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{{Infobox Tournament | {{Infobox Tournament | ||
|name = 2GGC: ARMS Saga | |name = 2GGC: ARMS Saga | ||
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|ssb4uwinner = {{Sm|Dabuz|USA}} <small>1v1</small><br> {{Sm|Ranai|Japan}} & {{Sm|komorikiri|Japan}} <small>2v2</small> | |ssb4uwinner = {{Sm|Dabuz|USA}} <small>1v1</small><br> {{Sm|Ranai|Japan}} & {{Sm|komorikiri|Japan}} <small>2v2</small> | ||
|ARMS = {{Sm|Sol|USA}} <small>1v1</small> | |ARMS = {{Sm|Sol|USA}} <small>1v1</small> | ||
| | |organizer = [[2GGaming]], {{Sm|Champ}} | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''2GGC: ARMS Saga''' was a | '''2GGC: ARMS Saga''' was a {{forwiiu}} [[major]], held from July 8th-9th, 2017 in Santa Ana, California. Organized by [[2GGaming]], it served as the sixth qualifier of their [[2GG Championship Series]]. The event was confirmed on June 8th, 2017, when 2GGaming's Twitter account posted [https://twitter.com/2GGaming/status/872908260986179584 a tweet] stating that they would hold the tournament as their 'July Saga,' provided the tweet got one thousand retweets within a day; the tweet reached the goal in less than an hour, and ARMS Saga was announced as promised. | ||
True to its name, the tournament was | True to its name, the tournament was dedicated to the game ''[[arms:ARMS (game)|ARMS]]'' for the Nintendo Switch, and featured a side ''ARMS'' tournament in addition to the regular ''Smash 4'' brackets; this marked the first 2GG Saga ever to be dedicated to anything outside the ''{{b|Super Smash Bros.|series}}'' series. It was also dedicated to {{SSB4|Little Mac}} to bring together the theme of both ''ARMS'' (a competitive long-range boxing game) and ''Smash''. The tournament featured several of the best Little Mac players from around the world, including {{Sm|Sol}}, {{Sm|Vash}}, {{Sm|Alphicans}}, and {{Sm|Destany}}, and other top players like {{Sm|ZeRo}}, {{Sm|Dabuz}}, {{Sm|Larry Lurr}}, {{Sm|Abadango}}, {{Sm|komorikiri}}, {{Sm|Ranai}}, {{Sm|Tweek}}, {{Sm|Tsu-}}, and {{Sm|KEN}}. | ||
==Results== | ==Results== | ||
==={{forwiiu}} singles=== | ==={{forwiiu}} singles=== | ||
(200 entrants)<br>[https:// | (200 entrants)<br>[https://www.start.gg/tournament/2ggc-arms-saga/event/wii-u-singles/brackets/137854 Top 32 Bracket] | ||
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!Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings | !Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings | ||
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|17th||{{Sm|Locus|Canada}}||{{Head|Ryu|g=SSB4|s=16px}}|| | |17th||{{Sm|Locus|Canada}}||{{Head|Ryu|g=SSB4|s=16px}}|| | ||
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|25th||{{Sm|Ghost|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSB4|s=16px}}|| | |25th||{{Sm|Ghost|USA|p=California}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSB4|s=16px}}|| | ||
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|25th||{{Sm|Eon|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSB4|s=16px}}|| | |25th||{{Sm|Eon|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSB4|s=16px}}|| | ||
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==={{forwiiu}} doubles=== | ==={{forwiiu}} doubles=== | ||
(40 teams)<br>[https:// | (40 teams)<br>[https://www.start.gg/tournament/2ggc-arms-saga/event/wii-u-doubles/brackets?filter=%7B%22phaseId%22%3A137853%7D Top 8 Bracket] | ||
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!Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings | !Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The "2GG Curse" continues as the winner of the ARMS side tournament, {{Sm|Sol}}, placed 25th, losing to {{Sm|Dabuz}} and {{Sm|Lima}}. | *The "2GG Curse" continues as the winner of the ARMS side tournament, {{Sm|Sol}}, placed 25th, losing to {{Sm|Dabuz}} and {{Sm|Lima}}. | ||
*{{Sm|KEN}} made a losers run after getting sent to losers by {{Sm|Kameme}}, defeating the players {{Sm|NAKAT}}, {{Sm|Larry Lurr}}, {{Sm|Tweek}}, {{Sm|Charlie}}, and {{Sm|VoiD}}, before losing to {{Sm|ZeRo}} in losers' finals, ending his run at 3rd. | |||
*Almost 3 years later, [[Min Min]]'s reveal trailer for ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' started off with [[Spring Man]] defeating Byte & Barq, which was the exact result of 2GGC: ARMS Saga's ''ARMS'' Grand Finals. | |||
==External | ==External links== | ||
*[https:// | {{art-armsinstitute}} | ||
*[https://start.gg/tournament/2ggc-arms-saga/details start.gg page] | |||
{{2GG}} | {{2GG}} | ||
[[Category: 2017 tournaments]] | [[Category:2017 tournaments]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Major tournaments (SSB4)]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Southern California tournaments]] |