.00 Smash 4 doubles: $2,300.00 Melee regional crew battle: $5,000.00
Results
winners	Armada 1v1  Armada &  Android 2v2
winners	ZeRo 1v1  Nairo &  ZeRo 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s)	Juggleguy

The Big House 5 was a Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U national tournament held in Dearborn, Michigan from October 2nd-4th, 2015. It was hosted by veteran TO Juggleguy and the rest of the Michigan Smash community. The Big House 5 was sponsored by Nintendo of America, who also tweeted out about the event, and livestreamed by VGBootCamp (primary Melee, Smash Wii U top 8 stream), Tourney Locator (Smash Wii U stream up to top 8) and Showdown Smash (secondary, non-eSports Melee stream).

The tournament was partially funded through a donation drive compendium which ran from September 3 - September 26, 2015 and resulted in pot size and event cap increases for both games, regional crew battle size to 8 regions, as well as other perks such as flying in notable players including Vinnie, Abadango, JAVI, and Ice, featuring an overnight ballroom, and so on. The Big House 5 currently stands as the tenth largest Melee tournament of all time with 1,317 entrants.

Results

Melee singles

(1,317 entrants)
Top 64 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Armada		$7,268.00
2nd	Hungrybox		$3,634.00
3rd	Mew2King		$2,180.40
4th	Mango		$1,453.60
5th	Westballz		$908.50
5th	Shroomed		$908.50
7th	SFAT		$545.10
7th	Abate		$545.10
9th	Ice		$181.70
9th	Duck		$181.70
9th	S2J		$181.70
9th	Lucky		$181.70
13th	Plup
13th	Swedish Delight
13th	Nintendude
13th	MacD
17th	Axe
17th	DruggedFox
17th	Zhu
17th	JAVI
17th	Chillin
17th	KJH
17th	Darkatma
17th	Cactuar
25th	Prince Abu
25th	HomeMadeWaffles
25th	ESAM
25th	Mike Haze
25th	Alex19
25th	DJ Nintendo
25th	Kage
25th	Android
33rd	Ryan Ford
33rd	theWaz
33rd	Bladewise
33rd	Slayer
33rd	Rula
33rd	Darkrain
33rd	Colbol
33rd	Fork
33rd	HugS
33rd	Reno
33rd	SwiftBass
33rd	Fly Amanita
33rd	The Moon
33rd	Blea Gelo
33rd	KirbyKaze
33rd	Professor Pro
49th	DoH
49th	Scar
49th	Wizzrobe
49th	Mafia
49th	Ryan K
49th	Toph
49th	Slox
49th	MattDotZeb
49th	Phil
49th	I.B
49th	Rudolph
49th	Ginger
49th	Drephen
49th	ZoSo
49th	Mittens
49th	Laudandus

Melee doubles

(224 teams)
Top 8 bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Armada		Android		$2,916.00 ($1,458.00 each)
2nd	Hungrybox		Mew2King		$1,296.00 ($648.00 each)
3rd	Shroomed		Alan		$972.00 ($486.00 each)
4th	Bladewise		JAVI		$648.00 ($324.00 each)
5th	Lucky		Reno		$324.00 ($162.00 each)
5th	DJ Nintendo		The Moon		$324.00 ($162.00 each)
7th	Wizzrobe		MacD
7th	Plup		DruggedFox
9th	Cactuar		Zhu
9th	$mike		Mafia
9th	Swedish Delight		Nintendude
9th	Westballz		Axe
13th	Fearless		Gahtzu
13th	Milkman		DoH
13th	dizzkidboogie		Colbol
13th	Drephen		SwiftBass
17th	Sauc3		Coffeeblack
17th	KirbyKaze		Kage
17th	4%		Hazygoose
17th	Darkatma		Shinobi
17th	Laudandus		Matt
17th	Ambix		Silent Swag
17th	L		NMW
17th	Slayer		Triple R
25th	G$		Toph
25th	gurglehusk		Rudolph
25th	Phil		HomeMadeWaffles
25th	I.B		Ryan Ford
25th	Moose		KJH
25th	S2J		Darkrain
25th	Ehat		HPO
25th	Tirno		SloX

Smash Wii U singles

(512 entrants)
Top 32 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	ZeRo		$2,448.00
2nd	Nairo		$1,224.00
3rd	Dabuz		$918.00
4th	ANTi		$612.00
5th	Rayquaza07		$306.00
5th	Vinnie		$306.00
7th	Zenyou		$153.00
7th	Abadango		$153.00
9th	ESAM
9th	Seagull Joe
9th	Trela
9th	6WX
13th	Ally
13th	Fatality
13th	Karna
13th	MegaFox
17th	Wizzrobe
17th	Ryo
17th	Ksev
17th	Shel
17th	Demitus
17th	Ryuga
17th	Zinoto
17th	San
25th	StaticManny
25th	S2H
25th	Pink Fresh
25th	LOE1
25th	Poke
25th	Dicks
25th	Average Joe
25th	XeroXen
33rd	Chrim Foish
33rd	Triple R
33rd	Smile_Norman
33rd	Viev
33rd	NiTe
33rd	SS
33rd	MVD
33rd	Raziek
33rd	Mister Eric
33rd	Day
33rd	Tohfoo
33rd	Shugo
33rd	Remzi
33rd	JJROCKETS
33rd	smasher1001
33rd	SkaterJayy

