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Some players, though either invited to the Summit directly or nominated for the Player Voting rounds, declined their offers due to unavailability. Players like | Some players, though either invited to the Summit directly or nominated for the Player Voting rounds, declined their offers due to unavailability. Players like {{sm|Professor Pro}}, {{sm|aMSa}}, and {{sm|Abate}} declined nominations for the voting round. Hungrybox was the only player who declined direct invitation due to work conflict pre-voting. After the voting, it was revealed that {{sm|Leffen}} [https://twitter.com/kptdota/status/660140896311095296 could not attend] due to the same Visa issues that prevented him from attending [[The Big House 5]]. As a result, the Summit Staff replaced him with who they deemed the next best player in the world, {{sm|Shroomed}}, who was eliminated in Round 5 of the voting round. | ||
==Results== | ==Results== |
Revision as of 12:46, November 11, 2015
Smash Summit | |
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Dates | November 5th-8th, 2015 |
Venue | Summit Gaming House |
Address/City | unknown Los Angeles, California |
Attendance | 16 |
Entry fees | N/A |
Pot size(s) | Singles: $32,929+ Doubles: $3,000 Side events: $5,000+ |
Results | |
winners | Armada 1v1 PewPewU & SFAT 2v2 |
Smash Summit was a national Super Smash Bros. Melee invitational tournament held in Los Angeles, California from November 5th-8th, 2015 by Beyond the Summit, an eSports company known for their Dota 2 coverage. Singles, doubles and side events for Melee were hosted. It was an invitational tournament, where 10 of the world's top players were invited to participate, along with 6 players who were selected from a player donation poll organized by Smash.gg. The tournament was held at the Summit gaming house, a private residence, and so was not open to the general public.
Players
The following players were invited to the Smash Summit by the BtS team:
The following players were invited to the Smash Summit through player voting donations:
Player voting
From a selection of roughly 40 players, 20 of them were voted in by fans to engage in an elimination round where, by a certain date, if a player did not receive enough votes, they were eliminated and thus did not receive an invitation from Smash Summit. In later rounds, the players who received the most votes were invited in addition to the eliminations. The following players were among the 20 that were eliminated or invited by round:
Other Nominees for Voting
- Vish
- Slox
- Gahtzu
- Nintendude
- Duck
- The Moon
- Bladewise
- Mike Haze
- Prince Abu
- Redd
- DJ Nintendo
- Eikelmann
- Cactuar
- w33dl0rd840
- Reno
- Mafia
- dizzkidboogie
- SilentSwag
- MattDotZeb
- Tafokints
- Porkchops
- DoH
Round 1 (10/14/15)
Eliminated:
Round 2 (10/15/15)
Eliminated:
Round 3 (10/16/15)
Eliminated:
Round 4 (10/19/15)
Invited:
Eliminated:
Round 5 (10/21/15)
Invited:
Eliminated:
Final Round (10/22/15)
Invited:
Eliminated:
Declined Players
Some players, though either invited to the Summit directly or nominated for the Player Voting rounds, declined their offers due to unavailability. Players like Professor Pro, aMSa, and Abate declined nominations for the voting round. Hungrybox was the only player who declined direct invitation due to work conflict pre-voting. After the voting, it was revealed that Leffen could not attend due to the same Visa issues that prevented him from attending The Big House 5. As a result, the Summit Staff replaced him with who they deemed the next best player in the world, Shroomed, who was eliminated in Round 5 of the voting round.
Results
Singles
(16 entrants)
Bracket
Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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1st | Armada | $11,525.15 | |
2nd | Mango | $5,927.22 | |
3rd | Mew2King | $4,116.13 | |
4th | Plup | $2,469.68 | |
5th | Shroomed | $1,481.81 | |
5th | PPMD | $1,481.81 | |
7th | Axe | $987.87 | |
7th | Lucky | $987.87 | |
9th | PewPewU | $658.58 | |
9th | S2J | $658.58 | |
9th | SFAT | $658.58 | |
9th | Westballz | $658.58 | |
13th | Alex19 | $329.29 | |
13th | Swedish Delight | $329.29 | |
13th | Kage | $329.29 | |
13th | Zhu | $329.29 |
Doubles
(8 teams)
Bracket
Place | Name | Character(s) | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | PewPewU | SFAT | $1,500.00 ($750.00 each) | ||
2nd | Armada | Mew2King | $1,050.00 ($525.00 each) | ||
3rd | Mango | Lucky | $450.00 ($225.00 each) | ||
4th | Shroomed | S2J | |||
5th | Axe | Kage | |||
5th | Plup | PPMD | |||
7th | Alex19 | Swedish Delight | |||
7th | Westballz | Zhu |
Side events
Iron Man challenge
(4 entrants, single elimination bracket)
Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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1st | Armada | ||
2nd | Mew2King | ||
3rd | S2J | ||
3rd | Mango |
Challenge round
(16 entrants)
Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
---|---|---|---|
1st | Mango | $475 | |
2nd | S2J | $450 | |
3rd | Mew2King | $350 | |
4th | SFAT | $325 | |
5th | Zhu | $300 | |
6th | Armada | $275 | |
7th | Axe | $250 | |
8th | Alex19 | $200 | |
8th | PewPewU | $200 | |
10th | Westballz | $100 | |
10th | Plup | $100 | |
12th | Swedish Delight | $75 | |
12th | Kage | $75 | |
12th | Lucky | $75 | |
15th | PPMD | $50 | |
16th | Shroomed | $25 |
Draft crew battle
(4 crews, single elimination bracket)
Place | Crew | Name | Character | Name | Character | Name | Character | Name | Character | Earnings |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Team Kage | Kage | Armada | SFAT | Shroomed | $1,200.00 ($300.00 each) | ||||
2nd | Team Alex19 | Alex19 | Mango | Lucky | S2J | |||||
3rd | Team Swedish Delight | Swedish Delight | Plup | PPMD | Westballz | |||||
3rd | Team Zhu | Zhu | Mew2King | Axe | PewPewU |
Trivia
- Smash Summit's singles prize pool of $32,929 is the largest combined prize pool in Melee's history, and the 1st place payout of $11,525.15 is the largest single paycheck in Melee's history.