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'''Battle of the Five Gods''' was an invitational ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' tournament held in Austin, Texas from March 17th to 19th, 2016, as part of the SXSW Gaming Expo festival. The tournament currently holds the record for [[List of largest Smash tournaments#By prize payout|highest single player payout in Smash]], with $13,000 awarded to {{Sm|Hungrybox}} for winning the tournament.  
'''Battle of the Five Gods''' was an invitational ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' tournament held in Austin, Texas from March 17th to 19th, 2016, as part of the SXSW Gaming Expo festival. The tournament currently holds the record for [[List of largest Smash tournaments#By prize payout|highest single player payout in Smash]], with $13,000 awarded to {{Sm|Hungrybox}} for winning the tournament.  


The name of the tournament references the five '[[God]]s' attending, namely Armada, Hungrybox, Mango, Mew2King and PPMD.
The name of the tournament references the five '[[God]]s' attending, namely {{Sm|Armada}}, Hungrybox, {{Sm|Mango}}, {{Sm|Mew2King}} and {{Sm|PPMD}}.


==Format==
==Format==

Revision as of 12:51, March 20, 2016

Battle of the Five Gods
BattleOfTheFiveGodsLogo.png
Dates March 17th-19h, 2016
Venue Austin Convention Center
Address/City 500 E Cesar Chavez St
Austin, Texas USA
Attendance 20
Entry fees
Pot size(s) Melee singles: $25,000
Results
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners USA Hungrybox

Battle of the Five Gods was an invitational Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament held in Austin, Texas from March 17th to 19th, 2016, as part of the SXSW Gaming Expo festival. The tournament currently holds the record for highest single player payout in Smash, with $13,000 awarded to Hungrybox for winning the tournament.

The name of the tournament references the five 'Gods' attending, namely Armada, Hungrybox, Mango, Mew2King and PPMD.

Format

The tournament featured a mixed format, with two qualificatory round-robin group stages and a final Top 8 double elimination bracket. The 20 players were first divided in five round-robin groups. The first placing player of each group was sent directly to the Top 8 bracket, while the second placing players were sent to another round-robin group. The top 3 players from this second group would be sent to the final three spots on the Top 8 bracket.

After the group Top 8 bracket was set, matches were played on a double elimination format till grand finals.

Battle of Five Gods format, displayed on the tournament website.

Results

Pools
Playoffs
Top 8 bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st USA Hungrybox Jigglypuff (SSBM) $13,000
2nd USA Mango Fox (SSBM) $5,000
3rd Sweden Armada Peach (SSBM)Fox (SSBM) $3,000
4th USA Wobbles Ice Climbers (SSBM) $1,500
5th USA Plup Sheik (SSBM)Samus (SSBM) $750
5th USA Westballz Falco (SSBM) $750
7th USA Silent Wolf Fox (SSBM) $500
7th USA Mew2King Sheik (SSBM)Peach (SSBM)Marth (SSBM) $500
9th USA MacD Peach (SSBM)
10th USA PPMD Marth (SSBM)Falco (SSBM)
11th USA S2J Captain Falcon (SSBM)
11th USA Shroomed Sheik (SSBM)
11th USA Axe Pikachu (SSBM)
11th USA SFAT Fox (SSBM)
11th USA PewPewU Marth (SSBM)
16th USA Lucky Fox (SSBM)
16th Germany Ice Fox (SSBM)
16th USA HugS Samus (SSBM)
16th USA Nintendude Ice Climbers (SSBM)
16th USA DruggedFox Fox (SSBM)

Trivia

  • This was the first tournament since Apex 2010 that Hungrybox won with all 5 gods attending.

External links

smash.gg page