Tournament:MLG Anaheim 2014

MLG Anaheim 2014
Dates	June 20th-22nd, 2014
Venue	Anaheim Convention Center
Address/City	800 W Katella Ave Anaheim, California
Attendance	325
Entry fees	$55 from March 14th to April 13th $65 from April 14th to May 11th $75 from May 12th to June 16th $125 at Anaheim Check-In
Pot size(s)	$15,000
Results
winners	Mango 1v1  Armada &  Mew2King 2v2

MLG Anaheim 2014 was a Super Smash Bros. Melee national tournament that featured the return of the Super Smash Bros. series to Major League Gaming tournaments, being the first time Super Smash Bros. was featured in the circuit since MLG Dallas 2010, and the first time Melee was featured in the circuit since MLG Las Vegas 2006. It also featured doubles and global crew battles. Super Smash Bros. Brawl was also supposed to be featured at the event, but was removed from the game lineup reportedly due to intervention from Nintendo.

Although this tournament held many entrants and featured matches with the best in the world, it was criticized by participants for being poorly run. The tournament organizers would often incorrectly dictate call times for matches, then call matches several minutes earlier than expected and disqualify players, such as PewPewU and Shroomed, into the losers' bracket who showed up at the original time. Only through massive social media intervention were the majority of the players allowed back into the winners' bracket. The organizers were also criticized for not allowing friendlies, even though there were several vacant setups, and discouraging spectating of tournament sets. On the stream, advertisements sometimes cut into matches, drawing further criticism from those viewing online.

The qualification system was criticized because it allowed perceived lesser players to qualify simply because they placed somewhat highly at many tournaments. Of the 25 players in the championship bracket, s0ft, Remen, and ZeRo were not ranked in the Summer 2014 SSBMRank list of top-25 players. ZeRo and s0ft both attended 5 of the 9 qualifiers, and Remen traveled to Japan and won Sumabato DX Melee 11, which had the weakest field of the qualifiers. Of the players who were on the Summer SSBMRank list, Fly Amanita (#9), SFAT (#11), KirbyKaze (#16), and Zhu (#21) failed to qualify for the championship. The top-25 players who didn't attend at all were Ice, Silent Wolf, Javi, and Overtriforce.

Qualifiers

• Shuffle V - 2000 point qualifier
• CEO 2014 Prologue - 2000 point qualifier
• Fighters' Edge - 1000 point qualifier
• WHOBO MLG - 2000 point qualifier
• Sumabato DX Melee 11 - 2000 point qualifier
• Get On My Level 2014 - 2000 point qualifier
• Republic of Fighters 3 - 5000 point qualifier
• Pat's House 2 - 2000 point qualifier
• SKTAR 3 - 5000 point qualifier

Open bracket qualifier finalists

An open bracket was run at the event to determine the final 20 players, with the qualifiers before the event determining the players. [1]

Qualifier winners

All of these players automatically qualified by winning a qualifier.

Player	Qualifier(s) won
Mew2King	Shuffle V; Fighters' Edge; Pat's House 2
Hungrybox	CEO 2014 Prologue
Mango	WHOBO MLG; Get On My Level
Remen	Sumabato DX Melee 11
Leffen	Republic of Fighters 3
PPMD	SKTAR 3

Point standings

These players did not win a qualifier, but still gained enough points to qualify.

Player	Score	Qualifier placings
Armada	4800	Republic of Fighters 3: 2nd SKTAR 3: 4th
ZeRo	3060	Shuffle V: 13th Fighters' Edge: 5th WHOBO MLG: 4th Pat's House 2: 17th SKTAR 3: 9th
Hax	2800	WHOBO MLG: 2nd SKTAR 3: 5th
aMSa	2560	Sumabato DX Melee 11: 13th Republic of Fighters 3: 3rd
Westballz	2320	Pat's House 2: 4th SKTAR 3: 5th
s0ft	2240	CEO 2014 Prologue: 5th Fighters' Edge: 4th WHOBO MLG: 5th Get On My Level: 13th SKTAR 3: 17th

Championship pool play

Each player within the same pool played each other in a best of 5 set. The remaining two spots in each pool was determined by the open bracket.

