Tournament:Smash Summit

Smash Summit
Dates	November 5th-8th, 2015
Venue	Summit Gaming House
Address/City	unknown Los Angeles, California
Attendance	16
Entry fees	N/A
Pot size(s)	Singles: $32,929.02 Doubles: $3,000 Side events: $4,525
Results
winners	Armada 1v1  PewPewU &  SFAT 2v2

Smash Summit was a national Super Smash Bros. Melee invitational tournament held in Los Angeles, California from November 5th-8th, 2015 by Beyond the Summit, an eSports company known for their Dota 2 coverage. Singles, doubles and side events for Melee were hosted. It was an invitational tournament, where 10 of the world's top players were invited to participate, along with 6 players who were selected from a player donation poll organized by Start.gg. The tournament was held at the Summit gaming house, a private residence, and so was not open to the general public.

Players

The following players were invited to the Smash Summit by the BtS team:

•  Armada
•  Mango
•  Mew2King
•  PPMD
•  Plup
•  Lucky
•  Axe
•  Shroomed
•  PewPewU
•  Westballz

Players voted in

The following players were invited to the Smash Summit through player voting donations.

•  S2J
•  SFAT
•  Alex19
•  Zhu
•  Kage
•  Swedish Delight

Players eliminated

From a selection of roughly 40 players, 20 of them were voted in by fans to engage in an elimination round where, by a certain date, if a player did not receive enough votes, they were eliminated and thus did not receive an invitation from Smash Summit. In later rounds, the players who received the most votes were invited in addition to the eliminations.

These players were eliminated in the voting phase:

•  Android
•  Overtriforce
•  Spud
•  ChuDat
•  MacD
•  Chillin
•  HugS
•  Wizzrobe
•  Ice
•  n0ne
•  Shroomed
•  Tekk
•  Druggedfox
•  Ken

These players were eliminated in the nomination phase:

•  Vish
•  Slox
•  Gahtzu
•  Nintendude
•  Duck
•  The Moon
•  Bladewise
•  Mike Haze
•  Prince Abu
•  Redd
•  DJ Nintendo
•  Eikelmann
•  Cactuar
•  w33dl0rd
•  Reno
•  Mafia
•  dizzkidboogie
•  SilentSwag
•  MattDotZeb
•  Tafokints
•  Porkchops
•  DoH

Declined players

Some players, though either invited to the Summit directly or nominated for the Player Voting rounds, declined their offers due to unavailability. Players like Professor Pro, aMSa, and Abate declined nominations for the voting round. Hungrybox was the only player who declined direct invitation due to work conflict pre-voting. After the voting, it was revealed that Leffen could not attend due to the same Visa issues that prevented him from attending The Big House 5. As a result, the Summit Staff replaced him with who they deemed the next best player in the world, Shroomed, who was eliminated in Round 5 of the voting round.

Results

Singles

(16 entrants)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Armada		$11,525.15
2nd	Mango		$5,927.22
3rd	Mew2King		$4,116.13
4th	Plup		$2,469.68
5th	Shroomed		$1,481.81
5th	PPMD		$1,481.81
7th	Axe		$987.87
7th	Lucky		$987.87
9th	PewPewU		$658.58
9th	S2J		$658.58
9th	SFAT		$658.58
9th	Westballz		$658.58
13th	Alex19		$329.29
13th	Swedish Delight		$329.29
13th	Kage		$329.29
13th	Zhu		$329.29

Doubles

(8 teams)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	PewPewU		SFAT		$1,500.00 ($750.00 each)
2nd	Armada		Mew2King		$1,050.00 ($525.00 each)
3rd	Mango		Lucky		$450.00 ($225.00 each)
4th	Shroomed		S2J
5th	Axe		Kage
5th	Plup		PPMD
7th	Alex19		Swedish Delight
7th	Westballz		Zhu

Side events

Iron Man challenge

(4 entrants, single elimination bracket)

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Armada
2nd	Mew2King
3rd	S2J
3rd	Mango

• Note: PPMD was originally scheduled to participate in the Iron Man Challenge, but he declined on Day 2. He was then replaced by S2J.

