Tournament:The Luminosity Invitational
| The Luminosity Invitational | |
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| Dates | April 20th, 2024 |
| Address/City | 15305 S Dixie Hwy Palmetto Bay, Florida 
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| Pot size(s) | $10,000 |
| Results | |
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SHADIC
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| Organizer(s) | Luminosity Gaming |
The Luminosity Invitational was a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate invitational held in Palmetto Bay, Florida on April 20th, 2024. The event was announced at the end of an April Fools' Day prank on April 1st, with invited players slowly being announced within the next few weeks, although a few player invites were leaked early. The tournament featured Round Robin Best of 3 pools, and the top four players of each pool will then compete in a final double-elimination Best of 5 bracket, with the 1st and 2nd placers starting on Winners' side, and the 3rd and 4th placers starting on Losers' side.
The tournament was sponsored by the grocery chain Kroger. The winner of the tournament, SHADIC, won a Kroger Gaming GameCube controller as an additional prize. There was also a 9th place tiebreaker for a Kroger gift card, which Marss won.
Tournament summary[edit]
Zomba was initially invited but declined, leading to Marss filling in for him.
Controversy arose following the conclusion of the round robin phase, as Pool 2 saw two ties: Light and Dabuz went 3-1 (having lost to Dabuz and MkLeo, respectively) while Tweek and MkLeo went 2-2 (with Tweek losing to Dabuz and Light and MkLeo losing to Light and Tweek). Initially, it was assumed that head-to-head would be the tie-breaker, which meant Pool B would have Dabuz first, Light second, Tweek third, and MkLeo fourth; this order was presented on-stream and was initially present in-bracket. However, it was later revealed that the actual tie-breaker was game count, and as a result the order was changed to Light first, Dabuz second, MkLeo third, and Tweek fourth. This sudden order shift not only confused many players and spectators, but it also affected the final bracket: most notably, MkLeo went from facing Maister, a player MkLeo had a dominant record over; to Riddles, one of MkLeo's bracket demons and who eventually defeated him 3-0, eliminating him at 7th. In addition, many spectators questioned the seriousness of the event, and especially pointed out how MkLeo and Tweek chose to play Byleth and Sephiroth, respectively, for most of the event instead of their current mains.
On the other hand, despite having been in a slump for the last few months, Dabuz saw the best run of his season so far, defeating Tweek, Light, Riddles, and Maister to place 3rd. In addition, SHADIC, after losing to only Sonix throughout the entire event (losing 0-2 in round robin and 0-3 in Winner's Finals) was able to double-eliminate Sonix in Grand Finals 3-2 and 3-0, winning his second major, and becoming the second player to win multiple majors in 2024 after Miya. Coincidentally, this tournament was the second Floridian and overall major SHADIC won while beating one of the Four Horsemen, having defeated Miya at Cirque Du CFL 3 the previous month in March.
Following the event, Luminosity head Alex Gonzalez revealed that the tournament only had three weeks to set up and was on a limited budget. He also announced some changes for their next invitational, such as making the tournament more like the Smash Ultimate Summit series and Watch The Throne, and requested users to give additional feedback.[1]
Results[edit]
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles[edit]
(10 entrants)
Top 8 Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | SHADIC |
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| 2nd |  Sonix |
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| 3rd | Dabuz |
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| 4th |  Maister |
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| 5th | Light |
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| 5th |  Riddles |
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| 7th | Tweek |
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| 7th | MkLeo |
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| 9th* | Marss |
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| 10th | Hungrybox |
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*Marss won 2-0 over Hungrybox in a tiebreaker set for 9th, and won a Kroger gift card as well.
