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{{Infobox Tournament
{{Infobox Tournament
| name        = IVGF Northwest Regionals
| name        = IVGF Northwest Regionals
| image      =  
| image      = <!-- Image to use, as "Filename.ext" -->
| imagesize  = <!-- Size of image, Default is 250px, probably shouldn't be any larger -->
| dates      = March 1st, 2003
| dates      = March 1st, 2003
| venue      = Meydenbauer Center
| venue      = Meydenbauer Center
| address    = 11100 NE 6th St
| address    = 11100 NE 6th St
| city        = Bellevue, Washington 98004 {{flag|USA}}
| city        = Bellevue, Washington 98004 {{flag|USA}}
| attendance  =
| attendance  = <!--151-->
| entryfees  = $50
| entryfees  = $50
| pot        = $12,500.00
| pot        = $12,500.00
| ssbmwinner  = {{sm|Recipherus}}
| ssb64winner = <!-- Put both the singles and doubles winner in these and identify them -->
| organizer  = International Video Game Federation, [[GameClucks]]
| ssbmwinner  = [[Recipherus]]
| staffgroup1 =
| director    = International Video Game Federation, GameClucks
| staffgroup1 = <!-- The name of a group of staff to be listed -->
| staffgroup2 =  
| staffgroup2 =  
| staffgroup3 =  
| staffgroup3 =  
| staff1      =
| staff1      = <!-- The list of staff in a previously-named group -->
| staff2      =  
| staff2      =  
| staff3      =  
| staff3      =  
}}
}}
'''International Video Gaming Federation Northwest Regional Festival and Tournament''', shortened as '''IVGF Northwest''' or '''IVGF Seattle''', was a ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' regional tournament run by the International Video Game Federation on March 1st, 2003 alongside ''Tekken 4'', ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', and ''Unreal Tournament 2003: Death Match''. The ruleset for the tournament seems to have been "1v1, best of 1, double elim, items on low or medium, pretty much every stage". {{Sm|Recipherus}} was the winner, and he teamed up with Matt Deezie to reach the finals. Additionally, the $8,000 first place prize is still the 5th largest single payout at a tournament in ''Smash'' history. The large payout can probably be attributed to the unusually high entrance fee, $50 per competitor.


'''International Video Gaming Federation Northwest Regional Festival and Tournament''', shortened as '''IVGF Northwest''' or '''IVGF Seattle''', was a ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' superregional tournament run by the International Video Game Federation on March 1st, 2003 alongside ''{{iw|wikipedia|Tekken 4}}'', ''{{iw|wikipedia|Halo: Combat Evolved}}'', and ''{{iw|wikipedia|Unreal Tournament 2003}}: Death Match''. The ruleset for the tournament seems to have been "1v1, best of 1, [[double elimination]], [[item]]s on medium, almost all [[stage]]s on random". {{Sm|Recipherus}} was the winner, while fellow [[NorCal]] players, {{Sm|Matt Deezie}} and {{Sm|Adam|p=California}}, rounded out the top three. The tournament is most notable for its absurdly large pot size for the time of $12,500, supplied by the IVGF, though the tournament also had an unusually high $50 entry fee to compensate. Recipherus' winnings of $8000 would stand as the record for the largest prize payout from a ''Smash'' tournament for over three years, until it was exceeded by {{Sm|PC Chris}} winning $10,000 from {{Trn|MLG Las Vegas 2006}}. There have also been claims of the tournament having had 151 entrants, which would have made it the [[list of largest Smash tournaments|largest ''Smash'' tournament]] of all-time until {{Trn|MELEE-FC3}} got 186 entrants over two years later. However, the tournament has no known official documentation of its results, nor has any other definitive source been found to prove this number's veracity, and the possibility of such an anomalously large tournament for the time occurring in a remotely located region has been met with skepticism. The attendees beyond the top three are also largely unknown; it is believed that top [[Pacific Northwest]] players at the time like {{Sm|Rori}} were in attendance, as well as [[Japan]]ese player {{Sm|Kei}}, who was living in the region at the time, but other than that, there are no other notable attendees known to have entered the tournament, casting further doubt on the veracity of the 151 entrants claim.
As implied by the event's name, this was the first event of a planned 10 city 2003 circuit. However, judging by the lack of results that can be found on the web it seems as if the entire operation collapsed after only the first tournament. The other planned location were: Northern California (San Francisco/ San Jose), Southern California (Los Angeles/ Orange County), Rocky Mountain Region (Denver, CO), SouthWest Region (Dallas, TX), Mid-America Region (Chicago, IL) New England (Boston, MA), Greater New York (New York City/ Meadowlands), Mid-Atlantic Region (Philadelphia, PA), SouthEast Region (Atlanta, GA).
 
