Editing Tournament:Glitch (series)

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{{disambig2|the tournament series|the video game term for oversights in video game programming|Glitch}}
{{Infobox Tournament Series
|name = Glitch
|image =
|founded = 2016
|region = United States
|format = Double Elimination
|ssb4uwinner = {{Sm|VoiD|USA}} (Glitch)<br>{{Sm|Mr E|USA}} (Glitch 2)<br>{{Sm|WaDi|USA}} (Glitch 3)<br>{{Sm|Tweek|USA}} (Glitch 4)<br>{{Sm|Lima|USA}} (Glitch 5)
|ssbuwinner = {{Sm|Tweek|USA}} (Glitch 6, Glitch 8)<br>{{Sm|ESAM|USA}} (Glitch 7, Glitch 8.5)<br>{{Sm|Cosmos|USA}} (Infinite)<br>{{Sm|Light|USA|p=Connecticut}} (Regen)
|player(s) with most wins = {{Sm|Tweek|USA}} (Glitch 4, Glitch 6, Glitch 8)
|organizer = {{Sm|Tantalus|USA}}, [[Xanadu|Xanadu Games]]
}}
'''Glitch''' is a tournament series hosted by {{Sm|Tantalus}} and [[Xanadu|Xanadu Games]] in Laurel, Maryland. The series began as a regional for {{forwiiu}}, but grew larger following the release of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' and eventually became one of the largest ''Smash'' tournament series on the East Coast. Outside of the main events, the series also holds unconventional side events at every tournament, much like how glitches are unconventional. Some of the events included are low tier singles, mid tier singles, [[Character customization|custom]] singles, [[8-Player Smash|triples]], ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' singles, ''[[arms:ARMS (game)|ARMS]]'' singles, [[amiibo]] singles, speedrun brackets, [[Squad Strike]], and [[Stage Morph|Morph]]-[[Final Smash Meter|Meter]].

==History==
===2016-2018: ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''===

The first {{Trn|Glitch}} tournament took place March 12th, 2016 as a {{forwiiu}} event, and not only featured many of [[MD/VA]]'s best players, including {{Sm|Pink Fresh}}, {{Sm|Seagull Joe}}, and {{Sm|Remzi}}, but also featured talent from outside the region, most notably {{Sm|VoiD}} and {{Sm|Mr.R}}, the former eventually winning the event. Subsequent Glitch events also regularly featured top-level invaders, and despite competition from in-region players, the invaders were often the event winners. The sole exception was at {{Trn|Glitch 3}}, where MD/VA's then-#1 player {{Sm|WaDi}} eliminated {{Sm|Darkshad}} and prevented {{Sm|CaptainZack}} from winning the event. 

The first Glitch also started the trend of Glitch tournaments having unique side events, in this case being low tier singles and custom singles. Subsequent Glitch events began adding newer side events, with Glitch 2 holding ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' singles and a ''Smash 4'' triples bracket and Glitch 3 holding an [[amiibo]] singles event. No events had a similar lineup of side events; for example, ''Brawl'' was eventually dropped by Glitch 4 while custom singles was removed from the Glitch 3 lineup. 

Despite regularly being at superregional-levels, the total attendance at ''Smash 4'' Glitch events in slowly decreased as the series progressed, with the first Glitch being the only event to surpass 200 entrants. This culminated in {{Trn|Glitch 5}} only featuring 122 entrants, making it the smallest event in the series. The low entrants count was attributed to declining interest in ''Smash 4'', as ''Ultimate'' was only a few months away, leading many top players to retire during these last few months.

===2019-2023: ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===

With the release of ''Ultimate'', the Glitch series entirely switched its focus to that game. The attendance for {{Trn|Glitch 6}} singles was noticeably larger compared to the previous five, with a staggering 551 attendees (a 429 increase from Glitch 5). There were two side events, both being completely unique to Ultimate: [[Squad Strike]] and Morph-Meter. In addition, Glitch 6 became the first tournament in the series to reach major status, and subsequent Glitch events up to {{Trn|Glitch - Infinite}} would become majors or supermajors. Thus, Glitch became one of the biggest ''Ultimate'' tournament series on the east coast, and was one of MD/VA's premier tournament series alongside {{Trn|Super Smash Con|series}}.

{{Trn|Glitch 7 - Minus World}} became the first event to have a "theme", in this case being the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' series. A notable controversy took place during this tournament, where {{Sm|Stroder}}'s dropout from the event demoted it from S-tier to A-tier on the [[Fall 2019 PGRU]], upsetting many players. This incident was later dubbed "GlitchGate", and despite its demotion, the event is still considered a supermajor. {{Trn|Glitch 8 - Missingno}} followed months later, becoming the largest event in the series.

{{Trn|Glitch - Infinite}} was later announced to be part of the {{Trn|Smash World Tour 2020}} as a Gold stop. However, the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] led to the event's postponement, with the date being repeatedly pushed back as the pandemic worsened, eventually being held in February 2022. Instead, the next event in the series became {{Trn|Glitch 8.5 - Konami Code}}, which acted as Glitch's main event in the time period immediately following offline's return. Due to the remaining threat of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was the first event to feature an entrants cap. 

