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'''The Off-Season 2''' (stylized as '''The 𐤈FF-SeA2ON''') was a ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' tournament held on September 23rd-24th, 2023 in Arlington, Texas. There were 8 players invited to the ''Melee'' singles final bracket, and 8 players qualified to the final bracket through an open bracket. The 16 players then played in a double-elimination bracket. The tournament had a $25,000 prize pool for ''Melee'' singles and a $5,000 prize pool for ''Smash 64'' singles, which was the second [[Largest prize pools|largest prize pool]] for ''Smash 64'' singles. Charity incentives included [[Brinstar]] counterpick enabled for ''Melee'' doubles, [[Saffron City]] and [[Hyrule Castle]] enabled for ''Smash 64'' singles, [[Corneria]] and [[Mute City]] enabled for ''Melee'' singles, 5 stocks in ''Melee'' Grand Finals, and a caster swap between ''Melee'' and ''Black Ops II'', all of which became enabled. The event was a retro-themed charity fundraiser event in support of Movember that also features a ''{{s|wikipedia|Call of Duty: Black Ops II}}'' invitational, a ''{{s|wikipedia|Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock}}'' singles open, showmatches, and speedruns.
'''The Off-Season 2''' (stylized as '''The 𐤈FF-SeA2ON''') was a ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' tournament held on September 23rd-24th, 2023 in Arlington, Texas. There were 8 players invited to the ''Melee'' singles final bracket, and 8 players qualified to the final bracket through an open bracket. The 16 players then played in a double-elimination bracket. The tournament had a $25,000 prize pool for ''Melee'' singles and a $5,000 prize pool for ''Smash 64'' singles, which was the second [[Largest prize pools|largest prize pool]] for ''Smash 64'' singles. Charity incentives included [[Brinstar]] counterpick enabled for ''Melee'' doubles, [[Saffron City]] and [[Hyrule Castle]] enabled for ''Smash 64'' singles, [[Corneria]] and [[Mute City]] enabled for ''Melee'' singles, 5 stocks in ''Melee'' Grand Finals, and a caster swap between ''Melee'' and ''Black Ops II''. All of which became enabled, with $215.637.69 raised by the end of the event.<ref>https://twitter.com/TST_live/status/1706159287037292904</ref> The event was a retro-themed charity fundraiser event in support of Movember that also featured a ''{{s|wikipedia|Call of Duty: Black Ops II}}'' invitational, a ''{{s|wikipedia|Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock}}'' singles open, showmatches, and speedruns.


==Tournament summary==
==Tournament summary==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
After talks with several entrants and staff members, it was decided only the open bracket counted for the rankings,<ref>https://twitter.com/GimmeDatWheat/status/1699470135541551348</ref> due to the ruleset using banned stages and the less serious environment of the charity tournament.
{{Sm|aMSa}} won ''Melee'' singles bracket for the second year in a row, in his last tournament before moving back to Japan.
===''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''===
===''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''===


Revision as of 06:14, September 25, 2023

The Off-Season 2
The Off-Season 2 logo.png
Dates September 23rd-24th, 2023
Venue Esports Stadium Arlington
Address/City 1200 Ballpark Way
Arlington, Texas USA
Attendance 299
Entry fees Competitor Pass: $60
VIP Spectator Pass: $99
Weekend GA Spectator Pass: $60
Melee singles: $10
Melee doubles: $20
Smash 64 singles: $10
Pot size(s) $25,000 (Melee singles)
$5,000 (Smash 64 singles)
Results
Super Smash Bros. winners Chile Nax
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners Canada aMSa 1v1
USA Jmook & USA Cody Schwab 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s) Saykin, MastaStef, Braul, dunN, pogdee

The Off-Season 2 (stylized as The 𐤈FF-SeA2ON) was a Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. tournament held on September 23rd-24th, 2023 in Arlington, Texas. There were 8 players invited to the Melee singles final bracket, and 8 players qualified to the final bracket through an open bracket. The 16 players then played in a double-elimination bracket. The tournament had a $25,000 prize pool for Melee singles and a $5,000 prize pool for Smash 64 singles, which was the second largest prize pool for Smash 64 singles. Charity incentives included Brinstar counterpick enabled for Melee doubles, Saffron City and Hyrule Castle enabled for Smash 64 singles, Corneria and Mute City enabled for Melee singles, 5 stocks in Melee Grand Finals, and a caster swap between Melee and Black Ops II. All of which became enabled, with $215.637.69 raised by the end of the event.[1] The event was a retro-themed charity fundraiser event in support of Movember that also featured a Call of Duty: Black Ops II invitational, a Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock singles open, showmatches, and speedruns.

