Tournament:The Big House (series)

The Big House
Info
Founded	2011
Region	United States
Format	Double elimination
winners	SuPeRbOoMfAn (2018)  Josh Brody (2019, 2022)
winners	Lovage (2011)  Mango (2012, 2014, 2016, and 2019)  Mew2King (2013)  Armada (2015)  Hungrybox (2017 and 2018)  aMSa (2022)  Cody Schwab (2023)
winners	metroid (2012)  Kirk (2013)  ZeRo (2014)
winners	ZeRo (2015 and 2016)  Dabuz (2017)  Cosmos (2018)
winners	Zackray (2019)  Riddles (2022)  Pocket (2023)
Most successful player(s)	Mango (Melee 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2019)
Staff
Organizer(s)	Juggleguy
Website(s)	https://www.umsmash.com

The Big House is a Michigan tournament series hosted annually near the end of the year by Juggleguy. It began in 2011 as a regional event for Melee, but has since grown to be one of the most prestigious for the game, often attracting around 1,000 entrants. It is considered one of the two premier Melee events of the year, alongside GENESIS.

The event also previously held large events for Project M and Smash 4, and it currently hosts events for Smash 64 and Ultimate. However, the tournament has been noticeably less prestigious for the latter two events.

History

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List of Tournaments

Event	Date	Attendance	Games
The Big House	October 22nd, 2011	115+
The Big House 2	October 6th-7th, 2012	140+
The Big House 3	October 12th-13th, 2013	240+
The Big House 4	October 4th-5th, 2014	709
The Big House 5	October 2nd-4th, 2015	2,040
The Big House 6	October 7th-9th, 2016	2,772
The Big House 7	October 6th-8th, 2017	2,495
The Big House 8	October 5th-7th, 2018	1,828
The Big House 9	October 4th-6th, 2019	1,787
The Big House 10	October 7th-9th, 2022	1,554
The Big House 11	October 20th-22nd, 2023	1,492

Champions

64 Winners

Year	Event	Entrants	Player	Tag	Character(s)	Runner-up	Character(s)
2018	The Big House 8	70	Daniel Hoyt	SuPeRbOoMfAn		Josh Brody
2019	The Big House 9	64	Josh Brody	Josh Brody		Prince
2022	The Big House 10	30	Josh Brody	Josh Brody		OJ
2023*	The Big House 11	14	David Avila	B33F		Andross

* Smash 64 was a side event in 2023.

Melee Winners

Year	Event	Entrants	Player	Tag	Character(s)	Runner-up	Character(s)
2011	The Big House	115	Oscar Nilsson	Lovage		S2J
2012	The Big House 2	128	Joseph Marquez	Mango		Hungrybox
2013	The Big House 3	172	Jason Zimmerman	Mew2King		Hungrybox
2014	The Big House 4	574	Joseph Marquez	Mango		Mew2King
2015	The Big House 5	1,317	Adam Lindgren	Armada		Hungrybox
2016	The Big House 6	1,563	Joseph Marquez	Mango		Armada
2017	The Big House 7	1,522	Juan DeBiedma	Hungrybox		Plup
2018	The Big House 8	1,032	Juan DeBiedma	Hungrybox		Plup
2019	The Big House 9	909	Joseph Marquez	Mango		Zain
2022	The Big House 10	982	Masaya Chikamoto	aMSa		Mango
2023	The Big House 11	1,011	Cody Schwab	Cody Schwab		Plup

Project M Winners

Year	Event	Entrants	Player	Tag	Character(s)	Runner-up	Character(s)
2012	The Big House 2	32	Brian Lin	metroid		Mango
2013	The Big House 3	90	?	Kirk		PikaChad
2014	The Big House 4	333	Gonzalo Barrios	ZeRo		Professor Pro

Smash 4 Winners

Year	Event	Entrants	Player	Tag	Character(s)	Runner-up	Character(s)
2015	The Big House 5	512	Gonzalo Barrios	ZeRo		Nairo
2016	The Big House 6	777	Gonzalo Barrios	ZeRo		ANTi
2017	The Big House 7	512	Samuel Buzby	Dabuz		Marss
2018	The Big House 8	281	Brian Kalu	Cosmos		ESAM

Ultimate Winners

Year	Event	Entrants	Player	Tag	Character(s)	Runner-up	Character(s)
2019	The Big House 9	1,017	Sota Okada	Zackray		Dabuz
2022	The Big House 10	636	Michael Kim	Riddles		Light
2023	The Big House 11	507	Angel Mireles	Pocket		Syrup