The series' final event was {{Trn|Glitch - Regen}}, held months after Glitch - Infinite as a Gold stop on the {{Trn|Smash World Tour 2022}}. However for the first time since {{Trn|Glitch 5}}, the tournament failed to reach major status despite reaching Category 4 on [[OrionRank 2022]]; the event became part of a trend in the second half of 2022 where a tournament's tier on OrionRank did not properly reflect its actual talent size.

An additional Glitch event, [https://www.start.gg/tournament/glitch-duel-of-fates/details Glitch: Duel of Fates], was set to take place from January 13th-15th, 2023 and was themed around ''Legend of Zelda'' and ''Fire Emblem''. However, {{Team|VGBootCamp}}'s financial future became uncertain following the [[Cancellation of Smash World Tour 2022]], and the event was cancelled. Since then, no new Glitch event has been announced, effectively ending the series for the time being.

==Champions==
==={{GameIcon|SSB4-U}} {{forwiiu}} Winners {{GameIcon|SSB4-U}}===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Date!!Event!!Entrants!!Player!!Tag!!Character(s)!!Runner-up!!Character(s)
|-
|March 12th, 2016||{{Trn|Glitch}}||255||James Makekau-Tyson||{{Sm|VoiD|USA}}||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Mr. R|Netherlands}}||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSB4|s=20px}}
|-
|September 24th-25th, 2016||{{Trn|Glitch 2}}||198||Eric Weber||{{Sm|Mr E|USA}}||{{Head|Marth|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Pink Fresh|USA}}||{{Head|Bayonetta|g=SSB4|s=20px}}
|-
|May 6th, 2017||{{Trn|Glitch 3}}||158||Chris Boston||{{Sm|WaDi|USA}}||{{Head|Mewtwo|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||{{Sm|CaptainZack|USA}}||{{Head|Bayonetta|g=SSB4|s=20px}}{{Head|Wii Fit Trainer|g=SSB4|s=20px}}
|-
|April 28th, 2018||{{Trn|Glitch 4}}||171||Gavin Dempsey||{{Sm|Tweek|USA}}||{{Head|Cloud|g=SSB4|s=20px}}{{Head|Donkey Kong|g=SSB4|s=20px}}{{Head|Bayonetta|g=SSB4|s=20px}}{{Head|Bowser Jr.|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||{{Sm|CaptainZack|USA}}||{{Head|Bayonetta|g=SSB4|s=20px}}
|-
|September 29th, 2018||{{Trn|Glitch 5}}||122||Bharat Chintapall||{{Sm|Lima|USA}}||{{Head|Bayonetta|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Mr E|USA}}||{{Head|Lucina|g=SSB4|s=20px}}
|}

==={{GameIcon|SSBU}} ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' Winners {{GameIcon|SSBU}}===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Date!!Event!!Entrants!!Player!!Tag!!Character(s)!!Runner-up!!Character(s)
|-
|January 19th-20th, 2019||{{Trn|Glitch 6}}||551||Gavin Dempsey||{{Sm|Tweek|USA}}||{{Head|Wario|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Young Link|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Donkey Kong|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Nairo|USA}}||{{Head|Palutena|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Lucina|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
|-
|September 14th-15th, 2019||{{Trn|Glitch 7}}||566||Eric Lew||{{Sm|ESAM|USA}}||{{Head|Pikachu|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Light|USA|p=Connecticut}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
|-
|January 18th-19th, 2020||{{Trn|Glitch 8}}||729||Gavin Dempsey||{{Sm|Tweek|USA}}||{{Head|Wario|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Wolf|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Roy|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Dark Wizzy|USA}}||{{Head|Mario|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
|-
|September 24th-26th, 2021||{{Trn|Glitch 8.5}}||421||Eric Lew||{{Sm|ESAM|USA}}||{{Head|Pikachu|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Mii Brawler|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{Sm|MkLeo|Mexico}}||{{Head|Byleth|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|PyraMythra|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
|-
|February 18th-20th, 2022||{{Trn|Glitch - Infinite}}||615||Brian Kalu||{{Sm|Cosmos|USA}}||{{Head|PyraMythra|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Zomba|USA}}||{{Head|R.O.B.|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Roy|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Cloud|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Wii Fit Trainer|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
|-
|September 23rd-25th, 2022||{{Trn|Glitch - Regen}}||422||Paris Ramirez Garcia||{{Sm|Light|USA|p=Connecticut}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Kameme|Japan}}||{{Head|Sora|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
|}

==={{GameIcon|SSBB}} ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' Winners {{GameIcon|SSBB}} <small>(side event)</small>===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Date!!Event!!Entrants!!Player!!Tag!!Character(s)!!Runner-up!!Character(s)
|-
|September 24th-25th, 2016||{{Trn|Glitch 2}}||32||Daniel Rodriguez||{{Sm|ChuDat|USA}}||{{Head|Kirby|g=SSBB|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Seagull Joe|USA}}||{{Head|Wolf|g=SSBB|s=20px}}
|-
|May 6th, 2017||{{Trn|Glitch 3}}||24||David Silberberg||{{Sm|Seibrik|USA}}||{{Head|King Dedede|g=SSBB|s=20px}}{{Head|Wario|g=SSBB|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Tantalus|USA}}||{{Head|Meta Knight|g=SSBB|s=20px}}{{Head|King Dedede|g=SSBB|s=20px}}
|}

==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/Glitch_Smash Twitter]

{{Glitch}}

[[Category:Maryland tournaments]]
[[Category:National tournaments]]
[[Category:Tournament series]]
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