Tournament:2GG Championship Series

2GG Championship Series
Info
Founded	2017
Region	United States
Format	Double elimination
Most successful player(s)	ZeRo (GENESIS Saga, Midwest Mayhem Saga, Nairo Saga)
Website(s)	http://2ggaming.com/

The 2GG Championship Series, or 2GGC, is an ongoing Super Smash Bros. for Wii U circuit of tournaments being held throughout 2017 in South California and Nevada as a collaboration between 2GGaming and eSports Arena. It was announced at the end of 2GGT: ZeRo Saga, and is the spiritual successor to the 2GGT series of tournaments.

Format

Twelve tournaments will be hosted, one for each month of the year. A prize pot bonus of $50,000 will be distributed across the tournaments from January to November, and another $50,000 will be in play for the final 2GG Championship tournament in December, making for a total of a $100,000 pot bonus throughout the entire circuit. Players who win any of the tournaments in the series will qualify into the Championship, having their travel expenses paid for; other players may also qualify through points earned by placing top 16 in circuit tournaments. Three tournaments within the series are considered season finales, those being 2GGC: Civil War, 2GGC: Nairo Saga and 2GGC: September Saga, and will be two to three day events where the qualifying points are doubled. In the end, a total of 20 players will be qualified.

List of tournaments

Event	Date	Attendance
2GGC: GENESIS Saga	January 14th, 2017	474
2GGC: Midwest Mayhem Saga	February 11th, 2017	349
2GGC: Civil War	March 24th-26th, 2017	866
2GGC: Greninja Saga*	May 20th, 2017	359
2GGC: Nairo Saga	June 10th-11th, 2017	485
2GGC: ARMS Saga	July 8th-9th, 2017	218
2GGC: August Saga	August 5th, 2017	TBD
2GGC: September Saga	September 9th-10th, 2017	TBD
2GGC: October Saga	October 7th, 2017	TBD
2GGC: November Saga	November 4th, 2017	TBD
2GG Championship	December 1st-3rd, 2017	TBD

• Greninja Saga was originally scheduled for April 22nd. However, due to several top Greninja players (ex. iStudying and Some) being unable to attend the event, it was decided to move the event to May 20th in place of 2GGC: May Saga and not hold a Saga in April (with a Last Chance Event being scheduled later to make up for it).

Champions

Smash 4 Winners

Event	Player	Tag	Character(s)	Runner-up	Tag	Character(s)
2GGC: GENESIS Saga	Gonzalo Barrios	ZeRo		Rei Furukawa	komorikiri
2GGC: Midwest Mayhem Saga	Gonzalo Barrios	ZeRo		Gavin Dempsey	Tweek
2GGC: Civil War	Samuel Buzby	Dabuz		Griffin Miller	Fatality
2GGC: Greninja Saga	Elliot Carroza-Oyarce	Ally		Larry Holland	Larry Lurr
2GGC: Nairo Saga	Gonzalo Barrios	ZeRo		Saleem Young	Salem
2GGC: ARMS Saga	Samuel Buzby	Dabuz		Gonzalo Barrios	ZeRo

Trivia

• The "Saga Curse" that occurred in the 2GGT series is considered to have continued into the 2GG Championship Series. Here is each sagas' featured player(s) highest placings:
  • GENESIS Saga - 1st* (ZeRo, the saga's winner, placed 3rd at GENESIS 4, the tournament which it promoted and was dedicated to)
    • This is the only curse to have been a result of a certain player winning a Saga and then failing to win another tournament, as opposed to failing to win the Saga they represent.
  • Midwest Mayhem Saga - 4th (Ned, the highest placing out of anyone who was either a Midwest Mayhem winner and/or from the Midwest).
    • ZeRo, the tournament's winner, didn't reside in the Midwest until after the tournament.
  • Civil War - 49th (ZeRo) and 25th (Ally), a tournament intended to highlight their rivalry.
  • Greninja Saga - 13th (Lea, the highest placing Greninja player).
  • Nairo Saga - 4th
  • ARMS Saga - 17th (Lazyboredom, the highest placing Little Mac player)/25th (Sol, the winner of the ARMS side tournament).

External links

• 2GGaming's official website
• 2GGaming's Twitter account
• smash.gg page