Tournament:DELTA 8

DELTA 8
Dates	May 3rd, 2024
Venue	Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center Hamamatsucho Building 2F Exhibition Room
Address/City	1-chōme-7-1 Kaigan Minato-ku, Tokyo
Attendance	516
Results
winners	acola

DELTA 8 was a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate supermajor held in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Kantō on May 3rd, 2024 as the second of three major/supermajor tournaments of the 2024 Golden Week.

Tournament summary

Many upsets took place in pools, most notably #66 seed Rarikkusu upsetting #2 seed Sparg0 2-0 (upset factor 11). Other upsets include #138 seed Maipan upsetting #10 seed Tea 2-0 (upset factor 8) and #73 seed Yn upsetting #9 seed Asimo 1-2 (upset factor 6). In addition, several prominent Japanese players failed to make it out of pools, including #18 seed Neo, who lost to #146 seed U 1-2 (upset factor 6) and #271 seed US 0-2 (upset factor 8) to place 129th; #37 seed Jogibu, who lost to #92 seed Tarakotori 0-2 and #101 seed Syadou 0-2 to place 97th; #38 seed Kome, who lost to #91 seed Kuhaku 1-2 and #59 seed Reno 0-2 to place 129th; and #46 seed Hero, who lost to #83 seed Crete 1-2 and #14 seed Zackray 1-2 to place 65th. Finally, the only notable international player who failed to make it out of pools was #32 seed MKBigBoss, who lost to #33 seed Shirayuki 0-2 and #65 seed Rimu 0-2 for 65th.

The main bracket saw several notable runs from players who were not expected to make it as far as they did. This included #56 seed Leaf, who after being upset by Yn saw a strong Loser's run eliminating #41 seed Eim 2-1, #53 seed takera 3-2, #36 seed BassMage 3-0, and #13 seed Maister 3-2 to place 17th, the best Robin run at a supermajor; Maipan, who after defeating Tea also defeated #67 seed 33Peranbox and eliminated seed Zackray for 17th; and #31 Lv.1, who saw arguably the best tournament run of his career so far by eliminating Tea 3-1, Sparg0 3-1 (upset factor 7), and #3 seed Hurt 3-1 (upset factor 6) to make top 8. On the other hand, a few other notable players failed to meet their seed by a notable margin. This included Asimo, who lost to #44 seed Aiko 2-3 (upset factor 4) for 49th; #19 seed Toriguri, who fell in Zackray's Loser's run for 49th; and Hurt, who placed 9th, his first sub-top 8 placement of the season. On the other hand, this marked #11 seed MkLeo's best run at a Japanese event up to that point, as he was able to place his seed after losing to Shuton 3-0 (extending Shuton's game record over MkLeo to 12-0) and #23 seed Akakikusu. MkLeo ultimately became the highest-placing international player at the tournament, with Sparg0, Glutonny, and Zomba placing 13th (Glutonny notably losing the runback against Carmelo and Zomba being reverse 3-0'd by both Raru and TamaPDaifuku); Maister and Kinaji placing 25th; BassMage placing 33rd; and U placing 49th.

In top 8, acola lost his first set of the season, losing 3-1 to Miya in Winner's Semi-Finals. acola easily ran through the rest of the bracket to meet Miya in Grand Finals, where he won both sets 3-1 and 3-2, winning his second "premier" event of the season.

The sheer amount of upsets gave many Japanese players new player values for LumiRank, and as a result around 500 points were added to the player point system. Not only did this allow DELTA 8 to maintain its "premier" status on LumiRank, but it also had an impact on many previous Japanese tournaments, including retiering UltCore Second, Sumabato SP 45, and Maesuma'U22 to A-tier, therefore giving Glutonny an additional major win and Miya two additional major wins.

Results

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(516 entrants)
Top 64 Bracket 1
Top 64 Bracket 2
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	acola
2nd	Miya
3rd	Shuton
4th	TamaPDaifuku
5th	Snow
5th	Akakikusu
7th	Raru
7th	Lv.1
9th	Carmelo
9th	KEN
9th	Hurt
9th	MkLeo
13th	Glutonny
13th	Zomba
13th	Sparg0
13th	Rarikkusu
17th	M0tsunabE
17th	Leaf
17th	Lax
17th	Gackt
17th	Yaura
17th	Tea
17th	Maipan
17th	Gorioka
25th	Huto
25th	Maister
25th	Te-sHi
25th	Shirayuki
25th	Kuhaku
25th	Kinaji
25th	Zackray
25th	Fui
33rd	Rimu
33rd	Tarakotori
33rd	Gachipi
33rd	BassMage
33rd	Yn
33rd	F1re
33rd	Karaage
33rd	Akio
33rd	Ryuoh
33rd	Lea
33rd	Crete
33rd	Yamanaction
33rd	33Peranbox
33rd	MASA
33rd	Raki
33rd	Tomisa
49th	Mao
49th	sssr
49th	syadou
49th	takera
49th	Lapi
49th	Noi
49th	Nizemamo
49th	Asimo
49th	kept
49th	U
49th	Suinoko
49th	Riteshia
49th	Kaninabe
49th	Toriguri
49th	Naocha
49th	Meido
65th	Ly
65th	MKBigBoss
65th	Kuribon
65th	Eik
65th	Uraomote
65th	TKM
65th	chicken
65th	DieGorou
65th	Taikei
65th	Ezs
65th	Ryopei
65th	Reno
65th	kakiP
65th	Kirihara
65th	Shupi
65th	Kyou
65th	Eim
65th	Lando Bokumetsutai
65th	alice
65th	Kamisuke
65th	Umeki
65th	Paseriman
65th	YamaD
65th	Futari no Kiwami Ah~!
65th	LemozonA
65th	uame
65th	Rokki
65th	Hero
65th	NaNo
65th	Nako
65th	tautau
65th	Wataru

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