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Tournament:Rise 'N Grind 2023

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Rise 'N Grind 2023
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Dates October 13th-15th, 2023
Venue Waco Convention Center
Address/City 100 Washington Ave
Waco, Texas USA
Attendance 712
Results
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners USA Salt 1v1
USA Mekk & USA Sozin 2v2
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate winners Japan Miya1v1
Mexico MkLeo & Mexico MKBigBoss 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s) Cagt

Rise 'N Grind 2023 was a Super Smash Bros. Melee superregional and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate major held in Waco, Texas, United States from October 13th-15th, 2023. This Tournament is the first Major Ultimate Tournament to feature Steve banned from both singles and doubles, which stemmed from several discussions regarding the character's legality.

Tournament summary

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

The first day saw the biggest upset of the tournament, with #61 seed Skinny the Pooh upsetting #4 seed MkLeo 3-0 (upset factor 8). MkLeo ultimately fell to #7 seed Riddles -- who was also upset early by #23 seed BassMage 3-2 -- to place 17th, once again achieving a worst placement at an Ultimate major since Umebura Japan Major 2019.

Ultimately, only three top 8 seeds made it to top 8: #1 seed Miya, who had signed up for the event mere days before it began; #2 seed Glutonny; and #5 seed MuteAce. #3 seed Tweek disqualified from the event; #6 seed Dabuz was upset by #19 seed Lima 3-1 and #9 seed Anathema 3-2 to place 9th; and #8 seed Kurama lost to Miya before being upset by #22 seed SHADIC 3-1. On the other hand, this tournament saw two Bayonetta players enter top 8 (Lima and Geist), leading several players to joke how the tournament was reminiscent of Smash 4. In addition, the tournament featured three Texas players defending their home turf (MuteAce, Lima, and SHADIC) as well as two Europeans (Glutonny and Tarik, with this being Tarik's first-ever top 8 at an international event, as well as his birthday).

In top 8, Lima upset Glutonny 3-0 (upset factor 7) but fell to Miya in game 5. He ultimately lost the runback to Glutonny 3-0, placing 3rd, his best major performance to date. In Grand Finals, Miya defeated Glutonny 3-1, winning the runback from Scuffed World Tour and taking his first American major victory.

This tournament saw Tarik and Peanut tie the record for the highest placement for Greninja and Little Mac, respectively, at a major, with Tarik tying Lea's 5th place runs at Umebura SP 3 and Umebura SP 6 and Peanut tying Tarakotori's 13th place run at Umebura SP 4.

Results

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles

(80 entrants)
Top 16 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st USA Salt Captain Falcon (SSBM)
2nd Spain Trif Peach (SSBM)
3rd USA KoDoRiN Marth (SSBM)
4th USA Bbatts Peach (SSBM)
5th USA Mekk Ganondorf (SSBM)
5th USA SDJ Jigglypuff (SSBM)
7th USA Ben Sheik (SSBM)
7th USA Nickemwit Captain Falcon (SSBM)
9th USA Preeminent Fox (SSBM)
9th* USA Stone Fox (SSBM)
9th USA Fable Sheik (SSBM)
9th USA Peachy Keen Peach (SSBM)
13th* USA Palpa Jigglypuff (SSBM)
13th USA The Leaf Fox (SSBM)
13th USA Oswald Jigglypuff (SSBM)
13th USA Sozin Mario (SSBM)

*DQ'd in Losers.

