Editing Tournament:2GGC: Civil War

|image= 2GG Civil War.jpg

|attendance= 843<!--This does not include people on the Online Ladder-->

|entryfees= Venue: $40 (until February 20th)<br>$50 (until March 15th)<br>$65 (until March 20th)<br>Singles: $10<br>Doubles: $20 per team

|pot= Singles: $22,530<br>Doubles: $7,660

|ssb4uwinner= {{Sm|Dabuz|USA}} <small>1v1</small> <br> {{Sm|Javi|Mexico|p=Smash 4}} & {{Sm|MkLeo|Mexico}} <small>2v2</small>

|organizer= {{Sm|Champ}}, [[2GGaming]]

'''2GGC: Civil War''' was an [[List of national tournaments|international]] {{forwiiu}} tournament held in Santa Ana, California, from March 24th to 26th, 2017 and organized by [[2GGaming]]. Most top-level players attended, including {{Sm|ZeRo}}, {{Sm|Ally}}, {{Sm|MkLeo}}, {{Sm|Nairo}}, {{Sm|Dabuz}}, {{Sm|Larry Lurr}}, {{Sm|VoiD}}, {{Sm|Mr.R}}, {{Sm|ANTi}}, {{Sm|Abadango}}, {{Sm|komorikiri}} and {{Sm|Kameme}}.

Following ZeRo's unprecedented tournament losses to Ally at [[Get On My Level 2016]] and [[Smash 'N' Splash 2]], a strong rivalry arose between the two players, leading to many instances of trash talk and the creation of the Twitter hashtags #TeamZeRo and #TeamAlly, which were used at large by the Smash community to represent which of the two players they supported. To capitalize on said rivalry, Larry Lurr proposed the idea of a [[2GGT]] tournament centered around that theme, and it was greenlit by the 2GG staff as Larry's tweet was met with very strong support. <ref name="Larry Lurr tweet">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/LarryLurr/status/743234163092795392 |title=Larry Lurr's 2GGT: Civil War idea proposal |accessdate=2016-09-14}}</ref>

On December 18th, 2016, with the announcement of the [[2GG Championship Series]], Civil War was revealed to be one of its season finale events. It featured a combined prize pot bonus of $30,000 for all events. $15,000 went towards singles, $5,000 to doubles and the remaining $10,000 made up the prize pool for the 10 vs 10 crew battle between Team ZeRo and Team Ally.  

Side events featured a cosplay contest with a $1,000 prize, online/in-person {{b|ladder|matchmaking}}s, a [[Tournament#Round Robin|round robin]] to determine the featured character of April Saga, and a [[Salty Suite]].

The main theme of 2GGC: Civil War was the rivalry between {{Sm|ZeRo}} and {{Sm|Ally}} and how they "recruited" some of the best smashers in the world to compete in their name. The captains did not pick the players; instead 18 of the best smashers in the world were interviewed by {{Sm|Champ}} in order to determine which of them they favored, forming 2 core teams of 10 players each. They participated in the crew battle on Sunday, which was the tournament's main event.

|{{Sm|ZeRo|Chile}}{{Head|Diddy Kong|g=SSB4|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Ally|Canada}}{{Head|Mario|g=SSB4|s=16px}}

|{{Sm|Nairo|USA}}{{Head|Zero Suit Samus|g=SSB4|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Dabuz|USA}}{{Head|Rosalina|g=SSB4|s=16px}}

|{{Sm|MkLeo|Mexico}}{{Head|Marth|g=SSB4|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Mr.R|Netherlands}}{{Head|Sheik|g=SSB4|s=16px}}

|{{Sm|Ranai|Japan}}{{Head|Villager|g=SSB4|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Abadango|Japan}}{{Head|Mewtwo|g=SSB4|s=16px}}

|{{Sm|komorikiri|Japan}}{{Head|Cloud|g=SSB4|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Marss|USA}}{{Head|Zero Suit Samus|g=SSB4|s=16px}}

|{{Sm|Larry Lurr|USA}}{{Head|Fox|g=SSB4|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Kameme|Japan}}{{Head|Mega Man|g=SSB4|s=16px}}

