Tournament:LVL UP EXPO 2023

LVL UP EXPO 2023
Dates	February 17th-19th, 2023
Venue	The Las Vegas Convention Center
Address/City	3150 S Paradise Road Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance	485
Results
winners	aMSa 1v1  Nut &  Kürv 2v2
winners	Light 1v1  Cosmos &  Light 2v2

LVL UP EXPO 2023 was a video game convention held in Las Vegas from February 17th-19th, 2023, that held Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournaments. VGBootCamp had planned to hold Double Down 2023 at LVL UP EXPO at the event before they cancelled due to their communications with Nintendo surrounding the Smash World Tour 2022.

Results

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles

(87 entrants)
Top 24 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	aMSa		$2,000
2nd	KoDoRiN		$1,000
3rd	Hungrybox		$700
4th	Hax$		$500
5th	prof		$250
5th	Logos		$250
7th	Kürv		$150
7th	Casper		$150
9th	Omar
9th	nut
9th	Arban
9th	Vorporal
13th	Tato
13th	Ryan
13th	Noshi
13th	Greenbean
17th	Wacco
17th	Butterscotch
17th	Slump
17th	Mr. Moose
17th	Peeric
17th	Dante
17th	CJ
17th	Kola

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles

(11 teams)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Nut		Kürv		$154 ($77 per person)
2nd	Ryan		Butterscotch		$66 ($33 per person)
3rd	Vorporal		Noshi

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(389 entrants)
Top 16 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Light		$4,000
2nd	Tweek		$2,000
3rd	Sonix		$1,400
4th	Cosmos		$1,000
5th	Mr. E		$500
5th	Kola		$500
7th	Marss		$300
7th	Zomba		$300
9th	MVD
9th	Capitancito
9th	ven
9th	Nito
13th	Wrath
13th	Kreeg
13th	frawg
13th	Goblin
17th	Capsize
17th	Lui$
17th	Chase
17th	Chronos
17th	Quandale Dinglelingleton
17th	Armo
17th	VoiD
17th	Andrik
25th	Grandmaster
25th	Cless
25th	Sticccy
25th	L-Vis
25th	Jakal
25th	Nexus
25th	Abe
25th	Juice
33rd	Midnight
33rd	Kyros
33rd	Demon
33rd	Dakpo
33rd	Tux
33rd	Atlas
33rd	RuneRavenFP
33rd	RetroPix
33rd	G0ldenPSI
33rd	Peppa
33rd	IllusioN
33rd	RiskTKR
33rd	Marvelous_Marco
33rd	Seesaw
33rd	Zurg
33rd	Justice
49th	Seto
49th	Kasai
49th	Gibbles
49th	Kermit
49th	JunE
49th	BOAT
49th	Dr. Iggy
49th	Quinn
49th	Theedium
49th	Koiko
49th	BBW
49th	Hungrybox
49th	Fancy
49th	Guti
49th	Tornado92
49th	Jank

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles

(54 teams)
Top 4 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Cosmos		Light		$540 ($270 per person)
2nd	Tweek		Marss		$324 ($162 per person)
3rd	Wrath		Sonix		$216 ($108 per person)
4th	Dakpo		ven
5th	Chase		Lui$
5th	Jank		JayFlyT
7th	Sticccy		RiskTKR
7th	Synergy		grandmaster
9th	Kyros		Marvelous_Marco
9th	teigo		frawg
9th	Quinn		Midnight
9th	MVD		RuneRavenFP
13th	Nexus		Mr. E
13th	ShiNe		Zyro
13th	Caius		Z
13th	Mishunz		Gibbles

Side events

Super Smash Bros. Melee Random Stages singles

• Matches must be played on a random stage.
• Random Stage Select will be set to choose between the following stages - Rainbow Cruise, Kongo Jungle, Mute City, Green Greens, Corneria.
• Single Elimination. Every match is Best of 3.

(10 entrants)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Arban
2nd	bluezaft

Super Smash Bros. Melee Poké Ball singles

• Poké Balls on medium (all other items off).
• RPS for who gets to pick the stage.
• Stages are Pokémon Stadium and Poké Floats.
• Single Elimination. Every match is Best of 3 until the Final match, which will be Best of 5.

(8 entrants)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Omar
2nd	Vorporal

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Random singles

• Both players must pick random as their character.
• Single Elimination. Every match is Best of 1 until the Final match, which will be Best of 3.
• Standard tournament ruleset otherwise. (Striking, Stocks, etc.)

(64 entrants)
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Chase
2nd	Lui$
3rd	Theedium
3rd	ShiNe
5th	Synergy
5th	ToP Lu Bu
5th	Ryan
5th	Midnight

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Game and Watch Judge singles

• 60% damage handicap.
• Single Elimination. Best of 1 game. 3 stocks per player.
• Play on Final Destination.
• Players will take alternating turns hitting each other with the hammer (side-B).
• The player getting hit must stand in the middle of the stage. The attacker must not try to push the opponent to gain a tactical advantage.
• Going first will be determined by Rock Paper Scissors.
• SDs will count against your stock total. Hitting your opponent with any other move or when it is not your turn will result in you losing the stock.
• Finals will be 10 stocks, Best 2 out of 3 games.

(32 entrants)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Kermit
2nd	Katnip
3rd	bobby
3rd	GeorgeGamer
5th	IzzyFlo
5th	Armo
5th	Watermelön
5th	Lognobu

Trivia

• ven's Zelda and Capitancito's Mii Gunner both placed 9th in Ultimate, the highest placement at a major tournament for both characters out of any Smash game.
  • Yn tied ven's placement two weeks later at Maesuma TOP 11.

External links

• Start.gg page