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles

(9 teams)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st USA Mekk USA Sozin
2nd USA Stone USA Palpa
3rd USA KoDoRiN USA Preeminent

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(443 entrants)
Top 8 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st Japan Miya Mr. Game & Watch (SSBU)
2nd France Glutonny Wario (SSBU)
3rd United States Lima Bayonetta (SSBU)
4th United States MuteAce Peach (SSBU)
5th Germany Tarik Greninja (SSBU)
5th United States Anathema ROB (SSBU)
7th United States SHADIC Corrin (SSBU)
7th United States Geist Bayonetta (SSBU)
9th United States BassMage Jigglypuff (SSBU)
9th United States Dabuz Rosalina (SSBU)Olimar (SSBU)
9th United States Kurama Mario (SSBU)
9th United States Jahzz0 Ken (SSBU)
13th United States Goblin Roy (SSBU)
13th United States Pharaoh Yoshi (SSBU)
13th United States Peanut Little Mac (SSBU)
13th Canada Riddles Terry (SSBU)Kazuya (SSBU)
17th United States Lui$ Palutena (SSBU)ROB (SSBU)
17th Mexico MKBigBoss ROB (SSBU)
17th United States ChunkyKong Donkey Kong (SSBU)
17th United States Ludo Mario (SSBU)Falco (SSBU)
17th United States Ned Cloud (SSBU)Pokemon Trainer (SSBU)
17th United States Shoe Zero Suit Samus (SSBU)
17th Mexico MkLeo Joker (SSBU)
17th United States Marvelous_Marco Toon Link (SSBU)
25th United States Wrath Sonic (SSBU)
25th United States LightningCam Diddy Kong (SSBU)
25th United States Jakal Wolf (SSBU)
25th United States Sonido Sonic (SSBU)
25th United States MFA Olimar (SSBU)Captain Falcon (SSBU)
25th United States Skinny The Pooh Mario (SSBU)
25th United States Niko Cloud (SSBU)ROB (SSBU)
25th United States Beastly Diddy Kong (SSBU)Ness (SSBU)
33rd United States Davy Terry (SSBU)
33rd Finland Lancelot Roy (SSBU)Chrom (SSBU)
33rd United States EBK Ness (SSBU)
33rd United States Vube Pokemon Trainer (SSBU)
33rd United States Vaeyguh Mewtwo (SSBU)
33rd United States Justyce Palutena (SSBU)
33rd United States Ray Zelda (SSBU)
33rd United States Spritzy Toon Link (SSBU)Sora (SSBU)
33rd United States Chef Falco (SSBU)
33rd United States Chase Palutena (SSBU)PyraMythra (SSBU)
33rd United States Grayson ROB (SSBU)
33rd United States Skitz Wario (SSBU)
33rd United States Zie Palutena (SSBU)
33rd United States Brr Kazuya (SSBU)
33rd United States Skeleton Kazuya (SSBU)
33rd United States Double D Donkey Kong (SSBU)
49th United States paTAS Ken (SSBU)
49th United States Scend Ness (SSBU)
49th United States Tenni Pokemon Trainer (SSBU)
49th United States Buandon Ryu (SSBU)
49th United States YellowRello Yoshi (SSBU)
49th United States SPARKLE Hero (SSBU)
49th United States zael Sora (SSBU)
49th United States CJFrozen Snake (SSBU)
49th United States CaptainCRUP!!! Captain Falcon (SSBU)
49th United States Atomic Joker (SSBU)
49th United States JoJoDaHoBo Toon Link (SSBU)
49th United States campagne Kazuya (SSBU)ROB (SSBU)Snake (SSBU)
49th United States Stroder Ame Sora (SSBU)Donkey Kong (SSBU)Diddy Kong (SSBU)Kazuya (SSBU)Richter (SSBU)Random (SSB4)
49th United States Mr.Ping Pit (SSBU)
49th United States AZ Wolf (SSBU)
49th United States Renegade Snake (SSBU)

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles

(75 teams)
Top 16 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st Mexico MkLeo Mexico MKBigBoss
2nd France Glutonny Lui$
3rd USA Scend USA MuteAce
4th USA Lima USA Chase
5th USA Stroder Ame USA CaptainCRUP!!!
5th USA Beastly USA BassMage
7th USA ArmyOli USA Kurry
7th USA Kurama USA Dark Wizzy

Trivia

  • Stroder Ame played the entire tournament using a randomizer wheel to choose their character for each game.

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