Championship Group A	Championship Group B
Qualifier finalists
Mew2King	Hungrybox
PPMD	Mango
Leffen	Armada
s0ft	ZeRo
Hax	aMSa
Remen	Westballz
Open Winners' Bracket finalists
Axe	Fiction
Colbol	PewPewU
Open Losers' Bracket finalists
Plup
Lucky
S2J
Shroomed

Match results

Group A Rounds 1-3
Leffen	1	3	Mew2King
Hax	3	0	s0ft
Remen	1	3	PPMD
Mew2King	0	3	PPMD
Remen	1	3	s0ft
Leffen	2	3	Hax
Mew2King	3	0	Remen
Leffen	3	0	s0ft
PPMD	3	1	Hax
Group A Rounds 4-5
PPMD	3	0	s0ft
Mew2King	3	1	Hax
Remen	0	3	Leffen
Mew2King	3	0	s0ft
PPMD	2	3	Leffen
Hax	3	0	Remen
Group A Other
Axe	3	1	Colbol
Mew2King	3	0	Colbol
Axe	3	1	Hax
Colbol	1	3	PPMD
Axe	3	2	Mew2King
Remen	1	3	Colbol
Axe	1	3	Leffen
PPMD	3	2	Axe
Colbol	1	3	Leffen
Axe	3	0	Remen
Axe	3	0	s0ft
Colbol	3	1	s0ft
Hax	3	1	Colbol
Group B Rounds 1-3
Mango	3	0	ZeRo
Hungrybox	0	3	Armada
aMSa	2	3	Westballz
aMSa	1	3	Mango
ZeRo	1	3	Armada
Hungrybox	3	0	Westballz
Hungrybox	3	1	ZeRo
Mango	0	3	Westballz
Armada	3	0	aMSa
Group B Rounds 4-5
Westballz	0	3	Armada
Mango	3	2	Hungrybox
aMSa	2	3	ZeRo
aMSa	0	3	Hungrybox
Westballz	3	0	ZeRo
Mango	2	3	Armada
Group B Other
PewPewU	3	0	Westballz
PewPewU	3	0	Fiction
Fiction	0	3	Armada
Fiction	1	3	Hungrybox
aMSa	2	3	Fiction
PewPewU	3	0	ZeRo
PewPewU	0	3	Armada
PewPewU	0	3	Mango
PewPewU	0	3	Hungrybox
aMSa	3	2	PewPewU
Mango	3	0	Fiction
Fiction	3	1	ZeRo
Fiction	3	1	Westballz

Comparison of sets won and lost

Group A
Player	PPMD	Mew2King	Leffen	Axe	Hax	Colbol	s0ft	Remen	Set count	Game count
PPMD	—	3-0	2-3	3-2	3-1	3-1	3-0	3-1	6-1	20-8
Mew2King	0-3	—	3-1	2-3	3-1	3-0	3-0	3-0	5-2	17-8
Leffen	3-2	1-3	—	3-1	2-3	3-1	3-0	3-0	5-2	18-10
Axe	2-3	3-2	1-3	—	3-1	3-0	3-0	3-0	5-2	17-9
Hax	1-3	1-3	3-2	1-3	—	3-1	3-0	3-0	4-3	15-12
Colbol	1-3	0-3	1-3	0-3	1-3	—	3-1	3-1	2-5	9-17
s0ft	0-3	0-3	0-3	0-3	0-3	1-3	—	3-1	1-6	4-19
Remen	1-3	0-3	0-3	0-3	0-3	1-3	1-3	—	0-7	3-21
Group B
Player	Armada	Mango	Hungrybox	PewPewU	Fiction	Westballz	ZeRo	aMSa	Set count	Game count
Armada	—	3-2	3-0	3-0	3-0	3-0	3-1	3-0	7-0	21-3
Mango	2-3	—	3-2	3-0	3-1	0-3	3-0	3-1	5-2	17-10
Hungrybox	0-3	2-3	—	3-0	3-1	3-0	3-1	3-0	5-2	17-8
PewPewU	0-3	0-3	0-3	—	3-0	3-0	3-0	2-3	3-4	11-12
Fiction	0-3	1-3	1-3	0-3	—	3-1	3-1	3-2	3-4	11-16
Westballz	0-3	3-0	0-3	0-3	1-3	—	3-0	3-2	3-4	10-14
ZeRo	1-3	0-3	1-3	0-3	1-3	0-3	—	3-2	1-6	6-20
aMSa	0-3	1-3	0-3	3-2	2-3	2-3	2-3	—	1-6	10-20

