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Tournament:Smash World Tour 2021

Smash World Tour 2021
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Info
Founded 2021
Region Online
Format Double Elimination
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners USA Plup
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate winners Mexico MkLeo
Most successful player(s) Ecuador Br1 AV (South America Ultimate Qualifier, South America Ultimate Regional)
USA Plup (NA West Melee Regional, Melee Championships)
Mexico MkLeo (Central America Ultimate Regional, Ultimate Championships)
Staff
Organizer(s) VGBootCamp
Website(s) Smash World Tour website

The Smash World Tour 2021 was a Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournament circuit organized by the team behind VGBootCamp.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the circuit ran online qualifiers for both games; however, the regional qualifiers and finale were offline. The pot prize started at $150,000 ($75,000 for each game), with a merch shop to increase it throughout the year.

Format

 
Sub-regions of Smash World Tour 2021

"Phase One" was different between each game. For Melee, a panel of players determined 16 players to invite to each regional finale. Players were selected based upon several factors, including their performances in both 2020 and 2021 tournaments. For Ultimate, online qualifier tournaments were held in each region, with 8 or 16 players advancing to the regional qualifier.

"Phase Two" was mostly offline. Each region hosted a regional qualifier which determined the players sent to the finale, with the number of finale slots depending on the region. If qualified players were unable to attend, additional players were chosen based on their placement in the Last Chance Qualifier.

"Phase Three" was the finale, where the 32 qualified players of each game faced off offline. A Last Chance Qualifier was held for each game with the top 8 players qualifying for the finale,[1] bringing the total to 40 players for each game. If qualified players were unable to attend, additional players were chosen from their regional qualifier.

For the offline tournaments, players were required to pay for their own flights and hotel.

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

As the circuit was announced during the COVID-19 pandemic, there were no qualifier tournaments for Melee while all Ultimate qualifiers were held online. This has led to a negative reaction from several top players such as MkLeo and Tweek, who noted how unreliable Ultimate's online netcode was.[2][3] Indeed, several matches were fought with a distance of over 2,000 kilometers between the players while several controversies related to connection problems popped up throughout the qualifiers, most notably in tournaments that spanned an entire continent such as South America and Europe.

As the circuit progressed, in order to accommodate the varying progress of the pandemic in each region, several tournament dates of the second phase tournaments were moved around:[4][5][6]

Notably, due to the severe status of the pandemic in South America, the in-person tournament for the region was cancelled. Instead, Chape and HP were chosen as the South American Melee finalists while the Ultimate qualifier was changed to online. This announcement led to an outcry of disappointment within the South American community, with many South American players accusing Smash World Tour and VGBootCamp for sidelining a community that saw seldom national representation. Amidst the controversy surrounding the final, GimR posted a response clearing up the situation, specifically noting their efforts to ensure tournament matches ran as smoothly as possible and the difficulty it took for South Americans to obtain a United States visa, especially during the pandemic.[11]

All the qualified players from the SWT: East Asia South Ultimate Online Qualifier were unable to attend SWT: East Asia Ultimate Regional Finals due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. As a result, eight competitors from SWT: Japan Ultimate Online Qualifier were announced to take their place while XIFL took the sixth qualifying spot, bringing the total number of qualifying spots for the finals to five.[12]

Official Ruleset

Rulebook

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Game settings

Stages

Starter Counterpick
Yoshi's Story Pokémon Stadium
Fountain of Dreams
Battlefield
Final Destination
Dream Land

Additional rules

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Game settings

Options

Stages

Starter Counterpick
Battlefield Kalos Pokémon League
Final Destination* Lylat Cruise
Smashville Yoshi's Story
Pokémon Stadium 2 Small Battlefield
Town and City

*Ω form Battlefield may be substituted for Final Destination at the request of either player.

List of tournaments

Melee

Phase Two

Event Date Community Spotlight Attendance Winner
SWT: Central America Melee Regional Finals August 28th-29th Smash Factor 16   JCAM
SWT: Europe Melee Regional Finals October 23rd-24th HFLAN 16   Leffen
SWT: NA West Melee Regional Finals October 23rd-24th Galint Gaming 16   Plup
SWT: NA East Melee Regional Finals October 30th-31st The Big House 16   Zain
SWT: East Asia Melee Regional Finals November 13th-14th Battle GateWay 16   aMSa

Finale

Event Date Community Spotlight Attendance Winner
Smash World Tour 2021 Last Chance Qualifier December 17th, 2021 Smash World Tour 236
Smash World Tour 2021 Championships December 17th-19th, 2021 Smash World Tour 40   Plup

Ultimate

Phase One

Event Date Community Spotlight Attendance Winner
SWT: Mexico Ultimate Online Qualifier  March 13th-14th Smash Factor 348   Sparg0
SWT: Oceania Ultimate Online Qualifier  March 20th-21st CouchWarriors 155   Kinaji
SWT: Central America South Ultimate Online Qualifier  March 26th-28th Sweetspot 229   Capitancito
SWT: South America Ultimate Online Qualifier  April 3rd-4th CoVill Gaming 519   Br1 AV
SWT: Europe Ultimate Online Qualifier  April 10th-11th VCA 1,802   Bloom4Eva
SWT: Japan Ultimate Online Qualifier  April 17th-18th Tamisuma 210   KEN
SWT: East Asia South Ultimate Online Qualifier  April 24th-25th Core-A Events 190   XIFL
SWT: NA Southwest Ultimate Online Qualifier  May 1st-2nd Beyond the Summit 1,007   Scend
SWT: NA Northwest Ultimate Online Qualifier  May 8th-9th Port Priority 380   SKITTLES!!
SWT: NA Southeast Ultimate Online Qualifier  May 15th-16th MomoCon 685   Vendetta
SWT: NA Northeast Ultimate Online Qualifier  May 22nd-23rd Shine 2,161   Tweek