Mew2King vs. S2J Iron Man

Character	Stocks Taken	Character	Stocks Taken
	5		3
	8		1
	7		3
—	—		2
—	—		1
Total	20	Total	10

Mango vs. Armada Iron Man

Character	Stocks Taken	Character	Stocks Taken
	2		6
	3		5
	5		2
	4		5
	4		2
Total	18	Total	20

Mew2King vs. Armada Iron Man Grand Finals

Character	Stocks Taken	Character	Stocks Taken
	2		8
	0	—	—
—	—	—	—
—	—	—	—
—	—	—	—
Total	2	Total	8

• Mew2King forfeited after his Marth got 4-stocked by Armada's Fox on Final Destination.

Challenge round

(16 entrants)

Day 1 Full Results

Day 2 Full Results

In the two day Challenge Round (November 5th-6th), each player was given $250. Per each day, players were given one challenge each where they could challenge any other player to a Duel match, a Low-Tier match, a Mine match, or a Bro-Up match. After the two days, the total amount of money remaining for each player would consist of each player's winnings.

• A Duel match would simply consist of a classic Best of Three singles match under the SBR ruleset. Both players put down $50 and the winner takes all.

• A Low-tier challenge would consist of another Best of Three match under the SBR ruleset, except the only legal characters were Donkey Kong, Yoshi, Zelda, Roy, Mewtwo, Mr. Game & Watch, Ness, Bowser, Pichu, and Kirby. The challenger puts down $75 while the challengee puts down $50 and the winner takes all.

• A Bro-Up match would consist of a classic Best of Three doubles match under the SBR ruleset. After all redirects are complete, both the challenger and the challengee can choose any partner of his choice (partners can decline to participate). The challenger puts down $75 while the challengee puts down $50 (partners are not forced to put anything down). The winning challenger/challengee receives $100 while his partner receives $25.

• A Mine match can only be initiated by players who have $0. The challenger can only choose the four players who have the most money. While the challenge is a Best of Three singles match, the challengee can choose any stage for their games, including banned stages. If the challenger wins, he receives $50. If the challengee wins, he does not receive any money.

If a player was challenged, he can redirect the challenge to another player up to two times per day, where the redirected player is not allowed to redirect and is forced to play. A player can only be challenged up to three times per day (redirects count as challenges).

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Mango		$475
2nd	S2J		$450
3rd	Mew2King		$350
4th	SFAT		$325
5th	Zhu		$300
6th	Armada		$275
7th	Axe		$250
8th	Alex19		$200
8th	PewPewU		$200
10th	Westballz		$100
10th	Plup		$100
12th	Swedish Delight		$75
12th	Kage		$75
12th	Lucky		$75
15th	PPMD		$50
16th	Shroomed		$25

Draft crew battle

(4 crews, single elimination bracket)

Place	Crew	Name	Character	Name	Character	Name	Character	Name	Character	Earnings
1st	Team Kage	Kage		Armada		SFAT		Shroomed		$1,200.00 ($300.00 each)
2nd	Team Alex19	Alex19		Mango		Lucky		S2J
3rd	Team Swedish Delight	Swedish Delight		Plup		PPMD		Westballz
3rd	Team Zhu	Zhu		Mew2King		Axe		PewPewU

Alex19 vs. Swedish Delight Crew Battle

Alex19's Players	Character	Stocks Taken	Swedish Delight's Players	Character	Stocks Taken
S2J		5	Westballz		3
Alex19		1	Swedish Delight		6
Lucky		5	PPMD		3
Mango		5	Plup		3
Total		16	Total		15

Zhu vs. Kage Crew Battle

Zhu's Players	Character	Stocks Taken	Kage's Players	Character	Stocks Taken
Zhu		4	Shroomed		3
Axe		3	SFAT		5
PewPewU		4	Kage		4
Mew2King		4	Armada		4
Total		15	Total		16

Alex19 vs. Kage Crew Battle Grand Finals

Alex19's Players	Character	Stocks Taken	Kage's Players	Character	Stocks Taken
Alex19		1	Kage		6
S2J		5	Shroomed		2
Lucky		4	SFAT		4
Mango		5	Armada		4
Total		15	Total		16

Trivia

• Smash Summit's singles prize pool of $32,929.02 was the largest combined prize pool in Melee's history at the time, and the 1st place payout of $11,525.15 (won by Armada) was the largest single paycheck in Melee's history until it was surpassed by Battle of the Five Gods's 1st place payout of $13,000 (won by Hungrybox).

External links

• Trailer
• Start.gg page
• Beyond the Summit article