Tournament:BEST

BEST
Dates	2010 - present
Venue	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Student Union
Address/City	Troy, New York
Attendance	Ranges from 11 to 25, peaked at 34
Entry fees	Usually $5, occasionally up to $10
Results

BEST (which stands for Best Extreme Smash in Troy) is an ongoing local Melee and Brawl tournament series in Troy, New York, hosted by Zaandaa and Calm, and later additionally hosted by Trilok. The first tournament of the series was hosted on December 12, 2010, and there has been eight more tournaments hosted under the series name since, with one more planned by the end of 2012 aiming to be regional sized.

BEST

The first iteration of BEST was hosted on December 12, 2010. Entry fees were five dollars for singles with a payout of 55/30/10/5, and 10 dollars per team for doubles with a payout of 60/30/10.

Melee

Singles

20 entrants (4 pools, top 3 advanced)

Bracket

Place	Name	Earnings
1st	Niko	$55.00
2nd	JesiahTEG	$30.00
3rd	Tuna	$10.00
4th	Kwan	$5.00
5th	Beta
5th	otg
7th	a nub
7th	Mikael
9th	Zaandaa
9th	Cura
9th	Erk
9th	Nightro

Doubles

8 teams

Bracket

Place	Name	Name	Earnings
1st*	Tuna	Cura	$36
1st*	The recently slim OTShady (Nike)	(OTG)	$36
3rd	JesiahTEG	Beta	$8
4th	Kwan	Mikael
5th	Zaandaa	Ethan
5th	Fighting Polygon Team (Spamus)	(Nightro)
7th	13370	Frost
7th	tacoreaper	Joe

Brawl

Singles

21 entrants (4 pools, top 3 advanced)

Bracket

Place	Name	Earnings
1st	Cura	$57.75
2nd/3rd*	Sharky	$21.00
2nd/3rd*	Vibe	$21.00
4th	Eevee	$5.25
5th	CJT
5th	13370
7th	Calm
7th	CAC
9th	Deli
9th	tacoreaper
9th	Twin
9th	Bax

Doubles

12 teams

Bracket

Place	Name	Name	Earnings
1st	Cura	Eevee	$72.00
2nd	Beta	13370	$36.00
3rd	Vibe	Alt	$12.00
4th	Sharky	CJT
5th	Bax	Deli
5th	Fish	Jeff
7th	Zaandaa	Kwan
7th	Calm	Twin
9th	Felix	Harrison
9th	2Y	DE
9th	Frost	Banjo
9th	Ger	Reg

2nd BEST

The second tournament in the BEST serious was hosted on February 27th, 2011. Entry fees were five dollars for singles with a payout of 55/30/10/5, and 10 dollars per team for doubles with a payout of 60/30/10. A Project M singles tournament was held as a side event, with a $2 entry fee and a payout of 75/25.

Melee

Singles

12 entrants

Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Tuna		$33.00
2nd	Kwan		$18.00
3rd	Dudutsai		$6.00
4th	Cura		$3.00
5th	Erk
5th	Zaandaa
7th	Beta
7th	Questor

Doubles

7 teams

Bracket

Place	Name	Name	Earnings
1st	Cura	Tuna	$42.00
2nd	Twebb	Dudutsai	$21.00
3rd	Zaandaa	Kwan	$7.00
4th	Beta	Erk
5th	Pipe	Ethan
5th	Tacoreaper	Blizzardbeam
7th	Doom Machine	Ben

Brawl

Singles

22 entrants (4 pools of 6/6/5/5, with bottom 2 not advancing)

Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	San		$60.50
2nd	Cura		$33.00
3rd	TommyGreenShirt		$11.00
4th	Vibe		$5.50
5th	Doom Machine
5th	Calm
7th	MetalPat
7th	Dudutsai
9th	Alt
9th	Eevee
9th	Zaandaa
9th	CAC
13th	Sharky
13th	Tacoreaper

Doubles

9 teams

Bracket

Place	Name	Name	Earnings
1st	Cura	Eevee	$54.00
2nd	Alt	San	$27.00
3rd	Calm	CAC	$9.00
4th	TommyGreenShirt	MetalPat
5th	Josh	Spencer
5th	Vibe	Sharky
7th	Joe	Walid
7th	Cam	Jamie
9th	Reggie	Tacoreaper

Project M singles

9 entrants

Bracket

Place	Name	Earnings
1st	Tuna	$13.50
2nd	Cura	$4.50
3rd	Kwan
4th	Pipe
5th	DE
5th	Beta
7th	Zaandaa
7th	Erk
9th	Sharky

3rd BEST

The third tournament in the BEST series was hosted on April 17th, 2011. There was a $5 venue fee this time, with the all money gained from the venue going to RPI's relief effort for Japan. Singles' entry fee was also raised to $10 with a 55/30/10/5 payout, though doubles remained at $10 per team with a 60/30/10 payout.

