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*The '''Swedes''': Collectively referring to {{sm|Armada}} and {{sm|Leffen}}, two of the dominating ''Melee'' players. | *The '''Swedes''': Collectively referring to {{sm|Armada}} and {{sm|Leffen}}, two of the dominating ''Melee'' players. | ||
*'''[[Tournament legal]]''': Settings and regulations widely accepted for playing competitively. | *'''[[Tournament legal]]''': Settings and regulations widely accepted for playing competitively. | ||
*'''Upset''': A term used when a lower-seeded player defeats a higher-seeded player. | |||
**The severity of an upset can be determined by the '''upset factor''', with a higher upset factor correlating to a more severe upset. The upset factor is determined by the difference between the number of projected rounds the two players would have to play in order to win, so the #32 seed player (projected to place 25th, or 9 rounds from winning the tournament) defeating the #1 seed player (or 0 rounds from winning the tournament) is an upset factor of 9. | |||
*'''VOD''': The short form for "Video on demand", usually referred to videos containing tournaments related matches. | *'''VOD''': The short form for "Video on demand", usually referred to videos containing tournaments related matches. | ||