Phase Two

Event Date Community Spotlight Attendance Winner
SWT: South America Ultimate Regional Finals  July 31st[13] Purple Mercenaries 16   Br1 AV
SWT: Central America Ultimate Regional Finals August 21st-22nd Smash Factor 16   MkLeo
SWT: Europe Ultimate Regional Finals September 18th-19th VCA 16   Glutonny
SWT: NA West Ultimate Regional Finals October 9th-10th Tourney Locator 16   MVD
SWT: NA East Ultimate Regional Finals November 6th-7th Even Matchup Gaming 16   Kola
SWT: East Asia Ultimate Regional Finals November 27th-28th East Geek Smash 16   ProtoBanham

Finale

Event Date Community Spotlight Attendance Winner
Smash World Tour 2021 Last Chance Qualifier December 17th, 2021 Smash World Tour 455
Smash World Tour 2021 Championships December 17th-19th, 2021 Smash World Tour 40   MkLeo

Regional qualifier players

Melee

Players denoted with an asterisk (*) were invited or qualified but did not attend the regional final or the championship.

Region Invited players Finale
player(s)
Central America   Bimbo   Far!   Lengüitas   Dream   Kata   SuperCuak   DASH   Morrito   JCAM
  Eddy Mexico   PanterA   Valdo   Yu   JCAM   Aza   JAVI   Rael   Far!
Europe   Raoul   Pipsqueak   Jah Ridin'   Trif   Setchi*   Frenzy   Nicki   Professor Pro   Leffen*   Trif   Pipsqueak   Professor Pro
  Mahie   Ice   Timi*   Kins0   Rikzz   max   Meady   Leffen   Ice   Frenzy   Jah Ridin'   Nicki
NA West   S2J   SFAT   Albert   KoDoRiN   Plup   ARMY*   bobby big ballz   Dacky   Plup   SFAT   Faceroll   Fiction
  Faceroll   Rocky   FatGoku*   Fiction   Medz   billybopeep   Tai   Aura   KoDoRiN   S2J*   Kalamazhu   Medz*
NA East   Zain   iBDW   Wizzrobe   Ginger   n0ne   Gahtzu   2saint   Aklo   Zain*   iBDW*   Polish   Hungrybox
  Colbol   Magi   Ben   Polish   Logan   lloD   Zamu   Hungrybox   lloD   Wizzrobe   Gahtzu   Aklo
East Asia   aMSa   Shunsuke   Sanne   Shippu   Hutukamiman   Inngenn   Falpan   Massun   aMSa   deft*
  muro   A&B   Sheik   Sourdough   Plata   gaR   vugzi   deft   Inngenn
South America   Chape   HP
Oceania   Sora

The following players replaced those that did not attend:

Ultimate

Players denoted with an asterisk (*) qualified but did not attend the regional final or the championship.

Sub-region Online Qualifier Last Chance Qualifier Region Finale
player(s)
South America   Br1 AV   Anality   Frido   Keen   Ghoul979   Toon   Player 7   Lukitu South America   Br1 AV
  jjcat00   ZanT   OZN~Tales   Poyo   LinkEa   Wise   Luffyranha   Ran
Mexico   Sparg0   MkLeo   Maister   Chag   Nair^   AlanDiss   Andrik   Cloudy Central America   MkLeo   Maister   Sonix
Central America South   Capitancito   ShinyMark   Sonix   Echofire*   Mtkat   Tuitt*   Yei   Wolfen*   Cloudy   Yei*   Sparg0
Europe   Bloom4Eva*   sisqui   Glutonny   Freetox_   Sillintor*   Vidad   SuperStriker   Lucretio* Europe   Glutonny   sisqui   Tarik
  Raflow   Tomberry   Tarik   Homika*   iRefuse   PurpleDebo*   Snormanda   Noxumbra   Sintro   Peli   Tomberry
NA Southwest   Scend   Kiyarash   MVD   Hanayome*   BassMage   Larry Lurr   T3 DOM   Midnight* NA West   MVD   Scend   moxi
NA Northwest   SKITTLES!!   moxi   Middy*   Domnique   Big D*   Exodia   Silver*   Justice   SKITTLES!!   BassMage   Kiyarash
NA Southeast   Vendetta   ESAM   Kola   Yez   Wrath   KirbyKid   Epic_Gabriel*   Rivers NA East   Kola   Riddles   Dabuz
NA Northeast   Tweek   Syrup   LeoN   Armadillo   WaDi   Riddles   Dabuz   naitosharp   Tweek   Myran   Wrath
Japan   KEN   Kuroponzu   Omuatsu   ProtoBanham   Shuton   Harasen   Hero   Gackt East Asia   ProtoBanham   KEN   Shuton
  Lea   alice
East Asia South   XIFL*   LynZle*   Yoshi_95*   Junkyarddude*   Pwner*   PsineWave*   Tanark*   Sejun*   XIFL**
Oceania   Kinaji   RaZe   Ichigo   Fryd Ryce   SebPro101   Luma   Sriks   Ghost Oceania   Jdizzle***
  Aluf   Extra   Danklin   Jdizzle   Poppt1   Khami   Maplemage   Googlemaps

The following players replaced those that did not attend:

** The eight qualified players from SWT: East Asia South Ultimate Online Qualifier were unable to attend SWT: East Asia Ultimate Regional Finals, and XIFL was invited to the finale.
*** SWT: Oceania Melee & Ultimate Regional Finals was cancelled, and Jdizzle was invited to the finale.

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