Melee

Singles

11 entrants

Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Tuna		$60.50
2nd	Beta		$33.00
3rd	Zaandaa		$11.00
4th	Kwan		$5.50
5th	Spamus
5th	Dudutsai
7th	Britt
7th	Erk
9th	NOFX
9th	Matt
9th	Cura

Doubles

5 entrants (Round robin)

Place	Name	Name	Earnings
1st	Cura	Tuna	$37.50
2nd	Kwan	Zaandaa	$12.50
3rd	Beta	Dudutsai
4th	Britt	Erk
5th	Matt	NOFX

Brawl

Singles

14 entrants

Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Cura		$77.00
2nd	Doommachine		$42.00
3rd	Sharky		$14.00
4th	Vibe		$7.00
5th	Calm
5th	Dudutsai
7th	Eevee
7th	Elyx
9th	Josh
9th	Joe
9th	Axiem
9th	Max

Doubles

7 teams

Bracket

Place	Name	Name	Earnings
1st	Eevee	Cura	$42.00
2nd	Vibe	Doommachine	$21.00
3rd	Beta	Sharky	$7.00
4th	Calm	PandaRider
5th	Elyx	Josh
5th	Max	Axiem
7th	Zach	Jeff

4th BEST

The fourth tournament in the BEST series was hosted on September 25, 2011. Singles' entry fee was lowered back to $5, with a 55/30/10/5 payout, and doubles' entry fee was $10 per team with a 60/30/10 payout. Entrants were also allowed to vote on which counterpick stages should be legal, where those that garnering half the votes of the attendees being legal. However, this lead to no significantly different stagelist, with only Pokemon Stadium garnering enough votes for Melee, and only the counterpicks in Apex's ruleset garnering enough votes in Brawl.

Melee

Singles

18 entrants

Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	HoneyBadger		$49.50
2nd	Jovah Mormont (Beta)		$27.00
3rd	Dudutsai		$9.00
4th	Cura		$4.50
5th	TheManaLord
5th	Kwan
7th	Erk
7th	Zaandaa
9th	Daniel S
9th	Mako
9th	Sharky
9th	Spamus
13th	Seiji
13th	Matt G
13th	Arcturus
13th	Kevin Z
17th	Pipe
17th	Aaron S

Doubles

6 teams

Bracket

Place	Name	Name	Earnings
1st	Dudutsai	Beta	$36.00
2nd	Mana	Cura	$18.00
3rd	Kwan	Zaandaa	$6.00
4th	HoneyBadger	Brendan
5th	Aaron S	Daniel S
5th	Erk	Arcturus

Brawl

Singles

16 entrants

Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	San		$44.00
2nd	Cura		$24.00
3rd	Vibe		$8.00
4th	MetalPat		$4.00
5th	TheMauveAvenger
5th	TommyGreenShirt
7th	Calm
7th	CAC
9th	Alt
9th	Sharky
9th	DE
9th	Mako
13th	Joseph I
13th	Gary (Dudutsai)
13th	Hannah
13th	Chris

Doubles

10 teams

Bracket

Place	Name	Name	Earnings
1st	San	Cura	$60.00
2nd	Calm	Vibe	$30.00
3rd	Sharky	Eevee	$10.00
4th	MetalPat	TGS
5th	Alt	Mako
5th	CAC	Julian
7th	Jake L	Tyler C
7th	Jon V	Josh C
9th	Daniel W	John A
9th	Seiji	Frank

5th BEST

The fifth tournament in the BEST series was hosted on November 13th, 2011. Singles' entry fee was increased to $7 with a payout of 55/30/10/5, while doubles' entry fee was increased to $12 per team, with a payout of 60/30/10.