Smash Wii U doubles

(113 teams)
Top 8 bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Nairo		ZeRo		$1,035.00 ($517.50 each)
2nd	Abadango		Anti		$460.00 ($230.00 each)
3rd	Rayquaza07		Ryuga		$345.00 ($172.50 each)
4th	ESAM		MVD		$230.00 ($115.00 each)
5th	Ksev		Dicks		$115.00 ($57.50 each)
5th	StaticManny		Ryo		$115.00 ($57.50 each)
7th	Trela		Dabuz
7th	Wizzrobe		Mr.E
9th	Ally		Zinoto
9th	MJG		SS
9th	Fatality		VaBengal
9th	Mew2King		Vinnie
13th	Coco		Technology
13th	Viev		Regralht
13th	Day?		Sai
13th	Chris Fisch		Poke

Melee regional crew battle

(8 crews, single elimination bracket)
Bracket

Place	Crew	Name	Character	Name	Character	Name	Character	Name	Character	Name	Character	Earnings
1st	SoCal	Mango		Westballz		Lucky		MacD		HugS		$2,000 ($400 each)
2nd	Europe	Armada		Ice		Professor Pro		Android		Widl		$1,000 ($200 each)
3rd	Florida	Hungrybox		Colbol		Plup		Wizzrobe		Gahtzu		$500 ($100 each)
3rd	Canada	KirbyKaze		Kage		Ryan Ford		n0ne		Mittens		$500 ($100 each)
5th	New England	ZoSo		Slox		Mafia		SwiftBass		MattDotZeb		$250 ($50 each)
5th	Tristate	Zhu		The Moon		DJ Nintendo		Cactuar		Swedish Delight		$250 ($50 each)
5th	Midwest	Abate		Duck		Darkrain		Darkatma		KJH		$250 ($50 each)
5th	NorCal	SFAT		Shroomed		HomeMadeWaffles		Laudandus		dizzkidboogie		$250 ($50 each)

Side events

Smash Wii U Midwest vs. MD/VA crew battle

Midwest Player	Character	Stocks Taken	MD/VA Player	Character	Stocks Taken
JJROCKETS		6	Pink Fresh		1
Rayquaza07		5	Average Joe		1
MJG		3	Feel Tension		2
Ryuga		1	VaBengal		3
Zinoto		—	Seagull Joe		2
Total		15	Total		9

Smash Wii U Midwest vs. Florida crew battle

Midwest Player	Character	Stocks Taken	Florida Player	Character	Stocks Taken
Ryuga		2	MVD		3
LOE1		2	Ryo		4
Zinoto		3	StaticManny		4
MJG		3	Day		2
Rayquaza07		5	ESAM		1
Total		15	Total		14

Exhibitions

Winner	Character(s)	Loser	Character(s)	Score	Amount
S2J		Darkrain		3-1
n0ne		S2J		3-2
Kira		L		3-2	$200
Gahtzu		Alex19		3-2	$20
JAVI		HomeMadeWaffles		3-0
Ice		DruggedFox		3-1
Vish		Eikelmann		3-1

Trivia

• The Big House 5 is notable for having one of Smash Wii U's greatest upsets with Seagull Joe defeating ZeRo 2-0 in Round 2 pools.
  • This is also the only time that ZeRo was sent to losers before Grand Finals in 2015.
    • However, this caused ZeRo to go on one of the greatest losers bracket runs in Smash 4 history, defeating several notable players such as Ally, ESAM, Zenyou, ANTi, Dabuz and finally Nairo twice in grand finals to take the tournament.
• Leffen was slated to enter The Big House 5 but was forced to drop out due to him being denied entry to the United States. This was because his sponsorship by TSM made it required of him to obtain a workers visa.
• Due to the 1.1.1 patch for Super Smash Bros. For Wii U being released on the Wednesday before the tournament, the game was run on 1.1.0 for the entire event.
• This is the first national since Zenith 2013 to feature a Luigi main in top 8 in Melee.
• A notable case of the invisible ceiling glitch occured at this tournament. In Game 5 on the last stock, S2J's Captain Falcon hit a down aerial on Abate's Luigi but sent him nowhere, and Abate survived long enough to win the game and send S2J to the Losers' bracket.

External links

• The Big House 5 Announced
• Announcement on Melee It On Me
• Juggleblog: The Big House 5 Game Lineup
• Juggleblog: The Big House 5 Venue
• The Big House 5 Teaser Trailer
• Start.gg page
• Official website
• Facebook event
• Smashboards thread
• Results thread
• Event photography