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Battle of BC 5
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Dates May 19th-21st, 2023
Venue Vancouver Convention Centre
Address/City 999 Canada Place
Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
Attendance 1,014
Results
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners USA Cody Schwab 1v1
USA Jmook & USA Cody Schwab 2v2
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U winners Canada Captain L
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate winners Mexico Sparg0 1v1
Mexico MKBigBoss & Mexico MkLeo 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s) Dhir, Cube, Samuel

Battle of BC 5 was a Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate supermajor held in Vancouver, British Columbia, from May 19th-21st, 2023. The tournament is currently the largest tournament in Canada in terms of top-level talent, with 8 of the SSBMRank 2022's top 10 players and 17 out of OrionRank 2022's top 20 players in attendance. The tournament was the international debut of Yoshidora, Neo, Yaura, Ryuoh, and Luugi, as well as Inngenn's first open bracket tournament in North America. The event also ran side events for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

Tournament summary[edit]

Ultimate[edit]

The tournament was the first Canadian tournament to reach the "Premier" tier on the UltRank 2023 - the highest tournament tier on the ranking - as well as the third tournament to reach it that season. However, the tournament's tier was threatened following the dropouts of several high-profile players, most notably Sonix - who could not obtain a Canadian visa in time.[1] - and Cosmos - who did not realize his pool started on Friday;[2] the dropouts initially dropped the tournament under the Premier tier threshold. The tournament's "Premier" status was ultimately saved thanks to #58 seed Armadillo's performance, as he upset #10 seed Shuton 3-0 (upset factor 5) en route to a 9th-place finish. This placement initially gave Armadillo a player point value of 50 on UltRank 2023, which bumped the tournament's score over the Premier tier threshold.

Aside from Armadillo, other notable runs include ones from #20 seed Zomba and #15 seed Kameme. In regards to the former, although he struggled against the Aegis throughout 2022, Zomba upset #4 seed MkLeo's Aegis 3-1 (upset factor 5); the subsequent confrontation on Twitter sparked beef between the two players that would carry over to their next supermajor appearance. Zomba also defeated #3 seed Tweek (upset factor 6) prior to Top 8, marking Zomba's first victory over Tweek outside of weeklies and eliminating Tweek at 9th. Ultimately, Zomba placed 7th, his first Top 8 finish at a North American supermajor in 2023 after falling just short of it at his previous few. In regards to the latter, kameme was initially sent to the Loser's bracket by MuteAce, but then went on a long Loser's run, eliminating many players along his way, including MkLeo at 13th, which marked the first time MkLeo placed in the double digits at a North American major; and #5 seed Miya at 5th (upset factor 4). Kameme ultimately finished 4th, tying his run at Umebura SP 9 as his best performance at a supermajor since his character swap.

Finally, this tournament further widened the gap between the season's top 2 players - acola and Sparg0 - and the rest of the season's top 5, as both players ultimately met each other in both Winner's Finals and Grand Finals. However, acola continued to struggle against Sparg0, choosing to use the Aegis and Donkey Kong in both sets instead of his main Steve. Sparg0 ultimately defeated acola 3-1 in Winner's Finals and 3-0 in Grand Finals, securing his second premier victory of the UltRank 2023 season and tightening the race for the #1 position for the first half of the year.

Results[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles[edit]