Tournament summary

Super Smash Bros. Melee

After talks with several entrants and staff members, it was decided only the open bracket counted for the rankings,[2] due to the ruleset using banned stages and the less serious environment of the charity tournament.

aMSa won Melee singles bracket for the second year in a row, in his last tournament before moving back to Japan.

Super Smash Bros.

Players invited/qualified

The following players were invited:

*Axe was unable to attend due to complications with COVID-19 and was replaced with n0ne.[3]

The following players qualified through Winners of the open bracket:

The following players qualified through Losers of the open bracket:

Results

The Melee singles tournament had a total of 263 entrants, with 255 players entering the open bracket coupled with the 8 players that were invited to the final bracket prior to the tournament.

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles final bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st Canada aMSa Yoshi (SSBM)
2nd USA Cody Schwab Fox (SSBM)
3rd USA S2J Captain Falcon (SSBM)
4th USA Zain Marth (SSBM)
5th USA Magi Falco (SSBM)
5th USA Mang0 Falco (SSBM)Fox (SSBM)
7th USA Salt Captain Falcon (SSBM)
7th USA Jmook Sheik (SSBM)
9th USA Hax$ Fox (SSBM)
9th USA SFOP Fox (SSBM)
9th Canada n0ne Captain Falcon (SSBM)
9th USA Hungrybox Jigglypuff (SSBM)
13th USA SDJ Jigglypuff (SSBM)
13th USA Fiction Falco (SSBM)
13th USA Spark Sheik (SSBM)
13th USA Kürv[4] Fox (SSBM)

Super Smash Bros. Melee open bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
Winners
Winners
Winners
Winners
Losers
Losers
Losers
Losers
17th
17th
17th
17th
21st
21st
21st
21st
25th
25th
25th
25th
25th
25th
25th
25th
33rd
33rd
33rd
33rd
33rd
33rd
33rd
33rd
41st
41st
41st
41st
41st
41st
41st
41st
41st
41st
41st
41st
41st
41st
41st
41st
57th
57th
57th
57th
57th
57th
57th
57th
57th
57th
57th
57th
57th
57th
57th
57th

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles

(59 teams)

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
5th
7th
7th
9th
9th
9th
9th
13th
13th
13th
13th

Super Smash Bros. singles

(36 entrants)

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st Chile Nax Pikachu (SSB)Kirby (SSB)
2nd USA Wizzrobe Yoshi (SSB)
3rd USA Zero Captain Falcon (SSB)Pikachu (SSB)
4th USA Dogs_Johnson Captain Falcon (SSB)Pikachu (SSB)
5th USA CTG Jigglypuff (SSB)
5th USA mrsir Samus (SSB)
7th USA Andross Pikachu (SSB)
7th USA Bo Captain Falcon (SSB)
9th USA emptyW Samus (SSB)
9th USA Pokehero Kirby (SSB)
9th USA DSJ Pikachu (SSB)
9th USA salami Captain Falcon (SSB)
13th USA Duff man Captain Falcon (SSB)Jigglypuff (SSB)
13th USA Nich Kirby (SSB)
13th USA minymidge Kirby (SSB)
13th USA TzD Pikachu (SSB)Kirby (SSB)

Side events

Super Smash Bros. Melee All Star Crew Battle

Several top players sandbagged with secondary characters. The loser had to perform a Rock Band song.

Team Toph Character Stocks Taken Team Vish Character Stocks Taken
Total — 22 Total — 28

Trivia

  • The Off-Season 2 is the final tournament aMSa is attending before his year-long Canadian visa expires.[5]
  • Mang0 and Scump did a showmatch in NFL Blitz, which Scump won.

References

  1. ^ https://twitter.com/TST_live/status/1706159287037292904
  2. ^ https://twitter.com/GimmeDatWheat/status/1699470135541551348
  3. ^ super bummed Axe won’t be able to make it to OS2 :/.
  4. ^ Entered as "Dogshit Player"
  5. ^ The Off-Season 2 will be a final tournament b4 my visa got expired:).

External links

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