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'''Apex''' was a tournament series held in [[Tristate Area|New Jersey]], that had attracted worldwide attention. The series was founded by {{Sm|Alex Strife}}, and throughout most of the ''[[Brawl]]'' era was renowned as the pinnacle Smash tournament series, with it routinely featuring the largest and most stacked ''Brawl'' tournament each year and ''[[Melee]]'' tournaments that were only exceeded by each year's [[EVO]], while additionally having set several attendance records in its time. The series was poised to remain the Smash community's biggest tournament brand going into ''[[Smash 4]]'', but after severe controversies with its management and its 2015 iteration the brand was irreparably tarnished, and 2016 was smaller than the previous events. | '''Apex''' was a tournament series held in [[Tristate Area|New Jersey]], that had attracted worldwide attention. The series was founded by {{Sm|Alex Strife}}, and throughout most of the ''[[Brawl]]'' era was renowned as the pinnacle Smash tournament series, with it routinely featuring the largest and most stacked ''Brawl'' tournament each year and ''[[Melee]]'' tournaments that were only exceeded by each year's [[EVO]], while additionally having set several attendance records in its time. The series was poised to remain the Smash community's biggest tournament brand going into ''[[Smash 4]]'', but after severe controversies with its management and its 2015 iteration the brand was irreparably tarnished, and 2016 was smaller than the previous events. Following Apex 2016, the series went under hiatus until 2020, where they announced their return under new management. However, due to the [[COVID-19|COVID-19 pandemic]], Apex 2020 was ultimately postponed. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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The catastrophes and controversies of Apex 2015, combined with criticism of previous Apex events and Alex Strife's departure from the community, have negatively impacted the Apex name. While [[Apex 2016]] was hosted by a new team of tournament organizers, it attracted considerably less interest compared to the previous years, despite being a three-day event. ''Melee'' singles shrunk to a regional-scale event, with only players from the Northeast in attendance, and only a handful of top ''Smash 4'' players travelled to the tournament; furthermore, after years of hosting among the largest ''Brawl'' tournaments, ''Brawl'' was dropped from Apex 2016 due to a lack of entrants. Despite the tepid attendance of Apex 2016, several players who attended the event praised the event and how it was run compared to previous Apex tournaments. | The catastrophes and controversies of Apex 2015, combined with criticism of previous Apex events and Alex Strife's departure from the community, have negatively impacted the Apex name. While [[Apex 2016]] was hosted by a new team of tournament organizers, it attracted considerably less interest compared to the previous years, despite being a three-day event. ''Melee'' singles shrunk to a regional-scale event, with only players from the Northeast in attendance, and only a handful of top ''Smash 4'' players travelled to the tournament; furthermore, after years of hosting among the largest ''Brawl'' tournaments, ''Brawl'' was dropped from Apex 2016 due to a lack of entrants. Despite the tepid attendance of Apex 2016, several players who attended the event praised the event and how it was run compared to previous Apex tournaments. | ||
Even though Apex 2016 was generally praised by its attendants, the series became dormant. While the people behind the brand have insisted that Apex 2016 wouldn't be the last Apex tournament and that they were working on bringing the next iteration together, nothing came to fruition for over 4 years until Apex 2020 was announced. | Even though Apex 2016 was generally praised by its attendants, the series became dormant. While the people behind the brand have insisted that Apex 2016 wouldn't be the last Apex tournament and that they were working on bringing the next iteration together, nothing came to fruition for over 4 years until Apex 2020 was announced as part of the [[Smash World Tour 2020]]. However, because of the [[COVID-19|COVID-19 pandemic]], Apex 2020 was postponed to 2021. | ||
==List of tournaments== | ==List of tournaments== | ||