As implied by the event's name and as stated on IVGF's website, this was the first event of a planned 10-city 2003 circuit. Given the lack of any word of the other events ever occurring, it appears IVGF cancelled their planned circuit and ceased operations after this first event. The other planned locations were: [[Northern California]] (San Francisco/ San Jose); [[Southern California]] (Los Angeles/ Orange County); Rocky Mountain Region (Denver, CO); [[Southwest]] Region (Dallas, TX); [[Midwest|Mid-America]] Region (Chicago, IL); [[New England]] (Boston, MA); [[Tristate|Greater New York]] (New York City/ Meadowlands); Mid-Atlantic Region (Philadelphia, PA); and [[Southeast]] Region (Atlanta, GA).


==Results==
==Results==
{{LostResults|A more complete results table for a supposed 151 entrant tournament in 2003 would be very desirable, but it's incredibly unlikely a real source for those results still exist.}}
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{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
!Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings
!Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings
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|1st||{{Sm|Recipherus|USA}}||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$8,000
|1st||{{Sm|Recipherus|USA}}||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$8,000
|-
|-
|2nd||{{Sm|Matt Deezie|USA}}||{{Head|Mario|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$3,000
|2nd|| {{sm|Matt Deezie}} || {{Head|Mario|g=SSBM|s=16px}} || $3,000
|-
|3rd|| [[Smasher:Adam (US)|Adam]] ||{{Head|Luigi|g=SSBM|s=16px}} || $1,500
|-
|4th|| ''unknown''|| ||
|-
|-
|3rd||{{Sm|Adam|p=California|USA}}||{{Head|Luigi|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$1,500
|}
|}


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* [http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20030228&slug=videogames28e Seattle Times article]
* [http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20030228&slug=videogames28e Seattle Times article]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20030603165625/http://ivgf.com/index.html Archived website snapshot from June 3, 2003]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20030603165625/http://ivgf.com/index.html Archived website snapshot from June 3, 2003]
* [http://themachine.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=12026 Tournament thread from themachine.com] {{Dead link}}
* [http://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/2r448b/biggest_melee_tourneys_of_alltime/cncb8vk Reddit thread in which fftrade provides some insight about the event]
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/2r448b/biggest_melee_tourneys_of_alltime/cncb8vk/ Biggest Melee tourneys of all-time] - A [[r/smashbros]] thread by {{Sm|Juggleguy}}, in which a reddit user named fftrade claimed the tournament had 151 entrants, but did not provide any evidence when disputed by Juggleguy and other users.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080229083210/http://www.smashboards.com:80/showthread.php?t=39251 Archived results thread for MELEE-FC1] - While the thread was about {{Trn|MELEE-FC1}}, a Washington [[Smashboards]] poster by the name of Yagi would dispute the claim of it being the [[List of largest Smash tournaments#Record progression|largest tournament ever at the time]], claiming that IVGF had 151 entrants, albeit still without evidence nor any other elaboration. Yagi also provided details about the ruleset (Ctrl+F for "IVGF").


[[Category:American tournaments]]
[[Category:Washington tournaments]]
[[Category:Washington tournaments]]
[[Category:Superregional tournaments (SSBM)]]
[[Category:2003 tournaments]]
[[Category:2003 tournaments]]

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