(409 entrants)
Top 48 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st USA Cody Schwab Fox (SSBM) $2,454
2nd Canada aMSa Yoshi (SSBM) $1,227
3rd USA Zain Marth (SSBM) $920.25
4th USA Jmook Sheik (SSBM) $613.50
5th Sweden Leffen Fox (SSBM) $306.75
5th USA S2J Captain Falcon (SSBM) $306.75
7th Spain Trif Peach (SSBM) $153.38
7th USA Hungrybox Jigglypuff (SSBM) $153.38
9th Canada Soonsay Fox (SSBM)
9th USA Aklo Fox (SSBM)
9th Canada moky Fox (SSBM)
9th USA Mang0 Falco (SSBM)
13th USA KoDoRiN Marth (SSBM)
13th Canada Joshman Fox (SSBM)
13th Canada Polo Captain Falcon (SSBM)
13th USA Axe Pikachu (SSBM)
17th UK max Sheik (SSBM)
17th USA Shroomed Sheik (SSBM)
17th USA JWick Marth (SSBM)
17th USA salami Fox (SSBM)
17th USA Fiction Falco (SSBM)Sheik (SSBM)
17th USA Spark Sheik (SSBM)
17th USA Lowercase hero Fox (SSBM)
17th Canada Zuppy Fox (SSBM)
25th Canada Beezy Marth (SSBM)
25th USA Younger Falco (SSBM)
25th Canada Unruly Falco (SSBM)Fox (SSBM)
25th Canada Faust Jigglypuff (SSBM)
25th USA Stiv Fox (SSBM)
25th USA prof Marth (SSBM)Sheik (SSBM)
25th Canada Liquid Marth (SSBM)
25th Canada Elliot Falco (SSBM)
33rd USA Chango Jigglypuff (SSBM)
33rd Canada Hagabooga Dr. Mario (SSBM)
33rd Canada Fauxhebro Ice Climbers (SSBM)
33rd Canada Amrak Fox (SSBM)
33rd USA nut Sheik (SSBM)
33rd USA God's Only Son Captain Falcon (SSBM)
33rd USA Slump Falco (SSBM)
33rd Canada BluePiñata Ice Climbers (SSBM)
33rd Canada n0ne Captain Falcon (SSBM)
33rd USA Wacco Fox (SSBM)
33rd Canada Crogunk Fox (SSBM)
33rd Canada Maher Marth (SSBM)
33rd Canada Shon Marth (SSBM)
33rd USA bonfire10 Sheik (SSBM)
33rd USA Forest Marth (SSBM)
33rd Japan Inngenn Marth (SSBM)
49th Canada chaka Sheik (SSBM)
49th Canada Tammy Falco (SSBM)
49th USA Fahey Peach (SSBM)
49th USA Jiffy Ice Climbers (SSBM)
49th Canada PoppinFresh Falco (SSBM)
49th Canada Crackers Fox (SSBM)
49th USA Tank Fox (SSBM)
49th Canada Midnight Blue Captain Falcon (SSBM)
49th USA Nox Marth (SSBM)
49th Canada Weenie Hut Sr. Pikachu (SSBM)
49th USA Peanutphobia Yoshi (SSBM)
49th Canada Pasta Fox (SSBM)
49th Canada Pato Fox (SSBM)
49th Canada Symbol Falco (SSBM)
49th Canada Marko Falco (SSBM)
49th Canada Puffmommy Jigglypuff (SSBM)

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles[edit]

(81 teams)
Top 16 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st USA Cody Schwab Fox (SSBM) USA Jmook Sheik (SSBM)
2nd Canada aMSa Yoshi (SSBM) USA Axe Pikachu (SSBM)
3rd USA S2J Captain Falcon (SSBM) USA Shroomed Sheik (SSBM)
4th USA Megaman Fox (SSBM) USA Chango Jigglypuff (SSBM)
5th Canada JV Fox (SSBM) Canada Webwipe Jigglypuff (SSBM)
5th Canada Maher Marth (SSBM) Canada Faust[3] Jigglypuff (SSBM)
7th USA salami Fox (SSBM) USA nut Sheik (SSBM)
7th Canada Pasta Fox (SSBM) Canada Veto Fox (SSBM)
9th Canada Strikeyguy Fox (SSBM) Canada Beezy Falco (SSBM)
9th Canada Joshman Fox (SSBM) Australia sundowns Marth (SSBM)
9th USA bonfire10 Sheik (SSBM) USA Younger Falco (SSBM)
9th USA Jerami Jigglypuff (SSBM)Fox (SSBM) USA Joshuwasha Marth (SSBM)Fox (SSBM)
13th Canada Unruly Jigglypuff (SSBM) Canada Amrak Fox (SSBM)
13th USA Wacco Fox (SSBM) USA Slump Falco (SSBM)
13th USA Fahey Peach (SSBM) Canada Midnight Blue Captain Falcon (SSBM)
13th Canada Shon Marth (SSBM) Canada BOR Luigi (SSBM)