|{{Sm|VoiD|USA}}{{Head|Sheik|g=SSB4|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Zinoto|USA}}{{Head|Diddy Kong|g=SSB4|s=16px}}

|{{Sm|ANTi|USA}}{{Head|Mario|g=SSB4|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Mr.E|USA}}{{Head|Marth|g=SSB4|s=16px}}

|{{Sm|Trela|USA}}{{Head|Ryu|g=SSB4|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Ned|USA}}{{Head|Cloud|g=SSB4|s=16px}}

|{{Sm|FOW|USA}}{{Head|Ness|g=SSB4|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Pink Fresh|USA}}{{Head|Bayonetta|g=SSB4|s=16px}}

All players who registered for the tournament were required to pick one of the two teams. The list below is limited to the players ranked on the [[Panda Global Rankings|Panda Global Rankings v2]]:

*Team ZeRo: {{Sm|Salem}}, {{Sm|Tweek}}, {{Sm|WaDi}}, {{Sm|Earth}}, {{Sm|Mew2King}}, {{Sm|6WX}}, {{Sm|ScAtt}}, {{Sm|falln}}, {{Sm|Tyrant}}, {{Sm|Vinnie}}, {{Sm|False}}, {{Sm|MVD}}, {{Sm|Kirihara}}

*Team Ally: {{Sm|CaptainZack}}, {{Sm|Rich Brown}}, {{Sm|ESAM}}, {{Sm|Fatality}}, {{Sm|Samsora}}, {{Sm|Dath}}, {{Sm|Nietono}}, {{Sm|dyr}}, {{Sm|Day}}, {{Sm|Pugwest}}, {{Sm|Saj}}, {{Sm|Wrath}}, {{Sm|Darkshad}}, {{Sm|Locus}}, {{Sm|Ryo}}

 

 

 

 

Day 2 continued to see several more upsets, with the remaining top 8 seeds, aside from #5 seed {{Sm|Dabuz}}, all getting eliminated before Top 8. #3 seed Nairo was eliminated by #22 seed {{Sm|Fatality}} (upset factor 6) and Locus (upset factor 8), placing 9th; #4 seed Ally placed 25th, getting eliminated in loser’s by #20 seed {{Sm|ESAM}} (upset factor 5), who lost the first game of the set counterpicking as {{SSB4|Mewtwo}}, but won the next three with {{SSB4|Samus}}; #6 seed {{Sm|komorikiri}} was also eliminated by Fatality (upset factor 4) and #9 seed {{Sm|Larry Lurr}}, placing 17th; #8 seed {{Sm|Mr. R}} was eliminated by #17 seed {{Sm|CaptainZack}} and HIKARU (upset factor 5), also placing 9th.

 

{{SSB4|Link}} main and #66 seed {{Sm|T}} continued his unprecedented run on winner’s side, making it all the way to Winner’s Finals after defeating #18 seed {{Sm|Tsu}} 3-1 (upset factor 4), #10 seed {{Sm|Abadango}} 3-2 (upset factor 6), and Fatality 3-1 (upset factor 4), closing out the set after pulling off an unconventional recovery using Link’s {{b|Bomb|Link}}. T’s winning streak would ultimately come to end after a swift 0-3 from Dabuz.

 

Fatality made his way to Grand Finals through loser’s side, beating {{Sm|Kirihara}} 3-2, CaptainZack 3-0, and T with a 3-0 runback in Loser’s Finals. In Grand Finals, Fatality took the first game off Dabuz’s {{SSB4|Olimar}}, but Dabuz won the next three games, and the tournament, after switching back to {{SSB4|Rosalina}}. This win gave Dabuz his first supermajor/major victory of not just ''Smash 4'', but his overall career, ending a long winless streak.

 

The tournament also marked Fatality’s and T’s highest placements at a ''Smash 4'' supermajor or major, along with the highest placements of their respective mains {{SSB4|Captain Falcon}} and Link. In addition, T's performance at the event, as well as subsequent ranking on the [[PGR v3]], contributed to Link's huge rise on the [[Tier list#Super Smash Bros. 4 tier list|fourth tier list]].

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