Results

The singles tournament had a total of 325 entrants, with 313 players entering the open bracket coupled with the 12 players that qualified for pool play prior to the tournament.

Championship bracket

Winners bracket
Losers bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Mango		$5,000
2nd	Armada		$3,000
3rd	Mew2King		$2,250
4th	PPMD		$1,750
5th	Leffen		$1,000
5th	Axe		$1,000
7th	Hax		$500
7th	Hungrybox		$500
9th	Westballz
9th	PewPewU
9th	Lucky
9th	Plup
13th	Shroomed
13th	S2J
13th	Fiction
13th	Colbol
17th	s0ft
17th	aMSa
17th	Remen
17th	ZeRo

Open bracket

Winners bracket
Losers bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)
21st	Ken
21st	Zhu
21st	Lil Fumi
21st	OkamiBW
25th	ARC
25th	Eddy Mexico
25th	DEHF
25th	KirbyKaze
29th	Cactuar
29th	Blea Gelo
29th	Zanguzen
29th	Fly Amanita
29th	KoreanDJ
29th	MacD
29th	SFAT
29th	ChuDat
37th	Alex19
37th	Dudutsai
37th	Reno
37th	Connor
37th	Bizzarro Flame
37th	Bladewise
37th	Berto
37th	Chillin
45th	Mojo
45th	Idea
45th	Kuma
45th	DoH
45th	ROFL
45th	Duck
45th	Alan
45th	xroflmaowtfx
45th	HugS
45th	A Rookie
45th	PikaChad
45th	Juggleguy
45th	jperalta17
45th	Tafokints
45th	HomeMadeWaffles
45th	Gahtzu

Doubles (Side Event)

(43 teams)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Armada		Mew2King
2nd	Mango		Lucky
3rd	Shroomed		S2J
4th	ChuDat		Chillin
5th	Leffen		Hax
5th	Hungrybox		Plup
7th	DoH		Colbol
7th	PewPewU		SFAT

Exhibition

East Coast vs. West Coast crew battle

An East vs. West Coast crew battle was held at the event at the end of Friday. Note that players (with the exception of DoH) represented the coast that they are originally from, regardless of them having moved or not. [2]

The results of the crew battle are tabulated below. West Coast ended up winning the crew battle by 5 stocks. Mango was named MVP of the crew battle for taking eight stocks off of three of the best players in the world (PPMD, Mew2King, and Hungrybox). The East Coast was widely criticized for sending Hungrybox's Jigglypuff to fight Mango's Fox.

EC Player	Character	Stocks Taken	WC Player	Character	Stocks Taken
Chillin		4	Fiction		3
Plup		4	SFAT		4
Hax		3	Lucky		6
Colbol		4	Axe		3
Mew2King		5	Westballz		3
PPMD		3	Mango		8
Hungrybox		3	S2J		4
ChuDat		4	MacD		4
Gahtzu		2	Shroomed		5
DoH		3	—	—	—
Total		35	Total		40

External links

• SmashBoards thread
• Results thread
• Official website