Tournament:Port Priority 8

Port Priority 8
Dates	November 11th-12th, 2023
Venue	Seattle Airport Hilton and Conference Center
Address/City	17620 International Blvd Seattle, Washington
Attendance	722
Pot size(s)	$10,635
Results
winners	Sonix 1v1  Scend &  Lui$ 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s)	Gyromight

Port Priority 8 was a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate supermajor held in Seattle, Washington, from November 11th-12th, 2023. The top non-qualified player, KEN, qualified for Watch The Throne.

Tournament summary

The tournament was the sixth and final "premier" event for the LumiRank 2023 season, with the event featuring 24 of the mid-year ranking's top 30 players in attendance -- only Yoshidora, Kameme, Zackray, Jogibu, Bloom4Eva, and DIO were not in attendance -- making it one of the most top heavy events of the year alongside Battle of BC 5. This tournament was also the North American tournament debut for Hurt and Kaninabe, two of Japan's rising stars, as well as alice's first open North American event.

A numerous amount of top players ended up underperforming at this event. Most notably, all four top Mexican players, Sparg0, MkLeo, Maister, and Skyjay, were in attendance and tied at 17th. Other underperformances include Riddles placing 13th, Glutonny and Asimo finishing 17th, Zomba finishing 33rd, and a few top Japanese players such as Neo, Yaura, and Shuton finishing outside of top 32. Shuton notably was upset by Skinny the Pooh and Tarik for 49th, marking his worst placement in Ultimate singles.

Conversely, this also marked the best supermajor placement in North America for some characters. Umeki placing 5th with solely Daisy is the best run with the character in the country since Umeki's own 17th place at Frostbite 2019. Most notably, BeastModePaul's 17th place with solely Hero is the best performance of the character at a North American tournament, having a hot streak in bracket and notably upsetting three Europeans -- Glutonny, Sisqui, and AndresFn -- along the way.

The Loser's side of Top 8 featured a ditto between the best Peach/Daisy players in North America and Japan (MuteAce and Umeki) as well as a ditto between the best Fox players in the two regions (Light and Kaninabe). Several players compared the Loser's side to the Loser's side of Melee singles at Fête 3: By the Sea.

The Winner's side of top 8 saw Sonix facing off against Japan's best two players acola and Miya, marking the first time Sonix fought the two. He ultimately dominated both sets, washing acola 3-0 and defeating Miya 3-1; the latter also marked Miya's first game loss of the tournament. Miya defeated acola 3-1 in Loser's Finals, with acola notably pulling out his secondary Aegis in game 2 to no avail, and managed to reset the bracket against Sonix 3-1. However, Sonix ultimately clutched out the final set 3-1, winning his first premier event.

This tournament marks Luminosity Gaming's first major/supermajor win, with Sonix finally breaking the "curse" and winning Ultimate singles. Sonix's win also broke Miya's three-major win streak, who had previously won Kagaribi 11, Rise 'N Grind 2023, and Seibugeki 15 back-to-back. This tournament also marked the first time since GENESIS 9 that acola did not make it to grand finals at a North American supermajor.

Results

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(710 entrants)
Top 32 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Sonix
2nd	Miya
3rd	acola
4th	KEN
5th	Light
5th	Umeki
7th	Kaninabe
7th	MuteAce
9th	Pocket
9th	Tweek
9th	Hurt
9th	Kola
13th	Lima
13th	Riddles
13th	Tea
13th	Anathema
17th	Dabuz
17th	Glutonny
17th	BeastModePaul
17th	Sparg0
17th	MkLeo
17th	Maister
17th	Skyjay
17th	Asimo
25th	ApolloKage
25th	Kiyarash
25th	Sisqui
25th	Sho
25th	Gackt
25th	SHADIC
25th	Kurama
25th	MVD
33rd	Yaura
33rd	Shoe
33rd	embo_z
33rd	Neo
33rd	Tarik
33rd	AndresFn
33rd	Skinny the Pooh
33rd	Big D
33rd	Rocke
33rd	Felix
33rd	PkChris
33rd	Ouch!?
33rd	Beastly
33rd	Lui$
33rd	Geist
33rd	Zomba
49th	Armadillo
49th	Seesaw
49th	BassMage
49th	MFA
49th	Shuton
49th	SPARKLE
49th	Silver
49th	alice
49th	quiK
49th	AC
49th	NoTag
49th	frawg
49th	X'avier
49th	Tsubotsubo
49th	JDV
49th	Peabnut
65th	Deathspade
65th	Smirk
65th	Eddawg
65th	Scend
65th	ven
65th	Dark Wizzy
65th	varun
65th	SpamCop
65th	Soar
65th	Tickle
65th	Chronos
65th	naitosharp
65th	Cosmos
65th	Nessboy12
65th	Peanut
65th	Machu
65th	Widara
65th	Fizzmint
65th	rm8
65th	Goblin
65th	jaredisking1
65th	Dakpo
65th	Atomic
65th	Captain L
65th	Bobthedusclops
65th	ShiNe
65th	Kreeg
65th	Hue
65th	Justice
65th	Eki
65th	JoJoDaHoBo
65th	Ray

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles

(165 teams)
Top 32 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Scend		Lui$
2nd	Kurama		Dark Wizzy
3rd	Cosmos		Light
4th	Maister		MkLeo
5th	KEN		Sonix
5th	MuteAce		Skyjay
7th	Mystery Sol		JDV
7th	Beastly		SHADIC
9th	AndresFn		Sisqui
9th	Glutonny		Enki
9th	Wetdog189		H4
9th	ApolloKage		Hurt
13th	Seesaw		Terra
13th	Opsine		pacstreet
13th	Shuton		Tea
13th	ATATA		BassMage
17th	Mistake		varun
17th	Fizz Khalifa		Splash Daddy
17th	Tarik		Neo
17th	Kreeg		SpeedyBlueDude
17th	SpamCop		Ouch!?
17th	MFA		Rosario
17th	Silver		Leroy
17th	Umeki		Kaninabe
25th	Shoe		Chronos
25th	alice		Asimo
25th	PkChris		Gackt
25th	Armadillo		Atomic
25th	Justice		Nanoash
25th*	SPARKLE		Slushee
25th	Liam		Jovann
25th	Zefty		Acida

*DQ'd in Losers.

Side events

Squad Strike

(148 entrants)
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Lui$
2nd	Neo
3rd	Tea
4th	MkLeo
5th	Yaura
5th	Asimo
7th	Miya
7th	acola
9th*	Kaninabe
9th	naitosharp
9th	PkChris
9th	Opsine
13th	RandumMNK
13th	JDV
13th	JoJoDaHoBo
13th	Justice

*DQ'd in Losers.

External links

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