Melee

Singles

12 entrants

Bracket

Place	Name	Earnings
1st	Cura	$46.20
2nd	Beta	$25.20
3rd	Zaandaa	$8.40
4th	Britt	$4.20
5th	Pipe
5th	Erk
7th	dai luna
7th	Slap
9th	Mr. Massacre
9th	Mr. P
9th	Jay
9th	Ben

Brawl

Singles

21 entrants

Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Fatal		$80.85
2nd	Cura		$44.10
3rd	Vibe		$14.70
4th	Omega Tyrant		$7.35
5th	CJT
5th	CAC
7th	Calm
7th	Eevee
9th	Dai Luna
9th	Varun
9th	Iceyman
9th	Deli
13th	Starlight
13th	Nick
13th	DE
13th	Tacoreaper
17th	Lone
17th	Bax
17th	Alt
17th	Justin
17th	Adam

Doubles

8 teams

Bracket

Place	Name	Name	Earnings
1st	Fatal	Vibe	$57.60
2nd	Cura	Eevee	$28.80
3rd	Calm	CAC	$9.60
4th	Beta	Dai Luna
5th	Bax	Deli
5th	CJT	Alt
7th	Billy	Joe
7th	Adam	Lone

8th BEST

The sixth tournament in the BEST series was hosted on February 12, 2012. Singles' entry fee was reduced back to $5 with a payout of 55/30/10/5, and doubles' entry fee was reduced back to $10 per team with a payout of 60/30/10. A Brawl low tiers singles tournament was also held as a side event with a $1 entry and a payout of 60/30/10. None of the Brawl events were able to finish before the venue closed.

To date, this remains the largest BEST tournament, with Brawl singles having 34 entrants, the most amount of entrants in an single event in the BEST series.

Melee

Singles

17 entrants

Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	The masterbating pineapple (Beta)		$46.75
2nd	T. Webb		$25.50
3rd	Erk		$8.50
4th	Kwan		$4.25
5th	Trademark
5th	Cura
7th	Blizzardbeam
7th	Zaandaa
9th	PiePusher
9th	Mr. Massacre
9th	MCEM
9th	Pipe
13th	Dan
13th	Kevin
13th	El Warrior
13th	Poly
17th	Ben

Doubles

8 teams

Bracket

Place	Name	Name	Earnings
1st	Trademark	Cura	$48.00
2nd	Twebb	Pipe	$24.00
3rd	Erk	Beta	$8.00
4th	Kwan	Zaandaa
5th	MCEM	Blizzardbeam
5th	Mr. Massacre	Sharky
7th	Poly	Dan
7th	Optix	Southpaw

Brawl

Meta Knight was banned in both Brawl singles and doubles.

Singles

34 entrants (6 pools, top 3 advanced)

Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st**	Cura		$72.25
1st**	Omega Tyrant		$72.25
3rd	Vibe		$17.00
4th	James G		$8.50
5th	CAC
5th	Sharky
7th	CJT
7th	Calm
9th	Dai Luna
9th	L-Don
9th	Stack
9th	MetalPat
13th	No Skillz
13th	BCB
13th	Bre-z
13th	SonicNinja
17th	Phantom
17th	KA

Doubles

13 teams

Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st**	Sharky		Cura		$58.50
1st**	Vibe		MetalPat		$58.50
3rd	Cjt		James G		$13.00
4th	No skillz		Omega Tyrant
5th	Bcb		Ld0n
5th	Dai		stack
7th	Cac		Calm
7th	Bre-z		Elyx
9th	Phantom		KA
9th	Iceyman		Bushy
9th	Axiem		Truck
12th	Biff		Narca
12th	Nito		Sonic Ninja

Low tiers singles

20 entrants

This event was not completed, due to the venue closing.

Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st***	Cura		$8.50
1st***	JamesG		$8.50
3rd***	Omega Tyrant		$1.00
4th***	CAC
4th	MetalPat
6th***	Calm
6th***	Vibe
7th	No Skillz
9th	BCB
9th	Frankie
9th	Truck
9th	Stack
13th	L-Don
13th	Sharky
13th	Dai Luna
13th	Axiem
17th	Shopkeeper
17th	Elyx
17th	CJT
17th	DE

7th BEST

The seventh tournament in the BEST series was hosted on March 31, 2012. Entry fee for singles was $5 with a payout of 55/30/10/5, while the entry fee for doubles was $10 per team with a payout of 60/30/10.

Melee

Singles

11 entrants

Pool 1

Pool 2

Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Nintendude		$30.25
2nd	The Stealth Shocker (Beta)		$16.50
3rd	Cura		$5.50
4th	Pipe		$2.75
5th	The Show Stopper (Erk)
5th	Zaandaa
7th	Trilok
7th	San
9th	Kevin
9th	Zhea
9th	Bich

Brawl

Meta Knight was banned in both Brawl singles and doubles.