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles[edit]

(652 entrants)
Top 128 Bracket 1
Top 128 Bracket 2
Top 24 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st Mexico Sparg0 Cloud (SSBU)PyraMythra (SSBU)
2nd Japan acola Steve (SSBU)
3rd Japan Shuton PyraMythra (SSBU)Olimar (SSBU)
4th Japan Kameme Sora (SSBU)Mega Man (SSBU)Mii Brawler (SSBU)
5th Japan Miya Mr. Game & Watch (SSBU)
5th Mexico Maister Mr. Game & Watch (SSBU)
7th Japan Yoshidora Yoshi (SSBU)
7th USA Zomba R.O.B. (SSBU)
9th France Glutonny Wario (SSBU)
9th Canada Armadillo Lucario (SSBU)
9th USA Tweek Diddy Kong (SSBU)
9th Spain Sisqui Samus (SSBU)Dark Samus (SSBU)
13th USA Dabuz Olimar (SSBU)Rosalina (SSBU)
13th Mexico MkLeo PyraMythra (SSBU)Byleth (SSBU)
13th USA MuteAce Peach (SSBU)Bayonetta (SSBU)Palutena (SSBU)
13th USA Light Fox (SSBU)
17th Germany Tarik Greninja (SSBU)
17th USA BassMage Jigglypuff (SSBU)
17th Japan Yaura Samus (SSBU)Dark Samus (SSBU)
17th Mexico Skyjay Incineroar (SSBU)
17th USA JDV Pac-Man (SSBU)
17th USA Onin Steve (SSBU)
17th USA Kola Roy (SSBU)
17th Canada Riddles Kazuya (SSBU)Terry (SSBU)
25th Mexico Chag Palutena (SSBU)
25th USA Dark Wizzy Mario (SSBU)
25th USA Goblin Roy (SSBU)
25th Japan KEN Sonic (SSBU)
25th Spain AndresFn Terry (SSBU)
25th UK Luugi Luigi (SSBU)
25th USA Chronos Snake (SSBU)
25th USA Mr. E Lucina (SSBU)
33rd USA Yoda Cage Bowser Jr. (SSBU)
33rd Japan Ryuoh Diddy Kong (SSBU)
33rd Germany quiK Samus (SSBU)
33rd Canada Dmitrii Piranha Plant (SSBU)
33rd USA ApolloKage Snake (SSBU)
33rd USA Jahzz0 Ken (SSBU)
33rd USA SPARKLE Hero (SSBU)
33rd Canada Ouch!? Wolf (SSBU)
33rd Mexico Peru Duck Hunt (SSBU)Greninja (SSBU)
33rd Canada Soar Steve (SSBU)
33rd Canada Big D Ice Climbers (SSBU)
33rd USA Marvelous_Marco Toon Link (SSBU)
33rd Japan Neo Corrin (SSBU)
33rd USA Felix Fox (SSBU)
33rd USA moxi Wolf (SSBU)
33rd Canada Slime Bowser Jr. (SSBU)
49th USA Gidy Cloud (SSBU)Chrom (SSBU)
49th Canada Lemmon Joker (SSBU)
49th Canada JW Greninja (SSBU)
49th USA JoJoDaHoBo Toon Link (SSBU)
49th Canada Smokk Roy (SSBU)Snake (SSBU)
49th USA Adam Yoshi (SSBU)
49th USA Sho Meta Knight (SSBU)
49th Canada pacstreet Pac-Man (SSBU)Min Min (SSBU)
49th USA Justice Min Min (SSBU)
49th Guatemala ShinyMark Pikachu (SSBU)
49th USA Nessboy12 Ness (SSBU)
49th Canada Blacktwins13 PyraMythra (SSBU)Pichu (SSBU)
49th Canada Z Diddy Kong (SSBU)
