Tournament:DELTA 8: Difference between revisions

Many upsets took place in pools, most notably #66 seed {{Sm|Rarikkusu}} upsetting #2 seed {{Sm|Sparg0}} 2-0 (upset factor 11). Other notable upsets in pools came from two [[Zelda (SSBU)|Zelda]] players, with #138 seed {{Sm|Maipan}} upsetting #10 seed {{Sm|Tea}} 2-0 (upset factor 8) and #73 seed {{Sm|Yn}} upsetting #9 seed {{Sm|Asimo}} 2-1 (upset factor 6). In addition, several prominent Japanese players failed to make it out of pools, including #18 seed {{Sm|Neo|p=Japan}}, who lost to #146 seed {{Sm|U}} 1-2 (upset factor 6) and #271 seed {{Sm|US}} 0-2 (upset factor 8) to place 129th; #37 seed {{Sm|Jogibu}}, who lost to #92 seed {{Sm|Tarakotori}} 0-2 and #101 seed {{Sm|Syadou}} 0-2 to place 97th; #38 seed {{Sm|Kome}}, who lost to #91 seed {{Sm|Kuhaku}} 1-2 and #59 seed {{Sm|Reno|p=Japan}} 0-2 to place 129th; and #46 seed {{Sm|Hero|p=Japan}}, who lost to #83 seed {{Sm|Crete}} 1-2 and #14 seed {{Sm|Zackray}} 1-2 to place 65th. Finally, the only notable international player who failed to make it out of pools was #32 seed {{Sm|MKBigBoss}}, who lost to #33 seed {{Sm|Shirayuki}} 0-2 and #65 seed {{Sm|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 {{Sm|Leaf|p=Japan}}, who after being upset by Yn saw a strong Loser's run eliminating #41 seed {{Sm|Eim}} 2-1, #53 seed {{Sm|takera}} 3-2, #36 seed {{Sm|BassMage}} 3-0, and #13 seed {{Sm|Maister}} 3-2 to place 17th, one of the best Robin runs at a supermajor; Maipan, who after defeating Tea also defeated #67 seed {{Sm|33Peranbox}} and eliminated seed Zackray for 17th; and #31 seed {{Sm|Lv.1}}, who saw arguably the best tournament run of his career so far by eliminating Tea 3-1, {{Sm|Sparg0}} 3-1 (upset factor 7), and #3 seed {{Sm|Hurt}} 3-1 (upset factor 6) to make top 8 on Loser’s Side. 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 {{Sm|Akio}} 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 {{Sm|MkLeo}}'s best run at a Japanese major up to that point, as he was able to place his seed after losing to {{Sm|Shuton}} 0-3 (extending Shuton's game record over MkLeo to 12-0) and #23 seed {{Sm|Akakikusu}}. MkLeo ultimately became the highest-placing international player at the tournament, with Sparg0, {{Sm|Glutonny}}, and {{Sm|Zomba}} placing 13th (Glutonny notably losing the runback against {{Sm|Carmelo}} while {{Sm|Zomba}} was reverse 3-0'd by both {{Sm|Raru}} and {{Sm|TamaPDaifuku}}); Maister and {{Sm|Kinaji}} placing 25th; BassMage placing 33rd; and U placing 49th.

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 {{Trn|UltCore Second}}, {{Trn|Sumabato SP 45}}, and {{Trn|Maesuma'U22}} to A-tier, therefore giving Glutonny an additional major win and Miya two additional major wins.

|17th||{{Sm|Tea|Japan}}||{{Head|Kazuya|g=SSBU|s=16px}}{{Head|Pac-Man|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||

|25th||{{Sm|Huto|Japan}}||{{Head|Wario|g=SSBU|s=16px}}{{Head|Captain Falcon|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||

|129th||{{Sm|San Kottu|Japan}}||{{Head|Palutena|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||