Tournament:Apex

Apex is an ongoing tournament series, held in New Jersey, that has attracted worldwide attention. The series was founded by Alex Strife, and has featured some of the largest Smash tournaments to date.

The Apex series started in 2009 with Apex 2009, mainly featuring Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. Melee, as well as other side games, including the Brawl mod Brawl+. In 2010, Apex 2010 was hosted, once again featuring Brawl and Melee, as well as brackets for Smash 64, Brawl+, and Brawl-.

After a year-long absence, the Apex series returned in 2012 with Apex 2012, where it became an Evo qualifier event, leading to massive Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Super Street Fighter IV tournaments. Apex 2012 hosted the largest Brawl tournament of all time (with 400 entrants), as well as one of the largest Melee tournaments (with 318 entrants), and the largest All Brawl tournament. It had the most attendance of foreign players in a United States tournament since Zero Challenge 3. It was also the first Apex to feature qualifiers, with a "Road to Apex" circuit featuring Melee and Brawl tournaments across the globe that gave players seeding points, which has been continued with every Apex after it.

In 2013, Apex 2013 was hosted, featuring the third-largest Brawl tournament of all time (with 338 entrants), the fourth-largest Melee tournament of all time (with 336 entrants), and the second largest Smash 64 tournament in the United States (with 96 entrants).

In 2014, Apex 2014 was hosted, featuring the third-largest Melee tournament of all time (with 629 entrants), the second-largest Brawl tournament of all time (with 370 entrants), and the largest Smash 64 tournament in the United States (with 157 entrants). It also included the Brawl mod Project M for the first time, becoming the largest Project M tournament of all time (with 382 entrants).

In 2015, the sixth tournament, Apex 2015, was hosted, and it featured the largest Melee tournament of all time to date with 1,037 entrants, making it the first individual game event with over 1000 enterants. Smash 4 was also introduced to the series with around 700 to 800 entrants for its first tournament. However, due to numerous allegations of abuse and harassment, Alex Strife stepped down as the TO of Apex 2015, which proceeded without him. The tournament was also sponsored by Nintendo of America.

List of tournaments

• Apex 2009 - May 9th-10th, 2009
• Apex 2010 - August 6th-8th, 2010
• Apex 2012 - January 6th-8th, 2012
• Apex 2013 - January 11th-13th, 2013
• Apex 2014 - January 17th-19th, 2014
• Apex 2015 - January 30th-February 1st, 2015
• Apex 2016 - June 17th-19th, 2016

External links

• Apex website
• Apex YouTube channel