49th Canada Liam Richter (SSBU)
49th USA Larry Lurr Falco (SSBU)
49th Dominican Republic Capitancito Mii Gunner (SSBU)
65th USA Quinn Samus (SSBU)
65th Canada Jason Pikachu (SSBU)
65th USA Ludo Mario (SSBU)
65th Canada Jehovis42 Luigi (SSBU)
65th USA archer Pikachu (SSBU)Joker (SSBU)
65th Canada Morris R.O.B. (SSBU)
65th Netherlands Mr.R Sheik (SSBU)
65th Canada CaKe Joker (SSBU)Duck Hunt (SSBU)
65th Canada NadiA Pikachu (SSBU)
65th Canada Machu R.O.B. (SSBU)
65th Canada @pinkbombo91 PyraMythra (SSBU)
65th Canada Lam Lucario (SSBU)
65th Canada Opsine Zero Suit Samus (SSBU)
65th USA Nanoash Bowser (SSBU)
65th Canada sno Sora (SSBU)
65th Canada Grape Snake (SSBU)
65th Canada Silver Wii Fit Trainer (SSBU)
65th Canada DKbill Steve (SSBU)
65th Canada Artemis Sephiroth (SSBU)Palutena (SSBU)
65th USA Nexus Falco (SSBU)
65th Canada Light Yoshi (SSBU)
65th USA Jukain Peach (SSBU)
65th USA luisito Mr. Game & Watch (SSBU)
65th Canada Spikefire Yoshi (SSBU)
65th Canada Captain L Sheik (SSBU)
65th USA embo_z Duck Hunt (SSBU)
65th Canada Babino Ike (SSBU)
65th USA quillie Hero (SSBU)
65th Canada Tickle PyraMythra (SSBU)
65th Mexico MKBigBoss R.O.B. (SSBU)
65th Canada Nemu Steve (SSBU)
65th Canada Roar Incineroar (SSBU)
97th USA Saltlord PyraMythra (SSBU)
97th Canada Zain Link (SSBU)
97th USA Seesaw Incineroar (SSBU)
97th USA Solo Ness (SSBU)
97th Canada huh Donkey Kong (SSBU)
97th USA Hungrybox Jigglypuff (SSBU)
97th Canada Jovann Greninja (SSBU)
97th Canada Niko4 Kazuya (SSBU)
97th Canada Yayayuili Jigglypuff (SSBU)Kazuya (SSBU)
97th Canada SquidNinja Mewtwo (SSBU)
97th Canada Shoghi Ike (SSBU)Robin (SSBU)Byleth (SSBU)
97th Canada FragToast Terry (SSBU)
97th Canada StirFryTy Little Mac (SSBU)
97th Canada Locus Ridley (SSBU)
97th South Korea LynZle Cloud (SSBU)
97th Canada Spence Wolf (SSBU)
97th USA SolidTips Snake (SSBU)
97th USA Flowz Snake (SSBU)
97th Canada Smear Snake (SSBU)
97th Canada albi Palutena (SSBU)
97th Canada Exodia Zero Suit Samus (SSBU)
97th Mexico Lalo Pikachu (SSBU)
97th Canada King Succy Ryu (SSBU)
97th Canada Maphoo Mega Man (SSBU)
97th USA X'avier Wii Fit Trainer (SSBU)
97th Canada Samuel Steve (SSBU)
97th Canada HERO Link (SSBU)
97th USA Invictus Zero Suit Samus (SSBU)
97th USA Snickeldorf Mr. Game & Watch (SSBU)
97th USA RiskTKR R.O.B. (SSBU)
97th Canada koro Sonic (SSBU)
97th Canada 2Scary Snake (SSBU)