Singles

14 entrants

Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Fatal		$38.50
2nd	San		$21.00
3rd	TheMauveAvenger		$7.00
4th	Cura		$3.50
5th	Omega Tyrant
5th	Nintendude
7th	Vibe
7th	No_Skillz
9th	Dai Luna
9th	MetalPat
9th	Calm
9th	Starlight
13th	DE
13th	Alt

Doubles

6 teams

Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Fatal		Cura		$36.00
2nd	San		Nintendude		$18.00
3rd	No skillz		Omega Tyrant		$6.00
4th	Vibe		MetalPat
5th	Calm		Taco
5th	Eevee		Dai Luna

(15/2)th BEST

The eighth tournament in the BEST series was hosted on May 5th, 2012. This tournament was more casual than the other tournaments in the series, serving mainly to get one more tournament in before RPI's semester ended. There was no doubles event, and there was a Brawl Minus singles tournament side event. There was an all access entry fee of $10 ($3 went to Melee and Brawl singles each, $2 went to Brawl Minus singles, and the remaining $2 went to food for the attendants), with the payout being 60/30/10 for all events. This tournament was also primarily hosted by Trilok, with Zaandaa taking a backseat in hosting this tournament.

Melee

Singles

14 entrants

Pool 1

Pool 2

Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Kwan		$25.20
2nd	Britt		$12.60
3rd	Zaandaa		$4.20
4th	Trilok
5th	No Skillz
5th	Brandon B
7th	Omega Tyrant
7th	Ben
9th	Metal Pat
9th	DE
9th	Cliff
9th	Dan
13th	Matthew J
13th	Joseph I

Brawl

Meta Knight was banned in Brawl singles.

Singles

13 entrants

Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Omega Tyrant		$23.40
2nd	CAC		$11.70
3rd	No Skillz		$3.90
4th	Metal Pat
5th	Snake
5th	Brandon B
7th	Jesus
7th	Zaandaa
9th	Cliff
9th	Matthew J
9th	DE
9th	Joseph I

Brawl Minus singles

14 entrants

Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Omega Tyrant		$16.80
2nd	Ben		$8.40
3rd	Metal Pat		$2.80
4th	Brandon B
5th	Joseph I
5th	No Skillz
7th	DE
7th	Zaandaa
9th	Trilok
9th	Matthew J
9th	Cliff
9th	Kwan
13th	Dan
13th	Britt

9th BEST

The ninth tournament in the BEST series was hosted on September 8th, 2012. Singles' entry fee was $5 with a payout of 55/30/10/5, and doubles' entry fee was $10 per team with a payout of 60/30/10.

Melee

Singles

15 entrants

Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Honeybadger		$41.00
2nd	Kwan		$22.00
3rd	Dudutsai		$8.00
4th	Zaandaa		$4.00
5th	Tangerine Ben
5th	Will M
7th	Adam R
7th	Zhea
9th	Matt I
9th	John O
9th	UMAD
9th	TSE
13th	Bowie
13th	Adam F
13th	Will R

Doubles

5 teams, Round Robin

Place	Name	Name	Earnings
1st	Honeybadger	Dudutsai	$30
2nd	Zaandaa	Kwan	$15.00
3rd	Zhea	Tangerine Ben	$5.00
4th	Adam R	John O
5th	Will R	Will M

Brawl

Meta Knight was banned in both Brawl singles and doubles.

Singles

19 entrants (4 pools, top 3 advanced)

Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Pool 4

Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Omega Tyrant		$52.25
2nd	No Skillz		$28.50
3rd	Calm		$9.50
4th	Vibe		$4.75
5th	Varun
5th	Metal Pat
7th	Thomas
7th	CAC
9th	Shahnt
9th	Adam S
9th	Matt J
9th	Chris R

Doubles

6 teams, Round Robin

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	No Skillz		Omega Tyrant		$36.00
2nd	Metal Pat		Vibe		$18.00
3rd	Mako		Matt J		$6.00

Additional notes

-* Indicates the players decided to split.

-** Indicates the players were forced to split due to the event not being able to be finished.

-*** Indicates the players were not eliminated when the event was no longer able to continue.

External links

• BEST results thread
• 2nd BEST results thread
• 3rd BEST results thread
• 4th BEST results thread
• 5th BEST results thread
• 8th BEST results thread
• 7th BEST results thread
• (15/2)th BEST results thread
• 9th BEST results thread