Editing Tournament:The Off-Season 2

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{{Infobox Tournament
|name = The Off-Season 2
|image = The Off-Season 2 logo.png
|dates = September 23rd-24th, 2023
|venue = Esports Stadium Arlington
|address = 1200 Ballpark Way
|city = Arlington, Texas {{Flag|USA}}
|attendance = 299
|entryfees = Competitor Pass: $60<br>VIP Spectator Pass: $99<br>Weekend GA Spectator Pass: $60<br>''Melee'' singles: $10<br>''Melee'' doubles: $20<br>''Smash 64'' singles: $10
|pot = $25,000 (''Melee'' singles)<br>$5,000 (''Smash 64'' singles)
|ssb64winner = TBD
|ssbmwinner = TBD <small>1v1</small> <br/> TBD & TBD <small>2v2</small>
|organizer = {{Sm|Saykin}}, {{Sm|MastaStef}}, {{Sm|Braul}}, {{Sm|dunN}}, {{Sm|pogdee}}
}}
'''The Off-Season 2''' (stylized as '''The 𐤈FF-SeA2ON''') is an ongoing ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' tournament being held on September 23rd-24th, 2023 in Arlington, Texas. There are 8 players invited to the ''Melee'' singles final bracket, and 8 players will qualify to the final bracket through an open bracket. The 16 players will then play in a double-elimination bracket. The tournament has a $25,000 prize pool for ''Melee'' singles and a $5,000 prize pool for ''Smash 64'' singles, which is the second [[Largest prize pools|largest prize pool]] for ''Smash 64'' singles. Charity incentives include [[Brinstar]] counterpick enabled for ''Melee'' doubles, [[Saffron City]] and [[Hyrule Temple]] enabled for ''Smash 64'' singles, [[Corneria]] and [[Mute City]] enabled for ''Melee'' singles, 5 stocks in ''Melee'' Grand Finals, and a caster swap between ''Melee'' and ''Black Ops II''. The event is a retro-themed charity fundraiser event in support of Movember that also features a ''{{s|wikipedia|Call of Duty: Black Ops II}}'' invitational, a ''{{s|wikipedia|Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock}}'' singles open, showmatches, and speedruns.

==Tournament summary==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
===''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''===

==Players invited/qualified==
The following players were invited:
*{{Sm|Hungrybox|USA}}
*{{Sm|Axe|USA}}*
*{{Sm|aMSa|Canada}}
*{{Sm|Zain|USA}}
*{{Sm|S2J|USA}}
*{{Sm|Jmook|USA}}
*{{Sm|Cody Schwab|USA}}
*{{Sm|Mang0|USA}}

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Axe was unable to attend due to complications with COVID-19 and was replaced with {{Sm|n0ne}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922035111/https://twitter.com/hitchariide/status/1705022115689247092|title=super bummed Axe won’t be able to make it to OS2 :/ }}</ref>
*{{Sm|n0ne|Canada}}

The following players qualified through Winners of the open bracket:
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The following players qualified through Losers of the open bracket:
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==Results==
The ''Melee'' singles tournament had a total of 263 entrants, with 255 players entering the open bracket coupled with the 8 players that were invited to the final bracket prior to the tournament.

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' singles final bracket===
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===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' open bracket===
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===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' doubles===
(59 teams)
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===''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' singles===
(36 entrants)
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===Side events===
====''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' All Star Crew Battle====
Several top players are sandbagging with secondaries. The loser has to do a rock band concert.

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==Trivia==
*The Off-Season 2 is the final tournament {{Sm|aMSa}} will attend before his year-long Canadian visa expires.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725073756/https://twitter.com/aMSaRedYoshi/status/1683552275879571456|title=The Off-Season 2 will be a final tournament b4 my visa got expired:)}}</ref>
*{{Sm|Mang0}} and [https://liquipedia.net/callofduty/Scump Scump] did a showmatch in ''{{s|wikipedia|NFL Blitz}}'', which Scump won.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.start.gg/tournament/the-off-season-2-2/details start.gg page]
*[https://www.tixr.com/groups/esa/events/the-off-season-2-75491 Tickets page]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20230725074357/https://twitter.com/optic/status/1679959167917002757 Announcement]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20230725073808/https://twitter.com/hitchariide/status/1683526359266541578 ''Melee'' singles invitees]

[[Category:2023 tournaments]]
[[Category:Texas tournaments]]
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