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles[edit]

(124 teams)
Top 16 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st Mexico MKBigBoss ROB (SSBU) Mexico MkLeo PyraMythra (SSBU)Byleth (SSBU)
2nd Mexico Maister Mr. Game & Watch (SSBU) Mexico Skyjay Incineroar (SSBU)
3rd Canada Ouch!? Wolf (SSBU) USA BassMage Jigglypuff (SSBU)
4th Japan acola Steve (SSBU) Japan Miya Mr. Game & Watch (SSBU)Steve (SSBU)
5th USA Onin Steve (SSBU)Dr. Mario (SSBU) UK Luugi Luigi (SSBU)Dr. Mario (SSBU)
5th Japan Yaura Dark Samus (SSBU) Japan Yoshidora Yoshi (SSBU)
7th Mexico Chag Palutena (SSBU) Mexico Sparg0 Cloud (SSBU)
7th Japan Shuton Lucina (SSBU)Olimar (SSBU) Japan Kameme Sora (SSBU)
9th Germany Tarik Greninja (SSBU) Japan Neo Corrin (SSBU)
9th USA ApolloKage Snake (SSBU) USA Dark Wizzy Mario (SSBU)
9th Spain AndresFn Terry (SSBU) Spain Sisqui Dark Samus (SSBU)Samus (SSBU)
9th USA Terra Wolf (SSBU) Canada Grape Snake (SSBU)
13th USA JDV Pac-Man (SSBU) USA Ludo Mario (SSBU)
13th USA MuteAce Peach (SSBU) France Glutonny Wario (SSBU)
13th Canada Jehovis42 Luigi (SSBU) Canada Toasted[4] Mr. Game & Watch (SSBU)
13th Mexico Lalo Pikachu (SSBU) Mexico Animus Cloud (SSBU)

Side events[edit]

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U singles[edit]

(46 entrants)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st Canada Captain L
2nd Canada sno
3rd Canada Sonic
4th Canada legit247
5th Canada Silver
5th Canada Artemis
7th Canada Johm
7th USA ALT

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate NA vs The World crew battle[edit]

Bolded players denote the team captain.

Team NA Character Stocks Taken Team World Character Stocks Taken
USA Tweek Wario (SSBU) 2 France Glutonny Wario (SSBU) 4
Canada Riddles Terry (SSBU) 4 Brazil Ferps Kazuya (SSBU) 1
Canada Big D Ice Climbers (SSBU) 1 Japan Miya Mr. Game & Watch (SSBU) 5
Mexico Maister Mr. Game & Watch (SSBU) 6 Germany Tarik Greninja (SSBU) 0
USA Light Fox (SSBU) 3 Japan KEN Sonic (SSBU) 3
Canada Ouch!? Wolf (SSBU) 3 Japan Shuton PyraMythra (SSBU) 4
Mexico MkLeo Byleth (SSBU) 4 Japan Neo Corrin (SSBU) 2
USA MuteAce Peach (SSBU) 1 Japan Yoshidora Yoshi (SSBU) 4
Mexico Sparg0 Cloud (SSBU) 4 Japan acola Steve (SSBU) 3
USA Onin Steve (SSBU) 2 Netherlands Mr.R Sheik (SSBU) 3
Total 30 Total 29

Exhibition matches[edit]

Winner Character(s) Set Score Loser Character(s) Earnings
USA Zomba ROB (SSBU) 5-1 Mexico MKBigBoss ROB (SSBU) $1000
UK max Sheik (SSBM) 3-1 USA Silvi Sheik (SSBM)

Trivia[edit]

  • Jmook became the first person to win a doubles event at BOBC more than once, winning Melee doubles with Cody Schwab after winning the same event with Aura at Battle of BC 4.
  • After losing to Jmook in a top 8 qualifier match, Mango sandbagged with Marth against S2J to ultimately finish 9th, his lowest placement in over a year (excluding his GENESIS 9 run with Dr. Mario).
  • Similar to the previous iteration, where there was a name ditto between Zain and Zain in Melee pools, there was a name ditto between Light and Light in Ultimate bracket (which was also brought to attention on social media).
  • Maister was the only player in top 8 of the Ultimate singles bracket that did not attend Kagaribi 10 two weeks prior.
  • S2J wore a jersey which misspelled his tag as "2SJ", which has led players and commentators to joke that "2SJ" was a completely different player.
  • Cody Schwab became the first player without a permanent sponsor (under the Eggdog Esports banner) to win a Melee major since Zain at GENESIS 7 (under the Mogul Moves banner) three years prior.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sonix dropping out.
  2. ^ Cosmos dropping out.
  3. ^ Replaced Aklo, whose flight was unexpectedly delayed
  4. ^ Entered as "Mayonator"

External links[edit]